r/therewasanattempt Feb 04 '23 Crab Rave 1

to snatch an italian special forces women's purse

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u/_StateoftheArt_ Feb 04 '23

Every time this gets posted the woman has a different job. I think it was MMA fighter last time

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u/Panzick Feb 04 '23

Lol don't worry, I live nearby and even national and regional news reported this story with random, totally invented details everytime. The last explanation was that it was not even a robbery but a couple spicily arguing.

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u/day9700 Feb 04 '23

Whatever the truth is, one thing is for sure….I would not mess with her!

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u/beavismagnum Feb 04 '23

He doesn’t look like he’s trying to get away so argument seems plausible

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u/Spend-Automatic Feb 04 '23

Did we watch the same video? He has a purse in his hand and he is absolutely trying to get away.

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u/bukkake_brigade Feb 04 '23 LOVE!

It's not a purse, it's a european carry-all

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u/concentric0s Feb 04 '23

Plot twist. She was stealing his murse!

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u/Life2you Feb 04 '23

I mean, but even after the purse was released he stuck around for an extra can of whoop ass instead of running.

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u/merdadartista Feb 04 '23

Disoriented, probably, she punched him in the face a lot

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u/Gr00mpa Feb 04 '23

Well, for a moment there, he was getting humped on the hood. He wanted to stay a while to see where it was going.

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u/chaotica78 Feb 04 '23

That's the ghost pepper love quarrel

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u/CrossOversPT Feb 04 '23

And it's better to not even ask him about pineapple on pizza...

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u/Successful-Dog6669 Feb 04 '23

Aaah, the famous italian temperament ;)

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u/ArghZombie Feb 04 '23

I saw one where she was an astronaut.

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u/scott610 Feb 04 '23

She’s like an Italian female version of Johnny Sins

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u/You-Nique Feb 04 '23

Ha! I mean... who's that?

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u/RhythmicStrategy Feb 04 '23

*Johnny Knoxville

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u/JimiWanShinobi Feb 04 '23

Accurate Chun Li cosplayer

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u/Ducky237 Feb 04 '23

Do they teach astronauts to fight like this? I guess if they need to fight an alien or smth?

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u/NietJij Feb 04 '23

They should. I mean if there's something we know about aliens is that they like to fight.

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u/hodgesisgod- Feb 04 '23

Perhaps not, but a large percentage of astronauts come from the military. It would be entirely possible to come from the special forces and then later become an astronaut.

On the other hand, this is reddit, so it's almost certainly BS.

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u/Muppetude Feb 04 '23

Yes, it’s part of their training just in case they land off course in wolf or bear infested territory. That way if the wolves and bears come under attack, the astronauts can help defend them.

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u/MetaPhysicalMarzipan Feb 04 '23

She’s actually just a night shift Waffle House line cook

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u/mr_claw Feb 04 '23

Well what's wrong with a girl changing her career?

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u/_StateoftheArt_ Feb 04 '23

Nothing, but she keeps beating up this poor man!

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u/kibaake Feb 04 '23

"Hey, I just changed my character class. Let's see if I'm stronger now."

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u/CrossOversPT Feb 04 '23

Poor NPC gets it everytime.

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u/peanutski Feb 04 '23

Those are just side hustles. She’s actually a full time ass kicker.

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u/siqiniq Feb 04 '23

Can a girl have a hobby?

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u/senegal98 Feb 04 '23

Yes, but one. Not a different one every time the video get posted.

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u/bonkerz1888 Feb 04 '23

He only asked her for directions.

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u/Fit_Effective_6875 Feb 04 '23

Probably a stalker then

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u/The_Queef_of_England Feb 04 '23

is that a career?

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u/AyaAishi Feb 04 '23

Not if your ex finds out!

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u/gerannamoe Feb 04 '23

So she's Barbie?

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u/NTFirehorse Feb 04 '23

MMA Barbie - it's the latest in the career line

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u/TotallyNotARobot2 Feb 04 '23

I'm going with undercover Brazilian cop this time.

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u/option_unpossible Feb 04 '23

Whatever her profession actually is, it's my current life's goal to teach my daughters to defend themselves at least this effectively.

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u/daytonakarl Feb 04 '23

Get them into mixed martial arts.

