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I'm sorry. They are such simple words. And in their simplicity, they can heal deep and burning wounds. To be bullied is to be hated. That's what it feels like in the soul. When I was in high school I was overweight and closeted, so of course, I was easy prey. They would call me names with such abandon and violence then they'd laugh like they were participating in a comedy show.
The worst day was when glass bottles were torpedoed at my head for sport. And to this day, not one apology. But I carry it. I often wonder if they (and they know who they are) wonder about me and the fact that they may have gone a bit overboard.
Redditor u/Ronnybeans was hoping all the people out there who know they did another human dirty are willing to sit and discuss when they realized they had some apologies to make. They asked... Former bullies of Reddit, when did you realize that you went too far?<div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_1"></div>
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<p>Most bullies never have a problem permeating their ignorance and rage until it hits them close to home. This is why parents need to be brought into the conversation much sooner. No parent wants to raise a little sociopath that will bring shame to the family. And bullies sometimes need to see for themselves through the eyes of a loved one the damage they can cause. </p>
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Mama Said...
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You're the dumb one...
<p>Similar thing happened to me. I was complaining to my family about kids in my class who couldn't read and did an impression of their terrible reading, sounding out "the" with a stutter. I said they were dumb as rocks. I thought I was being funny, and my parents were like "that is actually really horrible, don't ever say crap like that again." </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lbofcy/former_bullies_of_reddit_when_did_you_realize/glx7qxc?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">CountBacula322079</a><span></span></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_3" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Sins of the past...
<p>One day, after school, I was watching two bullies chasing their usual victim, and I had this weird moment of clarity. I could see everything that was about to happen, and that, if I moved to stand in a certain position, he'd have nowhere to run and they'd catch him. It was like some sort of weird pack instinct. So I cut him off, they caught him, and... I got this weird euphoric feeling. Didn't involve myself any further. Just walked away, felt like I was floating the whole way home. </p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_4" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>And, when I got home, I was so stoked that I just excitedly spilled the whole thing to my mother. Turned out she was bullied at school. Thing is, I knew that. If I'd been thinking, I'd have known she'd be pissed, but I was just... Out of it. I was so damn pleased with myself that it didn't even occur to me that somebody might have a problem with what I did. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lbofcy/former_bullies_of_reddit_when_did_you_realize/glzm2ph?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Vandal-463</a></p>
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becoming...
<p>When I realized I was becoming my father whom I loathe. I realized that I was taking my pain out on the person closest to me to feel in control. When I realized people were leaving my life, that is when I began to make the changes through mostly therapy AND analyzing what I need to feel in control (a better financial situation in my case and discontinuing a relationship with my father). I feel great now and treat everyone as best I can with respect.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lbofcy/former_bullies_of_reddit_when_did_you_realize/glvgepz?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">PurgatoireRiver</a></p><p><em>Just like the saying says... "it's all fun and games until someone gets hurt." And in these situations, someone will always be hurt. And a bully won't understand what they inflict until they themselves are inflicted. </em></p>
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"this girl"
<p>I've said this story before but back in Secondary School, a group of us would bully this one kid anyways one day a we decided we would catfish him via MSN after a while he and "this girl" decided to meet up, it gets to that day and obviously we are waiting for him at the local cinema and as we are going down the escalator to the meeting point I spot him with some flowers and chocolate just waiting. </p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_7" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>I have never felt so awful about anything in my life so I went and came clean to him about everything and apologised, spent the rest of the day talking to him and now about 20 years later he is one of my oldest and closest friends and I've not seen or heard from the other group since we left school. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lbofcy/former_bullies_of_reddit_when_did_you_realize/glvmf30?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">UnleashedFX</a></p>
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Swing!
