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Revenge -- yes or no?

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    #32
    pragmatic1
    Registered Users Posts: 5,573 ✭✭✭pragmatic1


    Nah. Unless its immediately after something nasty has been done to me. But I'd probably never talk to the person again.


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    #33
    foxyboxer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,528 ✭✭✭foxyboxer


    Not a fan of revenge of the physical variety.

    Best revenge is to hit people where it really hurts....the pocket.

    Sure isn't that what solicitors are for :pac:


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    #34
    RussellTuring
    Registered Users Posts: 867 ✭✭✭RussellTuring


    Aoifey! wrote: »
    Personally, I don't really bother with revenge, but some of my friends see things differently.


    My friend was getting good friends with some guy. His girlfriend didn't like this and made them stop talking. So my friend decided to get revenge. Over about 2 months she worked on seceretly getting friends with the guy, got him to her house She convinced him to play strip blackjack. She took photos of them together in just his boxers. She put these on the internet for the girlfriend to see. Conviently, the guy had a bruise on his side which the girlfriend decided was a hickey. They broke up the next week.

    Poor chap. He certainly didn't deserve to be dumped for your friend's amusement. Doesn't sound like a nice girl. It also sounds like he didn't even get da roide.

    OP, I think most of the time it's best to just let something go but occasionally when someone does something that not only affects you but goes against basic human decency or showing compassion for other people, then it's appropriate to issue a measured response. That is, one that goes well beyond whatever it is they have done and will remind them of their transgressions every time they look in the mirror.


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    #35
    AnonoBoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,559 ✭✭✭✭AnonoBoy


    I could crush him like an ant, but it would be too easy. No, revenge is a dish best served cold. I'll bide my time until... oh, what the hell, I'll just crush him like an ant.


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    #36
    Glenster
    Registered Users Posts: 2,626 ✭✭✭Glenster


    There's nothing like revenge for getting back at people.


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    #37
    Glenster
    Registered Users Posts: 2,626 ✭✭✭Glenster


    Aoifey! wrote: »
    Conviently, the guy had a bruise on his side which the girlfriend decided was a hickey. They broke up the next week.

    Does your friend live in an eighties sitcom?


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    #38
    neil_hosey
    Registered Users Posts: 1,712 ✭✭✭neil_hosey


    Glenster wrote: »
    Does your friend live in an eighties sitcom?

    hey whats wrong with the word hickey!

    What do you call them, a "L-L-Love Bite".. get off my internet frenchy!


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    #39
    Vicxas
    Registered Users Posts: 15,261 ✭✭✭✭Vicxas


    Honestly i dont think revenge is ever a good idea, i mean when you dwell so much on something it cant be a good idea really.

    Best to forget but you sure as hell dont have to forgive.


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    #40
    blaze1
    Registered Users Posts: 1,559 ✭✭✭blaze1


    Revenge is good.

    I got a battering when i was about 15. The fella was about 18-19 at the time and kicked off with me.. I was high as a kite so put up little fight.

    I brought the mrs back to the uk a few years back and ended up at a house party and the same dude was there... Every time I left the room he was takin the pi55 out of the mrs's irish accent... I figured this out and promptly gave him an absolute hiding...

    So yes revenge is good :D


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    #41
    HoneyRyder
    Closed Accounts Posts: 240 ✭✭HoneyRyder


    Spunge wrote: »
    Beta as fúck

    I really have no idea what you mean by this :confused:


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    #42
    bronte
    Registered Users Posts: 11,331 ✭✭✭✭bronte


    HoneyRyder wrote: »
    I really have no idea what you mean by this :confused:

    Think they meant this:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_(ethology)


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    #43
    HoneyRyder
    Closed Accounts Posts: 240 ✭✭HoneyRyder


    bronte wrote: »
    Think they meant this:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_(ethology)

    So not believing in revenge is Beta as opposed to Alpha behaviour?!
    Either that or Spunge has a fondess for text speak. Maybe I just need more coffee..


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    #44
    bronte
    Registered Users Posts: 11,331 ✭✭✭✭bronte


    Ah, the best revenge is living well!


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    #45
    deathrider
    Registered Users Posts: 3,699 ✭✭✭deathrider


    In kind is never enough, but chopping them into small pieces might suffice. That's what I usually think... I never seem to get around to doing it though :(


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    #46
    Latchy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,191 ✭✭✭✭Latchy


    It depends ,some people have zero tolerance and it doesn't take much to set them on the revenge trail so a bit of Zen philosophy ( let it go ) can make up for any shortcomings .But if the stakes are high then revenge can sometimes seem the only option .

    Being happy is the best revenge of all .


