Bullying Stereotypes Make No Sense

[@cheeki5280]

Real life bullies found out using social media and gaslighting was more effective than pure physical harassment

[@michaelhappy-x2p]

thats wy i dont have 90% of social media aps i only have youtube

[@PepsiMan-xx4sv]

@michaelhappy-x2p that won’t save you if you’re a target bud hate to say it but

[@michaelhappy-x2p]

@@PepsiMan-xx4sv i dont think im a target buth thanks pepsiman

[@Starofmisfortune]

​@michaelhappy-x2pThat can be arranged

[@fanOfMinecraft-UAs_channel]

Bullies in movies: beat people Bullies IRL: nothing is better than some good old psychological warfare!

[@hippopotomostrosesquippeda5804]

One bullying stereotype I absolutely love is that "bullies just need your reaction, so just don't pay attention" which would be the first thing a teacher say as soon as you tell them that you're getting bullied

[@figureuniverse]

Yeah they literally say that while ur getting assaulted

[@raindoset5408]

it's true but it's not like theyre not gonna try harder

[@AlephSix66]

yeah the teachers give u advice base on things that don't even happen

[@hippopotomostrosesquippeda5804]

@@raindoset5408 The thing is that most of the time even the lack of emotions or reaction might be the most "fun" part about bullying you. You gotta cater and amuse them anyway as long as you don't stand up for yourself

[@Marshmallow603]

yeah literally all the teacher has to do is provide actual help but no they tell you to basically cope

[@shroomer8294]

The idea of a bully giving someone a wedgie irl is incredibly absurd. If you did that people would think you're an absolute freak.

[@iiCounted-op5jx]

😂😂🤣

[@kaitlyn-t9m]

i hated that shit😭

[@idunnowhattonamemyself-vr4qv]

bruh my school (a boy school) used to grab eachothers 🍆 for fun and once they peed in a bottle and threw it people so wedgies are quite mild.

[@Shadednecros]

Depends on where you're from. In a backwoods hillbilly redneck area, that kind of thing gets the victim laughed at, that and getting your pants pulled down. Wearing a belt is usually a good deterrent for getting pants pulled down, cause the effort and where they'd have to put their hands would get the bully looked at weird. Speaking from personal experience, growing up in a very conservative redneck area where we have more churches than gas stations, grocery stores, and schools combined. That is no exaggeration, I actually counted at one point.

[@Ragged_Armour05]

That would qualify as a form of SA

[@guest1419_vr]

Another bullying stereotype is when the bullies grab your shirt and say "give me your lunch money!"

[@Sweze]

LUNCH MONEY? WHO PAYS FOR THE CAFETERIA?

[@soupdrinker]

AYO, THIS MF SO POOR HE NEEDS TO ASK FOR LUNCH MONEY!!!

[@kobzelfn9588]

Broke as hell

[@Mohammad-wp1jo]

1980: give me your lunch money! 2025: tell me your digital student ID number so I can enter it on the computers at the cafeteria to get a lunch

[@soupdrinker]

Dude yea, that'd get the bully bullied even more for being poor asf

[@DK5000-n8w]

Bullying people for having better grades dog that’s called jealousy

[@AverageHT1]

or dumba ssary

[@GuyIncognito-111]

Idk anyone at my school who makes fun of you for being smart. They actually make fun of you if your grades are bad lmao.

[@Kodick.edits1]

What a bunch of teachers pets are you going to the same school as Schmidt in 21 jump street

[@CombatSportsNerd]

Only realistic aspect of that trope is that in real life. You will sometimes have people hating on you for doing good.

[@CCCP-2918]

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[@Bababadalgharaghtak]

I think this is a generational thing. I grew up in the 90s and witnessed a lot of bullying first-hand. Our gym teacher often left the class unsupervised, giving bullies free rein. I remember one of my friends being humiliated with a wedgie while everyone stood around laughing at him-there was no way he could fight back. While I never saw anyone get a swirlie or shoved into a locker, I experienced something similar when a guy kicked a bathroom stall door into me while I was using it, leaving a scar in the centre of my forehead. Most of the bullying I saw involved physical or cruel acts like throwing students into dumpsters or pelting them with plastic bottles filled with rocks. People were targeted for being perceived as nerds, especially if they liked fantasy or video games, so many hid their interests to avoid getting beaten up. I even knew a boy who was bullied because his dad had killed his mom. Things began to change after the Columbine High School massacre, when schools started taking bullying more seriously and enforcing stricter policies. But back then, it felt like anything went.

[@EvanNichols-q7n]

Yeah nowadays people don’t take anything seriously so if someone’s dad killed their mom everyone would probably befriend that kid and his dad

[@hickory654]

Before things got cleaned up in the oughts, it was no holds barred. I got an entire clip from a airsoft plastic pellet uzi unloaded into me by someone twice my age in primary school. Somebody filled a watergun with gelatin and handsoap and soaked a poor kid in the ooze. Absurd stuff. In an era where everything is documented and kids safer around teachers whose job security rests on it, well. It's unimaginable these days. The bullying stereotype was made up by people who grew up in a time where that stuff was normal. Wasn't that long ago teenagers in the states could smoke and play cards in the cafeteria. Cigarettes weren't considered harmful and cards were just a game.

[@Boneless6065]

I remember we used to play rough games like bloody knuckles but with quarters placed inbetween your fingers, or do things to each other like surprise kick each other in the nads. At recess we would play sports but with a lot of rough housing, soccer but we constantly shove into each other, football but with tackling becoming full on wrestling. This was the 2000s, so not a lot of violent bullying, but we still found ways to mess with each other. There was a game (this one's actually more recent), where if tricked someone to look at you doing an OK sign below the knees, you could slap their neck as hard as you could. I dunno if kids still play these rough games now like we did.

[@helena_8478]

Yeah. I'm really annoyed when people say "nobody acts like this". There are like 8 billion people, how do you know nobody acts like that? Or that people never acted like it in the past? Do you genuinely think that just because you experienced something one way it was the same for everyone else?

[@UltraEpicVids]

yeah this youtube dude is just a gen z yapper who never went through real bullying

[@awesomo925]

They make these stereotypes in shows because depicting realistic bullying is too sad to watch.

[@Dogmanofthewest]

Not really. If anyone is getting bullied nowadays they are/were entirely capable of preventing it. You gotta do something weird or just wrong to get bullied Edit: ughhh guys this is too many replies I can’t answer them all

[@astronova3508]

@Dogmanofthewest nah, you can get bullied just for being different from others

[@itstime6361]

@Dogmanofthewest I got bullied just for being short (even though I'm a girl) and having an interest in birdwatching. Many people get bullied just because of their looks. It's not something you can control or prevent.

[@dehtyarUA]

@Dogmanofthewest my classmate got bullied because his family didn't have a TV at home.

