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[LectureMaster]

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I was on a Bicycle ride heading home from my local GameStop with this Series S boxed up in my backpack. I was going down one of the busiest roads in town when I had to cross an intersection. As my front tire hit the road I noticed a truck pull out from behind some thick bushes and I was struck.

I managed to keep most of my body above the steel bumper at first but I wasn’t aware the driver didn’t see me. I was sucked under, my backpack slammed on to the pavement. Not only did it tear through my bag almost instantly but it started shredding the box and then the controller.

If the box wasn’t in my bag I may have hit my head bc at the time I wasn’t wearing a helmet. That box also kept my back from getting scraped up too.

Somehow my bag was no longer strapped around my right shoulder but the guy wasn’t stopping and I wasn’t gonna get shredded under the truck so I used my left foot to attempt to slow the truck down. The bike at this point trapped my right leg in a position where I couldn’t move it.

My bag was slammed into the curb and me afterwards. I was pushed sideways and so I look to my left and I see the tires of this truck a few inches away but no time to react. The tire creeps up the left side of my rib cage and rolls off knocking the air out of me.

I was hit and dragged 12 feet with only a single broken bone in my left foot, a bit of road rash on my hip and an Xbox that runs smoothly

Thing had no hesitation when turning on and I’d be happy to provide more photos but the question is…

What could have happened if I had no Xbox in my bag?

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Spencer is Lord.

 

[Shake Your Rump]

I wasn’t wearing a helmet

As someone who grew up in the USA, I understand. However, as someone who has lived in Canada for 20 years where helmets are just standard attire, Americans are fucking crazy for not wearing them.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

As someone who grew up in the USA, I understand. However, as someone who has lived in Canada for 20 years where helmets are just standard attire, Americans are fucking crazy for not wearing them.

I look back at my younger days riding my motorcycle everywhere and remember never wearing one and realize how foolish that was

 

[Mikado]

That's some serious "Dude Gets Sucked Into the Intake of a Grumman A-6 but Survives Because His Helmet Came Off And Damaged the Turbine" energy.

Glad you're still with us, OP o7.

 

[LectureMaster]

I look back at my younger days riding my motorcycle everywhere and remember never wearing one and realize how foolish that was

 

[salva]

PlayStation: "Play has no limits"
Xbox: "When everyone lives, we all win"

 

[Guesclin]

He was one inch away of becoming an Xbox

 

[LectureMaster]

 

[BossLackey]

Damn dude. That’s some crazy luck. Glad you’re okay.

Helmet from now on I presume?

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

Never cared for Harleys but sure loved my old Vulcan 800

 

[adamsapple]

jokes aside got damn that is scary and glad that person made it out ok.

 

[twilo99]

would've been ded if ps5 in backpack instead

 

[Heisenberg007]

 

[ZoukGalaxy]

What could have happened if I had no Xbox in my bag?

You would had a massive original PS5 with its HUGE heatsink, protecting you even better, and an helmet, maybe even a complete armor, and became rich, beautiful and famous.

 

[Unknown?]

but the guy wasn’t stopping and I wasn’t gonna get shredded under the truck so I used my left foot to attempt to slow the truck down.

Wut....

 

[MayauMiao]

What could have happened if I had no Xbox in my bag?

He would have survive anyway since he wouldn't be going to GameStop.

 

[SweetTooth]

Series S saved this guy BUT killed Xbox division.

You win some you lose some

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

I’ve been not using my Series S incorrectly.

 

[FalconPunch]

Only thing the Series S is good for. The nokia 3310 of consoles lol.

In more important news, I’m glad the guy is alive.

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

Buying an Xbox Series S almost murdered this guy

 

[ap_puff]

>certified pre-owned

damn that last guy really didn't like his xbox

 

[DenchDeckard]

Series S saved this guy BUT killed Xbox division.

You win some you lose some

This, is actually grade A trolling. Gg

 

[Skifi28]

It was also what endangered his life in the first place. It's like how parents help you solve the problems you wouldn't have had, had you been an orphan.

