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[–]motherofgott 828 points829 points ago

At college, there was a guy who always walked around leaned waaay back, always had headphones on, swaggered....I asked my friends one day if he really thought he was that cool.

He had polio.

[–]Proseedcake 547 points548 points ago

Seeing a girl sway by with an unusual gait, I said, "What do you reckon... drunk or painful new shoes?"

Cerebral palsy, as it turned out.

[–]42420 336 points337 points ago

Ohh, cerebral palsy stories! My brother was refused entry to a bar one night because he apparently "looked too drunk". My brother started ripping in to the bouncer, telling him that he has cerebral palsy and so on. He stormed off to go to another bar, and got about 20 metres before the bouncer caught up with him. My brother was almost too offended to go back, but the bouncer insisted. He even bought him a drink to apologise. As it turns out, my brother was off his face. Had been drinking all day.

Another time a group of us were sitting in the same bar. A woman was going around with a collection bucket asking for donations. When she got to our table we asked what they were for - wouldn't you know it: cerebral palsy. To which everyone at the table shouts "Weyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!" and points at my brother. He starts laughing and tells the woman he has cerebral palsy himself. But the woman thinks we're taking the piss out of her, starts saying how offensive we're being. We shouldn't make fun of disabled people. Her face when he stood up and took a few steps . .

[–]Dan712 168 points169 points ago

So did he have cerebral palsy, or just drunk?

[–]42420 189 points190 points ago

Yeah, he has cerebral palsy. Guess I could've made that a bit clearer.

[–]DookieDemon 283 points284 points ago

Who gets polio anymore? I thought they cured that shit.

[–]fenney 630 points631 points ago

Hipster level 15: get a disease from the 1800s.

[–]drukaree 409 points410 points ago

The son/daughter of a crazy parent that thinks vaccines cause autism?

[–]Boobcake 61 points62 points ago

I WISH I ALWAYS HAD MY SWAG TURNED ON NO MATTER WHAT.

[–]devouredbylogic 924 points925 points ago

My moment was not even something I did but just sitting next to my friend who was the actual douche. Me and some friends decided we would take another one of our friends out to a movie because she had not done much since her mother had passed away about a month earlier. The movie was Shaun of the Dead. At one point when the zombies were everywhere my friend inadvertently and without thinking said wow that zombie looks like your mom. The girl immediatly burst into tears and my friend soon realized what he had done. The night did not go as planned.

[–]eonblu 1200 points1201 points ago

Ouch. Though it's probably for the better that she left the movie early considering Shaun has to shoot his zombie mom in the head at the end

[–]PenisChrist 635 points636 points ago

I think taking anyone who has just lost a loved one to a fucking zombie movie (!!) is itself highly ill advised!

[–]Contradiction11 800 points801 points ago

You know, I don't say this often, but PenisChrist has a point.

[–]ithinkthereforeiwin 176 points177 points ago

You're right, that was a very good tip he gave us.

[–]Buttersnips 1314 points1315 points ago

Good guy Gregs; putting the ending of movies from 2004 in spoilers, just in case.

[–]eonblu 472 points473 points ago

Haha. You can never be too careful. It's bound to piss someone off no matter how old.

[–]folkloregonian 290 points291 points ago

There is no way she was going to make it through the part when Shaun's mom dies. Worst cheer-up-after-your-family-died movie ever.

[–]bacon_cake 223 points224 points ago

I prefer Requiem for a Dream for that purpose.

[–]jmnmaui 177 points178 points ago

Ah. The best movie I never want to see again.

[–]dfitzy92 1023 points1024 points ago

In 7th grade gym class we were playing volleyball. Teams were co-ed and randomly assigned by the gym teacher. I hated losing, and still do to this day, but i was taking the game way too seriously. There was this one girl who had her jacket sleeves over her hands and she was missing every shot. I told her to roll up her sleeves and use both hands to play. She seemed pretty offended but i didnt think too much of it.

Fast forward to the end of class; I was in the locker room talking to my friends about this girl who sucked. My friend overhears me talking, stops me and says "you know she only has one hand, right?" I look at him dumbfounded, refusing to believe that I was unaware that a girl who had been in my grade for 7 years had 1 hand. Everybody else in the locker room knew and eventually convinced me.

I have never felt like more of a douchebag than I did on that day

tl;dr I yelled at a one-handed girl for being bad at volleyball in gym class

[–]baseketball 899 points900 points ago

WTF? 7 Years and you had no idea?

Henceforth, you shall be known as Captain Oblivious.

[–]NoNeedForAName 305 points306 points ago

Or we could just drop the "f" from his username.

[–]kukamunga 945 points946 points ago*

I'm a tame driver by California standards. When I moved to the Pacific Northwest: "Shit, I'M the douchebag here."

edit: I knew people around here were opinionated about drivers, but holy fuckballs.

[–]NPPraxis 504 points505 points ago

As a Pacific Northwest driver, this is how I feel when I drive to Canada.

[–]Maul_McCartney 501 points502 points ago

As a Minnesota driver, I walk to work, eh.

[–]Patsrs 372 points373 points ago

As someone from chicago I only know how the horn works.

[–][deleted] 72 points73 points ago

As a pedestrian in Chicago, fuck you an your horn

[–]GetLikeMe 621 points622 points ago

I have this kid in my class (let's call her Caroline) that is miraculously absent from school whenever we have a test. Her cousin is in another one of my classes and had told me that all Caroline has to do is tell her mom that she doesn't want to go to school, and the mom will let Caroline stay home for no reason whatsoever.

For the last test, Caroline told me that she would not be there for the test, and I launched into a long diatribe about how I see the pattern in absences, about how she's disrespecting me by skipping school on test days, and about how it's negatively affecting her grades.

She then told me her grandmother had died and gave me a note from her mother, excusing her from the test.

I called up her mother to potentially confront her about letting her daughter stay home when she is not sick and because the note looked really fake (sloppy handwriting, seemingly obvious forgery). Her mom is on the phone for less than a minute before she starts crying hysterically because her mom (Caroline's grandmother) had actually died. I stayed on the phone with her for thirty minutes, comforting her and offering my condolences.

TL;DR - Student always skips school on test days. Skips test because "her grandmother died." I confront the mother to find out grandmother is actually dead and cause the mother to have a complete mental breakdown.

[–]xHeero 781 points782 points ago

Kind of a boy who cried wolf scenario here...

[–]isaidDONTPANIC 277 points278 points ago

well if it isn't Mr. Rooney.

[–]shibblywibbly 149 points150 points ago

That actor always played douchey characters and I never liked him. When I first saw him on Day Off, I said "Oh he looks like such a pedophile"

Turns out he's now a convicted sex offender. Fuckin' called it.

[–][deleted] 46 points47 points ago

You actually lived a classic scene from Ferris Bueller's Day Off!

