So everyone... Bullies

[DoomyMcDoom]

I was bullied, I fought it for awhile, then dropped out... turns out that when your family treats you like garbage, you're poor, and you live in an area of town that is middle class in a town which is retardedly expensive to live in, with a HUGE income gap... and you don't have a father, or a brother, or any family members to relate to about anything to do with being a guy and going through puberty, it kinda sucks, you don't understand anything that's going on, you hate yourself, and you begin to hate everyone else around you...
When I was about to snap, with no friends only enemies, who i was at the time planning to kill off one by one, in a variety of different ways, including but not limited to arson and blunt impact trauma with say, a baseball bat. I got to thinking, if I go down this road... I will prove them all right... suicide was my endgame plan too by the way... I dropped out of school, to save myself the daily torment, and all that crap... spent the next 6 years of my life virtually alone, reading things, watching people, learning about the world around me, and devising philosophies and plans to better my existence and that of anyone I cared for...

so here I am, I am calm, I am alive, and I am pretty much fucked for a future in any known way and will probably work myself to death in a low pay labour job never able to afford a house, never able to start a family, and generally just alone...

I mean not that I really care, my life is just the blink of an eye in the grand scheme of things, and I may be hit by a car or something in a week, and then I won't have to worry about trying to scrape by with no education and no real qualifications beyond basic first aid and food safe, and some other arbitrary shit...

anyhow sorry if I'm a big downer amongst all of these rousing victory tales, but I'm not given to lying about my life, because guess what! Nobody cares, nobody will use this information against me in any way that could screw me over any worse than I already have.

cheers.

 

[afroebob]

Afroebob was a cartoon character me and my friends came up with back in elementary school and I guess it just symbolizes the childhood innocence we all sometimes miss. Deep, I know.

 

[Josh Horton]

I was bullied all through middle school up until my last year before high school (8th grade for those who don't know). I never fought back or said anything back ever, until one day I was jumped from behind. Never knew the reason behind being targeted. The guy jumped on my back and started punching me in the back of the head, I flipped him over my shoulder and kicked him in the side, needless to say with all the adrenaline I actually lifted him off the ground with the kick. That is when everyone that picked on me realized that it probably wasn't a good idea anymore.

High School I pretty much was friends with everyone, never knew why I was bullied to begin with.

 

[afroebob]

I was never really bullied at all... guess I'm lucky

 

[emeraldrafael]

The last guy who officially bullied me, and made a point to bully me and not someone I know where I went to stand up for them was from 6th grade start to the middle of 7th grade. he called me gay and just got under my skin, would knock books ut of my hands, tell me I was worthless, slammed a locker close on my neck while I was reach in to it, average stuff.

But that stopped when he tried to slam me into a wall in the middle of seventh grade. I saw him coming, stopped short, tripped him while he was somewhat stunned and then just slammed my fist on his chest and said I'd have enough of his shit.

then he said he'd get me back, and I said go ahead.

Then four days later two of the linebackers from our school team had "had an issue that needed resolved physically" with the kid and I never had to deal with him. Now whether or not the linebackers were friends/people who owed me a favor played on the situation I have no idea.

 

[Keepeas]

All of these bully stories...it reminds me of Ender's Game...great book.

 

[hotsauceman]

I was always a fat big kid. especially in middle school. And strong to. Even my weakest punch could send someone home with a serious injury. but i still got picked on by the smaller kids(one who later became my best friend, then bully,then friend again 6 years later) cause they knew i couldnt retaliate back out of fear of hurting them(didnt stop me from getting in fights when i lost my temper) Never even got suspended the other kids did. I was a good boy who did his work. And i spent all my time in the library so the principal knew i was good student.
But my Junior year the worst happened. A friend of mine hangs out with this other group who dont like me for things i did(i too jokes too far and got mad when people retaliated, kinda a jerk thing) but most of them tolerated me being there waiting for my friend. Except their "Leader" From to immediate provocation he came and tried to pick a fight(tried to. They kept uss apart. He shouted,i shouted it didnt end until i decided, with some help from a mutual acquaintanceship between us. I was going to go back at lunch but another "Friend" convinced me no. I later find out an Aquitaince of mine pissed him off that morning and he took it out on me. And the kid was one fight away from being removed from wrestling.

 

[Drenaje1]

Thankfully, I manage to blend in with the background, so I usually got passed over as a potential bullying target. HOWEVER! Hanging out with a certain group of friends usually got me pulled into all sorts of drama I didn't really care for. Most disputes were successfully resolved with a witty 'yo mom' remark, or something like that. I recall some jock asshat and his friends scream across the field one day 'Hey, Nick? Where are your balls?' (He wasn't known for being that good at developing insults, or getting work done, or really doing anything besides laughing obnoxiously, running fast and tossing a ball around. I digress). Anyway, my reply was 'In your mouth'.

Hehehehe. I win.