[@Omnidimensial]

AWWWWWWWW BOO HOO

[@thefaceofpainandregret2216]

That’s why I use the insult “you sound like a high school movie bully”💀

[@JeLeff.]

Flamingo/Albert's face as a pfp? interesting choice...

[@Nonchalant_99]

That will sure show em’ ah comment

[@thefaceofpainandregret2216]

@Nonchalant_99 show em what? Just sharing an opinion, you don’t have to insult my comment for it lmao

[@Sw1ftred]

@@thefaceofpainandregret2216he’s probably a highschool type of bully himself lol

[@Nicholas-v1z]

@Nonchalant_99 fr😂

[@EduardoFerreira-yi4qc]

we can all agree that adults are terrible at portraying kids in media at times, this is why series like diary of a wimpy kid are generally liked by the public because jeff kinney actually made it relatable for kids and teens(even if there are innacuracies here and there). greg heffley's egocentrism in the books is relatable to a lot of people back when they were younger, i just don't understand why we keep calling him a "sOcIoPaTh"

[@kigr_33]

Haha yeah up until becoming an adult most people are very self centered

[@EduardoFerreira-yi4qc]

@kigr_33 yeah that's true, i'm still in middle school and i'm on the part where that phase is trying to go inside my brain but i try to never let it in. ain't never becoming an idiot

[@Nigerosaurus420]

@@EduardoFerreira-yi4qc True most media usually either portrays children as demonic beasts or as superman.

[@cantinadudes]

Idk man i thought greg was a dick even when reading the book as a kid. His best friend breaks his arm and greg doesnt care a bit

[@Munchowder24]

I think it’s because it makes for good click bait

[@12DAMDO]

"the stereotype that you get bullied for doing well in school" this one is how i figured cartoons lied to me because i got bullied for having below average grades back in elementary...

[@EduardoFerreira-yi4qc]

@@12DAMDO how much severe was the bullying?

[@12DAMDO]

@@EduardoFerreira-yi4qc i got pushed off that climbing house with the slide (forgot what it's called) and when i fought back i got in trouble, so the next day i didn't fight back and they took advantage of that (they stole my backpack and kicked me down) and one tomboy-girl on the schoolbus sprayed my eyes once.. other than that, it was mostly name-calling and gaslighting.. it's only elementary, so it's not as severe as middleschool/highschool where people pulled out knives and lighters and one guy even had an illegal weapon from the darkweb.. it probably helps for context to inform you that it wasn't a regular school, it was a special eds class mixed with "problem kids" and teens who went to juvy.. i always made sure to stand my ground though, but i didn't have a pocket knife on me so i usually ended up losing.. worst part is when teachers were in on it.. idk how school is now-a-days, but that was basically how things went for me (several dads also tried to sue the school, so idk if what happened there can be considered normal)

[@EduardoFerreira-yi4qc]

@@12DAMDO your old schools clearly had problems, i think it's a matter of time before something happens to those places. at least you'll finally never see those people again

[@Kodick.edits1]

@12DAMDO that did NOT happen special ed kids and misbehaving kids are not having dark web weapons and teachers would not be in on it NOBODY CARES IF YOU HAVE BAD GRADES MUCH LESS TO THAT EXTENT how tf you get bullied by a tomboy girl lmao

[@Kodick.edits1]

OH NOO AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SPED TOMBOY IM SO SCAREDD bud you chose to let that happen 😂

[@a_random_lizard]

A little addition for the stuffing inside lockers: if you DID manage to get locked inside a locker, that could potentially be dangerous, asphyxiation is possible in a tight spot like that

[@JeLeff.]

what's that

[@propeladdict9174]

​@@JeLeff.Look up george floyd

[@abatall]

@@JeLeff.running out of oxygen

[@scale_model_apprentice]

Who the heck can fit in a locker? They're like 6 inches wide.

[@CREEPERHEAD800]

the ones in my school are only like 30 centimetres tall lmao

[@benji485]

My teacher sat on their cat and killed it accidentally so if poeple have her they just say “meeoowww” and she quit school and moved to a diffrent one

[@Pinolo2010]

That's wild, and depressing

[@benji485]

@ yeah like sure she yelled a lot and was pretty cranky but man some poeple can be cruel

[@XllllllollllllX]

How yf do you sit on your cat and it dies cats probably would of hissed and hit you if that happened

[@benji485]

@ idk

[@vibemasterkorosu2469]

@@XllllllollllllX teacher was built like gorlock

[@BoondockBrony]

I'll be blunt and as the "weird kid" in school the one trope I grew to hate was the bully being a *jock*. They were cool jocks and they were mean jocks. But none of them were what I would ever call a "bully" most of the time, they were nice and the bullying they did were not this constant thing towards me if we go by the definition of a jock. Ironically, nerds and theater kids were the bullies that were the consistent bullies in my life. Heck even the popular girls weren't so bad if you didn't try too hard in hindsight. Two popular upperclasswomen even helped me with an eating disorder I had.

[@Kodick.edits1]

Blud is living in 21 jump street

[@goldtister]

@@Kodick.edits1 who uses 'blud' still bro

[@mpointoui]

hard agree, most of the times for me, jocks were cool and never bullied me. Almost always, the one that were real annoying surprisingly were the midly popular one, like the guy that is not really popular per say but is still known.

[@Cole-p3m]

I don't know what universe you live in. Growing up, many jocks were in fact dumb ugly bullies. They would get jealous and try to single out the more handsome guys out of jealous and they worked in a pack like hyenas. I can proudly say I stood up to them.

[@Kodick.edits1]

@Cole-p3m sure bud is that what your mom said lol "they only bully you because you're cuter than them" and then you single handedly soloed the entire football team? Why tf is everyone making up their own tall tales lol

[@thisperson8441]

kids were 100% putting THEMSELVES in lockers, but I've never seen the other way around

[@hareshju]

lockers putting themselves in kids

[@Arc_5]

@@hareshju 🤨

[@claymationgloves3662]

@@hareshju 💀

[@therealspeedwagon1451]

I used to hide out in the boy’s locker room in gym class. I was never an athletic kid so I just hung out with my friends and hid in the locker while they vaped.

[@TyronBezzina]

kid got popular for doing it twice. on his own

[@fatheadace]

Every time I watched tv with a "high school life" theme, it was always inaccurate and cringe

[@AlephSix66]

AND ITS ALWAYS PLAYED BY ADULTS WITH BIG BURLY BEARDS

[@didiyo4366]

except for the really rare ones like "Dazed and confused"

[@GuyIncognito-111]

Everybody in those shows is always a supermodel 35 year old, playing a 16 year old.

