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Curiously, people in this thread tended to interpret bada** in 4 different ways. One of them was stuff like catching food or making an excellent move in a sports game. Then there were edgy things people did and got away with, like flipping the bird for a camera and having that picture printed in a school newspaper. Third—successful self-defense and petty, violent revenge. Lastly, heartwarming stories about saving another person against all odds. What united them is the feeling of pride.

30 Coolest Things People In This Online Group Have Done My husband has stage 4 cancer. I'm doing it right now.

No one will ever know the things I've had to learn to do and to tolerate. And I'm just like every other bada** caregiver who has gone through this.

Hats off to you all, silent bada** army of widows and widowers.

PanickedPoodle , Ian MacKenzie Report

Final score:

290points

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R Carson 3 years ago

Bless you all.

50points

30 Coolest Things People In This Online Group Have Done I was at a small local concert that was being held in a park. It was a bunch of metal and thrash bands, mostly local acts , but a few touring bands. The gazebo where we were playing was on a small island in a lake, with the only access being a bridge that led to the parking lot. The event organizers had a couple of people stationed on the bridge to take tickets. It was a pretty cool setup to just be available for us to rent out.

Everyone was being pretty chill and enjoying the show. There was a mosh pit with a few guys, but there was plenty of room. Then this group of idiots shows up. 70% of this crowd is underage, but these guys show up drunk and with more beer and immediately start causing trouble.

They are asked to leave, and told the cops are being contacted. Tensions are high, yelling and cussing all over, but hey they are leaving now. Maybe we can go back to enjoying ourselves.

One of the organizers walked behind them while she was escorting them out, phone in hand. Just as they reach the bridge, this guy turned around and slapped the crap out of her.

I saw red. The stage was about 50 meters from the bridge and I broke into a sprint heading for this guy, ready to whoop his a**. I'm half way there I all five of these guys turn and run. I'm a big guy, but still, I didn't expect all five to run.

I get to the chick that got slapped and I stop running, she is safe and I'm feeling like a bada** for chasing these guys off. Then I turn to see that all of the no less than 200 people at the show saw the same thing I did and were right behind me, ready to stomp these guys onto the ground.

So, I didn't chase them off myself, but I basically led a battle charge.

fruitsuitriot , Jay Roc Report

Final score:

288points

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KombatBunni 3 years ago

Don’t f*ck with a metal head’s crowd.

92points

30 Coolest Things People In This Online Group Have Done I was pumping gas at a station with my sister (me being 19 at the time and her being 16) when a man (probably like 25 years old) got into the backseat of my car. I started to yell at him to get out of my car. My sister was shaking scared. He then pulled a gun on me and told me to get in the car and drive. Without even thinking I started to make him question himself by saying “or what? Are you going to shoot me right here in this well lit gas station? There are other people around, did you really think this through?” He started to look around, called me a “stupid b**ch” got out of the car and ran off.

Red517 , kayugee Report

Final score:

236points

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Vicky Z 3 years ago

Wow! I admire the calmness of this person! She did the right thing even though most of us would be terrified to do it! While you are around people you should try your best not to let your kidnapper take you away! Cause once you are in an isolated area, your chances to survive are much less

95points

The thread had mostly believable stories, hard to find anything about walking away without looking at explosions or catching ridiculously oversized fish. Reading many of them is like having a movie end in a way you wanted with an even cooler twist. People responded to one another with respect and cheered each other on, particularly if a person did something selfless, while many added similar stories of their own.

30 Coolest Things People In This Online Group Have Done Held on to a person who was trying to commit suicide by jumping off a bridge until police arrived and we could lift her over the rail.

Mad_Lib206 , Jonas Bengtsson Report

Final score:

232points

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R Carson 3 years ago

Bravo!!!The world needs more like you.

52points

30 Coolest Things People In This Online Group Have Done Buddy of mine in college had an absolutely awful string of family members passing away. He had booked his Amtrak ticket home for something like the third time that semester. The last time he did that, he was two days delayed because of a cargo train derailment on the same tracks.

While he was sleeping, I used my northwest airlines miles to book him a ticket home in first class.

He deserved it and I had “earned” them just riding back and forth to home.

