lol emotions

Beautiful

I went through similar shit from 3rd grade all the way through 8th. It still effects me today, and I am still trying to unlearn it all.

That being said, this was whiny and lame.

I stay quiet because I never know how sensitive some people are.

stopped watching at 1.50, almost vomit

lol, the sad truth about getting picked on in school is that usually you can make a change on your end to stop it :\ if you don't want to get made fun of don't bring your teeth to show and tell....

That wasn't literal, you nimwit.

most people who get picked on to that extent can change something to stop it

Victim blaming? Wonderful.

hard to stop bullying when people think it's acceptable to call other people names like faggot and retard and degrade them so much that they consider their own fucking existence

You want something really powerful?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eYH0AFx6yI

Tell me you don't get goosebumps

As someone who works in a middle school, where a lot of bullying really starts to ramp up beyond name calling, this hits pretty hard.

Makes me think of the 8th grader who's a little bit effeminate and has been called every homophobic slur that I know and some that I don't, who gets pushed around in the hallways, who deals with it every day, never once responding to anyone's face, but sobbing uncontrollably when he finally makes it down to the counselor's office.

Or the practicing Muslim who gets called a towelhead to her face, who has had her hijab forcefully ripped off her head by numerous students.

This shit happens, and while this was a mildly melodramatic reading, it's all true. We've had three kids attempt suicide this year, all as a result of bullying. Middle school kids, wanting their life to be over just 12-13 years in because every single day is filled with a litany of insults and hate speech.

Blaming the victim in bullying cases is one of the most reproachable things I've seen people on this website (or anywhere) do. Are you expecting the pudgy 9 year old who gets made fun of to go out and exercise until he fits the concept of what looks 'normal'? Or the girl with the birthmark on her face to go get cosmetic surgery? What the hell is wrong with you?

I apologize for getting on a soapbox here, it's just that I see this shit every single day and I'm mostly powerless to stop it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVD-HsHoUNM

Probably the most powerful spoken word I've seen in a while.

bullying is hard to deal with because you can never tell the intentions of the person doing the harm and the actual harm that the victim suffers. the kid that bullies could've been just joking around, genuinely thinking that what he said was funny for everyone, maybe because he's used to that kind of joking in his family circle or he could've been trying to make the other kid feel bad out of jealousy or whatever reason. and the bullied kid might receive this message as either a good joke that could trigger the start of a friendship with the other guy, or might receive it as a mean hurtful comment that could leave a mark for a long time.

In my personal experience, it didn't have that name at the time but I was indeed a "victim of bullying" for quite a long time during my childhood. Lots of troubles making friends in school, fat kidded everywhere, not a fun time overall. It was the support of my parents that made me realize that this bullying that some guys were doing to me was rather a misread of their intentions from me, than an attempt from them to make my life harder. After realizing they were just kids joking around with no real reasons to do harm, I just started ignoring them until they found no longer funny to make jokes, and years later I even developed some very close friendships with some of them.

So if my experience can put me in any position to make an informed opinion on this matter, one thing the kids need to overcome bullying is the strong support of their parents. If you are a father, teach your kid to love and accept himself and make him understand that whatever people say or think about him doesn't really matter.

I finished watching the video btw, good positive message

Personal attacks are not and cannot be the foundation of a real friendship.

It's impossible to talk about this shit anywhere because the feeling police will always look right on paper despite reality being nowhere near their utopia. I can't seriously think of a person I know who wasn't "bullied" in middle school, but at a certain point it is good for you to learn how to ignore pointless hate. It's not like it goes away when you get older, it just gets less vocal anyhow.

I was writing that at the same time and didn't see your comment before submitting mine.

I agree with what you're saying, what I'm trying to get to kind of climbs into the discussion about if man is good or evil, are the bullies intentionally doing harm for their own proposes or are they unaware of the damage they're doing?. I find hard to believe that someone who understands exactly what kind of harm and consequences their actions could lead to would keep doing them over and over; but then again I haven't witnessed such a level of bullying like what you are describing.

The victim holds no blame here, they need help and support to learn how to overcome this and be able to move on, which is where I see that the family plays the most important role.

Family does play an extremely important role, but I'd say that about half of kids today (at least in the US) don't have a properly supportive home life/family, and the correlation between kids who are bullied and those with poor home lives is really high.

Fortunately, I was never bullied in school but I can only imagine how terrible it is for those who do.

I suppose that the area I'm in must be very good, because I'm a skinny snarky nerdy ginger and I've never been bullied physically or emotionally in my life.

reminds me of a lot of shit i went through in middle school

remember how kids don't know how to not get angry? i was really bad at that and kept getting made fun of by like 10 or so kids for like years on end

once i kicked a kid in the stomach out of anger and got suspended for 3 weeks until i saw a psychiatrist

they never did anything about anybody who bullied me

powerfull videos, all of them, do you guys have more?

The pork chop/Karate chop thing was pretty funny
Not the bullying part

I think shifty is right to an extent. A lot of people that get bullied get picked on for things that they can overcome. I feel bad for kids that get bullied whether its their fault or not, but you can't ignore the fact that some things are within their control. I'm not saying that its ok to bully people with issues they can overcome, just saying that people often do have problems they can fix.

This guy needs to be on Snap Judgement

Very moving and great story telling.

So, what you're saying is that people shouldn't be themselves. They should change to become more socially acceptable? That's bullshit, fuck you.

If you're fat, smell bad, or have acne, which I'm sure are very common reasons for bullying, you can usually fix it unless you have a serious medical condition.

I'm not saying that people should go change their hobbies, interests, or sexuality : /

fuckin gay as hell

Yeah! How dare you insinuate that people should conform to social norms! We need more brave people who don't follow the rules and guidelines of society to fit in like everyone else! We need more people like Ted Bundy or Charles Manson who challenge those boring social structures!