Padraig!

that actually hurts to read

relevant to the discussion I'm sure:
 

 

 

16, yo
im flattered you think i'm 19

oh man, i totally remember angus rolling me around, that was hilarious
also remember when you were fighting the last boss puppet gannon and me and angus really pissed you off cause we were like running around and shit

good times man
 
 
ppsshhh, im practically more scottish than you
BORN IN SCOTLAND RAISED IN SCOTLAND untilage4butthatsirrelevant
 
strawberrys
i puppying LOVE strawberrys
english people are all civilized, scottish people are all heroin junkies
dumb things are dumb i guess ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Throughout the past year or so, I've garnered a certain reputation. The reputation as "The Best 17-year-old in the Business" or something to that effect. I've always doubted your sincerity in all of this. I also always figured I didn't deserve it.

Those who have heard my voice can attest to the fact that it's much too deep for what would be considered "normal" for my age. I also have such a similar sense of humor to those of you who are much older than I. Strange, right? I Would've thought so if I were one of you and I ran into myself on the internet.

BUT CENSORED-DRAIG! I hear you ask, WHERE ARE YOU GOING WITH THIS

Well, you'll see. Give me a minute.

Say someone were to find a random website to target, act like a dumbass kid for ~two years, suddenly get cool, and stage themselves being of the ages 14-17 during that entire time. What if they were so bad that they were good? What if they got cool so the people on the website would doubt his alleged age? What if, even after he came out as actually being 13, you still couldn't be sure, because of all of this and all the confusion?

If you haven't guessed it yet, this is what has happened thus far, and I hope to see continue happening.

But of course it won't, now you know my plan.

The point is, I've led you all on for so long. And now, it's time for the big reveal.



I am Patrick McMullen, 13 years old. And I welcome you to the main event.

Throughout the past year or so, I've garnered a certain reputation. The reputation as "The Best 17-year-old in the Business" or something to that effect. I've always doubted your sincerity in all of this. I also always figured I didn't deserve it.

Those who have heard my voice can attest to the fact that it's much too deep for what would be considered "normal" for my age. I also have such a similar sense of humor to those of you who are much older than I. Strange, right? I Would've thought so if I were one of you and I ran into myself on the internet.

BUT CENSORED-DRAIG! I hear you ask, WHERE ARE YOU GOING WITH THIS

Well, you'll see. Give me a minute.

Say someone were to find a random website to target, act like a dumbass kid for ~two years, suddenly get cool, and stage themselves being of the ages 14-17 during that entire time. What if they were so bad that they were good? What if they got cool so the people on the website would doubt his alleged age? What if, even after he came out as actually being 13, you still couldn't be sure, because of all of this and all the confusion?

If you haven't guessed it yet, this is what has happened thus far, and I hope to see continue happening.

But of course it won't, now you know my plan.

The point is, I've led you all on for so long. And now, it's time for the big reveal.



I am Patrick McMullen, 13 years old. And I welcome you to the main event.

straight edge just means i dont smoke or drink.

i dont see how thats gay

i have no problem with people who smoke or drink, a lot of my friends do, but its not for me

30 seconds in is hilarious

listening to intense as shit music and getting a rushing adrenaline fueled urge to break shit.

that's what makes me happy

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Further and further but never away,
once near my heart forever you'll stay.

I think that while there are varying degrees of bullying -- it all does damage.  Even the small bullying like calling someone pork chop can utterly shape and change a person's life.  We know brains are very plastic and a little kid can completely change their way of thinking and acting to avoid being full-on bullied, beaten, and stabbed with knives to being teased with silly names.  They all shape the victim's mind and change their behavior and thinking.  Remember that children do not have the mental skills to know how to cope and most children do not have positive open communication with loving adults in their lives to help them through problems.  I'm sure most people can remember something that hurt them as a kid but they were too embarrassed to tell someone or seek help with coping, even if only a hug.
 
