As a small kid who took no shit from bullies; I was in a fight with the class bully every other year. You are much better off fighting your own fights. Some of the bullys I fought with even when I lost became really good friends with me. They have broken systems of respect. Getting beyond the barriers they create is a lot more rewarding than having some dude with no emotional investment in the situation take care of business for you.
Good post and all, but mythbusters showed you CAN polish a turd.
Just sayin’.
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Also, did I hear that right? They give the bullied 10k if the bully loses? I’ll go halvsies with someone if you’ll pretend to be my bully. Guaranteed 5k either way! (The safety word is “alabama”.)
Show will probably be pretty good, for a while. I like the premise.
Are not bullies just another one of those life challenges you have to learn to deal with? No matter where you go, there are going to be bullies. You can either adapt and overcome or roll up in a ball and cry about it. We as a people are increasingly demonizing challenges in our lives and coddling, not only our kids, but ourselves, trying to be safe and comfortable. What does that get us? Well we’re fat and lazy, and while we pule and whine about it, we do whatever our authorities tell us to do… Shameful
I’m not saying it’s right to bully, but I am saying it is something that might make us make choices that will improve ourselves, such as taking martial arts, or employing body-guards. Guys gotta eat. Without challenges and work, we’re useless.
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Also, did I hear that right? They give the bullied 10k if the bully loses? I’ll go halvsies with someone if you’ll pretend to be my bully. Guaranteed 5k either way! (The safety word is “alabama”.)[/quote]
They only had open auditions for the bullies. I think you’d need to join the SAG first for your plan to work. Even then there’s the chance you’d get partnered up with a different “bully” to the one you had the agreement to go halvsies with.
No one believes you.
Demon Eyes;
All too familiar with bullshit dojo politics, i do come from the Chun,so yeah i kind of know what you mean. Some people are desperatly enamored with the notion of authority that rank gives , that they have failed to attain in real life.
I especially hated when someone feels compelled to lecture me in detail about how i should live my life.
The Sports crowd i know on the other hand,may be formally coarse,but are substantially less full of shit.
Now I feel really bad for being mean to people.
Only a matter of time until Ashida Kim sics Mayhem on Phrost, IMO.
Oh absolutely, this is absolutely true. I went through a lot of bullying and after a while, when I (and if) fought back, bullies ended up respecting me. It is a twisted way of thinking. But that’s the thing, not everyone thinks or operates the same way. Some people (a lot of people) just don’t have it in them to fight back or to even contemplate to fight back (just as there are people who would never understand why combat sports fighters enjoy what they do.)
I think this show is excellent - whether the victim or a third party ditch some knuckle justice on an antisocial, bullying fucktard who thinks he’s Conan or Rambo, seeing them crack and be forced to apologize, that will make me feel all warm and cozy inside, in a fuck-yeah!! kinda of way.
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What, they went crying to their “big brother?” Wow, what a victory.[/quote]
What would be the honorable thing for them to do then? Specially if confronted with a size disadvantage and not having in them the will to fight back (which is a completely normal form of human behavior)?
Pray tell. Enlighten us.
Already posted http://www.bullshido.net/forums/showthread.php?t=82263&page=7
but yeah I think it should be an interesting show. I have my doubts baou tit’s authenticity - it does seem a little too scripted, but it should nonetheless be worth checking out.
Damn…I fail at “search Noob”!
Had some problems with racial bullying until my grandmother threatened to kick my ass if I arrived at my house one more time with a busted lip and a ripped shirt, since I was more afraid of my powerful african woman of a granny then I was of them…I just kicked their asses and proceeded to do the same everytime that happened, for a couple more years.
Never got suspended(honor student and stuff), but portuguese schools were way more laidback back then.
It would be rather unfortunate for the bullied guys if the bully happened to win their fight. They would have just effectively turned bullying into a money-making deal. I hope this show ends up as good as it sounds it should be. Probably the best premise for a reality show that I’ve seen so far.
Imagine if they fail to check the bully out correctly and they show up with the camera and who do we see…
Anderson Silva.
not that I’m implying he’s a bully, but imagine something like that happening - lol
Your mother is a fine, upstanding member of society.
What the hell happened to the video I posted and why cant I edit it to fix it…
There was discussion in the support forum of adding an edit time limit.
Maybe a Moderator can fix your post?
You have to be one of the biggest idiots next to Happeh. Now get the fuck out of my thread.
[quote=Teh El Macho;2077908]So there is no honor in beating the shit out of an adult, antisocial arrogant bully, forcing him to swallow a bitter dose of humility discipline, making them feel what their victims felt, and giving their victims some sense of satisfaction?
From what planet are you from?
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Earth, where self-indulgent revenge never works out quite like on fantasy-planets.
MMA will get the bad name regardless, from people who do not understand it as well as sore so-called TMAers who can’t really cut it. It doesn’t really matter what they think. This will be like caring if a retard call you names.
They understand it fine, if it condones instigating violence instead of self-defense.
MMA is good because it’s a means to and end of better self-defense, not because violence is cool.
You live in a fucking fantasy that TMAs live in a code of honor or peace.
Those are YOUR words. I also said they’re often hypocritical. I said that TEACHING a code of honor and peace, was a point in their favor.
And finally, I posted a video-example.
think it was Osiris who said that it takes a special type of asshole to brag about humility and respect. I would add delusional and clueless to that description.
It ain’t braggin’ if you can do it; and you can add delusional and clueless to THAT description too.
Yes it is bragging (please consult a dictionary), but I do agree to add delusional.