# I Hate ABC's What Would You Do **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 23, 2011, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-abcs-what-would-you-do/572330 "2011-02-23T08:56:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2011, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-abcs-what-would-you-do/572330/21 "2011-02-23T21:03:05Z")
My comments from a thread last summer: Of course when I was a single bachelor I could see myself stepping into many of the situations to put people in their place. But in this day and age and with a wife and kid at home should I really be belittled if I choose to not get involved? Not with the ones like helping a guy in a wheelchair who tipped over but ones where some jerk is ranting about illegal immigrants at the deli. It feels pretty heroic to step in and call out someone for being a loud mouth biggot in public but in reality some of these loud mouth biggots are just waiting for a fight and who knows if they’re carrying a knife or a gun? Yeah, maybe daddy did stand up to a bully, but he got shot in the process leaving behind his wife and kid. So is “doing nothing” a valid response in the interest of personal safety? ---
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2011, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-abcs-what-would-you-do/572330/22 "2011-02-23T22:43:01Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > The racial element is pretty creepy, though. Like when more people call the cops on the black vandals than on the white ones… I don’t watch, but happened to catch the one where they had (White? Hispanic? I think they had more than one ethnicity at different times.) teens beating up and painting a car in a parking lot. IIRC, they got more calls about three black kids sleeping in a car a little ways away than about the blatant vandalism going on. “They look like they’re getting ready to commit a crime.” The kids were there for some reason to do with the show. I don’t remember if they were on later, or were just relatives of someone who was working on the shoot. That was… very Wednesday. ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2011, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-abcs-what-would-you-do/572330/23 "2011-02-23T22:53:30Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > I watched the episode where a woman tried to pay strangers to blow into her anti-alcohol ignition interlock device so she could drive her car. Even when she acted obviously drunk, and even when there was a toddler in the back seat, there were people who agreed to blow into it for a relatively low amount of money. That was pretty eye-opening. Unless you took the money, then dialed 911 to report the driver 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-abcs-what-would-you-do/572330/24 "2011-02-26T01:23:54Z")
Commercials for one episode (all I’ve ever seen is commercials) were what if a white woman was chastising her white friend for adopting a black child? What if a black woman was chastising her black friend for adopting a white child? WHAT WOULD YOU DO? Uh, mind my own business, perhaps? Maybe think to myself that the criticizing lady in either case was a jackoff, but just ignore it and go about eating my meal? What the fuck else should I do? Pick a fight with a stranger over this? COME ON ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-abcs-what-would-you-do/572330/25 "2011-02-26T01:30:19Z")
I hate this show. I’m waiting for something to go very very wrong and someone ends up dead or badly injured. Maybe the show or network will get sued before something tragic happens, I don’t know. But I really think this show is just asking for it. ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-abcs-what-would-you-do/572330/26 "2011-02-26T01:56:36Z")
Wow I’m pleasantly surprised to see so many people have the same reaction. Let’s hope they don’t try to pull this on anyone with a gun… ---
**Author:** ![Viridiana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Viridiana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Viridiana)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-abcs-what-would-you-do/572330/27 "2011-02-27T23:23:06Z")
That show is hilarious! They’re about as subtle as Tyra Banks talking about herself. “Excuse me Sir passerby, what do YOU think of this appalling thing I’m doing? Pretty appalling, right? Oh, you weren’t listening? Allow me to bring you up to speed!” Really though, that show’s awful. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-abcs-what-would-you-do/572330/28 "2011-03-01T14:41:01Z")
I’ve never actually watched the show, but I’ve seen a few clips, and it’s okay in moderation. But I don’t think I could stand watching it as an actual show. I also find the reactions hilariously over-the-top. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-abcs-what-would-you-do/572330/29 "2011-03-01T16:41:38Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > I watched the episode where a woman tried to pay strangers to blow into her anti-alcohol ignition interlock device so she could drive her car. Even when she acted obviously drunk, and even when there was a toddler in the back seat, there were people who agreed to blow into it for a relatively low amount of money. That was pretty eye-opening. Was she hot? People (well, men mostly) will do anything for a hot woman. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-abcs-what-would-you-do/572330/30 "2011-03-01T17:23:27Z")
I seem to recall someone on the Dope here saying that a friend or family member was on this show, and reacted appropriately to the situation they were confronted with. Anyone remember that? I think it was in MPSIMS. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-abcs-what-would-you-do/572330/31 "2011-03-01T17:57:54Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > Commercials for one episode (all I’ve ever seen is commercials) were what if a white woman was chastising her white friend for adopting a black child? What if a black woman was chastising her black friend for adopting a white child? WHAT WOULD YOU DO? > > Uh, mind my own business, perhaps? Maybe think to myself that the criticizing lady in either case was a jackoff, but just ignore it and go about eating my meal? What the fuck else should I do? Pick a fight with a stranger over this? > > COME ON I saw the ads for that one and thought they’d really run out of ideas because that’s pretty much a mind your own business thing. So the adoptive mom has a jerky friend/relative? Let them deal with them. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-abcs-what-would-you-do/572330.md?page=1)