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Whats the hardest decision you've ever had to make ?
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Unwilling_Authority
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Whats the hardest decision you've ever had to make ?
Well as their seems to be no new posts anywhere i thought id just ask a question.
Sorry if its to personal for some.
Put me in a room full of people, how the fuck can I be lonely ?
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Re: Whats the hardest decision you've ever had to make ?
While I was in primary school there was this huge kid who was a year older than everybody because he had to move back a year because of his stutter. I was about a head smaller than him and he always liked picking on me because I am a nerd. Yep, there I said it. I could fix the school computers when I was about 7 and the teachers couldn't figure it out. Everyone else regarded me a very smart guy in a good way. He would always taunt me. Then I snapped after a few years and I learned karate and I had him cornered eventually. He rushed at me and I dodged. He was a huge kid so he went straight towards the wall at 10 miles an hour. My decision was to either grab him and swing him round for him to avoid the wall or kick him straight into it. I'm glad to say I swung him round.
He never bothered me again.
By the way, if someone is pissing you off, learn karate.
"Every good phone needs a clender."
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Re: Whats the hardest decision you've ever had to make ?
Ozone51 Wrote:While I was in primary school there was this huge kid who was a year older than everybody because he had to move back a year because of his stutter. I was about a head smaller than him and he always liked picking on me because I am a nerd. Yep, there I said it. I could fix the school computers when I was about 7 and the teachers couldn't figure it out. Everyone else regarded me a very smart guy in a good way. He would always taunt me. Then I snapped after a few years and I learned karate and I had him cornered eventually. He rushed at me and I dodged. He was a huge kid so he went straight towards the wall at 10 miles an hour. My decision was to either grab him and swing him round for him to avoid the wall or kick him straight into it. I'm glad to say I swung him round.
He never bothered me again.
By the way, if someone is pissing you off, learn karate.
Kudos on kicking his ass aha , what you did i strongly support , i mean teachers do nothing , parents will just tell the teachers who will do nothing , so really kicking the cowards ass is the only way to solve it.
Thanks for the input 
Put me in a room full of people, how the fuck can I be lonely ?
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It took a few years for the karate bit but worth it.
Teachers will tell you shit like this.
"well, if a boy is being mean, you just go up to him and say don't bully me today, I dont feel like it."
Parents are ok but still not what we need.
"Every good phone needs a clender."
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Re: Whats the hardest decision you've ever had to make ?
My hardest decision was to say fuck to the school and do shit my way, because I am risking an "Life with pleasures, great job and a family"(according to my parents).
Also, Ozone51, good thing, that you kicked that fuckers ass. He got what he deserved.
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Re: Whats the hardest decision you've ever had to make ?
For some reason I can't think of any particularly hard decisions I've ever made... stupid ones, sure... but they didn't seem all that hard at the time.
Recently the banning of AWOL and Rex was a semi-hard decision... but I wouldn't want to say that's the hardest one ever, because that'd be kind of sad...
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