Screaming_Emu , contri Report

Final score:

200points

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Ace 3 years ago

He will remember that act of kindness forever.

52points

30 Coolest Things People In This Online Group Have Done On holiday, waiting for a shuttle bus at 6 in the morning my wife got attacked by a lunatic. Before he could touch her with his fist I jumped in between and punched him in the face. I felt it was a life and death situation. In the end my wife and I scared him off with the help of a street dog that bit him in the a**. I don't consider myself a violent person but I literally saw red. I still have a scar on my chest from where his fist hit me (he was wearing a ring), but never when I see that scar do I feel like a victim.

Edit: I'm a woman, guess that wasn't clear.

SarenSparks , Gareth Williams Report

Final score:

200points

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Vicky Z 3 years ago

Now i feel weird that i instantly assumed this was a man! Great job!!!

113points

Since several answers here involve saving lives, here are some first aid tips from St. Jones Ambulance. If you see someone collapsed, they advise you do a primary survey. DR. ABC is a good acronym for remembering what steps you need to take. It stands for Danger, Response, Airway, Breathing, Circulation.

30 Coolest Things People In This Online Group Have Done Guy pulled a knife on me when I was a bit tipsy and waiting for a bus and demanded my wallet.

Without thinking I hit him in the jaw and knocked him out cold.

Stole his knife and walked away. Still have the knife somewhere around here.

Yakab0w , Adrian Scottow Report

Final score:

177points

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R Carson 3 years ago

I've heard of people carrying a decoy wallet for that purpose.

45points

[deleted] , Yellowstone National Park Report

30 Coolest Things People In This Online Group Have Done When I was 18, I was an EMT

My first emergency call, after we got the guy to the ER alive, the ER doctor looked at me and said “Do you know what you did? You just saved that mans life.”

I’m 23 now and EMS wasn’t the career for me, but I still think about that moment a lot.

Final score:

159points

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R Carson 3 years ago

Well done.

35points

German-Vagina , Frédérique Voisin-Demery Report

#10

30 Coolest Things People In This Online Group Have Done I stepped on a Lego and didn't flinch

Final score:

152points

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Francis 3 years ago

WOAH respect!

73points

Brian Bennett 3 years ago

Thou has super powers!

15points

Kenny Kulbiski 3 years ago

Okay, I'm having a hard time believing this one.

23points

Space whale 3 years ago

Ditto

10points

smugdruggler 3 years ago

I don't believe this is possible.

11points

Dan H 3 years ago

Bad A$$ level 4 right here

9points

R Carson 3 years ago

High pain tolerance.

9points

Lyone Fein 3 years ago

Training for the firewalk.

8points

Jo Johannsen 3 years ago

Dude!

6points

Vasana Phong 3 years ago

At some point it’s immunity

5points

kjorn 3 years ago

What color? the reds ones are the worst!!

4points

Bored Cats 3 years ago

Agreed. They just are, with yellow in a close second

3points

Me Oh My 3 years ago

Impressive.

4points

Autumn 3 years ago

TEACH ME YOUR WAYS

3points

lol idk 3 years ago

should be higher

3points

Display Name 3 years ago

I have yet to step on a lego and not hop about yelling my head off.

3points

Lea 3 years ago

respect for the mighty!

3points

Joanna Werman 3 years ago

Try it with the triceratops

2points

Isabelle 3 years ago

Got used to it. Level expert 👍

1point

Yoloplay3r 3 years ago

Cap

0points

Amelia Williams 3 years ago

Holy s**t my dude that metal as f**k, 1000000000000000 respect for my fellow human

0points

PopscotchM 3 years ago

*bows* my master

0points

Andrew Good 3 years ago

I can only do that after 8 years of training

0points

Bianca Dawn Pommier 3 years ago

frickin hero. i jave legis, and every time i want to scream every curse i can think of.

0points

Bianca Dawn Pommier 3 years ago

edit: sorry about bad grammar

0points

AndersM 3 years ago

Respect from a dad here!!! Next step. Waterboarding

0points

Suz66 3 years ago

Lot of respect from me!!!

0points

Uchman 3 years ago

Now, try that with a British plug!

0points

debrina blackmoon 3 years ago

You are MAGICAL!

