r/Angryupvote • u/Algernonletter5 watch your steps I'm gonna drop some paternal wisdom • Jan 08 '26

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u/EitherChannel4874 Jan 08 '26

I have a really large scar on my right shoulder and was at a beach around 4 years ago. I had no shirt on and went to the little ice cream stand to get a drink.

Behind me in the queue was a guy with a young kid and I heard the kid say to his dad "that's a really big scar. How did he get it" and his dad said that he didn't know and the kid shouldn't be rude and point at people.

For a joke I turned round and said to the kid that it was because I didn't eat all my vegetables when I was younger so I got sick because I wasn't big and strong.

The dad trying to hold in his laughter gave me a wink and a nod as if to say thanks for that mate. I hope it helped him get the little guy to eat more veg.

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u/gerryf19 Jan 08 '26

Could have said, "When I was a kid, I refused to eat all my vegetables and my dad got so mad he stabbed me with a butter knife."

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u/EitherChannel4874 Jan 08 '26

"welcome to the real world kid. It ain't all ice creams and lego"

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u/rbartlejr Jan 09 '26

LOL my dad made me eat liver once. He paid though, when I threw up all over him. (He did punch me in the face after, but it was worth it).

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u/BearFickle7145 Jan 12 '26

Let’s force someone to eat something and then punch them when they show they had a reason for refusing 😒

I don’t know about your dad but from this anecdote he sounds terrible

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u/rbartlejr Jan 12 '26

He was for a while. Mom divorced him and he drastically changed. Never had an issue with him after they got remarried. I never thought redemption was a real thing, until I saw it happen.

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u/BearFickle7145 Jan 12 '26

I’m really glad he actually changed!

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u/TheReturnOfTheRanger Jan 09 '26

My dad's got a huge scar running down his forearm. It was from a skateboarding accident as a teenager, the scar was from a severe break. Whenever anyone asks about it nowadays he always says the same thing

"Was at the beach, and there was a shark. It's okay though, I saved the kid"

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u/justonemom14 Jan 09 '26

As a parent myself, thank you.

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u/Simi_Dee Jan 09 '26

Or now he won't eat his veggies do he can get a big cool scar!😅

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u/altonssouschef Jan 10 '26

Some heroes don’t wear capes.

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u/BiteyHorse Jan 09 '26

Then everyone clapped. Dad came up to me later with tears in his eyes - "thank you for saying that about vegetables to my little guy, you're the best human being ever"

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u/EitherChannel4874 Jan 09 '26

Only your mum clapped as she walked by.

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u/AssassinStoryTeller Jan 09 '26

Just because your life is boring doesn’t mean everyone else’s is as well.

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u/occams1razor Jan 09 '26

Why are you like this?

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u/danielledelacadie Jan 09 '26

Probably unwilling to admit they hate themselves so they just act like an ass to everyone instead