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[–] [email protected] 166 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

lol the pettiness of some people

[–] [email protected] 114 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

We don’t know that was why they denied it, this could be shadenfreud (sp?) because they would be denied regardless.

At least I choose to believe that, because I can’t imagine being petty enough to do that.

[–] [email protected] 52 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)
[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (7 children)

Usually, one feels Schadenfreude when something bad 'just' happens to somebody else, like Karma, but not due to ones own actions.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

And then you exclaim: "Haha, du Schaf!"

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Du. Du Schaf. Du Schaf Mich!

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[–] BarbecueCowboy 9 points 3 weeks ago

At least I choose to believe that, because I can’t imagine being petty enough to do that.

Have you met people?

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Right? "Made me cry on a school trip" (for reasons that I'm sure we're totally out of line on the teacher's part and omitted just for brevity's sake)

[–] [email protected] 25 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

I dunno, some teachers are sadists too proud or ugly for a career path more in line with their personality.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

This type of thing is the nominal purpose of credit scores, I believe. (Whether they're implemented effectively is another story...)

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago

They didn't say that's why they rejected them. Maybe they'd be rejected either way, they just got to be happy about it.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Oh my god, yes. Your best victory is the victory of succeeding at something and moving the fuck on with your life if you can. People are shitty. Our environment is shitty. It is what it is. Keep trucking. I am a product of my environment, but I can control some of it. In my opinion, chasing your goals, time and distance is a solution for all social ills. Well maybe not all but I mean shit you gotta try

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[–] MutilationWave 63 points 3 weeks ago

Six years ago my former coworker's house burnt down and I gave them a decent amount of money, no strings.

Three weeks ago the same person gave me a job making 30% more money than I was.

It goes around the nice way too sometimes.

[–] [email protected] 45 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 43 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

To normal people: be nice to kids because they need the support and encouragement to grow into stable adults with a healthy sense of self worth.

To the selfish people: be nice to kids because you never know when you might need their mercy in the future.

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[–] [email protected] 39 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

How do people even remember names for so long?

[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 weeks ago

Trauma sticks with a person.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

I remember all my teacher's names from preschool through high school, is that strange?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago
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[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago (8 children)

Not weird to me. I still remember every single teacher’s name to this day…I started school in 1978.

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

I'm all for pettyness in most cases.. but uhh. This is a bit much don't ya think?

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[–] null_dot 32 points 3 weeks ago (18 children)

I've never heard the phrase swings and roundabouts used this way.

Usually it means two things are similar so you don't really have strong feelings either way.

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

I’d like to know more context. Without it, it makes the poster seem like a traitor.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

You don't get to choose. The numbers go into a spreadsheet. An answer comes out.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah, my reading of this is that this poster took particular personal satisfaction from denying an application, but it didn't cross my mind that there was any element of actual control or decisionmaking.

It's like when someone cuts you off and then crashes their car. You didn't cause the crash, and a crashed car is a much more severe punishment than simple rudeness would deserve, but you can still derive satisfaction from the sequence of events.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 weeks ago

agreed and affirmed but since we're here, fuck banks

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

This reminds me of the simpsons when Lisa learns what kind of life her teachers live so she decides to be much nicer to these people who spend so much of their days with children sacrificing to a life of service and little thanks.

But you’re the opposite.

Face it: kids can be a lot. Sometimes you got to own that you were the little shit in someone’s life sometimes.

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I’ve held an interview with one of my former school bullies from highschool for a position under my team. I only had a suspicion when I came across the resume, but I just knew it was him when I saw his face on cam.

It was nice seeing him fumble over the curveball technical questions that I threw at him, and told HR that he wasn’t only a poor fit, but not to even send a follow up response l either.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 weeks ago

Not a school bully but more of an adult would-be bully/asshole. I saw his resume come across my bpss's desk and I made sure he didnt even get considered for an interview. Feels good man.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

Well, OP is just an asshole then. (I'm guessing this isn't really OPs post)

[–] [email protected] 73 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

They didn't say they rejected it out of revenge.

Maybe the teacher was a shitty mortgage applicant with terrible credit and multiple foreclosures and the fact that they got to reject the application was just the cherry on top.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I bet the real reason they were rejected is because their only income is a teacher's salary. That's not enough to afford a house these days

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I bet the real reason is that this is fake

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Yeah, I'm pretty sure there are some strict guidelines around mortgage application acceptance or rejection.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 weeks ago

Are you telling me personal petty revenge isn't a certified approved bank reason?!

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Depends on the circumstances. One might feel a bit smug when karma strikes back as long as one acts professionally. The teacher might have gotten rejected for absolute objective and normal reasons. Like thousands of people do.

And after handling that professionally the poster can humanely feel smug and happy for a short moment in their otherwise likely stressful adult life. And that's okay.

By profession (emergency medicine with a stint in forensic mental health) I get into contact with some really bad people who have done really nasty things. Will I treat them as professionally as I treat every patient? Yes. But there are moments. Years ago I responded to a patient getting bitten in his ass by a police dog(as in the dog literally did bite a seizable piece of meat out of it)after fleeing a scene of a DUI stop(and punching a young police officer). At the same time as we arrive the detective superintendent arrives(as it is protocol here in these cases when someone gets injured by police directly). He is a fairly nice chap I went to school with - and who was relentlessly bullied by a guy a few grades above us. Like...really really bad...to a level that would land one in prison these days. Well, the world is small and guess who Mr. Dogfood was.

Well. We did our job as professionally as we do it with everyone. But when the patient was handed over in hospital we had a good chuckle, cracked a few bad jokes somewhere no member of the public could hear us,asked each other how the respective wives were doing and went on with our workday. And that's okay.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago

This is not my post, no. It is incredibly petty!

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

There are some teachers I had who were absolutely bad people, but honestly, they are teachers and you are not. You already have the best revenge.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)
[–] [email protected] 27 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah, this is no where near enough revenge. She needs to go bigger.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

You get what you give. Don't become the monster. A real class act would just dangle it in front of them and then just approve it anyways. Like bitch I'm over it, I don't give a fuck. You're just a dumb ass speed bump.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Being a class act is extremely overrated. People should get what they have coming

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Maybe the mortgage application was just not within approval guidelines. It is not like a bank clerk gets to arbitrarily decide by personal sympathy.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (16 children)

Seeing the people that are happy to ruin someone else's life because they were bullied by them a decade ago...goes to show you no one can ever forgive. Just animals the lot of ya....people change, maybe give them a chance.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 weeks ago

I suspect the story in the tweet is fake so probably don't need to worry about the wellbeing of this hypothetical teacher.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

As someone who was bullied, and who still has flashbacks and triggers from it... Yeah I would try to forgive them, but I'm not going to feel bad about delivering some consequences.

Like I'm glad that you grew as a person but the injured party should decide if the person who inflicted the injury gets a free pass. And either way they're 100% correct.

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