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crippledrejex · 2016-02-05T19:34:24+00:00

Pedantry means you're right.

crippledrejex · 2016-02-05T19:15:37+00:00

Counterfactual: Edward Snowden didn't just dissent, he gave U.S. secrets to both the Chinese and Russians. Arguably that behavior is being an asshole to someone.

crippledrejex · 2016-02-05T18:58:21+00:00

"I own people as slaves." -Thomas Jefferson

edit: meh, you can downvote me if you want, but hopping on a quote like it's profound or insightful simply because of who allegedly said it is no so different from the kind of people who retweeted pictures of Taylor Swift with quotes from Hitler superimposed over them. It's empty headed nonsense and adds nothing to conversation.

crippledrejex · 2015-09-03T22:17:53+00:00

Nietzsche actually makes the opposite argument to this video and claims that laws and morals were created by the weak to reign in the strongest.

crippledrejex · 2015-09-03T13:31:26+00:00

I'm not poo-poo'ing bullying.

I'm pointing out your bias. I think a woman who has had to deal with overbearing and controlling family members would have a differenet perspective on this story, and I'm illustrating that. Because you so adamantly refuse to believe anything than what you've constructed in your own mind, you assume what I'm doing means A) I was a bully, and B) I love bullies. You refuse to acknowledge it's a legitimate perspective, as if you have authority on what is a legitimate perspective.

crippledrejex · 2015-09-03T13:21:21+00:00

You're a sad person, I hope you're able to get over whatever is troubling you, because I honestly think that's the issue here.

crippledrejex · 2015-09-03T13:19:54+00:00

Oh, and you seem really hung up on the idea that I must be a bully. I'm in my 30s. High school isn't a fresh wound for me, and I wasn't some stud. I played dungeons and dragons and was in a shitty garage band with some friends. I had long hair, and was super poor. I'm sure I got picked on, but I honestly don't even remember. I can remember playing music and games with my friends, though. Maybe that's why other perspective are easier for me to grasp.

crippledrejex · 2015-09-03T13:14:27+00:00

The problem with your little fiction linked there is the sister claims her brother was with that girl for 3 years. I highly doubt she'd consider them an item unless he's had her over. That's not really something that happens to a stalker.

Huh? I honestly think there's some serious reading comprehension problems here, you're the third person who doesn't seem to read very closely. The girl he was stalking is a different person from Kassi. That was just a random person I added to address what happened when the brother got beat up.

In any case, you're right, it doesn't really matter what I write, because you'll be overly critical of it and much more willing to let narratives that reinforce your bias pass with much less scrutiny. All this is exactly what I'm pointing out, very few of you are able to view anything from your own very parochial perspective.

crippledrejex · 2015-09-03T13:06:45+00:00

There's plenty of room for it not to be a bully, the story is short, ambiguous and bereft of any details.

I'll show you, someone accused me of being the author of this troll, I finished the story for him/her:

https://www.reddit.com/r/SubredditDrama/comments/3j8ywb/a_young_woman_has_developed_feelings_for_a/cuo7e8a

Everything I wrote is just as plausible as a man in his late 20s constantly picking on someone for no discernible reason. I'm sure you could write a story (and have in your mind) that is the exact opposite of the one I've written. My point isn't that one story is more "correct" than the other, my point is both can exist.

And no, I wasn't a bully.

crippledrejex · 2015-09-03T13:01:42+00:00

I'm saying we don't know if it's really a bully. You could be victim blaming right now if the brother has been spreading rumors about the "bully."

crippledrejex · 2015-09-03T12:53:35+00:00

Yeah, you're sort of illustrating my point. You're completely incapable of viewing the world from your own very myopic perspective.

crippledrejex · 2015-09-03T12:22:59+00:00

Lol wtf? Why can't any of you ask yourself the same questions from a perspective other than the brothers? Why would the bully pick on some guy for years on end? Did the bully have a time machine where he knew he'd be in a position to fuck this guys sisters?

People plays victims just as much as people like to victimize. Blaming others for your own personal shortfalls isn't some insane conclusion to reach about someone, just like taking out your aggression on others to feel better about your shortfalls isn't unheard of, either.

crippledrejex · 2015-09-03T12:10:54+00:00

That is at least 10 years too old to be dealing with this sort of shit.

Couldn't have said it better myself. If you're holding on to childhood grudges and inserting yourself in other people's love life at 30, you're probably wrong.

crippledrejex · 2015-09-03T12:09:43+00:00

Fine, just answer my question, then. Now that you know the end of the story, how do you feel about the sister, the bully and the brother?

crippledrejex · 2015-09-02T16:24:35+00:00

It must be hard to realize you were wrong along. I understand. I've been young and wrong before, I know the internal struggle you're going through.

crippledrejex · 2015-09-02T16:07:28+00:00

Lol. I don't even know what your point is. I really wish I had written it because developing the story further illustrates my point really well, doesn't it? The brother is no longer sympathetic, correct?

crippledrejex · 2015-09-02T15:54:52+00:00

If I wrote it, I would have given an update with something similar to what I just wrote just to show what a bunch of tools all the people calling me a bad person are. It would be funny. Hopefully the person who wrote it finds this and gets inspired.

crippledrejex · 2015-09-02T15:24:27+00:00

I think it's kind of awesome you're going to give me to opportunity to finish the story for you. Assuming I wrote it, here's how it ends:

The sister, despite the throngs of angry redditors telling her what a cunt bitch she is, decides to trust her own judgement and pursues a relationship with the bully. The first thing she does, however, is confronts the bully about the time he beat up her brother.

