Revenge is a powerful feeling. It’s the juice of countless soap operas, reality shows, and TV dramas filled with the most satisfying plotline twists and turns. It's hardly surprising why we devour them, considering how motivated we get to seek small victories over people who get under our skin, right? When someone wrongs us or mistreats us — we seek justice. And sometimes, we do it in the pettiest way possible.
"What’s your best 'If I go down I’m taking you with me' moment?" asked Redditor StickyHoneyDude and invited fellow members of the 'Ask Reddit' community to share their entertaining stories. Needless to say, people immediately jumped in on the topic. Dozens revealed their elaborate plans of how they got their just deserts and made people pay for their crimes by dragging them down together — with different results.
We at Bored Panda hand-picked some of the best responses from the thread to share with you all. So sit back, grab a cup of coffee, and enjoy laughing through this wild and extremely petty ride. Keep reading to also find an in-depth interview about our tendency to seek revenge with psychologist Joshua Klapow, Ph.D. Then be sure to upvote the replies you enjoyed most, and let us know about your own vengeance stories in the comment section below!
Psst! If you’re interested in even more similar tales, then check out our earlier piece right over here.
#21
When I was in school I got a question wrong on a test but had cheated off someone who got it right. When we were reviewing the test I asked about said question and argued I was correct but I wasn’t. Without thinking I blurted out “then why did Matt get it right?!” And I got in trouble for cheating and he got his grade change to reflect he got the question wrong
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85points
"It’s critical that you always ask yourself what an act of revenge will accomplish beyond making you feel better in the short run. Will it have negative effects on your life later on? Will it cause others to see you in an unfavorable light? Will it tarnish the very reputation you may be trying to hold? Thinking is ok. Acting upon the thoughts is often not okay," Klapow concluded.
#22
This guy (who was already expelled from my college) got reported to the police for dealing heroin by his ex's boyfriend. He then reported the ex's boyfriend to the college for dealing weed and got him kicked out.
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83points
#23
My brother was about to be grounded for several months because he snuck out, got drunk and did damage to property which our mom later found out about. When he came home he knew if he opened the front door it would wake mom so he climbed the porch to the roof of the porch and made me let him in through my window. He told me to keep my mouth shut and gave me twenty bucks. I didn't know he'd been drinking and doing drugs, I just thought he went out for a walk and got locked out at 3am (I was 13 and very naive and innocent). A few weeks before the night out I bought an Xbox with money I'd been saving for several months. My brother has a habit of being greedy so I never let him play on it and that pissed him off.
As our mom is passing down his punishment my brother says that I should be grounded as well since I knew he'd snuck out and didn't say anything. Our mom grounded me, as well, and took away my Xbox and electronics for a week. My brother was grounded for several weeks but he wanted one small thing I guess.
When I got my Xbox back I got the Red Ring of Death a couple days later and my mom wouldn't help me ship it to the Microsoft facility for my warranty repair. It would be years before I had any other system besides my PS2.
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69points
#24
Barged into a meeting my boss was holding with some Very Important People, and very loudly quit my job, knowing that she has a hatred of being embarrassed.
62points
#25
When my boyfriend walks the dog at night (we do morning together and I do lunch and noon) and he comes home with frozen hands.
No matter where I hide, no matter how much I beg for mercy, he always pull up my shirt and put his cold hands on me. Causing me to jump.
If he is freezing so will I.
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52points
#26
Someone was being transphobic to my now-boyfriend, and made him start crying. Dude kept going, so I beat him up (I had anger issues in middle school.) The school knew I had issues, and I told them "Yea I f****d this kid up, but he was being a d**k to my friend." Kid got in trouble cause I NEVER admitted when I was wrong, I only got off with a 2 day suspension (which is really good since I punched this kids lights in)
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48points
#27
Playing a game of Yugioh.
I know the guy has a face-down Magic Cylinder (negates my attack and deals me damage equal to my monster's power), which will kill me if I attack. I stall until I draw the last card in my deck that can destroy it, but he's set a bunch of other cards face-down as decoys. I use my card, pick the wrong target. I know now I cannot win.
I activate Overload Fusion to fuse every monster in my Graveyard into Chimeratech Overdragon, then use Limiter Removal to double its ATK, pumping it up to 19,200. I then flip over Ring of Destruction to destroy it and deal damage to both of us equal to its ATK.
The only time I've been proud of a ragequit.
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42points