The Batlord

You're older than me so your experiences are probably even less relevant than my own. Just because you've seen a few things on the news doesn't mean you actually understand anything about modern bullying.

And it's not online bullying that those kids are subjected to. The whole slushy thing? Goofy.

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butthead aka 216

dj i think you watch the news too much man

Black Francis

I agree with Batlord on the bullying cliché, it's so fricking over used..


if you are gonna pick a bully does he always have to be the captain of the football team? it's like the popular kids always have to be jerks, that's not always the case in real schools.

i prefer when they make a bully character that they make him an outcast.
A real f*cked up kid who has a valid reason to be a bully, the kind of kid who carves his name on his forearm with a knife cause his mother drinks too much and his father beats him.

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djchameleon

I don't have to experience it first hand to know that it is different. I don't get why you thing your experience is similar to what actually goes on today.

They did have a catfish storyline but online bullying didn't really come up. Is the slushy bullying you are talking about? I thought you were referring to the gay football player that was going after the out kid Kirk.

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The Batlord

Aside from Facebook bullying, what exactly goes on that's different from my day? And I haven't really seen anything to suggest that bullying has gotten more prevalent with the advent of social media, just that it's now documented. It's like anti-vaccine people who point out the rise in the diagnosis in autism as proof that vaccines are harmful. Maybe it's not that it's on the rise, maybe it's just that we have more documentation on it

No, I meant the general, day-to-day, cliched bullying.

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djchameleon

With it being more documented you also get to see all the deaths that occur related to bullying. Also it has created this whole zero tolerance environment where even defending yourself against a bully gets you in trouble and doesn't change much. It doesn't change much because social media becomes a big part of it.

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Fame, fortune, power, titties. People say these are the most crucial things in life, but you can have a pocket full o' gold and it doesn't mean sh*t if you don't have someone to share that gold with. Seems simple. Yet it's an important lesson to learn. Even lone wolves run in packs sometimes.

FRED HALE SR.

I watched the Breakfast Club too man, sweet.

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Black Francis

You know what my father gave me for christmas? a pack of cigarettes
"Smoke up son, Merry christmas" he said.

when i wrote my post i wasn't even thinking of that movie, but you're right that movie does fit my description.

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hate paper doll

Breakfast Club kicks ass. The Matrix, not so much. Seriously, they all suck.

FRED HALE SR.

Nah The first Matrix was Gold. I'd even venture to say better then Breakfast Club but not as good as Sixteen candles.

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