Hey Pandas! How Have You Completely Shut Down A Karen, Idiot, Or Bully? (Closed)

When I was in 7th grade, two older girls from a different neighborhood took a dislike to me for some reason. They would make fun of me on the school bus and say disparaging things if they saw me in the hallway. One of them even followed me into the school one day kicking me and pushing and swearing. I knew there was no point in saying anything to my parents or a teacher because they would just say, "What did you do to make them mad?" and I honestly had no idea. So I had to solve it myself and I decided to be nice to them. When we'd pass in the hall between classes, and one of them would see me and say "Eww!" or "What's that smell?" I'd give them a friendly smile and say, "Hi! How's it going?" They got tired of the game when they saw that it wasn't bothering me any more, so they stopped.

I got one expelled.

alright so there was this dude in my class, we'll call him cheese, anyways cheese and I dated for a week (this was in the 6th grade lol ) and in that week I learned he like to hump the back of my chair and try to do weird stuff like that, and we broke up. fast forward a few years later in the 8th grade all the boys started this game (slap ass Friday, whoever slapped the most butts won) anyway I was in line for lunch and cheese took his friends hand and slapped my butt with it and his friend turned red and started apologizing like there was no tomorrow ( I accepted his apology cuz it wasn't his fault) I ended up smacking cheese (lol i know stupid but he really deserved it) and the teachers found out and all the boys got in trouble. so I guess that's kinda shutting down a bully.

Not me, but the people at four seasons total landscaping. "Sure, you can hold a press conference next to a 'toy store'"

Ok so dont know if this really counts but last year in 7th grade i was outside at lunch and i tried to play a game with some boys, because i had played it before and i wanted to try it again. Well turns out they were playing a version with some weird rules i didnt know. Anyways some boy called me a loser, fast forward to a few minutes later when he walks inside from lunch to see me running down the halls screaming "IM A LOSER" the whole way and laughing like crazy. And after that he probably realized i was some sort of crazy lady and any insult he threw at me was just gonna end like this, and he shut up real quick. I did stuff like this a lot in 6th and 7th grade... heh

Not me, but my best friend was being picked on by a kid at a hotel pool when we were in 6th grade, and she told him not to mess with her because she was fourteen. (she was eleven). He said she was too small and she told him, "EXCUSE ME! I have a form of dwarfism where I look smaller than I appear!"
He apologized profusely as she rode away on our other friend's shoulders to goad strangers into a game of chicken and leg touch,

I, like some people, have a sibling. As such, I can come up with a perfect response to almost anything in about 5 seconds. And as such, I had the best response of perhaps all time.
I changed schools.

Back in the early '90's I lived in the Midwest and was a musician in the local club/counterculture community. At that time, the guys were just as conservative and homophobic as any conservative, so I expected some harassment when I came out as Bi.

I was surprised by how supportive most people were (and some of my friends were, ah, more than supportive). But there were exceptions.

Enter Stacy. He was aggressively obnoxious, an evil piggy of the first degree.

So I'm hosting an afterparty at my house and he's there despite my never inviting him and he brought friends, which is definitely not welcome.

He walks up and says, in mock surprise, that he didn't know I was a [slur].

A mutual friend darts in, trying to settle the waters, and I advise him that it was okay, saying, "I have a knack for the delicate discussion needed when you're dealing with homophobes."

Waited a beat, then followed with, "I kick them in the face."

Stacy chortled. So I kicked him in the face.

... I won two WKA in-state regionals and went to the finals in my early twenties.

Dunno if this counts but...
I suck at tetherball and got hit in the face by one when the guy(I'll call him P) hit it towards me. P made a joke about how now my face is going to be even uglier than before, and something about how females are weak and bullsh**

I kicked him twice...got reprimanded severely but it was worth it haha

Funny thing is, P supposedly has taken karate for 5 years, but I had only been taking kungfu for about a year(at that time, now I'm 4 years in, pog)

ok so in 4th grade there was like an after school daycare program. this was my first year at that school but it was pretty late in the year. so after we finished attendance and played outside for 30 minutes, we went inside for snacks and indoor activities. this one annoying kid (let's call him A) brought a rock inside. this was against the rules because the rocks were school property, they were all muddy, and we were about to eat snacks. i didn't really mind at first but then when i was sitting down and eating my snack, A sat next to us. i was completely fine with him sitting with us but then he pulled the dirty rock out. his hands were dirty and (ok this next part looks like i have OCD but i don't ok) i really didn't like the fact that he was gonna eat his snack next and touch the table. so i told him that rocks weren't allowed inside. he said (i don't exactly remember what he said) he can do what he wants. then we kind of got into a small argument. i threated to tell the teacher and he said fine. so i went and actually told the teacher and she made A put it back outside. so then when A came back from putting it outside he said i wAs SuCh a TaTtLeTaLe. regularly i would have said no i'm not but then for a split second i thought that comeback is kinda old and useless so then i said "Thank you". he didn't respond and just walked away. then a girl came up to me and said "NIce Jonno" and high-fived me.

This happened three times with two different people.

In the 7th grade, this one guy was bullying me, and he was taller, so fighting was no good. The stupid 'what are those' thing was around, so he did it to me. I looked at my sneakers, looked him straight in the face and said 'Adidas.' He walked away with a shocked face.
With the same guy said 'catch.' and was about to throw a Gatorade bottle at me. Some of my friends were there (the friends that were there were all girls) They said that it wasn't funny, but he said he didn't care. He threw the Gatorade bottle at me, attempting to throw it over my head. His friends were with him, and they thought that I wouldn't be able to because I was smaller. Lo and behold, I simply lifted my arm and caught it. Everyone that saw it was shocked, and he never bothered me again.

Another time, in the 2nd grade, this one guy bullied me everyday. He always found a way to blame the incident on me. One day, I went to the water fountain (which was at the end of two hallways that were filled with classrooms), and he was there. Naturally, we got into a fight, and he threw me into a wall headfirst. (Now, a little side note, my childhood nickname was Bowling Ball because of my extra hard head.) It echoed down both hallways, and every door opened. Needless to say, he was screwed. He got suspended while I got an ice pack. I said that I was fine, but they insisted on me having one. After that, he never bothered me again.

My little brother has some little friends that were being rude to him. I talked to the kid one day, and as I was talking to him he kept on trying to walk away and argued with me that he didn´t do anything. I told him that he knows what he did, and not to try to get away with this because I rather not bring your guardian in this. He is now scared of me and won´t come near me. :)

Distract! I’ve gotten cornered by so many people on rants and I find something going on either in the moment or say hey have you heard about X? Then quickly say bye. They’re generally confused.