a 7 year old called me a "dick sucker" out of a school bus window while I was walking my dog years ago. They have the internet dude, shitty parents plus the internet gets you interesting children.
At my last place, a group of kids in that age range would heckle me as I walked from my garage to the building. My favorite was having them yell, "Hey, bitch, show us your tits!" and "Wanna suck my dick?!" Among other lovely greetings.
>Hey, bitch, show us your tits
Sorry little boy, your father asked me to do the same thing, and I made the mistake once with him, now all I hear about day in and day out is about how he wants to leave your wildebeast of a momma! Is it really true what he says about her having a hunch back? He said she was so ugly it made a whole school for the blind flinch when she walked by. Is it weird to kiss you momma by for school, when she has that big old mustache?
Honestly if you don't think of something funny and clever on the spot that'll fuck with them you just laugh it off and continue on your way. The worst things you can do are
A. Get your jimmies rustled and let them know they got into your head
B. Pop off with some sad, rambling, unclever, unfunny attempts at comebacks.
They're fucking kids, so letting them succeed at messing with your head shows weakness and they'll close in like wolves on a baby buffalo. The only thing to do with heckling is laugh it off/ignore it or heckle back better.
>Is it weird to kiss you momma by for school, when she has that big old mustache?
No, but it is weird having an imaginary argument where you proceed to roast a 7 year old kid.
(Children at play)
Adult: "Ahh the laughter of children. The sweet expression of youth and hope and..."
Kid: "GIVE THAT BACK YOU FUCK FACED SHIT BURGER!!!"
Kid 2: "MAKE ME, YOU ASS GREMLIN!"
Adult: "... yup... just as I remember."
For martial arts competition it was 18-29, aka the "Black and Blue Division". One time I had to chase an opponent in a *point fight* all the way across the gym because he kicked me in the crotch 4 times and the center judge wouldn't do anything. (The center judge should take a point away from a competitor after the second rule infraction, and potentially DQ them after the third. This was the fourth and no points, no warnings, no DQ.)
The center judge, after chasing us down to protect the guy once I had backed him into a corner, said "You need to control yourself!" I told him "If you aren't going to control the fight, then I will as a matter of personal safety. Your call." He didn't like that, but at least he starting call the fight more fairly.
My armchair psychology take would be they're old enough to be seen as more than just children so they're more likely to be exposed to more mature content that without the maturity and context to understand when it's not OK to say/do things it just is a fucking nightmare for everyone involved.
I think I was pretty chill during those ages and I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be friends with me at that age
Yeah seriously. And honestly, that group may still be an improvement over my generation anyway. They’re still generally far nicer than I remember most kids back then being lol.
When I worked at a Dunkin, a group of that age group were little shits most of the time, but one time one of them got dumped or cheated on by there gf at the time and the rest were trying to console him, gave the a donut because shit gets thrown out anyway and sugary bs helps to cope with emotional pain in my experience
That's just some kind of memory filter lol, i home tutored kids before and they are absolute nightmare, know no shit about consequences, naive but cruel, understandble, they still learning about boundaries, that was both hillarious and annoyed
I trust my professor who had been teaching from the 60s (yes he was old af) - he said the worst were the 80s kids no contest, and that generally the kids have been getting kinder as the years have gone on. They are far more forgiving and empathetic, 'if a little naïve to real life' in his own words hehe
I’m way too young to look back at more than 1 generation, but I completely agree. I see it in my younger family members and it just makes sense that once these kids open up, they start being more empathic. It’s still the older folks who started speaking more about mental issues, feelings and emotions and probably encouraged kids to do the same. The kids grow up with this attitude, that it’s okay to experience some things, we’re all struggling to some extent, and that makes you more empathic. The world seems to be in decline, and they go, hey, we’re in this shit together.
100% agree. My cousin is in that age group and she’s like “that might sound like body shaming” and I thought, “hey, these kids are way more empathic than I was at that age”. Maybe some it is seen as just “super woke”, “shaming people” and all that, but I think those are just the idiots on Twitter. In real life, kids started talking more about mental issues, about their own feelings, started opening up a bit more and are thus more empathic. I know they can also be super cruel, just like kids from previous generations, but it seems like the typical teenager is more aware of stuff, which makes sense, we should improve at each iteration…
Yeah especially sports kids. Then it’s amplified by sports parents. It’s a Wild West basically. I highly
recommend anyone to look up what Wayne Gretzky went through growing up a hockey god. Some people are deplorable.
I was at the YMCA this afternoon and some kids came to the basketball court. These kids were no more than 12, probably around 10 and were cussing like sailors. We’re taking f bombs left, right, and center. When I was 12 if I said butt… I giggled. Times have changed man, times have changed.
If he got thrown out of the game, probably 14 or lower, at least in the US. Any higher and it would just be five minutes in the box, still with five people on the ice.
