Bully Gets Destroyed After Mocking Schoolmate’s Dead Sister NSFW

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103. Very obviously, bullying exists, and some is even severe and persistent

I think it is a very small minority of bullying that operates that way.

What I suspect is that on a forum like this, where it is clearly popular to have been bullied people inflate their negative experiences far beyond their reality, and then, yes, invent these revenge fantasies for public tellings, because they are part of the way these narratives work. So, yes, there is bullying, and there is also a shit ton of bullshit about it.

I managed to go to overcrowded public schools and even to be in the "nerd classes" through a good bit of my time, and I never saw persistent, vicious bullying - not one instance. Not one. Lawd, it's a miracle! Were some kids simply not that popular? Sure. Were some kids taunted and even tormented from time to time? Yes. Sure. Were kids beat up after school and the like? Yeah, it was NYC in the 80's. Did I feel bullied at times? I think probably everybody did. But these tales of long-term tormenting and bullying just don't scan for me. I think they're inflated. Kids could be mean but mostly didn't care enough to bother one other kid for extended periods. Obviously, I wouldn't speak to the experience of an LGBT kid growing up in suburban Dallas in the 70's, or something like that. Maybe it was like that. But I wonder.

The sheer volume of people here claiming the endless horror of their teen years, followed by some comeuppance? No. I don't buy it. I think they're taking a few negative experiences and inflating them. And I think there's a culture here that enables that practice and encourages it.

I'm not going to speak to the suicide issue because it is far more complex than some vague notion of "bullying."