Is it just me or are the ones who did the bullying unsuccessful morons who never left their hometown and never really grew up or accomplished anything?
Poll: Bullies..ahem, why?
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Space Spoons said:
ncie bullet points. Except the Sadists also grow up to be dictators and corporate CEOs
I was bullied at least in junior high and high school, elementary wasn't so bad, but I always pushed back, I didn't just take it.
"Walk tall, and carry a big stick."Hunde Des Krieg said:
It works. Seriously. No one will fuck with you, if they think you are the one with big one.
Why does the poll imply that one must have either been a bully or been bullied themselves? I for one apply to neither category.
This seems like an 'either-or fallacy' or whatever you crazy kids are calling it now-a-days.
I was much much bigger than all the other kids in my class, I was not a bully though. I would often step in when other kids were being picked on needlessly though; that often got me into trouble but my dad told me to do what's right when I'd get home.
I was kind of like a real-life crappy comic book superhero for middle-schoolers.
IN answer to the OP's question. I work in law enforcement so I still... kind of do the same thing... I guess because I still think of people needing my help even if they don't want it.
I was much much bigger than all the other kids in my class, I was not a bully though. I would often step in when other kids were being picked on needlessly though; that often got me into trouble but my dad told me to do what's right when I'd get home.
I was kind of like a real-life crappy comic book superhero for middle-schoolers.
IN answer to the OP's question. I work in law enforcement so I still... kind of do the same thing... I guess because I still think of people needing my help even if they don't want it.
Man, I hate to say it, but I bullied a lot of kids. I was a real dick, and it goes to show that people can change given time. And you know what the fucked up thing is? One of the kids I was a real bastard to ended up killing himself. Granted this was a year after I left the school, but I still felt real bad about it afterwards.
I will say one thing though. There are some kids who are just asking to be "bullied". Anybody that pushes the envelope, so to say, to any extreme is putting themselves in a position to be ridiculed, and I think a lot of it is just human nature. That doesn't make it right, but even people like Abraham Lincoln suffered severe persecution at the hands of others, especially with a mob-like mentality. This is what happens in school.
So, to all the Goths or Punks or whatever clique you choose to be a part of, remember. The more you try to create an extreme image for yourself, the more people will get on your case. I find that the people that be themselves are genuinely more well-liked by their peers for not belonging to any specific social group, and end up more well-rounded for it.
I will say one thing though. There are some kids who are just asking to be "bullied". Anybody that pushes the envelope, so to say, to any extreme is putting themselves in a position to be ridiculed, and I think a lot of it is just human nature. That doesn't make it right, but even people like Abraham Lincoln suffered severe persecution at the hands of others, especially with a mob-like mentality. This is what happens in school.
So, to all the Goths or Punks or whatever clique you choose to be a part of, remember. The more you try to create an extreme image for yourself, the more people will get on your case. I find that the people that be themselves are genuinely more well-liked by their peers for not belonging to any specific social group, and end up more well-rounded for it.
As a physically underdeveloped geeky kid in grade school, I was the victim of bullying by the Moe from Calvin and Hobbes types. I always wished I could get bigger and get even.
Well, somewhere around age 11 puberty kicked in in a very big, very emphatic way, I became athletic virtually overnight, and I never forgot those kids who made my life hell (and who were anxiously awaiting their own puberty hormones.) I came to sixth and seventh grade to kick ass and chew bubble gum...and I was all out of bubble gum.
Moral of the story: Be careful who you pick on, because nature is a mother.
Well, somewhere around age 11 puberty kicked in in a very big, very emphatic way, I became athletic virtually overnight, and I never forgot those kids who made my life hell (and who were anxiously awaiting their own puberty hormones.) I came to sixth and seventh grade to kick ass and chew bubble gum...and I was all out of bubble gum.
Moral of the story: Be careful who you pick on, because nature is a mother.
I was bullied for a long time, physically and verbally, even though when push came to shove i shoved alot harder
"Some people just want to watch the world burn."Space Spoons said:
-Alfred from The Dark Knight
I've had a few experiences both bullying and being bullied.
The almighty reason I figured most bully's have is insecurity. They want to join the crowd and fit in so they immitate the ones who seem the strongest. Which are the bully's from the higher class's.
When finally puberty kicks in it also helps vent their puberal frustrations. Back when I still had school. One of the biggest bastards parents where devorcing. He probably was just sad and just vented all that frustration on bullying.
I'm not saying bullying is right and that we should be sympathetic. I'm just saying there is always more to the story.
The almighty reason I figured most bully's have is insecurity. They want to join the crowd and fit in so they immitate the ones who seem the strongest. Which are the bully's from the higher class's.
When finally puberty kicks in it also helps vent their puberal frustrations. Back when I still had school. One of the biggest bastards parents where devorcing. He probably was just sad and just vented all that frustration on bullying.
I'm not saying bullying is right and that we should be sympathetic. I'm just saying there is always more to the story.