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superanth
Humanity is getting better.
UnderGroundLikeAWildPotato
No one is all bad. The scary neighborhood drug dealer once stepped out of a conversation (deal?) to offer to throw away a can for my mom.
kamosey
Look at these bastards dragging everybody else up with them.
SirSmurfalot
Those Bastards!
addms
In my shop, some rough and tough looking bloke offered to pay for an elderly man’s things when he realised he’d forgotten his wallet.
IronMagnus
I'm prepared to do this should I need to... not to be nice, just to make things go faster.
thewhiskeywarrior
IAmAwayInTheOcean
If I raise sons my goal is this.
Cyranojoe
Daughters, too, but I dig what you mean. It's harder to be seen as/allow oneself to be sensitive at this level for a lot of guys.
IAmAwayInTheOcean
Actually since the post was about men I meant sons specifically. If a post is about women, people that come in say “men too” seem squicky.
topherwin1975
I tell my nieces that if they're out and feel unsafe, find the biggest, beardiest, tattooed biker lookin' dude 1/2
topherwin1975
and sit next to him. They're usually the nicest, gentlest and most protective men (think Hagrid).
Sylverhammer
I remember when I was working retail and a dude covered in tats and piercings came up with his daughter. Nicest father I'd ever seen.
freshgroundpepper
I was maybe 10 once playing in the front yard and my cat was standing next to me (doing whatever cats do). Two teenagers in hoods came >>
freshgroundpepper
walking down the sidewalk and right when they passed me one said to the other, "That's a very handsome cat!". The other said, "Yep!" >>
IAmWAYTooOldForThisShite
Um, no. You remembered it wrong. What they said was "Look at that bitchin' pussy!"
freshgroundpepper
And they didn't miss a step and kept walking. Still remember that to this day.
wtforero
I’m a friendly big guy, but forgot that between my size, having sunglasses, and having a hoodie on, I look like I’m going to rob the place.
wtforero
Didn’t realize it until I looked at a security monitor one day and it dawned on me. “So that’s why people were looking at me like that!”
purplepolkadots
And when I was running today a group of youths barked at me and yelled that I was embarrassing myself. I did a second loop anyway.
tcgl
My uncle was a big scary-looking biker dude, but as long as you weren't being a shit he was more of a gentleman than most guys were.
Zepheris13
Let’s just pet these cute little shits
iamspartan1262
I hate not reading shit right. Makes math really difficult
bannyd
As someone who used to have to enter special 12 digit alphanumerical file names from one database to another, holy shit I had a tough time
iamspartan1262
Engineering student here. Math takes a lot longer than necessary
HarleyQuiznos
I’m not crying! You’re crying!!!
justapoordoctor
Often in school the person bullied would be referred for counselling but they aren't the one who has a problem that needs dealing
justapoordoctor
1)the bully should have been counselled so then they would stop either because they cba with counselling or from embarrassment
Cyranojoe
What is Team Skull? *Googles*... oh, is this it? https://kotaku.com/team-skull-are-the-best-villains-in-any-pokemon-game-1789832225
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Cyranojoe
Welcome to Kotaku!
CairoLen
When I was working retail a little old lady was trying to pay by cheque, which we did not take. The teenager behind her said ¹
CairoLen
"I take cheques. Make it out to me and I'll pay for your stuff." :) ²
liefdevol
MoustachePotato
Let that man cuddle the bunny
NemesorGbot
cute, but highly suspect.
thecuttingedgeofcockingabout
Oh, so you met George and Lenny...
AnotherStrangerOnTheInternet
While making a woman's sandwich she taught me to plant marigolds around my tomatoes to keep the horned worms away.
Protectron1
And then everyone clapped
YouSmellethDingleberry
I miss my best friend so incredibly much
Shamorza
Good news for "two absolutely huge guys":
michealangleo
Wait Dyslexia found for cure?
Colenelshitpostermcgee
I have dyslexia I had to read that like threw times ye feckin dickhead lol
Darkspire
Hopefully neither of them were named Lenny.
Customsdeclaration
Hurts me to see how underappreciated this comment is. +50
ItsNeverLupusDumbass
It hurts me too.
AsFarAsIKnow
I think you mean to say "news good for "two huge absolutely guys""
FartSmarterNotHarder
Dyslexics untie!!