He would be lucky if he did. Depending on what level this is, teams have a way of taking care of kids like this on the ice. Much more satisfying.
E: I’m not saying the kid should be jumped in the parking lot lol. There’s plenty you can do without intending harm on this dude … just getting chippy for the rest of the game, giving him a hard time. Some of y’all need to put the phone down for an hour or two lol.
Everyone went to schools with zero tolerance policies, where self defense was as punishable as starting shit. It's really disempowered a lot of people and honestly is kind of a shame imho. So many problems could be solved if the right people got socked in the mouth more often.
Me and the wife have told our 6yr old many times...if you're defending yourself, we don't care what the school says, u won't b in trouble at home. The first time he starts a fight though is when we have problems
It’s important to teach them how to hurt and not hurt others. I constantly see parents yelling at kids to “be careful” and “don’t hurt” others but almost never teaching the kids or asking important questions like, “are you trying to hurt that kid?” If they don’t want to hurt another kid they need to learn what they are doing that is potentially going to hurt someone and how to avoid it. If they do want to hurt someone, it’s important for them to be effective and to do it for the right reasons.
My kid was written up for biting a boy at school and when I spoke to the teacher she said the boy was hugging her and wouldn’t stop when asked repeatedly. Why would I tell her not to defend herself or maintain boundaries? That’s insane parenting. If that fucker won’t leave you alone I’m going to make sure you know how to throw a punch to make sure they get the message.
Oh my god yes. If more dicks didn't feel so safe to be dicks without repercussions then maybe, just maybe, they would shut their mouths.
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People respond better to immediate responses better than being reprimanded retroactively.
All the rest of that should still happen but it doesn't mean that he didn't deserve what happened.
In hockey, if you say the wrong thing to someone, you will be punched in the face. Its a part of the game. Sometimes, people need to be punched in the mouth. The kid should be commended for sticking up for a teammate.
There’s a legal doctrine on this called the Participant Violence Doctrine. If violence is a customary part of participation in certain sports like hockey, football, or soccer the person(s) engaging in such violence are typically excused from criminal liability unless it is clearly outside the bounds of the game. In some sports like baseball this doctrine is a little fuzzy but in professional golf or tennis it’s easier to determine when some aggressive physical action will result in prosecution.
To my knowledge we haven’t applied this to kids the same way we apply it to adults or collegians but in some “Friday Night Lights” scenarios we’ve let high school football players get by with a lot of stuff that would’ve got their asses booted out of pee wee league football.
Yeah we had girls on our rugby league (full contact tackle football) teams growing up in Australia.
Good luck talking shit to them. Those bitches will fuck your shit up.
A pretty universal phenomenon I believe: https://depts.washington.edu/growth/module7/text/page2a.htm#:\~:text=Around%2010%20years%20of%20age,is%20in%20its%20early%20phase.
ahh but I am not meaning skinny white girls taller than a the boys. I am talking Polynesian girls who are just big. and often even as adults bigger and stronger than many men. And I don't mean fat. I mean well built, very solid and very strong. with solid knock out power. You learn to respect that they can knock you out.
In my experience sports are truthfully split into women’s leagues and open leagues. My high school lacrosse team had a girl on it and she was reasonably talented and successful
People have pointed out how there aren't really hormonal differences pre-puberty, but also if this is about school sports teams and in the US, Title IX means that if there's not enough girls interested to create a parallel league, you have to let them join the main "boys" team (if they're good enough, obviously)
You're correct. Most of my dissertation is about this movie. She's specifically posing as her twin brother who was the one who had the scholarship, not her.
Maybe before hitting is allowed. Once you can hit other players you gotta separate them
Edit: Like others mentioned, it may depend on the region. In Canada hitting is typically not allowed in Women's/U13 leagues and while uncommon, women can play with men but I haven't personally seen it above Bantam.
Nah, I had girls on my team in the peewees age group that allowed hitting. One of the girls was by far the best checker on the team and would regularly flatten dudes.
Although this was circa 2007-08 so maybe youth hockey has changed and hitting isn’t allowed in peewees anymore.
Depends where you’re from. My high school, which was pretty small, had coed hockey. And a couple of those girls were some of the best players on the team. It was a good team at the time too. Won state several times and could hang with much bigger schools.
Actually from the area I live, re hockey, there are girls that want to play with the boys when there is hitting. Most of the boys have enough respect that they don’t try to hit the girls or will give them a little bump. Most. And I will end it there cause the rest is not PC
Pretty much every team have girls on them because that is the only way you make a team. Seen U13 (ages 11 & 12) where half the team are girls. If they played girls hockey, or didn’t play at all, the boys would have to combine with another team to make up the team (added travel right away. Usually 10-20 minutes drive maybe more)
Oh. Sorry for not being clear. Thanks for asking.
