This completely contradicts your post title.

ALWAYS stand up to bullies.

Avoiding a fight is almost always a good idea.

Which is it?

This only works if you win the fight…

Works every time. As long as you do it right and your parents did their job and actually taught you how to throw a punch.

Bullies are not identical, and neither are thieves. The only thing for certain about a bully, is that they're consistently an asshole to at least one person.

Sure, there's definitely a lot that have never faced consequences, and will give up if you fight back.

Problem is, there's a looot that are practically sociopathic. I've both seen and been victim to threats and attempts on my life, over the smallest verbal comeback.

Stereotyping dangerous people is dangerous dude.

That will then cause them to escalate. The only way to stop bullies is to humiliate them. If your bully is a guy, always go for the balls no matter what. Life ain't fair so you fight dirty and always go for the cheap shots. ALWAYS

Open carry... people don't bully people carrying firearms

Depends on the bully and situation but usually just ignoring them and walking away. Most of the time if you don't acknowledge them they get mad but don't get the satisfaction they are looking for.

Every time I've ever stood up to a bully they disappeared from my life after that.

There is no quick LPT solution. There are times to stand up for yourself and times to back down.

It's because they don't give a flying fuck about actually solving problems and only care about their optics. "Look I suspend everyone for fighting no matter what, I hate violence! Keep me as principal and I will continue to make sure there is never any violence again!" they say as bullets go flying because that one weird kid that's picked on isn't able to just cold cock the person bullying them.

It's the exact same mentality of conservatives with drugs or liberals with guns, where if we just make it illegal, then the problem is magically solved.

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This is a bad life pro type. Highly circumstantial and can lead to lot of trouble

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People acting like this equals getting beat up. From my experience it doesn't at all, but people should understand the difference between escalation and standing up for yourself. Some people think they should escalate to show the bully what's up, that's a great way to force them into having to fight you.

Instead, I have always just been like "I am not fucking around, I will beat your ass, do something if you want it" simple as that I wouldn't go any further, simply state that I am willing and put the ball in the bullies court. It's worked for me many times. They typically follow it up with "whatever man". I have had it work on guys twice my size.

Another thing to keep in mind is gauging if this is a crazy people or someone trying to look cool. If they are crazy, then tell them to fuck off and walk away. If they are clearly trying to apply pressure to you to look cool in front of other people, odds are they aren't fully prepared to fight.

And their point is that you're making assumptions that are far from always true.

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I know plenty of bullies who would quickly throw a punch if you stood up to them. They've gotta protect that tough guy reputation, and they will.

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There's a mindset among people in charge that nothing is ever a problem until someone is complaining. So if someone complains, their response might not be "fix the problem." It might be "get the person to stop complaining." If you teach people that they'll be punished if they complain, you'll see complaints drop drastically.

Confucius was kind of an ass though

Good advice to get the shit kicked out of you too

The big names? Do you want to be charged $50 for a form that is required ? A lot of the preparers at the chains are actually doing data entry, the software is doing the work. Plus the charge/fee is at times ridiculous and not transparent. The software cannot for example 100% determine if tyour eligible to claim the dependent your trying to claim. In some states you have to be certified trained licensed. Other states go to WalMart buy software and magically you're a tax preparer.

LPT learn how to do basic income taxes and file them yourself as OP mentioned. The Big lobbyists killed the IRS efile many many many years ago.