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Some things can be learned without having to go through a traumatic experience; after all, common sense can go a long way. But there are certain life lessons that we can only understand if we go through them ourselves.
People in this popular Reddit thread realized this by accident. Their unfortunate “messed around and found out” stories range from learning that ducks can bite to discovering that poison ivy is actually poisonous. If you’re curious to know more about how this went down, scroll down below.
We also reached out to AyrionUpaka, who started this discussion in the first place.
You can find our interview with them below!
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#1
When i was a kid I was short and fat and I got picked on mercilessly. Then one summer I went and worked in the Alaska Bush and grew to 6'3" and got pretty ripped. I also got taught some very basic moves from some of the surveyors I was working with. Came back to high school and got into it with every person who bullied me. I won and learned all the wrong lessons. New kid started at my school and I was the a*****e this time. He was always polite, walked away, and generally asked me to stop but I didn't. Finally he told me that he'd meet me on a Saturday and we could have it out. We showed up, he asked one more time for me to just stop. That's the point that I should have realized I'd done f****d up. I went after him and he took me apart. It was the proverbial "He hit me with so many rights I was desperate for a left." But when he had me down he stopped, helped me sit up, and then sat down to talk to me. He gave me advice on how I was acting, how i was just doing the same thing that had been done to me, and that I'd never be happy if I went down that path. Then he helped me clean up and sent me home. That conversation made such an impact on me it 100% changed me overnight and I owe it to him. I absolutely f****d around and found out, but in the best way possible.
michael Chock 1 year ago (edited)
Good for him, literally got some sense beaten into his skull.
Charles McChristy 1 year ago
The same thing happened to me. I got ripped over the summer in middle school, and my attitude was basically the same after I got over the shell shock of instant popularity. Luckily you learned the lesson early. I was in my 30s before I realized what I was doing and began to take corrective action.
Id row 1 year ago
Never mess with the quiet polite guys. They have layers. simpsons-l...cdc72d.gif 
Captain McSmoot 1 year ago
Violence is the answer sometimes and it most certainly was that day. It lead to a real solution and a life change. Mere words wouldn't work because it took violence to make way for the words to actually sink in.
Bewitched One 1 year ago
There's always someone bigger and badder, best just to not start s**t with people.
Bewitched One 1 year ago
I've always told my kids not to start s**t, but don't take s**t either. Don't let someone bully you, but until someone throws a punch, you don't either. And violence should always, ALWAYS be the last option for a "solution" because violence usually isn't the answer. However, this person is a prime example that some kids just won't stop until you stand up to them. My kid won't be punished for that.
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#2
I was a teenager working retail with a guy named Stephen and I always just called him Steve. He pulled me aside one day and asked me politely if I could call him Stephen since he preferred that. My smart a*s replied “Well I want to be called Gladiator but you don’t see me complaining.” He just said “deal” and walked away. For the next two years he only referred to me as Gladiator. Need help finding something? Gladiator here would be happy to help you. He would get on the intercom and be like “Gladiator to the front desk…Gladiator, front desk.” Learned not to be a smart a*s and never called him Steve again.
Szzone 1 year ago (edited)
Okay this is funny, harmless and something you would laugh about later if it happened to you. Stephen, wherever you are, you handled this perfectly.
ॐBoyGanesh 1 year ago
My legal/birth name has an “o” on the end of it. Occasionally people will add an “s” to that and I I typically let it slide, particularly if they’re latinizing it. Sometimes, folks will call me the version without the “o” or “os” & I learned at a very young age to absolutely refuse to acknowledge or respond to it. It almost immediately causes them to call me by my name.
TheGoodBoi 1 year ago
This is pretty cool. Someone at the front desk probably was expecting some in full gear, with sword and shield.
Celtic Pirate Queen 1 year ago
When someone politely corrects you on their name, you listen. What kind of self centered as* decides to call them the name YOU prefer. My Grandmother called me Shelly. I informed her that that was not my name, but she wouldn't stop. She was calling for me one time & I just ignored her. She finally tracked me down and asked why I didn't come when she called. I told her I heard her yelling for someone named Shelly and as far as I knew there was no one there by that name. My Grandfather cracked up and said, "June - she's asked you repeatedly not to call her Shelly. Maybe now you'll remember what her name is". Hated her, loved him.
#3
If someone will cheat to be with you, then they will also cheat on you to be with someone else.
BarkingSquirell 1 year ago
Good quote from a friend, "people are either cheaters or not, the rest is all opportunity."
Jack Burton 1 year ago
Naaaaah that's a way too simple take. Everything is not full white or full black.
ॐBoyGanesh 1 year ago (edited)
I think the point is, if they have to capacity to cheat - even if it’s to escape a loveless, sexless relationship for their ideal partner - they have the capacity to cheat. It’s not whether or not the cheating is justifiable or appropriate, but having the capacity to cheat in the first place.
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María Hermida 1 year ago
A cheater will always be a cheater. If you think you are different, and they'll change for YOU, you are a fool.
Bored Panda reached out to AyrionUpaka, who kindly agreed to tell us what inspired them to start this discussion online.
"It's a fairly common saying I hear quite often. It's a warning, and it got me thinking about what happened to those who chose not to heed the warning. This subreddit seemed like a great place to ask for a large and varied response. Although I really wasn't expecting a response quite so large."
#4
Abusers aren't worth a second chance. If they know you're willing to leave, they'll just go harder. Being lonely is better than being broken.
Milady Blue 1 year ago
Too many people in abusive relations, who believe, "They said they changed, they swear!" end up either permanently disabled or dead. My mother had the best Southernism on cheating or abuse, "Make your first one a good one, honey, it'll be your last."
SkippityBoppityBoo 1 year ago
I'm permanently disabled but it only took one night, the night my ex... Well tried to kill me. He'd been violent once before but I cut him out for a while (it's a long explanation as to what happened that night)... Do I believe he'll ever change? Not after finding out that he has a prior conviction for assault during the time the court case against him was coming up... They Do Not Change.
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Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 1 year ago
My mom once told me that a man might hit her once, but he had to sleep sometime.
talliloo 1 year ago
whilW physical abuser does more damage than just to your body (been there-done that) the ones that seem to be good guys but chip away at your autonomy are, in some ways, worse. my ex was an excellent example of this. very attentive, very supportive but only when he and his world wasn't disturbed too much. always remembered events, anniversaries, gift giving for no reason, etc. but, if something came up that was important to me and he wasn't feeling it he managed to make me feel that my want was a big imposition in some way. the rational thinking at the time was 'he does so much for me that i don't really need to do this for myself'. took me a long time to figure out his plays.
Riley Quinn 1 year ago
Being alone. Not lonely. When people live in abuse relationships, they are already lonely. Removing yourself, becoming a survivor, means being alone, at least until you have learned who you are.
Deanna Crichley 1 year ago
I've always said I'd rather be alone than wishing I was.
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Mela (qu33nwh0) 1 year ago (edited)
Been single for 5 years after 2 DV relationships, physical, mental/emotional, financial. My unasked for advice is: those days alone struggling are SOOOOO much better than the best days with your abusive partner. It's lonely but you honestly learn who you are and why you let someone treat you that way. I don't care what you've been told you've done if you're in a DV relationship YOU NEED TO LEAVE ❤️
KatSaidWhat 1 year ago
See my friend for reference. I get told about this guy who acted like an absolute d1ck, tell her about all the flags and nip it in the bud, walk away before you get really hurt. But of course he will change, they move in together. I meet the guy along with another friend, we both agree guy going to destroy. He did, she took him back, last week I opted out of phoning her when she text traumadumped that he was moving out the next day, because I can only tell you so many times without saying so. Also, where were you when my aunt (my real mother afaic) died, or any other time when you knew something was up with me? Was going to see her this weekend but fate intervened and there were no trains.
#5
I was late for work and starving. The chicken I pulled from the fridge for a quick dinner smelled a little weird. But it was organic and I had roasted it myself, so it must be fine.
So very f*****g wrong. 18 hours of pure hell. I would have gone to the hospital but I literally couldn’t get off my bathroom floor. Fainted twice and ended up with a black eye from hitting my head on the toilet.
When in doubt, throw it out.
Milady Blue 1 year ago
If something in my fridge looks like it is evolving into a higher life form, it gets evicted.
Szzone 1 year ago
Same. I always say throw it out before it evolves to a level of life that it has rights and you can't legally throw it out, or else, before it evolves sentience and rises up against humans.
Load More Replies... Jack Burton 1 year ago
If it smells weird just dont eat it. My wife had same story with a fish she thought was "strong".
KatSaidWhat 1 year ago
Chicken and milk - I have a very sensitive nose for those two. Too many lessons. As an aside, but vaguely related, one day the very last bite of a beef stroganoff tasted like soap. Figured that would come back to haunt me. One piece that was off landed me in A&E after phoning my housemate from downstairs to help. They couldn't see me yet and I needed to wait in general area. One huge vom got me in isolation and them having to sterilise the place. Also 18 hours of hell.