<p>He hit me with a surprise left. </p><p><span></span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lbofcy/former_bullies_of_reddit_when_did_you_realize/glvwpbs?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">givebusterahand</a></p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lbofcy/former_bullies_of_reddit_when_did_you_realize/glvwpbs?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a>I imagine that left your jaw hurting. </p><p><span></span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lbofcy/former_bullies_of_reddit_when_did_you_realize/glw3nwi?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Ne0hlithic</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_8" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p><em>There are always specific people that will haunt us all, even those people who taunted and traumatized others. Everybody has a somebody that somehow left a mark on their person or their soul. It maybe the person you scorched the most or the one who brought karma full circle. Either way you can't out run an impact. The next group know this all too well.</em></p>
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Gleeful
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNTYzNTk5Mi9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYyMDY0NTU5NX0.CAJWUFMLYBOLjZo0KwNB2oH0hYpoiIBAvZxR6jY00kg/img.gif?width=980" id="9ab62" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="4d726eb8a1928b639d98814381772c78" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="398" data-height="224" />Santana Lopez Smile GIFGiphy<p>This is dumb, but watching Glee and relating too much to Santana. It would be like: "Wow, what a horrible person, how can she say... oh, I've said that... I've said and done WORSE than that. Damn." </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lbofcy/former_bullies_of_reddit_when_did_you_realize/glwbew3?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Gryffndork</a></p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lbofcy/former_bullies_of_reddit_when_did_you_realize/glwbew3?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a><span></span>For me it was kind of opposite. Watching Glee and relating too much to Rachel. That was more like "oh, so that's why everyone in school hated me." </p><p><span></span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lbofcy/former_bullies_of_reddit_when_did_you_realize/glx3tk3?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">SupaFroosh</a></p>I'm Awful
<p>There was a friend of mine, we talk a lot on discord. Then one time he vented up to me and said that he was harassing one of his neighbors, stuff like blackmailing, and verbal bullying. He said that he was just having fun. After some time, he haven't seeing him around. He just got the news that his neighbor committed suicide. </p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_10" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>The parent doesn't know why, it was only my friend who knows.</p><p>When I was talking to him that time, I was getting some red flags that he might also harm himself. I told him to go to a psychiatrist or some professional who can help. A year had past and he seemed like he have changed a lot. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lbofcy/former_bullies_of_reddit_when_did_you_realize/glxpyd5?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">another-stolen-name</a></p>
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A kid named Charles...
<p>When I was in the 5th grade (mid 70's), I was an Army brat. A kid named Charles used to try to frequently beat me up. Once even kicked me in the nuts in Sunday school. One day, said he was gonna beat me up after school. I tried to hide, but he "escorted" me off school property. </p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_12" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>Another kid named Herman bodily picked Charles up and said "Run aecarol1, I can't hold him long." I managed to evade him that day.</p><p>One day a few weeks later he came to my door and asked if I could come out. Very warily I did, but we just hung out. Things changed with him, but I have no idea what. We were never close, but he never bothered me again.</p>
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<p>I suspect my dad spoke with his dad, but I'll never know as my dad passed more than 20 years ago. I hope he turned out okay. The fact he sought me out and we just hung out for a couple hours did a lot for me and restored a bit of my faith in the idea people can improve.</p><p>I will forever be grateful to Herman, he literally saved my butt that day. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lbofcy/former_bullies_of_reddit_when_did_you_realize/glx3882?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">aecarol1</a></p>
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The Bigger Fish
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<p>So while we were in the locker room an 8th grader took a crap inside this 6th grader's backpack while he took a shower. I'm talking both clothes and school materials were in the backpack. Apparently the 6th grader had bullied the 8th grader's sister who was in 6th as well, so he did it for revenge. Many guys, including myself saw as he took the backpack to the bathroom to poop on it. </p>
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<p>I thought the guy was just joking but minutes later sum kid comes out telling the coach that there is a backpack with poop in the bathroom. Poor Chap had to stand around in the towel for his mom to bring him new clothes and school materials. Ig the lesson here is for bullies, that there is always a Bigger Fish.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lbofcy/former_bullies_of_reddit_when_did_you_realize/glv69m9?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">LittleDipper42</a></p>
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<p><em>Be kind y'all. It literally costs absolutely nothing to smile politely at a stranger. Hold open a door for the elderly. Compliment someone who is struggling and trying. In the long run being a hateful, mean spirited blowhard costs your soul more than anything else. Everyone is just trying to survive, so help them. </em></p>
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As kids, we spent about 8 hours every day in school for 10 months of each year. Not surprisingly, a few useless lessons made their way into the curriculum.
Well, maybe more than a few.
