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I'm absolutely mortified

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Potentialnewdiagnosis · 26/11/2024 11:53

Not an aibu but need reassurance that I'm not a terribly horrible person. So backstory On a city break for the Christmas markets and was saying to my mam when we arrived that I was expecting performer's and alot more street entertainment but there's none.

This morning I popped down the main shopping strip and in the distance I heard christmas music and a guy randomly singing Christmas songs but the words were all wrong and he couldn't sing so I started to take a video to send to my mum with the caption "well I did complain there was no Christmas music" but as I got closer I realised he potentially had special needs from a distance it wasn't obvious I straight away deleted the video but I feel awful that I videod someone with special needs like that. I honestly thought it was a young lad chancing his arm for a few bob

I am absolutely mortified but genuinely didn't know he had a disability

OP posts:
ObtuseMoose · 26/11/2024 12:02

Do you want everyone to tell you that you're an amazing person even though you intended to rip the piss out of someone by filming them? Hmmm...

DoraGray · 26/11/2024 12:01

You are an amazing person for feeling mortified. Well done.

Seashellssanctuary · 26/11/2024 12:01

h733 · 26/11/2024 11:55

I find it amazing that the internet has brainwashed people into feeling guilty about the most ridiculous things.

Strange answer. I can't see many people think it's OK to film special needs people to mock them.

The fact that the OP recognised this and feels awful that they did it is a reaction I'd expect from most people that had accidentally done the same

pippapipps · 26/11/2024 12:00

LadyKenya · 26/11/2024 11:58

It sounds like you would have been happy to have a laugh at the guy's expense, if he had not had a disability though. Why is that ok with you?

This exactly

Chamomileteaplease · 26/11/2024 11:59

Non-issue. Get on with your day.

InformerYaNoSayDaddyMeSnowMeIGoBlameALickyBoom · 26/11/2024 11:59

You were filming to take the piss out of someone.

Regardless of their needs it's a shitty thing to do.

Not sure what you want out of this thread though?

LadyKenya · 26/11/2024 11:58

It sounds like you would have been happy to have a laugh at the guy's expense, if he had not had a disability though. Why is that ok with you?

TiredHippo · 26/11/2024 11:57

Maybe you should just not go around filming random people to make fun of then 💁‍♀️

h733 · 26/11/2024 11:55

I find it amazing that the internet has brainwashed people into feeling guilty about the most ridiculous things.

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