Just thought I'd mention there's a bit of swearing in this story.

Need a bit of backstory before my rant: Yesterday, we finally got anime club running at my school, and this guy I used to have class with (total jacka**) showed up and was being totally stupid. He left eventually but he annoyed the crap out of everyone there.


So, today I was walking home from school (like I always do) and I passed that same guy and one of his friends, and I had a feeling I'd have a problem. Sure enough, as soon as he saw me, he starts shouting at me (I was wearing my headphones): "Hey! Hey! Are you in anime club!?" over and over, me trying to just ignore him. Still shouting, he tried to grab my arm, then started kicking my backpack, until I yelled over my shoulder "Shut the f*** up!" at him. He still kept shouting, so I turned around, ready to kick him in the groin for being so stupid, but I decided not to at the last second. I asked him "What the hell do you want!?" and he's saying "I'm trying to ask you a question but you won't answer me! Are you in anime club?" I said "Yeah. Now stop bothering me!". I turned and started walking again. Then he started shouting after me "Hey! Are you a boy or a girl!? Do you have a penis!?" etc. I was really mad, but I walk fast, so I was already far ahead of him.

I really hate people who are stupid, ignorant, or just plain jacka**es! I'm really glad I have somewhere to tell this story besides my friends or my parents! Thanks to anyone who listened to my rant.

How irritating.

Yeah they suck and need to get a life that's for sure, just don't let they get to you otherwise they win.
Should of asked him if he was a boy then not believe him when he tells you and then kneed him to make sure lol "oh look at that you're on the ground, I guess you really are a boy huh!".

That would have been funny, Muffin! 

Sadly there are some really stupid people. They really annoy me as well.
Sorry if this offends anyone. I often imagine guys who are being really painful to me, dressed up in pretty little party dresses with dainty shoes and bag. Real pretty sissy. Again I don't mean this as an insult to anyone except the jack****.

Makes me smile, which irritates the hell out of them.

Cindy

I would have beat his ass.

Quote from: Jester on March 03, 2010, 10:48:55 AM
I would have beat his ass.

Yeah I hear that.

It reminds of something that happened yesterday when I was at a music store. The stupid white guy behind the counter kept making what he thought were veiled comments about me in regards to my gender but I just ignored him because...well..the guy's a total moron. The guy is an idiot anyway so it's not just a gender issue for me. Even if I was a GG I would have thought "christ, what a moron".  The other guy that works there seems cool, though, and uses the right pronouns and stuff. I think it was my voice that kind of gave me away because it was messed due to my current throat issues. I didn't let it get me down, though, but with that being said it's a good thing that I am a fairly calm person because I COULD have grabbed him by the throat and bashed his head through the shop window but I didn't. I don't feel like going to jail over some idiot.

Plus, any real moron in the US is probably armed also.

I might have told him that I am a little of both, and if you want to know whether I have a "penis" or not, you had better buy me a drink first 

WhyAreWeHere? .....To wear cute hats!!! ...LOL

But seriously, The stupid school yard stuff annoyed the hecks out of me when I was in school {{{HUGS}}}

I wish I really was strong, or knew some kind of martial art or something. All of my friends think I'm really strong, but if I got in a fight, I'm pretty sure I'd lose. Only thing I could do would be drop my backpack and sprint, which is not a great solution unless your life is really at risk. Wish I could take a martial art, but we don't have the money and I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be able to keep up.

And you know, sometimes I wish I could see what's going on inside their heads when they harass people like that. What's the point?

You know how people get really into that TV court stuff and go to law school only to find out that a court is the last place a good lawyer wants to be, because once you go into court all bets are off and juries can't be predicted?

Same deal in martial arts.  You find out very quickly that real martial masters avoid fights, they don't win them.  Getting into a fight is the result of being incompetent, not the result of being very good.  Because once a real fight starts all bets are off.  You're unleashing forces beyond your control.  You never know how it is going to end, and hurting another person, perhaps even killing them, is perhaps even worse than having that happen to you.  Could you live with that?  Could you live with hitting someone, and knocking them down - and yeah, you didn't mean it, but they hit their head on a curb, or a car bumper, or something, and it sure wasn't your intent to kill them, you only wanted to teach them a lesson... Hey, you'll have a decade to think real hard about it in jail.  Is that really the best course?

As Tekla said, I studied karate throughout my youth and through University. Being a light weight I was a very good free stylr fighter. I also lived in Liverpool were a black belt in karate equals 5 street fights.
The biggest lesson you ever learn in martial arts is how to avoid a fight, both by observing people and being aware of body language and also by being fit enough to run like hell.

