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    Sometimes when a person upsets me or ticks me off, I will do everything I can to annoy or hurt them out of spite.

    Once I wiped my sister's C drive in such a way she'd need to reformat (Even though I know she doesn't have an XP or Vista CD), then using her myspace to insult all of her friends on myspace when she took my car for a joyride and wasted all my gas and never put anything back in it even though I was broke and needed to get to work in the morning and I ended up late 'cause I ran out halfway there and getting fired because my boss was an ******* (This was my first time being late).

    Anyone else get the same way?

    Ps. I'm still holding a grudge against my sister, this was somewhat recent though.
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    I've never done anything quite that... extreme.

    Usually my revenge entails making their life miserable in many little tiny ways, turning other people against them, making them flip out at me or others in public for little reason... I try to save it for people who really deserve it (usually, they aren't people who have hurt ME, they're people who have hurt my close friends).

    Personally, however, I would regard the C drive wipe as unforgivable. Assuming, you know, she doesn't keep a backup.

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    The C drive thing was extreme, then again, it got you fired and was an incredably rude/incondsierate thing to do.
    At the moment, I can't think of any real examples of spite, but I generally flip out to the same degree when someone does stuff like that..
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    I do this, but I usually put those people through a real mindscrew that leaves them confused in desperate.
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    Mmm, I'm generally a pretty spiteful person. Off the top of my head, I can't think of anything drastic I do, but I have been known to stir trouble over something...

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    The computer thing was extreme, but burning all your gas and getting you fired is pretty low.

    I don't get spiteful but I'm a jerk in that I cross lines unintentionally. Like if some friends and I are joking around and making fun of each other, the joking always gets elevated but I'm the one to cross lines and piss people off.
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    Spite? I haz it not. Really.

    I'm not very spiteful. I don't remember when the last time I was. I'm far too afraid of reactions to do something out of spite. There were plenty of times I wanted revenge on my younger brother for something silly when we were young, but I wasn't willing to risk the consequences. If I'm ever "spiteful"... it's kind of... backwards. Like I'm going to put my best foot forward. Whether to them or where they can see. People piss me off plenty, but I prefer trying to take the "I'm not going to be an asshat too" approach.

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    Spite? I haz it not. Really.

    I'm not very spiteful. I don't remember when the last time I was. I'm far too afraid of reactions to do something out of spite. There were plenty of times I wanted revenge on my younger brother for something silly when we were young, but I wasn't willing to risk the consequences. If I'm ever "spiteful"... it's kind of... backwards. Like I'm going to put my best foot forward. Whether to them or where they can see. People piss me off plenty, but I prefer trying to take the "I'm not going to be an asshat too" approach.
    Likewise, though not for the same reasons.

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    When I get angry, I'm big on revenge. Luckily, it's usually nothing very harmful or serious. Although I think I'm getting better...I haven't really gotten that angry in a while, with one exception, but even that time I was able to keep my cool by going outside and avoiding the person I was angry at for the night.
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    Spite makes me a jerk
    Well... Yes. I mean, duh. That's what it does.
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    I try not to act when i'm angry, but i can't always.
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    I never make someone's life hell in the blatant turning friends against them way. I just make their life inescapably awkward. Which is weirdly worse, I like to think.
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    I try my best not to be spiteful because I can be really mean subconsciously when I am. I know my best friend had severe social anxiety when we were younger. I had talked to him often about the girl I was crushing on, and he had never told me he was too. So one day, he finally asked her out. While I was publicly very happy for him(and in fact, I thought myself I was merely happy), I was subconsciously engineering his downfall by telling everyone I could about it, and encouraging them to congratulate him on his achievement.

    Stuff like that happens without me even meaning it to. In a story not about spite, but in a similar vein, I was playing basketball with a different friend, and he drove by me on his way to the net. I reflexively threw out a foot, tripped him, and he broke his arm on the pavement. I didn't tell anyone for years that I was the one who had tripped him. He still doesn't know, in fact.

    I try not to get in situations where things like that will happen anymore.
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    Unless he read that reply! DUN DUN DUN!
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    lol spite. just remember revenge should be exponential. nice work setra.
    an eye for an eye is juvenile and pointless. an eye for a kidney is a worthwhile use of resources.

    so this guy used to harass me in me in high school. a little while after graduation, i ran into him and he apologized for it. then i did some stuff. i won.