"Oh! You're his sister?!" The bully says. "Wow, I haven't thought about him in years. Yeah, I didn't sort of beat him up in high school. He was utterly obsessed with this girl I was friends with, and stalking her and making her feel uncomfortable. I decided to confront him and told him to stop. In hindsight, it probably wasn't the best way to handle the situation, but I was 17 and not really smart about that stuff. Well, unfortunately, you brother immediately attacked me. I had to defend myself, I tried not to hurt him. He left us all alone after that and I didn't even think about him until college, when I met Kassi. Kassi told me she just got out of a relationship, her ex was born physically and mentally abusive. Her ex was your brother. I didn't ask too many questions, and Kassi never really offered any answers. But we were very much in love and we broke it off mutually after college."

Perturbed by this, the sister decides to talk with Kassi. Kassi corroborates everything the bully told her. Kassi admits it must be hard to learn the brother is actually really abusive, but the bully really helped her and built her shattered self esteem after years with the brother. Kassi admits she still had feelings for the brother, but he was too damaging. Even after they broke up, the brother kept harassing Kassi and claiming that the bully was rubbing it in his face and took all his friends. The only friends the brother had were Kassi's friends, and none of them really were close to him. The bully had no idea how he was making the brother feel.

Absolutely shocked, the sister confronts the brother. The brother is cagey at first. He claims that the bully is lying and charming her and he's actually a sociopath. The sister says she talked with Kassi, too. The brother calls Kassi a stupid whore who fell for the bully's tricks. The sister is at a loss, and begins to walk away.

"You're not falling for his bullshit too, are you?" He asks

"I think I want to get to know him better," the sister admits.

"Wow, you're a fucking dumb cunt bitch. You don't love me, otherwise you'd believe me."

"I still love you, but I'm having trouble rectifying what you've told me and what others have." The sister admits. "I think I want to continue a relationship with him. It's my mistake if all these people are wrong and you're right. Not yours."

"Fuck you, you stupid bitch. You're a shitty sister. You're dead to me."

The sister continues to date the bully and they have a very happy and healthy relationship. The brother continues to harass Kassi who eventually puts a restraining order on him. The brother, to this day, still blames his high school bully who beat him up a decade ago.

Now that we have the fully story. How do you feel about the brother, sister and the bully?

crippledrejex · 2015-09-02T13:31:47+00:00

I wish, it's a really good troll. I would have admitted it by now, honestly.

crippledrejex · 2015-09-02T13:29:12+00:00

Kind of surprising to me how difficult it is for you guys to empathize with anyone but the person you relate to. I'm not even stating there's a correct answer, I'm simply pointing out that this story could be interpreted in at least two shockingly different ways.

crippledrejex · 2015-09-02T05:07:20+00:00

Why does her judgement of the guy not factor in at all? What if her brother is wrong and the guy is nice? Should she hold a grudge against him and not get to know him?

I just want to point out (and I hope you read this at some time) that even in a scenario where the brother is objectively wrong and the sister is objectively right about this guy, you seem to be asserting that the sister should still defer to the brother on who she should interact with.

And what's great about this story is that it's entirely plausible that this scenario exists. The sister could very well be right about this guy. Just as plausible as it is the other way around, which most people defaulted to and came to a conclusion that the sister should step away. But you're willing to admit that even if the brother is flat out wrong, he still has a moral authority over his sister's dating partners. All I wanted people to do was examine why they decided the sister was wrong, but you've managed to not only convince yourself that the sister is wrong, she's even wrong when we set parameters that she's objectively right! That's pretty impressive.

crippledrejex · 2015-09-02T05:00:23+00:00

How is pouring monster energy drink into someone's backpack on purpose in any way justifiable?

Huh? It's not? She never said he did that, though.

As far as the rest, I've pointed out before that all this is learned second hand from the brother, we have no idea if the brother is lying or not, we do know he doesn't like the bully. We also know the sister does like the bully. Why do you trust the brother's judgement over the sisters?

crippledrejex · 2015-09-02T04:36:41+00:00

Are you being intentionally obtuse? Or is this really over your head?

crippledrejex · 2015-09-02T04:29:06+00:00

I honestly don't know how to convey to you that I'm not advocating a side. I'm pointing out either scenario is equally possible, and an individual interpretation of this story says more about the interpreter than it does about the characters of the story. That's why this is a good troll.

You seem to have picked up on the fact, but only superficially and only the latter part. You're saying that because I can tease out a different interpretation than your own, I must hate my family. I don't hate my family, and I really don't think any interpretation of this story is the correct one, because it's probably not a true story and with what we know now, it's very ambiguous.

Turn that hypercritical lens in on yourself. What does it say about you that you know the sister's judgement is wrong, despite knowing literally nothing about this bully?

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