Living well is the best revenge

Pinksandblues · 29-03-2019 08:54PM #1

Would you agree with the statement -

Living well is the best revenge

What makes people turn the other way and wallow in their self pity and carry out acts of revenge? Is it an ego thing? For control? Surely living well would be more enjoyable than having bags of built up anger to throw about.

The Rape of Lucretia · 29-03-2019 09:13PM

You don't see it turning up in a lot of opera plots - "Ludwig, maddened by the poisoning of his entire family, wreaks vengeance on Gunther in the third act by living well."

Spleerbun · 29-03-2019 09:16PM

Pinksandblues, maddened by the rape of Lucretia, seeks vengeance with Caribbean cruise.

JohnnyFlash · 29-03-2019 09:25PM

Revenge is great. My partner in my first business was stealing funds and doing deals on the side. Cost me about 45k in punts. My only way of settling this was revenge. I managed to ruin his next business, denegrate his name in the business community we operated in, and celebrated his untimely death at 37.

Turning the other cheek is hippy bullcrap.

Wanderer2010 · 29-03-2019 09:30PM

I used to believe in Karma, in that if someone hurts others, makes their families lives a misery and is generally a nasty and downright horrible human being, that surely there is some cosmic imbalance being stored up for that person and they will get cancer, go bust, die horribly in a car crash or have their family hurt in some way.
But its a myth. I have seen the worst kinds of people inflict hell on others and their hearts keep beating, they still drive to work to bully and terrify their workers, they abuse kids etc etc etc all without absolutely any intervention. So this notion that people get what they deserve is a total lie BUT you have the choice to not let it eat you up and make you bitter, to hold your head up and keep going. That certainly is a choice you have control over.

jucko · 29-03-2019 09:38PM

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

Revenge is great. My partner in my first business was stealing funds and doing deals on the side. Cost me about 45k in punts. My only way of settling this was revenge. I managed to ruin his next business, denegrate his name in the business community we operated in, and celebrated his untimely death at 37.

Turning the other cheek is hippy bullcrap.

same happened here, sortof, same results, happy days

REVENGE,

awaiting the hour of reprisal, the hours slip away......(slayer, reign in blood, pure shakes:Dphere)

biko · 29-03-2019 09:44PM

Living well is not as great as to crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women

AllForIt · 29-03-2019 09:48PM

I'd agree with it if you rearrange the words.

Well, revenge is the best Living.

Amy_Amy · 29-03-2019 09:54PM

I hopped into bed with an older man. He ****ed me about promising me a gift. Something that never happened. He was only getting my hopes up for something more. I just cannot get over this and how he used me.

retro:electro · 29-03-2019 10:02PM

I don’t see the point in it personally. Exacting revenge and planning how you’ll get yours is still giving the person space in your thoughts. Much better to just leave them to it, learn from it and move on. You’re just prolonging the misery of the original situation by plotting vengeance.

Amy_Amy · 29-03-2019 10:09PM

I know loads of people that's bitter and they won't do anything that would improve their lives.

Marengo · 29-03-2019 10:13PM

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

Revenge is great. My partner in my first business was stealing funds and doing deals on the side. Cost me about 45k in punts. My only way of settling this was revenge. I managed to ruin his next business, denegrate his name in the business community we operated in, and celebrated his untimely death at 37.

Turning the other cheek is hippy bullcrap.

'celebrated his untimely death at 37'

It read fine until that. Had he innocent kids? Suppose at least your honest.

jucko · 29-03-2019 10:14PM

no ,victory was mine, total victory.

29-03-2019 10:14PM

What about nighter living well or revenge, instead just get on with it, or at a pinch saying they are dead to you now because people love to explain don't let them. The best 'revenge' is it to be nothing.

Force Carrier · 29-03-2019 10:21PM

Very probably it is the best revenge.
Either that or an ice pick through their eye socket.

Marengo · 29-03-2019 10:30PM

Force Carrier wrote: »

Very probably it is the best revenge.
Either that or an ice pick through their eye socket.

Sounds like the job Stalin had done on Trotsky, Mexico 1940!

mzungu · 29-03-2019 10:34PM

Amy_Amy · 29-03-2019 10:35PM

I had a friend who hit my dog as revenge.

arybvtcw0eolkf · 29-03-2019 11:07PM

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

Revenge is great. My partner in my first business was stealing funds and doing deals on the side. Cost me about 45k in punts. My only way of settling this was revenge. I managed to ruin his next business, denegrate his name in the business community we operated in, and celebrated his untimely death at 37.

Turning the other cheek is hippy bullcrap.

I'm cool with that too.

I used to be terribly hot headed and couldn't settle until I got my revenge violent or otherwise. But the old I've gotten the more I'm willing to not forgive and forget but to learn a lesson and move on, and to be perfectly honest I'm less stressed and much happier now.

Autecher · 29-03-2019 11:13PM

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

Revenge is great. My partner in my first business was stealing funds and doing deals on the side. Cost me about 45k in punts. My only way of settling this was revenge. I managed to ruin his next business, denegrate his name in the business community we operated in, and celebrated his untimely death at 37.

Turning the other cheek is hippy bullcrap.

Note to self: Never steal money from JohnnyFlash

DivingDuck · 29-03-2019 11:15PM

Revenge can be immediate, where living well takes time. It's speedy and cathartic, and helps people feel they've gotten closure so they can then move on and live well.

Still totally inadvisable, but you can understand why people feel the urge for it. Living well is the smarter choice if you can make it, though.

screamer · 29-03-2019 11:17PM

Revenge is an empty vessel, leaving those hell bent on exacting it bitter and cretinous. Life is for living, not living for revenge.

anewme · 29-03-2019 11:22PM

mariaalice wrote: »

What about nighter living well or revenge, instead just get on with it, or at a pinch saying they are dead to you now because people love to explain don't let them. The best 'revenge' is it to be nothing.

Very true. The opposite to love is not hate, it’s indifference.

I had a partner cheat and I went through all the stages from wanting them back to dreaming of revenge and hate scenarios. Hate and revenge thoughts destroy you and rob you of peace.

Eventually I came to the indifferent stage and then I knew I was done and was going to be ok.

paddylonglegs · 29-03-2019 11:24PM

I used to work with people who were constantly vengeful, about everything , with everyone . But never did anything about it.

I had to leave that job, it just got intolerable

The Rape of Lucretia · 29-03-2019 11:25PM

Ah yes. Niles.

Amy_Amy · 29-03-2019 11:37PM

paddylonglegs wrote: »

I used to work with people who were constantly vengeful, about everything , with everyone . But never did anything about it.

I had to leave that job, it just got intolerable

You'd think they would make some changes for themselves.

kowloon · 29-03-2019 11:49PM

biko wrote: »

Living well is not as great as to crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women

That is best in life.

Rothko · 30-03-2019 01:21AM

Autecher wrote: »

Note to self: Never steal money from JohnnyFlash

It's ok. He's just playing a character.

30-03-2019 01:32AM

The best revenge is ****ing someone over without them knowing you did it. And being extra friendly to them every day.

Your Face · 30-03-2019 02:09AM

Depends what they did.

CollyFlower · 30-03-2019 02:32AM

paddylonglegs wrote: »

I used to work with people who were constantly vengeful, about everything , with everyone . But never did anything about it.

I had to leave that job, it just got intolerable

I'm working with people like that now, I'm just waiting for an opportunity to get back at them... 'A dish served cold'..

Living well is the best revenge

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