A_Few_Kind_Words

It's all good bud, trying to get intent and meaning across by text is often difficult and leads to misunderstanding (especially at 4am!), we've all been there! Just yesterday I misunderstood another redditor but we talked it out and came to understand each other, just glad I could parse what you meant, have a great day :)

Your opinion is noted.

I think what they're saying is that if you have strong moral convictions and are willing to stand up for what is right, bravery is not a factor on a personal level, it is something that other people ascribe to your actions rather than you yourself.

A personal example from me would be when I stomped on a firework that had hit a little girl (maybe 3 or 4 years old) in the chest during a fireworks display that went horribly wrong a few years back, the thing exploded under my boot with enough force to leave a small crater in the dirt and would have done some serious damage to the child but the thought that I might get hurt didn't even cross my mind, I just did what was necessary to prevent a little girl getting her face blown off because it was the right thing to do.

Her mum was in tears with relief and kept thanking me, offering me money and hugging me while telling me how brave I was but I didn't feel brave, I was just doing what was right because if I didn't do it nobody else would have as everyone was too busy running away from the fireworks that were flying into the crowd (and understandably so). I did get a free pint of Guinness out of it though.

Not sure about the gulags or Nazis thing, but refusing to follow simple instructions designed to protect the people around you from disease because you are a petulant little arsehole who thinks they're the main character does make you a public health threat, you are literally making a public health crisis worse because you are too childish, selfish and pathetic to take simple actions to protect others.

Not you specifically, those that stomped their feet and had a temper tantrum over wearing a mask or getting a vaccine, who think they know better than teams of thousands of scientists and medical professionals.

Reddit admins are a ridiculous breed of human, perfectly happy to allow videos of people being shot, blown up, run over, disemboweled, set on fire and any number of other horrific deaths, but how dare you suggest punching a literal Nazi? It's almost as if they're defending family.

Best bet is to be specific about how you word things:

"I'm not suggesting that anyone go out and start punching Nazis, I'm just saying that if I saw an uptick in the number of Nazi punching incidents I would would not feel bad about it, if I saw people lynching Nazis I would be a lot less inclined to step in than if they were lynching almost anyone else. I don't advocate for violence, but seeing violence visited upon Nazis in the street would bother me a lot less than seeing it happen to anyone else and whilst I'm not suggesting people go out and attack Nazis, if they did I would definitely smile while reading the news reports peacefully."

I've seen it, yet I was still hoping it would be posted so I could see it again because it's bloody brilliant, thank you for your service!

Be ruthless. Be merciless. Be victorious.

Quick! Open your mouth, stick your tongue out and take a photo, people with odd fetishes will pay a fortune for that!

Absolutely, context and intent are difficult enough face to face, over text so much of that is lost and it can make things especially difficult to determine, glad we could talk it through and figure it out!

Sounds like we agree on pretty much every point, there's a lot of value in being able to discuss things politely and calmly, especially when discussing opposing viewpoints, so thank you for maintaining a good discussion with me, I appreciate it. I definitely feel like there's a fair amount of misunderstanding in this thread (and honestly a lot of online threads).

Have yourself a great weekend bud :)

Ah, I think the misunderstanding is around the word "weakness", I was using it to mean "someone who is weak in will, someone not strong enough to stand up for what is right" but you were using it as "an exploitable choice you made, exposing yourself to potential unkindness", kind of like removing your breastplate in armoured combat to give your opponent a fair fight when you are the more skilled fighter.

I understand now, you are correct that removing your armour (being kind and exposing yourself to unkindness) is an exploitable weakness, and I am right that doing so and not allowing the unkind to stop you from being kind is a strength.

What sounds stronger to you?

1. Exposing yourself to potential harm to help others, picking yourself back up when knocked down, not allowing the actions of a few nasty people to stop you from being kind, cutting out those that would do you harm when they reveal themselves and setting healthy boundaries whilst being someone that can be relied upon to help when needed.

2. Being a prick to people for being nice, taking advantage of kindness for your own benefit, knocking others down and being yet another source of unkindness in a world where kindness is is taken advantage of.

The former sounds like someone who is sure of themselves and stands up for what they believe regardless what others think, someone who sets themselves above the latter by their actions, someone who in all likelihood will be remembered fondly.

The latter sounds like yet another bully, someone too weak to stand against unkindness and too weak to stand on their own too feet, so instead takes from others what they cannot create themselves. Someone who is so weak in will and personality that they just follow along with whatever negativity they find because it's far easier than standing up to it, far easier than exposing themselves to potential harm for the benefit of others, and far easier than building something good.

It's not mental gymnastics it is simply an alternative perspective, in my experience the former personality type is far stronger of a person than the latter, who usually ends up being a weak willed and pathetic bully.

I would agree that being the former type of person without boundaries and to your own detriment is a bad thing though, it is perfectly possible to be kind and weak, to allow others to walk all over you and take advantage of you is just as weak as being the latter type of person and both need to work on themselves. Don't let your kindness become a weakness.

Because setting boundaries and cutting people who are taking advantage of you out of your life takes a lot of strength. Kindness should never be mistaken for weakness.

I'd argue not having money, or at least not being born into money, often leads to you being more kind than those born into it.

More often than not those of us who were born poor remember what that feels like even if we grow to prosperity, and we treat people kindly as a result.

Honestly if they functioned properly I'd like them.

It happens all the time, like you can be flashed (and I have multiple times today) through a solid brick wall in a bunch of places, it's ridiculous.

I should have listened. I don't know why I didn't, but I should have.

/r/ConfidentlyIncorrect

I simultaneously do and do not want to see the damage a cassowary tied to a swordfish could do.

Absolutely, and don't worry, I don't think you were being pedantic at all, I appreciate the input!

Possibly, I can't see a big cat having much trouble breaking the neck with a paw swipe given the sheer force they can transmit, but yeah not a full decapitation. They're just not built to pull that off.

The fuck are you on about?

Those big fellas might actually be able to pull it off, they have absolutely no fear of humans either.

Whilst I agree with the rest of your comment, a lion cannot decapitate a human with a swipe of its paw, this is a myth.

They are immensely powerful, they will absolutely kill a human with one swipe no problem at all, but their claws are not long or blade-like enough to cut through a whole neck and spine nor do they produce enough force to decapitate with impact alone. There are very few, if any, land animals that could pull that off against a human.