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by valar_m 1063 days ago
> I'm really not concerned with ego/fame in any of this.

You've said twice that you think it will be a fun story to tell at parties. You claim the idea was inspired by a night when you called the police because your wife's friend didn't respond to her text messages. The police came and the couple you called them on told you to go away. Nothing happened, and yet you somehow think you may have saved someone's life:

> At this point, we decided to knock on the door. The husband answered, clearly unhappy we were there. We said we just wanted to make sure the friend was ok. He told us to get off his property or he would call the police. We agreed to leave but told him we had already called the police. My wife got a text shortly after that from the friend saying that she was ok, but thanking us for checking on her. We waited for the police to arrive (about 10 minutes later) and we drove home.

> Long story, but I've thought about that night a lot. I think we did the right thing. If we had done nothing, and the friend been hurt somehow, I would have felt horrible knowing that I might have been able to prevent it and didn't

No, it's 100% about ego.

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Has the original post been edited? The quotes are concerning and seem to support your accusation but I don’t know where they are from.
they're from some other comments he made in this thread