How vindictive are you?

[Imperioratorex Caprae]

I can't be vindictive, I'd be in prison or died by cop suicide by now. I've got too much in the way of creative and twisted revenge ideas that probably would be considered inhuman (why we call it that I don't know because only humans came up with torture and sick shit like that). So yeah I'm not vindictive by force of will, a desire to stay out of prison and a healthy dislike of the idea of dying (almost did it twice, don't want to go all the way quite yet).

 

[kortin]

Pretty vindictive. Someone who wrongs me tends to get on my shit list and never escape it.

It gets pretty bad when I play Titanfall, if someone destroys my titan, I make it my life's goal to hunt them down and kill them. Normally I get the kill, which really just encourages my vindictiveness...

 

[Ieyke]

I mostly give no shits.

On the rare occasions that someone does something that actually CAN piss me off, I am utterly unforgiving.
I'm viciously vengeful, but I've got an iron will and endless patience.

I will happily, slowly, systematically make someone's life hell without them ever knowing why it's happening...and just watch them lose their shit.

But, like I said, mostly I'm incredibly forgiving.
I regard the majority of people as too stupid to be worth my attention and true ire.

 

[Rayne870]

schadenfreude is my favorite word, that is all anyone needs to know.

 

[Guitarmasterx7]

If someone screws me over and I'm in any position to actually do something about it, I'll totally take the opportunity to screw them back. Realistically that doesn't happen too much.

So in other words, in nature, yes I am. In actions, no, because in most situations I'd just dig myself a deeper hole.

 

[Saetha]

Me? I'm not vindictive at all. And that's not really because I'm a good person or whatever, I just don't have the energy to get angry, stay angry, and act on that anger long enough to actually get anything done. So if an act of revenge is instant and requires the absolute minimum of effort, then yeah, I can be. But even then, I'm likely to back pedal when my temper cools in a few hours. Being mad takes a lot out of a person.

 

[Ikasury]

if i'm going to threaten anyone it will be to vicerally remove their gonads with a rusty spoon and pour lemon juice into the hole before ripping out whatever else i feel viable enough that they can live without it and then just walk away... my primary goal is to prevent them from ever breeding again so that their family line ends with them...

if i'm feeling particularly vindictive, i may heat said rusty spoon to several hundred degrees, just enough that it burns unholy fire and cauterize any wounds but not so much as to leave them crispy... they will feel it... for a long... long time...

thankfully i'm very good at keeping this impulse in check else i would have been arrested and executed long ago... but needless to say, when someone finally pushes me past my wall of infinite calm, i will make them cry and wish they never existed without laying a finger on them...

so yes... i can be QUITE vindictive... only consequence keeps me from acting upon it...

 

[Spacemonkey430]

My vindictive side comes out bad when I'm driving. If I see somebody pull a dick move, I seem to turn into a bigger dick to them: boxing them in, slowing down if I'm in front of them, and things like that. Nothing horribly dangerous, but I can't say I'm proud of it.

 

[bigfatcarp93]

Very. You do me wrong, you get triple in return.

Thankfully, I'm good enough at making this clear that it doesn't happen often.

 

[Chris Tian]

Having or showing a strong or unreasoning desire for revenge.
synonyms:vengeful, out for revenge, revengeful, avenging, unforgiving, grudge-bearing, resentful, ill-disposed, implacable, unrelenting, acrimonious, bitter

I am extremely sometimes. If someone pisses me off in any way I will go out of my way to get them back even worse.
I feel I need to ruin their day.

In Games it largely depends on game an character I am playing.

In real life I am not. For some reason I get along with literally everybody I meet in rl and if minor issues arise I always deal with them instantly.

Little side note: Some psychologists who specialize in emotions tend to belive the need for revenge stems from the fact that it was evolutionary sensical to make sure someone who wronged/harmed you woudln't do that again.

 

[Something Amyss]

Not ordinarily. I actually have trouble staying mad at people. I blame it on my attention span.

However, once someone reaches a certain threshold, I'm very good at holding a grudge. Sometimes, this is a desire for revenge. Otherwise, it's usually just a desire to not deal with that person.

 

[The Wykydtron]

I'm never vindictive, I just don't have it in me. My empathy levels are abnormally high so I would probably end up feeling sorry for a guy robbing me because he's probably been forced into it by a string of bad experiences and sub par decisions.

I get why people hold grudges (empathetic to a fault remember) but I don't have the energy for it nor the required desire for vengeance.

I am slightly more vengeful in games though if I feel my main character would do such a thing, see Dishonoured. That's even a tricky one because I feel like the game cheats you of using its mechanics with the good/bad ending thing. You can't use any of the cool gadgets or powers for the good ending, hope you're having enough fun with chokeholds and sleep darts.