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    #47
    Aoifey!
    Registered Users Posts: 4,571 ✭✭✭Aoifey!


    Glenster wrote: »
    Does your friend live in an eighties sitcom?
    Why, what do you call them? :confused:


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    #48
    yeahimhere
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,292 ✭✭✭yeahimhere


    Aoifey! wrote: »
    Personally, I don't really bother with revenge, but some of my friends see things differently.


    My friend was getting good friends with some guy. His girlfriend didn't like this and made them stop talking. So my friend decided to get revenge. Over about 2 months she worked on seceretly getting friends with the guy, got him to her house She convinced him to play strip blackjack. She took photos of them together in just his boxers. She put these on the internet for the girlfriend to see. Conviently, the guy had a bruise on his side which the girlfriend decided was a hickey. They broke up the next week.

    WOW now that's just pure nasty!!

    I nearly was about to vote yes in the poll until I thought perhaps I have a very different viewpoint of revenge than others!

    When I was younger, as in teenage years, I'd take "revenge" on guyss I liked who ended up being arses/guy I was kissing was with someone else or something else as trivial. But NEVER would I do anything like that even in my young and silly years.

    When I think back now, my revenge seems completely silly rather than evil, for example a guy I was seeing for a couple of weeks (oh the days when a relationship meant you met a bloke more than twice!) and he decided he wanted to be with someone else....he was quite obessive over the cleaness of his runners, so I put dirt on them....nothing that couldn't be washed off, just pain mud

    :o I'll never make an evil accomplice


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    #49
    Sonics2k
    Registered Users Posts: 8,239 ✭✭✭Sonics2k


    I always get revenge.

    I'm just a very patient person, and I'm perfectly capable of making sure no-one knows it was me.


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    #50
    hondasam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,419 ✭✭✭✭hondasam


    Revenge is a dish best served cold


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    #51
    Dudess
    Closed Accounts Posts: 37,215 ✭✭✭✭Dudess


    Really depends on the situation in question - whether it warrants revenge or just moving on, the latter which could be revenge in and of itself.


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    #52
    Metallitroll
    Closed Accounts Posts: 558 ✭✭✭Metallitroll


    just don't torment yourself in the process, you may end up with the emotional equivalent of an ingrown toenail


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    #53
    sunflower27
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,822 ✭✭✭sunflower27


    BengaLover wrote: »
    Pop a poo in the post and send it to em.
    Satisfaction garuanteed.

    Hey guys, it's sharon osbourne :)


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    #54
    Jesus Wept
    Registered Users Posts: 25,243 ✭✭✭✭Jesus Wept


    HoneyRyder wrote: »
    Nope, for me rising above it and retaining my dignity is the best revenge.

    This.































    And a fork in the eye.


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    #55
    Dudess
    Closed Accounts Posts: 37,215 ✭✭✭✭Dudess


    It's good to rise above it, but sometimes people say/do stuff they shouldn't be allowed get away with - there comes a point when ignoring becomes being a push-over.


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    #56
    sunflower27
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,822 ✭✭✭sunflower27


    sorry , meant to start new thread there. ignore...


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    #57
    Metallitroll
    Closed Accounts Posts: 558 ✭✭✭Metallitroll


    The-Rigger wrote: »
    And a fork in the eye.

    just a question, sunshine n lollipops mod.. is the ! button broke on your computer? !


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    #58
    Jesus Wept
    Registered Users Posts: 25,243 ✭✭✭✭Jesus Wept


    Metallitroll wrote: »
    just a question, sunshine n lollipops mod.. is the ! button broke on your computer? !

    No!


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    #59
    HoneyRyder
    Closed Accounts Posts: 240 ✭✭HoneyRyder


    Dudess wrote: »
    there comes a point when ignoring becomes being a push-over.

    It doesn't have to be an extreme case of either full-on ignoring or all-out revenge though. There is a middle ground where you can make it clearly known that you don't accept somebody's behaviour without resorting to extremes like ignoring them or pursuing revenge.

    It's just called being in control of your emotions and able to communicate
    i.e. a rational adult.


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    #60
    Latchy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,191 ✭✭✭✭Latchy


    Metallitroll wrote: »
    just don't torment yourself in the process, you may end up with the emotional equivalent of an ingrown toenail
    Once you've made your mind up .....Do it .


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    #61
    Jake Rugby Walrus666
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 528 ✭✭✭Jake Rugby Walrus666


    This old saying that you might of heard..
    "The man who goes looking for revenge, he should dig two graves"

    I think this means that after killing your enemy you need to kill one of his friends or family or something. Not sure how you're supposed to pick which one.


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