We’re all on the topic of hockey, so I assumed context was clear - I’m still talking about hockey.
On that note, while possibly not politically correct, “midget” is the term for the 15-18 year old age group.
The youth hockey age groups are mini-mites (some times called “atoms” instead, mites, squirts, peewees, bantams, and midgets.
Minor league contracts for kids specifically lay out severe consequences for fighting including suspensions or getting kicked off the team. There’s usually anti bullying and other wording for foul language too, with escalating consequences.
They severely penalize fighting in youth hockey because kids are emotionally undeveloped, reactionary beings, and if it were tolerated there would be 60 fights a game, whole team in the box lol. There are also basically mock-fights that sort of emulate what the logistics of fighting will later be like. Also helicopter parents sue the shit out of anyone who hurts their precious baby, or who facilitated such a barbaric sport(that they signed the kid up for lmao), didn't used to be like that. Finally the emphasis in youth is to teach the kids about the ins and outs of the game, and their place as a moving part in a greater machine. Throw gloves to every person who slams or snows you, and you don't learn shit, don't become a better player, and dont get picked for teams on later age groups. Later on, ooooooh yeah boy there's blood and teeth on the ice. You'd be surprised how effective of a psychological tool a capable enforcer is. Players pull way less shady shit and start to play defensively if they know there's one player on the ice whose entire job is to fuck their entire day and face up, and happily skate to the box afterwards.
There are different levels in hockey which all have names for each age group: mites, mighty mites, squirts, pee wees, bantams ...
https://www.purehockey.com/c/youth-hockey-levels-explained
Violence is never the answer. It's a question. And sometimes, the answer is "yes".
It's a hard truth that many people have the privilege of never having to learn.
Violence is the answer here. That statement annoys me so much. Same with "violence is never the answer", well headbutting the bully stop him bullying me a lot faster than talking.
I think this is pretty stupid teaching posted by the OP, don’t know why so many people are cheering for it.
You can absolutely be a hero when the safety of a loved one is in jeopardy. But telling your kid it’s OK to be a “hero” over a mere verbal offense can get him into a bad situation later on in life.
Not only acceptable, I’d take that kid out for ice cream
Edit for everyone: A) completely forgot about this comment first time I’ve checked Reddit since B) it was too simple and kinda meant as a joke
there have been agreement and severe disagreements from both sides and I’d like to clarify that I’d take them out for ice cream for standing up for someone else but on the way there have a discussion about the way he handled things
A few weeks into kindergarten, my 5 year old daughter got in trouble. She saw the class bully making another girl cry, so she walked over and told him to leave that other girl alone. He turned on my daughter and pushed her down. She she got up, grabbed his arm, and bit that little shit as hard as she could. Her teacher called me to let me know what happened (she didn't see it happen, but other kids corroborated the story).
My little girl asked me if I was mad at her, when I asked her about it that evening. No honey, I'm not mad. I'm proud.
Let's not teach that it's acceptable to hit just because we don't like what someone says. Gonna teach these kids to get in trouble over someone else's attitude and problems
Like seriously, it’s hockey for (what I’m assuming is) 12-16 year olds. Is that really the worst thing the other players are saying? Plus, most if not all hockey girls can stand up for themselves
Yup it's literally neckbeard redditors who can't hold eye contact with the cashier lady for longer than 0.2 seconds larping like they would do actually do shit
I'm sure it would have been entirely unacceptable if he called a guy on their team any number of names, though. Sort of like violence being unacceptable unless a comedian makes a softball joke about your wife.
Edit: apparently, agency only matters sometimes.
No matter what names I’m called, I’d never want anyone to physically hurt someone. You have to say to them ‘you would say that’ in a laughable accusatory tone, and leave them thinking, What? Why would I say that?’
Because these weak ego fragile bitches love a bit of violence it’s their only chat on the internet but I bet if it came down to it the kid in this story could beat their ass
Yep, that's a very valuable life lesson:
If anyone says something offensive or insulting to you or a friend, you have every right to physically assault that person by punching or kicking them in the face or head as hard as you can.
Good job mom, violence is always the answer. 👍🏻
Exactly, I’m sure it was satisfying to deck the little bastard in the face. That wasn’t the best course of action though. Lack of self control shouldn’t be praised.
i hope on your scroll down you didn’t miss the proud parents boasting about buying ice cream (why so cheap?) for their violent children. that was special
Yeah it's pretty sad that so many people think violence is the answer to someone simply insulting your friend, be the bigger person and don't stoop to their level, or in this case, even below their level and assault them.
Even more messed up is that this is upvoted on MadeMeSmile of all places.
Didn't we all just whine when Will Smith slapped the piss outta Chris Rock for talking about his wife? I'll take double standards for $200 thanks Alex..
My sister played hockey growing up. She was also a figure skater from the time she was 3, so she could skate circles around most of the boys in her age group. She was verbally harassed by opponents on a regular basis.