<p>A recent Reddit thread explored the most common examples of lessons taught in school that either went on to be the opposite of the truth, or at least be utterly useless in the long run. </p><p>The thread tended toward the life-lessons and teacherly explanations of character far more than the actual information taught. </p><p>gunguy627 asked, <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kyjyut/what_is_the_most_fucking_useless_thing_that_they/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">"What is the most f***ing useless thing that they teach in school?"</a></p>
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Backfired
<p>"0-tolerance policy is the dumbest thing ever taught and implemented."</p><p>"All it teaches is to fear authority when you're the victim. It enables the perpetrator (who is normally a bully)."</p><p>"I know administrators are lazy, but they need to actually investigate the goddamn problem instead of saying, 'hey you both were involved in the issue so you're both going to get punished.'"</p><p>"It basically just raises you to hate authority, and while I don't like authorities either I don't think they're all distrustful. Although, I guess this could be interpreted as commentary on how garbage authority is."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kyjyut/what_is_the_most_fucking_useless_thing_that_they/gji1860?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">HotSiracha1134</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_36" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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It Worked, Didn't It
<p>"That sticking up for yourself is wrong. I punched a kid in the face because he was being physically abusive to me."</p><p>"He grabbed my arms and spun us in circles, intending to let go once I would be sort of thrown through the air. I got an arm loose and punched him in the face before that happened."</p><p>"Instead of him being expelled I, a female half his size, was forced to apologize for defending myself. I'm still mad."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kyjyut/what_is_the_most_fucking_useless_thing_that_they/gjiinlw?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">justice-knifeblade</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_2" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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The Unicycle Budget
<p>"Our elementary school was heavy into unicycles. Gym class year round was learning to ride, then ride together, and in formation."</p><p>"I was one of the unlucky few who never got it (I can't dance or ride a bike either, so I suspect there's some balance issues)."</p><p>"School all but threatened to hold me back a year until I learned how. Everyone forgot and never picked it up again as soon as they moved to middle school."</p><p>"Worst part is that we were a very poor school in a very rural area without much funding. I can't imagine how much the school spent on those unicycles. There was no sponsorship, and we weren't competing in anything."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kyjyut/what_is_the_most_fucking_useless_thing_that_they/gjgybtf?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">sezah</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_3" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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A Bizarre Exercise
<p>"Not exactly something they teach in general, but in my high school music class, we had to memorize our national anthem in a different language (we used to be a colony and it was originally written in the colonizer's language.)"</p><p>"And then sing it out loud with the same melody and all, except you're parroting a bunch of words that you don't understand. Over a decade later and I still think it was a pointless exercise"</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kyjyut/what_is_the_most_fucking_useless_thing_that_they/gjh1snm?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">BlizzardousBane</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_4" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Egg Baby
<p>"how to 'take care of a baby' by"</p><ol><li>bringing in an egg</li><li>having the teacher sign the egg</li><li>decorating, protecting, and carrying the egg at all times for two days</li><li>revealing to the teacher at the end of day 2 that the egg was still in tact, without cracks.</li></ol><p>"all that taught me was how to take care of an egg."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kyjyut/what_is_the_most_fucking_useless_thing_that_they/gjia5r2?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">archikat007</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_5" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Sport Facts
<p>"In Phys Ed they had us take actual written tests a few times sitting on the gym floor. Questions like where was basketball invented, what are the rules of pickle, yadda yadda, other useless sh**." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kyjyut/what_is_the_most_fucking_useless_thing_that_they/gjgqyxo?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">GummyZerg</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"That's the kind of bullsh** that happens when the only way to prove you're doing something is to provide data."</p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"Teachers are forced to do things which generate data because the traditional outcomes don't provide enough evidence for someone at the state or distinct admin office to know you're doing your job." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kyjyut/what_is_the_most_fucking_useless_thing_that_they/gjh7qnm?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Beeb294</a></p>The Definition of Busy Work
<p>"When I was in primary school we got taught about digital roots, it's where you take a number, add up all the digits and repeat if you have more than 1 digit, so 684 = 6+8+4 = 18 = 1 + 8 = 9."</p><p>"Nobody else has ever heard of this."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kyjyut/what_is_the_most_fucking_useless_thing_that_they/gjh998n?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">emu404</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_6" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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If Only Bullies Valued My Opinion
<p>"That if someone's bullying you you tell them that you don't like it. like no sh**, that's why they do it." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kyjyut/what_is_the_most_fucking_useless_thing_that_they/gjhzzcd?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">dr_pepper_cans</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"My grandmother used to tell my dad, my brothers, and me 'If someone hits you, tell them you don't like to get hit!' Most useless piece of advice that has been taught to society." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kyjyut/what_is_the_most_fucking_useless_thing_that_they/gjido7g?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">ZIONSCROLLS</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"The only thing that ever helped me with bullies at that age, was fighting back. I tried everything else. But the teachers punished me more than the bullies for it, they'd always say 'it doesn't matter who started it' - which is f***ing bullsh**. I'm still mad." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kyjyut/what_is_the_most_fucking_useless_thing_that_they/gjie14y?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">yas_yas</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_7" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Keep Those Clavicles Covered