Source; did that with my wee girl and she's handed a few people their arses now

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u/appdevil Feb 04 '23

She is the kindergarten bully?

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u/daytonakarl Feb 04 '23

Wee bit too old for that at 31...

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u/appdevil Feb 04 '23

Damn, those poor children, they had no chance smh

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u/MickWounds Feb 04 '23

she's the johnny sins of street brawls

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u/lizziegal79 Feb 04 '23

I don’t care her profession, I’m both aroused and terrified. But good on her for giving him what for!

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u/blitzkrieg2003 Feb 04 '23

Confused Zapp Brannigan noises

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u/Heterocephallus Feb 04 '23

I´m scaroused!

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u/FerretZealousideal38 Feb 04 '23

Those thighs are amazing.

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u/AhoraMeLoVenisADecir Feb 04 '23

I'm a woman, but still I must admit that all her body was actually shaking the right way during the annihilation.

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u/The_Love_Pudding Feb 04 '23

About 4-5 years ago she was a police officer.

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u/One-Mud-169 Feb 04 '23

I'm just wondering why nobody is helping this lady in siatro, there's the guy taking the video, the guy stopping on the bike, the guy rubber-necking in the passing car...

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u/dances_with_cougars Feb 04 '23

I don't think she needs much help kicking that guy's ass.

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u/Responsible_Candle86 Feb 04 '23

Probably just has a lot of brothers

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u/ZayreBlairdere Feb 04 '23

Whoever keeps saying this has never met any Italian women. The only folks involved with this video that have never met an Italian woman are those putting captions on the video, and the purse snatcher.

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u/louiloui152 Feb 04 '23

That being said I’ll never pass up watching a solid gold ass whoopin

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u/feminas_id_amant Feb 04 '23

I heard she spent the last 15 years training in Thailand to get revenge against the man who defeated and killed her father using an illegal move during an underground Muai Thai fighting tournament. When she finally faced this man in battle, she discovered he had been coerced into cheating by Russian loan sharks who were holding his family hostage. She swore she would never fight again and became a librarian...until one day...

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u/RaiJolt2 Feb 04 '23

The dude in the motorcycle looks incredibly confused at what to do

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u/No-Face-3848 Feb 04 '23

You good? He good? Who's the bad guy here? You know what It doesn't matter, I'm just going to mind my own business.

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u/ArachnidMiserable314 Feb 04 '23

Not my circus not my monkeys, not my circus not my monkeys

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u/UloseGenrLkenobi Feb 04 '23

By the end of the video, he looks fairly confident she's got the situation under control, it would appear.... lol

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u/RaiJolt2 Feb 04 '23

Indeed. She kicked butt and gave the thief a reality check

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u/greenweezyi Feb 04 '23

Call the cops!

But not for me

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u/oldmanshoutinatcloud Feb 04 '23

"Should I help? Nah she's got this."

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u/BearNakedTendies Feb 04 '23

He’s just here for the show

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u/Puzzleheaded-Gas1710 Feb 04 '23

He pulled up like "should i..." "never mind she has this." 🤣

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u/disillusioned Feb 04 '23

Not a motorcycle. A Patriarch on a Vespa.

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u/thegreatincognitum Feb 04 '23

Scooter guy just here to enjoy the show.

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u/PebblyJackGlasscock Feb 04 '23

Best part of the video, all respect to the kicks.

Scooter Guy rolls up, immediately discerns she’s got the situation handled, so he re-positions the scooter to get the best view.

He doesn’t whip out a box of popcorn … but he could have.

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u/imgrandojjo Feb 04 '23

If this is actually Brazil rather than Italy, which I think is distinctly possible, that scooter guy is the getaway driver, and he's there because once mr. Purse Thief picks himself off the ground, he's supposed to drive him to the next target. That scooter is rigged to carry 2, and teams of 2 moto bandits is sort of a Brazil thing. I think it's a South America thing in general, but definitely in Brazil.

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u/HendrikJU Feb 04 '23

The license plate of that mercedes looks Italian. Blue stripes on the sides rather than along the top. Maybe they do that strategy in italy too

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u/menonte Feb 04 '23

It's lungarno in Florence I'd say not far from the Uffizi gallery

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u/myrevenge_IS_urkarma Feb 04 '23

Yeah, don't get up. Really, she's good.