[–]chrismnowak 57 points58 points ago

Meh, your suspicion seeemed reasonable enough, and at least you stayed on the phone to clean up your mess.

[–]Ghostboy814 78 points79 points ago

You are not a douchebag for calling out the Girl who cried Wolf.

[–]cbh3dy 565 points566 points ago

I'm a medical student. I once had to interview a patient. Was taking a family history to get a history of genetic illnesses. He stated that his mother died of a stroke and his father had died recently, but he didn't remember what he died of. What I MEANT to say was "It's ok that you don't remember. I'm sorry for your loss."

What came out of my mouth was "It's not a big deal". My attending pretty much threw me out of the room.

[–]sincericide 169 points170 points ago

That's not so bad. If I were the patient, I would have understood "it's not a big deal" to mean "it's ok that you don't remember."

[–]Lady-Ishim 307 points308 points ago

Similar thing happened to me. I work on an ambulance and had a patient tell me he was suffering from AIDS. I wanted to ask if he had any other medical illness in addition, but instead asked, "Just AIDS?"

[–]stopXstoreytime 20 points21 points ago

Oh man, I laughed way too much at that. That's some sitcom shit right there.

[–]arneyz 111 points112 points ago

This is pretty much a scene from Scrubs. Feel better. :)

[–]let_there_be_pie 693 points694 points ago*

I cant think of one for me, but the first thing I thought of was this guys "Don't be a douchebag" (not his actual words) speech I listened to in High School. I was in JROTC at the time and we had a visiting Major (I think, but we'll call him a Lieutenant for the story) for our yearly district meeting. He was talking about how much of an asshole he was after he graduated from West Point. Full of a great deal of self importance and power mad over the fact that he was an officer and could make lower ranks do whatever the hell he wanted.

One day he was walking across a lawn on base and a Private walked right pass him, he had his cap off (you're supposed to wear one when outside), and worst of all he didn't salute (which he was supposed to). The Lieutenant got pissed off and started chewing him out in the middle of a high traffic area and after getting chewed out he made him do push ups, more chewing out and more push ups. When the Private started crying it just got worse.

At this point in the story the Lieutenant told us he didn't really think the guy walking by him was that big of a deal, but he wanted to humiliate the guy anyway. So he's there chewing out a guy a couple years younger then him, and the guys bawling his eyes out, when the Lieutenant noticed another officer walking straight for him. Thinking the other officer wanted to talk to him the Lieutenant lets the Private go and the Private hurries over to one of the building on the other side of the lawn.

When the other officer caught up to the Lieutenant he started chewing the Lieutenant out asking him what the hell his problem was to blow something like that so out of proportion. The officer eventually told him that the private was rushing to his barracks in order to pack his bags for bereavement leave, a couple of minutes before walking across the lawn that officer had to break the news to the private that his mother had passed away.

tl;dr this guy gave a speech about how he humiliated some kid over something inconsequential only to later find out he humiliated the kid right after he was told his mother died.

ETA reading some of the comments I'm beginning to realize I should have cleared up something. The majority of us who were at the yearly meeting were our schools JROTC staff members, about 80% of us were seniors and juniors, and a good chunk of us had plans to join the military, some as officers, some as nco's. The major gave that speech as a cautionary tale regardless of what we had planed to do after graduating. He didn't want any of us to make the same mistakes he did, that incident affected his whole career and he would think about it whenever he dealt with lower ranks. He knew he screwed up, he knew he was an asshole, he apologized to the kid, but even though he regretted what happened he knew it was a learning experience and a humbling moment, it made him a better officer and a ultimately a better person. He ended the story by telling us that, looking back, he was somewhat frightened when he thinks about how it could have turned out, what if the ending weren't the same and the kids mother hadn't died, and him as a young Lieutenant never had his ass handed back to him, would his ego have just gotten worse? Bottom line is, he was glad it happened the way it did since he knew it could have been worse, he could have continued on the way he was.

[–]deshki 386 points387 points ago

Reminds me of a story about Chesty Puller. He saw an officer making a private salute him hundreds of times, and Chesty calmly walked up and reminded the officer he had to return every one of those salutes.

[–]clamsmasher 97 points98 points ago

Chesty Puller was a boss

[–]Buttersnips 86 points87 points ago

Fuckin' A. You salute the rank, not the man. I love you, Winters.

[–]becuzimbrown 114 points115 points ago

My 21st birthday, about 10 shots in. We're crossing the quad at our school at night to go to the bar down the street and there's a candlelight vigil. I had no idea what it was at the time and drunkinly scream out "NICE IS THIS FOR MY BIRTHDAY!?!?!"

I'm the douchebag here.

[–]Malcx 307 points308 points ago

Loudly complained to my girlfriend at the time about the rude bitch that pushed in front of us in a queue. "Damn some people are so self centered, didn't she fucking see us?"

No in fact she didn't. She was blind.

[–]nawkuh 93 points94 points ago

There's a blind girl and an almost-blind guy that are friends and frequent the dining hall by my dorm. One day, I was standing in line behind them and out of the blue the girl just rears back and smacks the guy in the cheek and says "HA! You didn't even see it coming."

[–]fintorro 1680 points1681 points ago

I had a 3000 word essay to write up for school. It was last minute and I had spent a good few hours working on it. I went for a toilet break, came back and found this new kid, a chubby Asian fella, sat at the computer I was sat at, playing computer games. I ran up, pushed him off and found he had crossed off my work which I hadn't saved (and yes, it's my own stupid fucking fault for not saving). I flipped, started screaming at this guy, pushing him and telling him he was a fucking moron and threatening to beat the shit out of him, he looked very scared and confused. Later that day I was pulled into the head teachers office, and asked why I flipped out. I explained the situation, feeling that I was justified. Turns out he was heavily autistic. Fuck. Just screamed/pushed around a handicapped kid. What a fucking asshole. He had the best name ever too. Chinese students often pick their own "english" names when studying abroad, he chose "Sunny Nice".

[–]ggk1 584 points585 points ago

lmao wow, his name made me lose my shit. It's the perfect name to give you that nice "You're an asshole" feeling

[–]efbutler 71 points72 points ago

hahah YOU BEAT UP SUNNY NICE? aww c'mon

[–]PenguinLifeJustChill 664 points665 points ago

I would've been pissed at the guy too, you might have overreacted though.

[–]fintorro 240 points241 points ago*

Yea I certainly did. It was a spur of the moment rage. It would have been justifiable if it was just some dick seeing an essay and crossing it off to play games but autism means that he probably would not recognize it as a no-no. Should have saved, didn't save, my own dumb fault. Unfortunately I still haven't learned that lesson to this day (especially when playing computer games)

[–]Tarcanus 279 points280 points ago

I'm just confused that you say "crossing it off" to mean "closed the window/document"

[–]chiagod 896 points897 points ago

He applied "strikethrough" to the whole document. It was ruined.