[@syppy7416]

no joke, Invincible is probably the most accurate depiction of High School I've seen (key word "I've Seen" I know there's better depictions out there)

[@casuallykilling8918]

watch azumanga daioh, you'll love it

[@WraxTV]

The bullying stereotypes aren't made up, they're just really out of date. I was around to see some of these things, but even back in my ancient times, a lot of these things just weren't a thing anymore. I AM surprised kids don't get bullied for trying hard in school now, which is definitely a good thing. That was something that, at the very least, would get you socially isolated when I was coming up because if you were studying, you weren't out partying, smoking up, etc. As for wedgies and swirlies - it was never a one-on-one thing. That was at least a five-on-one sort of thing. Still exceptionally rare, typically they'd just beat em up.

[@uhohspaghettios821]

its all the lead poisoning i think

[@maxraiola3726]

For the "bullied for trying hard in school", it never happen for my school. Most of those are seen as being smart and useful if you sit next to them, actually it never makes sens for me because studying is a positiv things. People mostly bully the one that have bad grades for being dumb

[@tesoro5620]

I was never bullied for being smart, I was bullied because I could not speak good English and the girls were just racist. Although they did give wedgies and push but I’ve never gotten a swirly

[@Kreshura-tm5rb]

there is some schools here in brazil that there's bullys who bully you for simply trying to study (i don't know why tho..), thankfully mine there's not such a thing!

[@abdullahali3880]

keep in mind the people who wrote these shows went through high school probably in the 90s where things like glasses and bracelets weren't as common which makes it easy to pick on

[@diydylana3151]

I think people underestimate how normal glasses are now we all sit inside looking at screens all day

[@billyd7628]

the people who write these sterotypes are older than you think. they probably went to school in 1950/1960.

[@mladen7641]

@@billyd7628 People who went to school in the 1960s are senior citizens now.

[@eggsandbacon892]

​@@mladen7641that's like, half the major people in entertainment nowadays (at least in terms of writing) so I'm very much unsurprised

[@rjs3099]

even during that time writers had those sterotypes, this must be some 50s-60s boomer ideas. ofc they would grab other guys underwear to give them a wedgie, sounds kinda closted to me

[@Daniel-jk7pe]

Honestly a lot of these bullying tropes are boomer era. Im a millenial our bullying was a lot of physical abuse like shoving in the hallways smacking their lunch out of their hands, weird borderline SA during gym, and verbal abuse like making fun of someone because they were poor and stinky ect. Ive seen kids cry from getting bullied.

[@valarmis]

Those have always been around. Bullying tropes have always presented toned-down bullying because they don't want to expose kids to something as uncomfortable as actual bullying

[@Nikki_the_G]

You think none of those things happened to Gen X or Boomers??

[@marinalexanduradu7384]

i think it’s more of a hollywood/american cinema thing and how fossilised movie writers are out of touch with school life

[@TheNadroj10]

Exactly Hollywood is out of touch with these 1980s ass school stereotypes

[@jeanivanjohnson]

@@TheNadroj10 is this a coincedence that art got out of touch since the 1980s, the same time a lot of working class rights achievements got reversed?

[@thedarkknight727]

From ELEMENTARY, all the way to COLLEGE. NOT once did I’ve ever witness BULLYING like depicted in movies. The only type “bullying” I’ve ever wittiness in school, where kids throwing hands, over some petty squabble, that’s it. 😜

[@abdullahtayyab8828]

throwing hands means fighting not bullying

[@thedarkknight727]

@: And those “fights” often looked more like Sumo Fights, rather than Fist Fights, due the kids lack of technique.

[@BlippiHarlemShake]

@@thedarkknight727 fr its never as deep as they make it seem

[@cactusgamingyt9960]

That's because you didn't notice the bullying. Many people don't notice until it's too late.

[@b.i.b.a6947]

@@thedarkknight727 FR like they just throw all their weight on the other person and hope it does something.

[@kandysell]

0:48 the term four eyes was most popularly used from the 1950 through the 80s, now the usage has significantly went down

[@Infamoss_Arch]

Im the only one who uses four eyes anymore and I wear glasses..

[@JEvans-wy9ln]

@@Infamoss_ArchHA FOUR EYES

[@humonchronos9048]

It's probably because being outside less as a kid is linked to myopia and since it is on the rise nowadays (everyone on they phones ) more people wear glasses and don't stand out.

[@Qbxyz-_l]

By 2050 or sooner actually, it's estimated that more 50% of the population on earth will have myopia.

[@kingkaliente]

disney taking notes rn

[@TheOneAndOnly-x3w]

They're never gonna use them though

[@AhmedMalaki]

I have so much grudge against the writing of most Disney shows So unrealistic and obnoxious level of writing

[@DoomsDave.]

they really arent tbh

[@Parasite890]

​@@AhmedMalaki I see you miraculos ladypiss writers

[@Hyperlaser_Merc]

​@TheOneAndOnly-x3w They are (But get the wrong idea ;)

[@PieceOfMulch]

As someone who has been in a gifted program since first grade, wore glasses since second grade, ugly since sixth grade, and nerdy since eighth grade, none of these things have ever happened to me.

[@PieceOfMulch]

And I still have a lot of friends.

[@THATBrokeAroSpecWallet]

Fr Like I dont see how that gets people bullied, it's usually the more average seeming kids that get the short end of the stick

[@Bill_Byena]

Well thats good for you. However, I have witnessed several cases of this happening to my peers. I hate how this video makes it sound like these things are not happening, because that is an incredibly harmful message to send to the world, especially when you want more effective anti-bullying campaigns.

[@Kodick.edits1]

Womp womp just fight back

[@CombatSportsNerd]

@Bill_Byena yeah, while I understand this video is mainly for laughs. Not sure how I feel about downplaying the struggles of others just because you didn’t see it happen in your immediate view or don’t personally get it.

[@NoName-lm3qp]

I've been bullied because of my mental disability (mild autism), my physical appearance and how Im always quiet and considered an introvert, sometimes I get bullied for no apparent reason. Do you count that as a stereotypical bullying to you? No? Yes? Im sorry if I sound like im trama dumping, but this is how my experience was when I was bullied.

[@slashy-r3c]

i feel like dhar man turned bullying people with autism into a steryotype

[@EduardoFerreira-yi4qc]

@@NoName-lm3qp the worst kind of bullying is the one where people harrass the ones who are just minding their own bussiness, how does being quiet could even be considered possibly cringe?

[@NoName-lm3qp]

​@@EduardoFerreira-yi4qcin my experience. I was minding my own business until they started bullying me in middle school through high school. They view me as the shy type and see me an easy target. I hope this answered your question because I don't want to start drama

[@ThePhrog714]

A lot of bullies i knew do this passive aggressive “we’re your friend so ignore the uncomfortable shit we’re doing” kind of thing. Trying to make you look bad for trying to tell them off basically

[@iiCounted-op5jx]

@@EduardoFerreira-yi4qc being quiet makes you come off as weak and harmless which makes you an easy target. easy bait etc. the bullies bully the weak. that's how human nature works. they aren't looking to bully extroverts. only those who they think won't fight back.

