This is a short one. My wife and I walked by this kid playing in his front yard with what I assume was his cat. Then he picks the cat up by its tail and just looks at it while the thing screeches bloody murder. So I yell at him and basically say “don’t do that you little shit goblin!”
The kid was startled and drops the cat and then runs inside crying.
My wife doesn’t think it’s ever a good idea to call a kid a shit goblin. I tend to agree but think this one deserved it.
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NTA. He was being a shit goblin.
NTA. Serial killer in the making.
yelling at a child is one thing but calling them a “little shit goblin” i would say crossed the line. they’re a 10 year old, they don’t have a fully developed brain – calling then that won’t help
He most likely is a shit goblin
Go to the parent’s house and describe the shit goblin behavior their son exhibited. If they are decent they will teach him better.
NTA. Shit goblins can be called shit goblins.
I just don’t think kids should be cussed at. Ever!
Accurate? Yes. Necessary? I don’t think so. I think that yelling at him was startling enough to save the cat.
NTA
NTA, never heard shit goblin before but now its in my repertoire.
YTA. He’s 10 and you’re a grown ass man screaming and cussing at a child you don’t know.
What stopped it from being, “Hey! Put down that cat!!”
You’re extremely lucky a parent didn’t come out.
You shouldn’t have called the kid a shit goblin, it’s not fair to shit goblins.
He didn’t cry because of what you said. He cried because he got told. That and the fact that little shit goblins are wimps.
nta. “little shit goblin” is honestly the nicest thing you could’ve called him. someone needs to teach him that animals aren’t toys
I would’ve walked right up to the door and told those parents if I ever saw that again I would become a huge problem
Yelling and calling him a shit goblin is more effective than acting proper. They’re not listening to proper. He’ll remember that shit. NTA
Should’ve called the shit goblin worse, TBH. Any prick who’s such a cunt to animals deserves to be put away before they become serial killers.
ESH. I know this is going to get down voted like no other because Reddit really does not care for children.
There were so many other ways to handle this other than calling him a little shit goblin, this isn’t a saying that just pops in your head randomly this is something that you say quite a bit. The majority of normal people don’t go around referring to children as little shit goblins. This 10 year old child is not going to learn a lesson or stop doing what he’s doing all that he’s going to remember is how a big scary man called him a little shit goblin for no reason. So if your actions do impact in a positive way it can be understandable and excusable for doing those actions but in this case nothing positive is going to come from you calling this 10-year-old child the little shit goblin other than making you personally feel better.
NTA.
You saved that shit goblin from a deserved clawing, and saved that cat’s life from shit goblin’s revenge.
Fuck that shit goblin. All my homies hate shit goblins.
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That’s a great name. I’m gonna call my students shit goblin when they are a pain in the ass
He was lifting it by the tail looking for shit. Definition of shit goblin. Textbook. NTA
You’re nicer than I would have been.
YES
Nah man that was a shit goblin for sure. He was causing real harm to living animals. That poor cat could have sustained a real injury and likely will not get to see a vet for it
He deserved worse.
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Sometimes kids are shit goblins and people who don’t think so have shit goblin kids
NTA at all. And the sentiment of your wife that it’s “never okay”, that kind of thinking is basically the reason some kids are shit goblins. You can’t let kids get away with stuff like that.
NTA. Shame is a powerful corrective we seem to have forgotten about as society.
This reminds me of a convo I had with my teenager a few weeks ago. Soccer game, opposing player called one of her teammates a b—-h. Knowing the teammate, I said, “Well, was she being a b—-h?” Silence. “Yeah, that’s what I thought.”
Ehh cats are assholes but he was in fact being a “shit goblin”.
Kids gotta learn somehow
Little shit might’ve done! 🤣
So let me get this straight, the kid picked up the cat by its tail, and the cat didn’t scratch or bit him? From 44 years of having cats, I’m not buying it. Unless it was a kitten, and I think the post would include that for more outrage.
Flaubert would tell you “le mot juste”.
The right word in the right place – and in this case, the correct term is indeed little shit goblin
Reddit is full of losers who hate kids. You’re a loser, OP. Grow up, shit goblin.
NTA JUSTIFIED, animal cruelty and abuse yeah he’s definitely a crappy goblin
My old boss use to refer to his kids as semen demons. I kinda miss working with him tbh
Alot of 10 year olds are shit goblins lol