Crap 'bullies' are crap.
Despite being nerdy, unattractive, socially awkward etc as a child, I very rarely got bullied. I still don't know why.

However, there was a group of 'older boys' that decided to pick on me. They were pretty crap, as they couldn't be arsed to come up with their own insults, and just used those that my friends used (the ones that didn't bug me in the slightest, and were used in a playful manner) again and again for, like, two years.

Sorry, did I say insults? I meant insult. Singular.

If anything, it just made them look like twats. I kinda felt sorry for them.

I don't think the point of bullying is to invoke pity in the intended victim.

P.S I am still nerdy, unattractive, socially awkward etc. Why am I still not bullied?
( Green Spanner and his magical lack of activity, Wed 13 May 2009, 15:25, 1 reply)

Odd, isn't it?
I was the same-ish, but more geeky than nerdy. The only insult people regularly used was 'bof', which, I understand, was short for 'boffin'. Bullying by repeatedly informing someone they're cleverer than you are seems odd.

Fortunately, I am no longer unattractive or socially awkward and have an ego of impressive proportions.
(ThomsonsPier consumes, Wed 13 May 2009, 15:38, closed)