I read that story as well and it gave me some insight on the situation. It's still not a justification though. Not wanting a dog back because it's sad about its owner's death? I say they're bloody monsters.

I'll personally pay them a vacation to Guantanamo Bay! Lots of fun activities like waterboarding!

Again, you seem very sure about what the quote really means. But unless you personally met Gandhi and he explained it to you, I say there are multiple interpretations.
In my experience (which of course doesn't account for the whole but neither does your "vengeance is the best policy" opinion) the best way of dealing with bullies is ignoring them. Just like the "don't feed the troll" rule, bullies get excited when you respond to their bullying, but if you just go "whatevs", they're gonna get bored very quickly, and you won't have a problem with the authorities about beating someone up.

I'm trying to respond calmly and in a civilized manner but ok. I don't want my discussions to annoy anyone by spamming their notifications feed.

@chu I know, I know.
@aeacus Oh definitely, I have nothing against that, but one person telling another to stop talking about their problems because "some people have it worse" is what makes me mad. The weight of one's worries shouldn't be dismissed by someone else's worries.

Sure, because getting punched, punching back and shaking hands is a totally realistic thing irl. Punching back would only escalate a conflict and you shouldn't do it unless you've been a victim of aggression for a longer time and you want to end it. Trying to fuck everyone up the same as you are fucked up will just make you spiteful. There's always a better solution.
Also, misinterpreting the quote? Sure because you are the only person in existence who can read dead people's minds and you know what Gandhi meant by it?

Eye for an eye and the world goes blind, yo. OP should've responded better because overreacting upon overreacting only leads to an escalated conflict, and unless you wanna get your ass kicked one day, you should learn to de-escalate conflicts.

She might have had the parachute in case he didn't jump and wouldn't have opened it if he jumped. I think they're equally guilty.

http://norse-mythology.org/gods-and-creatures/the-aesir-gods-and-goddesses/thor/ There's this awesome website that contains everything about Norse mythology, and Thor is just described as "brawny" here. Of course, you can be manly and short or manly and tall, it really doesn't matter, I was just more surprised with the "round" part.
There are multiple depictions of Thor and I guess that the Marvel version was inspired by the 1872 painting Thor's Fight with the Giants by Mårten Eskil Winge. But in most other depictions Thor looks a lot more like Tormund Giantsbane than "pretty boy" Chris Hemsworth.

@annoyingnerd I saw some old paintings where Loki is depicted as black haired, but I don't know. I read the Elder and Younger Eddas but I don't remember if they ever described his hair color. Not that it matters since he changed shape at every single opportunity he got (like when he became a mare and got banged by a horse and then gave birth to an eight legged horse, Sleipnir…)
Also @cactuscake, yeah Thor was a redhead but are you sure he was tiny and round? I thought he was always described as very strong and manly and always waging war with the Jotun and so on… though the fact that his carriage was drawn by goats does make him seem like a silly character.

@unicycle I'm a woman and I think mansplaining doesn't exist. As far as the widespreadness of feminism is concenred, you have a point there, however the most outspoken and "internet famous" feminists are just focusing on crap like manspreading and mansplaining and "tampon tax". It's not that there aren't any feminists who focus on actual issues, it's just that there are so few of them that they hardly get any attention unlike the feminazis who cry about oppression at everything they don't like. This is why I think the correct term for a "moderate feminist" is egalitarian which is what I identify as in terms of genderal equality.
@eternal1 Stop with the ad hominem attacks. It makes you look like you can't assemble any better arguments.

I don't think mansplaining is a thing because being condescending is not gender exclusive but guys that expect women to be automatically bad at technical subjects still exist and are not rare. But feminists make it a huge fucking deal instead of focusing on actual oppression of women in Africa and the Middle East, which is why the entire movement is useless.

I'm not a historian and know very little about philosophy but yeah, that's also a good point, every big action/invention is a consequence of previous happenings. WWII was bound to happen because the conditions of the Treaty of Versailles were too hard on the German people. Similarly WWI happened because of the international tensions, the murder of Franz Ferdinand was the catalyst but the war would've happened sooner or later. Actions have consequences and the consequence of treating everyone except white men as inferior citizens despite their equal capabilities is stagnation of intellectual and societal development.
Edit: I really don't get why am I getting downvoted, either I have a downvote troll on my back or funsubstancers don't agree with the thought that actions have consequences. Both of these possibilities are pretty sad.

Yeah, like I personally am a bit of a purist when it comes to this. Never did any drugs, tried alcohol once or twice but it didn't do anything to me so I went "screw it then", I take painkillers or other relief pills only when I feel like it's absolutely necessary and don't even drink coffee (again, just like with alcohol, it just doesn't do anything to me). The only thing I overdose on is good food and chocolate.
I guess I can understand why people do what they do and I would in no way take away their right to do so (in fact I think we should reevaluate the whole war on drugs since for example weed is like ten times less dangerous than alcohol or coffee) but honestly I feel like this whole "drinking as a social norm" culture is dumb. I've been mocked and weirdly stared at for not getting shitfaced every friday and I just think that's what wrong with our society.

Hmm, I think @nippletasles_ raises a good point about the invention thing. The reason why you don't see many black or female inventors is because they were treated as second class citizens and were not allowed to invent anything back in the day (also they were denied proper education so they didn't even have the knowledge to invent something). Who knows what awesome inventions could we have now if society wasn't like "straight white male is the only full citizen, the rest aren't getting any education even though our mental capabilities are equal."
Still, I think that demanding cultural appropriation for petty things like dreadlocks is pretty stupid, especially in the US where there are so many nationalities that it's all just mixing together. What happened to the "melting pot of nations"?

Yeah good point

Obviously we don't know the whole story but yeah either the girl is impolite or the guy had been hitting on her before and she lost her patience.

@princessmonstertru sadly their degenerated DNA will survive because they'll just get a liver transplant and keep drinking. Seriously, drinking from time to time is okay (even though I don't do it at all personally) but if you're addicted to any kind of substance, you should seek help.

My point is that his rhetoric lost all of its "flamboyance". If he wrote the other messages that way as well, I'd be totally okay with it. But since he got a pretty serious tone afterwards, I concluded that he was just using a certain rhetoric to appeal more interesting.
Uh, yes? Not getting what you want is no excuse for behaving like a tool...