As the only Asian person in my elementary and middle Long Island school, I was subjected to pranks all the time. I found that the less I react to their pranks, the less they would continue the prank. It didnât stop the prank. Just less of it.
I know those school shootings are awful and I would never wish this horror to anyone. But as someone who was constantly bullied, I have a slight hint of understanding why they would have done it. Again, I donât think what they did was right, but I certainly understand why they would.
I was bullied enough to understand how someone would think for a moment about hurting their bullies like that⊠maybe even some of the rich kids who laughed. But murdering indiscriminately? Itâs a whole different mentally deranged thing to consider
I think when you feel entitled and think everyone in school is looking and laughing at you. Ya, itâs probably not indiscriminately in this personâs eye.
I was bullied from grades 3 halfway thru 12. In grade 9 it began to get physical. In grade 12 it stopped being physical after my bully, a weightlifter and football player, pulled back a basketball and threw it with all his strength at the back of my head in gym. I broke his nose.
I am not particularly proud of it. I am not bragging. Though multiple times throughout the years I wondered how no one noticed. As the years went on I saw other students look away, if they werenât laughing at me. I then began to notice the rare teacher look once and then act like they saw nothing.
To me, what some of these kids do doesnât seem like that much of a stretch. I think this way because of my experiences, amongst other family issues that were also happening. While I am not wholly certain, when I dig deep, itâs possible one of the key reasons nothing more happened is because after I snapped it all stopped.
The line is thinner than you realize, I think.
Funny thing is, now that Iâm older, I understand that I handled everything well by the perspective of people who believe the wall of âdonât hurt othersâ doesnât have a door in it. Just a ton of trauma and general mistrust for anyone who happens to be male and anyone in authority, and a very deep dislike for injustice and preventable incidents.
Yeah tho fr, iâm west indian and there was a lot of veiled racism in school. Didnât really notice/thought it wasnât a big deal until i went to college and realized that shit DEF wasnât normal
This line from âDouble Starâ by Robert Heinlein has stuck with me for decades.
Someone asks the hero for his solemn vow that he wonât divulge a secret. The hero says that if his simple promise isnât good enough, what makes a solemn vow any better?
Thatâs good, but then 5/7ths of your life is wasted. Plus, you donât really have the time and energy to fully commit to 2 days of hobbies, so youâre really only enjoying 1/7th of your miserable wasted life.
Indeed. Even better is having something to live for, or even something to work for (even if the work itself sucks). And these things can take place on evenings and weekends. Then at least the toil is meaningful because it enables the real work.
If they donât pay well then thatâs a different problem than the meme refers to. If thereâs a high barrier to entry, compete like fucking crazy and own that shit. Any different attitude is a distraction that will sabotage your efforts.
Are you an amazing ball player with lots of experience?
No, im not good enough to make a varsity HS team after 10 years of practicing. But playing football is the only thing I love, its the only career id be passionate about and enjoy for more than 1 or 2 years.
Luckily the store I go to weighs these on the way out and one time I had one way underweight because of cunts like this. While I agree with what they doing some of us donât feel like doing it.
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