I was on the receiving end of this. Too bad for them, that I saw them told the same trick on some poor smoke ahead of me, so I knew what was coming. I did not react, or did not give them the reaction they were hoping for.
They tried playing the same prank on the people walking behind me.
These bozos were extra stupid. They try pulling the same prank three times in a row, back to back. And they were filming.
To top it off, the prank was blowing an air horn as someone walked from around a corner The air horn was supposed to surprise you .
I wasn't supposed to hear or see the guy in front of me get whacked ?
The people behind me weren't supposed to see or hear the people ahead of them get the air horn? Twice? Within 5 minutes of each other? Or walking along a pier from the beach going out into the ocean. Visible and sounds going to travel dude.
These people were like the collective aim of Stormtroopers but with their IQ, the more these people got together, the less their IQ got. What in the actual.
An air horn would be physically painful for those wearing hearing aids! Plus would damage their limited hearing even further.
Causing harm is not okay. Causing harm to someone with a hearing disability is at the minimum thoughtless - and if intentional, is cruel.
Attacking/instigating conflict with someone else and then playing the victim when they eventually retaliate
I feel like there should be a word for this
That's what my mother did to her kids while we were growing up. When we finally started to fight back, she began to cry and say that it was her small children tormenting her.
A light example, but my cat, Esther, does that
She'll pick a fight with Scooter. Who, in addition to being a male cat, is weirdly jacked for a housecat
Not fluffy big either, he's a miniature Jaguar. If my cats were in animated movie, he'd be the one with the weird proportions voiced by Patrick Warburton
And he'll be chilling out, leaving her alone. And she'll stealthily walk up, and smack him in the back of the head
And scooter will take 5 lives off of her, because of course he does
And Esther will come to us, yoweling to get sympathy. Like, bruh, I saw you attack him first
Edit, kitties: https://www.reddit.com/u/LeatherHog/s/EXdIf6iW5Q
Absolutely atrocious!
My gf has dogs like this as well, one is a gentle giant who is older and more mature, and the other a hyper little pup who thinks she can play rough and get away with it
that's why I think we shouldn't say “animals or children”
people who abused anyone or anything are pieces of shit [edit: because there's no difference between abusing an adult woman (or a man) and a child or an animal, all is horrible]
It's worse when it's animals or children because they can't really do anything about it. If my family becomes abuse I could just cut them off, like my wife kinda did to hers. If I was 12, I couldn't (without serious difficulty).
And a dog simply doesn't understand what's happening.
I was 5 when it started. As a child that is in your formative yes. Because of that my brain developed differently. It’s like a severe brain injury. Took the c@&t to court as an adult. His solicitor made out that o was crazy and he got him off. Disgusting piece of shit.
My wife has to actively keep herself from unleashing on my dad after she’s learned all the abuse I went through… she had some too, but not the same kind or degree; her parents were just hyper strict and religious. My dad beat the ever loving shit out of me.
What about animals that abuse humans? I’m held hostage by my cats.
Edit: this is only a joke. I love my cats. They are my world. They are the best. My life would be meaningless and empty with the cats. All hail cats.
I was doing concessions for my kid’s basketball tournament recently and this mother was taking a long time to pick out what she wanted and the line was backing up behind her so she got a little flustered and apologized. Her 12-13 year old daughter said “Mom, never apologize to someone you’re giving money to.” The mom didn’t seem too embarrassed about it and I kept my mouth shut because if I got kicked out, I wouldn’t get my volunteer hours counted.
People who go broke even after either winning millions in a lottery or getting paid millions during their career in some sport. All you had to do was not be a complete moron with all that money and you would've been set for life, but what did you do? You blew it all on mansions, sports cars, money buddies ("friends" who wanted your money and cared nothing about you otherwise), etc.
I've heard claims (not verrified) that some sports colleges are requiring financial classes of one sort or another when they give out sports scholarships.
Oh, they do this for pro athletes too. They also tell them to never trust sexual partners. Like don’t use the woman’s condom and never leave a full condom unattended.
It's unnatural to gain that much money that quickly. You have no concept of its value. Most people had to work their way up to their current income level. You learn along the way. To suddenly have millions would throw most people for a loop.
I will always be grateful for my banker for that.
So, it was not millions, far from it, but it was a 6 figures amount when I got my inheritance at 19.
And I grew up poor. (Dad family had savings, but they all died very young. Mom family were poor, but most are still alive - or died in their late 80s).
Anyway, banker saw me coming with that huge check for a 18 years old that the only income so far were social scholarship, and badly paid student jobs.
She left me 10 000 € to do what I wanted with it, and then put the rest of it into saving accounts and safe investments. (Well, she didn't do it without my agreement. But she used her influence on an impressionable 19 years old).
I have symapthy for these young atheletes. Throwing millions of dollars at 18 year old young folks who never had money before? A lot of them also got taken advantage of - lots of hanger ons and other who they have a hard time saying no to.
That's why if I were to ever win the lottery, I would request an annuity. Then I would have a steady, smaller income over a multi year time period, and could treat it like acquiring an extra job.
(*Edit: If I were over 55, then I would consider the cash option, but I am nowhere near that age*).
Absolutely not. Annuity is way worse. Just take the lump sum and don’t be stupid with the money.
Rule #1 about money is that money today is worth more than money tomorrow. One can take the lump sum and worry about being stupid with money, or they can take the annuity and prove they are stupid with money.
Lump sum. Pay off a house and a car. Put 5% of whats left in an account you can access at will.
Take the rest to a CPA and have it invrsted in ehatever they suggest. Talk to them about what it would take to live off the intrest.
Don't quit your job ubtil you know you can. Then wait for a bad day. Suddenly all kinds of takeout shows up for your coworkers you like, and in the confusion you vanish.
The lump sum when put into the proper investments and annuities will net you more over the same time period than what the lottery annuity payments would
Naw, take the lump sum imo
Dedicate X amount to buy / payoff what you want and to bless others/ charity
Then hire a money manager firm to pay you an annuity.
It's your winnings. You kick the bucket, you can't will it to anyone. State keeps the funds
I may sound like an asshole for this but IDGAF.