"If your self-esteem is so low that you allow others to shape your personality and shape your emotions...that's rough." - Chase
I agree that is indeed a huge part of the problem but as these are children that we are talking abou they aren't self-aware, don't understand what self-esteem means or the importance of it, and their self-esteem is literally in the process of forming and this is what gets included in their worldview when building said self-esteem.   If that initial building of it is damaged and then the words / bullying / whatever continue for years then it can reinforce the negative self-view and really screw with people.  Even people that cope or 'get over' it have hidden scars beneath.  Those are often our insecurities, our weaknesses inside that we keep hidden from view.  All humans have them.  Anyone that thinks they don't has just been able to lie to themselves, but it's there somewhere.  Perhaps we could better help kids form a positive self esteem earlier to help ward off these problems because like Chase said if they have a good self esteem they can cope with these situations much better.
 
Even if someone gets over being called something like "pork chop" and it doesn't influence their life anymore, I think it's short-sighted to think that he should not dislike the term anymore.  He may not freak out or even show a response hearing the term now but it certainly may bring back memories of that time which are very negative.  None of us really like to dwell on being hurt, at least not long-term, especially when it's something you know was said by dump kids that didn't know any better.  Many people "deal" with issues like this by cutting off the memories associated with words or terms -- they try to forget or numb the experience.  That's a way of coping but it's not necessarily any more healthy than remembering the pain but realizing and truly understanding that the kids didn't know the damage they were doing -- but as a kid you didn't know that so the memories and pain felt then were still very real.  ..and if he didn't remember the pain those words brought then he likely wouldn't be able to bring us this video in such a powerful way.
 
And importantly, all of us here wouldn't find so much in this video if we too didn't remember past pain and what it meant to us at the time but that doesn't mean that we haven't healed or "coped".  But that does not mean the scars don't remain, just like a wound on the skin.  It has healed, but it leaves its mark.
 
I am very much an atheist but I do quite enjoy Jesus' saying "father forgive them for they know not what they do" as I believe it sums up pretty much all hurtful human interactions.  Humans are short-sighted and many have shit empathy skills so they don't understand WHY something they say hurts someone, even if it's only a joke.  We all have weak spots, insecurities, etc and when teasing hits them, it reinforces them in the mind, even subconsciously.  "Neurons that fire together wire together".  Our brain learns from our environment and if as a kid you get teased a lot, your brain shapes its world view to include that.
 
Even self esteem itself is complicated -- too much self esteem results in a person feeling like they are so badass awesome that they become arrogant dicks.  Humans, our mental well being, and the complexity of psychology, our subconscious, and the effect of experiences on the way our brain functions and is literally physically laid out (our brain LITERALLY physically changes with ever experiences -- new connections are made, connections are severed, or altered), are crazy complicated and there is still much we don't know.  But we do know that these things hurt and we know can many times have negative effects on people. We live in a society and culture where these things happen and breaking the cycle is not something we know how to do yet.
 
We have a long way to go as a species.  We are still young.
 
Just my thoughts....

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Treemotan: i have no idea who you are, so i cant do a prediction accurately, all i know is that your future is alright-ish i spose. nothing to worry about really

THANK YOU BASED NINTENDO

 
 

 
puppy yeah kashiwa daisuke. 
 
Also saha, im feelin "What It's All About"

DR SHRUBBERY, bad luck is coming your way. avoid a man bearing soy sauce

pheonix561, does the word hexagon hold any meaning to you? if not then i can be of no help

teto, now is better than ever to invest in paint, it'll go up in value any day now
seriously that shit is liquid gold in the future

DR SHRUBBERY, bad luck is coming your way. avoid a man bearing soy sauce

pheonix561, does the word hexagon hold any meaning to you? if not then i can be of no help

teto, now is better than ever to invest in paint, it'll go up in value any day now
seriously that shit is liquid gold in the future

DR SHRUBBERY, bad luck is coming your way. avoid a man bearing soy sauce

pheonix561, does the word hexagon hold any meaning to you? if not then i can be of no help

teto, now is better than ever to invest in paint, it'll go up in value any day now
seriously that shit is liquid gold in the future