Internet user u/MidnightMoonSecret got the members of the r/AskReddit community to open up about the ridiculous reasons someone got mad at them. We’ve collected some of their best stories, ranging from the simply silly to the downright outrageous. Scroll down to have a read!
#1
I was cleaning all day. From vacuuming to dishes to cleaning windows. But i forgot one single plate on the counter. When my parents got home, I got an 1,5 hour lecture about how worthless i was and that i was ruining my future.
Yes i had very toxic parents and it destroyed my mental health.
#2
My aunt then turned around and defended me by saying to my mom "I heard both of you, he literally repeated what you said. What's wrong with you?" My mom responded by grounding me right there and stomping out of the room.
Idk man seemed ridiculous to 6-Year-Old me. But now it sounds even worse now that I know that adults aren't supposed to act like children given a tyants power.
Just kind of a weirdo thing I suppose ¯_(ツ)_/¯.
#3
I just said "Thank you!" in a bubbly tone and otherwise pretended he didn't exist. Doing that rubs salt in their wounds - because they want you to be scared, not friendly.
It’s common sense, but it bodes repeating: chronic anger is incredibly bad for your body. A paper in the Journal of Medicine and Life notes that anger is linked to a higher risk of atherosclerosis, coronary heart disease, bulimic behavior, and type 2 diabetes.
‘Everyday Health’ points out that anger makes the body release stress hormones, which, over time, can affect the health of the heart. In short, anger worsens the heart muscle’s ability to pump blood. As a result, you can develop high blood pressure and more serious complications, from stroke and heart attack to metabolic syndrome.
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The fact that a duck was murdered so she could have a tasty bite somehow completely flew over her head.
According to research, people who are prone to angering quickly are at greater risk of coronary heart disease and, as a result, death and complications. Meanwhile, individuals who constantly get angry and stressed also have a greater chance of developing various arrhythmias. This is the effect of adrenaline, which can result in electrical changes in the heart.
Furthermore, anger can even wreck your digestive system! Pankaj Jay Pasricha, MD, the chair of medicine at Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, Arizona, told ‘Everyday Health’ that all of the stress you feel can lead to a lot of unpleasantness in your gastrointestinal tract.
For instance, you might experience abdominal pain, have an upset stomach, or even get diarrhea. If left unchecked, chronic stress can even morph into inflammatory bowel disease, irritable bowel syndrome, and gastroesophageal reflux disease.
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To make it even more ridiculous, her own father had just made a good comment about my progress with my eating disorder. (Since, you know, I actually ate 5 full bites of the main dishes that day. Yeah, it was bad back then).
She shouldn't even have offered cake to me, to begin with. Let alone insist. Like it was very well known that I had big big trouble eating, and the more you pressured me, the more I had trouble.
Come to think of it, I should have been the one to get mad about it.
Though anger has its time and place and calls us to action, you have to pick your battles. If you’re angry all the time, you’re shortening your lifespan… and probably pushing away the people around you.
No matter how you spin things, you have to learn how to let some frustrations go, how to calm down quickly, and to accept the world around you as it is (however imperfect). Forgiveness, no matter how difficult, is the healthiest outcome for you.
One side of this is psychological (changing your mindset and how you react to your environment), while the other is physical (how you manage your lifestyle). Exercise, meditation, a healthy diet, spending time in nature, starting a gratitude journal, being around pleasant company, finding the time for your hobbies, etc. are all ways you can manage your stress a bit better.
#10
I work at a call center. She got mad because she was expecting a 30 min hold time and wasn't ready for me when I answered right away. Yeah she wanted a hold time. I offered to wait a moment while she got ready and she got more mad and hung up on me. -.-.
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What is the strangest reason someone has ever gotten mad at you, dear Pandas? On the flip side, what is the silliest reason you got angry with somebody?
What do you do to ground yourself and calm down whenever you find yourself all worked up over nothing?
How do you forgive someone who might not deserve forgiveness? Feel free to share a little bit of wisdom with all the other readers in the comments at the bottom of this post!
#13
I said I won't sign before I know what I'm getting myself into.
They got angry.
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I ended the friendship completely in 2021 after more (and much worse) moments like this. .
#17
I used to work at a store with self-serve machines. These ones were really sensitive, and you had to place the item on the scale/bagging area, and keep it there until you paid.
This lady scanned her item, and put it in her bag and was holding it. She then continued starring at the screen, confused. (Note, the screen AND automated voice kept saying "Place item in bagging area").
I just told her that she needs to put the item on the platform to unfreeze it, and she EXPLODED at me, and said, "HOW DARE YOU TALK TO ME THAT WAY!"
I was 17.
I had to leave for my break right away and go cry.
That job very quickly taught me that people are awful.
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It erupted into a full blown argument which eventually boiled down to "sometimes your mother is right because she's your mother" and I had enough and just walked out.
#20
Another "friend" over heard the conversation and confirmed to me later that it was another mutual aquaintance that had told her to use the paint. She wouldn't back me up or help because" it wasn't my place to say."
Both of them are out of my life.