Hugh Cookson 1 year ago
Alternatively label food in your fridge so that you know when you cooked it and sort of work out its shelf life fro there !! That said, I have done the same but mine was a piece of Beef that I sort of knew was on the turn, sadly I was drunk and hungry so made myself a late night sandwich with lots of onions and English mustard. Exploded violently from both ends for 4 days, lost 10 lbs and eventually went to hospital ........ at the time I was a trainee Chef ....
SkippityBoppityBoo 1 year ago (edited)
I've thrown out chicken because you don't mess around with food poisoning, "If In Doubt, Throw It Out" or cooked a chicken breast the day before the expiry date... I once said to a friend, "I better hang up and cook this chicken before it decides to reincarnate itself and wanders off clucking!" 😜
Michael Danhauer 1 year ago
Always trust your nose with meat... Even a lil bit funky means a whole lotta food poisoning
Jan Rosier 1 year ago
I have this rule for leftovers and food past due date... 'if you can catch it, you can eat it' One exception though : anything chicken related;
#6
Drank for too many years. Went from Fun Bobby to Mean Bobby. Stayed as Mean Bobby for way too long.
Sober now, getting on ten years. There’s still a path of destruction behind me, but the new path has been very good for me.
Captain McSmoot 1 year ago
That's what she said! (But, seriously, way to go, Bobby!)
Load More Replies... Jack Burton 1 year ago
Everyone knows a Bobby. Mine was my brother. Best big bro ever at one point. Called him King of the night ! Had a lot of friends, lot of wild night memories. And then it was not fun and just sad. I am 41, he is 50 and we don't even saw each other for years. His alcool problem destroyed a wonderful bond between two brothers. It's broken and all i have is memory of the great dude he was. The rest is violence and sadness. Sorry for that. Alcool is fun till It's not.
LegendsNeverDIE 1 year ago (edited)
Must've been hard, but congrats on being sober! Also, isn't fun bobby a friends reference? Fyi, Not hating, just wondering!
Id row 1 year ago
People who turn into instant a$$holes when they drink should not drink at all.
DarkViolet 1 year ago
The problem is that some people don't RECOGNIZE that they turn into a^^holes when they drink. That is, until their circle of friends turns into a circle of one.
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Randy Volz 1 year ago
Seven years of nightly blackout drunks. Lost every friend I had. Rebuilding hasn't been easy, but I'm doing it.
If they were to answer this question themselves, they would go back in time to when they were just six years old.
"The playground teachers always warned us not to venture behind the outbuilding towards the back of the playground since it was dangerous back there.
One day, I heard a bunch of kids playing behind the building, and curiosity got the better of me, so I went to join them. Unfortunately, I wasn't paying attention to where I was walking and found the "danger" when I accidentally stepped on a board with an upturned, rusty nail in it. The nail slid straight into my heel.
Almost immediately after, a teacher found us all, scolded us, and told us to come out. Another unfortunate part of the story is that they wrongly believed I was crying because I'd been caught breaking the rules, so they didn't think to ask me if anything else was wrong. As a 6-year-old, I was shy and not very articulate, so it took them a fair while to figure out that I was actually injured. My mom was called, and I got to take the rest of the day off school, so it's not an entirely unhappy ending."
#7
I tried to break up a dog fight. Was holding my dog, on leash, when an unleashed dog ran in and began attacking him. I went for the dog's scruff to try to pin him to the ground (while also trying to hold my dog back with the other hand). The attacking dog bit my hand three times quickly, the third time he punctured my thumb bones and got a real good grip. Proceeded to try to rip my thumb off. All I remember thinking is, "That's my primary hand, even if I let go of Fitzy (my dog) with the other hand, you are NOT going to be able to pry this thing's mouth open." This was all of course happening in the span of 5-10 seconds. Out of nowhere my then girlfriend swooped in like f*****g Batman from behind the dog, sunk her fingers into its' scruff, and her knee into the back of its' neck, ripping it off me. Anyway I ended up proposing to her after that and the settlement paid for a big chunk of our wedding. In retrospect I'm damn glad this thing went after me, it was a 4th of July party and there were little kids everywhere. What makes me angriest about this whole thing is the way it impacted my dog. He was very social and friendly with other animals before this, but it has been ten years and he won't give any other pup a chance now. He has lived a life lacking what he deserves due to those poor dog owners.
Szzone 1 year ago (edited)
Jesus Christ. This story sent shivers down my spine. See this is the reason I don't have pets. I love cats, I love dogs even more. But you're responsible for your animal, you have to feed them, bring them to the vet, train them clean up after them, provide a safe home with enough enrichment, if you travel you have to make arrangements, it all sounds like a lot of work. It's all the owner's reslonsibility and some people just shouldn't have pets because they aren't responsible enough.
Charlie the Cat 1 year ago
It is a lot of work, but I wouldn't change anything. I love Charlie & he tolerates me.
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Veronica Jean 1 year ago
The amount of people who think off-leash dogs have a right to the entire world and fearful dogs need to stay at home is staggering. I haven't been able to bring my dog in public for five years (and probably to the end of his life) because of the off leash entitlement.
Kaeda 1 year ago
As the mother of an autistic son that is scared to death of dogs, I have very little tolerance for anyone who lets their dog run free in public. Especially when there are leash laws posted. I don't care if you tell me that the dog is 'friendly and just wants to play'. I will drop-kick the thing if it runs at my son.
Blaze Black 1 year ago
When my kid was like 2 or 3 some dog came at him and he was able to get away by climbing a tree, I went after it with a shovel, I can't, dogs are too scary!!
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Comedy Clumbers 1 year ago
NEVER grab for the scruff in a dog fight. Grab a tail and run backwards, back them up away from each other (assuming number of dogs to people is at least 1:1). Dogs are hard-wired to be very aware of their necks in a fight and will expect it's an attack from the other dog's pack and will turn faster than you can imagine. I've been "in dogs" both professionally and personally for over 40 years. Been bitten several times and learned the painful ways to safely break dog fights up. If you're not confident: do not even try except perhaps with non body parts like using certain safe kinds of fire extinguishers, pepper spray, splash of vinegar.... I broke up a fight once with a mop that I'd mistaken for a snare pole. Used it to maneuver one dog into a doorway and shut the door on faces until they quit. Never forget dogs are animals first, and as such they will act on their instincts first. Worst bite I ever had (so far) was actually a cat I was helping the groomers with.
B 1 year ago
We have an aggressive dog ( pitbull) in my neighborhood, but when he hunches and growls at my husbands service dog the guy says oh hes fine he wants to play . I carry a big can of pepper spray on walks in case this dog goes after us. Our dog is trained not to interact with other dogs & will try to pull me to safety if he sees this dog while I am exercising him. I blame his stupid owner, the dog needs training & he walks around like king of the neighborhood & laughs if you show fear of his dog
IamMe 1 year ago (edited)
Similar with my dog. She was a big, floofy malamute, who generally loved playing with other dogs, be they big or small. Unfortunately, she was attacked twice while I was walking her, by pitbulls off leash. The first time, it was one of those people who talked to their dog, like a naughty toddler, instead of training it. She was a neighbor, and never had her dog on a leash, even though it was constantly biting other dogs, and people. That time, we were coming home, and right out front, so I used a snow shovel to back my dog up. The lady called the police, because her dog had one tooth mark. She got in trouble. The second time it was two dogs, who the owners kept outside, because they couldn't control them. They broke the fence, and attacked my dog. I immediately let go of her leash, because I had my daughter with me. It was bad enough, already. My dog needed hospital, and one of the others didn't make it. Both my daughter, and my dog, wanted nothing to do with pitbulls, after that.
IamMe 1 year ago (edited)
Ran out of letters, but I wanted to add. It's not the dogs, usually. It's the owners that are the problem.
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screaming chicken 1 year ago
DO NOT LET YOUR DOG OFF LEASH IF IT DOESN'T HAVE A 100% CALLBACK RATE! CHECK IT IN A DOG PARK EVERYDAY/WEEK (depending on how close you are to a dog park). THE ONLY PLACE A DOG CAN BE OFLEASH WITHOUT A 100% CALLBACK IS ON A FARM/LARGE PLOT OF LAND WITH A FENCE/PERIMETER SHOCK COLLER. SPOKEN FROM EXPERIENCE.
You stole that from Robocop 1 year ago
My dog was attacked my 2 dogs from over the road when I was a teen. They literally tore down their fence and attacked him (my mum was walking him on a lead). One of our neighbours grabbed his golf club and started beating hell out of the dogs with it so eventually they backed off. The police didn't want to know, the guy did end up paying the vet bill but only after we took him to court. Dog had some stitches but was mentally fine.
#8
I chased a giant white squirrel and I found out it was actually a skunk.
The Starsong Princess 1 year ago
I saw this cat digging in a garden and hmm…cats usually don’t do that. Then I thought oh look, that poor cat is deformed. But then I realized that the poor cat was a skunk, fortunately before I went to pet it. Another time I saw a frantic looking black and white cat being chased by an ambling skunk. I thought oh look it’s like a live Pepe LePew cartoon and went to get out of the car to take a picture. My brain kicked in before I actually got out. I’m slow but I get there.