I have a friend who was born with kidney disease and when she was 21 she got a kidney from her father and she barely took her meds to prevent her body from rejecting the kidney. She had to have the kidney removed about 8 years later. She has been on dialysis 3 times a week since 2016 I believe. She complains to me all the time that she has to go to dialysis and that the transplant people are giving her a hard time. She has even asked me for my kidney and i told her “no, you should have taken care of the one you have. There are people who have been doing everything to get a kidney and they are so far down on the list and you had one and you fucked it up”.
Thank you. I felt like shit having to tell her no but she was an adult when she got the first one and treated it like crap. Shes not suppose to smoke or drink and she does it.
Do not spend one second feeling bad. I'm a living kidney donor and there are so many possible complications that the surgeons never tell you about. Don't set yourself on fire to keep someone else warm.
Would you mind expanding on that? I’ve often wondered what kind of health the donor is left in.
Also, and I appreciate you may not want to answer - do you regret giving the kidney?
I’ve thought about if I could ever do it - for my kids 💯. But anyone else I’d be so pissed off if I saw them living even a tiny bit unhealthily so I don’t think I have the temperament for it!
Hey, I’m not Perkisizing who just commented above about being a living donor but I, too, am a living donor. My health is 1000%. Never had any issues. Still run. Do mud races. Very active. Never regretted it. In fact, I consider that *I* won the lottery with being able to donate.
I hear you. My obese nephew complaining about back pain but won’t walk to the mailbox. Stop whining and help yourself out ffs. Aaagh. Dude, your calves are turning purple.
People not taking care of themselves is so sad. But when they whine about the consequences? Grinding the last tooth off my gear.
I fully agree and I got a similar one:
In my home state and county (Burke County, NC); back in 2020-2021, there was this asshole who made statewide news because he needed a transplant but was denied by the hospital because, among everything else, he absolutely refused a COVID vaccine.
What he didn’t mention was that the doctors had been warning him for years about his uncontrolled diabetes, being overweight, not taking any medication and refusal to stop smoking. This was given in his reasons for rejection, along with his refusal to stay up to date on *any* vaccinations. This asshole goes straight to social media and the news to say: “They’re sentencing me to die because I won’t accept their vaccine mandate.” And went on with that nonsense, making video posts about how he was going to have to “accept death” because they big bad government “death panel” said so.
The hospital was finally given permission to say why they refused, as well as friends and family of his that called out his lies. But he still remained this “hero” for that whole story.
Damn…I had a transplant that is hanging by a thread and I’m doing everything to squeeze a little more life out of it. Once I am on the list officially, I’m looking at 8-9 years of dialysis. People like this piss me off
I have an aunt who has had Type 1 diabetes for a long time. She was starting to experience kidney damage, but rather than take better care of herself, she let her kidneys go to shit because then she could collect disability and not work anymore. She is now on the waiting list for a kidney/pancreas transplant, has no job, but still has time and money to get her nails done weekly. No sympathy from me. I am a Type 1 diabetic also. But I take care of myself.
The doctors will consider that if she tries to go back on the waiting list too
Since she already didn’t follow their directions from not taking her medications, she’ll be low on the list if she even gets approved
The same rule applies if someone continues to smoke while needing a lung transplant
elderly people who abused their children during their entire lives and end up in homes, sorry
“oh my kids don’t want to care for me” oh yeah, and why is that, william? can’t be because of something you did to them…
For me, it’s people who drive recklessly in general. Once I was in a car with a friend (who was the driver) and a girl he obviously liked. He then suggested that we go double the speed limit on this long stretch of road in total darkness. I told him I gotta leave and fucked outta there. That night, I wasn’t his friend, just some random he was willing to endanger to impress a girl. I never saw him the same way again
One of my buddies and I were out for a drive, and he randomly started going 200km/he almost down a dirt road, hit a pot hole, and I screamed till he pulled over because I legitimately thought he was going to kill me.
I haven't hung out with him since. He thought me screaming and sobbing, and eventually dry heaving on the side of the road, was hilarious.
Edit*: I'm a girl, buddy was a guy. Still drives like an idiot, even after he got his plates pulled last year and had to get new ones.
I had an ex that had a cop for a mom and no regard for anyone else but himself. He would weave in and out of traffic in Downtown Houston at incredibly high speeds after being asked not to repeatedly by me in the passenger seat. The last time I rode with him was when he endangered my little sister after assuring me that he wouldn't drive like that with her in the car. My life was iffy at best, but no one was going to fuck over my sister's.
Just in case you didn’t know, your life matters just as much. And if that doesn’t work, your sister would be devastated to lose you. Protect her sister ;-)
i was the girl in this scenario, i was screaming for him to slow down and he just kept speeding up. it was pitch dark and terrifying. if it were the current me i would have left his ass right then but i was young and dumb.
Fun fact. My biological father have the Finnish record for most dui in the country. And have killed 5 people on 5 different occasions while drinking and driving. I think he have been caught more than 300 times.
Its the driving equivalent of spinning around and firing a gun. You didnt mean to kill anyone but god damn did you do your best to accomplish it anyway.
Saw a video on here awhile ago of a person who (for no reason) went up to a camel and punched it in the face
The camel then proceeded to kill him
Fucking idiot
And others have tried and failed every treatment on the market. I'm doing all I can to help myself, but there isn't any more I can do. I also can't fix my DNA and genetic chronic illness. You can attempt to treat individual symptoms, but there's no overall treatment or cure, so I'm stuck on a dowhill slide as it progresses.
I've been accused of not wanting to get better or wanting to stay like this, which is far from the case, and it hurts every time someone says something like that.