I did once protect myself and smash a persons face to pulp. It was very pleasant at the time. I still worry about him, even though he totally provoked the fight and I was trapped. I'm sure he would have never worried about me.

There is no logic in emotion. Anger is one of the strongest emotions humans have. People who walk around in this blinding stupid perpetual anger are freaks who have little control over themselves. Avoid them, no matter how it makes you feel. You are far more precious than them.


Cindy

What you say is true, but I'd still like to know how to fight just in case. It's not like I'd go searching to pound someone's face in, I would just want to be able to use both sides of the fight or flight response if need be. I want to be able to defend myself.

Learning some form of self defense is a good idea. I got tired of being picked on and began studying in high school

I wasn't one to go looking for trouble, I just wanted to be able to defend myself when necessary

Once folks realized they couldn't pick on me, most left me alone

I know a lot of those people though they confront me for other reasons such as being a geek and reading all of the time in class. This is one of those situations where I am glad that I haven't come out about my crossdressing or else I would be dealing with twice as many jack***es than I do now.

Quote from: Virginia Marie on March 04, 2010, 06:42:37 PM
Learning some form of self defense is a good idea.

I have to agree with you Virginia.  After surgery, I intend on studying Krav Maga.  It's a fighting style developed by/for the Masaad(sp?)  Israeli army and is based on instinctual movements as opposed to patterns.

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I wasn't one to go looking for trouble, I just wanted to be able to defend myself when necessary

Once folks realized they couldn't pick on me, most left me alone

That being said, it is always wise to stop intimidation before it escalates to something far worse.  Unforgiven's reaction in kicking the tormentor in his rhinestones was the right idea--but once done, you have to be prepared for whatever comes next.  That's where knowledge of self defense and street saavy come in handy

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Quote from: The Unforgiven on March 03, 2010, 11:56:09 PM
I wish I really was strong, or knew some kind of martial art or something. All of my friends think I'm really strong, but if I got in a fight, I'm pretty sure I'd lose.

Losing is the only way to win

I thought I'd reply here instead of making a new thread.... I appologise in this thread if my language is too foul....

Today I was in Glasgow to meet somebody about employment, I was wearing girls jeans with a nice pink belt as well as a pink tshirt, my hair is shoulder length and wavy, I wasn't wearing any makeup tho; I had time to kill so I went into this nice little restaurant/bar establishment and had a nice lunch.

Afterward, I wanted to go to the restroom, so I go into the mens room (I dont think my face passes for a girl enough, so I just go into the gents to save the hassle from going into the girls room) and unfortunately for me there was this burly thugish skin-headed football (soccer, if you're american) lout with a couple of his friends.. I just quietly walked over to the cubicle without disturbing them but I hear the disgusting troglodyte say to me "Excuse me miss, you're in the wrang toilets" (scottish hoodlums cannot pronounce the word "wrong" correctly) so I ignored him since I was well used to this sort of thing.

While the barbaric degenerate kept pestering me with increasing joy, his friend was there next to him analysing my appearence in thorough detail to determine whether I was a girl or a boy, while his friend was still informing me that I had entered the wrong bathrooms. I can see this being a good thing in a way, I must pass better than I  think I do, I must be very feminine in appearence.. However, let me continue..

After about 10 or 20 seconds (which seems like hours when youre being grilled) his friend managed to solve the mystery surrounding my gender and said "It's a guy, lets go" however the crude savage ruffian continued his interogation with sadistic glee, jeering and laughing making a game out of insulting me, he didn't want to leave. I finally made it to a cubicle and locked the door, my heart was racing, I've never been so harassed before.. And the boorish grunt was there at the door shouting and mocking me with renewed vigor now that I had disappeared.. Eventually his friend got him to leave..

Eventually I left the building and the imbecilic clod and his friend was there drowning their minimum wages in beer while smoking and generally loitering about the bar, his friend saw me and said "alright mate?" quietly but I just left, confidence dashed and insulted.. However I was glad that things turned out the way they did.. I'm glad I didn't hit him, for I could've come home with injuries today or worse..

Learning a martial art doesn't mean you should fight people.. Even if I could've ripped that simpleton's iron head off, I wouldn't have fought him unless he were to strike me first..

Scary situation Dragon. My usual reaction is Sorry and go to the other room.  One thing tho, women are vicious when you invade their space, men just don't want you to be male.

Quote from: LordKAT on May 05, 2010, 02:47:15 PMOne thing tho, women are vicious when you invade their space, men just don't want you to be male.

Thats why I decide to wait till HRT before I go into the girls rooms.. and the girls changing rooms.. People will think I'm a pervert if I try to enter these places before I'm ready