[@marvffin1677]

i feel like the actual genuine realistic bully in media is probably nate jacobs from euphoria. He wont come towards you to attack you but he’s definitely scary if you mess with one of his friends or family members. He’s an actual smart “bully” in fact maybe he’s more than a bully from blackmailing, rape, and telling people to fake what they did just so he can get out of his problems

[@deathkaimusic2251]

This is a 100 percent true, as someone who graduated in 2018 there were definitely a few “Nate Jacobs” in my high school

[@Oliver-kb1qk]

Another stupid stereotype is being athletic and into sports indicates lesser intelligence, in reality lots of athletic, sport loving people are also intellectually able but the stereotype suggests you can't be both at same time. If anything being physically active and athletic would help boost intelligence

[@Sekiro-o7n]

A lot of athletes are motivated, both in sports and in school.

[@robertluengas513]

I agree, when I was in school, the few smart kids were popular, just because they would give answers to the rest of the class. I went to a middle school and high school that was somewhat bad behavior wise, but was bad academically. My schools were large population wise, so the few smart kids would help out a lot of the dumb students.

[@joshslater2426]

I’ve always had a sort of “Bullying Scale” that uses two famous fictional bullies as a scale comparison. At one end is Draco Malfoy: someone entitled and rich who picks on others because he thinks he’s better. On the other end is Nelson Muntz: someone who is of low social status who compensates by belittling anyone who’s above him. There’s also the point in the middle where someone’s a bully just for the sake of it. Granted you rarely see this directly in real life, but as someone who got picked on a bit in school, you’re more likely to find a Nelson Muntz giving you grief.

[@BoondockBrony]

I agree with you that bullying is a scale. All three exist it just depends on where you are located. I grew up in an affluent neighborhood so I've met more Malfoys than Muntzs. I would argue that the bully is a bully for the sake of it that's middle class is pretty common too. Especially since in high school you usually go off of vibes and well sometimes you just trigger someone that's completely normal and it's Doakes vs. Morgan with you and them. These types of bullies are usually the ones with the shortest shelf life and most likely to reform since well, they were dumb kids and again had no real motive/reason other than being in school trying to navigate it. I speak since I became one of these bullies, did some mean stuff and regret it.

[@headphonesaxolotl]

So... Superiority complex vs jealously/spite?

[@picklesandcheese4970]

@@headphonesaxolotl Yes if you read his comment that's exactly what he described. Good job.

[@kreamycat9312]

I knew a couple kids who would make fun of weird people just because it was funny for them to see them get upset, I never really got the point of it lmao

[@courtneysmith8384]

When I was in elementary school, I'm 31, I got jumped by the popular girls grabbed me by my arms and legs and almost gave me a swirlie. I say almost but I managed to wriggle around and they dropped me twice before I managed to make it back in the classroom. I was the geeky, plain jane, bookish type that other kids loved to mess with. Even in high school I was verbally harassed and made fun of. And there was no reason for it. The ringleader, when asked why by one of my school acquaintances why she bullied me, simply said "no real reason. she didn't do anything to me, I just don't like her" Kids are just assholes sometimes but even with my experiences, they never did any of the stuff here, expect the swirlie and surprising the good grades thing. Kids would label me and others geeks or nerds for trying and having good grades.

[@EduardoFerreira-yi4qc]

@@courtneysmith8384 i'm glad things have changed, my nerdy ahh would not survive on your era

[@Kodick.edits1]

Imagine getting bullied by high school girls lol just call them ugly and they’ll be too busy crying

[@lumityviktuuristanartist4100]

​@@Kodick.edits1 some girls are ruthless , it's reality

[@courtneysmith8384]

@@EduardoFerreira-yi4qc yeah, most of my school life wasn't fun. I had a recent conversation with some of my co-workers and all of us but one said we would never want to do middle or high school again. The one girl who said she would, didn't understand and I told her, point blank, "you are a very pretty young woman, you were popular, you didn't have to struggle like we did." And she even admitted to that

[@courtneysmith8384]

@@Kodick.edits1 unfortunately that tactic doesn't really work when the ones doing this were admittedly good looking. Plus, it wouldn't have mattered, they probably would have just done worse in retaliation.

[@R0SSETTE_1]

Anyone who tries to act like the stereotypical bully will always end up being the laughing stock of the school

[@idunnowhattonamemyself-vr4qv]

THIS !!! they were bullied harder than anyone 😭 and worse yet they literally got 0 sympathy because literally no one felt sorry for them (including myself)

[@shrihana9611]

probably cause the writer genuinely did find this happening, in the 60s that is

[@alexgagulax2866]

"The hardships of being upper class." If my grandpa that died in a gulag heard that he would had a stroke bro.

[@gerente9074]

I'm not from the US but that problem happen where I live too. Movies and AntiBully campains tend to think that bully only happen when a group of kids call somebody "nerd" or "whale" and punch them. But when I was growing up, the guy that bullied me was alone, never assauted me and never rlly did any of those corny things. He was always getting into my mind, insulting things that he knew it was going to mess with me and saying bad things about me. He made me think that my best qualities was my worst traits and without ever laying a hand on me cause he knew that he wouldn't acomplish anything with that.

[@Meowzio]

Same

[@gamingdiamond168]

yep and honestly making bullying seem as simple as shown on media is actually harmful cuz it makes other ppl not realise someone is getting bullied

[@stoneyrules]

Bullying Is when the entire class hates you because the supposed cool kid says so and It's so subtle, you can't prove It. It looks like insults, exclusion. It gets ignored

[@abiliv-lf9tz]

That is a form of bullying yes

[@RuikaskiArcadeOFFICIAL]

I remember the whole class hating and bullying me in like 3 of 4th grade because I was what we called now the weird kid.

[@huapure]

true, I went through this for early middle school. honestly annoying.

[@darkshado124]

I was bullied in school simply because I was a quiet person who kept to myself. I stopped being bullied when I sent my bully to the hospital with a shovel to his face. No one believed him that I did it due to how non-confrontational and passive I was. This event occurred during winter and everyone thought he slipped on some ice and fell face-first into the ground. He stayed far away from me afterward. :D Edit: This occurred in Elementry.

[@dudeski6548]

okay tough guy

[@huapure]

props to you, pretty great circumstances all things considered.

[@IamGrootOfficial]

@dudeski6548found the bully lmao

[@sponkbruh]

tough guy

[@DonovanRooney]

I think movies and tv are confusing smart kids who have good grades with the kind of nerds who are pretentious and ruin other people's fun and dick ride the teachers, saying stuff like "You forgot to ask us to turn in homework." Those kids are the targets of bullies.

