Didn't really have a reason other than "because I could […] I […] was generally a nice and thoughtful person,
You know, genuine “nice and thoughtful” people tend not to use the “because I could” excuse to be evil. That’s just the single worst excuse there is, used only by blatant psychos.
I was bullied in my school days. Perhaps not physically (not often), but certainly emotionally, even by some teachers (wether out of apathy or genuine malice, I still do not know). I was often ridiculed for being the “silent loner type”, and even some teachers tried to justify it by saying “you’re different, try being the same as everyone else”; as if that’s a prefectly valid excuse to bully someone. The worst thing is I’m different merely because I am an introverted autist. That was the only thing “wrong” with me and yet it was still too much for them. My school days made me so miserable I contemplated suicide a few times, and even to this day I still have sort of bad dreams about them.
This has left me with an intense hatred for any type of bullying (not just schoolyard bullying, any type of “picking on those weaker than you for satisfaction” I hate), even that of bullies with bad personal lives. Because, thing is, I strongly believe in the “freudian excuse is no excuse” trope. It doesn’t matter how shitty life is to you, that’s no reason to perpetuate the cycle and make others just as miserable.
So FUCK you and I hope someday, when you’re old and weak karma will really catch up to you.