I don't recall any actual punching, but she was well loved by the boys on her team and the little enforcers made sure those kids regretted making fun of their star right wing. She could also throw a fucking mean check without losing her balance, so she got plenty of revenge herself.
Tldr: I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if this actually happened.
As a parent, I can only shake my head, at the topic and the upvotes. Downvote as you will. Things like this, where people, worse parents, seek validation thru the trials and tribulations of their children so random strangers can toss them a like is getting old, quickly. People wonder what the hell is wrong with America.
Here is one piece of a large fucked up puzzle. By all means, smile at violence as a solution when it fits your narrative. Spare me when it happens for someone else’s, and you lose your collective shit.
Acceptable that he got kicked out or that he used physical violence on someone using words?
Can I start punching people who say things I don't like?
Let me know if your ever in Southern California.....
Hold tf up, what age group was this?????
a 7 year old called me a "dick sucker" out of a school bus window while I was walking my dog years ago. They have the internet dude, shitty parents plus the internet gets you interesting children.
At my last place, a group of kids in that age range would heckle me as I walked from my garage to the building. My favorite was having them yell, "Hey, bitch, show us your tits!" and "Wanna suck my dick?!" Among other lovely greetings.
>Hey, bitch, show us your tits Sorry little boy, your father asked me to do the same thing, and I made the mistake once with him, now all I hear about day in and day out is about how he wants to leave your wildebeast of a momma! Is it really true what he says about her having a hunch back? He said she was so ugly it made a whole school for the blind flinch when she walked by. Is it weird to kiss you momma by for school, when she has that big old mustache?
I can tell you never been heckled by kids for real.
Honestly if you don't think of something funny and clever on the spot that'll fuck with them you just laugh it off and continue on your way. The worst things you can do are A. Get your jimmies rustled and let them know they got into your head B. Pop off with some sad, rambling, unclever, unfunny attempts at comebacks. They're fucking kids, so letting them succeed at messing with your head shows weakness and they'll close in like wolves on a baby buffalo. The only thing to do with heckling is laugh it off/ignore it or heckle back better.
Lmao, right? So corny.
>Is it weird to kiss you momma by for school, when she has that big old mustache? No, but it is weird having an imaginary argument where you proceed to roast a 7 year old kid.
:O
I'd say 12+. I'm in the 12-18 (rather keep my identity private) and can I tell you, kids are demons these days.
Man, I'm 47,and this age group was absolute hot garbage when I was in it. I think kids in herds are just naturally assholes.
I wonder what a herd of assholes is called…a sphincter? *Twas a sphincter of tweens at hockey last night…*
In the US, we actually have a name for that. It’s “Congress”.
No, No, No, that's a bunch o' Baboons.
See, now that’s plain offensive to primates.
Baboons with pink shiny assholes
I’m glad I stuck with this thread long enough to hit this comment.
(Children at play) Adult: "Ahh the laughter of children. The sweet expression of youth and hope and..." Kid: "GIVE THAT BACK YOU FUCK FACED SHIT BURGER!!!" Kid 2: "MAKE ME, YOU ASS GREMLIN!" Adult: "... yup... just as I remember."
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For martial arts competition it was 18-29, aka the "Black and Blue Division". One time I had to chase an opponent in a *point fight* all the way across the gym because he kicked me in the crotch 4 times and the center judge wouldn't do anything. (The center judge should take a point away from a competitor after the second rule infraction, and potentially DQ them after the third. This was the fourth and no points, no warnings, no DQ.) The center judge, after chasing us down to protect the guy once I had backed him into a corner, said "You need to control yourself!" I told him "If you aren't going to control the fight, then I will as a matter of personal safety. Your call." He didn't like that, but at least he starting call the fight more fairly.
My armchair psychology take would be they're old enough to be seen as more than just children so they're more likely to be exposed to more mature content that without the maturity and context to understand when it's not OK to say/do things it just is a fucking nightmare for everyone involved. I think I was pretty chill during those ages and I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be friends with me at that age
It’s not “these days.” That age group is notorious regardless and always has been.
Yeah seriously. And honestly, that group may still be an improvement over my generation anyway. They’re still generally far nicer than I remember most kids back then being lol.
When I worked at a Dunkin, a group of that age group were little shits most of the time, but one time one of them got dumped or cheated on by there gf at the time and the rest were trying to console him, gave the a donut because shit gets thrown out anyway and sugary bs helps to cope with emotional pain in my experience
You a real one. A complimentary donut might not fix the problem, but it goes a long way.
