Instant Karma: Homophobes Harass A Boat Of People Flying Pride Flags, But Their Boat Explodes

Karma is an interesting and unpredictable part of life. Sometimes, it can take months, years, or even decades to show up and balance the scales. And sometimes it strikes in an instant, handing out just desserts like it’s a bake sale for a good cause and everything’s half-off.

And karma can push some of its other plans aside to make time for somebody who’s acting hatefully and being very cocky, as one recent event on the water in Moses Lake in Washington proved.

A group of friends was calmly enjoying life on the water when suddenly a boat full of people started circling around them, harassing them, and shouting gay slurs because of their Pride flags. Then karma got involved, instantly—the homophobes’ boat exploded and caught fire. However, the members of the LGBTQ+ community graciously gave their persecutors a helping hand and welcomed them into their own boat. You’ll find the full videos below, dear Pandas.

A group of friends was out on the water flying Pride flags when suddenly a boat full of homophobes started harassing them

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However, karma struck back instantly and the bullies’ boat literally exploded. You can see what happened better in the two TikTok videos here

@uhohbigboiWe safely got them out of the water immediately. We were nicer than they were. #pride #lgbtq #boat #Fail #Karma #Gay #hate #sorrynotsorry ♬ Oh No – Kreepa

The group even rescued the homophobes who didn’t even thank them

@uhohbigboiReply to @dark_umbre0n Part two with my two best friends @retro_ushi_ and @nova.starr96 #Gay #hate #sorrynotsorry #Karma #Fail #boat #lgbtq #pride ♬ original sound – UhOhBigBoi

The group of friends who were the victims of the homophobic harassment was made up of four people, three of whom go by the handles KieferMeise, Retro_ushi_, and Nova_Starr19 on Twitter.

After one of them uploaded a couple of videos from the incident on TikTok, they got nearly 11 million combined views at the time of writing. The harassers circled their boat a whopping six times.

Even after the group rescued the water-logged haters, they weren’t too polite. One of them started vaping even though their rescuers were asthmatics while another kept screaming “hysterically.” The third homophobe, however, kept quiet because they had gone ‘number two’ in their pants because of how scared they were.

“The passengers were quite rude, shouting over us, ignoring my [inquiries] about their well being when on the 911 call and smoking a Vape pen on our boat without even so much as asking if they could; several passengers of our boat have asthma,” Retro_ushi_ aka Robbie told The Washington Post.

Image credits: UhOhBigBoi

Later, the police arrived and extinguished the flames. Meanwhile, the rescued boaters didn’t even say ‘thank you’ and simply left on a friend’s boat when it came for them.

According to Retro_ushi, the boat explosion may have been a direct result of driving around the LGBTQ+ group to harass them. “They were driving around us so roughly, they either damaged their carburetor or took in water and stalled. Then fumes built up and when they tried to speed away, the fumes ignited,” they wrote on Twitter.

The group of friends had some more updates for the Twitter users who were curious about what happened

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Image credits: retro_ushi_

While events like this one prove that there’s still a long way to go until the LGBTQ+ community is fully accepted in the United States, there is, nonetheless, some tangible progress to speak of. Just yesterday, I wrote about how President Joe Biden issued a presidential proclamation that officially recognized June as Pride Month, earlier this week.

The President vowed to fight for full equality for the LGBTQ+ community and to codify this into law to ensure tolerance, dignity, and protection of human rights.

“After four years of relentless attacks on L.G.B.T.Q.+ rights, the Biden-Harris administration has taken historic actions to accelerate the march toward full L.G.B.T.Q.+ equality,” the White House stated on Tuesday, June 1.