 

[RagnarokIV]

“so I used my left foot to attempt to slow the truck down.”

 

[Spukc]

Dude always wear a helmet!

 

[Judge Magister]

So an Xbox is not totally useless after all.

 

[DAHGAMING]

NO surprise, I have been telling everyone about the Series S power for to long, open your mind and accept it, let it in and you will be free.

 

[Bert Big Balls]

As someone who grew up in the USA, I understand. However, as someone who has lived in Canada for 20 years where helmets are just standard attire, Americans are fucking crazy for not wearing them.

Yeah, motorbikes are no joke. An older dude around where I live was driving along a road on his bike, and a car pulled out of a stop line in front of him and wasn't looking. He smashed straight into it and flew off the bike. He was in the middle of the road with his entire knee splayed open, with blobs of flesh all over the road. Dude wasn't wearing a helmet but got FUCKING lucky that it was just his knee and leg that got fucked and not his head getting smashed open.

 

[VitoNotVito]

As someone who grew up in the USA, I understand. However, as someone who has lived in Canada for 20 years where helmets are just standard attire, Americans are fucking crazy for not wearing them.

Not crazy. Just dumb.

 

[panda-zebra]

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This is what I imagine Certified Pre-Owned would look like if I was to risk it.

 

[Toots]

Last night a xbox saved my life.
Last night a xbox saved my life from a broken ass.

 

[FeralEcho]

He tried to stop a truck with his foot?...Damn,seems he went all in on the "Power your dreams!" Tagline.

Glad that guy's still with us!

 

[Little Chicken]

Series S saved this guy BUT killed Xbox division.

You win some you lose some

 

[yet_another_alt]

That truck was lucky the guy wasn't carrying an original XBOX instead.

 

[jm89]

Plot Twist: Truck driver actually saw the series s and ran him over

"That fuckers the reason my series x got BG3 late" *slams down on accelerator*

 

[Saber]

I entered the thread expecting the Xbox to take a bullet for him. But hey it save the fellas life, is what it counts.

 

[drganon]

Dude always wear a helmet!

Nah, wear a series s on your head instead.

 

[Killjoy-NL]

As someone who grew up in the USA, I understand. However, as someone who has lived in Canada for 20 years where helmets are just standard attire, Americans are fucking crazy for not wearing them.

Lol you should come visit the Netherlands.

 

[Spukc]

Lol you should come visit the Netherlands.

dutch people are fucking insane..

 

[notseqi]

I look back at my younger days riding my motorcycle everywhere and remember never wearing one and realize how foolish that was

dang boi thats one turbodeath avoided

 

[Donald mac Ronald]

Xbox series Saved. Finally found it's niche.

I wonder if police could strap series s to their chest instead of Kevlar vests. I assume a series s is cheaper.

 

[Go_Ly_Dow]

I'm going to buy a Series S and put it in my backpack for safety purposes going forward.

 

[Trilobit]

That's what all Xbox controllers look like after been used one day. Don't know what the big deal is.

 

[Axelon]

Is OP the guy on Reddit? I'm confused if it is it or not.

 

[BlackTron]

Not bad, but if it was a Gamecube in his backpack, he'd have walked away with no broken bones.

 

[Drew1440]

This is what I imagine Certified Pre-Owned would look like if I was to risk it.

I wonder how much would GameStop give if he traded that in?

 

[analog_future]

Series S is such a beast

 

[StereoVsn]

As someone who grew up in the USA, I understand. However, as someone who has lived in Canada for 20 years where helmets are just standard attire, Americans are fucking crazy for not wearing them.

Most people wear them now days, at least ones I see in DC, VA and MD.

Europe and Asia though…. Don’t think I saw anyone wearing helmets in Sweden and Denmark.

 

[Unknown?]

Lol you should come visit the Netherlands.

Hoe gaat het met je?

 

[Killjoy-NL]

Hoe gaat het met je?

Goed, ondanks dat ik altijd zonder helm heb gefietst.