Of course, while I usually try to stay out of, well, anything, it always seems to be my friends who get involved in shit. For example: I had a friend named Dylan...since maybe the 2nd grade. He always started fights over insults. Never was sure why. All I remember is him and some other kid getting into a fist-fight in the cafeteria, and it was around that point I decided I don't NEED this from the people I talk to.

Thankfully, after middle school, most people are mature enough to be beyond any sort of bullying. It certainly isn't happening at the school I go to. All I can say for certain is that I haven't really gotten bullied. Even though I'm a fantastic target.

 

[Vykrel]

So you committed assault (possibly aggravated) and you didn't go to jail, why?

"started by hitting my head as he passed my seat"

as harmless as this sounds, it is considered assault. the bully was the aggressor.

i dont think the OP should have resorted to fighting before anything else (thats what it sounds like he did, at least) but if someone lays their hands on you in any violent manner whatsoever, you have every right to beat the shit out of them... at least, in my opinion.

 

[Use_Imagination_here]

I make it very clear that messing with me is not a good idea, so I've only ever been bullied in the seventh grade by this really annoying kid in my class. We both eventually got bored with it, and we're sort of friends now. He's kind of nice once you get to know him.

Then there was also this wannabe gangster asshole who threatened to kill me because I told him to fuck off when he was being annoying. I just looked at him and laufed, he walked away.

 

[mega48man]

dude, excellent bully story. i think that's awesome you stood up to your bully so hard he called the cops. however, i find that total bullshit that cops get after you instead of that jerk.

i've got a couple bully stories. elementary school, 5th grade, 3 nerds (one british) gave me a hard time on the playground. i made friends with a slightly tempered black kid, and we harassed back, fuck yeah. one day, the tall one just reeeally got to me, so i punched him square in the face BAM. then we were forced to stay inside for recess and do this thing, we kind of became friends, and i later became friends with the 2 non british kids in high school. however, in senior year after my first time getting dumped, i slowly became a punk rock bearing dick and alienated my 2 nerd friends (my ex was friends with these 2, and i just couldn't stand the tall one's bullshit about me and her. he was a troll in 5th grade, and he's still a troll today, and i feel stupid for not seeing that sooner.) it was for the better, they were both pretty damn weird.

this one kid always harrased me in middle school. one day we were in the boys locker room, and i punched him square in the jaw BAM. some time later, maybe several months, my dad has me with him to pick up my brother from soccer, where i see this kid again. i wave to him and say hi (i completely forgot i hit him) and he just kinda shys away and keeps his distance. in junior year of high school, i find out he's addicted to WoW and has become a quiet type. too bad, his mom was hot.

next kid, we're on good relations now, but back in middle school, GOD DAMMIT, he pissed me off. he was this short and stout jewish kid (like winnie the pooh, but a dick) he kept harassing me about my last name (eagle), said a bunch of other mean stuff, and this went on for the longest time. one day as the last class gets out, i try a technique my grandpa taught me; "treat him as your friend, and try to get on equal ground" so as he's harassing me, i give him a freindly shove in the back and friendly say "oh you, knock it off david!" i hoped this would relieve tension, then he spins around, grabs my shirt and stares into my eyes and says "touch me like that again, and i will kick your ass!". as he pushed me off and walked away, i was reeeeally pissed off "ok grandpa, fuck that, new approach; dirty harry style" so i kicked him in the back to get his attention, and i grabbed his shirt when he turned around, then i THREW HIS FAT ASS into the lockers. i never felt more accomplished. before he could retaliate, teachers broke it up. he then called me racist for a few weeks because he was jewish, and let me explain why that's bullshit;
1) i was young and had no concept of religion
2) i hate him because he picked on me
3) judaism is a religion, not an ethnicity, the proper word is anti-semite. but of course, you can say that quickly enough as you pass by in the halls. wanna know who else thought judaism was a race? hitler. way to go jewish fat kid, you've insulted your own intelligence.
4) i had a secret crush on this russian jewish girl, who i finally dated at the end of junior year, which came to an end in january, but that's not why i'm here.

oh god, hockey camp at orchard lake st. mary's, that was one of the worst experiences of my entire life. i met this one black kid who was really nice, he was pretty white. but everyone else GOD DAMMIT, I HATE SPOILED RICH KIDS. every one of these bullies so far, they've been spoiled rich kids. every kid at this hockey camp gave me a hard time, they were utter assholes. but the day finally came when we had our final scrimage and the 2 worst kids were on the opposite team...and i was on defense. GOD DOES LOVE ME i thought when one of them tried to skate along the boards around me. when the chance finally came, i checked that mother fucker HARD into the boards BAM. then later, the other one tried to trip me and i managed to avoid it, so i checked him in retaliation and luckily the hit was legal. i felt so damn accomplished.

of course, there have been many many many other times i've been bullied (don't get me started) but HOLY SHIT i've made quite the wall of text.

in the scheme of it all, i've learned a valuable lesson; no matter how much your friends try to tell you "just ignore them" sometimes you've REALLY got make those assholes bleed and let them know that you're not gonna take their shit.

wow, that kind of inspired me to go hunt down some bullies from senior year and slash their tires, maybe even leave my graffiti tag on their car.