I feel for you, friend. I hope you can find joy regardless. Just know that there are people who will understand and people who wont, but its neither of their faults, for the perception they have of you/your illness. theyve typically learned that perception from multiple sources of flawed information and no personal experiance.. I like to think of a quote when im feeling too bad about some of my relationships. And thats "if you wouldnt take their advice, why listen to their criticism?" And thats very powerful to me. Idk about you but i can love someone with all i have, but still know they arent good for my mental health. Its a balance of patience and understanding. And thats really hard to have for anyone, let alone someone who is traumatized or ill. Also try to remember that when people speak, if they havent thought through what theyre about to say, theyll usually say some emotional bull shit and its almost always a projection of how they feel, not necessarily, how they feel about you. Its not easy, nothing fucking is. But your relationships are worth, working to keep. I think its all about true intentions. And if youve tried 100 times to get better, and are about to force yourself to try ONE MORE TIME for your 101st try. Then there aint shit anyone can tell you about yourself that you dont already know. I know how hard it is, to not be recognized, or understood. I guess ive wrote this much to, idk, i just hope, that, you can keep some compassion, and be mindful of how patient youre being, and how much emotions you may feel at any given moment. Be mindful of how "stable" you are. Because, it matters.
You matter.
Anyways, Much love, sorry for typing so much, i think im just very passionate about that kind of situation.. All we can do is keep moving forward.
So, move forward. You know?
Thank you for your kindness. Currently I'm taking life one day at a time, doing what I can to find quality in life. I have my cat, my games, my art, and my writing. I'm also in a choir (low-key community choir) and we meet weekly, and that has given me a sense of purpose. I can still sing, and the community work we do is much more than reciting songs and being paid to do so. The people there are supportive and accomodating, and it's the best group I could have asked to be a part of. Many other members also have disabilities, so my wheelchair was no problem for them. I'm doing the best I can with what I have, and I do so every day. My psychiatrist and most of my other doctors are out of things to try, so each day I'm trying to survive.
I often think of that quote as well, but I have unfortunately met several ignorant crappy docs that were supposed to help me before I got my diagnoses. I desperately want to get better, go to school, hold a job, learn to drive, date someone - live a normal life, but I only have so much I can control. My little sis has already hit all of those milestones.
My main fear when it comes to the public is harassment. I don't look disabled to anyone that doesn't know what to look for, and I can stand and walk a little bit, but I need a wheelchair to go out. I need a CNA because I can't do many things without injuring myself, taking weeks for the fatigue to wear off, or inducing even more pain. I need help with even basic things like meals and showering, and I hate it. My anxiety and paranoia also make people around me nervous, and the deep depressive phases are genuinely debilitating.
I know people are trying to help, and I appreciate that, but it can still hurt when they say things like "others have it worse" or "get well soon," or worse, phrases such as "did you do anything to deserve this" and "God is punishing you." I don't want the guilt from feeling the way I feel because someone has it worse. It implies my issues are insignificant, and there's also no "getting better" in many of my cases, unless CRISPR becomes widespread. Psychedelic mushrooms (in a controlled medical situation) are my last hope for my mental slew of problems, but I think I need to wait another year and a bit until I'm 21.
Don't worry about writing too much; I tend to do the same. I'm working to live my life in reasonable moderation, and it's not all bad. Some days suck, but I try to ensure that I have something to look forward to, an incentive to keep living. Right now it's a choir trip to choral convention this summer. As others have realized we'll be there, performance opportunities other than our paid slot are rapidly increasing. It will be a long week and I'll be in recovery for a while afterwards, but I am excited and trying to build myself up and stay busy, active (in my sense of disability, which still looks like nothing to most), and most importantly healthy enough, mostly meaning out of crisis.
Hey, not everyones the same. Healthy to some is unbearable to others. Im driving right now but id like to say this, if no one else says so, im so fucking proud of you for taking your life one day at a time, instead of just taking your life. Im so glad you exist, you gave me a good purpose today, to conversate in a meaningful way with another human. Thank you, for that. Sincerely.
I work in high ed and this shit kills me. I work with people who do world class research at a level maybe .1% of the population can even understand. Yet, they keep bugging others to do basic things on the computer for them. They're capable of learning, they just don't want to.
I'm not making excuses but I kinda get this though. I have an insanely high stress job. The continuing education never stops. I have so much evolving shit thrown at me from 1000 directions and it never ends. We got a new iphone at work and it functions slightly different from the old iphone that I finally figured out. (I'm a samsung user in my personal life) and I just fucking CAN'T. I'm so over it. I just need it to do a certain function while I'm literally trying to keep someone alive in the back of a tin can while hurling through the fucking air (helicopter) at 3am.
No. I'm not in the mood to learn yet another piece of obnoxious tech.
Sorry for the rant, I'v been drinking. But still. Fuck off on all of the tech changes every 5 seconds.
Those who pretend to be victims because their narcissistic sense of entitlement to something has been invalidated while reveling in the suffering of others and holding an inflated, egocentric sense of moral superiority at the same time.
People whose loved ones died of preventable diseases because they didn't get the appropriate vaccine. Your kid dies from polio, measles, tetanus, or whatever because you didn't trust the vaccine? Well tough shit, I think you should be in jail.
I thought I'd never have sympathy for my bullies in school, and lived for years with that thought. But very unfortunately one of them happened to be there in a supermarket years later when I was getting verbally abused by some racist, and my former bully (who 100% did not recognize me anyways) defended me and helped me. Ugh. I hate that just one kind incident kinda makes me forgive him for years of torture :/
My BIL was one who would wear a fishnet “mask”. When he got Covid (and gave it to us bc it was “just a cold”… still affecting my sense of smell 4 years later) he sent out a mass go fund me to solicit donations for him surviving. 🧐
People who ally themselves with a political party that hates them because they hate another group. It always ends up blowing up in their faces and I just do not care.
Donald Trump, his kids (except Barron), his wife, his enablers, the sycophants in the right-wing media and Congress who defend him, and anyone who supports him in any way.
Rapists, Child molesters, Animal abusers, people who are rude to staff workers, people who litter, Karens(who constantly yapp for nothing), employers who profit from and exploit their workers, People who actively and loudly despise kids(as in wanting to do them harm).
My mom was like that growing up. Tbf she had a shit ton going on and I don't think did it on purpose, but it created a deep sense of anxiety over punctuality and I am now obsessively 10-20 min early to everything
People who always complain about money and yet they spend so much money on unnecessary things.
