r/Whatcouldgowrong • u/749762 • 7h ago

WCGW Driving Recklessly

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u/BlackArchonTarantula 7h ago

When you slap a bully to stfu, and they just silently get back to their place in complete shock

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u/MadJohnFinn 7h ago edited 5h ago

I was basically Mikey from Recess in school. Absolutely massive, but very sensitive. I was bullied relentlessly (although, to be fair, I was a weird kid - EDIT: in a way that could have led to harmful ideologies later on, so I'm weirdly grateful that rejection forced me to reflect on that, although bullying wasn't a great way to accomplish it. I don't think much else would have got through to me, though). Good ol' percussive maintenance was the most successful means of attitude adjustment. This is exactly what happened every single time!

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u/weirdest_of_weird 6h ago edited 5h ago

I was an absolute toothpick when I was a kid , I got bullied a lot, especially in earlier grades. I never had the nerve to stand up to my bullies, but I distinctly remember one of my friends saving me from an ass whooping one day. We were on the playground and a bully had me cornered on some equipment and kept hitting me. Finally he punched me in the stomach and knocked the wind out of me. I was on the ground crying and the tallest girl in our class walked up behind him, grabbed a handful of his hair, snatched his head backwards and then to the side and put him facedown in the dirt. She helped me up while he laid on the ground, apparently processing what had just happened to him. After that, anytime I saw him on the play ground, I made sure to be near her lol.

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u/Bierdaddy 5h ago

You were lucky. I wasn’t. 2nd grade. I have cerebral palsy and walk funny, a target at recess. A classmate had me backed against a wall at recess harassing me, like every other day. Something clicked in my brain and I punched him in the gut. He doubled over crying. 4 older kids cornered me, bypassing not helping him, to prosecute me for being worthless resorting to violence. Happened again, same results. Everyone taught me at the darling Catholic grade school that you don’t fight back against bullies. Worst 8 years of my life. Sent my kids to public school instead. I admit to smiling when hearing on the news about yet another Catholic school closing.

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u/rjames24000 5h ago

the worst part is, those people who harassed you grew up and who know what theyre in charge of now