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 someday I’ll tell the story of how I almost got in a fight with the largest, most ‘roided up, terrifying freak of muscular nature in my highschool, and scared him so badly, without realizing it and entirely by accident, that he never even looked at me funny again. 🤓 
 Someday? How about now! 😁
 
 I stopped getting bullied at school, mostly, after I got the nickname "psycho". 😂 
 that’s exactly what happened. but I didn’t know how far until years later when I heard the stories. 🤷 
 I burned everyone from that school, never saw them again. 
 What did you do 😂 
 he threatened me, I refused to show fear, then I went to smoke a cigarette with my friend. We went to the edge of the school parking lot, and hid behind a car. While we were smoking, I heard someone coming. I peeked around the car, and it was the gigantic jock dude. He was coming right toward us. So I jumped out and said, “you lookin for me?” In the most menacing tone I could muster. The look on his face shocked me. He turned white, and went back into the school. 
When I went in, I saw him at his locker. I walked up to him and said something completely retarded…” I think it’s great you came out there by yourself”, then walked away.

It wasn’t until much later that i deduced that I had hidden behind his car to smoke. He thought he threatened me, and I immediately went out to his car waiting to ambush him with a friend. And when I saw him at the locker, he thought I was telling him, “you are alone out there MFer. I can get you”

I had NO idea. I also didn’t know why people were suddenly leaving me alone, and girls were talking to me. It was decades before I figured it out 🤷 
 Very enders game of you 
 it was right?! 😆 
It’s probably better i didn’t understand what happened.
I stayed pretty kind hearted and didn’t turn into a douche