http://www.screamingpickle.com/humor/legends/StarWarsKid/
I've been scr*wed! I was called much worst than this when I was a child, and I received no compensation from my tormentors.
Should have asked the kids permission first...of course anything is unbearable for $300 G's
The kid could have been rich.
He could have taken lessons, lost some weight, and worked for Master Replicas that makes light saber replicas or made more films improving his skills. People pay big money for the kind of national attention he had.
Seriously. He had a phenom going there and dropped the ball. Ok, he is a kid and got his feelings hurt. But making lemonade from lemons was a lesson clearly not taught nor learned. Too bad.
The key is in the second to the last paragraph.
Is there insurance money to be claimed. Everything else is fluff.
He said the situation left him feeling drained of energy, and that he let himself go and no longer lifted weights to keep fit.
Geeze... If they had things like digital video cameras and YouTube when I was a kid, Some of the silly stuff I did, much worse than this kid, would have embarassed / immortalized me to millions. The few still living that have seen some of the old 8mm family films of my antics still remark upon them.
Who can I sue... Hmmm.
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I don't understand why God doesn't get on with the business of destroying mankind. We clearly deserve it.
Hmmmmm... you'll see much clumsier performances at nearly any beginners Kendo class.
He's a beefy kid and he handles that broomstick quite well. And unlike alot of fighters, he moves his feet and covers the ground. I shouldn't want to try to take his weapon off him, unarmed: not for all the tea in China.
A pity some of his tormentors and bullies didn't try: they'd be seeing stars and nursing bruises and fractures for a few weeks, and they'd firmly resolve to pick on somebody else.
I *hate* bullies.
Goodonya Star Wars Kid. Take up Kendo or Escrima or Arnis, or even the Nunchukas: you got the basic moves right. Now refine 'em with some proper training.
*DieHard*
I think FReepers could do this kid a real favor by dropping a note to "Screaming Pickle" and asking them nicely to drop this part of their site.
Yeah, it's funny but it's bullying and it's not right.
Happy to lead by example: I've sent them my e-mail.
People should recognize the pain that comes, not from teasing, but from non-stop harrassment. When young people today leave school the bullies can still reach them on their cellphone, e-mail, AIM etc.
RIP Ryan
Example 23,378,893 of how lawyers screw up society.
What a humorless dork.
Why don't they just give him a small role in one of the movies?
I think this is the best one
http://media.ebaumsworld.com/index.php?e=starwarskidmatrix.wmv
I hate seeing kids get picked on but if that kid had taken just one of the "teasers" and beat the snot out of him, the teasing would have stopped.
Although.. I guess he did have the last laugh.
MM
Artist: Eagles Lyrics
Song: Get Over It Lyrics
I turn on the tube and what do I see
A whole lotta people cryin’ ’don’t blame me’
They point their crooked little fingers ar everybody else
Spend all their time feelin’ sorry for themselves
Victim of this, victim of that
Your momma’s too thin; your daddy’s too fat
Get over it
Get over it
All this whinin’ and cryin’ and pitchin’ a fit
Get over it, get over it
You say you haven’t been the same since you had your little crash
But you might feel better if I gave you some cash
The more I think about it, old billy was right
Let’s kill all the lawyers, kill ’em tonight
You don’t want to work, you want to live like a king
But the big, bad world doesn’t owe you a thing
Get over it
Get over it
If you don’t want to play, then you might as well split
Get over it, get over it
It’s like going to confession every time I hear you speak
You’re makin’ the most of your losin’ streak
Some call it sick, but I call it weak
You drag it around like a ball and chain
You wallow in the guilt; you wallow in the pain
You wave it like a flag, you wear it like a crown
Got your mind in the gutter, bringin’ everybody down
Complain about the present and blame it on the past
I’d like to find your inner child and kick it’s little ass
Get over it
Get over it
All this bitchin’ and moanin’ and pitchin’ a fit
Get over it, get over it
Get over it
Get over it
It’s gotta stop sometime, so why don’t you quit
Get over it, get over it
Pingster.