Ive been "bullied" my whole life. Im skinny. Im ugly. I have glasses. Im a huge nerd. And I wholeheartedly believe that that bullying is not a problem and that threads like these are the problem.
These threads or magazine/newspaper articles make people feel like victims. They aren't victims. People are assholes, LEARN TO DEAL WITH IT OR GO HOME. The same people who believe in bullying are the people who believe in participation trophies. You cant let everyone win, not everyone in special. Some people are worse some are better. Some are weak sone are strong.
Bullying is caused by boy's need to be the alpha male. The best the strongest, the one that has shown their power to the others and has made them beta males. Girls want to be the most desirable so the alpha male will notice them and mate with them. This will pass on the best genes ensuring their child's survival. Humans are animals. Deal with it. our libido
and id control us more than you know.
Cyber bullying is the stupidest thing of all. Just turn off the device, unfriend them. Don't text back. Ignore it. Don't start crying for help. Some guy texted me once; "i hope you die you little autistic blam. Bring a knife to school so i don't hurt you do bad." I ignored it. Nothing happened. I went on with my life. The real problem with "bullying" is that society teaches kids to be victims when they should teach them to be strong, to deal with it. To ignore it. And to just accept that it happens. I despise people who think bullying is a problem because those people are the problem.
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I got bullied a few times at school, but never more than once by the same person because even at the age of 9 my reaction was just to punch them. Now I wasn't a great fighter or anything, so they'd punch me back, and that would continue until we both gave up. It hurt us both but they'd realise it wasn't worth the hassle and leave me alone. You have to stand up for yourself. Of course this can backfire. I'm sure there are some fights that are best avoided.
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Here is the big thing: there is a difference between someone being an asshole, and someone being a bully. As a teacher I hear students say (half jokingly) "they are bullying me", when it is just kids messing around. There is definitely something to be said for growing a thicker skin, and it is something I think has been lost a bit. BUT. Every now and then you venture into real bully territory. When someone makes it their mission to make the life of someone else a living hell. And there comes a point where "just dealing with it" shouldn't be necessary. Yes we are all animals, but animals that have evolved and formed communities, where we are supposed to suppress some of our baser instincts, so that a community can exist. Some kids need to learn that. Not everyone can win, not everyone is special, but that doesn't mean a person has to go out of their way to make people feel like crap for what they can't control. As for cyber bullying, most of the time the answer is just to ignore, block, quit. But there too can come a point where a person should have to make drastic changes to avoid assholes. I have kinda wandered around with this post, but in summary, I believe that bullying is a thing, just not as bad as it is made out to be. There does need to be a line that civilized people don't cross, but it also helps for people to have thick skin and learn to ignore the idiots who talk. I know that's what I had to do when I was younger.