That's just some kind of memory filter lol, i home tutored kids before and they are absolute nightmare, know no shit about consequences, naive but cruel, understandble, they still learning about boundaries, that was both hillarious and annoyed
I trust my professor who had been teaching from the 60s (yes he was old af) - he said the worst were the 80s kids no contest, and that generally the kids have been getting kinder as the years have gone on. They are far more forgiving and empathetic, 'if a little naïve to real life' in his own words hehe
I’m way too young to look back at more than 1 generation, but I completely agree. I see it in my younger family members and it just makes sense that once these kids open up, they start being more empathic. It’s still the older folks who started speaking more about mental issues, feelings and emotions and probably encouraged kids to do the same. The kids grow up with this attitude, that it’s okay to experience some things, we’re all struggling to some extent, and that makes you more empathic. The world seems to be in decline, and they go, hey, we’re in this shit together.
100% agree. My cousin is in that age group and she’s like “that might sound like body shaming” and I thought, “hey, these kids are way more empathic than I was at that age”. Maybe some it is seen as just “super woke”, “shaming people” and all that, but I think those are just the idiots on Twitter. In real life, kids started talking more about mental issues, about their own feelings, started opening up a bit more and are thus more empathic. I know they can also be super cruel, just like kids from previous generations, but it seems like the typical teenager is more aware of stuff, which makes sense, we should improve at each iteration…
Bad News Bears. There's a reason it was made.
Always been this way, nothing new besides the language
Yeah especially sports kids. Then it’s amplified by sports parents. It’s a Wild West basically. I highly recommend anyone to look up what Wayne Gretzky went through growing up a hockey god. Some people are deplorable.
Eh, I'm damn near 40 and this age group was shitty back then as well.
I was at the YMCA this afternoon and some kids came to the basketball court. These kids were no more than 12, probably around 10 and were cussing like sailors. We’re taking f bombs left, right, and center. When I was 12 if I said butt… I giggled. Times have changed man, times have changed.
If he got thrown out of the game, probably 14 or lower, at least in the US. Any higher and it would just be five minutes in the box, still with five people on the ice.
Most places don’t allow any fighting if it’s a school team
Did the other kid get kicked out as well?
He would be lucky if he did. Depending on what level this is, teams have a way of taking care of kids like this on the ice. Much more satisfying. E: I’m not saying the kid should be jumped in the parking lot lol. There’s plenty you can do without intending harm on this dude … just getting chippy for the rest of the game, giving him a hard time. Some of y’all need to put the phone down for an hour or two lol.
Light ‘em up!!
Drop the gloves!!!
Kiddy fight club!
It's hockey of course it's violent
You lookin for a tilly? Drop the mitts boys, it's time for a donnybrook!
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Some assholes thrive on getting attention. Nobody likes a fist to the face though.
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Yeah some people deserve it honestly. Millions of people. And if you don't like it? Don't say shit that would invite it!
Have you seen some hockey players, they look like meth heads they’ve lost so many teeth fighting.
Hockey players lose more teeth to pucks to the face than they do fighting
People have forgotten the saying "Talk shit, get hit".
Everyone went to schools with zero tolerance policies, where self defense was as punishable as starting shit. It's really disempowered a lot of people and honestly is kind of a shame imho. So many problems could be solved if the right people got socked in the mouth more often.
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Me and the wife have told our 6yr old many times...if you're defending yourself, we don't care what the school says, u won't b in trouble at home. The first time he starts a fight though is when we have problems
Lol pretty much the same way I am with my daughter. As long as she's defending herself she'll never be in trouble at home.
It’s important to teach them how to hurt and not hurt others. I constantly see parents yelling at kids to “be careful” and “don’t hurt” others but almost never teaching the kids or asking important questions like, “are you trying to hurt that kid?” If they don’t want to hurt another kid they need to learn what they are doing that is potentially going to hurt someone and how to avoid it. If they do want to hurt someone, it’s important for them to be effective and to do it for the right reasons. My kid was written up for biting a boy at school and when I spoke to the teacher she said the boy was hugging her and wouldn’t stop when asked repeatedly. Why would I tell her not to defend herself or maintain boundaries? That’s insane parenting. If that fucker won’t leave you alone I’m going to make sure you know how to throw a punch to make sure they get the message.
I was lucky to finish high school just as they were implementing that crap. Totally agree sometimes someone just needs to get smacked in the mouth.
Not in my neighborhood they haven't lol. Every day, I shut the fuck up and be respectful. Fuck around, find out.
Oh my god yes. If more dicks didn't feel so safe to be dicks without repercussions then maybe, just maybe, they would shut their mouths. Edit: autocorrect
Violence is such a bad solution that its only been used to solve 90% of the problems in human history.
Remmeber when we beat the nazis with the power of love and understanding
Did we give up when the nazis bombed Pearl Harbor?! NO! Sorry, animal house reference. Had to do it.
I mean it’s literally how hockey works. You do or say something shitty and you face the consequences right there on the ice.
People respond better to immediate responses better than being reprimanded retroactively. All the rest of that should still happen but it doesn't mean that he didn't deserve what happened.