[@coolchrisable]

naw for real telling the teacher they forgot the homework was a Grade A ticket to getting your ass beat

[@AceOfSpadesForAll]

Bro someone actually reminded the teacher about the homework in my 7th grade Math class. Luckily it was an accelerated course full of nerds so nobody really complained

[@genevieve7676]

I remember some girl in eighth grade who acted weird over the fact that I wore glasses yet was bad at math and complained about essay homework. Sorry for not being a Disney Channel stereotype lol.😂

[@nunyayourdad]

That's just so blind. I am always nice, I never remind teachers of ANY homework, I always share my things and answers, and I still get bullied every day.

[@ashes2ashesdust2dust]

I wasn't too popular in my class. Very rude, troubled kids. Once I realized how stupid they all were I reminded the teacher of homework every single time. I think I singlehandedly caused 2 of the kids in that class to fail

[@kobrax0341]

I NEVER got the stereotype of the "Jocks" being huge meat-heads and bullies. Most of the Jocks I met in school were honestly pretty chill and sometimes big nerds themselves

[@pinnwin]

my experience getting bullied - getting called names for my hair - getting fatshamed - getting slut-shamed - fake rumours - getting mocked when struggling with self-harm - law of ice (getting ignored) - taking photos of me and uploading them on instagram as memes - getting framed for something I didn't do - taking embarrasing photos of me - getting my locker vandalized - being talked behind my back that's all I remember for now

[@thatextrovertartist5474]

What year did all this occur? (Genuinely curious, i agree with the main point of the video, im overweight and wear glasses and I’ve never dealt with anything beyond a few snarky remarks/teasing)

[@j_o6106]

Damn, I feel bad for you.

[@theoutsiderjess1869]

This is why I was so happy to see the Amazing Spider-man Andrew Garfield was a normal looking dude who skateboard and was getting teased and beat up it was healing because this was more realistic than most depicition of bullying. Yet people said it was unrealistic cause he was good looking it was so stupid. Times have change now obviously so bullying is more social media based.

[@SeepIn-z9t]

Idk how bully work in real life since in my school everyone were friendly to eachother and sometimes quarrel among themselves but became friend next day only thing they does were making some nasty joke but it was done by asking permission to each other

[@the_jingo]

Where did you live? That sounds more like fairy tales than anything

[@Tank719-r9t]

Another bullying stereotype that makes no sense is that bullies are most of the time potrayed as kids failing school, I literally saw some bully in like 3rd grade that has all As

[@MicklePickle636]

Nahhh , real bullying is in my state just 2 weeks ago a special ed kid was literally beaten by fellow students and killed all circualtion to his left eye and a week later he had to have his eye removed. If anyone, no matter your age, please speak out or help stop any kind of this pointless, ignorant behavior because you never know how far it can actually go.

[@JustSp1der]

That is the craziest story I've heard today, like how can people be that cruel

[@zuanesparta]

@JustSp1der Some of us haven't evolved from chimps.

[@iiCounted-op5jx]

@JustSp1der are you living under a rock? lol

[@EduardoFerreira-yi4qc]

@@MicklePickle636 let me guess, it was just because he was sped right? this is stupid

[@melaniedahl1572]

Wow that's horrible

[@Raksha-64]

Metal Mouth? That sounds like a cool name for a band

[@daleketchup7434]

I'm kinda convinced that since these movies were made by far older adults, these adults had to experience this sort of crap. It only went out of style today because kids realized "that's fucking stupid". Is this a conspiracy theory? Am I right? I don't know.

[@BoondockBrony]

I think you're partially right. I am convinced Revenge of the Nerds impacted so many writers going forward and had some overexaggerated experiences with jocks and they are now the go to villain in high school. I posted this but I'll say it again, most jocks I knew in high school? They were not this ever present malevolent force of nature. A lot of them were at best nice and even felt sad I didn't invite them to birthday parties since they saw me as a friend and at worse they ignored me but would never go out of their way to spite me. The cliques that were the most viscous to me? Nerds and theater kids.

[@Bababadalgharaghtak]

I think things like the Columbine shooting changed things. People figured out that if someone is bullied enough at school, they might come back with a gun.

[@eonstar]

Another comment mentioned how after columbine (or smthing) teachers started actually taking bullying more seriously, but things use to be pretty much like the wild west. It's a story that'd make sense to me in why there's a disconnect in media vs current reality

[@Takejiro24]

Ah, so it's a sign of media not adapting with the times? That checks out.

[@ratbinny]

Yeah, I'm sure these were based on real instances at one point before the tactics began to change.

[@illuminatidad]

bullying is the sort of thing where it really varies by region. There's going to be some places where rich/popular kids have their own little groups and act like asses to everyone else where as other places that won't be the case. There'll be some where people pance and swirly each other, but not always. There'll be some where kids make fun of another kid for doing good when they all hate a teacher.

[@ichimiustin8390]

I was not expecting to see you here

[@humonchronos9048]

We had a lesbian teacher couple in school, like 14 years ago. One was our English teacher, with the other we had acting and arts classes. I swear to god, the stuff kids would make up and talk about was absolutely unholy 💀.

[@NAWBOI555]

Kid’s are cruel Jack, I’m very in touch with my inner child. - Sundowner from Metal Gear Rising Revengeance

[@headphonesaxolotl]

"Kids are cruel, Jack. And [Sundowner was arrested on multiple charges.]"

[@bettertobethoughtafool]

There isn't enough room in this preschool for the two of us

[@Flesh_Wizard]

"Kids are cruel, Jack! AND I LOVE MINO-"

[@ADMICKEY]

​@@Flesh_Wizardminotaur from Greek mythology?

[@mjrino7225]

I think part of the misconception that 'the kids who get the best grades or like 'nerdy' things are bullied' probably comes from misidentifying the source. I wouldn't say I'm actively bullied in school at the moment, only sort of ostracised, but I have been bullied in the past and so have many of my friends. A lot of the time it's not to do with what you like but the way in which you like it; I'm very intense about my interests to the point where it might be off-putting for a lot of people, and sometimes it's just that you have strange mannerisms that. idk make people uncomfortable? and many of my friends (plus me to a certain extent but it's more been harassment than bullying) are bullied for being queer as well. Most of the time it's about being different in a way that people don't like, or challenging the views that people already hold via your interests/mannerisms/identity etc.

[@minisaebelzahn2299]

You prob yap too much and think to much thats why my class mate gets bullied

[@mjrino7225]

@ yes i do i just don't think that people should be ostracised and bullied for being a bit strange? or a bit awkward?

[@ratbinny]

​@@minisaebelzahn2299 found one lol

[@Munchowder24]

As a middle schooler the school social hierarchy definitely still exists but it is not as serious as it is sometimes made out to be and there isn’t really a big popular bully who goes around stuffing people in lockers and stuff. Most kids don’t really care if you watch anime or play video games as long as your not annoying about it.

