# WTF!!! (Bystanders ignore child run over by truck in China) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 4, 2012, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-bystanders-ignore-child-run-over-by-truck-in-china/620918 "2012-05-04T20:06:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-bystanders-ignore-child-run-over-by-truck-in-china/620918/41 "2012-05-05T04:47:24Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > Jesus that kid _still_ hasn’t learned how to cross the street? For the win! ---
**Author:** ![Molotok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Molotok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Molotok)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-bystanders-ignore-child-run-over-by-truck-in-china/620918/42 "2012-05-05T04:51:27Z")
RO = recreational outrage. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-bystanders-ignore-child-run-over-by-truck-in-china/620918/43 "2012-05-05T07:33:14Z")
What if she would have been the future Kim Jong-Il? WELL? ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-bystanders-ignore-child-run-over-by-truck-in-china/620918/44 "2012-05-05T07:52:18Z")
How is a crab like a Chinese kid who gets flattened by a moving vehicle? They’re both crushed Asians. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-bystanders-ignore-child-run-over-by-truck-in-china/620918/45 "2012-05-05T10:24:50Z")
I would have shot the child. ---
**Author:** ![Damuri\_Ajashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-bystanders-ignore-child-run-over-by-truck-in-china/620918/46 "2012-05-05T16:58:34Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > I’ll field this one with a serious answer: Recreational Outrage. I’m not sure what “recreational outrage” is but I am pretty genuinely outraged and disgusted. If people have already seen this and have assimilated it then I suppose I can understand why its no longer outrageous but some of the comments belong on this thread 4chan. Since when was is cool on this site to make Tosh.O type comments about kids getting run over by trucks? ---
**Author:** ![florez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b9e5f3/32.png) [@florez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/florez)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-bystanders-ignore-child-run-over-by-truck-in-china/620918/47 "2012-05-05T17:09:18Z")
> [@Rand\_Rover](#): > > Welcome to Obama’s America. Oh, those risk taking Chinese toddlers! I am ROd to the max, and Obama’s America IS to blame! ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-bystanders-ignore-child-run-over-by-truck-in-china/620918/48 "2012-05-05T17:21:09Z")
> [@Damuri\_Ajashi](#): > > I’m not sure what “recreational outrage” is but I am pretty genuinely outraged and disgusted. [This.](http://lmgtfy.com/?q=recreational+outrage) ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-bystanders-ignore-child-run-over-by-truck-in-china/620918/49 "2012-05-05T17:42:35Z")
> [@Rand\_Rover](#): > > So I thought I would throw some spice in the mix and tweak the squares. You are welcome. I thought your comment was darn funny. However, you’ve never really pinged my “makes funny comments” or “has a sense of humor about people blaming things on Obama” radar. Care to share other examples? ---
**Author:** ![Damuri\_Ajashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-bystanders-ignore-child-run-over-by-truck-in-china/620918/50 "2012-05-05T19:19:21Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > I’ll field this one with a serious answer: Recreational Outrage. > [@kidchameleon](#): > > [This.](http://lmgtfy.com/?q=recreational+outrage) Not really a useful link to tell me to google it when the definition seems to be a moving target. Here is how a 2005 SDMB post defined it: “RO – “Recreational Outrage” describes when a poster expresses righteous indignation and gets highly worked up (outraged) over some issue, typically some news occurrence that is completely irrelevant to the person’s own life and has no effect on that poster personally. The poster derives (recreational) satisfaction from expressing outrage and moral indignation, frequently including a sense of moral superiority, thus differentiating Recreational Outrage from other forms of outrage.” I get no satisfaction from my outrage it or a sense of moral superiority from pointing it out, part of me wishes I had never seen it. I simply found the video deeply disturbing. Is any expression of outrage over an event that everyone would agree is outrageous an example of RO because I wasn’t under the impression that a pitting required something that was debatable? I don’t know what it means to say that it is irrelevant to my own life and has no effect on me personally but I found the video quite disturbing and changed my opinion of China generally. ---
**Author:** ![Damuri\_Ajashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-bystanders-ignore-child-run-over-by-truck-in-china/620918/51 "2012-05-05T19:20:28Z")
> [@Rand\_Rover](#): > > It’s how Kim-Jung Un wore his pants during his short-lived gangsta rap phase. You know how people say “you’re not as funny as you think you are” It applies double for you. ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-bystanders-ignore-child-run-over-by-truck-in-china/620918/52 "2012-05-05T19:51:29Z")
**Damuri Ajashi** - Your next current events assignment - Google _ **Hindenburg** _ ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-bystanders-ignore-child-run-over-by-truck-in-china/620918/53 "2012-05-05T19:59:47Z")
RO is the “before” in an Emily Litella speech. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-bystanders-ignore-child-run-over-by-truck-in-china/620918/54 "2012-05-05T20:45:20Z")