<p>"That if we cover our shoulders and legs boys will stop looking at us" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kyjyut/what_is_the_most_fucking_useless_thing_that_they/gjh828n?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">shlee_e</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"As a guy this rule just taught me that bare shoulders are provocative and now I get all flustered seeing a cute girl in something showing her shoulders. This clearly didn't work as intended." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kyjyut/what_is_the_most_fucking_useless_thing_that_they/gjhy9zj?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Lunarskies92</a></p><div data-conversation-spotlight style="min-height:90px"></div>
Useful Lessons
<p>"I don't know, but if they don't start teaching people how to spot fake news soon, we're all gonna be living under dictatorships." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kyjyut/what_is_the_most_fucking_useless_thing_that_they/gjgs84h?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">thegoatwrote</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"All of us learned to do research papers in school, but how many of us made the jump to doing any kind of basic research in the real world?" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kyjyut/what_is_the_most_fucking_useless_thing_that_they/gjgtiwy?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">somebodys_mom</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"Broadly speaking, that's called the humanities, and it's been grossly under-appreciated and under-funded for decades at this point" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kyjyut/what_is_the_most_fucking_useless_thing_that_they/gjh93d4?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">jman939</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_8" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Dichotomies
<p>"Left Brain vs Right Brain. Not only is it not true, it just divided all the kids from 'smart kids' to 'art kids.'"</p><p>"No need for that."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kyjyut/what_is_the_most_fucking_useless_thing_that_they/gji7qfw?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Krissybelle</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_9" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Not So Useless After All
<p>"to hide under the desk if we get nuked" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kyjyut/what_is_the_most_fucking_useless_thing_that_they/gjhm4zm?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">LegalizeBeltfedz</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"The reason is falling debris and glass."</p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"It's highly unlikely you'll be killed by explosion or incinerated by the radiation outright. Chances are a nuke isn't going to fall on your school."</p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"The shockwave goes significantly further and can shatter glass and break apart buildings. Sheltering under your desk provides some cover from that." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kyjyut/what_is_the_most_fucking_useless_thing_that_they/gjihb66?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">CrowGrandFather</a></p>Some Stuff is Just Easier to Measure
<p>"'Character counts'"</p><p>"It was our school's motto. The school also actively punished honesty and integrity when it mattered, and instead held award ceremonies for students who showed basic human decency like 'hey you dropped this in the hallway, here you go.'"</p><p>"You would get awards for not being a piece of sh**, but if you decide to show any real character like stepping up for your friends when they're in trouble, you get detention."</p><p>"Let it be known: Erindale Secondary School in Ontario, Canada is a sh** hole."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kyjyut/what_is_the_most_fucking_useless_thing_that_they/gji0pdq?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Gensi_Alaria</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_10" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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People Don't Suddenly Become Saints When They Turn 18
<p>"Not a lesson but they teach you to respect adults no matter what."</p><p>"That's how teachers get away with so much nonsense. It's how parents get away with abuse. Kids are taught to 'respect adults' but what they really teach them is 'dont do anything to inconvenience an adult.'"</p><p>"So a kid is more likely to keep their mouth shut if they're getting molested or beat."</p><p>"They need to teach instead that respect is earned and not to blindly trust people just because they have seniority or authority over you, that you have a right to make a judgement on somebody if they're doing something bad."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kyjyut/what_is_the_most_fucking_useless_thing_that_they/gjhwi8f?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Ghostspider1989</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_11" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Skills for Life
<p>"Square dancing."</p><p>"It was put into the curriculum at US schools after heavy lobbying from industrialist Henry Ford. He didn't like the awful, new modern dances people were doing, like the Charleston."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kyjyut/what_is_the_most_fucking_useless_thing_that_they/gjgs7xo?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Scrappy_Larue</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_12" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Drugs in School
<p>"D.A.R.E. was the single worst useless thing every taught at school. Especially when the cop teaching said class ends up getting arrested for drugs." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kyjyut/what_is_the_most_fucking_useless_thing_that_they/gji2iso?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Randumbthoghts</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"Studies show DARE <em>increases</em> drug use because 1) when they realize DARE is lying about weed, they assume DARE is lying about other drugs and 2) so much emphasis on resisting peer pressure makes kids assume everyone is doing drugs, so they have to do them to fit in" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kyjyut/what_is_the_most_fucking_useless_thing_that_they/gjipazf?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">tacos_yeah_tacos</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_13" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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It is a universally acknowledged truth that kids are master minds of cruelty. They have a sixth sense which allows them to pinpoint the source of insecurity in another human, craft a statement that is as cruel as it is creative, and launch the insult with cold and distant absence of guilt whatsoever.
