This sailor’s takedown of a ‘victim mentality’ troll is simply perfect

Poke Staff. Updated December 6th, 2021

Early contender for takedown of the week is this, a former sailor who took the time to respond to someone using a desert island scenario to make a so-called point about ‘victim mentality’.

It went viral after it was shared by Redditor SlyviaMcadams who said: ‘Don’t tell Tom Hanks or Wilson.’

And it really is beautifully done.

Just in case that’s tricky to read …

So ex-sailor here who has been involved in search and rescue ops and witnessed the aftermath of two different people in different situations both trying to float in the open ocean on makeshift rafts like this.

One died within two days and was already gone when we found her. The other stayed alive for a full three days, but the other three people who were on his boat with him when it capsized and broke apart (which is the same thing the waves would do to that raft by the way) all died long before we found him and he was barely conscious, completely dehydrated and about an inch from death floating on a piece of drift wood.

So if you are really ever in a situation where you are trapped on an island like this, for Christ sakes don’t go wading into the f-cking open ocean on a tiny raft. You will, almost certainly, die and if you don’t, it will ‘only’ be because someone helped you.

Staying on the island vastly increases your chances of being able to survive ‘on your own’.

So now you (and they) know.

And here are our favourite responses it prompted from fellow Redditors.

‘Is no one else bothered by the fact that he left the coconuts behind?’
PrudentFlamingo

‘He’d get so much further on horseback.’
Blythyvxr

‘Asking for help is important. The cartoon author needs to ask for help making better cartoons.’
PuzzleheadedStable34

‘Whoever made the original definitely just heard the term ‘victim mentality’ for the first time and was desperate to use it in the most stupid way possible.’
Significant_Data2123

‘Honestly the people who think “victim mentality” is a reasonable subject for any kind of public service message are generally just enormous shitheads.’
ChosenUsername420

And also this, just in case.

‘Similar advice is also recommended when being lost in the woods.

‘A lot of victims are found miles from where expected when they would have been located fairly quickly if they hadn’t humped miles and miles in an unknown direction.’
TNShadetree

Source Reddit u/SlyviaMcadams
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