0points

AngelWingsYT 3 years ago

Ok ok you may enter the Salty Spatoon!

0points

Steen Alcor 3 years ago

I once stepped on a Lego. Jump up in pain onto another Lego piece. Dooh

0points

malenchki 3 years ago

What are your secrets YOU MUST TEACH MEEEE

0points

Marco Conti 3 years ago

Hero!

0points

SuePrew 3 years ago

Had shoes on?

0points

Mazer 3 years ago

Superpowers!!

0points

Raven DeathShade 3 years ago

If the Lego is at the right angle (like as pictured here), then it's not that bad to step on them. It's only when they're sideways or diagonal, when their sharp corners are exposed, that they hurt when you step on them.

0points

Hilary Mol 3 years ago

And that's how you know this bada#& is either a parent to more than one child or has a partner who's into Legos as a hobby.

0points

Okasan Willis 3 years ago

I can do it, no feeling in my feet

0points

Robert T 3 years ago

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Zophra 3 years ago

I don't understand. "Lego (adjective) pieces/brick/bricks.." "Go clean up your Legos (plural noun) ..." Why wouldn't a single one be called "a Lego? (single noun) "

1point

First, check if it's safe to approach the person yourself. As you approach, introduce yourself and ask questions to see if they respond. If they don't, kneel beside them and gently shake their shoulders while continuing to ask questions. If they still don't respond, pinch their earlobes to see if they respond to pain. To sum up response check results, the person can be alert, responding to voice, to pain (pinching), or unresponsive.

#11

30 Coolest Things People In This Online Group Have Done So when i was like ten my little league baseball team got into the final game. It was really intense because we where in the tenth inning when there is usually only 6. We were tied for a while. It was looking like the end of the game for my team because we had two outs and they were up by one. There was i guy on second and s guy on third. I was up at bat with two strikes. I was prob the worst player on the team at that time. But anyways what would be the final pitch comes. I swing and i connected with the ball! It flew right over first and both of the guys on base got home and we won. All my team came out of the dug out running twords me shouting, " MVP! MVP!" That is prob my proudest moment ever. I know it isn't much compared to the other stories but i am proud of it.

Matt2e43 , Shaun Greiner Report

Final score:

149points

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R Carson 3 years ago

I'm proud of you too!

40points

#12

30 Coolest Things People In This Online Group Have Done A while back i looked outside my house to see the sky was overcast so i lifted up my hands and snapped my fingers and lightning flashed right in front of my house. I felt hella bada** after that moment and recently i thought back to that moment and and decided to snap my fingers again and then a power surge or a short outage took place in my house. This was late in the night btw. One day i will learn to master this power i have over electricity and exploit it for my own lazy benefits.

Bailey833 , Norma Passarell Report

Final score:

145points

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Kona Pake 3 years ago

Thor-God of Thunder!

35points

#13

30 Coolest Things People In This Online Group Have Done Saved both of my kids from drowning!!

QUIBICUS , Garry Knight Report

Final score:

143points

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Vicky Z 3 years ago (edited)

One of the reasons i don't want kids is that i cannot imagine the huge responsibility you have, trying to keep them alive all the time! So much stress!

43points

Hippojaxx , Mohd Fazlin Mohd Effendy Report

If the person does not respond, you need to open their airway by gently tilting their forehead back with one hand and with the other hand's two fingers under the chin. Check if the person is breathing by placing your ear near their nose for 10 seconds, looking to see if their chest moves. If they are not breathing normally, ask someone to call an ambulance or do it yourself on speakerphone. Then begin CPR with chest compressions.

#14

30 Coolest Things People In This Online Group Have Done I chased a man down at the mall who had stolen a woman’s purse. Tackled him, and restrained him until security showed up. Then went to Cinnabon and treated myself.

I ate the Cinnabon in one bite, it was the most bad#&s thing I’ve ever done to date

Final score:

139points

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The Grizzlysnake 3 years ago

Wait- the tackle, or eating the thing in one bite?