<p>Unfortunately, Redditors remind us that other adults, even friends, can provide self-esteem battering statements just as bad. Years later, statements like these fork into two distinct paths: the humorous shade offered by hindsight or the profound snowball growing intensity. </p><p>Reddit was stocked with both. </p><p>TheCrowsNestTV asked, <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/fhfvfs/what_is_the_cruelest_thing_someone_has_said_to_you/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">"What is the cruelest thing someone has said to you?"</a><span></span></p>
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A Deadpan Slam
<p>"When I was a kid, my best friend was always kind of mean or standoffish with me at school but we hung out a lot just the two of us."</p><p>"At some point I confronted him and said, 'you keep doing this, are you embarrassed to be my friend?' He just said 'Yes.'"</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/fhfvfs/what_is_the_cruelest_thing_someone_has_said_to_you/fkavxjk?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">Stalkachu</a></p><img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNDUyMTc1Ny9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY0OTI2MzkxMX0.iTsg-CFpF02XqnsgdeaSyeAAqUzmrjxbuxRJl2Y-uOA/img.gif?width=980" id="847d0" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="c2ccb4fbfd5cd8ab823993903a7df67c" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="270" data-height="270" />Meme Wtf GIFGiphy<div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_36" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Objectifying in the Other Direction
<p>"It was a thing in my school where guys would go up to an 'unattractive' girl in a group, in front of everyone, and ask them on a date."</p><p>"Just when the girl would start to believe it was real and give a response, the guys would all start laughing and the one who asked would tell her it was just a joke and that, 'no one would ever wanna go out with something like you.'"</p><p>"And yes, they would say 'something,' not 'someone.' It hurts yeah."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/fhfvfs/what_is_the_cruelest_thing_someone_has_said_to_you/fkbilrr?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">fvck7h15</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_2" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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When the Kids are the Mature Ones
<p>"My son had a liver transplant and has huge scars on his belly. He was playing at our local park where they shoot up water. Great summer fun for young kids. Another parent says, 'they should cover that kid up so we don't have to see it.'" </p><p>"Thankfully, another parent spoke up snd said, 'just because that kid's gone through a lot doesn't mean he has to hidden to make you feel comfortable.' I started to breathe evenly and smile."</p><p>"Funny thing is, when kids asked him about his scars, my son would just say, 'I had surgery.' Then they would continue playing. Adults were more cruel."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/fhfvfs/what_is_the_cruelest_thing_someone_has_said_to_you/fkb9tmh?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">Italophilia27</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_3" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Sociopathic Roasting
<p>"The worst was probably in fifth grade, just after my dad died. The whole school knew, and everyone was being really nice to me except one girl. I believe the exact quote was, 'go suck your dads d*ck. Oh wait you can't, he's dead.'"</p><p>"It didn't even hurt my feelings, more of just bewildered me like who says something like that?"</p><p><span></span>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/fhfvfs/what_is_the_cruelest_thing_someone_has_said_to_you/fkb1pu6?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">Standard-Cost</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_4" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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A Most Certain Red Flag
<p>"Ex-wife once told me that she wished my mom had died of the breast cancer that she beat when I was in 2nd grade. She's been in remission for 20+ years now and has always been a sweet, thoughtful and smart lady. I had to leave the house to calm down - and luckily i left the relationship eventually."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/fhfvfs/what_is_the_cruelest_thing_someone_has_said_to_you/fkbi302?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">SandoMann</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_5" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Priorities...
<p>"'You are caring, smart, treat me well, have your sh!t together, and are great husband/father material, and are a wonderful man to be around. I wish you'd lose 20 lbs. so I could date you.'"</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/fhfvfs/what_is_the_cruelest_thing_someone_has_said_to_you/fkb939w?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">hired_g00n</a></p>"Dad, it's Boston Pizza. Also, that's Horrible."
