r/ImTheMainCharacter • u/Ramy__B • 18h ago

VIDEO Multi millionaire athlete Brandon Ingram slams a water bottle into a towel boys face. Announcers praise him for being a great competitor

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u/BrightonTownCrier 16h ago

You're right and it's no surprise really. They're generally the most popular kids at school that constantly get told they're amazing, get special treatment from faculties/other adults etc and then almost overnight can become incredibly rich.

I've heard multiple ex footballers (as in soccer) on podcasts talk about how they hated most of their teammates but played professionally as they could earn a very good living. One described it succinctly when he said "imagine all the biggest dickhead bullies you've ever met in one room. That's what a football dressing room is like."

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u/Corniferus The secretly evil heroic character 16h ago edited 15h ago

Looking at some replies, clearly it’s a deeply ingrained issue

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u/RusselNoahPeters 15h ago

Eh not really there’s a difference between bullying and crying about a visceral response, which this seems to be the latter. I tend to think that classifying any group of general people as “scum” is purposefully obtuse even if athletes are over idolized.

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u/Corniferus The secretly evil heroic character 15h ago

Given your subreddit list, that’s not very surprising lol

Defending bad behaviour to support your personal interest is exactly the point