That was brave and amazing of you, Scrappy.
Lorne: Once the word spreads you beat up an innocent old man, well, the truly terrible will think twice before going toe-to-toe with our Avenging Angel. Spike: Yes. The geriatric community will be soiling their nappies when they hear you're on the case. Bravo.
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Cass - Feb 24, 2011 11:17:09 am PST #16102 of 30000
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Polter-Cow - Feb 24, 2011 11:49:04 am PST #16103 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Scrappy, that took a lot of guts. I hope that woman responds positively to your apology.
Me too. I wish I could find this one girl that my friends and I teased in elementary school. I don't remember much elaborate bullying, but I do remember saying we were Scanners and we were going to make her head explode. And, if I recall, she also had a stutter and/or a learning disability, which made it even more awful. I still feel bad about it.
In a similar vein, a couple years ago, I reconnected on Facebook with one of my old elementary school friends (one of the ones who did the teasing, actually), and, to my surprise, he sent me a message apologizing for totally ditching me for the "cool" kids in junior high and said he was really happy to see I was doing well, as he knew I would be. I was never expecting to hear that from him ever, and it meant a lot, so I hope your message is received the same way, Scrappy.
Liese S. - Feb 24, 2011 11:57:25 am PST #16104 of 30000
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
I apologized to the adult who was the girl I marginalized in high school, and she was all, "What?" So apparently I was not an effective tormentor.
DavidS - Feb 24, 2011 12:03:58 pm PST #16105 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I guess I'm just mean, because when the guy who had an affair with EM apologized to me after they broke up, I told him to fuck off and expressed my fervent wish that he get elephantitis of the balls, and a permanent burning rectal itch.
Scrappy - Feb 24, 2011 12:24:57 pm PST #16106 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Thanks for your kind words, y'all. It was fine to apologize and I am glad I got the chance, but it would have been better if I had not behaved that way in the first place.
Trudy Booth - Feb 24, 2011 12:25:04 pm PST #16107 of 30000
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Looks like Gaddafi may finally be going down.
A childhood friend lost his sister over Lockerbie. He's really on my mind right now. We're Facebook friends, but not the sort of thing you leave on a wall...
Daisy Jane - Feb 24, 2011 12:27:08 pm PST #16108 of 30000
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Yes, but he was an adult and you are not responsible for helping him deal with his adult mistakes. Children aren't fully formed and sometimes do horrible things they're not able to understand are really horrible.
I'm pretty sure EM's guy on the side knew just how badly he was hurting someone.
Tom Scola - Feb 24, 2011 12:27:19 pm PST #16109 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Looks like Gaddafi may finally be going down.
Not soon enough, unfortunately.
Trudy Booth - Feb 24, 2011 12:29:03 pm PST #16110 of 30000
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
No, not soon enough.
Daisy Jane - Feb 24, 2011 12:29:53 pm PST #16111 of 30000
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
it would have been better if I had not behaved that way in the first place.
I was teased horribly in middle school and really don't have a problem with any of those kids. They were kids.
Well, actually, there's still one of them that I think is a horrible person, but that may just be because he turned into a giant Republican douchebag as an adult, so there's not really anything to redeem what I thought of him as a kid.