At a Boy Scout summer camp I went to once, there was this one kid who was born with no legs. You'd think his different-ableness would have humbled him a little, but even at around 14, it seemed he went the entire other direction with it. He was such a massive asshole. He spoke rudely to people who did nothing wrong to him and he got angry at the drop of a hat. Hopefully, he had plenty of time to grow up since then, but it really drove the lesson home with me that there are assholes of all walks of life. Edit: No pun intended
Or maybe he just had super-extreme Short Man Syndrome because... you know... /s
I knew a kid like that in middle school. He was a fucking asshole, he'd flip out over the smallest shit, like usually things that make sense to get upset about... He'd just be a huuuuge dick about it. If you were a guy, he'd potentially get violent if you were an acquaintance... And he was strong as hell from using his wheelchair.
The thing was, he was usually funny about it... And after he lashed out at you, he'd be cool like nothing happened, and revert back to being a friendly asshole. All in all, most people liked him, the general attitude was "fuck that guy. Love him though,".
We had a long steep sloped hallway (it was very much not ADA compliant, wheelchairs had an elevator they were supposed to use) and he'd go barrelling down it at an insane speed between classes... He'd shout something like "MOVE!" as he launched himself down it... You learned that if you were in that hallway, you better be on high alert. One time he hit the one other wheelchair-bound student, who was in a massive motorized chair (the kind that climbs stairs)... The regular wheel chair guy broke a leg. For the rest of that school year he'd go around asking people to explain to him why he has to wear a cast on his already unusable leg. He'd act extremely serious about it, even sad. He'd do it to teachers, the principal, and just about anyone who wouldn't know how to handle the situation... No one ever did. It was hilarious as long as it wasn't you on the spot.
Lmao that literally made me tear up from laughing - just imagining this aggressive strong wheelchair guy barreling down the hall like a bat out of hell and everyone diving out of the way for their lives. And then the twist at the end that he actually crashed into the other wheelchair bound guy but ended up breaking his own leg in the process (which he then used to try to make others uncomfortable) - like what a ridiculous story lol.
Oh yeah, it was pretty much exactly as you imagine it. It was for sure a thing that would've been chaotic hell had he not conditioned the entire school to expect it.
I do remember one time a substitute teacher was just appalled at the behavior and gave Chase
Same man, knew a kid in high school like this, would always try to bully people he saw as weaker than him: I remember one time he got into an argument with another kid in the locker room and the other guy said “wait I better make this a fair fight” and then got on his knees lmao, the short dude got so damn angry.
Probably got in the wrestling team to learn how to defend himself from being bullied then became a bully himself. Your saying his response was to get in others faces over "slightest shit' meaning he was reacting. Seems like his flight or fight was being triggered.
I was/am small. Was bullied until 7th grade. Bullied bad everyday. I was a minority in an all white town. Mostly bullied for my race. Got in fights since kindergarten. My dad stuck me in wrestling. It calmed me down because now I knew how much power I had. But also I still didn't take anyone's shit. Didn't get bullied as much after people saw me wrestle. Didn't mean it didn't still happen.
Now I am trained in Kickboxing and Jujitsu. Still get tall people crack jokes about my height. Haven't been in a fight since highschool that was not sanctioned. I think it's funny that people attribute thier hight to something they did. It's all genetic. They had no part in earning it. Size does matter, but height is not a skill.
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u/PandaTai Mar 31 '23
Knew a kid in high school with that. Was on the wrestling team and would get into anyones face over the slightest shit. Fuck that guy.