Saphyre Fyre 1 year ago
I read the reason dogs gets sprayed is because they take the skunks' warning tail raising as an invitation to smell its bum, as this is how our pets recognize each other, yeah?
Natasha Arruda 1 year ago
A friend's little sister and I actually chased down a skunk once to pet it and it let us eventually, without spraying. Have to think the little dude was confused wtf was happening.
Kelley Mesiti 1 year ago
Or it may have used up its spray. It takes time for them to build it up again. Until then, they are defenseless
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AspieGirl88 1 year ago
You chased what you thought was a squirrel, huh? Now I can’t help wondering if you were a dog/cat in your past life, LOL. 🤣
BarkingSpider 1 year ago
Happened to a buddy of mine when he came across a spotted skunk for the first time. After only ever seeing striped ones, he didn't know what it was until he unfortunately caught it.
#9
As a young girl, I used to kick boys in the shins when they annoyed me. One finally kicked me back. That s**t hurt more than I expected, and I stopped kicking the boys.
Natasha Arruda 1 year ago (edited)
Glad someone finally returned the favor. I'm very big on the idea that if you're "man" enough to hit someone, regardless your gender, then they should get to hit you back in defense.
The Other Guest 1 year ago
My siblings and I were all taught the same thing: "A gentlemen never hits a lady, but if she hits you first, she isn't a lady."
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Giraffy Window 1 year ago (edited)
Same story, except I met a boy who didn't kick back, but absolutely gave me no openings to kick him, and held me off. The next day he spoke in front of our entire grade about how he and his family had escaped their country the previous year, and I was SO embarrassed I'd unknowingly picked on a kid who'd been through so many awful things, that I lost my taste for my violent tendencies altogether. It was a hard lesson. I'm mortified now as an adult by the idea of how many horrible bruises I caused so many kids for no real reason other than to brag "I can beat up boys".
Xitxarel•lo Panda 1 year ago
Payback!!!! But glad the op learned that violence is bad , no matter the gender
Captain McSmoot 1 year ago
If someone physically harms another person, they better be prepared to accept equal if not greater physical harm in return. Don't write checks your bank can't cash.
Stormblessed 1 year ago
I had this happen to me but the opposite. In second grade, this boy was going around kicking everyone's shins, and he never kicked me for a long time. When he finally did, during recess, I kicked him in the shins. Hard. (Also I did karate so there's that). No one saw what I did, but he did go to the nurse and ended up having a small bruise. I don't think that kid told on me though, because I didn't get in trouble.
Aelin Wildfire 1 year ago
Kneecaps. Shins just hurts: the bone is pretty hard. But kicking the kneecap can injure the joint and actually cause permanent damage.
Load More Replies... DarkViolet 1 year ago
Good thing she learned early why it's not a good idea to do that. Some guys have no reservations about smacking the absolute F out of a girl/woman for any reason.
For them, life lessons learned the hard way seem to stay in memory longer. "I always believe positive reinforcement is the way to go when teaching lessons, but lessons learned the hard way do tend to stick out for me personally. I'm 34 now and remember being 6 years old behind that school building like it was yesterday, but I'd find it more difficult to conjure on the fly a memory of a lesson learned via positive enforcement."
#10
When the infected tooth is on a Saturday, and the dentist opens on Monday, and you're at urgent care on Sunday asking for painkillers because holy s**t it hurts, and they offer you antibiotics, say yes.
I said no, and wound up with IV antibiotics three days later.
DE Ray 1 year ago
Lots of reasons. First, they can really mess with your gut bacteria, so constipation or diarrhea (or both) with discomfort are common for many people. Second, antibiotic resistance is a thing we should all help to avoid, so don't use antibiotics unless you need them. There are other reasons, but those two are the biggest for me.
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Jack Burton 1 year ago
I know we take too much antibiotics in our modern life... but for a tooth infection i can see no other option !
LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 year ago
I said it in a comment on the post about wisdom teeth, but I’ll say it again: stay on top of your dental checkups if you can afford it. Infections in your teeth/jaw can migrate to your brain or sinuses easily.
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 1 year ago
A woman I was in prison with died from septicemia from a tooth infection. Of course, she only spoke Spanish, so she was ignored by the medical staff. Nevertheless, with appropriate and timely treatment, she would probably have lived.
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Zaphod 1 year ago
Please take ALL of your antibiotics. Too many people stop when they feel better. Bacterial resistance is a real problem. One day it will haunt humanity.
WindySwede 1 year ago
Yes, but I was surprised last time I had to take. That it was just 5 days! Last time before I think it was 10 days? But maybe new studies now, or different depending on antibiotics or cause?
Load More Replies... AspieGirl88 1 year ago
As a sepsis survivor, I’m always terrified of someone I care about getting an infection & winding up with sepsis. Even now, my mum had to have a couple teeth out & has been in awful pain waiting for the sockets to close over. I’ve made her promise to seek help if there’s any sign of inflammation or if the pain spreads further into her mouth/jaw, as it’s not worth the risk. 😥
Tamra 1 year ago
My husband had sepsis once. It was the most scared I've ever been. He ended up having a port placed in his chest, where antibiotics were administered via that port every day for nearly a month.
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Bec 1 year ago
I had a UTI and I kept drinking lots of water and doing home remedies and just hoped it would go away because I was busy and I hate going to the doctor. Then I got a terrible pain in my kidney to the point I couldn't get off of the couch, thank goodness I lived with my S. O. and he got me to urgent care.
no adhesiveness 2020 1 year ago
pain is from the infection. pain killers wont help, take the antibiotics.
Load More Replies... My O My 1 year ago
And painkillers are anti inflammatory. That was a bit easy ;)
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#11
If you throw rocks at chickens and laugh at the angry rooster, the rooster will find a way through the fence to hunt your a*s down.
AspieGirl88 1 year ago
If you’re throwing rocks at animals, you kinda deserve to get your butt whooped; whether it’s an angry rooster, a billy-goat, a badger or other animals. 🤷♀️
BJ Hage 1 year ago
we're all going to be in trouble when BP bot starts to recognize àșħłț...
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I heart Boo-BI-es 1 year ago
This reminds me of some D bag I was in the Marine corps with. He decided that a seagull was bothering him and staring whipping peanut M&Ms at the bird. He ended up hurting his wing so bad that he couldn't fly away. A few of our staff NCO's manage to catch the bird and said they were bringing it to a wildlife rescue but who knows if they really did. You're an àss Westmoreland.
#12
About six years old. Having a picnic with my dad by the lake. Some ducks wander up near us. Dad says, “You know, ducks will bite you.” “That’s silly, they don’t even have teeth.” “Stick your finger out and see for yourself.” Got bit. Cried.
SheamusFanFrom1987 1 year ago
Duck around and find out, kiddo. Soon you'd be ducking for cover XP
B Jones 1 year ago
Yeah, geese will kick you when you're down, then c**p all over you.
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Nicola Roberts 1 year ago
My daughter was crying that a duck had bitten her, and I told her not to be so silly. Sure enough there were little bloody holes in the shape of a beak across her hand. I think it's more that they have serrated bills. But I'm not going to take any chances.
Violet Jensen 1 year ago
Ducks don’t have them but geese do! Source: I own both and get bitten daily.
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Riley Quinn 1 year ago
This is my father. He'd say something once, then it was up to us to make a decision. He never gloated, no matter how frequently the opportunity came up.
They signed off by saying, "I appreciate all the stories that were shared on the post and found it super interesting reading through all of them. My favorite was the user who was warned by their dad that ducks have teeth and can bite.
It reminded me of my own story that I shared above since both come from childhood misadventures. One of the ones I felt worse for was the guy who warned his opponent in a fight and was an expert in kickboxing. Poor guy. I think the responses on the post all showed a clear message that it is for sure best not to mess around and find out."
#13
I discovered that procrastination doesn't make problems disappear; it just delays the inevitable and often makes them worse.
Yettichild 1 year ago
Truly lazy people are efficient. Do the job right and do it fast and you get the maximum amount of time to f*ck around.
KatSaidWhat 1 year ago
Think of life problems like a credit card. they accumulate interest and can drown you if you don't pay them attention at the time of happening.
michael Chock 1 year ago
All escapism do this. Drugs, church, books, tv, games, anything you do to take your mind off of your problems.
Riley Quinn 1 year ago
I block the piles of stuff I should be dealing with because, at my age, I may not wake up in the morning and then it's someone else's problem.
#14
For my 40th birthday a friend of mine, who is about ten years older than me got me a really nice 12 year old scotch. Up to that point I had never tried any type of whiskey, or bourbon. Only was drinking vodka, gin, margarita's, and rum. Would only drink one or two saturday's a month, it was no big deal. I fell in LOVE with the taste, the look and feel of having a glass of scotch or bourbon every night, like the classy dudes in those old movies I grew up watching, so much so, that I ended up drinking some everyday and developed a drinking problem. I Have spent the last two working hard on getting completely off alcohol. I can now say, as I approach my 50th birthday, I am off alcohol all together.
