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What is the most painful thing someone has told you? (lemmy.world)
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[–] 46 points 3 months ago (8 children)

I used to compete in an annual competition in high school, one year I got 4th, the next third. You needed first to progress to national level.

A friend of my teacher said “when do you just shoot the horse” right in front of me.

Thankfully I never saw that guy again, but Jesus, what an asshole. That was the last year I did that competition.

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  • [–] 22 points 3 months ago (6 children)

    I'm so lost. I feel like I'm missing something obvious here. Are you the horse? What does this mean?

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  • [–] 37 points 3 months ago (4 children)

    Yeah, he was saying how many times do I have to lose before they stop sending me to the competition.

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  • [–] 9 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    What the fuck? Were there so few participants that 3rd was a bad result? High school has four years, right? 4th, 3rd, 2nd, 1st place, seems to me you were on track.

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  • [–] 13 points 3 months ago

    What an absolutely awful attitude to have around children. Forget celebrating all you achieved, or the fact that you're clearly improving, it wasn't good enough after two attempts so just give up forever.

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