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35 People Who Wanted To Look So Tough, They Ended Up Embarrassing Themselves Completely
If you hear someone say, "I'm not scared of that," or, "I didn't want that promotion anyway," it doesn't necessarily mean they're mentally strong. In fact, there's a good chance it's just a facade.
To illustrate this, let's look at the subreddit which we at Bored Panda call "I Am Very Bad". From gun nuts to overly-protective boyfriends, this online community has plenty of examples to prove that overcompensation can be very, very obvious.
Here are the posts that got the most upvotes from the sub's 1.2 million members.
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The F**king Sun
To learn more about "I Am Very Bad" we contacted its moderators and one of them, u/ergoegthatis, agreed to have a little chat.
"Some of the most popular ['tough' people on the subreddit are the ones who see] injustice in the news (e.g. someone being insulted or bear up), and say, 'If that happened to me I'd so and so and so and so!' With everyone on social media having a platform to air any opinion they have, this is incredibly common," u/ergoegthatis told Bored Panda.
"Also in the US, there are many intense political/social statements related to politics and guns. For some reason, Americans are religiously addicted to expressing their opinions on everything, in every possible way (including car decals)."
And Murdered By Words Of Another Vet
Ah yes, the 'us' and 'them' mentality. Also the result of brainwashing. If someone cuts in line, say something. You don't immediately have to resort to violence like a little coward who can't communicate his feelings like a normal adult. (edited the bad word to coward)
Vaping In Front Of A Water Service Vehicle Thinking It's A Cop Car
Even though it's not a cop car, why would it matter if he was vaping in front of one. Is it coz he is possibly under-age or something?
According to the moderator, the subreddit's 'characters' usually overcompensate due to their fear of a scary, unpredictable, and hostile world.
"It depends on society too: we rarely see these ... expressions coming from Europe, the Arab world, Southern and Central America, Russia, China, Japan, etc. America is witnessing social, political, and economic implosions, so this seems to be a way for them to cope with that," they added.
The subreddit's community, on the other hand, is way more diverse. "It's heterogeneous, [and has] got all sorts of people," u/ergoegthatis said. "I don't think there's any common factor in our userbase, except the desire to have fun and laugh at people who take their purported [toughness] to comical levels in public."
A Birthday Well Wish Escalates To ”there Will Be Consequences”
Even My Local Police Department Had To Call Out This Guy's Bulls**t
I'm wondering in this scenario, what's the motivation of criminal nr 1000 to go test the door, when there's already a stack of 999 corpses festering in the spring sunshine?
While acting tough may meet a person's needs in the short term by artificially boosting their ego or by getting others to back off, it's not a good long-term strategy. In fact, one study conducted by psychologists at Rutgers University found that guys who act tough may suffer serious consequences.
The paper, published in The Journal of Health Psychology, found that these men visit doctors less often. They're also less forthcoming about their medical symptoms when they see a male physician (interestingly, these same men were more likely to choose a male doctor because they believe male doctors are more competent than females).
My Friend And His Wife Are Going Through A Mutual Divorce, Her New Boyfriend Is Wasting No Time Asserting Dominance
If You Have To Advertise It, It’s Probably Not True
Doesn't "Alpha" mean a version that's full of bugs and not in a condition to be released to the public?
She Always Told Me He Was Jealous But Dang
Researchers suspect that delaying medical appointments and minimizing symptoms could be one of the reasons why men in the US die, on average, five years earlier than women.
If you want to see whether or not you have a tendency to act this way, this article by Inc. provides a 7-point checklist that could help in evaluating yourself.
If you're also putting up a fake exterior that helps you feel superior, consider the toll it may take on your life. Instead, try to invest in building mental strength, so the way you feel on the inside matches how others see you on the outside. As your mental strength increases, your need to act tough decreases.
Comment On A Post About An Old Couple Having To Slowly Put Back Potatoes One At A Time At A Grocery Store Until The Price Was Low Enough Because They Are Poor
If A Cop Is A D*ck You Are Legally Allowed To Beat Him Up Apparently
You Never Know What Will Go Down At A Subway Sandwich Shop
Bad**s Boomer Responds To Being Ok'ed By A Journalist He Yelled At About Climate Change
High School Is A Hell Of A Drug
His Daughter Took A Laptop Home From School To Message A Boy. So He Decides To Shoot The Laptop That Wasn’t Even His Property
A Challenge From A Bad**s
From A Live Stream Of Hurricane Florence
Oh Man... Stay Away From This Guy!