Lambast
Roses are blue, violets are red, I've got dyslexia, and lrgnaghoo!
Tuchok
Ok I laughed. Take my upvote
HellNoIWontFixYourComputer
Dyslexics are KO!
demonicnight
It's okay to have sexdaily!
Grudgebearingmidget
Ever heard about the Dyslexic devil worshipers? They goof'd up and sold their souls to santa
AsFarAsIKnow
this is how elves are made
KaruntheImmortal
1 How do you know if you have it. I think I do. 50% of words get mixed up. But it isn't like how everyone else describes it.
AsFarAsIKnow
I have adhd and there could be an arguable overlap with very mild dyslexia- or it could just be adhd- but what happens to me is words 1
AsFarAsIKnow
and numbers switch places. so 543 is 534 or 453, and most commonly adjectives from sentences below jump up into the preceding lines 2
AsFarAsIKnow
although I seem to take a symbolic absorption style approach to reading in general- don't have an inner voice so I go fast 3
KaruntheImmortal
With the letters moving around. I just don't know if I'm not careful when I'm reading or if something is wrong.
SeeBeyond
That’s a smart headline because then the dyslixecs can read it right!
Anonawesome
Unfortunately for you they haven't found the cure for poor spelling.
AsFarAsIKnow
someone decided to express some repressed anger onto innocent commentors on imgur today
Anonawesome
If you view every smartass comment as anger, I feel bad for your sheltered catholic ass.
AsFarAsIKnow
ooo looks like we're tossing some assumptions up into this. can I get a side of projection to go?
mineovermatter
Really? Goddamn it was a funny smartass comment. Methinks you need a sense of humor.
AsFarAsIKnow
methinks your smartassery sensor doesn't do layers. anyone who can dish it can take it, bucko
BonusDad
I want to know more about Team Skull.
WhiteCollarOfficeJobs
The villainous team in Pokemon Sun and Moon. All of them are really big softies and are the source of many memes.
BonusDad
Thank you.
froggyzoomzoomEABOD
Bikers were my favorite when I worked retail, they weren’t “tire kickers”, and LISTENED when you explained stuff, took advice and (1/?)
froggyzoomzoomEABOD
didnt try to haggle or argue. “This Camera does what you want, small enough to fit in a pocket, it costs X”. They would pull out a (2/?)
froggyzoomzoomEABOD
Roll of cash, pull out what they needed, and off they would go. One guy came back and I thought he was returning what I sold him, (3/?)
froggyzoomzoomEABOD
Instead he pulled out the camera and showed me all his pics and kept saying “just like you said, it did exactly what I needed!” Ended (4/?)
froggyzoomzoomEABOD
Up selling a bunch of his friends stuff to. They offered to show me around Sturgis if I ever went. AWESOME guys.
LincLoud
Not every guy who is gigantic and scary-looking is actually scary.
ThisUserNameIsReallyLoooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Tell me about the rabbits George.
EternalSunshineofthePotlessMind
Big guys are often the nicest, I think it's cause they never get picked on so they have a more positive outlook on members of society.
OptimisticDownvoteLover
BFG!!! Big friendly giants!
TheJudgeHasItBackwards
I take it you aren't a big guy. I got picked on plenty, but when people's default reaction is to feel intimidated, you learn to offset it.
HisBabes
In my experience it’s not that they don’t get picked on, it’s that they scare ppl or could hurt someone when angry so they try harder.
Aceh0le87
No, we get picked on, a lot. It's more that we don't feel as insecure as little cunts do, I think.
delitescency
I wonder if i wouldn't be terrified of everyone if i was a big guy (is small woman)
DontReadMyBioPlsItsPrivate
Can confirm and moderately big, don't get messed with, have positive outlook on life
elephantpoe
A friend of mine is huge, but he grew up awkward and gangly. As a result, he's got a big heart for the little guy.
AIRBORNEALLTHEWAY
I'm a big motherfucker and I got bullied daily for years to the point of suicide. It's more along the lines of we know how it feels.
AIRBORNEALLTHEWAY
Therefore we wouldn't want someone else to experience that.
