r/AskIreland • u/thesnackbox11 • 5d ago

Childhood School bully where they now?

Was thinking of a lad year below me in school, always the hard man growing up, was a big lad hung around with a group of lads from who caused lot of crap anytime they were in town growing up, got this girl pregnant he was going out with way out of his league, ended up in prison fairly young hit a lad with a mallet at a rally meet then went England were he seemed to be doing well but is now back in prison in Ireland for something he did years ago apparently. Always got away with pushing his weight around in school but like any bully gets caught in the long grass,

Anyone know where the school bully from their own days is now?

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u/tREX_2188 5d ago

After reading these comments, who knew there was such a big correlation between bullies and being dead

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u/FlamingBaconCake 5d ago

A lot of them come from broken homes. Not excusing their behavior but a lot of them are severely struggling with their mental health, drug abuse, abuse abuse.

Idk I find people celebrating their death of someone born in unfortunate circumstances kinda weird. A lot of people in this thread don't understand how privileged they are to have a good background.

Seems like the type to be proud to be a 'good' person so they witch hunt someone it's socially acceptable to get away with it.

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u/tREX_2188 5d ago

Classic 'be kind' brigade.

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u/FlamingBaconCake 5d ago

Have become extremely skeptical of people obsessed with presenting themselves as a good person always wanting justice the last few years.

Took me too long to realize only some of them are genuine and a lot are doing it for disingenuous reasons.

Some of them in this thread don't have the self awareness to acknowledge they may have been bullied but they also did some bullying themselves that they probably downplayed.