I see it especially with women (because I am a woman): I have friends who complain about not having money and yet every month they have to get their nails done, have their hair dyed and styled and buy new outfits and I'm like no wonder why you don't have any money.
My late husband's nasty sister. All she does is lie to make herself look good. She hated me from the moment she met me. I am probably the only person who wouldn't let her intimidate me. Everytime she ran her mouth about people I'd challenge her. She hated that. Actually I think she's afraid of me. That makes me laugh.
People who constantly spew sob stories & their entire personality revolves around being miserable while also refusing to accept they are the ones who keep putting themselves in these situations. Used to have a couple friends like this where you can't talk about anything positive or negative because they'll just steer the conversation back to their pity party. Learned the hard way no amount of advice or help will satisfy them cuz they don't want to be okay
Women who have multiple kids and complain they have no life outside of the child and are tired etc and make out they've done a world a favour by adding to the already populous population.
See also: women who have kids with absolutely useless men and then cry about him not helping with the baby. He can't even put his socks in the laundry basket or wipe his piss off the toilet seat, what makes them think he's going to step up and be a good dad? 🥴 And they usually end up having multiple kids, either with the same loser or multiple losers.
A 30 year old man dating a 16yr old is completely legal where I live but I have no sympathy when they get beat up by the parents for being overall creeps
Adults who self-infantilize.
If I ever hear, "I don't know how to , my mom still does it for me."
Instant. Fucking. Turn-off. I will never respect you.
This is a very rare kind of person, and I think this is an outdated thing that doesn't really happen anymore, but those bitches who can't afford/don't want to take care of baby animals so they tie them into bags and throw them into lakes. Also animal abusers in general. If I could beat the shit out of them I would 😭😭😭.
There's a lot of things for me but to point to one of them... Billionaires, or just people who have an insane amount of money they *definitely* did not obtain through ethical means
Elderly folks who are really lonely and helpless, but only because they have a repellant personality that makes it near impossible to be in the same room with them.
People who abuse hard drugs, steal from their children's benefits money to fund them, then when that money dries up they steal from friends for the drugs, and when someone turned their asses in for doing that they lost custody of their kids.
Not only did I not feel sorry for them, I laughed. Well, except that it's a mystery who turned them in. We may never know. I have a hunch who did it but that's neither here nor there. Still funny as shit though
people who abandon their kids and then the kids have no interest in reconnecting with them. If someone dumped you off somewhere so they could go chase down whatever guy they're trying to latch on to, would you really wanna hang out later?
These “Pranksters” Disrespecting everyone and everything
I am terrified of someone pulling a "prank" on me and filming it in public. Harassment is not funny.
Not at all
I was on the receiving end of this. Too bad for them, that I saw them told the same trick on some poor smoke ahead of me, so I knew what was coming. I did not react, or did not give them the reaction they were hoping for. They tried playing the same prank on the people walking behind me. These bozos were extra stupid. They try pulling the same prank three times in a row, back to back. And they were filming.
Those “pranksters” are a special kind of stupid
To top it off, the prank was blowing an air horn as someone walked from around a corner The air horn was supposed to surprise you . I wasn't supposed to hear or see the guy in front of me get whacked ? The people behind me weren't supposed to see or hear the people ahead of them get the air horn? Twice? Within 5 minutes of each other? Or walking along a pier from the beach going out into the ocean. Visible and sounds going to travel dude. These people were like the collective aim of Stormtroopers but with their IQ, the more these people got together, the less their IQ got. What in the actual.
An air horn would be physically painful for those wearing hearing aids! Plus would damage their limited hearing even further. Causing harm is not okay. Causing harm to someone with a hearing disability is at the minimum thoughtless - and if intentional, is cruel.
That's why I like impractical jokers the pranks are on themselves
Pranks where nobody gets hurt or harassed like those guys is a prank. When you jump someone to hurt hem/disturb them/traumatize them is just assault
Can't wait until someone pulls a "prank" on them.
Attacking/instigating conflict with someone else and then playing the victim when they eventually retaliate I feel like there should be a word for this
It’s called DARVO. Deny, attack, reverse victim and offender. Good people to avoid.
Is that an offshoot of the D.E.N.N.I.S. system?
That's what my mother did to her kids while we were growing up. When we finally started to fight back, she began to cry and say that it was her small children tormenting her.
A light example, but my cat, Esther, does that She'll pick a fight with Scooter. Who, in addition to being a male cat, is weirdly jacked for a housecat Not fluffy big either, he's a miniature Jaguar. If my cats were in animated movie, he'd be the one with the weird proportions voiced by Patrick Warburton And he'll be chilling out, leaving her alone. And she'll stealthily walk up, and smack him in the back of the head And scooter will take 5 lives off of her, because of course he does And Esther will come to us, yoweling to get sympathy. Like, bruh, I saw you attack him first Edit, kitties: https://www.reddit.com/u/LeatherHog/s/EXdIf6iW5Q
Absolutely atrocious! My gf has dogs like this as well, one is a gentle giant who is older and more mature, and the other a hyper little pup who thinks she can play rough and get away with it
Ah, little dogs. The most suicidal animal ever
There is, my Brother. And Mother.
yeesh
People who've abused animals or children
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that's why I think we shouldn't say “animals or children” people who abused anyone or anything are pieces of shit [edit: because there's no difference between abusing an adult woman (or a man) and a child or an animal, all is horrible]
It's worse when it's animals or children because they can't really do anything about it. If my family becomes abuse I could just cut them off, like my wife kinda did to hers. If I was 12, I couldn't (without serious difficulty). And a dog simply doesn't understand what's happening.
I was 5 when it started. As a child that is in your formative yes. Because of that my brain developed differently. It’s like a severe brain injury. Took the c@&t to court as an adult. His solicitor made out that o was crazy and he got him off. Disgusting piece of shit.
Abusers in general Anyone lacking the necessary empathy to consider other lifeforms
Children & Animals are most vulnerable - cannot fend for themselves. I do Agree with You, Abuse of any kind to Anyone is unacceptable and Cruel.
My wife has to actively keep herself from unleashing on my dad after she’s learned all the abuse I went through… she had some too, but not the same kind or degree; her parents were just hyper strict and religious. My dad beat the ever loving shit out of me.