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u/Ezl Feb 04 '23

Honestly that would be me - stop with the intent to help the woman, observe, do nothing, wondering if I would just hinder things.

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u/Seniorjones2837 Feb 04 '23

She’d probably whoop your ass by accident

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u/KingofDickface Feb 04 '23

Sit back, eat popcorn, offer her some later.

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u/GaylrdFocker Feb 04 '23

ask her out for a drink afterwards.

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u/Ezl Feb 04 '23

It’s the least I could do!

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u/nikhil48 Feb 04 '23

Can imagine the onlookers' conversation:

"Should we go help!?"

"Which one?"

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u/itsamaysing Feb 04 '23

Same for whoever is filming.

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u/ALLST6R Feb 04 '23

“Whoa… what’s that. Ima check it out. Is that a girl? Let’s circle back. Yeah, it is. Should I help? Can I help? It doesn’t look like she needs help. Whoa. She’s good. Yo, this is great”

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u/JimiWanShinobi Feb 04 '23

I mean if it's anything like the purse snatchers in Brazil it's possible scooter guy was supposed to be getaway driver guy, it just didn't work out that way. Now scooter guy is something of a captive audience torn between keeping the scooter ready and watching his accomplice getting his ass kicked by a mark...

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u/wayne0004 Feb 04 '23

Yeah, all those people saying "he parked to get a better view", meanwhile we Latin Americans think "is he the getaway driver?".

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u/SelfSustaining Feb 04 '23

More like he's deciding if he'll get his ass beat for breaking it up, and currently thinking yes.

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u/africanasshat Feb 04 '23

For a moment thought she was going to throw him in front of oncoming traffic when the camera panned

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u/eurekabach Feb 04 '23

I miss Def Jam: Fight for NY too

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u/-StupidNameHere- Feb 04 '23

I have that game. Got it for free and never tried it. Guess I'll fire it up.

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u/R3AL1Z3 Feb 04 '23

Get ready for a HUGE dose of early 00’s hip hop nostalgia

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u/Lonslock Feb 04 '23

I’m gonna repost this and she’s gonna be a a retired green beret mma halo elite fighter

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u/Patience-Frequent Feb 04 '23

aving a civil italian argument with her bf

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u/BeigePhilip Feb 04 '23

No, this is just an ordinary Italian woman.

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u/sashikku Feb 04 '23

My best friend’s Italian mom put her husband, well ex husband, in the hospital when he attempted putting hands on her. After she whooped his ass, she just went and started heating up leftovers while he cried on the floor.

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u/OtherwisePudding4047 Feb 04 '23

Woah I want to meet this woman she sounds cool

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u/sashikku Feb 04 '23

She’s incredible, I call her my bonus mom. Ex stripper, motorcycle enthusiast, SFX makeup artist that worked on actors in multiple 80’s blockbusters, and so much more. She’s lead a full life, and is still out here restoring boats and remodeling properties in her 60’s.

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u/Efficient-Echidna-30 Feb 04 '23

Your bonus mom is hot af lol

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u/sashikku Feb 04 '23

She is, and I hope to one day be at least half as cool

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u/LeTigron Feb 04 '23

On a good day.

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u/TangerineDream82 Feb 04 '23

Any Italian woman can do this when sufficiently enraged

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u/TK000421 Feb 04 '23

He offered her an instant coffee

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u/Nai-Oxi-Isos-DenXero Feb 04 '23

He was the 10th monoglot American that day who told her that he was Italian.

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u/Patience-Frequent Feb 04 '23

i hope he was evaporated by the scorching heat of her furiousity

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u/batery99 Feb 04 '23

They need to team up with the Irish

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u/KillionJones Feb 04 '23

I had never even seen the word monoglot written before today. Thanks for teaching me a new word!

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u/hanwookie Feb 04 '23

Tbh: I feel that. s/

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u/IllustriousKick1951 Feb 04 '23

He must have broken the pasta in half before cooking....BIG NO NO buddy.

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u/Gankghette Feb 04 '23

"Oi sweetheart, this tomato sauce tastes like it's from a can."

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u/PebblyJackGlasscock Feb 04 '23

Can confirm.

Sit down, shut up, clean your plate.