CliffWestern
Lots of times for large black men its so that people won't be afraid of them.
rimehoarfrost
Yo there’s this dude at my work who is like 6’7 and 300lbs and he’s the sweetest most gentle dude I’ve ever met. Because he knows.
TheAlmightyPangolin
Really? All of the big guys I know are pure asses that joke about stuff that shouldn't be joked about
NRC117
Noooot quite but I appreciate your optimism!
Dabumblebee
It's because I'm tired of people assuming they should be scared. I just want friends
IBringGoodTiddiesAndRear
Was almost always the tallest kid in my class, heavy, wear glasses. Bullied / attempted bullied all the time. Like all the time.
SquirtleSquad420
What? Big guys get relentlessly picked on, especially in high school.
wtforero
Yup, if it turns into a fight it’s a net win. Big guy shouldn’t fight because it’s not fair, smaller guy looks “badass”
SquirtleSquad420
Or the smaller guy just runs in a circle, further making fun of the bigger guy by making him look silly while attempting to chase.
wtforero
Not really an issue, smaller guy always initiates fights.They attack,big guy doesn’t want to fight, wants to help get things you can’t reach
RaynWisp
"Big guys never get picked on" That's real funny, bro
TooDumbForRickandMorty
As a big guy, yeah but also because being even slightly mean can really scare people, and that's rarely what we're going for
woodrobin
I was and am a big guy. I got bullied a lot in high school, because I was afraid if I fought back I might really hurt someone.
SexualConsent
This is very accurate. I absolutely hated getting physical, and I had trouble in certain sports because I was so afraid of hurting someone
mommylupul
False. It's cause big guys have all lost control or went too far by accident once and are more often the target cause "he can take it"
mommylupul
Source: very, very big guy husband. Super careful around anyone new or in public due to being harassed entire life.
FromMatterSpace
As a short guy, I don't get picked on. Guess I'm just more down to earth than most. (get It? cause I'm short, and closer to the ground)
Jesterr
I didn't get it... maybe your joke came up short? Couldn't get over the hurdle?
LumpWithaLeafHat
... the big guys were picked on the most where I went to school. They were gentle giants but people treated them like shit.
TorinMcQ
6'5" 275 lbs guy here. I'm not just tall but big. I got picked on more. But big guys are nice because we want to interact with people 1/2
TorinMcQ
and people are just intimidated by our presence. So we try to be as nice as possible so as to not scare people away.
Ktigre
very tall as a kid, picked on a lot due to lack of coordination due to growing so fast. As 6'9" 325lb adult, everyone's always nice to me.
Ktigre
So I try to be nice back. But overall I have a VERY pessimistic view of society due to my experiences growing up.
TheAccountFormerlyKnownAs
A lot of big guys I know have said that they have to be outwardly nice because their stature is too intimidating otherwise.
maravirocnroll
If I don't feel up to being super outgoing, I wear headphones and don't make eye contact with anyone. Anything between makes people nervous.
ElDopo
SexualConsent
I can attest to this
HiddenSanity
I'm reminded of that blog by a large black man teaching English in Japan. Sometimes startled people when he was standing still reading.
HiddenSanity
(Sometimes he was simply by far the largest human someone had met in person.)
ForeverAloneInHolland
Yup. Female colleagues I get along with well and who think I'm a nice person still get startled by me just because I'm me.
IwishIwereKeithDavid
Especially when we're walking at night, and we gotta cross the street just so people think we're not murders.
wtforero
That’s part of it. Had an old lady that thought I was scary until a mutual friend let her know I was the opposite, we’ve become buddies
clickclackmootpoint
The worst part about being a bigger guy is being afraid to walk near people at night, being unintentionally threatening just for existing
Affray
1)I'm not a giant, but I'm pretty burly and apparently hold myself in an intimidating fashion. If I don't break the ice with new friends
Affray
2)no one ever talks to me. Once the wall is down they see I'm just a fun loving man-child, but it's up to me to make that very apparent.
SayWhatYouMeanMeanWhatYouSay
Bingo. We have to be nice, if we’re not everyone’s afraid to even talk to us. It’s upsetting when you realize everyone is scared of you.
StevieMcSteveface
Don't you find it's a fine line sometimes? I always found I had to balance being overtly nice with taking no shit. Too far one way and
StevieMcSteveface
People were intimidated, to far the other and people constantly tried shit because you were a pushover. It was insanely stressful for her.