 

[Redworld13]

I was bullied for most of primary and high school, untill puberty hit fully, and then i lost all my weight, had a girlfriend and people were suddenly scared of me...... ahhh the lol's of high school

 

[archaicmalevolence]

Well I'm still in school right now, doing year 12 and am 16 years old now. I guess I've had minor bullying back at odd occasions in primary school, and a small amount early high school. Nothing ever serious, just some name-calling etc. Back in Primary I was around the middle group, now in HS I'm still in a middle group, but get along well with everyone in my grade, vice-versa.

I guess sometimes I still get annoyed by the year 10's (a lot of them smoke, and act like general d***-heads), though if they do annoy me, just ignore them, make a witty comment. Walk away, most people won't really bully me I guess because of the people I know, or something like that.

 

[SilentCom]

After high school, I became a ghost.

 

[CthulhuMessiah]

A little bit. It usually stopped quickly because I would say something fucked up, like "If you do that, while you sleep I will break into your house, gag you, kidnap you, rap you up in chicken wire and meat and watch while birds eat you alive". Everyone believed me because although I'm known as a nice guy, I'm also known as being one step from being the Joker because of various traumatic events when I was a kid.

 

[King of Wei]

Had a discussion in college about this today so, nice timing.

I used to be bullied in school for being blind. People used to trip me and take my stuff when they were on my blind side. In my 10th grade year I was given a cane to see if it would help me maneuver in crowded areas, instead of using it for that purpose, I beat down one of the more annoying bullies with the cane. Not enough to do any serious damage, just enough to get the point across.

On the down side I got the cane taken away, on the plus side no one bullied me since.

I cannot condone using violence to solve bullying problems, but it definitely works.

 

[Sleepy Sol]

The only true bullying I had to go through was my late elementary school years. It never got bad enough to make me want to retaliate since most of it was just name-calling. Although I once accidentally ran into the wall playing dodgeball in P.E. and I'm pretty sure EVERYONE was laughing at me, so I guess that was pretty bad. Now that I'm in high school, the only insults I get are "nerd" from people who are obviously too stupid to even pass the easiest classes (besides those people I talk to just about everyone anyway). I just ignore them for the most part or tell them to fuck off under my breath.

I also got a lot of questions about why I looked so different in elementary school since I was born with a cleft lip and palate. Doesn't really count as bullying, I suppose.

All in all, I think I'm pretty lucky for a skinny and short kid to have not had any huge problems with bullying. Maybe being friends with the star defensive player on the high school football team since kindergarten helps.

 

[Tilted_Logic]

I don't recall ever being severely bullied. I was a scrapper myself, so anything that was done to me in elementary was reciprocated. I was however probably a bully myself every now and then when I was young. I remember liking this one boy who sat next to me on the bus; I use to shove his head into the window, although I look back on it with horror and sorrow now. (It was one of those things kids did when they seemed to have a crush, you know, like boys pulling hair and such... only more violent, so I do very much regret doing it).

Anything more extreme my parents usually found out about and informed the school... I recall one time someone pulled out a chair from under me as I went to sit down and I banged my head on a desk. My parents found out about it, got the principle involved and the boy who did it apologized whilst bawling his eyes out in the office. I felt so awful for the boy, but needless to say I never had any trouble with bullies aside from that incident.

Pretty much I'm the type of person that will stand up for myself or someone else regardless of the opposition. I seemed to be well liked in high school by most parties, so I don't really think I had anyone out to get me. Although... my years in highschool seemed to be blissfully free of any typical bullies, everyone did their own separate things and while there was tension and hate among certain groups, I don't recall anyone being avidly harassed.

 

[Tselis]

I was bullied relentlessly at school. It got the the point that I was attacked in the hallway. I ended up in the principal's office, being suspended for bending a hall locker door with my attacker's head. My parent's pulled me out of school to do homeschooling. When the Colombine tragedy happened I actually felt sympathy for the shooters, none for those shot. I'm not using the word victim, they were both victims. Both shooters and those shot. I still have very little sympathy for bullies who get their shit wrecked. I do feel for the people caught in the crossfire. That's just me.

 

[Shadow flame master]

I've never been bullied so much as fucked around with too much. I'm in my senior year of high school and haven't had as many dipshits fuck with me too much as opposed to middle school and 9th grade. I have been the socially arkward kid in all of my classes, and as such, been labeled anti-social by many people. I also have a temper and sometimes lashout at people who annoy me too much.

I am glad to say that I have never been in a physical altercation before, but because I have been branded as the guy who would shoot up the school, I really don't have to worry about bullies at all.

Also, why would people tell someone who has no access to any firearms to not shoot up the school?