Ace 1 year ago
"Drinking some every day" is not the same as having a drinking problem. _Needing_ some every day, certainly, but there's quite a distance between the two.
Charles McChristy 1 year ago
That is the exact rational every alcoholic uses...
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Divado 1 year ago
Happened to me through lockdown, ended up on a litre of whiskey a day. My hands shook so badly I couldn't even sign my own name. Now down to a litre a week supplemented with wine. Be really careful with your recreational drinking you're close to a very hungry black hole that destroys lives and almost took mine. Find someone to talk to and good luck to you.
Charles McChristy 1 year ago
Dude, seriously, you just need to stop drinking all together. You are just making it difficult on yourself. Seek help immediately. You need to spend the weekend in a detox facility then out patient therapy and AA/NA meetings. If you stay on this current course you will most likely fail.
Load More Replies... KatSaidWhat 1 year ago
Crikey, I feel like I could have posted this. Am about 10 weeks shy off 50, weaning myself off whiskey (not going cold turkey, actually weaning). My blood results yesterday were the final motivation I needed... yes, I would like to keep my liver, thanks. I'm a higher functioning adult (always have been, ket was my thing for a long time, I went off that and onto the whiskey) so I don't drink every day, but when I do........................ I will be off it by my birthday.
#15
After years of my parents forcing me to paint my nails on the linoleum floor of the bathroom with a towel under me, I got my own apartment and was like HAH, NO DUMB RULES HERE. And that’s how I lost my first down deposit.
Jack Burton 1 year ago
When you become a young adult you just realize a lot of stuff. But that's human, we need to f****d up to learn
Riley Quinn 1 year ago
A friend's niece spilled a bottle of nail polish on the bedroom rug, panicked, and hid it instead of telling an adult. We managed to get it out without damaging the carpet, but my friend was muttering the whole while.
Tilottama Roy Banerjee 1 year ago
Nail polish remover ruined a lovely white bag I had. Not very expensive, but very pretty.The bag somehow got lightly spattered by ink,and I had the brilliant idea of using remover. Had to throw the bag away. The surface was completely ruined.
Roan The Demon Kitty 1 year ago
I always used to paint my nails over the sink. easy cleanup if any did get spilt. Nowadays I can just never be bothered with painting my nails, though. xP
#16
It was a hot sweltering day and I wanted to get my bike fixed. Played outside all day as kids do and didn't hydrate enough. Walked to the bike shop in the late afternoon, got my bike fixed and felt faint walking back but thought I'd be okay after drinking water. Came home, drank some milk then some water. Immediately puked everything and then some more. Everything I'd eaten since the morning(not much) was in the commode. Stomach hurt and my face went pale. Went and lay down, puked in a few minutes again but only bile came out. Puked bile every few minute for the next hour until my father came home and saw me weak and pale. Went to the doctor and he said I'd been severely dehydrated barely away from hospitalization. Put me fluids for some time. If my dad hadn't come home when he did I don't know what would have happened. Drink water folks.
Some guy 1 year ago
Sounds like a contraction for "dehydrate". (D'ydrate?)
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Awesome At Being Autistic 1 year ago
And make sure you add some salt in, or drink Pedialyte or something similar. I know of someone who died because they were already dehydrated and just drank plain water
smugdruggler 1 year ago
This. Without sodium your body can't absorb or use the water effectively.
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David Paterson 1 year ago
This isn't just dehydration. This is heat stroke. It put me on hospital. In Australia, heat stroke kills more people than snakes.
My O My 1 year ago
Seriously, as a half Kiwi and easily getting heat and sun strokes myself I know myself around and have sadly given this trait on to my kids. In germany nobody really takes it seriously! It makes me furious!!!! I always tell all teachers the first signs my kids show and what has to be done immediatly so things don't get worse. But instead my son is sitting outside staring off into the void hasn't drunk anything the whole day and has a temperature of 38,5° when I go fetch him!!!! "O, I just thaught he may be a bit tired" is what they said, "it's so lovely weather outside! Why should we go indoors?". I'm so f*****g glad we've moved on to somewhere else. Rant over.
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Halestorm 1 year ago
I had a similar situation: when I was around 14, I did an evening triathlon, went straight home and straight to bed. No water for almost 14 hours, which wouldn’t have been that bad, except I’d just lost all the water in my body to sweat 14 hours earlier. Woke up and was puking every half hour on the dot. Even pedialyte wouldn’t stay down. Finally had to go to the ER where they gave me a pill to stop puking and told me to chug water.
Parmeisan 1 year ago
And if you're sick and unable to drink water, be careful. 48 hours without water is the common wisdom, but if you're sweating or vomitting it's much, much less than that. I was throwing up anything I ate or drank for only about 20 hours before my lips started turning blue. Luckily we were already on our way to the hospital, but I lost kidney function and was in the hospital for 19 days. Had to have dialysis and everything, and I was in my twenties at the time. They were giving me pamphlets about home dialysis. Rockstar of a nephrologist took over and got my kidneys working again, but if he hadn't I could have had permanent damage. Or if I hadn't been heading to the hospital (and lived close to the hospital) I could have died. Also if I lived in the US I'd have been bankrupted in the BEST case scenario so just be aware that medical emergencies can happen to anybody at any time, even you, and DRINK WATER.
#17
I once thought I could easily handle spicy food, so I challenged my friend to a hot wing eating contest. Turns out, my tolerance wasn't as high as I thought, and I spent the rest of the night regretting my decision in the bathroom. Lesson learned: don't underestimate the power of spicy food!
Andrew Bridge 1 year ago
Is that when your girl comes out of nowhere with a sick zinger?
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Michael Danhauer 1 year ago
Had a super hot wing challenge at my workplace once... Guy at 33 of 36 Death Wings trying to break the record... He was just sitting there blankly staring off so I asked if he was alright... He calmly replied that he was waiting for vision to return to his right eye before finishing... I took his plate and told him no wing record is worth a stroke my dude
Natasha Arruda 1 year ago
I don't know if I have an iron gut or what but I've never had this sort of reaction to hot things. Yes, it hurts going in and whatnot but never had an issue with it coming out.
Riley Quinn 1 year ago
OP neglected to mention that he spent the following morning on the toilet reenacting the Darvaza gas crater aka Door to Hell aka Gates of Hell. Noobies are never prepared for the morning reminder.
Calvin Smelliott 1 year ago
Popsicle sh!ts! When you're on the toilet and it burns so bad you wish you had a popsicle to stick up there…..
Lynn Morello 1 year ago
I have 6 kids and a spice loving husband, 2 kids hate any spices, 2 kids like mild spices like me, and two kids love hot spices. So any meals that can have spice, I make them in 3 parts, No spice, Mild spice and hot 'n' spicy. Raised all 6 doing that.
#18
Don’t mouth off to the judge or he will throw the book at you….
Kira Okah 1 year ago
From hunting through the OP: "It isn’t as good as all the upvotes deserve. I was followed by the cops and given 5 tickets for numerous moving violations in 10 minutes…I put the cop on the stand and was a rebellious young man….the judge sniffed out my bad attitude and demeanor. it helped contribute to me having a real pivot in life during a defining moment."
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Mabelbabel 1 year ago
I was called as a witness to coroners court-its not like high court, in a coroners inquest, all the witnesses can sit in and listen to all the evidence. The court clerk warned everybody to switch their phones off before the inquest started. One woman (another witness) ignored that, and made a phone call whilst someone else was giving evidence. The coroner stopped proceedings, and warned her again to switch her phone off. She was called to give evidence, and her phone rang during it. She dug it out of her bag and told the coroner "I have to take this.." He stopped proceedings again, and had her arrested for contempt of court. I've no idea what happened in the end, whether charges were dropped, but the coroner was absolutely furious. The inquest was about an unexpected death, it was so disrespectful of her not to behave appropriately and think the rules didn't apply to her.
Stephanie A Mutti 1 year ago
Also don't wear shirts decorated with marijuana leaves when you go into criminal court.
michael Chock 1 year ago
Same with customer support. You will be amazed at how much customer support can actually do for nice people.
Mark Hastings 1 year ago
Saw a young gal call the judge an idiot if he thought suspending her license was going to stop her from driving. The judge revise his sentence, instead of a 90 day license suspension, he suspended the license for 2 years, gave her 30 days in jail for contempt and told her if she came before him for driving while suspended, it would be an automatic 30 days in jail. Her reply was "Yeah, right". The smirk on her face disappeared real fast when the bailiff slapped on the cuffs to take her to jail. She looked at her father and said "Daddy, help". The father looked at the judge and thanked him.
LizzieBoredom 1 year ago
Which book? War and Peace: Assault. Green Eggs and Ham: Not so much.
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#19
Chose to disturb my cat - who was already pissed at me - by telling him to move off my spot on the couch. The scars are healing nicely.
