THE LAST STRAW ☠️

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Guys, humans can get on our last, damn nerves sometimes; especially when we’ve politely asked them not to do the thing that irritates us. It sucks because they’re chipping away at the danger zone that separates us from doing something to them that we really don’t want to do. At that point, you might hear them say, “alright bro, I’ve had enough of you already! You gotta come see me outside, now!” Generally this would mean that they’re attempting to pick a fight with you. A normal, civilized human being would learn to control their emotions and build barriers that allows them to de-escalate a dangerous situation like that. This would prevent them from raising their temper using physical tactics. Someone who’s raised without any morals, dignity, and integrity will generally go off on you in a heartbeat.

Before you state your opinions, I think we can all agree that certain people are just skilled at pushing the right buttons that’ll force our hand to do something incredibly stupid that’s outside the norm. This is why you hear people say, “you made me do that”. Everyone has a different tolerance level; some higher than others. Anyone can potentially reach a breaking point, while some have short fuses. Fighting, profanity, or any other form of violence may not be the most reasonable response at times, but it can certainly be brought out of us under the right circumstances. We can debate about it until the cows come home, but the truth here is that no one is invincible towards reaching a breaking point. It also forces you to discover something about yourself that you never knew about before.

I think the old expression, “the pen is mightier than the sword” generally works about 95% of the time, depending on the person. But then there’s that 5% that strikes our breaking point where certain exceptions occur that lays the ground work for us to go off on someone verbally or physically. For an example - how much patience do we really have with someone? You’ve repeatedly asked them politely not to do something and they’re still doing it. It’s not a “walk away” situation or something that’s eluctable.

Normally it’s recommended to address the situation in a positive manner. Unfortunately, they don’t always understand that language. So what’s next? Raise your voice at them? Use physical tactics? It’s very tempting at this point because their actions are highly intolerable and inexcusable. We can usually tell that our strategy has no effect on them when they’re still irritating us. They’re like blood-thirsty vampires begging for you to curse them out or use physical tactics.

Have you ever reached the breaking point with someone before? If so, how was it handled?