[–]majaiku 232 points233 points ago

That was my first thought, really.

[–]ThaddyG 202 points203 points ago

I pictured that, and then I pictured someone drawing horizontal lines all over their monitor in Sharpie.

[–]Marty_Stu 1876 points1877 points ago

From that day onward you were forever known as his polar opposite. He dubbed you "Overcast Cunt"

[–]Konradov 954 points955 points ago

Opposite of "cunt"?

"nice"

[–]cacophonousdrunkard 1005 points1006 points ago

"Does not compute." -My Penis

[–]your_penis 718 points719 points ago

Verified. I am utterly confused.

[–]efftony 89 points90 points ago

Just curious... What do you do with a username like that after this post? Delete it or Wait around for another good opportunity to slip in your_penis?

[–]CaptainFancyNipples 368 points369 points ago

I prefer, Stormy Analhole

[–]chemistry_teacher 435 points436 points ago

Says you, CaptainFancyNipples.

[–]carleslireis 494 points495 points ago

Why do people not save? I hit CTRL-S all the time. I don't understand people who type for hours and hours and never save. It costs you nothing and can save (no pun intended) you everything.

[–]ThisIsImpossibraaaah 323 points324 points ago

like every 30 seconds I'm ctrl-s'ing. I hit that shit like 10 times before I close the program as well as hit the icon and then if I dont see the little bar on the lower right of the screen flash I get worried that my work isnt being saved.

[–]omnilynx 449 points450 points ago

every 30 seconds I'm ctrl-s'ing.

♫ do do do do DEE DEE do ♫

[–]thedeejus 809 points810 points ago*

and that is why autistic children should be identified by having a yellow balloon tied about their neck at all times.

[–]l80 621 points622 points ago

Aside from the obvious issues with that, I just imagine a deflated yellow balloon sagging around someone's shoulders. It would get so sad, so fast.

[–]Ultramerican 150 points151 points ago

If you see an autistic child with a deflated balloon, please immediately report him to the Secret Autistic Police. This is a breach of identification protocol, and will be dealt with swiftly and violently.

[–]ILikeMyBlueEyes 365 points366 points ago

A coworker telling me that another coworker just left because she recieved news that her brother committed suicide. I said "And how long is she going to be out?" in a snotty tone. Seriously, the "brother comitted suicide" didn't register in my brain yet and I asked that question like it was such a HUGE inconvenience because we all now had to take on some of her shifts. Yeah.......I got some shocking stares from everyone. THEN I realized what I said.

[–]Vanetia 29 points30 points ago

A similar thing happened at my old job. One of my co-workers was out of work putting her dog down. This dog was like her family and she loved it as much as she loved her son it seemed. One of the attorneys asked where she was, and I told him she was out for the day and why. He replies, "Well doesn't she know she has work to do?"

[–]badillin 990 points991 points ago*

I was AT a bar and the TV was airing the news.

we couldnt hear anything, but an image of a kid with a wrestler (Luchador) mask and another kid with bandages on his head and body appeared on screen, and i yelled something like "WOAH Watch out for Mascarita Sagrada and the Mummy"... then a wild text appeared on the bottom of the screen that read. "Burnt Kids Ward Talk About Being Burnt on 95% of their body And Losing Their Parents to a Fire" or something like that...

I felt like a douchebag and everyone else agreed.

edit: i was AT a bar not on it :)

[–]CelticVengeance 139 points140 points ago

A lot like your little faux pas... I walked into the lunchroom in high school and saw on our little "lunchroom news television" kids playing hockey while pushing themselves on old school sleds of some sort.

Me: "Look at those retards trying to play hockey sitting down!"

Everyone stared at me like I just shot heroin into the soft spot of a premature baby's head.

It was the special olympics.

[–]thismessismine 58 points59 points ago

Everyone stared at me like I just shot heroin into the soft spot of a premature baby's head.

Lost it.

[–]TheTownsEnd 400 points401 points ago

Why were you on the bar?

[–]BadVogonPoet 538 points539 points ago

Clearly he was recreating Coyote Ugly.

[–]mongster2 41 points42 points ago

I ride public transit to school every day, and my backpack is always stuffed with books. My personal bubble doesn't include my backpack though, and for a full year I was unaware that when the bus was really crowded, I would be mercilessly swinging it into other people's personal space. One day, a really old man informed me that I was inconveniencing a young lady behind me. I told him the bus was crowded for everybody, and asked him what he would have me do. He said, verbatim, "Put it on the ground, you fucking idiot." This guy must have been 90 years old. That's when I knew I was the bad guy.

[–]40dollarsharkblimp 608 points609 points ago

Every time I get into an argument on Reddit and realize halfway through that I'm arguing on Reddit.

[–]toverbury 1971 points1972 points ago

In my early twenties, I got engaged to my high school sweetheart of 7 years. At one point she developed skin cancer on her arm, which she managed to hide from me for a couple of years until she finally went to a doctor and was diagnosed. Then one day out of the blue, she breaks off the engagement and tells me I need to move on. Well, I more than moved on, I started banging everything that moved and even ended up in a threesome. A couple of months later she calls and says we need to talk, and I'm pretty sure she's getting ready to beg me to come back to her. So I go to her house and she's in a wig and her face is clearly bloated from chemo treatment. Before she can say much more than, "It's no big deal, I'll be fine", I put on the macho act and tell her how great life has been, even to the point of telling her about my threesome. She begs me to stay the night but I brush her off hoping to make her regret leaving me. I didn't see her again until a month later when her mom called and told me she was in palliative care. I rushed to the hospital, but she was already in a coma and died the next morning in my arms. I watched her take her last breath, knowing she left this world thinking I was the biggest douche on the planet.
Her sister told me later that she was planning to tell me that night she called me over, that the cancer had spread to her brain and she was dying. 16 years later and I still can't forgive myself.

[–]Spacepimp3000 1354 points1355 points ago

Jesus Christ, dude.

[–]Chomskyismyhero 799 points800 points ago

That's enough internet for today.

[–]gongabonga 68 points69 points ago

I stopped breathing for like, half a minute. I think my brain froze. OK.... logging off reddit now.

[–]Mada7 117 points118 points ago

Damn dude...

Just damn...

[–]steady_riot 95 points96 points ago

That's a seriously brutal story.

Did you know she had cancer when she had you come over that night?

[–]toverbury 90 points91 points ago

I knew that she had skin cancer, but during the period before we broke up, we both believed it wasn't that serious and she would be fine. They didn't know it had spread to her lymph nodes, then eventually her brain.

[–]sirius_violet 621 points622 points ago

I had cancer. My boyfriend of 5 years left me when I was going through radiation because it was "a pain in the ass to be around me while I was sick."