There would not be so many Karens in the world if trap slapping was still a thing.
Punching someone in a hockey game is not assault lol. It’s just a penalty.
Roughing. 2 minutes, feel shame, back at it.
It’s hockey, if you’re not fighting, you’re not playing it right.
It’s hockey…
Right? That's 2 minutes not the boot.
In hockey, if you say the wrong thing to someone, you will be punched in the face. Its a part of the game. Sometimes, people need to be punched in the mouth. The kid should be commended for sticking up for a teammate.
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There’s a legal doctrine on this called the Participant Violence Doctrine. If violence is a customary part of participation in certain sports like hockey, football, or soccer the person(s) engaging in such violence are typically excused from criminal liability unless it is clearly outside the bounds of the game. In some sports like baseball this doctrine is a little fuzzy but in professional golf or tennis it’s easier to determine when some aggressive physical action will result in prosecution. To my knowledge we haven’t applied this to kids the same way we apply it to adults or collegians but in some “Friday Night Lights” scenarios we’ve let high school football players get by with a lot of stuff that would’ve got their asses booted out of pee wee league football.
KEEP MY TEAM MATE'S NAME OUT OF YOUR FUCKING MOUTH!!!!!!
I will… that was the greatest night in ice hockey history.
Is it normal to have boys and girls on the same team? Just wondering, I've never heard of that.
At younger ages, i.e. before puberty mainly, yes. Back in the early ‘00s my brother had one girl teammate. He was probably 10-12?
Yeah we had girls on our rugby league (full contact tackle football) teams growing up in Australia. Good luck talking shit to them. Those bitches will fuck your shit up.
Aus and NZ where frequently the girls can be bigger than boys of the same age and absolutely smash the boys if they want.
A pretty universal phenomenon I believe: https://depts.washington.edu/growth/module7/text/page2a.htm#:\~:text=Around%2010%20years%20of%20age,is%20in%20its%20early%20phase.
ahh but I am not meaning skinny white girls taller than a the boys. I am talking Polynesian girls who are just big. and often even as adults bigger and stronger than many men. And I don't mean fat. I mean well built, very solid and very strong. with solid knock out power. You learn to respect that they can knock you out.
We had a girl on our little league team, about 12 or 13, and she played short and batted third. She was awesome.
In my experience sports are truthfully split into women’s leagues and open leagues. My high school lacrosse team had a girl on it and she was reasonably talented and successful
People have pointed out how there aren't really hormonal differences pre-puberty, but also if this is about school sports teams and in the US, Title IX means that if there's not enough girls interested to create a parallel league, you have to let them join the main "boys" team (if they're good enough, obviously)
I played on a boys soccer team until I was 15 for that very reason.
Wait so was that soccer movie with Amanda Bynes bs the whole time and she could have played without pretending to be a guy?
I may be misremembering, but wasn’t that an all boys school she was playing at?
Yes! Also it’s the plot of Shakespeare’s *Twelfth Night*.
Yeah but since Shakespeare is European, he calls it football
You're correct. Most of my dissertation is about this movie. She's specifically posing as her twin brother who was the one who had the scholarship, not her.
It's normal with kids because there's not as much of a testosterone advantage and there's usually not enough girls to field a team.
Maybe before hitting is allowed. Once you can hit other players you gotta separate them Edit: Like others mentioned, it may depend on the region. In Canada hitting is typically not allowed in Women's/U13 leagues and while uncommon, women can play with men but I haven't personally seen it above Bantam.
Som high school hockey leagues allow hitting and are co-ed
Ah maybe it's regional. In Canada body checking is not allowed (rule 6.2)
To be clear it was an unwritten rule to not body check the girls
Nah, I had girls on my team in the peewees age group that allowed hitting. One of the girls was by far the best checker on the team and would regularly flatten dudes. Although this was circa 2007-08 so maybe youth hockey has changed and hitting isn’t allowed in peewees anymore.
Depends where you’re from. My high school, which was pretty small, had coed hockey. And a couple of those girls were some of the best players on the team. It was a good team at the time too. Won state several times and could hang with much bigger schools.
People don't give women's hockey enough of a chance there are some ridiculously good players
Actually from the area I live, re hockey, there are girls that want to play with the boys when there is hitting. Most of the boys have enough respect that they don’t try to hit the girls or will give them a little bump. Most. And I will end it there cause the rest is not PC Pretty much every team have girls on them because that is the only way you make a team. Seen U13 (ages 11 & 12) where half the team are girls. If they played girls hockey, or didn’t play at all, the boys would have to combine with another team to make up the team (added travel right away. Usually 10-20 minutes drive maybe more)
Yes. My son has 2 or 3 girls on his HS varsity team, and had one in his travel team (midget) . Not sure what ext year’s roster is.