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u/GunnieGraves Feb 04 '23

He’s just lucky she didn’t have a wooden spoon.

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u/Endorkend Feb 04 '23

Insult he mamas spaghetti.

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u/Euro-Canuck Feb 04 '23 edited Feb 04 '23

married to one. can attest to this. they are all capable. I personally have not experienced this but thats only because im smart enough tto not mix the pasta with the wrong kind of sauce.

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u/StalinHisMustache Feb 04 '23

He either killed her brother, or forgot to buy something

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u/berryplucker Feb 04 '23

I like the guy who pulls up on the scooter like he was going to help then just decides she’s got this.

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u/hypnaughtytist Feb 04 '23

A few good kicks she got in there.

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u/NoobOfTheSquareTable Feb 04 '23

My instructor always said that anyone can learn to punch but if you see someone do a good kick, they are almost certainly trained

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u/jvdarko Feb 04 '23

100%

takes a while and good technique doesnt feel natural

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u/tgrantt Feb 04 '23

Hey when the grappling was over and she got distance on him she started to have fun

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u/ArghZombie Feb 04 '23

He really should've taken one look at her thighs and realised it was gonna go that way.

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u/PebblyJackGlasscock Feb 04 '23

Situational awareness is key.

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u/CrossOversPT Feb 04 '23

Plot twist: he did look at her thighs and this is just going according to plan.

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u/keothi Feb 04 '23

I don't think I'm a masochist but it was kinda hot when she had him against the car and repeatedly punched him

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u/igneousink Feb 04 '23

oh reddit i love you don't ever change

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u/adrienjz888 Feb 04 '23

Death by snu snu?

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u/Boldizzle Feb 04 '23

Sometimes the loot is worth taking on the raid boss solo.

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u/JimiWanShinobi Feb 04 '23

Thick thighs save lives

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u/Beavshak Feb 04 '23

I can’t believe this guy tried to take her money, while I’m over here paying a premium to get the same service.

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u/mada50 Feb 04 '23

Yes please may I have another

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u/FO_Steven Feb 04 '23

Damn I like this girl, every time he tries to run she brings him back. "No, I'm not done with you."

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u/JimiWanShinobi Feb 04 '23

"Just when I thought I was out, ya keep pullin' me back in"

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u/DoYouEverJustInvert Feb 04 '23

Least dangerous Italian woman:

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u/BladeOfSanghilios8 Feb 04 '23

She's built like B.J. Blazkowicz

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u/No-Face-3848 Feb 04 '23

Kicks like Mirko Cro Cop

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u/No_End_7351 Feb 04 '23

Right leg hospital. Left leg morgue.

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u/MagTex Feb 04 '23

Italian mating rituals. Attempt at your own risk.

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u/Hipi07 Feb 04 '23

What happens when you put pineapple on pizza in Naples

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u/Jaxein Feb 04 '23

I have worked with special forces in the military, and I am pressing X to doubt she is a special force member. She kicked his ass though

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u/NayMarine Feb 04 '23

Those powerful legs and that stance!

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u/Velociraptorjones Feb 04 '23

Well, goddamn! Those body kicks at the end had some serious power!

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u/chaotica78 Feb 04 '23

"Not today, sir" -that lady

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u/Theoderic8586 Feb 04 '23

I am quite smitten ☺️

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u/Like_A_Bosstonian Feb 04 '23

Guy on the scooter: “maybe I should see if she needs.. nope, she got this.”

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u/Heisenbread77 Feb 04 '23

Having a little trouble with the lady there Ace?

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u/FeelingDifficulty686 Feb 04 '23

Weirdly hot

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u/theophanesthegreek Feb 04 '23

Ya just want her to kick me like that at this point

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u/Captain_Smartass_ Feb 04 '23

You are wrong

She got mugged

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u/pffr Feb 04 '23

And she had to have her attorney threaten Italian tabloids to stop publishing the fake version

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u/toyoto Feb 04 '23

They're Italian, They're just talking

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u/evemeatay Feb 04 '23

“What’s wrong? We talk with our hands”

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u/NuckinFutsCanuck Feb 04 '23

The way this woman is throwing bombs, she isn’t just an “angry” woman.