88points

#15

30 Coolest Things People In This Online Group Have Done I grew up in a not-so-safe neighborhood, and when I was 16 had a job at the local Dairy Queen. One slow night, 5 minutes before closing, I'm working with one other person, a smaller girl, when two guys ride up on their bikes. Nobody else was around, and it was already completely dark. They walked up to the door and talked a bit before entering. One of them pulled out a gun from a pocket or his pants and put it into his jacket, and a few seconds later goes to open the door. I still don't know why this was my reaction, but suddenly I, the tall, skinny, pale ginger, took a step towards the door and pointed back outside, made eye contact and said

"You're going to have to leave that outside."

The guy with the gun stopped and just said "oh", politely set the gun outside on the concrete, and came back inside. This was immediately followed by the most "okay, just act normal" moment in my life.

Verrq , JJBers Report

Final score:

134points

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R Carson 3 years ago

Glad it worked out.

30points

ultraviolent_lite , City of Detroit Report

#16

30 Coolest Things People In This Online Group Have Done Pulled someone out of an overturned burning car while pregnant. I was pregnant. I was on my way to work at a home health company. It was a huge snow storm and i was the only one with 4WD and had to go open the office alone. So i had to leave the guy with some other bystanders and go open shop so none of our patients would get stuck without care. Then later i had to rescue my boss from the side of the highway aftermath she ran into a ditch.

Final score:

130points

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Vicky Z 3 years ago

That's a pregnant superwoman right here

49points

If the person is breathing normally, check circulation, look over the body to see if there is severe bleeding. If you find it, try to control it. At this point, you should call an ambulance. You can check the video here. It was posted in 2016, but the approach to CPR during the Covid pandemic might be different, which you can learn more about here.

#17

30 Coolest Things People In This Online Group Have Done I stubbed my toe last week while watering my spice garden, and I only cried for twenty minutes.

drvirgilmd , fishermansdaughter Report

Final score:

115points

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Francis 3 years ago

hahahaha :D

38points

Dutch Swimmer Goes Viral For Super Revealing Trunks During 2024 Olympics: “Is This Legal?”

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Thrill-Seeking Diver Jumps Down Extreme Waterslide, Ignoring The Strict Ban For Women

#18

30 Coolest Things People In This Online Group Have Done I was young, probably 11. I had a kid try to tackle me from behind and I flipped him over my shoulder.

It was f**king dope.

[deleted] , PKA Karate Report

Final score:

108points

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R Carson 3 years ago

Take that!

23points

#19

30 Coolest Things People In This Online Group Have Done I saved my dads life during a medical emergency on the side of the highway last year. The 911 operator couldn't hear me because of all the road noise so I didn't have anybody coaching me through anything.

[deleted] , haljackey Report

Final score:

106points

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Piet Puk 3 years ago

Wow, I hope you are both ok!

25points

Did these stories make you remember something cool that you have done? Please share them for everyone to enjoy and make them try to imagine what it looked like. Don't forget to be nice and pat each other on the back for the best deeds.

#20

30 Coolest Things People In This Online Group Have Done One time I was babysitting my 2 year old nephew with my little sister. She was on her phone like always not paying attention. He was sitting backwards on the couch, I was sitting accross the room from him. I seen him starting to fall so I jumped up and went over, I swear this next part happened in slow motion like a movie. Right as he was about to land headfirst on the hardwood floor, I caught him, flipped him around and put him back on the couch. I could tell he was prepared to start crying, but he never hit the floor so he just sat there confused. My sister missed it all despite sitting right beside him.

ElBrando18 , Gordon Report

Final score:

95points

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Lily Mae Kitty 3 years ago

I saved a baby falling out of a shopping cart. Slid in and got my hand under his head before he hit the floor and cushioned him. Ran into his mom and brothers like 14 years later and they knew me right away and ran over and hugged me. One boy who had been a toddler and was now about 16 says, "Mom, that's the lady who saved my baby brother at ShopRite!" How did he even remember it?! It made my day running into them.

82points

Woman Put A Water Fountain With A Camera In Her Yard, Here Are 24 Photos Of Regular Visitors (New Pics)

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“Ma’am I Live Here”: Woman Refuses To Back Out Of Driveway, Learns A Lesson The Hard Way

#21

30 Coolest Things People In This Online Group Have Done I volunteered at an aquarium and got to hand feed sharks while diving!