[@cranklabexplosion-labcentr8245]

6:05 ngl I thought we gettin an ad 😂

[@Omnidimensial]

Fr

[@Ajuanjuegagame]

Nah yea

[@Hyperion4K]

You know what’s in space? *SQUARES*

[@nono-p7e]

same. I was trying to guess what the sponsor would be

[@Bird.mp4]

When I was in highschool, I was a gun and history type of guy. And I was never bullied for it. In fact, my classmates would often ask me questions about the history lessons. I remember this big guy, he's like 6 foot, who asked me about the french revolution. I summarized it all for him and when the history test came back, he was one of the students who got a high score. I carried my nerdy things to college but I focused more on other subjects like science and math(I'm bad at it).

[@error1444]

These stereotypes were set by "coming of age" movies. As a teenager, it's pretty obvious these directors are FAR from being teenagers ꓷX

[@Joecoolsnoopy1]

That xd is tripping me up

[@error1444]

ꓷ:

[@inotnatalie5048]

W-why is the “XD” backwards…. I… how could you?

[@firecats5566]

Dhar mann uses this stereotypes in his videos. People getting made fun of getting an answer right in Math class

[@Cloudy-x3q]

And it's so annoying, cuz none of it actually happens. It just seems like every step in that world gets you bullied

[@firecats5566]

@ fr

[@EduardoFerreira-yi4qc]

@@firecats5566 yeah, dhar mann isn't exactly a reliable source because he doesn't portray things very well. but could have been worse

[@genevieve7676]

I WISH I got bullied for getting the right answer. Instead I'm the Joey Tribbiani of math.

[@PoloniumConsumer]

Ikr, it's so fucking inaccurate. In my class, if you got an answer right, you were the one that had all of the aura in the class.

[@lesterwilliamsjr649]

The sad truth is real life bullying in most cases in subtle and simple, such as excluding someone from a game and calling someone out for having bad grades. When I was in highschool I had that this one kid that told other people not to talk to another student in my class, as an adult I find it pathetic that someone feels the need to pressure people to become a petty child.

[@doctorelijah]

my music teacher was badly allergic to certain strong smells and told us to not spray anything in the class, and that led to people saying he liked kids and was turned on by bad smells👎😔

[@laravioliiii2832]

Bro what is that correlation?? You're allergic to smells so you must like kids??💀

[@ZekeTheNerdVX]

Wow that's fucked up

[@seg162]

wildest game of telephone

[@doctorelijah]

@ i didnt get it either, he was a chill teacher too so there was no reason for anyone to talk bad about him

[@NateWilliams-dn7nf]

I think experience will vary based on generation, class, and culture. I’m in gen z, born in 2000. I definitely saw kids get bullied. I definitely saw bullies give kids wedgies. I went to public school my whole life tho so I know this may not be the norm for kids who went to specialized, charter, or private schools. In high school which was less than a decade ago 5 of the high schools in my neighborhood in Queens (NYC) got closed down b/c they were so poorly rated due to gang culture, violence, poor performance from students, low funding, etc….. these kids got zoned to different schools and shit went down. In high school a kid set a locker on fire and we had to evacuate, another kid got stabbed in the leg in the bathroom, another kid lost his finger b/c someone slammed a door on it, two neighborhood gangs fought at a local park, and the list continues. I got hella stories especially from high school. Believe it or not all of this happened in a white a** neighborhood - Bayside Queens which is a white majority neighborhood with an East Asian minority. I’m not even joking the biggest well known drug dealer in the neighborhood was an East Asian kid and a white kid. I mentioned this is also cultural b/c bullying in America is pretty extreme. I recently learned from some friends in Switzerland that bullying does happen in Switzerland, but it’s nothing compared to what goes on in America.

[@RatQueennn]

About teachers getting bullied, (im in a school that combines high school and middle school) We have two music teachers at my school. One teaches string instruments. The other does wind instruments. The strings teacher is gay but has short hair. The winds teacher is straight but has longer hair. They are also pretty close and spend lunch together or visit each other during free periods. So of course, what are a bunch of teenagers gonna do? Ship them. Make up lies about them. It got *diabolical.* I remember actually believing these lies about the two men and staying away from my winds teacher even though he was really nice. People made TikToks and fanart of them kissing, or the gay one IMPREGNATING the straight one. The worst part about it, they both knew what was going on and didn't address it, which only fueled the fire. People saw them walking home together, the straight one going past the subway, etc. I feel really bad for them because the lies are still going on and they both seem so nonchalant about it all.

[@TheMarauder4life]

If it's bothering you so much, I suggest talking to them about it. you could either tell one of them that you want to speak to them after class or after school and tell them about what you saw those kids do to them, that you find it wrong and ask them why are they ignoring it. I hope this helps. Who knows, some people might just need a little push from other people to open up. But of course you won't know until you wont try.

[@Rando1481]

Why not ask them about it why not tell the principle

[@Siahknows]

and why were the bullies always sport player/athletes like dawg i’m offended i’m an athlete and i do not do that?😭

[@bmk2561]

that shi would never make sense to me. my jock friends were too tired of practice that they just sleep during class let alone having the energy to bully someone else

[@_kaleido]

To play up the brains vs. brawn stereotype I guess

[@Cole-p3m]

Many bullies are dumb ugly jocks. I notice they are often jealous of guys who are better looking than them. Not all athletes are bullies though.

[@maze7050]

Getting bullied for doing well in school is actually real. Unfortunately, I speak from experience.

[@Bard69]

2:47. To quote Monster inc “If you’re gonna threaten me. Do it properly”

[@HudsonDoesYoutube]

“Metal mouth” and “four eyes” just sound like superpowers like what 😭

[@graystanback7438]

This actually affected me in real life. When I was in middle school, my only exposure to the idea of bullying in fiction was through these stereotypes, so when I actually WAS bullied, I didn't immediately recognize it for what it was. And because of that, it took me a while to get help.

[@wesleydraves1281]

I’ve been genuinely bullied and it’s practically the only thing teachers ignore. I was constantly insulted, and attacked for no reason by a guy I barely even knew for no reason other than that my appearance and voice made him mad. He would also constantly say that I looked like a future child-m$@&?!€%. And don’t get me started about when he found something extremely incriminating on me. He practically blackmailed me and made me do things for him like nearly ruining one of my friendships.

[@huapure]

teachers never actually intervene in real bullying..

[@starstorm1267]

Most bullying stereotypes probably originated from the 70s and 80s, and all the old folks who make shows and movies don’t realize that bullies today don’t act like the bullies they had back then.