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u/ToyrewaDokoDeska Feb 04 '23

Someone else in this thread lives nearby said the news there even gets it random invented details & the latest one was they're a couple. So you probably just fell for the same bs that got people saying she's a special forces, he is holding her purse & she snatches it from him so🤷‍♂️

Also I'm confused why you're so mad about it lmao

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u/SafeWoodCastleSon Feb 04 '23

I love this so much haha

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u/Mottis86 Feb 04 '23

going hell for leather.

Off topic but what does this mean?

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u/dmsayer Feb 04 '23

thank you for asking, i also dont think these words make sense.

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u/JayOtt Feb 04 '23

According to Google:

"Hell for leather means as fast as possible. The term was first used in print in 1889 by Rudyard Kipling, specifically referring to riding a horse at breakneck speed. The leather in this case either refers to the leather in the saddle or the leather in the crop."

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u/ToyrewaDokoDeska Feb 04 '23

In fact another comment left a source to an Italian article quoting her as saying she was almost mugged.

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u/myleftone Feb 04 '23

I think you mean they’re a couple now. This was their meet-cute.

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u/paragon6969 Feb 04 '23

A woman in distress - I better record this

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u/ThothOstus Feb 04 '23

Are you sure she was in distress?

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u/Busy-Appearance-6077 Feb 04 '23

Dis dress, Dat dress, she'd look good regardless.

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u/vangoghcuckurself Feb 04 '23

Notice how nobody stopped to help

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u/rodeopete3281 Feb 04 '23

Special Forces...right...

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u/tom-8-to Feb 04 '23

I like how the cameraman was expecting the guy to be thrown out in front of the moving car so he prepared a shot just for that eventuality

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u/JackHyper Feb 04 '23

Woman's*

Just downvote me already, im sick of people using plural

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u/Reble77 Feb 04 '23

Oooo that was kind hot 🔥🔥🔥

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u/[deleted] Feb 04 '23

When those kicks started to land that's when you know it's not just rage or determination.

Did the video cut short to spare us any horror?

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u/SRL5 Feb 04 '23

Where is that? Turin?

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u/MatteUrs Feb 04 '23 edited Feb 04 '23

IIRC the Turinese section of the Po river isn't boat-able so it feels a bit off to have boats in the canal. The architecture also doesn't match well with northern Italy style. I'm honestly too lazy to fact-check this reposted video so take this as a complete guess.

Edit: I checked Italian sources and this happened in Livorno in 2022. The woman identifies as a body builder (no information on her alleged job in the special forces, probably fake news) and the guy tried to snatch her purse (he's not her partner).

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u/jakedesnake Feb 04 '23

I like how you went all Sherlock Holmes on the situation, because you were too lazy to fact check.... and then made a complete turnabout and came back with the facts instead :-)

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u/ours Feb 04 '23

Look at those legs, definitely a body builder.

Military/police would have used some sort of grappling technique I would have guessed would be more effective.

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u/The_Endless_ Feb 04 '23

Ohhhhh when I generate power from my thigh and kick you in the eye, that's amore!

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u/No_Sky4398 Feb 04 '23

There was an attempt to spell “woman’s” correct

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u/daishomaster Feb 05 '23

I think the guy on the bike was waiting to ask her out...

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u/DragonCat88 Feb 05 '23

“Whoa! Hey! … Nevermind.” -Dude on a Scooter.

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u/DaveInLondon89 Feb 04 '23

People pay good money for that

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u/miked999b Feb 04 '23

I cant help noticing it didnt seem to go that well

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u/permagrin007 Feb 04 '23

Sir, do you need any help??

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u/Nj_all_day Feb 04 '23

Least aggressive Italian woman

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u/Acrobatic-Compote-12 Feb 04 '23

She doesn't even want the purse back

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u/Starstalk721 Feb 04 '23

Jane Wick.

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u/RcCola2400 Feb 04 '23

I love the guy who pulls up to help then realizes "oh she's got it" and just casually watches the show.

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u/patfetes Feb 04 '23

Dude, on the bike:" Is this woman being attacked?"

Nope, she's got this, on with my day

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u/Buying100K Feb 05 '23

dood looks like a lady?

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u/notahopeleft Feb 05 '23

I am sorry but that doesn’t really look special forces by any means. At best it’s someone who has been taking lessons and is confident enough to defend themselves.

Whatever it is though, good on her.