[deleted] , Joi Ito Report

Final score:

65points

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Beta 3 years ago

That shark look like it got cataracts

11points

paleobear1 , Seattle Parks and Recreation Report

#22

30 Coolest Things People In This Online Group Have Done Not my most bad a** moment but once in 3rd grade, we were playing dodgeball with those iconic red rubber balls. And my two friends happen to be on the other team that day and well. I had a ball, f**king whipped it at one of my friends, cracked him straight in the face, the ball bounced off, only to hit my other friend right in his face. I got a collateral headshot in dodgeball. By far my favorite elementary school moment.

Final score:

63points

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Danielle Terese 3 years ago

Hmmm, I thought face hits were illegal

29points

#23

30 Coolest Things People In This Online Group Have Done Got an inflatable kayak flipped somewhere between class 3 and 4 rapids on the Colorado River. Was drug down about 10 to 12 feet came up under the kayak had to get out from under it in the rapids. Gathered all my gear back in the water and didn't even lose the sunglasses off my face somehow.

Also found out a kid died in that same spot a week prior.

vegetarianrobots , Bill Wilson Report

Final score:

59points

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R Carson 3 years ago

The force was with yiou.

19points

50 Of The Most Incredible Shots That Were Submitted To The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards

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French Diver’s “Jewels” In Tight Swimming Trunks Become Talk Of The Town At Olympics

#24

30 Coolest Things People In This Online Group Have Done University researcher blew off part of hand while using a glovebox (kind of a clear box that has gloves attached to it facing into the box so you can work with chemicals under a nitrogen blanket.). They ran around bleeding, fire fighter got the part of hand and took them away, then I was hazmat incident commander dealing with the situation. My boss and I suited up and went in to secure the box so that air didn’t get into box causing explosion. nitrogen was just blowing out of the box-we had to essentially close it again. Good old days.

Justanotherdichterin Report

Final score:

54points

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R Carson 3 years ago

WOW

16points

#25

30 Coolest Things People In This Online Group Have Done I was on a tall rock at a beach and I pretended to waterbend a giant wave right as a big wave crashed at the base of my rock and the water rose like twenty feet in the air in front of me. Felt pretty cool

jahnutt , Bonnie Moreland Report

Final score:

53points

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Sophia Atkinson 3 years ago

But no avatar in a iceberg

11points

#26

30 Coolest Things People In This Online Group Have Done Once I threw a pencil into about a 4” hole in a wall, some 15 feet high from 30 feet away, first try

david-denicola , Chiara Coetzee Report

Final score:

49points

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daking 3 years ago

damn, that's impressive, should put that in a trickshot video.

11points

Woman Moves Out Of Parents' Home After They Asked Her To Give Her Space To Brother, They Freak Out

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Mom Leaves $250k Inheritance To Son, Throws A Fit When Daughter Stops Looking After Her

#27

30 Coolest Things People In This Online Group Have Done I was sitting in a chair and I threw a gummy bear up and hit a really high ceiling and I caught it in my mouth without moving uncomfortably to catch it That's where I peaked imo

a_sentient_cup , Morgan Report

Final score:

42points

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R Carson 3 years ago

Sounds sanitary.

7points

#28

30 Coolest Things People In This Online Group Have Done I made the front page of my college newspaper by giving the middle finger.

It was at this music festival they put on every year and I noticed my buddy Nick taking pictures for the newspaper on the stage, so I decided to flip him off. My girlfriend had written "Te amo" ("I love you" in Spanish) and drew hearts around it. I guess they thought it would make a great picture for the cover of the Valentine's day edition and went with it.

The coolest thing about it is that the college has an archive of every single issue of the newspaper since they started it back in the mid-1800s, so there is a copy of that being preserved there for future generations to see.

A close second is winning "Most Likely to be Out of Dress Code" my senior year of high school because I was in detention all the time for dress code violations. It was probably one of the most bada** things at a private Jesuit school with a dress code.

-eDgAR- , -eDgAR- Report

Final score:

42points

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R Carson 3 years ago

Flip it like ya mean it.

