What exactly is wrong about this story from my childhood?
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I could gather up some old friends from elementary with relative ease though. We have only have one high school where I live (#GoFarmers!), so it should be easy to find them if I look hard enough.
Right now though, I’m gonna go kick some ass on Mortal Kombat, and post that as my official YouTube comeback
Okay. Be sure to post a link when you get that re-enactment video posted with the bystanders and the victim. Enjoy your gaming.
Hunter, your question is “what exactly is wrong about this story from my childhood”.
You are describing a memory in a story-telling format where there is a good guy (you), and damsel-in-distress (the girl), and a gang of bad-guys. When you tell this story in the context of standing up to a bully to other people your own age, they will not be as eager to applaud your nostalgic narrative to make you feel good.
I’m sure the person who was being picked-on appreciated no longer being threatened. If she was crying, and another kid got in trouble, it isn’t surprising some other kids congratulated you.
In truth though, as people get older they will usually not think of eight year old kids as “punks” that got taught a “lesson” from that one brave kid. I’m sure many students have their own feelings and experiences of being bullied in one form or another, and don’t like the feeling of being reduced to the memory of that little girl who was saved by “you”. If you are being completely honest with yourself you will acknowledge that there were other options but the one you took gave you good memories and an ego-boost. Nobody wants to feed your ego-boost from being eight years old.
Yeah, it’s just…you’re not a hero for hitting another child in the face with a baseball. No matter the context. You aren’t a knight in shining armor, and it’s almost been a decade. Time to grow up and get over yourself.
https://youtu.be/vmwazWOvuRI
Took a while to upload. My official YT comeback bitches. Also thanks the responses. I guess I was more of an anti-hero than a knight in shining armor in that story. glad we put that whole made-up/I’m some old man thing to rest. Shakaz, and peace out =).Not interested in video games, but would definitely watch your friend from third grade describe the experience the way she remembers it.
Also – one person questioned your age. You didn’t put anything else to rest other than showing that person you’re a teen.
God, this thread sure has gotten pretty damn ugly and beyond FUCKED up real fast. It’s amazing (and rather pathetic!) how many of you seriously have nothing better to do than rip apart some high school kid. Whatever… thanks for the bizarre read, I guess.
Eh… I have to say that there were an awful LOT of kids from my past that damn well SHOULD have been hit the fucking head with a baseball. Hell, or maybe a god damn bat.
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So yeah. The reactions made me wonder just how many of you here were HEATHERS in high school. Far more than I ever would have suspected, I guess. Damn. So much ugliness in this thread. Seriously. You all kinda surprised me by being so fucking… well, awful and nasty. Just… yikes.eh, he put it out there and asked. It’s toxic masculinity and BS and people told him and suggested he stow it. No one asked for a video either.
Eh… a lot of piling on that seemed bogus. Rebecca for one made a lot of proclamations that were utter bullshit. Talk about somebody who knows absolutely nothing she fucking talks about. Jesus. Toxic feminity. 😉