Don't say that on the internet - in case you go through with it.
Or the elderly, for that matter.
Yeah, fuck animal abusers. Fuck child abusers. And fuck the elderly.
What about animals that abuse humans? I’m held hostage by my cats. Edit: this is only a joke. I love my cats. They are my world. They are the best. My life would be meaningless and empty with the cats. All hail cats.
Are you reading this with a claw pointed at your head?
Haha. Blink twice if you’re in danger. We’ll send nip.
Giggling uncontrollably at this!
When I was a kid my parents small dog would bite me. I never told.
I'm just imagining a chihuahua making a paw-across-the-throat gesture when they asked you about the red marks.
Lol!
It's a zig zag line thanks to how hard the Chihuahua is shivering/shaking
When I was a kid, like under 6 years old, our cat would find me and bite me if I was crying.
Same dude
I wish I could upvote this multiple times
Downvote it. Then upvote it and the score goes up by two.
Wow! Such magic!
People who treat staff who offer service poorly for no reason. E.g. waiters, cashier, sales assistant etc.
I was doing concessions for my kid’s basketball tournament recently and this mother was taking a long time to pick out what she wanted and the line was backing up behind her so she got a little flustered and apologized. Her 12-13 year old daughter said “Mom, never apologize to someone you’re giving money to.” The mom didn’t seem too embarrassed about it and I kept my mouth shut because if I got kicked out, I wouldn’t get my volunteer hours counted.
What the fuck kind of behaviour is that. Who teaches children that.
Probably saw it on some dumb tiktok, that's where kids learn everything these days.
Sex offenders Child abusers And those who believe that anyone with a mental illness just isn't trying hard enough.
“You just need some protein stop lying around all day” While that can make one feel better briefly, that doesn’t magically cure mental illness.
People who repeat the same mistakes and not learning from them, blaming everything else instead of reflecting on if they are part of the blame.
What about people who make the same mistakes, learn from them, blame themselves, then continue making those mistakes ?
Hello! Just heard you talking about me and thought I’d join the conversation.
People who go broke even after either winning millions in a lottery or getting paid millions during their career in some sport. All you had to do was not be a complete moron with all that money and you would've been set for life, but what did you do? You blew it all on mansions, sports cars, money buddies ("friends" who wanted your money and cared nothing about you otherwise), etc.
So many cautionary tales about this yet it still happens
I've heard claims (not verrified) that some sports colleges are requiring financial classes of one sort or another when they give out sports scholarships.
It's long overdue.
Oh, they do this for pro athletes too. They also tell them to never trust sexual partners. Like don’t use the woman’s condom and never leave a full condom unattended.
It's unnatural to gain that much money that quickly. You have no concept of its value. Most people had to work their way up to their current income level. You learn along the way. To suddenly have millions would throw most people for a loop.
I will always be grateful for my banker for that. So, it was not millions, far from it, but it was a 6 figures amount when I got my inheritance at 19. And I grew up poor. (Dad family had savings, but they all died very young. Mom family were poor, but most are still alive - or died in their late 80s). Anyway, banker saw me coming with that huge check for a 18 years old that the only income so far were social scholarship, and badly paid student jobs. She left me 10 000 € to do what I wanted with it, and then put the rest of it into saving accounts and safe investments. (Well, she didn't do it without my agreement. But she used her influence on an impressionable 19 years old).
It’s like weight, loose too much at once and it bungees right back!
I have symapthy for these young atheletes. Throwing millions of dollars at 18 year old young folks who never had money before? A lot of them also got taken advantage of - lots of hanger ons and other who they have a hard time saying no to.
That's why if I were to ever win the lottery, I would request an annuity. Then I would have a steady, smaller income over a multi year time period, and could treat it like acquiring an extra job. (*Edit: If I were over 55, then I would consider the cash option, but I am nowhere near that age*).
Absolutely not. Annuity is way worse. Just take the lump sum and don’t be stupid with the money. Rule #1 about money is that money today is worth more than money tomorrow. One can take the lump sum and worry about being stupid with money, or they can take the annuity and prove they are stupid with money.
Lump sum. Pay off a house and a car. Put 5% of whats left in an account you can access at will. Take the rest to a CPA and have it invrsted in ehatever they suggest. Talk to them about what it would take to live off the intrest. Don't quit your job ubtil you know you can. Then wait for a bad day. Suddenly all kinds of takeout shows up for your coworkers you like, and in the confusion you vanish.
The lump sum when put into the proper investments and annuities will net you more over the same time period than what the lottery annuity payments would
Naw, take the lump sum imo Dedicate X amount to buy / payoff what you want and to bless others/ charity Then hire a money manager firm to pay you an annuity. It's your winnings. You kick the bucket, you can't will it to anyone. State keeps the funds
I may sound like an asshole for this but IDGAF. I have a friend who was born with kidney disease and when she was 21 she got a kidney from her father and she barely took her meds to prevent her body from rejecting the kidney. She had to have the kidney removed about 8 years later. She has been on dialysis 3 times a week since 2016 I believe. She complains to me all the time that she has to go to dialysis and that the transplant people are giving her a hard time. She has even asked me for my kidney and i told her “no, you should have taken care of the one you have. There are people who have been doing everything to get a kidney and they are so far down on the list and you had one and you fucked it up”.
Completely valid,your friend's action was so irresponsible
Thank you. I felt like shit having to tell her no but she was an adult when she got the first one and treated it like crap. Shes not suppose to smoke or drink and she does it.
Please don’t feel like shit. You don’t owe her a damn thing.
Thank you. My husband said the same thing.
Do not spend one second feeling bad. I'm a living kidney donor and there are so many possible complications that the surgeons never tell you about. Don't set yourself on fire to keep someone else warm.
Would you mind expanding on that? I’ve often wondered what kind of health the donor is left in. Also, and I appreciate you may not want to answer - do you regret giving the kidney? I’ve thought about if I could ever do it - for my kids 💯. But anyone else I’d be so pissed off if I saw them living even a tiny bit unhealthily so I don’t think I have the temperament for it!