8points

Woman Refuses To Chip In For Babysitting Because She Doesn’t Even Have Kids, Asks If She’s A Jerk

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“This Breaks My Heart”: People Stunned—And Angry—After Woman Buys Lost Luggage From Airport

#29

30 Coolest Things People In This Online Group Have Done When I was a wee lad, I got flung from a kiddy rollercoaster that went into a turn too fast. Got out with just a scratch.

Vito_Moretti Report

Final score:

41points

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R Carson 3 years ago

Lucky

10points

#30

30 Coolest Things People In This Online Group Have Done Working on the ambulance 3 years after graduating high school, I got dispatched to the home of my high school crush, who friendzoned me, and saved her mom's life during a diabetic emergency

bwint1 Report

Final score:

37points

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Ellie Rosser 3 years ago

And by 'friendzoned' we mean stayed nice and friendly with me even though she felt no physical attraction. Stupid phrase, grow up and grow out of it.

83points

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Brian Bennett 3 years ago

I was a lonely 15 year old female, liked to go for walks. Went to the local park to feed the ducks when a man approached me in the park - he open his coat to show me his "possessions". I didn't know what to do so I started to laugh and asked him what he was gonna do with that little thing. Thank goodness he turned and started to run so I kept up the teeny weenie comments then some guy tackled him and smacked the crap out of him!

21points

bonnyatlast 3 years ago

When I was about 12 I was helping break a 2 year old Appaloosa stallion. I was leading him around the neighborhood getting him used to his harness and lead rope. All of a sudden I felt his teeth rake my back. I jump forward just missing him biting me. Gut reaction it pissed me off and I popped him right in the nose. He spooked back and fell over on his side. Never tried to bite me again. (I well knew the damage horses can do biting each other. There was a stallion relative of his that had broken out of his stall and fought a half grown colt, bit his ear off and swallowed it. You don't mess around with horses that bite.) I was pretty Bada--- for a girl.

17points

Anonymous 3 years ago

You were pretty bada-- period.

3points

Lyone Fein 3 years ago

I am 58, female, disabled, retired university professor of Comparative Religion, currently an artist, etc. Also only 5' tall. When I was in grad school about 20 years ago, I was at a convenience store one Saturday night at about 3AM. It was really packed with students younger than myself. One big and tall young man was in line buying beer, and obnoxiously smoking. He happened to be standing right behind me. So I turned around and asked him if he was "old enough to buy that beer?" He said he was. Then I reached up and took the cigarette right out of his mouth, and crushed it on the floor, and I said, "then it's time you started acting like it."

12points

Lyone Fein 3 years ago

My latest badass moment happened a month ago in NYC while I was on vacation with my husband there. We were staying in a familiar neighborhood, and were walking down the street about to do some shopping. There was an older woman begging on the sidewalk. I gave her a twenty and told her it was so she could get some dinner and go home for the day.

6points

Pamda Panda 3 years ago

A few years ago, I was in the crosswalk and a turning car didn't see me. (To be fair, it was dark and rainy.) I realized the guy wasn't going to stop, so I jumped up and curled into a ball-- I think my backpack took most of the impact. I hit the windshield rolled off towards the driver's side, landed on both feet, and cussed out the driver. Also, to his credit, he drove me to the urgent care a few blocks down the road and filed a police report on himself while I was getting x-rays. I had a few bruises.

6points

Miss Frankfurter 3 years ago

At my final job before retiring. There is a certain surgeon that most everyone can't stand. Think she is a total be-atch. I know she's not. I understand her. She was on call one weekend. I was looking after a lady with a bowel issue where you just had to watch carefully and see where this leads. She told me to call her if I see ANY changes. I kept an extremely close eye on her. Every check, things looked normal. Then the next check there had suddenly appeared a pink spot on the left side of her abdomen about the size of a quarter. Only change seen. She said to call her for ANY change. I'm not going to wait until the next check to see if it has gotten bigger. Its a tiny change, so I called her. We ended up whisking her off to emergency surgery and she went to ICU after. Later, this surgeon who everyone cant stand, came to the floor to find me and say " I just want to thank you for calling me. You saved her life." I've saved a lot of lives in 38 years. It is so cool when you do that.

