im going to try this one day
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When i was younger i was short fat and awkward… i got picked on a bit. My principle in 4th grade recommended my parents enroll me in marital arts… this is the only vivid memory i have from elementary school. In 5th grade one of the bullies decided it was my turn, and i guess i was having a bad day. He pt his hand on my shoulder to get my attention and call me something, i took his arm and flipped him over my shoulder and on to the ground kind of like my first yoyo trick ever.
I have never been made fun of since. I recommend everyone take marital arts classes for a number of reasons. The principle who recommended the material arts never even punished me, as far as i remember.
As for throwing in public i love it, especially my subway commute (pre covid). Usually starts pleasant convo, or if nothing else puts smiles on people’s faces. Now i throw in public to maintain appropriate social distancing distances.
Subway commute has returned so im back on thew MTA!
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I’m more often referred to as an Idiot.
I’m okay with it, can’t fix stupid!
I’m Wee-tard-d-d`
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That is an AWESOME story. In grade school I got picked on relentlessly. In 4th and 5th grade it got really bad. One day I got home from school and was crying. My dad asked what was going on. I told him about my main tormentor. My dad took me out on the front porch away from my mom and taught me how to properly punch my bully in the stomach. The next day when the teacher was out of the classroom Bobby came over to my desk and talking trash to me. I stood up, braced myself, then punched him in the stomach as hard as I could. His reddened cheeks puffed out and he collapsed on the floor for about three minutes. The other kids looked at him lying there and asking me what I did. The teacher walked back in and saw him lying there and said “get off the floor!” He didn’t pick on me for the rest of the day. I just didn’t have it in me to throw any more punches. My parents switched me to a different school in the fall.
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There’s no reason to trash talk ourselves. I find that when I put myself down I am usually just echoing put downs I have recieved. When I was little I used to be told “you’re so stupid, can’t you do anything right?” I catch myself saying that out loud when I am trying to fix something or having a problem with something. If we all just spoke to each other like we would like to be spoken to the world might be a friendlier place.
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I Think the worst humor is selfdepricating humor… NEVER! YOU are awesome… everyone on this forum! Have no doubts… well almost everyone 
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i think the sticker is wrong, its supposed to say yoyoexpert lol
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I’ve been called a nerd (just by my friend) in every one of the hobbies I’ve done. I did speedcubing (look it up) then fingerboarding (look it up) and then Yoyoing (don’t look it up you already know what it is). And they sent me a TIKTOK LIKE Y TIKTOK of someone juggling with light up balls and they were like “u should learn how to juggle it looks epic) and I’m like ‘it’s just as nerdy as everything else I’ve done lol’. That’s my story.
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I think people will use words like “nerdy” when they see someone doing something that obviously takes a ton of dedication and practice - because maybe they can’t even imagine doing ANYTHING that requires a ton of dedication and practice.
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I feel this holds especially true in the world as a whole today. We want it now and instant gratification. If we don’t achieve the results we want, things are abandoned quickly.
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In elementary school as the yoyo boom was starting to take over the school yard, one of my fellow class mates was talking his trash to me saying that I’m such a nerd…he was out in the same area trying to figure out his yoyo but couldn’t. The teacher had bought the entire class a Duncan Imperial or Butterfly, we got to pick one out of the box. Shortly after all of us watching Arne Dixon do some stuff on a how to yoyo VHS, we went out to the yard to practice our tricks for the last half hour of the day.
I ignored him, figured that the little twerp was just jealous because he was one of the few who couldn’t quite get the sleeper going. He wasn’t worth my effort to respond to him.
In recent adult times, I was waiting at the front of the store and had a group of guys who looked like they were up to no good talking their garbage about me…something along the lines of “haha, look at that white guy over there with the yoyo…I bet you he’s never gotten (adult subject matter here) before…” The said guys looked like the type to run their mouths at anyone just waiting for somebody to deck 'em one.
Other than that, yoyoing has either yielded positive to indifferent responses which I’m ok with.
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WHAT!!! How OLD were these guys? I just cannot imagine people acting like that except 10-11th graders. Even then…that is just downright inhuman behavior. It’s upsetting. I’m sorry it happened to you. I got picked on A LOT until 10th grade so I know what it feels like. I’d rather have my bones broken with sticks and stones because bones heal while words inflict wounds that stay open for a lifetime. But I’m now HAPPY I got picked on so much because it has given me a deep empathy for the misfits, the “weird”, and those who feel they do not fit in or are marginalized. Just rambling now…you got me all worked up, man.
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These had to have been young adults, maybe early 20s…
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I actually find this to be the default mentality of way too many people out there. Funny thing is that people will do this at literally anything. Musical instruments, skill toys, hobbies in general, even any semi-obscure sport. It’s sad.
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No. I don’t play 3a.
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Good one. I’m definitely not offended. goes into room to cry in my sleep.
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NO! YOU CAN’T JUST PLAY WITH 2 YOYOS AT ONCE AND CALL IT 3A!!!
haha 2x1a go brrrrr
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agreed
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this is true.