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 1 year ago
It's OUR couch, and OUR spot. Everything is ours. You are lucky your owner only gave you a reminder. You are there to open cans, clean boxes, and provide a warm leg to sleep on. Stop getting co¢ky.
Happy to be a wallflower 1 year ago (edited)
Same except I had the absolute audacity to pick up my cat's empty food bowl, and my cat decided that was reason enough to go into attack mode
Edward Treen 1 year ago
Three cats own the home in which I am allowed to live. They're actually pretty kind to me as long as I do as I'm told, as soon as I'm told to do it.
Cherry Lane 1 year ago
You have done something wrong or your cat might be sick, or in pain, or traumatized.
Lynn Morello 1 year ago
When it comes to the couch, Chair, Bed, Rug etc' if there is a cat involved. it belongs to the cat.
#20
Brake checked a tailgating jerk. He flew around me and slammed the brakes with no intention of letting off. Should have known better since he had an old beater and I had a fairly new car. 6500 dollar lesson to just let things go.
Lydsylou (she/her) 1 year ago
Don't brake check just turn on your wipers and wiper fluid and if they're too close it will spray onto their car
HolyDiver 1 year ago
or... let it go and let them pass you. You never know who your screwing with and what kind of day they had. Squirting wipers will p**s someone off just as much as brake checking. You want to feed your ego, then go ahead. Just don't whine when it escalates and you end up paying for it.
Load More Replies... Becca not Becky 1 year ago
The road is NOT the place to be petty. You can't change a jerk with some aggressive driving, but you can seriously screw up your finances and body. Other drivers aren't worth that.
MotherofGuineaPigs 1 year ago
I just strictly observe the rules of the road where I am. Going exactly the speed limit, stopping on a yellow light, etc. Drives them nuts.
Charity Angel 1 year ago
Even funnier if you're driving your parents' BMW... Hours of entertainment
Load More Replies... SheamusFanFrom1987 1 year ago
Someone tried something similar on me a long time ago when I was driving a jalopy while he was in a Porsche. Wasn't break checking but I wasn't about to allow him to cut in front of me without his turn signals on. The wise guy tried to veer into my lane forcefully thinking I'd just let up but instead I just suddenly veered closer to him. Porsche punk ended up sideswiping the divider and damaging his front bumper while I just drove off without a care. Looking back, maybe I was a punk myself but for me, no blinkers, no cutting in.
My O My 1 year ago
Well, now a days in germany it would be a hit and run. Aaaand you didn't stop to help despite being the first on site, which is worse. That being said. Please don't do it again.
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Zaphod 1 year ago (edited)
Something about being in a large metal box turns people into a-holes. I used to suffer from road rage, but I let it go about 20 years ago. Just ignore the other idiots.
Parmeisan 1 year ago
Having someone drive like that behind you for any length of time is not safe either, though. And if you speed up to make them happy, now you're speeding and they're usually still not happy. I have learned that if I slow down a little (not a lot, and not quickly) for about 60 seconds and then speed back up to the speed limit where I was previously driving, they either realize what they were doing and stop doing it, or pass me. Win-win. That said, if someone was enough of an ahole they probably could do something to hurt me... but if that's the case then continuing at the speed limit probably would also set them off. I don't think speeding every time someone behind me is impatient is the answer. No good answer, maybe.
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Cheesenacho 1 year ago
Get a forward-facing camera for your windshield. I did this for a family member after an accident where the other driver was lying.
TheGoodBoi 1 year ago
I love watching those videos on YouTube. Watch as the other driver starts flailing their arms, while the person with the camera just points at the camera lol
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Stephen Lyford 1 year ago
I don't brake check, I just slowly, slowly, start to slow down until I'm either doing the exact speed limit, or (if there are 2+ lanes on our side) until they just get too frustrated and pass me on the right.
Carol Culhane 1 year ago
Have to assume people who brake check and mess around have never been in a car accident. On the other hand I have to assume they will soon enough. Hopefully no permanent damage to themselves or others.
Riley Quinn 1 year ago
My driving instructor always had sage advice. One was always let the driver of a beater have their own way because the cost of being right is too high a price.
Max Fox 1 year ago
Don't break check. Slowly drop your speed, and continue to drive slowly until they either get the message or, more likely, will pass you and zip off. That way they aren't likely to hit you at a high speed. I mean, if they rear-end you at high speed, that will be a lot of damage, you're still going to waste a huge amount of time dealing with it, and your rates will still go up (even if it's not your fault).
#21
Decided at the tender age of 8 or 9 that I was immune to poison ivy, since I spent quite large amounts of time outside and had never once gotten a rash from it. Since I was a born scientist, apparently, I decided to test this...by rubbing egregious amounts of the plant all over my upper body. Needless to say, I was not immune. In the slightest.
DE Ray 1 year ago
A lot of people can shrug off a little bit of an allergen, but there's a certain line they can't cross. I don't react strongly to poison ivy myself, and if I just brush against it and be sure to wash carefully and thoroughly after I'm okay, but if I deliberately rubbed it into my skin I would have a very bad time.
Upstaged75 1 year ago
Fun fact: horses can't get poison ivy reactions but they can carry the oil on their coat. It took me way too long to figure out why I kept getting it when I hadn't been in the woods. ;)
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WalterWhiteSavannah 1 year ago
My old man was a forestry fire fighter. Did you know the smoke from burning poison ivy can also cause the same symptoms? Cause before he told me I did not and his was so bad he spent a week in hospital due to it.
DE Ray 1 year ago
My mother was very reactive to poison ivy, and because I am not it got to be my job to inspect every piece of firewood which we burned in winter. Every single piece.
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Irish Lassie 1 year ago
I clearly remember me and my best friend Jodie rubbing poison ivy on ourselves in order to get out of school (early70’s). Well, Caladryl to the rescue and had to go to school anyway. Thanks Ma♥️
Rcktgirl05 1 year ago
I had a severe reaction to poison oak as a kid because we didn’t know what it was and thought it was a strawberry. So we were cultivating it. I swelled up so bad my eyes and throat swelled dang near shut. I had to get cortisone shots. I was terrified of anything with Leaves of Three after that but I also learned that sometimes an extreme reaction like that actually boosts your immunity. I’ve had poison oak since then and it stayed contained and only mildly itchy. I don’t count on that though, still avoid it at all costs.
Scott Rackley 1 year ago
My mother and I are immune to oak, ivy, and sumac. My brother, not so much, and yes, he found out the hard way.
FaceTime Audio 1 year ago
My grandma went years pulling the stuff out of her garden with her bare hands… and then, in her 60s, she suddenly had a reaction.
#22
Ignoring my medical problem didn’t make it go away lol.
🦄 Unicorn Princess 1 year ago
I was feeling really run down and would get short of breath easily. I had an appointment with my family physician for a well check so this went on for about 2 weeks. When I finally saw him he had me go get x-rays and blood drawn. Come to find out my potassium was dangerously low and my lungs have fluid in them as did the sack around the heart. I was admitted, then had emergency surgery to have a chest tube put in. Spent 8 days in the hospital with 4 days in the ICU. Remember much of those days.
Sonja 1 year ago
Ignoring a medical problem because she felt embarrassed killed my mom two years ago. She died of shingles. And it could have totally been prevented if she just told her doctor that dhe had it and it wouldn't go away. The infection attacked her inner organs. She eventually died of organ failure due to f*****g shingles. Go to the doctors if something doesn't go away. Don't pretend it's not there. A common cold or a sore tooth could kill you if you ignore it.
Laura Noren 1 year ago
Wow, that’s so sad about your mom; how horrible for you and for her! A few years ago, a young woman in my metro area developed an infection in one of her teeth. As a result of that, she became septic, was admitted to the hospital, pumped full of antibiotics, and then had to have all four of her limbs amputated. And she ended up dying after all that.
Load More Replies... Charity Angel 1 year ago
Doesn't go away if the doctor ignores it either. Or even multiple doctors.
Huddo's sister 1 year ago
I'm dealing with that one again (I don't learn my lesson). One of my meds stopped working, meaning I can't get to sleep until 2.30 am most nights, but I kept putting off seeing the doc, because I was worried about the process of going off it and trying something else, sleep wise. Then of course, because it's an antidepressant, all of a sudden I'm bursting into tears for no reason. On my way to see my doctor right now!
DotC 1 year ago
Every dad who wants to look like he can provide and protect forever won't go to the dr. Dude just go.
Nikole 1 year ago
That’s why my dad needed to have a toe amputated (waiting until it was too late).
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#23
Putting a 9V battery on your braces is not a great idea. It melts the rubber bands and you have to explain it to the orthodontist.
Milady Blue 1 year ago
Somehow, I think the words, "Double dog DARE you!" were spoken in earshot of the OP.
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Wysteria_Rose 1 year ago
I had braces for a few years and let me tell you: the thought of putting any battery to them never occurred to me.
ShaZam 1 year ago
Wow ... just wow ... that sounds like a dare a boy would give to another boy. Could be wrong, but I don't think any girls would do that (I have boys).