5points

Jarno Flinkers 3 years ago

First year of high school I got bullied a lot. I was a small kid starting high school (now I'm 1m98cm). So anyway during a lesson some of the bigger/tougher kids thought it'd be funny to throw stuff at me from behind. It started with gum, but the biggest idiot threw a f*****g pen and aimed for my head. I caught the pen, behind my head without looking like a frickin ninja. And yes, I've been thought martial arts from a young age and I guess that helped. However they left me alone after that, because they thought I was some kind of Ninja Turtle.

4points

chuck.dont.surf 3 years ago

and then everyone clapped...?

1point

Leo Domitrix 3 years ago

if I've had a bada** moment, nobody told me I did

4points

InfectedVoice 3 years ago (edited)

One of my engineer colleagues was on his way to a job going down a motorway and noticed an overturned car in the ditch to the side, pulled over and quickly realised a woman and her 2 young children were in the car, smashed the windows and pulled them out, got them to safety and a couple of minutes later the car caught on fire. He was in our companies news letter of course and he just says it was right place right time but no, boy done good, and he was bought many beers at the xmas gathering.

3points

ThePracticalSarcastic 3 years ago

In 2019, I climbed Mt Everest less than 3 months after hernia surgery.

3points

BookCrazyTeen 3 years ago

In 6th grade Cross Country we were going up against a school we had never beat before in many previous years, rich fancy school with lots more people than us. The 8th graders did the first race, and our team won, then the 7th graders, we won, then it was time for the 6th graders and I was one of our best runners so my coach was putting a bunch of pressure on me, I figured out other really good runner would take the win, but then she dropped behind and it was up to me to win the thing, I stayed directly behind the girl from the other team the entire 1.5 miles, then on the final stretch I raced right past her and claimed our team’s win. Most badass I’d ever felt at the time. Never gotten 1st before that.

2points

Ivana 3 years ago (edited)

Most badass thing I ever did took place well over the span of a decade. Dropped out after the 9th grade and worked 3 jobs to help my parents, got my GED around 20, graduated with a 4.0 from a community college, graduated with a 3.91 at a state university (all while working full time), graduate with a 3.91 with my Masters the same year I was promoted 3 times and was running an office with 7 staff, and while being my father's primary caregiver that last year of his life. Never had time to study for my comp exam, just took without any prep because my dad had just died and COVID hit. Did my oral exam in bed, sick with COVID and right after a meeting with the president of the university about getting the COVID studies approved and set up. I am one of the highest positions in my department and I did that after growing up homeless with a GED and years of getting to my office at 7am and not leaving until 10-11pm.

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Stannous Flouride 3 years ago

When I was in Italy to work on an archeological dig in 2000 I happened to be in Roma during the Deaflympics. I had taken ASL and learned Italian for my gig and was asked by a teacher from Gallaudet University to help her re-book her return ticket because of a family emergency. This was before you could do so online and Google Translate didn't yet exist. I found myself at a travel agency translating between an Italian agent who spoke no English and a deaf woman, doing it all in my head. After a few minutes of this, I thought to myself, "Man, I f-ing rock!"

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in.love.with.taylor.swift 3 years ago

today my friend threw me a giant bottle of gatorade and i caught it one handed and it landed perfectly

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kjorn 3 years ago

few years ago (i'm a computer tech) i was working in a highschool and i repair laptop from the student. occasionnaly i use to browse the computer for illegal stuff (porn mainly) and on day i was browsing and i found nude picture of the girl who own the computer. long story short she was about to get recruted in a prostitution ring.

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Amy Broderick 2 years ago

I was really involved with free luncheons in my area during college. I helped start up a food pantry out of them and tried to get a homeless shelter going too. Nearly got there but was Nimby'd in town meeting. But all of that work got me an invite to the governor's meeting where I pitched him the idea of getting rid of monopoly money style food stamps and moving to a debit card system. Now that's the national standard.

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Stannous Flouride 3 years ago

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Brian Bennett 3 years ago

21points

bonnyatlast 3 years ago

17points

Anonymous 3 years ago

You were pretty bada-- period.

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Lyone Fein 3 years ago

12points

Lyone Fein 3 years ago

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Pamda Panda 3 years ago

6points

Miss Frankfurter 3 years ago

5points

Jarno Flinkers 3 years ago

4points

chuck.dont.surf 3 years ago

and then everyone clapped...?

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