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    I act tough, and pretend to be spiteful to keep others that I dislike away, but I'm not very good at it. I'm not spiteful at all.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Pocketa View Post
    I act tough, and pretend to be spiteful to keep others that I dislike away, but I'm not very good at it. I'm not spiteful at all.
    We still don't mind your presence though, which is a good thing.

    I, for the most part, don't care about anyone long enough to get revenge.
    There are people I'm jokingly mean to, but that's just because I care about them enough to honestly and constantly point out their flaws.
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    Quote Originally Posted by wadledo View Post
    We still don't mind your presence though, which is a good thing.

    I, for the most part, don't care about anyone long enough to get revenge.
    There are people I'm jokingly mean to, but that's just because I care about them enough to honestly and constantly point out their flaws.
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    Spite doesn't make me a jerk.
    Being a jerk makes me a jerk.

    I'm a spineless, treacherous, manipulative cur. Revenge is confusing with me, as it's hard to know if I've even done anything out of the norm.

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    I admit this is a little spiteful though;

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    For Lexington and Concord, and the shot heard 'round the world;
    All hail to @ssachusetts, we'll keep her flag unfurled.
    She stands upright for freedom's light that shines from sea to sea;
    All hail to @ssachusetts! Our country 'tis of thee!

    All hail to grand old Bay State, the home of the bean and the cod,
    Where pilgrims found a landing and gave their thanks to God.
    A land of opportunity in the good old U.S.A.
    Where men live long and prosper, and people come to stay.
    Don't sell her short but learn to court her industry and stride;
    All hail to grand old Bay State! The land of pilgrim's pride!

    All hail to @ssachusetts, renowned in the Hall of Fame!
    How proudly wave her banners emblazoned with her name!
    In unity and brotherhood, sons and daughters go hand in hand;
    All hail to @ssachusetts, there is no finer land!
    It's @-S-S-A-C-H-U-S-E-T-T-S.
    All hail to @ssachusetts! All hail! All hail! All hail!
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    I can be prone to spite, but it rarely lasts long enough to culminate into action. I just tend to give people a glare that sends chills up their spine and then grumble to myself for a while.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Setra View Post
    using her myspace to insult all of her friends on myspace when she took my car for a joyride and wasted all my gas and never put anything back in it even though I was broke and needed to get to work in the morning and I ended up late 'cause I ran out halfway there and getting fired because my boss was an ******* (This was my first time being late).
    at first I thought that would be kinda mean, like really bad. But than I read what she did and I'm surprised that's all you did
    I would've done that + empty her backpack (if she has one) and hide all her stuff including homework + found something she cared about and destroyed it, such as a favourite teddy or a favourite CD or a favourite book.
    I'm surprised you didn't go and egg your bosses house
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    Quote Originally Posted by tribble View Post
    Unless he read that reply! DUN DUN DUN!
    The chances of that happening are... miniscule... Firefox thinks miniscule is misspelled back there... Am I missing something?
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    I thought this was meant to be a nice forum for nice people. I mean every now and again somebody does a nice congratulation on that point.
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    I don't do anything mean to people when they make me angry. I just let my anger and hatred build up in layers, until I can list every negative thing someone has done to me dating back to kindergarten. I'm not very good at forgiveness, but then I never do anything that'll make me seem unforgiving.
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    Myself, I have the opposite problem. I almost never fault people for doing crap to me - I'm just too naturally forgiving. I grumble and groan and act all offended, but when it comes to it, I can't get truly angry at someone.

    Of course, that's if you do crap to me. If you hurt someone I like, however, you should probably be thankful if I just burn your possessions on a pyre. I have a bit of an overprotectiveness flaw
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    I'm an extremely spiteful person. When someone does something bad to me, I'll remember it for very long. I can rarely be bothered to act on it though, I feel it's usually not worth it to risk this person's revenge or I'm simply lazy.
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    I can't really stay angry at people for very long usually, so the anger has faded by the time I can think of suitable revenge. But for big things, exceptions can be made. I don't hold many grudges, but the ones I do hold really last.
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    Whenever somebody wrongs me, i usually spend hours thinking about it. Pretty much just brooding (I know it's not healthy) and grumbling to myself. Revenge usually isn't my thing, though.


    Then, of course, I get distracted by something else, and forget all about it.

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    I actually never seem too get mad at people anymore, and if i do get mad i never act out on it. I usually cant be mad at a person for over a day. It's weird, i'm not one of those nauseously cheerful people either. I guess i don't really see any point in getting mad at people over most stuff.

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