<p>"When I was 16 and looking to apply at Boston Pizza which had just opened up in our town, my dad said, 'don't you have to be pretty to be a waitress?'" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/fhfvfs/what_is_the_cruelest_thing_someone_has_said_to_you/fkb502c?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">laurieali</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"Please don't say <em>parents,</em> for the real word is <em>creeps." -- </em><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/fhfvfs/what_is_the_cruelest_thing_someone_has_said_to_you/fkc17bc?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">King_Pecca</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_6" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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A Backhanded Guestimation
<p>"'Guys our age'...Dude was at least 20 years older then me. Yeah, honestly me and my partner had a laugh about it later. But at the time i died a little on the inside." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/fhfvfs/what_is_the_cruelest_thing_someone_has_said_to_you/fkazl9i?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">anotherDutchdude</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"He didn't think of you as older, he thinks of himself as younger." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/fhfvfs/what_is_the_cruelest_thing_someone_has_said_to_you/fkcbotw?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">Hektikdt</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_7" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Taking the Long Way to Attraction
<p>"'Your freckles look like you stood behind a screen door and had sh*t flung on you.' This was a neighbor who was looking to hook up. It never happened and I quit talking to him." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/fhfvfs/what_is_the_cruelest_thing_someone_has_said_to_you/fkb4kbp?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">sukiintheshower</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"Is this some kind of advanced ninja flirting technique I'm not aware of?" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/fhfvfs/what_is_the_cruelest_thing_someone_has_said_to_you/fkc0bhc?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">UHMWPE</a></p><div data-conversation-spotlight style="min-height:90px"></div>
An Out and Out PUNK
<p>"7-year-old cousin: 'Hey derp, how old are you now?'"</p><p>"Me: 'I just turned 26.'"</p><p>"7-year old: 'You're not a man!'"</p><p>"WTF kid...."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/fhfvfs/what_is_the_cruelest_thing_someone_has_said_to_you/fkb225q?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">derpado514</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"I'm 21 and my niece is 8, but she considers us to be basically the same age. Makes me feel good when I get sad that my childhood is over." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/fhfvfs/what_is_the_cruelest_thing_someone_has_said_to_you/fkcpqj6?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">brearose</a></p><img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNDUyMTc1NC9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYyMzU5MjY2M30.cWMgCfX2yyKgf-70eyHB2EFrqCP2AW8RQuzFiZHWlmg/img.gif?width=980" id="0fd54" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="0d0cba597ad45615cf9fc4b1600c3d76" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="250" data-height="170" />confused confusion GIFGiphy<div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_8" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Not Something You Can Just "Try Out'
<p>"My mom said that her life would have been better if I never existed." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/fhfvfs/what_is_the_cruelest_thing_someone_has_said_to_you/fkat68c?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">earthling_probably</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"To hopefully make you feel better, some people just should never have been parents. It's much more likely she's saying she just never should have had kids because she's not able to handle it." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/fhfvfs/what_is_the_cruelest_thing_someone_has_said_to_you/fkbco4u?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">Not_A_RedditAccount</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_9" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Whiplash
<p>"My biological father came back into my life when I was 14 and had a girlfriend. Everything was great for a year until she made him choose between his new family, and me."</p><p>"I got a text message on Christmas Day saying 'Father and daughter relationship not working out, all the best for your future. Please dont call me, it will cause me problems.'"</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/fhfvfs/what_is_the_cruelest_thing_someone_has_said_to_you/fkb5ssw?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">SabrinaSpellman1</a></p>Suddenly, a Snob
<p>"There were years I worked multiple jobs to help support us while my ex was working on her doctorate. Once she had herself a tenure track university position, she let me know I wasn't 'educated enough to be married to a professor' like herself." </p><p>"I have my bachelor's degree." </p><p>"Well, I found myself sleeping on the sofa for about a week, while looking for an apartment so I could move out. During that time, every morning as she'd greet me with the phrase 'Why haven't you killed yourself yet?'"</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/fhfvfs/what_is_the_cruelest_thing_someone_has_said_to_you/fkbfr6m?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">2ndbreakfastfan</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_10" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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At Least an Insult is Attention at All
<p>"Nothing. When my best friend of 20+ years ghosted me, that was the cruelest thing." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/fhfvfs/what_is_the_cruelest_thing_someone_has_said_to_you/fkbf11b?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">MelissaMiranti</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"Wow, that's terrible. I really hate when people don't even have the guts to say why or have an adult conversation instead of ghosting." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/fhfvfs/what_is_the_cruelest_thing_someone_has_said_to_you/fkclchp?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">Neilia_Moon</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_11" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Abusive Control 101