Happy to be a wallflower 1 year ago
Can confirm as a teenage girl with a teenage brother. He would absolutely do that
Load More Replies... Historyharlot93 1 year ago
When I was a little girl, I heard that you could tell batteries had a charge by putting them on your tongue. Curious, I wanted to test this, but the only battery I found was a 9V…and yes, it still had a charge
John Haley 1 year ago
Lol I think every kid in the 80's has done this at least once in their lifetime. I once licked the rails of my Scalextric....just the once.
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Tropical Tarot 1 year ago
Why do teenage boys do most of the things they do? One of the eternal questions.
TotallyNOTAFox 1 year ago
Why does anybody do anything? Sheer, absolute boredom!
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Storm Rise 1 year ago
LOL! Ok- I shouldn't laugh....but really? BAHAHAHAHA (sounds like something i would have done as a kid :-D )
Mela (qu33nwh0) 1 year ago
First thing they told me was "no matter what, don't stick a fork in them" my mum and I laughed, they were serious. On the way home I got sushi for lunch (idk why we thought I could eat that with new braces on??) anyway of course the rice gets stuck in the braces.. first thing I went to grab was mums plastic fork 😂
InfiniteZeek 1 year ago
Honestly, some people just deserve the consequences of the stupid s**t they do.
Thomas Klobucnik 1 year ago
I once licked the slot car track on a dare. " Its only 3 volts more than a 9 volt battery", yeah, but way more amps. I saw stars...
#24
Reported my manager for inappropriate and unprofessional behavior. Ended up costing me my job. Working for a company that considers integrity optional is soul crushing.
michael Chock 1 year ago (edited)
Sue. If the company tried to correct your bad behavior and you retaliated by costing them money,you better believe they would sue you. Sue.
Squirrelly Panda 1 year ago
Gathering enough evidence to stand up in court can be a challenge. Sometimes it's better to get away from the bad environment than to stay long enough to get the evidence for a strong case.
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Laura Noren 1 year ago
I ended up getting—not outright fired—but forced out in a passive-aggressive manner by my employer after more than 20 years on the job. I think they had come to view me as too old and too expensive, as they had started hiring much younger and cheaper employees. One of my friends really pushed me to sue them for wrongful termination and/or age discrimination, but I ended up not doing that. I was burned out and traumatized by the experience, and just didn’t want to have to deal with them anymore. But to this day, I wonder if I would have gotten any kind of compensation had I pursued legal action against them.
#25
During a fight someone announced to me they were an expert in Kickboxing. 'Course you f*****g are' was my sarcastic reply *Narrators voice "they were an expert."* He beat me into the ER.
Ken Beattie 1 year ago
Maybe don't pick physical fights at all. Doesn't matter whether they're an expert or not, s**t happens and you can get injured or killed.
KatSaidWhat 1 year ago
We had a case in UK where some guy threw ONE punch and killed the other guy. Manslaughter.
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Landithy 1 year ago
I think insecurity, culture, and poor conflict resolution skills play a role. A lot of the men in my family get into fights and it was always just treated as a normal thing that happens and you have to retaliate to prove you're a big man or something. I realize as an adult how ridiculous this way of thinking is.
Load More Replies... Donkey boi 1 year ago
I used to do a bit of Muay Thai. I was good. My kicks were solid and my elbows could destroy anything that got in their path. I was having a sparing session at the local gym with a friend, some guys watching asked if we fancied mixing it up a bit. One said he did Judo so wasn't too used to taking hits but fancied his chances if he could 'get [his] hands on' me. I learned 2 things that day, one was a new found respect for Judo, those guys are gods amongst mortals. The second thing I learned is, there are some directions that limbs are not supposed to bend.
we don't talk about me 1 year ago
I don't get into fights because someone will be a lil snitch
TheGoodBoi 1 year ago
I read it in Morgan Freeman's voice lol. Next, a scene of the person in the ER
Load More Replies... Hugh Cookson 1 year ago
I was taught by my Dad to get your retaliation in first if a fight is definitely going to kick off, no warnings or talking just hit whoever is threatening you as hard as you can and keep hitting them until they fall down and either stop moving or cry surrender. I'm 5'9" and weigh 145 lbs (10 and a bit stone) and apart from really badly judged situations when I've been drunk I've never lost a scrap ; those instances btw, bloody hurt !!
The Darkest Timeline 1 year ago
The key is to stay away from situations where a fight might happen but, yes, if someone is determined to fight you, strike first and strike hard.
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Skateboarding is not easy, not at 40 anyhow.
Little Wonder 1 year ago
Every so often I get the notion to take up roller-skating and then I remember I'm middle aged and my bones do not knit like they used to.
Andy Gibbesh 1 year ago
In my experience (41M), it's not the knitting of the bones that's the concern, it's the brittleness of the bones. Ask me how I know....🫤
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ॐBoyGanesh 1 year ago
Started in the early 80s. Was engrossed in skate culture. Put the board down in my early 30s except to surprise a random kid now & then with a trick or two. Now I’m 50ish & my 10yo is learning to skate. Of course I should be his guide, guru, skate god!!! I’ve never been so sore in my life. I’m in good shape, but this wiped me out. & the bruises. They take forever to heal. It’s not about my skill set. I’m just way too old for this s**t.
Erjenn Rejano 1 year ago
I tried skateboarding again at 35. Yeah..my knees screamed at me for that one 😭
UpQuarkDownQuark (he/him) 1 year ago
I regret that I always meant to learn to skateboard and never got around to it. I was nimble in my youth, but now in my 50s I’m clumsy, already have a wealth of injuries, and have utterly missed my chance. I guess that’s what Xboxes are for.
WalterWhiteSavannah 1 year ago
I got back into bmx at 39. 41 now and I have plenty of new scars and get a lot of bruises but I'd hate myself if I'd decided I was too old to do it. I fuckibg love the feeling g of learning a new trick.
#27
Lifting and Twisting while working in a supermarket with large 50+ lb bags. Probably did this for 10-15 minutes without any thought on form or proper technique. 72 hours later I had surgery to remove Disc L4 in my spine due to drop foot and partial paralysis. Thankfully I made a 95% recovery.
Upstaged75 1 year ago (edited)
I was using one of those huge double wheelbarrows to clean (horse) stalls. My friend told me to stop overloading it so much or I'd hurt myself. But I was too lazy to keep making multiple trips to dump it out and continued to overload the wheelbarrow. Until the point where I went to pick up the handles again and felt a sharp pain shoot down my back. That triggered a decade of serious back issues for me. Being lazy and cutting corners always gets you in the end!
Pyla 1 year ago
yeah, I'm paying now for my mad skilz at hoisting 50 pound bails over my 5' self. I do core exercises in my sleep.
Load More Replies... David Paterson 1 year ago
The amount you can safely lift declines with age. According to the charts, you can safely lift 20 kg with proper lifting technique. Don't believe it. I put my back out lifting 12 kg and more recently 6 kg. I don't lift anything over 5 kg now.
OneHappyPuppy 1 year ago
My BIL did something similar while volunteering to fill sandbags during an intense period of flooding in my country, and received discus hernia for his troubles...
Wysteria_Rose 1 year ago
Y'all, do not mess around with your back. Your mobility depends on it. I'm only in my thirties but use a roller bag b/c walking with a backpack on my shoulders gave me back pain. Since back issues reoccurs through the family and my dad has had several back surgeries (many which complicated things), it's best to take preventive measures.
Emma S 1 year ago
I had to do a lot of lifting in a previous job as a carer. Now I'm not even 40 and struggling with back pain. Thankfully not to the extreme that I need surgery but I definitely feel it when I try and lift something now. Remember to bend at the knees and not the waist when lifting! You're back will thank you in the long run.
Melanie Köhli 10 months ago (edited)
Removing? You mean a part because it slipped I assume? Removing a whole disc without a replacement (stiffening of at least 2 vertebraes) is no something the docs should do. Edit: Typos, English is not my first language
Comedy Clumbers 1 year ago
Spines NEVER FORGET nor forgive injury. Never. Protect your back as if you'll need it for the rest of your life!
#28
My uncle once f****d around with a raccoon and found out
michael Chock 1 year ago
Did he wake up to find the bed empty and his TV missing or did he end up having to call everyone he had been with?
Some guy 1 year ago
And all the woodland creatures were looking at him funny and I whispering behind his back.
Load More Replies... The Starsong Princess 1 year ago
Same thing happened to my sister’s ex. The idiot used to feed the raccoons. One day, he got bitten. 14 days of rabies shots. The doctor told him “no one has died of rabies from a raccoon in Ontario in decades. Do you want to break the streak?”
Rob D 1 year ago
A man sitting at a bar points out the window and says to the bartender "that bridge out front, I built it from the ground up, Do you think they call me Bob the bridge builder? The path leading up, I laid every stone, Do you think they call me Bob the cobbler? This very bar, I built for the previous owner, but do you think they call me Bob the carpenter? But you f**k ONE racoon..."
You stole that from Robocop 1 year ago
I once f****d a raccoon, he proceeded to.... Hold on, f****d around? Right, ignore me.
