# Have you ever benefited from the kindness of strangers?

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 29, 2011, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-benefited-from-the-kindness-of-strangers/580218 "2011-04-29T21:57:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2011, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-benefited-from-the-kindness-of-strangers/580218/6 "2011-04-30T14:14:24Z")

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I’ve driven many a POS car, and I’ve been helped numerous times by strangers to help push a car off the road into a parking lot. There’s no worse helpless feeling than having a dead vehicle, AND having to ask for help to get it out of the way of the angry people behind you.

I’m of the opinion that civilization can only continue when we stop to help people in distress.

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