I think you’re right. I grew up right before that… got bullied a lot until about 6th grade. Got into fights at the bus stop probably once every two weeks or so. Got beat up pretty bad when we had deep snow one time.

Once I got home, I got a knife and a bat and chased the bully around with both of them until he ran out of energy… didn’t hit him but I instilled the fear of god in him.