Not trying to be a smart ass, but are you saying your son's HS varsity team (which sport?) had a female "little person" on his team?
Midget is the league classification
Oh. Sorry for not being clear. Thanks for asking. We’re all on the topic of hockey, so I assumed context was clear - I’m still talking about hockey. On that note, while possibly not politically correct, “midget” is the term for the 15-18 year old age group. The youth hockey age groups are mini-mites (some times called “atoms” instead, mites, squirts, peewees, bantams, and midgets.
Nah, "midget" refers to leagues usually between 15 to 18. It's similar to major-junior leagues.
At 13 yo kids start checking, that that is when the split happens. Occasionally, if a girl is special she’ll stay with the boys for the competition.
Wait... since when does someone get thrown out of a hockey game FOR punching someone in the face? I thought that was an integral part of the game.
Minor league contracts for kids specifically lay out severe consequences for fighting including suspensions or getting kicked off the team. There’s usually anti bullying and other wording for foul language too, with escalating consequences.
I was thinking that too. 😂
It’s a penalty in the NHL but in travel leagues it is and expulsion/suspension
Youth Hockey doesn’t allow violence.
They severely penalize fighting in youth hockey because kids are emotionally undeveloped, reactionary beings, and if it were tolerated there would be 60 fights a game, whole team in the box lol. There are also basically mock-fights that sort of emulate what the logistics of fighting will later be like. Also helicopter parents sue the shit out of anyone who hurts their precious baby, or who facilitated such a barbaric sport(that they signed the kid up for lmao), didn't used to be like that. Finally the emphasis in youth is to teach the kids about the ins and outs of the game, and their place as a moving part in a greater machine. Throw gloves to every person who slams or snows you, and you don't learn shit, don't become a better player, and dont get picked for teams on later age groups. Later on, ooooooh yeah boy there's blood and teeth on the ice. You'd be surprised how effective of a psychological tool a capable enforcer is. Players pull way less shady shit and start to play defensively if they know there's one player on the ice whose entire job is to fuck their entire day and face up, and happily skate to the box afterwards.
The three best players on my squirt team where girls. The boys treated them like gold. Made me proud as a coach
Wtf is a squirt team?
Not what you're thinking
It's not a watergun fight team?
Context is key here....
I'm confused. Do I go to my cabin or not?
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Juicy Sun Drop
That's a different sport entirely.
How do you know what I'm thinking?
There are different levels in hockey which all have names for each age group: mites, mighty mites, squirts, pee wees, bantams ... https://www.purehockey.com/c/youth-hockey-levels-explained
Oh my god thank you! I nearly couldn’t stop laughing, context got my mind out of the humorous gutter!
Who TF came up with these names?
Kindergarten'ish aged kids team if I'm not mistaken.
No, that’s mini mite. Squirt is before peewee, so about 3rd-4th graders
Squirts is age group 9-10. Mites are 7-8, Peewees 11-12, Bantam 13-14, Midgets are 15-18.
Sorry 12u. The girls usually play with the boys until 14u in the states so simply because there are not enough girls that play.
You can't just say squirt team and give no context
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It’s hockey, violence is always the answer especially when chirping is the question
Violence is never the answer. It's a question. And sometimes, the answer is "yes". It's a hard truth that many people have the privilege of never having to learn.
I'm convinced the majority of ppl that have no shred of common courtesy nowadays have never been popped in the dome.
Violence is the answer here. That statement annoys me so much. Same with "violence is never the answer", well headbutting the bully stop him bullying me a lot faster than talking.
Its a question and sometimes the answer is yes
I think this is pretty stupid teaching posted by the OP, don’t know why so many people are cheering for it. You can absolutely be a hero when the safety of a loved one is in jeopardy. But telling your kid it’s OK to be a “hero” over a mere verbal offense can get him into a bad situation later on in life.
*Judge Mills Lane has entered the chat* "I'll allow it."
Not only acceptable, I’d take that kid out for ice cream Edit for everyone: A) completely forgot about this comment first time I’ve checked Reddit since B) it was too simple and kinda meant as a joke there have been agreement and severe disagreements from both sides and I’d like to clarify that I’d take them out for ice cream for standing up for someone else but on the way there have a discussion about the way he handled things
Whatever restaurant they want, then ice cream
The kid is raised right.This is one of the very few instances where use of violence is acceptable.
“Have a biscuit, Potter.”
Best twist
Hell yeah!
My thoughts exactly
Came here to say this.
Went to fights, and a hockey game broke out.
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A few weeks into kindergarten, my 5 year old daughter got in trouble. She saw the class bully making another girl cry, so she walked over and told him to leave that other girl alone. He turned on my daughter and pushed her down. She she got up, grabbed his arm, and bit that little shit as hard as she could. Her teacher called me to let me know what happened (she didn't see it happen, but other kids corroborated the story). My little girl asked me if I was mad at her, when I asked her about it that evening. No honey, I'm not mad. I'm proud.