Jesterr
Or you get accused of bullying, or treated like one. For doing the exact same things/words/behaviors others do.
EvilKrikkit
What?
Liquidditch
No always, but often, big guys dont get bullied cause they can fight back, or look like they can.
RaynWisp
They get targetted more because it's more gratifying to a bully to bring down a large person and the stigma attached to it is far less.
WaveOfSilence
I got the shit kicked out of me until i grew to 6'2". Im nice cuz i know what pain is and dont wanna put others through it
woodrobin
It's also because we don't want to hurt smaller people, i.e. we learn to walk with care because if we bump into you, you get knocked down.
ThePiniestApple
As a relatively small person I’ve learnt to walk with care too for the same reason, it isn’t fun getting completely knocked out of the way
SexualConsent
Ikr, I remembered playing basketball in 9th grade, and our boys class (along with my 6ft + tall friends and me) got put against the 1/2
SexualConsent
10th grade girls' class, who were all least ½ a foot shorter than us. I went to try and steal the ball from the girl playing against 2/3
SexualConsent
us, but she screamed and fell backwards when I came up to her. I just kinda stood there like "WTF, you idiot" for a second. Lmao
Kyodaiki
I grew up a big guy. I was picked on frequently until I started fighting back, beause I stood out.
JustLucky75
im short but very stocky, massively bullied and started fighting back. i was punished harsher than the bullies which they knew where bullyin
celestedrake
One of my friends from college was a nice big guy...He was picked on, too, and couldn't fight back or anything (1)
celestedrake
due to fear of looking like the bully... (2)
totallynotaghost
I'm 15, I'm 6'1" 280lbs and built like a tank, I was getting picked on, by a tiny lil bitch, because I'm a huge nerd, so one day I was 1/?
totallynotaghost
In my favorite teachers class, and he knows about me being pickednon, but the kid doesn't listen to reason, so I grab the little shit by 2/3
totallynotaghost
His throat, and I asked him if he was keep doing this shit, he just shook his head, and no one said anything since, not even the teacher
SpringToMyWinter
“Deviation from the norm will be punished unless it is exploitable”
Newlyof
My older brother had to deal with the same thing. He got a bad name bc he reacted badly once when it just got too much. It broke my heart
Dayspring23
This. The worst was when teachers watched it happen, just ITCHING to jump on you for defending yourself, since "you're bigger than s/he is!"
KjTheLightning
the worst part is that teachers are most times the ones picking onto you when you're the big kid, because other kids may(but probably not)
KjTheLightning
be scared of you, but a teacher has -usually- nothing to fear from a kid no matter how big they are, and if the teacher is really bad, they
KjTheLightning
will make the kid's life a living hell of psychological abuse.
Britich
Happened to me (big chap) my only response was to tell the Teacher, the Year Head and Principle "If you did your job I wouldn't have to"
Britich
I still got in trouble but fuck it I was in the right and whats right is right. Except left, thats left. Or straight ahead.. up and down..
Zaayl
Raise your voice when frustrated, teacher files formal complaint that they "felt threatened and unsafe"
SexualConsent
Ikr, I fought against these bullies like 4 times, and every time I got in more trouble than they did, even though I was defending myself
museofheart
Oh my, I got in ridiculous trouble at school once after a fight with another girl even though I only lashed out after being backed into
museofheart
A corner, bad idea considering I have an anxiety problem. I got the whole 'you're bigger and a little older' when the other girl had
museofheart
A huge track record of being a fighty little shit. Got sent to isolation the entire day after while the other girl was wandering around
MichaelHames
From experience it’s not the other students that are the problem it’s the teachers punishing you for pushing back that’s the problem
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Back in younger elementary school you know how they always say "go to a teacher if you're being bullied!", well some random kid came up 1/?
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To me and started cussing and punching me, I ran crying to the recess monitor and they took us both to the office. The vice principal 2/?
celestedrake
Besides the punishment itself: Figures of authority and trust can do more damage to your psyche, especially when you are young and (1)
celestedrake
impressionable. Kids can also emotionally hurt like that if they at first earn your trust. ...I never had the teacher problem, but had a (2)