25 "Fine, I'll Do it Myself" Moments From History
When you want something done right, you do it yourself. We went to r/AskReddit to figure out how many people took history into their own hands.
Published 4 years ago in Wow
We went to r/AskReddit to figure out how many people took history into their own hands.
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Todd MacFarlane was pissed off at Marvel when he was an artist working there because he didn’t see any royalty or extra money from characters. Venom in particular which blew up and Marvel merchandised the hell out of it and only gave MacFarlane his salary. MacFarlane responded by founding Image Comics which as its mission statement gives creators full rights to anything they make. The Walking Dead had to coordinate with the creators of the comic series not the comic label, for example. Image is still doing well 30 years later. -u/Noggin-a-Floggin
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In 1959 India Dashrath Manjhi’s wife died as she fell off the mountain and was unable to get medical attention due to the fact that the nearest medical facility was far away and there was no direct route between the mountains. Using only a hammer and chisel he carved a path 110 m long, 7.7 m deep in places and 9.1 m wide to form a road through the ridge of rocks. It took him 22 years to get it done but he managed to reduce the distance between the Atri and Wazirganj sectors of the Gaya district (where he was working) from 55 km to 15 km. Don’t know of anything else that would come close! -u/Worth-Extension-2540
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Léo Major. "Major single-handedly captured 93 German soldiers during The Battle of the Scheldt in Zeeland in the southern Netherlands. During a reconnaissance, whilst alone, he spotted two German soldiers walking along a dike. As it was raining and cold, Major said to himself, "I am frozen and wet because of you so you will pay." He captured the first German and attempted to use him as bait so he could capture the other. The second attempted to use his gun, but Major quickly killed him. He went on to capture their commanding officer and forced him to surrender. The German garrison surrendered themselves after three more were shot dead by Major. In a nearby village, SS troops who witnessed German soldiers being escorted by a Canadian soldier shot at their own soldiers, injuring a few and killing seven. Major disregarded the enemy fire and kept escorting his prisoners to the Canadian front line. Major then ordered a passing Canadian tank to fire on the SS troops. He marched back to camp with nearly a hundred prisoners. Thus, he was chosen to receive a DCM. He declined the invitation to be decorated, however, because according to him General Montgomery (who was giving the award) was "incompetent" and in no position to be giving out medals." -u/West_Samurai
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Captain Joseph Bennett - Was an original Seabee. His team of engineers were the very same men ambushed during construction. Despite orders not to, after catching a round to the chest stopped only by his silver cigarette case, this pissed off Irishman lept off his bulldozer and returned fire with his two 1887 NAVY revolvers, killing 4 Japanese soldiers, before walking back to his bulldozer to continue to work. -u/Damionstjames
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Alexander the Great has to be the ultimate 'Fuck u' I'll do it myself. The guy was in his early 20s, when he said 'Fuck it', I'll invade Persia, the greatest empire in the world and defeat the biggest army in the world. It would be akin to Taiwan invading China. His generals thought he was mad. He didn't even stop there. The guy was the GOAT. -u/Peaked-too-soon
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Axl Rose, St. Louis 1991. I still crack up thinking about this. "HERE I AMMMMMM AND YOUR ROCKET QUE-HEY TAKE THAT, TAKE THAT GUY AND TAKE THAT!!!! ILL TAKE IT GOD D*** IT!!" Axle than proceeds to jump into the f***ing audience, beat the s**t out of the guy with the camera, while the band still plays in the background, thus starting one of the most destructive riots in music history. -u/Turbobrickx7
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