My friends think he's a huge douche, but I see his point of view and understand. I see yours too.

I think you should probably forgive yourself, man.

[–]hieiazndood 169 points170 points ago

I noticed you used had instead of have. Congrats for pulling through it [I don't know if there is a negative connotation in the words I used, but if there is, I didn't mean it negatively].

[–]sirius_violet 55 points56 points ago

Lol. If there is a negative connotation I am likewise unaware. This is the internet, I think people make up connotations so they can get offended and vent all the time.

That said, thank you. It was quite the shit time in my life, but things are much better now. :)

[–]flaminglips 39 points40 points ago

He is a douche if that's what he said. Understandably, some people really can't handle that sort of thing, but there are way nicer ways of putting it. Reminds me of 50/50 though, have you seen it?

[–]mw3_fan 490 points491 points ago

ಥ_ಥ

why

[–]Xyzzzy 191 points192 points ago

Wow, that must be rough. You do take the cake for the thread though. Also for worst repercussions, no awkward moment like most of these stories, a life of torment instead. Even I feel like a douche =/

[–]migbee 226 points227 points ago

I choked up. Not only am I deeply sorry to hear that, it sounds like the same self-aggrandizing douchey shit I've done/would do to my ex...

[–]twistmental 327 points328 points ago*

I wasn't going to tell my story nor do I want attention for it (can only be bad), but if my story can let you know that someone understands then it's worth it.

I was 19 and a flirt. I would find women online and basically string em along and occasionally fuck them. I met this one young woman that I'll call Jane. Jane was what I used to call a mercy fuck. She was homely and really nervous around people. I was chatting with her online when a friend was over once and he challenged me to get her to fall for me. Long story short, she did.

She lived about 4 hours away from me so I wasn't really planning on meeting her but she wanted desperately to meet me and I had friends goading me on. I finally agreed to meet her, we were going to stay in a hotel nearby and visit a museum. She came and was all over me. She made me uncomfortable but I went through with it. I fucked her at the hotel and we slept. When we got up, she bought me breakfast (I was a broke loser back then) and talked about the museum.

I told her that I didn't want to go to the museum and that I wanted to go home. I basically froze to her and went back home. While there I called and told her that I just used her and I didn't have a single interest in being with her. I made sure she knew I didn't love her nor had I ever.

2 days later she killed herself with a drug overdose and I was mentioned heavily in her suicide e-mail that she sent out. She didn't send it to me, I found out through the family (thy made sure I saw the e-mail) and later confirmed through the obituary I looked up. She didn't blame me for a single thing, she didn't hate me either. She blamed herself for being a burden on people. It seems she had been in a string of bad relationships and was deeply depressed and I had no clue because the bullshit I was spewing pulled her out of her funk. She was happy with me (we chatted for about 4 months before the meeting).

I made her happy then shit all over her world and helped push her over the edge. I know I didn't kill her, and I know there was no way for me to have known. But I blame myself. All I had to do was be a decent person. All I had to do was think of her feelings for just a bit and let her down easy or never flirted to begin with. She might be alive today if I didn't do what I did. I will never forget.

Our situations aren't the same but I understand. Sometimes the best we can do is be a better person in the future and try to come to terms with the darkness of our past.

I'm in a relationship now with someone who suffers from depression. I have never been so supportive to a person in my life. I love her so damn much and she's making great progress. I can never fix what I did, but I will never hurt another person like that for as long as I live.

[–]Fartoholic 39 points40 points ago

Fuck.

[–]Omniabsence 67 points68 points ago

After reading that, I feel like I need to go be outside in the sun, around other people for a while.

[–]annoyedatwork 449 points450 points ago

I think you win here.

[–]selfproclaimedfreak 515 points516 points ago

We had some items go missing around the house, so it was decided that we should change the locks. (There had been a few break-ins in the neighbourhood) When the our cleaning lady came the next week her key obviously didn't work and I had to go get the door for her. It was about 8 am and I had just woken up. She says, "I thought you all changed the locks on me hahahaha." I reply with a deadpan, "We did." and walked away. Took me about 5 minutes to realise how douche-y that sounded and felt like a total tool

[–]shawn_diggidy 673 points674 points ago

In high school, can't remember the context. Me being sarcastic: "What, does your dad have leukemia or something?" Her dad had leukemia. :(

[–]boxoffice1 683 points684 points ago

That is such an oddly specific thing to be sarcastic about. You fucked up, man.

[–]Hyro0o0 435 points436 points ago

You're taking this way too seriously dude. What, is your uncle going to die in a plane crash at 9:45 tomorrow morning over Florida or something?

[–]Pr0cedure 75 points76 points ago

I'll be watching for the news story.

[–]NeededANewName 246 points247 points ago

I had this happen a few times to me from the receiving end. I lost all my hair from chemo and several times had people I had met before but didn't know well jokingly (upon seeing me bald) say 'what do you have cancer or something?'... Didn't bug me all too much but boy did they feel like a bag of dicks when I told them yes, I actually did.

[–]codeexcited 108 points109 points ago

My mom died when I was 11, and the next year there was a new boy in my class. One day he made a your mom joke to me, when I told him she was dead he cried.

[–]detourxp 63 points64 points ago

Okay, this kind of stuff stands out to me. I always say something like that when people say someone i know had something bad happen to them, i agree and look sad.

But once, i made a joke about this girl who was really leathery tan, (we were friends and she was joking about me being really pale) and i said "You're so tan it's almost like your mom went out so much that the sunlight went into her stomach. She probably has skin cancer!" Then she says "No, just of the liver."

[–]doctorfeelgood21 132 points133 points ago

Well, time to be hittin' the ol' dusty trail...

[–]AerieC 775 points776 points ago

It was winter (i.e. snow all over the roads), and I was driving behind some guy in a big SUV. As we come up to a red light, he moves into the right turn lane, and I continue in the "straight ahead" lane.

When the light turns green, he doesn't turn, and instead keeps going straight ahead and I almost run into him as he drifts in to my lane. So of course, I honk and give him the finger.

A day or two later, the snow on the roads melted, and I noticed that the turning lane he was in was not actually a turning lane, it was another "go straight ahead" lane, and I had actually drifted into his lane (thinking it was my lane), honked at him, and gave him the finger.

Yeah, I felt like a pretty big ass after that one.

TLDR: I drifted into another lane and honked/flipped off an innocent guy due to my own stupidity.

[–]pr0crastin8or 1097 points1098 points ago

My cousins gf told me she was adopted and I thought I'd call her bluff. I took her cell phone and called her mom...who informed me she was actually her adoptive mom. My cousin later told me her biological mom was murdered by her bf when she was a baby.

I bought her an Ipad.

