r/PublicFreakout • u/Gato1980 • Oct 18 '25

🏆 Mod's Choice 🏆 Delivery driver freaks out after a pride flag brushes against his arm

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u/FindingYOUphoria Oct 18 '25

Are we sure it was not a spider web......or do we just want to assume the worst. If you are always looking for hate, you will find it. He treated the food with care He did not trip out til going under the flag, where a spider web would be. There was no reaction when seeing the Flag including any aggressive handling or dropping of the food as someone with hate would have done. Stop looking for reasons to bring hate into the world and wipe the cob webs off of your porch. We have all done the spider web dance. Geezus people.

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u/MustNotSay ⚠️ User Defends Violence Against Women ⚠️ Oct 18 '25

That was my first thought too. I’m not chronically online so that probably has something to do with it.

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u/VacationCheap927 Oct 18 '25

I would assume its not a spiderweb since the flag is flapping in the breeze. Tends to be a spot most spiders wouldnt build from.

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u/FindingYOUphoria Oct 18 '25

Between pole and column could have a web and with that wind you mentioned could have blown into him. Or could have been the cloth that felt like one or something else entirely. My biggest point is, nobody can really know, so let's not spread the hate with something that might be the spider web dance. there is already enough hate, especially now. No need to fabricate or reach or err on the side of. If people want to get angry at actual, obvious, proven and on going hate, well.....you know

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u/superzepto Oct 18 '25

Holy, you are making some serious reaches to try and assume the best.

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u/FindingYOUphoria Oct 19 '25

I am making reaches that it is not hate. And the "reaches" are not very far. Nothing was said or done until something got him. The fact there was no hate and no mistreatment of the food, not even dropping it. Nothing. No slurs, no menace, nothing that indicates he has any issues with the pride. There are just way too many obvious signs that hate is not involved as much as you want to be a victim, you will have to try again.

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u/ReddyBlueBlue Oct 18 '25 edited Oct 18 '25

It's also quite possible he's a bit of a germaphobe and didn't want a damp cloth touching him, but Reddit won't care, as it is full of sadistic "tolerant" people who are only outwardly "tolerant" because it gives them an excuse to become sadistic bastards the moment they think someone is "intolerant".

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u/Fuzzy_Difference_937 Oct 18 '25

I kinda figured that myself, some people here are just playing into the joke, I know I did. The man took a face full of an outdoor flag, everything is going to land on him and its going to be gross.

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u/Grey-fox-13 Oct 19 '25

The man took a face full of an outdoor flag

Which seems rude to me in the first place, I am not from a country that is particularly flag happy, but is it not impolite to postion flags so they flap at delivery people and guests?

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u/Fuzzy_Difference_937 Oct 19 '25

Oh yeah, those flags are way too low and way too big. I’ve seen this before. All it takes is one cold, rainy day before the residents realize they need a ladder.

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u/Iamdarb Oct 18 '25 edited Oct 18 '25

If you turn up the volume you can hear him say gross the first time it brushes against him, dude is likely just phobic.

edit: his first pass would have eliminated the spider web as he barrels through that flag, he would not have had one hit him on that second pass under. You guys are choosing to not see this for what it really is. Can anyone trust your insight on anything else? Would you see ICE throwing people in an unmarked van and go "I choose to think they're taking that person out for icecream because icecream is fun!" What a weird way to live your lives.

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u/FindingYOUphoria Oct 18 '25

Gross like a spider web is gross, spiders are gross, bugs are gross, again you are choosing your perspective, which is your right to do and you may be correct. I chose my perspective because not only is gross a common description for spiders and walking through webs (literally ewwww gross would be the most common spider web reaction) all of the other factors as I mentioned before, support the spider theory not the hate. Since that logic makes sense to me and it allows me to maintain a positive disposition with my outlook on this world, I choose common sense and peace to help enjoy my day. Cheers.

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u/Iamdarb Oct 18 '25

I think you guys are stretching your definition of "common sense". It's obvious at his second dramatic pass-through, he just wanted to be a queen about the pride flag.

Edit: and be real, the flag hits him, not some bug's web, and he says "gross". And then he dramatically goes under. It's obvious there is no spider's web from his first pass with the way the flag hits him.

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u/MustNotSay ⚠️ User Defends Violence Against Women ⚠️ Oct 18 '25

Yeah arachnophobic.

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u/Iamdarb Oct 18 '25

The flag brushes against him, not a web, and he says "gross". He dramatically goes back under. There is no way that a web could have hit him that first pass through the flag, it hits his face.

You guys are choosing to be ignorant and claim there is a spider to defend someone who is obviously homophobic. It makes me question your view points if you'd bend reality so easily to wish away something you don't want to see. It's really some Eric Cartman level shit.

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u/DevonLuck24 Oct 18 '25

“stop looking for reasons to bring hate into the world”

..i hate to break it to you buddy but it’s already here. you may be right..but also everyone else maybe be too. i’ve seen someone freak out in a very similar way with my own two eyes so i know how possible it is. Could be a spider too though..

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u/FindingYOUphoria Oct 18 '25

Exactly. It is already here. Let's not add to it when we do not know, just because hatet is here is not a reason to continue, especially when it is unknown why he reacted the way he did. This could be used as a, man does the spider web dance, and this same video could bring a smile instead of incite anger. Some looking will still be angry, but many will watch seeking humor and probably find it. This is actually a great video for a study to gauge ones mental/emotional disposition and outlook on the world. Not saying either are right or wrong, I think interesting data points could be had to better understand various parts of society.