Shooting A Target From A Mile Away? Light Work
Do Not Underestimate People With Multiple Font Tattoos
Coronavirus Is Scared Of Catching Me
Accidentally Added The Wrong Guy On Facebook. Guess I'm A Coward Now
He Doesnt Need A Bed Just Sleeps In A Holster
I Love My Friend But I Get These Often
Vegans Can’t Even Make A Dent
A Warm Welcome Back From My “Bad**s” Roommate
Girlfriend is being held captive. Save that text and use it as reason to move out. . .
Dysfunctional Veteran Leave Me Alone!
Sure, because no one would call the police if they actually believed these were bodies. No, they'd go about their business and be nice and polite to the psycho killer.
Covid Brings Out The Crazies
School Dropouts Are Very Bad**s
Is that even a flex? None of the single word they uttered makes me wish I were them.
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"Yeah! And use a red pen when the teacher asks to use a blue one, cause I'm bad!"
No, John. You dropped out because you were stupid, not because you were a bada*s.
All I hear is, I'm terrified of life, so I'll be a defensive a-hole to protect myself.
Translation: I have a limp d**k, need to pretend to vape and beat up people to get it to 3 inches
This Person Thinks They Are Bada** For Starting Every Word With A Capital Letter. Do Not Be This Person.
What a wuss, everyone knows that real tough guys smoke actual cigarettes!
There's WAY TOO MANY people out there in dire need of intensive psychotherapy and medication.
Oh so you'll be in jail soon, being someone's bitch? Cool. At least someone thinks you're pretty.
Using an electric device to vaporize your nicotine or mental impairment chemicals rather than lighting them with fire and smoking- all the rage with the moronic and desperate to be "cool".
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Give the kids who you’ll be serving food at Taco Bell or who will be your boss one day lifetime memories so they can dish out that crow you’ll be eating when they make something of themselves and you spend your life being a sad pathetic loser….
"Hey, everyone, listen : I am a loser and a bully! You all need to know how shitty I am!"
All leading caps. Sounds like bad fiction. "Harry Potter And The Wannabe Slytherin"
How To Prove You’re Older Than 14
U Can Use Your Zip Ties To Make Sure Your Legs Stay Together In The New Wheelchair
Walmart Patriot
Shoot First, Ask Questions Later, I Guess
Going To The Gym Makes You Invincible
A Comment: "I Bet You Spent More On This Than Your Kids Since They Were Born"
Who Would Dare After That
Note: this post originally had 90 images. It’s been shortened to the top 35 images based on user votes.
How about we do The Hunger Games, but instead of random kids, all the participants are people who made tough guy posts on the internet?
I can get behind this..... But rather have it Battle Royal style since thats where the hunger games stole the entire idea from
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Why am I not surprised that most of these are men. This is what toxic masculinity does, this is why we need to change things. These men may think they look tough, but the fact is majority seem like assholes. Assholes are not strong people, they are just weak pretending to be strong. Strength is not caring about showing care and compassion, strength is having empathy and able to show and express your emotions. Thankfully most men are decent human beings. Too bad we hear more about the f*****g wankers of the male species.
Yes, parents need to think carefully about how they raise their boys. In general, boys often don't get the attention that girls do during childhood, unless it's BAD (Negative) attention. Any child psychologist will tell you that children will do anything to get your attention if you're ignoring them. Often bad behavior is the trigger a parent is most likely to respond to.
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I stopped reading halfway through. I get tired of people that puff their chests out and act all macho. It's old...it's tiring..and it's pointless. Anyone who threatens violence like this just because they can...well you have some serious mental health issues that need to be addressed and you're not impressing anyone. All this shows me is that you are really insecure and you are starved for attention.
So many people are so violent, even if it's just in their heads. It's not healthy if your go-to emotion is anger/rage.
they did some studies where people like this who have underdeveloped forebrains get frustrated with their inability to deal with their problems with reason and logic (i.e. words), so they lash out in violent and aggressive ways very similar to a caveman.