[–]VDGfreak 886 points887 points ago

act like a douche to someone; always iPad

[–]Skwiggity 536 points537 points ago

dm;gi

[–]nicnicnotten 394 points395 points ago

Is that "douche move; get iPad"? or "dead mom; get iPad"

[–]Konceptz 956 points957 points ago

"Diddle Middle; Giddle Iddle."

[–]Sachiano 20 points21 points ago

Thanks, I cried.

[–]phouck 31 points32 points ago

After about season 3 of House I would randomly say "It's never lupus" in conversation... until a friend chimed in with "my mom has lupus". Thought of defending my situation and decided to just apologize instead.

[–]imeanareyouforreal 1133 points1134 points ago

I moved my newspaper.. and discovered my tin of biscuits, unopened! It was the other man's tin of biscuits the whole time!

[–]Seabasser 626 points627 points ago

The best part of that story is, some guy has been wandering around England for the past 15 years, with the same story. Only he doesn't have the punchline.

[–]Drunken_Economist 302 points303 points ago

[–]cawkstrangla 86 points87 points ago

I was going to the movies with my (now ex) girlfriend in college. I think it was one of the Harry Potter movies. The kid at the ticket booth was a very tall, slim, acne afflicted, ginger nerd. Now I'm a nerd myself, so I harbor no ill will towards him for his appearance, but this was my impression of him.

My girlfriend was looking through her purse as I asked the kid for two tickets, to which he replied "Uh, that'll be 18 dollars" in a very nasally nerd voice. Unfortunately for him, I have this awful habit of imitating any weird or funny noise as soon as I hear it, but usually only in my head.

For some reason the filter just wasn't there and I immediately imitated him right in front of his face saying "That'll be 18 dollars" in an exaggerated nerdy, nasal tone. There was a good 5-10 seconds of silence as we both stared into each other's eyes. I will never forget the look on his face. I crushed him and we both knew it.

I grabbed the tickets from his hand, thanked him, grabbed my girlfriend's arm and got the fuck out of there. I was completely ashamed of myself. My girlfriend never noticed.

[–]annoyedatwork 48 points49 points ago

my (now ex) girlfriend

Oh, she noticed.

[–]megamoose4 676 points677 points ago

driving my car thru a parking lot after work, and a group of young skateboarders are headed at me. 3 got to the left, 2 go to the right one of them falls and his board shoots under my car. I ran that shit over and snapped it in half, I looked back, he threw up his arms, then I just kept driving.

[–]Cheekiestfellow 434 points435 points ago

As a skateboarder, that is hilarious. Not your fault.

[–]jackass150 45 points46 points ago

As a car driver, I concur.

[–]pcpimpster 545 points546 points ago

A friendly honk and a wave would have topped that off nicely.

[–]El_Comandante 106 points107 points ago

As a longtime skateboarder, I learned a rule long ago that I've always obeyed: cars have the right of way because they hurt a whole fucking lot. As long as everyone obeys the laws of traffic, skateboarders and drivers can live harmonious lives.

If you fall and shoot your board into traffic, it's your fault and it sucks out loud but you suck it up and go get a new board. Hopefully the hardware and wheels were salvageable, and hopefully no cars were damaged!

[–]Zepheus 266 points267 points ago

You owe him nothing unless you were driving like a dick. Most parking lots disallow skateboarding (in the USA at least). Plus, if he can't control it, that's his own problem.

[–]margasul 394 points395 points ago

I found this highly amusing to be honest.

[–]bassticle 259 points260 points ago*

Went to a guy's house to jam with a band, hadn't met him before, and his daughter kept coming to ask me if I wanted to "play with the babies" in this really annoying, unique way. After about the 20th time I began to grow tired of it and I told her I didn't want to play in a tone kind of mocking how she had been asking me. He then said with a complete stone-cold killer serious face, "She has (some mental disability that I can't remember). I think you should probably make her happy and play with the babies."

So I played with the babies and avoided eye contact with him for a while.

[–]ThePhenix 558 points559 points ago

He really should have told you about that.

[–][deleted] 80 points81 points ago

Nah, he should have been upfront about that. How are you supposed to know. There is a line where you get rd up with stuff.

[–]spartancavie 87 points88 points ago

Oh, I got this one. Probably too late to get views.

I coach a college team and one of my player's (call him Steve) invited me to a reception at his house last Sunday because his mother passed away. This kid is 18, a freshman, and has to deal with the death of his mother in the first year of college. I feel terrible and want to help in any way so of course I'm going to this reception for support. His mother fought lung cancer for the last few months and died last week.

We're at his house and there's about 50 people all standing around talking and I'm standing in a circle of 4 other players on the same team. Steve comes over we can tell he's had a rough day of 'thanking people for coming'. He's surprisingly optimistic, and I can tell he's trying not to get too down. We're trying to stay positive, telling jokes and interesting stories, talking about how big his house is, and how he has this awesome fireplace.

Then one of the player's coughs this terrible cough. He's been sick for a few days and coughs up all this gross phlegm. Sick kid says, "I hate that I have this stupid cough that won't go away." To which I respond, "That sounds more like cancer."

I FUCKING MADE A CANCER JOKE IN FRONT OF AN 18yr KID WHOSE MOM JUST DIED OF LUNG CANCER. I felt terrible.

[–]IrememberThat 59 points60 points ago*

I was playing foosball at a bar, been winning and drinking all night. I'm playing forward. A new team comes in, the game starts and I get the ball to attack, stopping the ball ready for a skill shot. I look up, to see the other guy holding only the goalkeeper bar. This conversation followed:

"C'mon, grab both bars, you're making this too easy!"

"I'm good man, carry on".

"Seriousy, have you seen me play before? I've been scoring all night! Grab both bars or I'll score anyways!"

"I would if I could. Just play."

" What do you mean - Oh"

He had no right arm.

edit: I accidentally a word.

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[–]drivebyjustin 1324 points1325 points ago

Eh...if a guy named Waldo get's himself lost he's asking for it.

[–]Wargazm 305 points306 points ago

seriously...and you just know he was was wearing that sexy red and white striped shirt, skin-tight blue pants, and a flattering red and white cap. I mean, he was practically begging to get lost, it's his own fault really.

[–]dude187 115 points116 points ago

Well maybe if we did treat it like a game we would have found the guy by now...

[–]eddie236 213 points214 points ago

Well anyone else would have posted it to reddit for karma.

[–]tkfu 100 points101 points ago

I was riding my bike towards downtown, in a bike lane, when this big fat dude just steps right out in front of me, making me swerve at the last minute. I hate it when people do this; if you look both ways before you cross the street you should friggin' look both ways before you cross the bike path. So, since he almost caused a crash, I turn back, and shout:

"WATCH WHERE YOU'RE FUCK-- [suddenly realize that said big fat dude is in fact a little old lady all bundled up in a huge coat, right in front of an assisted living home, crossing the bike path to get to the handicapped van with the open door waiting for her] --ing...go......ing."