[@KrushinKay]

Nowadaysbmost "bullying" is simply catcalling and cheap insults, and simply told they're gonna beat u cuz they're bigger than u. I promise u one of the people who does that just can't fight

[@kreamycat9312]

Some more stuff I don’t get: 1: how the main character in all those highschool books/movies that were made for kids was always the biggest npc in existence 2: how they always made the bullies be punk for some reason even though punks irl don’t like bullying 3: how in all the “nerd gets a glow up” scenes they just got an actor who was already pretty attractive and made them wear glasses until the glow up scene

[@Takejiro24]

Right?! Buford from Phineas and Ferb, Sid from Toy Story, Terrance from Foster's, the Ned and his bullies from The Simpsons and so many more examples are all punks to some degree abd bullies (and older siblings as the latter are examples). It's a really weird stereotype that I have little idea of why it exists.

[@huapure]

fun fact, even if you do "glow up" they would probably still bother you. If they bullied you because you are ugly, they'll bully you because you tried too hard or just bother you because you changed. bullying is pretty irrational.

[@MaxHall-lf3zk]

2:10 deadass bro stuff was said that would be the most racist thing an average person would ever hear in their entire lifetime but to us it wasan average day at lunch💀

[@Cara_on_pawz]

The thing with people getting bullied for being good at school is actually a thing were I live

[@RuikaskiArcadeOFFICIAL]

Blink twice if your in a Disney film.

[@huapure]

for us they bullied this girl I knew because she always had to leave class for medical reasons she had, perfumes easily triggered it. Why people wanted to bother her was because she was always pretty smart, and she drew a lot, they'd annoy her for wearing a mask. they would purposely spraying tons of it in class...

[@cgbreeki849]

I believe that the writers who were born in the 1950's, 60's and 70's were more likely to have suffered or witnessed extreme bullying and therefore put this in their works. That might explain bullying depicted in media from the 1980's to 2000's, but at some point in the 2010's those same things start to seem absolutely nonsensical for anyone to ever do to somebody else.

[@shrihana9611]

and in that place is a far more sinister and subtle form of it. the opposite of love is not hate, its indifference.

[@goontnt1]

3:29 i once saw this happens at my school, but that was because the victim wanted to know what happens if you get thrown in a locker

[@captainace04]

Ngl the most bullying in school we had ever had was just saying the most vile and strange and funny things to each other

[@qwertyhbeny64]

2:37 "hello guys welcome do my dudorial on how do operade your leenux ubundu syzdem" is what i think of when i think of middle eastern stereotypes

[@danieldoes1]

That’s Indian tho

[@ThePhrog714]

that’s indian, but also kind of accurate. Indian people tend to be very tech savvy and a lot of them learn english, combine those two together and you get youtube tech tutorials and call scammers from the not so nice ones.

[@LuigiMario-o7o]

Virtual machines

[@MWLE.EDITZ..]

Thats an Indian stereotype not middle eastern you ignorant brick

[@UltraEpicVids]

@@ThePhrog714 It doesnt really matter if its accurate or not. Half the stereotypes don't hold up statistically. Also if you're ever wrong, you can just hit them with "but you look the same"

[@yusavelli0448]

i got bullied for being dark, eczema and being exceptionally quiet

[@soniamoon9779]

bullied for being dark is a W but the other stuff is insane

[@yusavelli0448]

@@soniamoon9779 excuse me they made me cry in school are you mad

[@WillowBranch-713]

​@@yusavelli0448 she is a sigma

[@thechimeraprotocol]

@@soniamoon9779 get off the internet

[@kostan55]

@@soniamoon9779 you would've been slammed to the ground for saying that 20 years ago and deservedly so

[@noodlz-9000]

one time a guy and a gril in my class got in an argument and she had braces and he called her train tracks 💀

[@Conman_57]

Biff Tannen from Back to the Future isn’t just a bully. He's basically a psychopath. He tried running Marty over. TWICE.

[@SteakSauceStanMan404]

5:26 theres a rumor at my school that one of our teachers is a predator 😭🙏🏾

[@captainace04]

At my school one of gym teachers got caught gulping the other gym teacher

[@i_love_men]

⁠@@captainace04 Better than a kid bro😭

[@L4nay8745]

Same like WTF 😭😭😭

[@BryanLekenge]

Average teacher rumor bruh.

[@SlayerEdits_0]

Geez

[@tell-me-a-story-]

I think most bullies don’t think they are being bullies. They think they’re being funny, or they think the other kid is a jerk who deserves it. This is why everyone remembers being bullied but nobody remembers being the bully. Because there wasn’t “A bully.” Everyone picks on everyone else. But what could be a traumatic bullying experience for one person was just being a little goofy for someone else. So everyone remembers being bullied and is completely oblivious to the fact that they where someone else’s bully. There are definitely kids who don’t pick on anyone at all, but there aren’t really any kids who never get picked on at all. And it’s not a direct pecking order with the biggest bully on the top. It’s more like, everyone gets picked on by someone and everyone picks on someone, and it’s completely random.

[@carbonreptile5437]

at my boarding school, we made Hornets out of toothpicks and paperclips. it increases range and damage by a lot

[@Predo180]

in movies they bully the nerd, irl they ask for homework

[@huapure]

this is me now, on the bright side I do nothing in group work.

[@maddie10rzr]

I had a gym teacher in middle school that everyone hated (except some of the athletes). She got kicked in the face and got a concussion or something and everyone was making fun of her 😭

[@retelefe]

When I went to high school(before kids had cell phones), the problematic people didn't really pick on other students that much, they just never do the homework, skip class, do drugs and drink alcohol in secret. They got themselves in trouble nore than anything. And usually when they got their parents called, they where just like their son and wouldn't do anything about it. The only bullying stereotype I saw being true was making fun of peoples physical appearance. If someone really stood out, they'll be making fun of it. But they get tired quickly of it too

[@High_Tier_Human_1]

0:22 TYLER THE CREATOR REFERENCE??? 🗣🗣🗣🔥🔥

[@appleberrypieee]

TWENTY TWENTY TWENTY TWENTY VISSSIOOOONN CUPID HIT ME CUPID HIT ME WITH PRECISIOOOONNNN

[@dazaifeetpics]

I WONDER IF YOU LOOK BOTH WAYS WHEN U CROSS MY MINDDDDDD

[@andgrasp]

i

[@vanillakittie]

i chain or what??

[@ZIP_dot_File]

Wonder if you look both ways when you cross my mind

[@CrazyThomasFan]

Barely anyone nowadays straight up bullies someone for liking something weird or nerdy, I’m very open about my love for the Thomas and Friends school and most people supported me, no bullying. Only when we’re Roasting each other it’s brought up but that’s it. It’s the Teachers who get the most crap, and that’s a real shame, unless as a teacher you suck. Then it’s deserved. But most teachers are chill

[@aisir3725]

I was bullied for wearing glasses They didn't call me four eyes except one time, but they would steal my glasses

[@SufyaanAli-nr5kj]

Metal mouth sounds like a serial killer

[@RegiArt7]

Bullies calling people “metal-mouth” has the same energy as vegans calling people who eat meat names like *_BLOODMOUTH_* or *_FLESHMONGER_*

[@RuikaskiArcadeOFFICIAL]

Stealing those names for my future game.