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We lived next door to these devout "Christians". One time a parcel for them had been delivered to our door, so in about 3 feet of snow, I carried it round to them. Houses were maybe 50 feet apart. Only when I got on their doorstep did I see a sign they had on their door. It basically said, don't steal from us. We have lots of guns and will actually take pleasure in using them on you. We will not hesitate to kill you. Steal from someone else. So not only were they happily threatening murder, but they were encouraging this thief (coming through the front door) to commit a crime against some innocent person. Never did like them. Had nothing at all to do with them after that.
Wooooooooowwwwww it was funny for maybe 30 of them, then just felt sad
Imagine being so terrified that all humanity is not under your control that you have to throw down threats and absurdities like those.... And now be glad you're not one of those people.
In America, each and everyone of these men is known as Trump Trash. They are the most insecure men in our country. Still trying to dictate women's reproductive rights and can't take an ass whipping. Pray for us.
What is wrong with these people? How insecure must one be to carry 3 guns? To threaten to kill anyone for pretty much no reason at all? To believe they are above any laws or proper social behaviour just "cause I lift bro!". Is half of America fresh out of juvenile prison? I understand that most of these pictures are either trolls or like-bait on social media, but some are actual humans in real life. All of this looks just wrong, and what is worse these people will have children one day and they will carry on this legacy. I have never been a confident one but this tops me ten times over. Sure, instead of actually dealing reasonably and with common sense to everyday events, just take out your frustration to everyone and everything in your vicinity, then call yourself Alpha. Absolutely disgusting people, my condolences to the regular folks living in the U.S.
These are indeed unpleasant people, but hardly unique to the U.S.
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I find it really depressing to know that so many people are so wretchedly insecure that they must constantly hate and attack others.
I gave up after the third one, not wanting to have the next few minutes ruined.
Yes, it's actually quite disturbing, the violent hatred of strangers, basically, coupled with the gross illiteracy and vulgarity of expression. What is the point of this article? To show there's lots of mean, irrationsl miseries in the world? I feel like taking a bleach shower and a big fergeddit pill.
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Not sure how many of these are real or not, some sound fake. For those that are real, why can't ppl just be decent human beings? They're only a "bada$$" in their own mind anyway, and no one cares.
Some of these sound toxic. For those who wants to show your tough side, DON'T............. It's not healthy for you. Just because you want to scare people does not make you a better person. It's ok to say you are afraid, but don't act like a macho all the times. There's always going to be consequences
And please respect my comments.. I'm not usually good at giving advice or grammar
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I have seen one where he ripped up a coupon for 70% off of something and he didn’t even look at it then went on to buy the exact item and complained that the person in front of them who got the same item got it for cheaper and then complained it’s not his fault that he ripped up the coupon it’s what he does when people hand him flyers for stupid s**t that is not what he likes and also said he would beat up the cashier if he didn’t get the discount dude got escorted out by security and then took a swing at the security guards and hit a police officer who was just getting his lunch
Ugh. All of these scream my asshole Q cousin who knows everything about everything and blah blah blah.
Nothing says I need attention and something to feel superior about more than these.
This girl was flexing on me “subtly” about how she’s a school dropout, and only boys are texting her.
I've been bored with this site for awhile and checked it out tonight and was reminded why. Everyone feels validated in being shitty if someone else encourages them, this whole post is all about that, especially all the comments. Fight fire with fire is a phrase that comes to mind. F*****g dumb, find something positive to do with your lives instead of saying stupid s**t online.
How about we do The Hunger Games, but instead of random kids, all the participants are people who made tough guy posts on the internet?
I can get behind this..... But rather have it Battle Royal style since thats where the hunger games stole the entire idea from
Load More Replies... Why am I not surprised that most of these are men. This is what toxic masculinity does, this is why we need to change things. These men may think they look tough, but the fact is majority seem like assholes. Assholes are not strong people, they are just weak pretending to be strong. Strength is not caring about showing care and compassion, strength is having empathy and able to show and express your emotions. Thankfully most men are decent human beings. Too bad we hear more about the f*****g wankers of the male species.
Yes, parents need to think carefully about how they raise their boys. In general, boys often don't get the attention that girls do during childhood, unless it's BAD (Negative) attention. Any child psychologist will tell you that children will do anything to get your attention if you're ignoring them. Often bad behavior is the trigger a parent is most likely to respond to.