There's no coming back from that, so I just kept on riding and felt like the shitty douchebag I was.

[–]zisforzebra 1765 points1766 points ago

I was late for school one day, and it was really snowy and cold out and I was in a hurry. It was an important lecture that i really didn't want to be late for. On my way to school I passed a girl in a wheelchair stuck in a pile of slush and couldn't get out. She was just sitting there struggling in the cold. But I ignored her pleas because I didn't want to be late for class. I regret that decision.

[–]TiredMold 1430 points1431 points ago

TO COUNTERACT THIS:

One of the nicest things I've ever seen was the exact opposite of your situation. A girl was BOLTING to class, and came upon a little old lady staring anxiously at a patch of ice on the sidewalk. Without missing a beat, she asked if the lady needed help, took her arm and walked her painfully slowly across the ice.

She then walked ahead at a normal pace so that the woman wouldn't feel bad, and as soon as she rounded the corner, EXPLODED into a sprint. She was a fucking amazing human being, and I am happy knowing I am sharing a planet with her.

[–]zisforzebra 673 points674 points ago

She did a really nice action, thus there was an uneven balance of good vs douche in the world. I had to do what I did to restore the world to equilibrium.

[–]ndothughes 651 points652 points ago

How selfless of you

[–]MyManD[S] 572 points573 points ago

I, uh, well fuck, that's pretty messed up.

[–]Farfig_Noogin 107 points108 points ago

I want a wide-eyed innocent redditor to create an askreddit thread asking to be PMed or otherwise linked the worst the internet has to offer, and then do an AMA a few months later about the effects.

I think you knew this thread would bring out some unpleasant humanity, but having an inbox full of it? shudder

[–]Badman2 301 points302 points ago

I was 9 or 10 and playing in my backyard, when I heard some woman yelling "Please Help Me, PLEASE!!!!!!" coming from a neighbor's house. She went on and on yelling. I was scared it was a trap so I didn't do anything at all. I'm not sure why I didn't get a responsible adult, and it haunts me to this day. The voice was coming from an elderly neighbor's house, but sounded like a young woman. I never told anybody this ever.

[–]ukyo41 20 points21 points ago

I always heard how you're supposed to yell "Fire!" instead of "Help!" or "Rape!" or "Alien Invaders!" I finally really understand why that is after hearing a similar cry for help. My wife and I were walking to the car at our apartment complex and we heard sobbing and yelling for help about ten cars down, but can't see anyone.

I can't remember exactly what I thought, but I was VERY close to getting in the car and leaving, pretending like we hadn't heard it. Another guy (who turned out to be an off-duty police officer, and apparently way braver than me) came out of his apartment and headed straight for the yells. If it weren't for him, it's hard to say for sure what I would have done.

It turned out a lady had a sharp lid to a tin can tear through her plastic trash bag, get wedged between her flip flop and her foot, stepped down, slicing her foot open. Blood everywhere.

I got another douchebag moment later, actually. I ran into the apartment and grabbed a couple hand towels to wrap the wound. The paramedics get there and make a nasty comment about "we need to wrap this with something CLEAN". I then realize I grabbed a used hand towel off the bathroom rack, and it's covered in cat fur. Douche move self.

[–]doctormack 211 points212 points ago

You'd be surprised how many people criticizing you for this wouldn't have done a thing.

[–]PuffyTaco 175 points176 points ago

My grandmother was out for a walk one day and she stepped on the edge of the road, rolling her ankle and sending her right down to the ground. She had broken her wrist and sprained her ankle and had horrific bruises on her face and arms from her medications thinning her blood. SHE WAS ON THE GROUND FOR OVER 30 MINUTES WHILE PEOPLE JUST DROVE BY HER LAYING THERE

[–]ODBrunizz 164 points165 points ago

upvote for honesty you douche

[–]Big_Gravy 1506 points1507 points ago

Holy shit man, that's just wrong far beyond douche status.

[–]laissezbear 201 points202 points ago

Where I'm from everybody knows not to help those in wheel chairs and slush. There have been multiple occasions where people would go to help, and they get mugged.

[–]IntriguinglyRandom 173 points174 points ago

...and this is why we can't have nice things?

[–]nedtugent 21 points22 points ago

This is a genius idea.

Even if you fight back, bystanders will think you are beating the shit out of a handicapped person, and then kick your ass.

[–]ThnderCougarFalcnBrd 76 points77 points ago

Without reading any further in this thread, you win bro, you win.

[–]IxiusRoulee 136 points137 points ago

This is not the kind of thread you want to win

[–]CUNTRY 77 points78 points ago

This had better have been a lecture where you are executed if you're late - jesus dude

[–]corduroy 50 points51 points ago*

I've typed it here before... but I think it deserves me reposting it.

I was at a restaurant with my mom and brother. I was sitting just opposite of them in a booth, right between two other families, and had just placed our order. I started hearing something ... electronic... coming from behind me. Do you remember those 80s toys, speak and spells? It sounded like that. It just kept going on and on with that electric voice. Here I am, trying to eat with my family and some damn kid behind me just won't let up.

I started to loudly exclaim how annoying it was to listen to that while eating. How maybe... kids shouldn't be playing at the table, especially in a packed restaurant.

It worked! Family behind me got up and moved to a different table. As they were passing our table I see an older gentleman with some type of neck wrap hold something up to his neck. In an electronic raspy voice he said to his family about going to that table up there. It was his electrolarynx... probably fresh from the hospital.

I felt like the BIGGEST douchebag ever. I couldn't eat my food because I felt so bad.

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[–]Jmersh 24 points25 points ago

19 yrs old working at Best Buy. Christmas week. Hanging out at the front LP (security) desk next to one of the security guys. My eye catches a lady waddling towards the door/us. Easily 400+ lbs. And dragging an oxygen tank. I say, "If I ever get so fat I need oxygen, I hope somebody shoots me in my sleep." I go silent as she gets within earshot. Coworker next to me says, "Hi mom."

[–]HillDrag0n 458 points459 points ago

[–]Jill4ChrisRed 163 points164 points ago

thanks to her being deaf, at least she didn't know you were douching on her.

[–]Clue57 214 points215 points ago

douching on her

ಠ_ಠ

[–]HillDrag0n 63 points64 points ago

Yeah, I'd rather be and feel like a duche than have someone feel hurt because of it.

[–]muerte-morty 46 points47 points ago

I was 20, at a party. I saw this girl that I remembered have a good time chatting with at a previous party about 9 mos. earlier. I was trying to be smooth and all, and I mentioned I remembered her car, an early 70's Corvette Stingray. She said she didn't have it anymore. I asked what happened. She just said she had an accident.

Without realizing how reluctant she had become at answering these questions, I pressed her for details. Turns out she had struck an 8-y.o. boy and killed him. It was in no way her fault, but she was understandably shaken very deeply by the whole experience.

