bystander
Example:
Stranger 1: Shut up!
Stranger 2: No you shut up!
Bystander: (Thinks) " I'm not part of that."
Stranger 1: Shut up!
Stranger 2: No you shut up!
Bystander: (Thinks) " I'm not part of that."
innocent bystanders
1. Someone who was in the wrong place at the wrong time.
2. Members (currently 12) of a popular group blog of the same name.
2. Members (currently 12) of a popular group blog of the same name.
Example:
1. The evil-doers drove a car through a crowd of innocent bystanders.
2. Innocent Bystanders welcomes all races, creeds and orientations to comment.
1. The evil-doers drove a car through a crowd of innocent bystanders.
2. Innocent Bystanders welcomes all races, creeds and orientations to comment.
bystander effect
When witnessing a situation of an victim and 'incriminator', the degree of responsibility the witness has in helping the victim or stopping the 'crime' in progress. The degree of responsibility usually depends on three criteria; 1. Whether the victim is deserving of help, 2. The competence of the bystander, 3. The relationship between the bystander and the 'victim'. The bystander can intervene in usually two different ways; direct intervention, or, calling authorities.
Example:
I saw an old lady getting her purse taken by some thug, i just stood by and watched... later i felt confused and guilty. The feeling i felt could be described as the bystander effect
I saw an old lady getting her purse taken by some thug, i just stood by and watched... later i felt confused and guilty. The feeling i felt could be described as the bystander effect
innocent bystander
The act of sitting on one's hand for 20 minutes to make it go numb, and proceeding to jerk off someone else with that hand. Very similar to the "stranger".
Example:
My girlfriend prefers the innocent bystander treatment during foreplay, but I couldn't get my hand to fall asleep
My girlfriend prefers the innocent bystander treatment during foreplay, but I couldn't get my hand to fall asleep
Jehovah's Bystander
Bystander Intervention
Example:
Male Feminist Virgin: I saved that girl by using bystander intervention.
Self-Respecting Male: No. You cock blocked a husband from making love to his wife.
Male Feminist Virgin: I saved that girl by using bystander intervention.
Self-Respecting Male: No. You cock blocked a husband from making love to his wife.
Innocent bystander
There's no such thing as an innocent bystander in real life. People are not animals, and are therefore not innocent in the true sense of the word. Every person thought to be a bystander has done something wrong in their life, and many if not most of them are usually not standing by in a passive manner most of the time, despite the bystander description some people use for them.
Example:
There is no such thing as an innocent bystander. To call someone an innocent bystander is to underestimate them.
There is no such thing as an innocent bystander. To call someone an innocent bystander is to underestimate them.