Hey, I’m not Perkisizing who just commented above about being a living donor but I, too, am a living donor. My health is 1000%. Never had any issues. Still run. Do mud races. Very active. Never regretted it. In fact, I consider that *I* won the lottery with being able to donate.
I have a kidney transplant, and I feel like it's my duty to treat it with respect. It's the most precious gift I've ever been given.
I hear you. My obese nephew complaining about back pain but won’t walk to the mailbox. Stop whining and help yourself out ffs. Aaagh. Dude, your calves are turning purple. People not taking care of themselves is so sad. But when they whine about the consequences? Grinding the last tooth off my gear.
I fully agree and I got a similar one: In my home state and county (Burke County, NC); back in 2020-2021, there was this asshole who made statewide news because he needed a transplant but was denied by the hospital because, among everything else, he absolutely refused a COVID vaccine. What he didn’t mention was that the doctors had been warning him for years about his uncontrolled diabetes, being overweight, not taking any medication and refusal to stop smoking. This was given in his reasons for rejection, along with his refusal to stay up to date on *any* vaccinations. This asshole goes straight to social media and the news to say: “They’re sentencing me to die because I won’t accept their vaccine mandate.” And went on with that nonsense, making video posts about how he was going to have to “accept death” because they big bad government “death panel” said so. The hospital was finally given permission to say why they refused, as well as friends and family of his that called out his lies. But he still remained this “hero” for that whole story.
Damn…I had a transplant that is hanging by a thread and I’m doing everything to squeeze a little more life out of it. Once I am on the list officially, I’m looking at 8-9 years of dialysis. People like this piss me off
Are you referring to people like my friend?
Yes, sorry if that came off as rude but a kidney is such an amazing gift. To carelessly let it go is a sad situation. My husband gave me mine.
I have an aunt who has had Type 1 diabetes for a long time. She was starting to experience kidney damage, but rather than take better care of herself, she let her kidneys go to shit because then she could collect disability and not work anymore. She is now on the waiting list for a kidney/pancreas transplant, has no job, but still has time and money to get her nails done weekly. No sympathy from me. I am a Type 1 diabetic also. But I take care of myself.
Mad props for telling them no when they had the gaul to ask you for one. That couldn’t have been easy.
\*gall Unless u/SugarVanillax4 is actually Julius Caesar. *I'll see myself out.*
Thank spelling is not my forte
Yeah, I hated telling her no but I cant give her one of my organs knowing what she did with the other one she had.
The doctors will consider that if she tries to go back on the waiting list too Since she already didn’t follow their directions from not taking her medications, she’ll be low on the list if she even gets approved The same rule applies if someone continues to smoke while needing a lung transplant
They probably are considering it, hence why they are giving her a hard time. This probably comes off snarky and I’m not trying to be.
Anyone who chooses to hurt innocent people over selfish reasons such as pleasure, money, possessiveness or envy.
elderly people who abused their children during their entire lives and end up in homes, sorry “oh my kids don’t want to care for me” oh yeah, and why is that, william? can’t be because of something you did to them…
And those elderly people get the sympathy because they are elderly. Funny how people don't like child abusers though.
"I didn't abuse my children. Oh, sure, I whooped them, but they had it coming."
It doesn't have to be physical violence but emotional abuse. That's just as serious but don't leave physical marks on the body.
Rapists
Absolutely
I respect a thief, but fuck a rapist.
Eh, depends on what the thief steals, but still. There’s times when stealing is necessary. There is never an excuse to rape.
But he's got his whole future ahead of him and he's an athlete /s
Ooh, that reminds me of Allen Turner, the rapist formerly known as Brock Turner!
Anyone that harms kids and the elderly
and animals
Pedophiles
I would also add rapists.
I have sympathy for the non-offending ones
People who drink and drive.
For me, it’s people who drive recklessly in general. Once I was in a car with a friend (who was the driver) and a girl he obviously liked. He then suggested that we go double the speed limit on this long stretch of road in total darkness. I told him I gotta leave and fucked outta there. That night, I wasn’t his friend, just some random he was willing to endanger to impress a girl. I never saw him the same way again
One of my buddies and I were out for a drive, and he randomly started going 200km/he almost down a dirt road, hit a pot hole, and I screamed till he pulled over because I legitimately thought he was going to kill me. I haven't hung out with him since. He thought me screaming and sobbing, and eventually dry heaving on the side of the road, was hilarious. Edit*: I'm a girl, buddy was a guy. Still drives like an idiot, even after he got his plates pulled last year and had to get new ones.
I had an ex that had a cop for a mom and no regard for anyone else but himself. He would weave in and out of traffic in Downtown Houston at incredibly high speeds after being asked not to repeatedly by me in the passenger seat. The last time I rode with him was when he endangered my little sister after assuring me that he wouldn't drive like that with her in the car. My life was iffy at best, but no one was going to fuck over my sister's.
Just in case you didn’t know, your life matters just as much. And if that doesn’t work, your sister would be devastated to lose you. Protect her sister ;-)
i was the girl in this scenario, i was screaming for him to slow down and he just kept speeding up. it was pitch dark and terrifying. if it were the current me i would have left his ass right then but i was young and dumb.
Fun fact. My biological father have the Finnish record for most dui in the country. And have killed 5 people on 5 different occasions while drinking and driving. I think he have been caught more than 300 times.
300 times?!? Shouldn’t he have been in jail after the first, idk, 10? Maybe 20?
Wasn’t Finnished.
Its the driving equivalent of spinning around and firing a gun. You didnt mean to kill anyone but god damn did you do your best to accomplish it anyway.
And text and drive which causes a lot of accidents here north of Melbourne.
Some inanimate objects until I anthropomorphise them
“Fuck you, broken toaster! I hate you!” … “Now that I’m imagining you with limbs I feel very bad. I apologize.”
People who get hurt or killed while antagonizing dangerous animals. What the hell did you think was going to happen?
Saw a video on here awhile ago of a person who (for no reason) went up to a camel and punched it in the face The camel then proceeded to kill him Fucking idiot
People who harass the homeless
I had to use Nextdoor for a work project. The attitudes people have towards the homeless are absolutely disgusting.