Comedy Clumbers 1 year ago
Most wild animal bites are to young males, IIRC like 10-24yo. "Hold my beer", " Bet you won't... ", " I dare you to..." Now I'm terrible about turning down dares (though am female) BUT I do not mess around with animals. Ever.
Jack Burton 1 year ago
Do not have raccoons in France, are they dangerous ? They look so cute !
Happy to be a wallflower 1 year ago
they're cute but kinda aggressive if you scare them. They can also carry diseases so its best to keep your distance and admire from afar
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Christine M Quigley 1 year ago
Raccoons look cute and all, but after seeing the damage they can cause, I freaking HATE them now. Plus they're a reservoir for rabies.
#29
I physically grabbed and lifted my dog out of a fight with another dog and he bit me
Veronica Jean 1 year ago
Ehh honest mistake. I've done it. You're just desperate to make it stop by any means
A girl 1 year ago
I haven't tested this but apparently if you pull up the dogs back legs, wheelbarrow style, they get distracted from the fight and the position limits their ability to bite you.
Pandamanda 1 year ago
I've used the back-leg method several times, and I haven't been bitten yet. It's even better when there are two people there to grab the back legs of both dogs.
Load More Replies... Happy to be a wallflower 1 year ago
Please everybody pick your dog up by the hind legs at ~45 degree angle if they are fighting They can't reach their head around to bite you if you do that. Or just throw water on them. Please don't put your hands/feet in between them
sturmwesen 1 year ago
Most dog trainers will tell you not to do it for that reason. I will still do it if I think it's necessary. I once plugged dogs out of a fight between 25+kg dogs like cherries. I wont recommend it due to it being dangerous, but it did work.
LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 year ago
One of my dogs is physically disabled from having distemper as a puppy. He is 2 years old and 60 lbs now, but I know I’d adrenaline-deadlift him straight into the air if another dog attacked him XD But, you are correct, your dog is in full-on panic/fight mode when another dog is attacking it and will not “realize” it’s you grabbing them, and will turn and bite you. I’ve heard that one option is to grab the attacking dog’s back legs and walk backwards and in a slight circle, so the dog has to stumble for its balance (and will stop attacking the other dog) while not being able to turn and bite you.
Load More Replies... Weasel Wise 1 year ago
Nope!! Nope, nope, nope!!! Get the hose, that will stop nearly anything from fighting.
screaming chicken 1 year ago
I had to punt a very aggressive pug once. It bit my dogs leg and actually hurt it, but i kicked that thing like a field goal at the superbowl
Ines Olabarria-Smith 1 year ago
Two days ago my little satan quarreled with another little satan and bit the other’s owner and the other bit me. If there’s a ball we avoid each other.
#30
Gave a hitchhiker a ride. He thanked me for my kindness while attempting to steal my medication out of my purse.
Zaphod 1 year ago
I used to give hitchhikers rides, back in the 80s. I haven't done it since, but I did pull over at a bus stop to give someone a ride during a cold-snap last month. It was -10F (-23C) at the time.
Brian Droste 1 year ago
This happen before the pandemic and it really wasn't a hitchhiker. It was winter time and very cold outside. I have a post office box. Went into the post office to get my mail. There was another guy in the post office just standing there or maybe sitting down against the wall, ask him if he was alright. He said he just stop inside to get warm. He was walking from a major city to another small town. It was going to be a very long cold walk for him I wasn't busy or in a hurry to get home. Gave him a ride. Probably took another hour and half or more round trip.
Load More Replies... talliloo 1 year ago
used to give rides to hitchhikers back in the 70s/80s. basically, because i had done my share of using thumb felt that i should pay it forward. it all ended when the person i gave a ride to pulled a knife and tried to get me to drive somewhere else than where i was going. after the panic got to a level where i could think i sped up to about 90 mph and told him that i was driving into the next town and he was going to get out or i was going to wrap the car around the next telephone pole. didn't believe me until i took it up a little faster (surprised my p.o.s. of a car didn't vibrate apart) and started swerving a bit. figured if i was going to go then it would be on my terms not some piece of c**p.
Divado 1 year ago
Spare a thought for the hitchhiker, (not that one!), they're far more likely to encounter unpleasantness than you are. Unless it's Rutger Hauer. Don't give Rutger a lift.
Bri Bri Yamamoto 1 year ago
Why? You don't like a surprise in your French fries?
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Jan Moore 1 year ago
I worked at a state mental hospital and was going in for the night shift. It had snowed about a foot and they hadn't cleaned the sidewalk. So there's this woman walking down the road with 2 plastic bags. I just thought it was a fellow employee so I stopped to give her a ride. I may have kept her safe, but she had a cigarette in each hand, you don't smoke in my car. Later security let me know that she had urinated on herself and she had lice. Spent about an hour wiping the seat and spraying.
Huddo's sister 1 year ago
My mum used to give hitchhikers lifts (well, she did it at least twice when I was in the car) and it terrified me. We were talking about it recently and she said 'I didn't know you were worried' and I said 'I told you at the time, you just shrugged it off'. I presume she felt safe because she used to hitchhike herself in the 70s/80s but you would think in a country where one of our most well known serial killers targeted hitchhikers she would be more aware of potential problems.
Boo Vaher 1 year ago
A young family, Dad, Mum and very young baby had car troubles and were sitting on the side of the highway. I helped them out by taking them to civilisation where they could arrange help. Mum helped me out by emptying my purse while I was helping Dad fix the baby seat in. They were long gone by the time I realised.
#31
"That there is always someone tougher than you". My Father, a verified tough guy, told me this. He explained that the more you fight the larger looms the chance that you'll come up against someone that will absolutely pulverize you.
#32
Kept pushing back for my wisdom teeth removal (not putting money aside for it) and lo and behold, the pain went from 0 to 100 quickly and I finally took them out. Thankfully the rest of my teeth are fine and happy :)
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 1 year ago
Let's paint some happy little teeth, just wherever your heart feels they should live.
Mela (qu33nwh0) 1 year ago
And if your heart only wants 3 that's fine... Right?
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SweetCheesySpaghetti 1 year ago
Procrastinating my wisdom tooth removal is still the dumbest thing i ever did. They broke, got infected, infected other teeth around it.... the pain of tooth pain is maddening. At my worst, I had 4 infected teeth at one time and genuinely thought of being unalive. That was the moment i FINALLY made an appointment to get them (plus a couple molars) removed.
LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 year ago (edited)
Hoo boy. I had 7 wisdom teeth removed. I had them taken out before they got painful (I was 15), but the aftermath/recovery was atrociously painful. My dentist told me I’d have been dead by age 25 if I hadn’t had them removed. Not sure how much he was dramatizing it, but it’s stuck with me. I am very on-top with dental checkups XD Infections in your teeth/jaw can get into your brain, IIRC.
KatSaidWhat 1 year ago
Mine were taken out with pliers by my dentist because I could do that or he could put me in hospital and operate and waste my insurance. It too under 10 minutes, and most of that was waiting for the anaesthetic to kick in.
#33
That forcing yourself to change your entire personality, p**s off a bunch of people constantly to become one of the "popular bitches" actually doesn't f*****g matter once you graduate high school. That confidence is destroyed after the validation disappears and you'll have no friend to really be there for you in the big world. One of my biggest regrets was relying on this.
Star the Furry Therian! 1 year ago
I did something similar in Year 6. Was "friends" with those kids, bullied and mocked a lot of people, rejected my best friends, etc. Then at Camp they showed their true faces. No mercy on me, even at night. I have trust issues due to my supposed best friend taking their side after seeing how shittily they treated me. The only positive thing is that I was able to get a diagnosis for autism and i understand myself so much more now. If Zahrah, Elyce, Alexa, Halle or Narjes sees this, f**k you all and I also hope you have a s****y life, especially Narjes, who I heard has a thieving addiction.
#34
When I was little, I was always intrigued by the electrical sockets on the front of my aunt's cooking stove. One day, she noticed my interest and warned me against doing what she knew I wanted to do. Later that day, I found out why. I then had to sit and cry quietly.
Mrs. EW 1 year ago
When I was four, I got my dad’s keys and was about to put them in the wall socket. He took them away. I found them. He took them away again and I found them again…. Yeah, I put two keys in each socket and found out the hard way why that was dumb.
Upstaged75 1 year ago
As a 5 year old I found a matchbook and went outside to see if I could light one. Burned my finger but thankfully not the house or the yard! I had to hide the burn because I knew I'd be in trouble for playing with matches. Learned my lesson and did not grow up to be a pyromaniac. :)
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Katrina Anderson 1 year ago
My dad gave a dramatization of what would happen if you put anything in an electrical socket. Scared my younger siblings and I so much that we never had any interest to stick anything in those electrical sockets ever again.