> [@Damuri\_Ajashi](#): > > Not really a useful link to tell me to google it when the definition seems to be a moving target. > > Here is how a 2005 SDMB post defined it: > > “RO – “Recreational Outrage” describes when a poster expresses righteous indignation and gets highly worked up (outraged) over some issue, typically some news occurrence that is completely irrelevant to the person’s own life and has no effect on that poster personally. The poster derives (recreational) satisfaction from expressing outrage and moral indignation, frequently including a sense of moral superiority, thus differentiating Recreational Outrage from other forms of outrage.” > > I get no satisfaction from my outrage it or a sense of moral superiority from pointing it out, part of me wishes I had never seen it. I simply found the video deeply disturbing. > > Is any expression of outrage over an event that everyone would agree is outrageous an example of RO because I wasn’t under the impression that a pitting required something that was debatable? > > I don’t know what it means to say that it is irrelevant to my own life and has no effect on me personally but I found the video quite disturbing and changed my opinion of China generally. Here’s the thing, at least as I see it: The world is a very big place, with many billions of people. Hundreds of these sorts of tragedies take place every single day. If you were so inclined, you could find some news story that would be just as outrageous any time you wanted – simply because there’s so much stuff of all kinds going on all the time. So unless it’s truly a national or world level tragedy (e.g. Darfur, Katrina) or it affects you or someone you know, it’s not worth getting worked up about. IMO, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-bystanders-ignore-child-run-over-by-truck-in-china/620918/55 "2012-05-05T21:46:12Z")
> [@Damuri\_Ajashi](#): > > Thanks > > What is RO? > [@Damuri\_Ajashi](#): > > …Since when was is cool on this site to make Tosh.O type comments about kids getting run over by trucks? You’ve written more than 8,000 posts in 6 years, How many have you read? Good thing you missed the thread about [the baby and the parking ramp](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=621751). ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2012, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-bystanders-ignore-child-run-over-by-truck-in-china/620918/56 "2012-05-06T00:23:54Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > You’ve written more than 8,000 posts in 6 years, How many have you read? Good thing you missed the thread about [the baby and the parking ramp](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=621751). That’s what I mean. I’m sure that if you looked hard enough, every day you could find a story just as bad as the one about this kook who dropped a baby off the side of a building. But why make yourself miserable? I mean, there’s got to be something awful happening to somebody right now in India, don’t you think? We already found someone in China. ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2012, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-bystanders-ignore-child-run-over-by-truck-in-china/620918/57 "2012-05-06T04:11:54Z")
Anyone have updated information on this? The only thing I found was a report that the girl died: [http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202\_162-20123555/chinese-toddler-left-bloody-in-hit-and-run-dies/](http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-20123555/chinese-toddler-left-bloody-in-hit-and-run-dies/) If someone has a reputable link, please post. Given the amount of play it had at the time, I’m pretty surprised there hasn’t been coverage of the drivers getting convicted. I’m still skeptical that this event. ---
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2012, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-bystanders-ignore-child-run-over-by-truck-in-china/620918/58 "2012-05-06T04:27:33Z")
> [@suranyi](#): > > … > > So unless it’s truly a national or world level tragedy (e.g. Darfur, Katrina) or it affects you or someone you know, it’s not worth getting worked up about. IMO, of course. i don’t know how widespread it is, but i think if people are literally afraid to help another due to fear of repercussions, that would qualify as a national tragedy. ---
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2012, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-bystanders-ignore-child-run-over-by-truck-in-china/620918/59 "2012-05-06T08:14:10Z")
Update: > **[Death of Wang Yue](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Wang_Yue)** > > Wang Yue (Chinese: 王 悦; pinyin: Wáng Yuè), also known as "Little Yue Yue" (Chinese: 小悅悅), was a two-year-old Chinese girl who was run over by two motorists on the afternoon of 13 October 2011, in a narrow road in Foshan, Guangdong. As she lay bleeding and unconscious on the road for more than seven minutes, at least 18 passers-by skirted around her body, ignoring her. She was eventually helped by a female rubbish scavenger and sent to a hospital for treatment, but succumbed to her injuries and Many Chinese followed this story closely. There are calls for a new Good Samaritan Law. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2012, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-bystanders-ignore-child-run-over-by-truck-in-china/620918/60 "2012-05-06T13:18:58Z")
> [@kidchameleon](#): > > [This.](http://lmgtfy.com/?q=recreational+outrage) The first Google link for Recreational Outrage is a band name? 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-bystanders-ignore-child-run-over-by-truck-in-china/620918.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-bystanders-ignore-child-run-over-by-truck-in-china/620918.md?page=4)