This is the story of Kai the Hitchhiker
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So this guy, his name's Kai. And Kai has a problem. He just unalived a guy with his bare hands. And now he's on the run. Now, Kai, he's a hippie. He's a free spirit. He's kind of homeless and kind of traveling around America. But one day, he's out hitchhiking in California, and someone pulls over to give him a ride. This man, Jet. And Jet's like, hop in, buddy. And off they go.
So they're driving along, and they get to talking, and they get to token a little Zaza. And for some reason, Jet suddenly just snaps and has a complete psychotic break. He starts telling Kai that he's actually Jesus. He's swerving all over the road. He goes on about how he hasn't slept properly in weeks and about how he essayed a girl. He's shouting racist things. I mean, all kinds of stuff.
And Kai, he tries his best to act chill. But then Jet sees a group of gas and electric workers on the side of the road. And suddenly, skrrt, he swerves right into them and pow! He hits one of them, a black man, pinning him between his car and another truck. And then Jet hops out of the car and he yells, I am Jesus Christ. And he starts shouting racial slurs.
And then he makes his way over to the worker who's still stuck. And he starts trying to tug him out, which is actually doing more harm than good. But then this former nurse, she happens to be walking by and she sees all this. So she immediately runs over to help. But Jet, who's 6'4", 300 pounds, he just picks her up. And he starts hitting her and she starts trying to fight him off.
But Jet, he's just too strong. And it looks like he's really about to hurt her. Until... Kai, he notices all this is going on. And he knows he has to do something. So he reaches into his backpack and he grabs a hatchet and he leaps into action. He runs over to Jet and he swings the blunt side of the hatchet hard. Boom! Striking Jet on the head. And then he swings again. Boom!
And then finally he swings with the bladed side. Boom! And this stops Jet dead in his tracks. Jet falls to the ground, injured, no longer a threat. And just like that, Kai is a hero. I mean, he saved that woman's life. And then fast forward to a few hours later, police and paramedics and local news, they've all shown up to the scene. And a reporter goes to interview Kai.
And so Kai gets on camera and he explains what happened.
So I ran up behind him with a hatchet. Smash, smash, smash. But then he also adds this little nugget of wisdom. Before I say anything else, I want to say no matter what you've done, you deserve respect. Even if you make mistakes, you're lovable. And it doesn't matter your look skills or age or size or anything, you're worthwhile.
And that. becomes the moment a viral video is born. This video blows up on YouTube, and it starts trending. And people are sharing it around, and they're making remixes, and they're making t-shirts with Smash, Smash, Smash on them. And this story is everywhere, and Kai is getting really popular. He's doing interviews on TV. He gets invited to go on Jimmy Kimmel.
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