Mela (qu33nwh0) 1 year ago
Did similar to my kids and showed them how to pull out cords correctly so they don't stuff the wires inside and lead to higher risk eek
Load More Replies... Mela (qu33nwh0) 1 year ago
My dad was about 7 when he excitedly showed my gma that sticking a butter knife into the thing under his bed made him get pins and needles and proceeded to show her... Nearly killing himself shoving a butter knife into a POWERBOARD 😳 I'm lucky I was born, honestly 😂
KatSaidWhat 1 year ago
Sadly sometimes the hard lessons are the ones that need to be learnt albeit accidentally. Sockets, hot stoves, etc.
#35
When I was like 18/19 my friend and I were riding around town and went to this spot you could park on the beach. Well the car got stuck in the sand. A homeless man was nice enough to come help dig us out of the sand and get the car out. He asked us for a ride across town which we were happy to give. He noticed some bowls in the car and said he could get us weed. We were out and could t find any so I gave him all my birthday money. We dropped him off at the complex in the middle of the hood and he never came back. I’ve waited an uncomfortable amount of time outside that complex lol.
Papa 1 year ago
A few years ago my family stayed at a house on Crystal Beach (on the Texas coast, near Galveston). We didn't know it was the infamous top-down weekend, when thousands of drunk people drive up and down the beach on Friday and Saturday. The tide was low on Saturday evening, and when we woke up and looked out the window we could see several vehicles out in the water (it was no longer low tide).
Veronica Jean 1 year ago
My ex and I were once woken up sleeping in our four wheel drive jeep-like car on the beach by someone who got their low riding two door stuck and wanted us to help them. We helped, but talk about the stupidest decisions I've ever seen. The only people on the beach had four-wheel drive cars that could handle it and stayed well away from the water. This guy decided he was way too good for that. It took us 3 hours to get him out. I was recovering from a bus accident and barely slept anyway but still, I'll never forget it.
#36
I was clearing Customs and Immigration while feeling unusually friendly. The customs officer asked what I did for a living; After I told him, I asked what he did for a living. His Answer: "I am a United States Customs official and I can keep you here for a very long time".
Jan 1 year ago
I know that is not the point of the story but it made me want to know as well.
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Captain Kyra 1 year ago
To be fair, sometimes people ask the same question without thinking because we want to prolong the conversation or awkwardness with social convention
#37
Was acting like a d**k to my little brother, who was already having a pretty bad day. He’s not one known for physical violence. Turns out, that day, he decided to make an exception on me. My jaw was pretty sore for a day or two.
TheGoodBoi 1 year ago
Siblings do that sometimes. It's been 20 years but I still cringe and apologize to my sister. She always says she punched me back harder so no worries lol 🤕 .
#38
I wrote my own leasing contract to rent out my condo. After my renters arrived, someone from the HOA pointed out I didn’t do a background check (on two 80 year old sisters) and so the HOA banned me from renting my condo out for 2 years
Wingsofwrath 1 year ago
As a non American, the whole idea of a HOA is creepy as hell especially if you know they started as ways to keep POC from moving into the suburbs...
michael Chock 1 year ago (edited)
As an American, the whole idea of an HOA is creepy as hell...
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Moë 1 year ago
I’d be damned if I ever buy a house that some people would tell me what I could do with it. HOAs should be outlawed
Lynn Morello 1 year ago
I don't understand having a HOA body that tells you what you can and can't do to your own property.
Fatmeow 1 year ago
We live in that neighborhood. It's clean, well maintained and everyone's happy. We have a park, a pool, tennis courts even a pickle ball court. It's not real ritzy, no huge mansions but family friendly and one of the most sought after hoods in our city. Houses are rarely on the market for more than a week. There are rules like no trash cans in the front, no pink houses, no dead cars. It seems to work here.
#39
When 18 I was vacationing in Mexico and me and my family went to this horse riding attraction. Next to the horse handler sat this cute little weasel who happened to be missing one of his paws. I foolishly assumed he was some exotic pet that belonged to the handler given how close he was and I figured he wouldn’t have been able to survive his injuries. I reached down with intention to pet its head and scratch his ear the way I used to do so with my sisters pet ferret and it chomped deep into my finger I was lucky I didn’t get any disease from it. The horse handler didn’t know a lot of English but from the look on his face he probably thought I was one of the biggest pendejo’s he’s ever seen. It was so
#40
I f****d around and stayed too long in an abusive relationship. My mental and emotional state found out. ^(I have PTSD and my children suffered.)
#41
Cheating on a partner is scummy and I was raised to be better than that. EDIT : I was 19 at the time. Not married, no kids. I still should have been better, but no lives were ruined.
ॐBoyGanesh 1 year ago
A fascinating thing about our species is that we don’t always seek out the best, healthiest, logical, most appropriate forms of validation. Especially when we’re younger.
What do you think ?
Major Harris 1 year ago
2013, then 94 year old william webster started rceiveng phone calls from a man with a jamaican accent saying that he had won a lottery of $100,000 and a range rover s.u.v. he just needed to give a $10,000 deposit to claim it. even though old, mr. websyet still had ALL his wits and knew this was a scam and ignored the calls. the scammer continued, hoping to wear down the old man. the scammer also knew that mr. webster had been a naval officer, a lawyer and a judge. mr. webster did not budge. the calls then became threatening. big mistake! the scammer missed two VERY big things in mr. webster's bio. hi was the ONLY person in united states history to have been in charge of the f.b.i, 1978-1987 and head of the c.i.a., 1987-1991. the scammer served 10 years in federal prison after being extradited from jamaica. mr webster will be 100 this year.
TheElderNom 1 year ago
I decided it wasn't that slippery outside and to not use my spiked shoes. Well I slipped and fell and broke both bones in my lower leg. In the end I had to have surgery, nine screws and a plate to correct it. Still recovering so no idea how well things will turn out in the end. But thank god health care is cheap in my country.
Weirdo with Internet 1 year ago
With all the dog fights on this thread I feel like I should mention what happened when my own dog f****d around and found out. I was like, 13 at the time and was on a walk with my sister and our elderly mini poodle. We got to the end of the street and this little (unleashed) white rat dog ran out and started barking at ours. So our dog barked back. Oh boy bad idea bc the little devil thing started to bite her face. Our pup wasn't hurt, just suprised and we had to kick the thing before it tried again. That's not even the first time that dog had bitten someone. The owners would just let it out in our neighborhood to wander around. Last I heard though it got hit by a car, and all I can say is that nobody was sad about it.
Ryan Mercer 1 year ago
I'm not sure I'll ever understand how BP maintains such a kid gloves atmosphere of nonjudgmental supportive affirmations. Do trolls just find this place boring? It's completely antithetical to nearly every comment section on the internet and gives a strong impression of a support group. Photos and comics are used as ink blots and everyone is encouraged to share their thoughts and feelings. It's honestly kind of peculiar, like life thriving in inhospitable environments. These aren't pandas -- these are extremophiles!
My O My 1 year ago
Well, well, well, then we are extremophile pandas if you like. But we like it here. It's a kind and happy place to most of us
Load More Replies... Major Harris 1 year ago
2013, then 94 year old william webster started rceiveng phone calls from a man with a jamaican accent saying that he had won a lottery of $100,000 and a range rover s.u.v. he just needed to give a $10,000 deposit to claim it. even though old, mr. websyet still had ALL his wits and knew this was a scam and ignored the calls. the scammer continued, hoping to wear down the old man. the scammer also knew that mr. webster had been a naval officer, a lawyer and a judge. mr. webster did not budge. the calls then became threatening. big mistake! the scammer missed two VERY big things in mr. webster's bio. hi was the ONLY person in united states history to have been in charge of the f.b.i, 1978-1987 and head of the c.i.a., 1987-1991. the scammer served 10 years in federal prison after being extradited from jamaica. mr webster will be 100 this year.
TheElderNom 1 year ago
I decided it wasn't that slippery outside and to not use my spiked shoes. Well I slipped and fell and broke both bones in my lower leg. In the end I had to have surgery, nine screws and a plate to correct it. Still recovering so no idea how well things will turn out in the end. But thank god health care is cheap in my country.
Weirdo with Internet 1 year ago
With all the dog fights on this thread I feel like I should mention what happened when my own dog f****d around and found out. I was like, 13 at the time and was on a walk with my sister and our elderly mini poodle. We got to the end of the street and this little (unleashed) white rat dog ran out and started barking at ours. So our dog barked back. Oh boy bad idea bc the little devil thing started to bite her face. Our pup wasn't hurt, just suprised and we had to kick the thing before it tried again. That's not even the first time that dog had bitten someone. The owners would just let it out in our neighborhood to wander around. Last I heard though it got hit by a car, and all I can say is that nobody was sad about it.
Ryan Mercer 1 year ago
I'm not sure I'll ever understand how BP maintains such a kid gloves atmosphere of nonjudgmental supportive affirmations. Do trolls just find this place boring? It's completely antithetical to nearly every comment section on the internet and gives a strong impression of a support group. Photos and comics are used as ink blots and everyone is encouraged to share their thoughts and feelings. It's honestly kind of peculiar, like life thriving in inhospitable environments. These aren't pandas -- these are extremophiles!
My O My 1 year ago
Well, well, well, then we are extremophile pandas if you like. But we like it here. It's a kind and happy place to most of us
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