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CaptainTrips222
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12 Sep 2011, 7:48 pm

I gave somebody the cold shoulder until they flipped out and yelled at me. I felt just fine. In fact, now I don't hate them anymore.

I got a coworker fired for being rude and pushy. I feel just dandy.

Some guy one time was trying to belittle me and I made a remark that embarrassed the hell out of him. Everyone looked over to see his reaction, because they knew it had to hurt. It felt wonderful.

I can't let it go. It feels terrible inside me. Revenge feels great, and the world seems like a brighter, happier place afterwards. What's wrong with revenge?



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12 Sep 2011, 7:58 pm

It's a pretty terrible Kiss album.



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12 Sep 2011, 8:08 pm

"An eye for an eye leaves everybody blind" as the saying goes.


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12 Sep 2011, 8:08 pm

it's just a bit ugly



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12 Sep 2011, 8:09 pm

Revenge is a dish best served cold.



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12 Sep 2011, 9:50 pm

shrox wrote:
Revenge is a dish best served cold.


I've heard it's sweet as well. is revenge ice cream?

Anyway, I like Ice cream, and revenge as well. I don't see anything wrong with it.



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12 Sep 2011, 10:07 pm

krankes_hirn wrote:
shrox wrote:
Revenge is a dish best served cold.


I've heard it's sweet as well. is revenge ice cream?

Anyway, I like Ice cream, and revenge as well. I don't see anything wrong with it.


Part of it's message is that if you wait awhile, you'll probably forget about it. The other message is that if you do it, it's best to let the other person forget about it. Then they will be surprised. But the only revenge I would advocate is some silly prank, like filling their car with styrofoam peanuts or something.



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12 Sep 2011, 10:47 pm

shrox wrote:
Revenge is a dish best served cold.

I was going to say that :?


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13 Sep 2011, 12:21 am

A good prank to even the score would be the best revenge available. I can't imagine doing anything more drastic than that.


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13 Sep 2011, 1:06 pm

I agree that revenge often feels very satisfying.. :wink:

However one problem with it is that you lose the moral high ground. You no longer have the right to complain about how the other person treated you if you behaved just as badly, since most people don't regard "He started it" as a valid defense...



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13 Sep 2011, 1:49 pm

diggin the second f-ing hole



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13 Sep 2011, 1:58 pm

Well, do you really want to know what's wrong with vengeance or is it that you want justification for vengeance?



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13 Sep 2011, 2:17 pm

shrox wrote:
krankes_hirn wrote:
shrox wrote:
Revenge is a dish best served cold.


I've heard it's sweet as well. is revenge ice cream?

Anyway, I like Ice cream, and revenge as well. I don't see anything wrong with it.


Part of it's message is that if you wait awhile, you'll probably forget about it. The other message is that if you do it, it's best to let the other person forget about it. Then they will be surprised. But the only revenge I would advocate is some silly prank, like filling their car with styrofoam peanuts or something.


I like this. a lot.



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13 Sep 2011, 3:16 pm

shrox wrote:
Revenge is a dish best served cold.



[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRnSnfiUI54[/youtube]



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13 Sep 2011, 3:19 pm

Personally, I prefer Picard's statement of:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztB_q1YgcsY[/youtube]



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13 Sep 2011, 3:33 pm

Titangeek wrote:
shrox wrote:
Revenge is a dish best served cold.

I was going to say that :?


I still have no idea what that actually means.


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