<p>"'No one will love you like I love you because you're uninteresting, boring, & annoying.'"</p><p>"Getting past it a day at a time, but I do occasionally find myself apologizing my husband for being 'boring/annoying.'"</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/fhfvfs/what_is_the_cruelest_thing_someone_has_said_to_you/fkb8jc7?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">c0untc*ntula</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_12" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Severely Out of Touch
<p>"I struggled with anxiety caused bulimia a few years back... One of my best friends (who has some self consciousness issues so she likes unhealthily skinny bodies.) told me after I recovered and gained my healthy weight back that I 'looked better when [I was] bulimic.'"</p><p>"....That made me feel so small and empty."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/fhfvfs/what_is_the_cruelest_thing_someone_has_said_to_you/fkb435s?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">izzygirl123</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_13" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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The First 25 Minutes of "Grease"
<p>"9th grade year I met a girl who moved on to my block the week summer break started, we spent almost every day together. We lost our virginity to each other." </p><p>"First day of school and she won't talk to me because I'm not on of the 'cool kids.'" </p><p>"Destroyed me."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/fhfvfs/what_is_the_cruelest_thing_someone_has_said_to_you/fkbjall?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">rangoranger39</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_14" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Experimental Snog
<p>"The boy I had a crush on in high school had kissed me and I was pretty excited about possibly dating. When I asked him about it the next day he said he didn't like me in that way."</p><p>"I asked why he kissed me then, and he said, 'I needed to make sure I didn't like you.'"</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/fhfvfs/what_is_the_cruelest_thing_someone_has_said_to_you/fkbl772?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">Petunia_Fish</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_15" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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A Wild Escalation
<p>"My stepson told me he was glad that my husband and I have fertility problems." </p><p>"He was 15 at the time, and pissed that he was in trouble after several of his teachers had contacted us to tell us he wasn't doing his homework or completing schoolwork and assignments."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/fhfvfs/what_is_the_cruelest_thing_someone_has_said_to_you/fkaszsp?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">KittikatB</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_16" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Ewww
<p>"Asked a girl out and just got "ewwww" as a response. So that was cool. A no would've been fine."</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/fhfvfs/what_is_the_cruelest_thing_someone_has_said_to_you/fkb2hg4?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank"> Kamilny</a><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Kamilny/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a></p><p>"This happened to me too. That's rough bud." :( </p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/fhfvfs/what_is_the_cruelest_thing_someone_has_said_to_you/fkb4zz0?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Trekkimon</a></p><img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNDUyMTc1Mi9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY3NjgxMDgwN30.A1jdgYS6DCk_aTDCnLXOm8bOkqcd8Y9b-1wXaCIH9C0/img.gif?width=980" id="662bc" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="1fb600985db72294c28ae1e882f42fb3" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="400" data-height="300" />michelle obama eww GIFGiphy<div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_17" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Dearest Mother
<p>My mother told me once that no one nice or decent would ever want me/be able to love me. Crazy how much stuff like this sticks on your relationships</p><p><strong><em>Edit:</em></strong> you guys are amazing people to be willing to share your stories--I'm so sorry all of you have had to experience this nastiness. I hope you're all currently doing well and I appreciate all of you. <3 </p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/fhfvfs/what_is_the_cruelest_thing_someone_has_said_to_you/fkaycby?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">partisanmilkhotelx</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_18" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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The Crash
<p>I crashed my motorcycle quite a few years ago now. I was being stupid and didn't have my gear on. So I have some very extensive scars on my arms and legs.</p><p>I'm super insecure about them. I've worn long sleeves since they've healed.</p><p>Last summer I was feeling good about myself and not caring. So I went to the beach in a bikini. </p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_19" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>I was sitting there reading a book when a group of girls behind me starts talking about me.</p><p>There were several comments about my appearance but the one that really stuck was, "God, she should just kill herself so we don't have to look at her."</p><p>Yeah so much for self confidence that day. </p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/fhfvfs/what_is_the_cruelest_thing_someone_has_said_to_you/fkavteu?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">littleredhoodlum</a></p>
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Brutal
<p>I was in a car accident, no harm to me at all. Told the story to a couple people. One literally said, and I quote "I wish you would have died in the accident." it was some idiot from middle school, he hated everyone with a burning passion. He said other things too, such as "your parents are what made the plane fliers on 9/11 do it." </p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/fhfvfs/what_is_the_cruelest_thing_someone_has_said_to_you/fkb6130?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Thatisjake</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_21" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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No Yours