Load More Replies... I stopped reading halfway through. I get tired of people that puff their chests out and act all macho. It's old...it's tiring..and it's pointless. Anyone who threatens violence like this just because they can...well you have some serious mental health issues that need to be addressed and you're not impressing anyone. All this shows me is that you are really insecure and you are starved for attention.
So many people are so violent, even if it's just in their heads. It's not healthy if your go-to emotion is anger/rage.
they did some studies where people like this who have underdeveloped forebrains get frustrated with their inability to deal with their problems with reason and logic (i.e. words), so they lash out in violent and aggressive ways very similar to a caveman.
Load More Replies... We lived next door to these devout "Christians". One time a parcel for them had been delivered to our door, so in about 3 feet of snow, I carried it round to them. Houses were maybe 50 feet apart. Only when I got on their doorstep did I see a sign they had on their door. It basically said, don't steal from us. We have lots of guns and will actually take pleasure in using them on you. We will not hesitate to kill you. Steal from someone else. So not only were they happily threatening murder, but they were encouraging this thief (coming through the front door) to commit a crime against some innocent person. Never did like them. Had nothing at all to do with them after that.
Wooooooooowwwwww it was funny for maybe 30 of them, then just felt sad
Imagine being so terrified that all humanity is not under your control that you have to throw down threats and absurdities like those.... And now be glad you're not one of those people.
In America, each and everyone of these men is known as Trump Trash. They are the most insecure men in our country. Still trying to dictate women's reproductive rights and can't take an ass whipping. Pray for us.
What is wrong with these people? How insecure must one be to carry 3 guns? To threaten to kill anyone for pretty much no reason at all? To believe they are above any laws or proper social behaviour just "cause I lift bro!". Is half of America fresh out of juvenile prison? I understand that most of these pictures are either trolls or like-bait on social media, but some are actual humans in real life. All of this looks just wrong, and what is worse these people will have children one day and they will carry on this legacy. I have never been a confident one but this tops me ten times over. Sure, instead of actually dealing reasonably and with common sense to everyday events, just take out your frustration to everyone and everything in your vicinity, then call yourself Alpha. Absolutely disgusting people, my condolences to the regular folks living in the U.S.
These are indeed unpleasant people, but hardly unique to the U.S.
Load More Replies... I find it really depressing to know that so many people are so wretchedly insecure that they must constantly hate and attack others.
I gave up after the third one, not wanting to have the next few minutes ruined.
Yes, it's actually quite disturbing, the violent hatred of strangers, basically, coupled with the gross illiteracy and vulgarity of expression. What is the point of this article? To show there's lots of mean, irrationsl miseries in the world? I feel like taking a bleach shower and a big fergeddit pill.
Load More Replies... Not sure how many of these are real or not, some sound fake. For those that are real, why can't ppl just be decent human beings? They're only a "bada$$" in their own mind anyway, and no one cares.
Some of these sound toxic. For those who wants to show your tough side, DON'T............. It's not healthy for you. Just because you want to scare people does not make you a better person. It's ok to say you are afraid, but don't act like a macho all the times. There's always going to be consequences
And please respect my comments.. I'm not usually good at giving advice or grammar
Load More Replies... I have seen one where he ripped up a coupon for 70% off of something and he didn’t even look at it then went on to buy the exact item and complained that the person in front of them who got the same item got it for cheaper and then complained it’s not his fault that he ripped up the coupon it’s what he does when people hand him flyers for stupid s**t that is not what he likes and also said he would beat up the cashier if he didn’t get the discount dude got escorted out by security and then took a swing at the security guards and hit a police officer who was just getting his lunch
Ugh. All of these scream my asshole Q cousin who knows everything about everything and blah blah blah.
Nothing says I need attention and something to feel superior about more than these.
This girl was flexing on me “subtly” about how she’s a school dropout, and only boys are texting her.
I've been bored with this site for awhile and checked it out tonight and was reminded why. Everyone feels validated in being shitty if someone else encourages them, this whole post is all about that, especially all the comments. Fight fire with fire is a phrase that comes to mind. F*****g dumb, find something positive to do with your lives instead of saying stupid s**t online.
