Ultimatums have a way of backfiring. Whether it’s a parent laying down a new house rule or a CEO demanding that employees fall in line, the phrase “If you don’t like it, leave” is usually meant to silence dissent—but sometimes, those words are just an empty threat. So Reddit user Yeah_nah90 asked for stories about times when people decided to call the bluff and received thousands of descriptions of walkouts that completely changed the mood of the room.

Yup, at a potluck, we had a Karen who went on a power trip and made rules that only benefited her. She screamed "“If You Don’t Like It, Leave”, the other mothers, fathers, all picked up there kids, took their dishes from the pot luck and left. It was only the Karen and us security guards. We weren't able to leave because we were on the job,

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