Wow, I felt bad. I was trying to be cheerful and engaging with this pretty girl at a party, and in about five minutes...I had managed to set a new standard of regret to challenge myself with at all the social events I attend for the rest of my life.

[–]R3volu7ion 83 points84 points ago

I got this one... So during the summer I was trying to rent a storage unit somewhere in south east Tennessee. At the time I needed a climate controlled unit to keep my stuff safe from the summer heat. I drive to one storage place... no vacancies, another... same story. Finally, I find one with like 2 open units. I meet with the owner who happens to be filling for the manager who's not there. As I'm signing the paperwork I'm making small talk about how I can't find any good storage unit places. The owner tells me that after those 300 or so tornadoes hit TN everyone was putting their shit in storage. I make a quick jab about how societies bad fortune is his good fortune when he tells me that the manager who was supposed to be working was killed in the tornadoes.

[–][deleted] 1539 points1540 points ago*

This is the thread that ends my lurkerdom and makes me create an account.

I was 20 years old, at my friends having a party with about 10 other kids. He lived at his parents in the burbs in LA so it was a quiet neighborhood. We were all really fairly hammered and I was sitting on the sidewalk smoking a joint at about 11pm when two really hot girls walked by. The neighborhood was dead quiet so seeing anyone walking was a shock, let alone two superbabes. We didn't have any booze with us on the sidewalk and had just put the joint out.

So I kicked some sidewalk game as they walked by and got them to stop and talk to me and my buddy. Turned out they were going to a party of their friends up the hill and invited us.

Us, "Okay can we bring some friends?"

Them, "Yeah sure, we're a little late so we're going to walk on but it's the 4th left and then the red house."

Us, "Cool, let me get my friends and we'll be right behind you."

So we go inside and sound the hot babes party alarm. It's all hands on deck as everyone stuffs their pockets with beers, handles, flasks, an open case of beer. We were probably rolling with about $300 worth of booze on us. So we went outside and towards the party. The girls were just going in the house as we turned the corner. Looked like a lot of fun; loud music, people on the lawn smoking cigs. Noticed there were some older folks there, but they seemed chill so whatever let's party.

I'm blatantly the most hammered one in our group and talking all kinds of shit about taking one of the girls down. So we roll up and everyone seems friendly but a bit off put by us. A couple friends get weird and hang on the lawn feeling shit out for a sec. I thought okay fuck those pussies, I'm going in. I get a few more weird looks, it's just me and 3 buddies now. Really weird mix of people there. There's like white, black folks...asians...old...young...ok, whatever, let's get our UN party on. My friends keep getting weird looks as they pulled their flasks out so they hang in the living room, which is emptyish. I charge on, determined to explore the party and find these girls...there's music, lights, everyone dancing...but they seem. Sober.

I start offering everyone beers from my pocket...ask if they want some whiskey from my flask...no one even responds. They just look at me. Some angry...some shocked...some looked scared, some looked at the flask like a cartoon lion looks at a steak, but none accepted. It was so fucking bizarre. I thought okay fuck you guys I'm going to find the keg and those hot girls. My drunk ass is high fiving people, dancing my way through crowds, cracking jokes as I fight to the back of the house, where I find the keg. START EDIT I don't remember if I got it from a keg or what, just that I ended up with a solo cup full of drank END EDIT Sweet. I roll up and grab a solo cup, fill the thing to the brim. Nice, now let's find those girls.

At this point the music is noticeably quieter and everyone has sort of stopped talking and dancing and is just watching my drunk ass roll through their party, smashing my beers and offering people booze from my flask. Their response was the definition of disbelief. I still haven't drank from the solo cup.

I find the girls and crack a joke about them being hard to find. They smile awkwardly. I think oh...ok, this will take some work I guess. I take a sip of the solo cup. It's apple juice. INSTANTLY, I UNDERSTAND WHAT IS HAPPENING. I AM AT AN ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS PARTY.

I excuse myself and am trying to find my way out of the house, my friends nowhere to be seen. I notice now that an old angry lumberjack looking redneck and a 20-something black kid, who is about 6'5, start following me through the house. They, under any normal circumstances, should not have been friends. But they were thick as thieves and glaring holes into my head. I finally found the door and my friends are all gone except one standing in the street who motions for me to get the fuck on, so i go and like 8 guys circle me on the lawn before i can even start to explain myself. I'm thinking the stomping of my life is coming from a bunch of AA members when one of the girls runs out and explains that we didn't know where they were taking us, etc. Most the dudes disband, a few hang and clearly want to kick my ribs in. A few stay and CLEARLY want the booze in my pockets, they invite me to stay and hang out and i politely decline and make a hasty exit back to my friends house.

tl;dr - Unknowingly crashed an AA party with 10 drunk kids, pockets full of beers, open cases and flasks, offering them to everyone at the party.

Epilogue - The girl turned out to be friends with my buddys little brother and we linked up for a late night hot tub. Thumbs up k9.

[–]sarcelle 285 points286 points ago

Oh, dear god. It's good you were already drunk, or that would have been literally too awkward to survive.

[–][deleted] 198 points199 points ago

that's the rub. if i wasn't so stinking drunk, i'd have noticed the awkwardness from a mile away (like my friends who held back on the lawn hahahah...)

[–]StephenBuckley 63 points64 points ago

You came out of lurkdom directly into "meatwall_fartopolis?" You sir, are going to give yourself internet whiplash.

[–]bgale 432 points433 points ago

I imagined this scene played out by that fat kid from superbad and his mates...

[–][deleted] 232 points233 points ago

At least you picked a respectable name, mr meatwall_fartopolis

[–]stolid_agnostic 649 points650 points ago

in this case, the girls were idiots for not telling you what was up. not your fault at all.

[–]leetdood 471 points472 points ago

Or anybody who was offered alcohol there? Nobody could say like "oh, we're recovering alcoholics, you might not have known that."

[–]zab329 28 points29 points ago

Yes. Why didn't this happen? Did people immediately stop and think, they must just be assholes who know what they're doing?

[–]AnsheShem 87 points88 points ago

Yeah, who the heck invites people to a party and doesn't mention it's for AA?

[–]honestysrevival 827 points828 points ago

I seriously lost my shit at "let's get our UN party on". That line is just fantastic. Upvote for you.

[–]mxt920 117 points118 points ago

I suspect that if I were in your place and had that realization, I would have just started crying out of embarrassment and shame. That is a hell of a story.

[–]GCNerd 19 points20 points ago

I've got a couple, but after reading this thread, I don't know if they're worthy to be on here...