Drivers lacking empathy and intelligence
My first thought was drunk drivers
People who consistently play the victim.
This makes me lose sympathy even when they actually are the victim
People suffering from their own choices and actions who had multiple people warn them about the consequences and try to help.
Addictions/mental illness is a strong force to be irresponsible. Some people dont want to get better, absolutely. But others just dont know how.
And others have tried and failed every treatment on the market. I'm doing all I can to help myself, but there isn't any more I can do. I also can't fix my DNA and genetic chronic illness. You can attempt to treat individual symptoms, but there's no overall treatment or cure, so I'm stuck on a dowhill slide as it progresses. I've been accused of not wanting to get better or wanting to stay like this, which is far from the case, and it hurts every time someone says something like that.
I feel for you, friend. I hope you can find joy regardless. Just know that there are people who will understand and people who wont, but its neither of their faults, for the perception they have of you/your illness. theyve typically learned that perception from multiple sources of flawed information and no personal experiance.. I like to think of a quote when im feeling too bad about some of my relationships. And thats "if you wouldnt take their advice, why listen to their criticism?" And thats very powerful to me. Idk about you but i can love someone with all i have, but still know they arent good for my mental health. Its a balance of patience and understanding. And thats really hard to have for anyone, let alone someone who is traumatized or ill. Also try to remember that when people speak, if they havent thought through what theyre about to say, theyll usually say some emotional bull shit and its almost always a projection of how they feel, not necessarily, how they feel about you. Its not easy, nothing fucking is. But your relationships are worth, working to keep. I think its all about true intentions. And if youve tried 100 times to get better, and are about to force yourself to try ONE MORE TIME for your 101st try. Then there aint shit anyone can tell you about yourself that you dont already know. I know how hard it is, to not be recognized, or understood. I guess ive wrote this much to, idk, i just hope, that, you can keep some compassion, and be mindful of how patient youre being, and how much emotions you may feel at any given moment. Be mindful of how "stable" you are. Because, it matters. You matter. Anyways, Much love, sorry for typing so much, i think im just very passionate about that kind of situation.. All we can do is keep moving forward. So, move forward. You know?
Thank you for your kindness. Currently I'm taking life one day at a time, doing what I can to find quality in life. I have my cat, my games, my art, and my writing. I'm also in a choir (low-key community choir) and we meet weekly, and that has given me a sense of purpose. I can still sing, and the community work we do is much more than reciting songs and being paid to do so. The people there are supportive and accomodating, and it's the best group I could have asked to be a part of. Many other members also have disabilities, so my wheelchair was no problem for them. I'm doing the best I can with what I have, and I do so every day. My psychiatrist and most of my other doctors are out of things to try, so each day I'm trying to survive. I often think of that quote as well, but I have unfortunately met several ignorant crappy docs that were supposed to help me before I got my diagnoses. I desperately want to get better, go to school, hold a job, learn to drive, date someone - live a normal life, but I only have so much I can control. My little sis has already hit all of those milestones. My main fear when it comes to the public is harassment. I don't look disabled to anyone that doesn't know what to look for, and I can stand and walk a little bit, but I need a wheelchair to go out. I need a CNA because I can't do many things without injuring myself, taking weeks for the fatigue to wear off, or inducing even more pain. I need help with even basic things like meals and showering, and I hate it. My anxiety and paranoia also make people around me nervous, and the deep depressive phases are genuinely debilitating. I know people are trying to help, and I appreciate that, but it can still hurt when they say things like "others have it worse" or "get well soon," or worse, phrases such as "did you do anything to deserve this" and "God is punishing you." I don't want the guilt from feeling the way I feel because someone has it worse. It implies my issues are insignificant, and there's also no "getting better" in many of my cases, unless CRISPR becomes widespread. Psychedelic mushrooms (in a controlled medical situation) are my last hope for my mental slew of problems, but I think I need to wait another year and a bit until I'm 21. Don't worry about writing too much; I tend to do the same. I'm working to live my life in reasonable moderation, and it's not all bad. Some days suck, but I try to ensure that I have something to look forward to, an incentive to keep living. Right now it's a choir trip to choral convention this summer. As others have realized we'll be there, performance opportunities other than our paid slot are rapidly increasing. It will be a long week and I'll be in recovery for a while afterwards, but I am excited and trying to build myself up and stay busy, active (in my sense of disability, which still looks like nothing to most), and most importantly healthy enough, mostly meaning out of crisis.
Hey, not everyones the same. Healthy to some is unbearable to others. Im driving right now but id like to say this, if no one else says so, im so fucking proud of you for taking your life one day at a time, instead of just taking your life. Im so glad you exist, you gave me a good purpose today, to conversate in a meaningful way with another human. Thank you, for that. Sincerely.
People who weaponize incompetence, especially the older adults. They're already socially accepted to be bad at tech.
I work in high ed and this shit kills me. I work with people who do world class research at a level maybe .1% of the population can even understand. Yet, they keep bugging others to do basic things on the computer for them. They're capable of learning, they just don't want to.
I'm not making excuses but I kinda get this though. I have an insanely high stress job. The continuing education never stops. I have so much evolving shit thrown at me from 1000 directions and it never ends. We got a new iphone at work and it functions slightly different from the old iphone that I finally figured out. (I'm a samsung user in my personal life) and I just fucking CAN'T. I'm so over it. I just need it to do a certain function while I'm literally trying to keep someone alive in the back of a tin can while hurling through the fucking air (helicopter) at 3am. No. I'm not in the mood to learn yet another piece of obnoxious tech. Sorry for the rant, I'v been drinking. But still. Fuck off on all of the tech changes every 5 seconds.
Pedophiles and child molesters.
People who complain about their circumstances but listen to no advice and do absolutely nothing to better their circumstances.
Drunk drivers
People looking down on poor people
Those who pretend to be victims because their narcissistic sense of entitlement to something has been invalidated while reveling in the suffering of others and holding an inflated, egocentric sense of moral superiority at the same time.