[@gamingdiamond168]

xd

[@RegiArt7]

@RuikaskiArcadeOFFICIAL Make sure to include me in the credits and also add my watermark since you aren’t paying

[@dedede5586]

i went into middle school thinking the bullying i might experience would be getting shoved in a locker or something, but i'd take that a hundred times over what i actually got: "heyyy my friend over there likes you" "why are you so quiet all the time, do you not like me?" "so we're best friends right?"

[@WONGKHAIHONGMoe]

As a person with glasses, I never noticed if people did or didn't wear glasses, and neither did others. KIDS ARE CRUEL JACK, AND I'M VERY IN *TOUCH* WITH MY INNER CHILD -Sundowner

[@lucasmatthiessen1570]

There are many different types of bullies. Some bullies act like the ones in this video while others are unpopular kids that come from an abusive family and let their anger out on others. But a lot of movies seem to only portray one type of bully and not other types. Making it harder for people to relate. There are some movies or shows that have other types of bullies but they’re not as common.

[@Manhattan384]

1:13 I can tell you first hand that there are some people out there that will actually make fun of you for having good grades or answering a-lot in class, why? Im not sure.

[@Itziiiiiii]

Yeah it definitely happens

[@Politography]

Those kids ended up in the bottom 100, always had straight D’s and F’s, and a 0.5 GPA. Next time you see that kid, he/she will be 15 in middle school. Trust me, there’s a bunch of them.

[@WinterPlaysGD]

I know why cuz I’m kind of one of those people, It’s because they don’t like hearing the same voice over and over especially when they are doing better then the bully

[@yepyepmusic]

7:41 no one

[@wild_seabass]

I'm definitely old because I grew up with literally all of these stereotypes 😆

[@mylowthemute]

1:14 maybe this is just me but I was never "bullied" for making good science projects but there was always someone jealous of me or some other kid for doing well but they never lashed out

[@anothersettlementneedsyour9628]

The whole thing just comes to the portrayal being outdated… makes sense, because people who graduated 2009< likely aren’t old enough to make a whole a-movie (most directors start in their 30s and get popular in their 40s/50s IF they are lucky). Like, the teen comedies millenials and most zoomers grew up with were made by boomers/genXers. Really the only thing that made them “current” was the change in clothing and music, wchich is not hard to figure out if you have a whole team of people assigned this job I’d say bullying now has shifted to more emotional and/or online territory. I mean, from modern bully perspective, why would they risk getting punished for abusic people physically, when they can do that with just words from the comfort of their homes…

[@psycaed09]

As an awkward nerd, I am very glad that nerds are cool and respected now

[@pocket83squared]

They got me once. Here's how we got bullied in my high school, back in the mid-90's: they called it "charley horsing." There was a team of about a half-dozen seniors that would roam the halls looking for stray freshmen. In some of the isolated spots, if you were alone, you became an easy target. I was running late and they surrounded me, kneeing me in the thighs until my legs gave out. It hurts worse than it sounds, and of course your stuff gets kicked everywhere. But the icing on the cake was the insult they added to this injury--they actually shoved me into the janitor's closet and wedged the door shut. Ten years earlier, on the school bus, the kid I sat next to was the archetypal bully. Think Nelson from _The Simpsons:_ heavy set, low-class background, dumb, mean, and impossible to reason with. He took my money on occasion, and sometimes he'd punch me in the gut or legs. Went on for at least a year before somebody said something. I wish I could say that I become a better person from all of this, but I can't; once I became a senior, I ended up becoming pretty nasty myself. A few years after that, and I was an indescribably cold monster. It all plays a part. We can point blame in every direction imaginable, but the simple biological fact is this: we are selfishly cruel animals by nature, and the only way we become better is by actually trying. As Bertrand Russell once advised, _love is wise._ Think critically about how you behave, because it has long-lasting repercussions. This applies to what you say online, too.

[@polymatheialearning]

You are probably the bully and don’t realize it (which is usually the case). Sure. Bullying in tv shows seems ridiculous because bullies have upped their game since the 80s. Those things DID happen, but just like everything else, it changes. One could argue that bullies are more covert, sinister, and sociopathic with their techniques. Also, most bullies are narcissistic so they think their behavior is “just having fun” whilst the victim suffers in silence. Sorry, but YATA!

[@Pietelt]

What's YATA?

[@True-Neo-Chaos]

​@@PieteltSome reddit thing is the only answer that comes to my mind

[@Froge4291]

​@@Pietelt "You Are The Arsehole"

[@afro025]

@@Pietelt you are the asshole

[@emerster656]

@@Pieteltyou are the asshole

[@DriverWeb]

Freshman year in 2019, my friend whos a grade above me is targeted in P.E. by a dude who is a jock stereotype, kinda heavy-set, tall as fuck and sounds really dumb and generally picks on people. My friend was definitely targeted by this guy, because he had a bowl cut and glasses and was lengthy. I believe he was name-called as well. Back to P.E., we're playing volleyball and the dude starts telling my friend hes gonna punt him and laughing with his friends before serving, and my friend serves it right back to him. His shit-eating grin fades and he says something like he just got lucky. Readies himself, serves, same result. This happens probably 4 more times until he just gives up.

[@TheOverwriter]

Yeah I refuse to believe those bullying stereotypes exist. Except the hornet thing.

[@chagalagaloo]

so, this is one way to tell me you never been bullied before

[@grzyb11]

na

[@ahmadp0w3rgaming36]

???

[@UltraEpicVids]

Yeah he sounds like hes from a sheltered suburban area. Plus hes indian so it makes sense

[@RandyLRhoades]

I think these are subjective to a large degree. When I was a kid who was bullied in school I did go through some of the bullying stereotypes seen on movies and TV, truth is I think many of them did it because of movies and TV gave them the idea to do it. I never thought of braces as cool but I did like glasses, I remember trying to get reading glasses as a kid even because I thought a friend of mine looked so cool in them; but I also remember he got bullied for them too like I did when I got them. I also remember getting purple nurples, wedgies and wet willies on occasion; and the rare charlie horse too. The thing about stereotypical bullying though is (for me at least) it ended sometime in High School for the most part. By then bullying became “Just beat the shit out of him, lol”.

[@tesoro5620]

I thought bullying in America was like the movies because when I first came to america I entered middle school and these girls were always racist to me because I could not speak very good English and they would gave me wedgies. No one every helped me so the girls were just keep doing it