# How hard should I be allowed to hit this guy?

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hard-should-i-be-allowed-to-hit-this-guy/726693
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [August 1, 2015, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hard-should-i-be-allowed-to-hit-this-guy/726693 "2015-08-01T00:12:58Z")
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### Author: ![Grotonian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c2a13f/32.png) [@Grotonian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grotonian)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2015, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hard-should-i-be-allowed-to-hit-this-guy/726693/94 "2015-08-02T15:21:25Z")

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Wait a second, wait a second, wait a second. Here’s a post of yours from two weeks ago:

> [@Sexism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexism/725380/52):
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> I’m short and assertive, no one has ever mentioned little man syndrome.

And here’s yesterday:

> [@Darth\_Panda](#):
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> That’s the main problem. If I hit him the way he hit me, he’s not getting up. I’m way bigger than him.

Is Brett a member of the Lollipop Guild? Those midgets are some mean motherfuckers. Haven’t you seen “Under the Rainbow”?

> **[Under the Rainbow](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Under_the_Rainbow)**
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> Under the Rainbow is a 1981 American comedy film directed by Steve Rash and starring Chevy Chase, Carrie Fisher, Eve Arden, and Billy Barty. Set in 1938, the film's plot is loosely based on the gathering of little people in a Hollywood hotel to audition for roles as Munchkins in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's 1939 film The Wizard of Oz. Jerry Maren, who had a role as a Munchkin in the original film, also appears in Under the Rainbow. Filming locations include the original Culver Hotel, which was used b Th...

I was going to suggest little man syndrome for Brett, but it turns out you’re already a little guy and Brett’s a right puny guy. Napoleon Complexes all around.

Dude, I don’t think you need to “keep your hands to yourself” or “grow up”; you just need to hang out with a taller crew.

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