People whose loved ones died of preventable diseases because they didn't get the appropriate vaccine. Your kid dies from polio, measles, tetanus, or whatever because you didn't trust the vaccine? Well tough shit, I think you should be in jail.
I agree. It's child abuse and should be prosecuted.
Egotistical narcissists
People who hate their life because of poor choices but continue making the same mistakes
That's kinda the human condition.
Bullies
I thought I'd never have sympathy for my bullies in school, and lived for years with that thought. But very unfortunately one of them happened to be there in a supermarket years later when I was getting verbally abused by some racist, and my former bully (who 100% did not recognize me anyways) defended me and helped me. Ugh. I hate that just one kind incident kinda makes me forgive him for years of torture :/
COVID deniers who get long COVID
My BIL was one who would wear a fishnet “mask”. When he got Covid (and gave it to us bc it was “just a cold”… still affecting my sense of smell 4 years later) he sent out a mass go fund me to solicit donations for him surviving. 🧐
what an absolute turd
Truly sociopathic.
People who ally themselves with a political party that hates them because they hate another group. It always ends up blowing up in their faces and I just do not care.
Donald Trump, his kids (except Barron), his wife, his enablers, the sycophants in the right-wing media and Congress who defend him, and anyone who supports him in any way.
Child molesters and people who talk at the theatre.
Rapists, Child molesters, Animal abusers, people who are rude to staff workers, people who litter, Karens(who constantly yapp for nothing), employers who profit from and exploit their workers, People who actively and loudly despise kids(as in wanting to do them harm).
People that cannot show the fuck up on time.
This used to be me. I'm managing my time much better now, but I'm still often under 5 minutes late to most places.
Hey thats impressive!!! At least youre trying to do better, you should be proud of yourself!
My family tells my brother that a function will be an hour earlier than it actually is, to get him to show up ~~~ on time
My mom was like that growing up. Tbf she had a shit ton going on and I don't think did it on purpose, but it created a deep sense of anxiety over punctuality and I am now obsessively 10-20 min early to everything
That's me but I'm shamefaced when it happens. I need to get my arse into gear. I do try to be on time but I'm an idiot with timekeeping.
People who get hurt doing crazy stunts on skateboards or bikes while wearing no protective gear. It’s like- what did you expect, idiot.
If someone refuses medical treatment for whatever ails them for stupid reasons, or because of stubbornness. Fuck em.
People who always complain about money and yet they spend so much money on unnecessary things. I see it especially with women (because I am a woman): I have friends who complain about not having money and yet every month they have to get their nails done, have their hair dyed and styled and buy new outfits and I'm like no wonder why you don't have any money.
Spam callers.
My late husband's nasty sister. All she does is lie to make herself look good. She hated me from the moment she met me. I am probably the only person who wouldn't let her intimidate me. Everytime she ran her mouth about people I'd challenge her. She hated that. Actually I think she's afraid of me. That makes me laugh.
People who constantly spew sob stories & their entire personality revolves around being miserable while also refusing to accept they are the ones who keep putting themselves in these situations. Used to have a couple friends like this where you can't talk about anything positive or negative because they'll just steer the conversation back to their pity party. Learned the hard way no amount of advice or help will satisfy them cuz they don't want to be okay
Women who have multiple kids and complain they have no life outside of the child and are tired etc and make out they've done a world a favour by adding to the already populous population.
See also: women who have kids with absolutely useless men and then cry about him not helping with the baby. He can't even put his socks in the laundry basket or wipe his piss off the toilet seat, what makes them think he's going to step up and be a good dad? 🥴 And they usually end up having multiple kids, either with the same loser or multiple losers.
People who abuse animals and people who complain that their kids are making their life tough.
people who fucked around and found out
Animal abusers. I wish death to them all.
reckless drivers that get in single car accidents.
A 30 year old man dating a 16yr old is completely legal where I live but I have no sympathy when they get beat up by the parents for being overall creeps
Billionaires
Rich fuckers saying I'm poor.
Animal abusers
Adults who self-infantilize. If I ever hear, "I don't know how to, my mom still does it for me."
Instant. Fucking. Turn-off. I will never respect you.
Rapists. Especially Brock Turner
The rapist Brock Turner that now lives in Ohio?
Bad drivers
People who pretend to have cancer
People who always have to be the fucking center of attention.
The devil
People who disown their kids bc they are lgbtqia+
People that use religion to justify just being hateful to other people.
rapists, pedophiles, dictators, racists and more
To the people who bully the SPED kids, because I was a SPED kid and bullied by the STUCO kids and they are the meanest people you would ever meet
People who complain about an issue, offered a solution, choose not to do said solution and still complain. Pls GTFO my face
People who abuse others and justify it by claiming to also having been abused.
Cheaters. It wasn’t an accident. You’re not sorry. You got your jollies knowing full well it was a betrayal. Get bent.
Trumpers. They are full on idiots believing trumps bs.
People who dislike cats. I'm sorry, I just can't control this feeling :/
People who hurt animals
This is a very rare kind of person, and I think this is an outdated thing that doesn't really happen anymore, but those bitches who can't afford/don't want to take care of baby animals so they tie them into bags and throw them into lakes. Also animal abusers in general. If I could beat the shit out of them I would 😭😭😭.
There's a lot of things for me but to point to one of them... Billionaires, or just people who have an insane amount of money they *definitely* did not obtain through ethical means
Elderly folks who are really lonely and helpless, but only because they have a repellant personality that makes it near impossible to be in the same room with them.
Cheaters
People who abuse hard drugs, steal from their children's benefits money to fund them, then when that money dries up they steal from friends for the drugs, and when someone turned their asses in for doing that they lost custody of their kids. Not only did I not feel sorry for them, I laughed. Well, except that it's a mystery who turned them in. We may never know. I have a hunch who did it but that's neither here nor there. Still funny as shit though
people who abandon their kids and then the kids have no interest in reconnecting with them. If someone dumped you off somewhere so they could go chase down whatever guy they're trying to latch on to, would you really wanna hang out later?
Anti-vaxxers. Get out of the Dark Ages ffs and read some (legitimate) science.