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The thought is nice. I mostly share the story because the idea that you, alone, can stand up to these sorts of situations doesn't seem right to me.
by agentultra 13y ago
The thought is nice.
I mostly share the story because the idea that you, alone, can stand up to these sorts of situations doesn't seem right to me.
- lectrick 13y agoIn some (maybe most?) cases, you can. Bullies look for easy targets. So all you have to do is decide not to be an easy target and ignore any size difference. I told a story of doing that here, and it did work: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7646530 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7646530 The bully I mentioned above, who took a shotgun to his head? He only stopped bullying me when I threw a basketball into his face (suspension for me, of course). This was after at least a year or 2 of abuse in junior high. Here's the thing about bullies- the school iteration is only one kind, and you can keep running into them later in life. In all cases you will have to stand up for yourself and fight a bit (perhaps not in actuality, as adults, but it's the same energy source).