duke. my man. sorry to hear about the bullying. incredibly frustrating. not gonna lecture you, and many have already stated this, but to reiterate:
do not bring a knife anywhere.
what are your current gym goals tho?
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I don’t have much to add. You are young and will learn that some people aren’t worth your attention. In the meantime I’d like to share one of my favorite Bible verses. Life is not fair. Bad things happen. There’s not always an explanation.
“The Lord is slow to anger but great in power. The Lord will not leave the guilty unpunished.”
-Nahum 1:3
I have that tattooed on my inner biceps as a reminder. It reminds me that people will face consequences for their actions in this life or the next. It also reminds me that I’ll be held accountable for my actions.
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It is rather telling when you got 2 guys, one with a punisher screen name and the skull tattooed on his body, and one with a punisher avatar, and both are telling you to cool it with being a vigilante, haha.
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i have prolly experienced as much bullying that’s possible to experience and live to tell about it. near death from literal torture a dozen of times. i totally get the desire to kill the bullies. however, it’s an uphill battle. you got to get help! inform school and police on what’s going on. declare war on the bullies but use legal means to fight them. even set your training goals aside for a while and prioritize the fight against the bullies. gather evidence, turn on the recording mechanism on your cell phone and at least record their voices and words.
do not draw a weapon, like a knife, with the intention to intimidate your enemy. if ever you are going to use a knife try and conceal it and quickly stab your enemy in the mid section many times until he lies there. then quickly leave and hope that no one saw anything and don’t ever speak of the event.
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Or maybe just never kill someone in a fit of rage. Or maybe just never kill someone period.
Bringing a knife to school is stupid. Everyone has access to knives and there are more bullies than you. Also it could end up ruining your life if you do assault somebody with it.
I don’t like to say it but if beating up a couple of the tougher ones didn’t work than you may need to go the legal way. If they are threatening your life, police will definitely listen.
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I guess, i just speak from personal experience. If i do something its because i want to and dont fear the consequences or in my values it is acceptable.
I see
I probably cannot be bothered going. Cooking and lifting as well as schopl takes up my time as it is. On weekends i could.
At the moment:
Compete in first strongman comp
Get stronger
Reach 100kg bodyweight
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Alright. I did put a hammer in my bag just in case they try to mob me though.
I agree, Id definitely kill someone if they killed my family or friends though
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Today i just pretended they don’t exist. If they say anything i just say “I could’ve sworn i heard something.” It worked well today.
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Good on ya Duke, rise above it all and soon it will all seem so tiny in the scheme of a lifetime. Be strong and don’t let them win. We all know you have the determination and will to do whatever you put your mind to. So ignoring a bunch of half brained imbeciles who are a waste of oxygen should be easy for you.
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Duke it’s bloody awesome you’ve risen above it an let the shit go. It’s very hard to keep a steady head while in the midst of an emotional rage. While the 18 year old Year 12’s might have a horrible mindset, if it’s getting to you, at all, you’ve got to talk it through with someone you trust, friends, friends parents, teachers, principal, classroom support people (anyone at school) and hopefully something can be done or some strategies designed to stamp the shit out.
As you’ve mentioned, you’ve already been through the system with your medical stuff, so hopefully you’ve found someone, an OT, psyc, doc, or something you get along with well that you can contact.
Yeah man, I’ve spoken to some friends and family members so far.
Im glad i have all you awesome people on here, I would probably have done something different without the advice i got on here
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I understand that, but I also speak from personal experience. Having at one point been, and been around many, 17-19 year old shit heads, they will almost always turn when faced with consequences they did not fear.
Good on you for taking the high road, keep it up man.
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My stepson went through a bad patch in the area we moved to. It started in school and moved to the streets. Talking with the teachers got nowhere, It actually provoked them more and they started taunting with - go and tell your wee mamma etc.
After another attack by a group of them leading to black eyes and busted nose I went to the cops. This was another waste of time. I’m not sure about America but here in N.Ireland the police aren’t the ones running the show and are pretty much useless when it comes to bullying issues. I ended up having to go and see a buddy of mine who made a few phone calls and that put an end to it. The 4 attackers got pulled into an ally way and told if anything happens to my stepson again they will be getting there arms and legs broke.
You find with bullies they always start it in groups and have no balls one on one. They are weak minded and insecure in reality. The bullying makes them feel and look tough in front of there mates. Keep ignoring them and finally they will move on to someone else, hopefully some quiet crazy insane guy.
Yup. People rarely do things out of lack of fear of the consequences, but instead out of assurance that they won’t FACE the consequences.
People text and drive. The consequence of texting and driving is murder of another driver and self death. People aren’t texting and driving because they’re unafraid of killing another human/themselves; they’re just sure it won’t happen to THEM.
Once bad stuff DOES happen to people who were SURE it would never happen to them, paradigms dramatically shift, or a strong cognitive dissonance occurs.
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Yep. When they are alone in my classes or walking around they wont even look me in the eye or dare say a word because they know what will happen when they don’t have there buddies to back them up.
Makes sense. If i ate a steak and a helicopter landed in my back yard with Armed men saying i can’t eat steak again or i die I’ll never eat steak again thats for sure
You’re extremely wise man
Well, Today was good. It was hard for me to learn it but if you dont give a fuck what people say then they have no power over you. Im the better person. If it takes 20+ people to gang up on one person then that shows how weak minded and pathetic they are.
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Also going to start Arm wrestling! Ive spoken to a few people in The Wa Armwrestling club and they’re having a training session at my gym on sundays and i can train it now. Theirs a session on tuesdays 20 minutes away as well in golds gym rockingham. Also I’m doing MMA again but 1-2 times a week after lifting.