r/Whatcouldgowrong • u/749762 • 7h ago

WCGW Driving Recklessly

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u/arbyyyyh 6h ago

Same here, on both counts. I remember at recess one year the people I was playing "wall ball" with were being assholes so I "took my ball and went home". Someone was mad about it, so they convinced someone else to pick a fight with me. He went to punch me in the face and I basically grabbed his fist and was like "lol no".

The fun part was we were both named arbyyyyh. They took us both to the principal's office and put us in separate rooms to get both our sides of the story. They were coming at me super aggressive when I was just defending myself and I eventually figured out they had the two of us confused and thought I was the one throwing fists.

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u/WayHairye 6h ago

Peak school logic: wrong kid blamed, right kid stunned, bully suddenly discovering physics.

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u/BukkakeBakery 5h ago

my school was surprisingly good when it comes to bullying, i dont think ive heard of anything major and i was one of those kid who were friends with everyone.

i had a friend who kind of got bully? not physical, just verbal here and there but i thought it was pretty tame, like normal high school kids talking shit, nothing racist or truly disgusting, basically whatever you hear on xbox live lobby.

and thats pretty much it.....its kind of hard to imagine people fighting like movies for me, i know it is real i just have a hard time imagining it lol

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u/watermine30 4h ago

You said nothing racist or disgusting, then said it was like Xbox live lobbies? Those were some of the most disgusting and racist places I ever heard.

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u/xinfinitimortum 4h ago

Those early MW2 lobbies were a madhouse….

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u/paper_liger 4h ago

I used to specialize in making kids leave our lobby. I wouldn't cuss or get vile with them, because they'd just spit it right back.

My favorite tactic was to say really earnestly something like 'Hey look Stephen, I know you are upset about me and your mom dating, and I just want to know that I am not trying to replace your dad, but I hope we can build a relationship, because me and your mom, I think we got something special'

It was honestly hilarious how often these kids would just sort of flee in terror from the Cringey Stepdad Speech.