Fallout: New Vegas even uses revenge as practically your sole motivation to get to Vegas and i've already forgiven him about 10 minutes into the game. It was just business remember? You didn't even die too.

 

[StriderShinryu]

I'm quite vindictive, but in the most passive way possible. Heh I will almost never go out of my way to personally get back at someone for something they've done to me or mine, but I'll admit to ardently hoping they get what I feel is coming to them.

 

[The Goat Tsar]

I'll never hold a grudge if someone apologizes and regrets what they did. I'll always forgive them, which can be bad if someone keeps taking advantage of me and just apologizes afterwards, it's happened in the past. But if someone wrongs me and doesn't apologize, I'm done with that person forever. I don't seek revenge, I'm just done with that person. Take responsibility for your wrongs.

 

[Michael Tabbut]

Overall I'm rather mellow when offline. However when somebody does something that really pisses me off I will get agitated for a while. If a person continues to push my buttons I will naturally retaliate. Somebody (who shall remain anonymous) bullied me a lot in grade school and I eventually retaliated. Bully in turn did things to me that I perceive as unforgivable. If anything I truly know what it means to hate because of that f***er. Long story short, if I'm pushed, my anger WILL turn to hate.

 

[Chris Tian]

I'm never vindictive, I just don't have it in me. My empathy levels are abnormally high so I would probably end up feeling sorry for a guy robbing me because he's probably been forced into it by a string of bad experiences and sub par decisions.

I get why people hold grudges (empathetic to a fault remember) but I don't have the energy for it nor the required desire for vengeance.

I am slightly more vengeful in games though if I feel my main character would do such a thing, see Dishonoured. That's even a tricky one because I feel like the game cheats you of using its mechanics with the good/bad ending thing. You can't use any of the cool gadgets or powers for the good ending, hope you're having enough fun with chokeholds and sleep darts.

Fallout: New Vegas even uses revenge as practically your sole motivation to get to Vegas and i've already forgiven him about 10 minutes into the game. It was just business remember? You didn't even die too.

If I ever get into a serious fight with anyone I want it to be you.

Is this kind of attitude never counter productive to your goals? It somehow seems to invite people to walk all over you. Does this happen? Or does this behavior inspire people to feel similar and thus mostly works out well for you?

 

[The Wykydtron]

I'm never vindictive, I just don't have it in me. My empathy levels are abnormally high so I would probably end up feeling sorry for a guy robbing me because he's probably been forced into it by a string of bad experiences and sub par decisions.

I get why people hold grudges (empathetic to a fault remember) but I don't have the energy for it nor the required desire for vengeance.

I am slightly more vengeful in games though if I feel my main character would do such a thing, see Dishonoured. That's even a tricky one because I feel like the game cheats you of using its mechanics with the good/bad ending thing. You can't use any of the cool gadgets or powers for the good ending, hope you're having enough fun with chokeholds and sleep darts.

Fallout: New Vegas even uses revenge as practically your sole motivation to get to Vegas and i've already forgiven him about 10 minutes into the game. It was just business remember? You didn't even die too.

If I ever get into a serious fight with anyone I want it to be you.

Is this kind of attitude never counter productive to your goals? It somehow seems to invite people to walk all over you. Does this happen? Or does this behavior inspire people to feel similar and thus mostly works out well for you?

You should see some of the arguments I have occasionally had on here. I once talked myself in circles and the guy told me I had just agreed with him halfway through my one post without me realising it. I think it was on whether scanned manga online is piracy and I went from no to maybe to yes but not particularly harmful piracy. I type out my entire thought process as I go along you see.

I might have been lucky so far as I have yet to meet anyone manipulative enough to go out of his way to play on my nature.

As for goals I had to quit my hand at nursing barely a month in when I was 17/18 because it kind of ended up giving me bit of a mental breakdown. There is such a thing as too much empathy, I could not detach myself from any patients I was with. God knows what I would have been like if any of them died on me.

 

[Beffudled Sheep_v1legacy]

I'm a surprisingly forgiving person.
I say that because I have severe rage issues and the first thought that pops in my head whenever anything happens is usually "violence".
If someone or something sets me off though and manages to escape my anger for a few minutes then I'll just forgive and forget no strings attached. I just can't seem to hold grudges or actually stay angry at anyone for too long.
And I have no desire for any kind of revenge outside of the first couple minutes of triggering my rage.

 

[Bertylicious]

Nah, I'm all full of love and shit. Unless you mana leak my Victories Herald, then I'll have a monopoly on bitterness.

 

[Evil Smurf]

I'm not, I'm generous, kind and good looking. You catch more flies with honey, init.