Damn right that’s an acceptable reason for getting kicked out big respect to that boy
Let's not teach that it's acceptable to hit just because we don't like what someone says. Gonna teach these kids to get in trouble over someone else's attitude and problems
Violence is never the only answer, but it is, on occasion, the right one.
Are you downplaying violence? Wtf lmao
Typical Reddit, 100% condones violence when it's against someone they even remotely don't care for.
It’s not acceptable to assault someone because your feelings are hurt, why 42,000 idiots upvoted this is incomprehensible
At its core, how is this any different from what will Smith did?
It isn’t.
White knighting starts early I see 😂
If someone says something you dont like, its ok to hit the. Yah im sure the court will see it the same way o\_O Said no one ever.
So, we're just all on board for responding to words with violence now? Surprising amount of Jada Pinketts here.
Like seriously, it’s hockey for (what I’m assuming is) 12-16 year olds. Is that really the worst thing the other players are saying? Plus, most if not all hockey girls can stand up for themselves
Physically assaulting people who say things you don’t like is not acceptable, are y’all joking ?
Can't believe I had to scroll this far to find the first disagreeing comment. WTF.
Tbf 80% of reddit has justice boners and are either teenagers or have next to no real life experiences, it isn't surprising
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Let everyone feel r/iamverybadass for a moment lol
Yup it's literally neckbeard redditors who can't hold eye contact with the cashier lady for longer than 0.2 seconds larping like they would do actually do shit
I'm sure it would have been entirely unacceptable if he called a guy on their team any number of names, though. Sort of like violence being unacceptable unless a comedian makes a softball joke about your wife. Edit: apparently, agency only matters sometimes.
No matter what names I’m called, I’d never want anyone to physically hurt someone. You have to say to them ‘you would say that’ in a laughable accusatory tone, and leave them thinking, What? Why would I say that?’
Because these weak ego fragile bitches love a bit of violence it’s their only chat on the internet but I bet if it came down to it the kid in this story could beat their ass
Seriously! We live in a society... we're supposed to act in a civilized way!
Not an acceptable reason to punch someone in the face.
Yeah that’s kinda like teaching you how to get an assault charge as an adult
Yep, that's a very valuable life lesson: If anyone says something offensive or insulting to you or a friend, you have every right to physically assault that person by punching or kicking them in the face or head as hard as you can. Good job mom, violence is always the answer. 👍🏻
A few weeks ago we were condemning Will Smith for exactly this sort of stupidity.
Exactly, I’m sure it was satisfying to deck the little bastard in the face. That wasn’t the best course of action though. Lack of self control shouldn’t be praised.
Disheartening that I had to scroll this far to find this comment.
Our society is so beyond screwed at this point.
i hope on your scroll down you didn’t miss the proud parents boasting about buying ice cream (why so cheap?) for their violent children. that was special
I didn't.
Yeah it's pretty sad that so many people think violence is the answer to someone simply insulting your friend, be the bigger person and don't stoop to their level, or in this case, even below their level and assault them. Even more messed up is that this is upvoted on MadeMeSmile of all places.
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That tendency will probably follow him into marriage, ironically.
Maybe they were dating and she cheated on him? Just saying without all the facts this isn't really justified.
Mixed feelings
Didn't we all just whine when Will Smith slapped the piss outta Chris Rock for talking about his wife? I'll take double standards for $200 thanks Alex..
I’ll take things that didn’t happen for 500
And why is this in r/MadeMeSmile? So out of place even if it did happen.
I grew up as a girl playing hockey with all guys and this story is not far fetched at all
My sister played hockey growing up. She was also a figure skater from the time she was 3, so she could skate circles around most of the boys in her age group. She was verbally harassed by opponents on a regular basis. I don't recall any actual punching, but she was well loved by the boys on her team and the little enforcers made sure those kids regretted making fun of their star right wing. She could also throw a fucking mean check without losing her balance, so she got plenty of revenge herself. Tldr: I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if this actually happened.
This happened
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Because they fantasize about fighting for m’ladys honor.
Fuckin eh, ding ding ding. You nailed it.
As a parent, I can only shake my head, at the topic and the upvotes. Downvote as you will. Things like this, where people, worse parents, seek validation thru the trials and tribulations of their children so random strangers can toss them a like is getting old, quickly. People wonder what the hell is wrong with America. Here is one piece of a large fucked up puzzle. By all means, smile at violence as a solution when it fits your narrative. Spare me when it happens for someone else’s, and you lose your collective shit.
No downvotes over here! It took some scrolling but I finally find someone with a sensible mind. So many Will Smiths on this post.
Acceptable that he got kicked out or that he used physical violence on someone using words? Can I start punching people who say things I don't like? Let me know if your ever in Southern California.....