  • I went to Orlando with a few friends after undergrad for summer vacation. We're all Canadian, so we exchanged our cash for some USD before boarding the plane. I had primarily 20s and 50s for some reason, but I figured that I'd end up breaking them pretty easily after going to restaurants, checking out Universal Studios, and buying tourist crap. On the first day we were there, we decided to walk to a restaurant down the street from our hotel. At that point, I hadn't had a chance to break any of my large bills. Right at the entrance of the restaurant was a homeless guy who approached me and asked, "Can you spare any change?" Without thinking, I said, "Sorry, I only have large bills," and he replied, "Must be nice". It was so awkward and I felt like such an asshole for it.

  • My boss was diagnosed with cancer back in July. He went through chemo and worked from home, so it seemed like things were going to be okay. Back in October, he emailed me to let me know that he was in the hospital under palliative care and would like visitors. I went there as soon as I heard, but not before stopping picking up a few things. I picked up some flowers, some ginger snap cookies from Ikea (it's his favourite store, but we don't have any in the city we're working in now), a box of chocolates, and a magnet that says, "When the going gets tough, the tough eat chocolate". When I got to his room, I saw he was hooked up to a bunch of machines and had tubes coming out of him from every direction. I handed him my gift bag of goodies and he said, "Thanks, but my stomach doesn't work, so I can't eat anything anymore." He had pancreatic cancer that had spread throughout his GI system, so he had a catheter. I should've asked the nurse beforehand.

tl;dr - I told a homeless man I had too much money, so I wouldn't give him any; my boss was dying and couldn't eat solids and I brought him food.

Edited for formatting

[–]eightbitrob 1904 points1905 points ago

Woke up to go to class. Checked my email real quick and it just said due to the recent news all classes today have been canceled. Rather than actually take the 2 seconds to find out what the news was first thing I did was call my friend and said "dude classes are all cancelled lets get fucked up on a Tuesday for no reason.

Date: Sept 11 2001

[–]wrubs 1866 points1867 points ago

My girlfriend woke me up and told me that someone flew a plane into the WTC. In my sleepy haze, I pictured a two seater plane and a clueless pilot flying into the building. I laughed and said "what a dumbass."

[–]sabat 1387 points1388 points ago

Actually a lot of people had that reaction, because it was so difficult to imagine that it might have been a large plane.

[–]superherowithnopower 1076 points1077 points ago

And because that had actually happened before.

[–]Azzmo 466 points467 points ago*

I remember that too. It was some teenage kid who flew it into the building, if I recall, and it was in the 90s during a major media campaign of "Antidepressants are ruining the children." The story became hijacked since the kid had had a Xanax pill (or something like it).

I remember young teenage me wondering why adults would act so immaturely about a kid who clearly had mental problems doing something stupid. It wasn't more complicated than that and yet the incident caused a moderate witch hunt for what substance made the kid do this. This was before I learned that most adults are mentally naive children.

*edit 5 hours later: You guys are good. It was a kid in Tampa in 2002 whose Accutane medication was blamed.

[–][deleted] 691 points692 points ago

The story became hijacked

:(

[–]honeytrap 87 points88 points ago

It was Accutane, a drug used to treat severe acne. Xanax is a benzodiazepine, an anxiolytic. He probably would have wanted a nice nap after a Xanax, not a psychotic plane adventure.

[–]SpacemanGrey 142 points143 points ago

"IF I CAN'T HAVE CLEAR SKIN, NO ONE WILL!"

[–]stiff_sock 188 points189 points ago

I thought and said the same thing, and sort of laughed when I heard. I didn't connect it with my cell phone not working until almost and hour later when a bunch of kids and the teacher didn't show up to class. When we heard the full story we went up to the roof of the building and saw the smoke from 25 miles away. Reality hit. I felt like an ass.

[–]hobbit6 244 points245 points ago

They cancelled classes half-way through that Tuesday. That's what we all did.

[–]10inchdisc 830 points831 points ago

If you don't, the Terrorists win

[–]isntitprettytothnkso 358 points359 points ago

My professor waltzed in and announced in her clipped British accent, "As this is a course in Shakespeare, I think we'd be remiss if the show did not go on." And started her lecture.

Granted, this was still pretty early in the morning. Had anyone known what exactly was happening, she MIGHT have canceled the class that day.

[–]bdog2g2 111 points112 points ago

My Abstract Alebra professor not only made a flippant response of "Well it's no concern of this class" and continued lecturing but he went on to cover the topic (which was something about modulus being represented by shapes) and choose to use a pentagon and chuckled as he drew it.

[–]lapsed_pacifist 92 points93 points ago

That whole math major/Asperger's stereotype plays out well here.

[–]hobbit6 309 points310 points ago

That's basically what the principal said when she was taking flack after she decided not to cancel any more classes. It was something like this. "This is an attack on our way of life and the freedoms that we enjoy. These freedoms are bought with education, and to deny you that is to cave into what these monsters want." You can argue about whether or not any of that's true, but in spirit, it's one of the more positive ideas to come out of the event.

[–]BrowsOfSteel 566 points567 points ago*

flack

It’s spelled “flak”, from the German fliegerabwehrkanone, literally “air defence cannon”

[–]duchain 935 points936 points ago

Grammar nazi has never had a truer meaning.:P

[–]pbnutbutter 191 points192 points ago

Wow. TIL. Also, German words are long.

[–]kreiger 337 points338 points ago

It's just that there are no spaces between components of compound words. Airdefencecannon also looks long.

[–]eightbitrob 571 points572 points ago

What probably makes it even worse is that I went to school about 30 miles from NYC.

[–]razometer 54 points55 points ago

My classes weren't cancelled. I had a sociology class at 9:00AM sharp and we immediately started discussing the implications, repercussions and ramifications of such acts...

[–]DivineLeo 123 points124 points ago

During my senior year in high school, one of my female friends got pregnant. In her later months, after a theatre performance, everyone was gathered around in awe of her preggerous appearance. When I approached, the baby kicked. Everyone was making the typical "Oh, he's gonna be a soccer/football player" comment so I decided to pipe in with a "Suddenly the baby is not white, father is gonna be pissed" kind of joke.

"Oh, maybe the baby will be a basketball player." Suddenly everyone's looking at me attentively as to WHY I think the baby is going to be a basketball player.

Suddenly Poker Face. At that very moment, I remembered that two of the potential fathers were black, and I was looking like a REAL cunt. I quickly came up with that lame response, "Because he'll dribble"

Hah. Dribble. Basketball. Drooling. Funny.

I looked like a real asshat, and everyone thought that I was insinuating how she slept around, and to be later confronted by her peers on how much of a lame, witless D-bag I was.

[–][deleted] 143 points144 points ago

Two of the potential fathers? There were more? Wow.

[–]mcanerin 74 points75 points ago

My favorite part is where her friends were confronting him because HE made her look like she slept around, and there she is preggo and doesn't even know who the father is...

[–]exo10 59 points60 points ago

Guitar at a party. I was that guy.