I need to vent!

[Starscream77]

One of my Classmates thought it would be a good idea to make fun out of my interests (Mostly Transformers and Drum & Bass) and I lost my cool in front of my mates. Man I seriously hate people who think they are so cool by making fun out of people who are different to them

Reminds me of an occurrence I had a couple of weeks ago, I was in Target checking out the toy section and there was a high school kid in the aisle (I'm guessing 16 or 17). A bunch of other school kids walked past the aisle and saw said kid and came in the aisle and seriously started verbally bullying the kid for being in the toy section... Now those that know me know I detest bullying and am not the smallest bloke around. One of the group looked over and said adults should only buy toys for their kids insinuating that's what I was there for to which I ever so politely () told them to leave the kid alone and that I was buying for myself and again ever so politely () asked if they had issue with that.
They promptly left which was rather rude as they didn't complete the conversation ha ha
The poor kid looked at me with a large smile and said thanks, I told him always be proud of who you are.. and then left with my toys

[M-bot]

Reminds me of an occurrence I had a couple of weeks ago, I was in Target checking out the toy section and there was a high school kid in the aisle (I'm guessing 16 or 17). A bunch of other school kids walked past the aisle and saw said kid and came in the aisle and seriously started verbally bullying the kid for being in the toy section... Now those that know me know I detest bullying and am not the smallest bloke around. One of the group looked over and said adults should only buy toys for their kids insinuating that's what I was there for to which I ever so politely () told them to leave the kid alone and that I was buying for myself and again ever so politely () asked if they had issue with that.
They promptly left which was rather rude as they didn't complete the conversation ha ha
The poor kid looked at me with a large smile and said thanks, I told him always be proud of who you are.. and then left with my toys

Good on you. Great story

[UltraMarginal]

Reminds me of an occurrence I had a couple of weeks ago, I was in Target checking out the toy section and there was a high school kid in the aisle (I'm guessing 16 or 17). A bunch of other school kids walked past the aisle and saw said kid and came in the aisle and seriously started verbally bullying the kid for being in the toy section... Now those that know me know I detest bullying and am not the smallest bloke around. One of the group looked over and said adults should only buy toys for their kids insinuating that's what I was there for to which I ever so politely () told them to leave the kid alone and that I was buying for myself and again ever so politely () asked if they had issue with that.
They promptly left which was rather rude as they didn't complete the conversation ha ha
The poor kid looked at me with a large smile and said thanks, I told him always be proud of who you are.. and then left with my toys

Good on you. Great story

What he said.
internet High Five

[jazzcomp]

Good on you. Great story

Where's the like button?

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

Reminds me of an occurrence I had a couple of weeks ago, I was in Target checking out the toy section and there was a high school kid in the aisle (I'm guessing 16 or 17). A bunch of other school kids walked past the aisle and saw said kid and came in the aisle and seriously started verbally bullying the kid for being in the toy section... Now those that know me know I detest bullying and am not the smallest bloke around. One of the group looked over and said adults should only buy toys for their kids insinuating that's what I was there for to which I ever so politely () told them to leave the kid alone and that I was buying for myself and again ever so politely () asked if they had issue with that.
They promptly left which was rather rude as they didn't complete the conversation ha ha
The poor kid looked at me with a large smile and said thanks, I told him always be proud of who you are.. and then left with my toys

Ha ha ha ha! That's awesome!

Where's the like button?

Totally this.

Although I dislike the like button.

Would that be an oxymoron/ironic or something? Comeon, it's gotta be a something!

[Handsprime]

Reminds me of an occurrence I had a couple of weeks ago, I was in Target checking out the toy section and there was a high school kid in the aisle (I'm guessing 16 or 17). A bunch of other school kids walked past the aisle and saw said kid and came in the aisle and seriously started verbally bullying the kid for being in the toy section... Now those that know me know I detest bullying and am not the smallest bloke around. One of the group looked over and said adults should only buy toys for their kids insinuating that's what I was there for to which I ever so politely () told them to leave the kid alone and that I was buying for myself and again ever so politely () asked if they had issue with that.
They promptly left which was rather rude as they didn't complete the conversation ha ha
The poor kid looked at me with a large smile and said thanks, I told him always be proud of who you are.. and then left with my toys

It's people like you who give me hope in humanity

[UltimateGalvatron]

Reminds me of an occurrence I had a couple of weeks ago, I was in Target checking out the toy section and there was a high school kid in the aisle (I'm guessing 16 or 17). A bunch of other school kids walked past the aisle and saw said kid and came in the aisle and seriously started verbally bullying the kid for being in the toy section... Now those that know me know I detest bullying and am not the smallest bloke around. One of the group looked over and said adults should only buy toys for their kids insinuating that's what I was there for to which I ever so politely () told them to leave the kid alone and that I was buying for myself and again ever so politely () asked if they had issue with that.
They promptly left which was rather rude as they didn't complete the conversation ha ha
The poor kid looked at me with a large smile and said thanks, I told him always be proud of who you are.. and then left with my toys

There is a hope for us all. That was a great thing to do.

[BigTransformerTrev]

Reminds me of an occurrence I had a couple of weeks ago, I was in Target checking out the toy section and there was a high school kid in the aisle (I'm guessing 16 or 17). A bunch of other school kids walked past the aisle and saw said kid and came in the aisle and seriously started verbally bullying the kid for being in the toy section... Now those that know me know I detest bullying and am not the smallest bloke around. One of the group looked over and said adults should only buy toys for their kids insinuating that's what I was there for to which I ever so politely () told them to leave the kid alone and that I was buying for myself and again ever so politely () asked if they had issue with that.
They promptly left which was rather rude as they didn't complete the conversation ha ha
The poor kid looked at me with a large smile and said thanks, I told him always be proud of who you are.. and then left with my toys

You are a dead set champion mate - good on ya

[GoktimusPrime]

re: Starscream77's story

They were willing to insult that kid for buying toys for himself, but when an adult confronts them saying that he's doing the same thing (and what of it), they back off. So what does this tell us?
1. Bullies are cowards who pick on others to compensate for their really small self-esteem.
2. Starscream77 is a man of integrity.

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I've been avoiding Star Wars Ep 7 spoilers; all I know is from the trailer and TV ads, and peripheral images of toys. But today I walked into Big W and was faced with a massive spoiler in the form of a big end cap standee. It was an image of Finn holding a light sabre. Up till now, I've known almost nothing about this character, other than that we see him wearing Stormtrooper armour in the trailer.

Was it really necessarily to show that image, on a standee no less?!? Cannot unsee.

[Handsprime]

And like Game Of Thrones, I have completely ignored any spoilers whatsoever because I don't pay attention