<p>I was about 16 and sat on the train next two two preteen girls. The song on my MP3 player switched and therefore i could hear them. One girl pointed at me and said "That is your new boyfriend." the other girl replied "Eeeeww, no yours!" </p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/fhfvfs/what_is_the_cruelest_thing_someone_has_said_to_you/fkax0wz?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">overbread</a></p><p>Can confirm. Girls go through a stage where they can never admit to other girls that they like boys (at least they did 30ish years ago when I was that age. Its weird. </p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/fhfvfs/what_is_the_cruelest_thing_someone_has_said_to_you/fkbqpru?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">audreyrosedriver</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_22" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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The Uncounted
<p>Had a huge crush on a friend in high school and asked her to a dance, she said no which was fine. Nothing was weird.</p><p>Then about a week later she started telling me how upset she was that no one had asked her to the dance and when I brought up I had her response was:</p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_23" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>You don't count.</p><p>Apparently she thought I had just asked her to be nice or something. When I told her that wasn't the case she still said no but apologized for saying it. Still really hurt though. </p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/fhfvfs/what_is_the_cruelest_thing_someone_has_said_to_you/fkbbmhy?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">lonewolf210</a></p>
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He's Out
<p>Not to me directly, but my mum once said "I don't like him anymore" to my sister when I was in clear earshot, so it was meant for me.</p><p>It's the context that got me, considering it was all over me not being comfortable enough to go back into school to get a Christmas pudding, and getting so mad at me over something so small overwhelmed me and made me feel like a failure, I guess. Was also through the worst time in my life, which she knew about. </p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/fhfvfs/what_is_the_cruelest_thing_someone_has_said_to_you/fkaxh5s?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Responsible-Coyote</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_25" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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"If I"
<p>"If I were you I'd just freaking kill myself."</p><p>Good thing I wasn't suicidal in high school. Same guy ended up running away from home and dying his hair trying to hide from the cops that year, so yeah that dude had issues. We were sorta friends later, I don't know if he even remembers making the comment. </p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/fhfvfs/what_is_the_cruelest_thing_someone_has_said_to_you/fkb3ftl?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">verminiusrex</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_26" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Die Laughing
<p>I was around 15 year old. I was hanging around with my friends and there was this guy who had recently started joining us every once in awhile. He was someone classmate but I don't think he was close to anyone and I thought it was weird that he was hanging out with us as it was hard to see him fit in, there was so little in common.</p><p>We rarely ever spoke to each other directly.</p><p>But then he once said pretty much out of the blue "<em>If</em> Horredu <em>ever gets a girlfriend I will die by laughter</em>".</p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_27" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>Group of friends laughing, they can't help it and someone almost rolling on the floor. Someone agreed between the burst of laughs.</p><p>Affected my self-esteem a lot, probably more than I've understood earlier.</p><p>Being 26 year old now and still never been in a relationship, I sometimes think they were right. </p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/fhfvfs/what_is_the_cruelest_thing_someone_has_said_to_you/fkb2pd0?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">horredu</a></p>
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Pray for your Soul
<p>This will get buried but mine was hands down when a co-worker/decently close acquaintance told me to my face that maybe if I had prayed harder and put more faith in the lord my son wouldn't have died. Witch had worked with me since before I got pregnant, through the genetic dx while still pregnant, his birth, multiple surgeries etc. and knew damn well what the hell happened and still had the gall to say that crap. Mind you this was also like 6 years later and I'd already had two more children, countless hours of therapy, and with one statement she stabbed me in the heart all over.</p><img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNDUyMTc0NS9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY1NzM5MTkzM30.yc7kb09Seew0yj3LMMRD6tKhkaVAyfCNNkXtf6r0rug/img.gif?width=980" id="0cd72" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="50f03448939485b16489d4ee517ee281" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="500" data-height="500" />scared season 1 GIF by The White PrincessGiphy<div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_29" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>In a horrid twist of fate - the eldest of her two children was killed in a motorcycle accident about 18 months ago. My heart broke for her and I did reach out to offer my condolences, no parent should ever experience that kind of loss.</p><p>But I would a lying hag if I didn't admit that a hateful little voice inside me whispered to my soul 'maybe she shoulda prayed harder.' </p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/fhfvfs/what_is_the_cruelest_thing_someone_has_said_to_you/fkbtxhq?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">LFF9002</a></p>
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But She Did
<p>This wasn't really said to me, but it was said to my mom about me. I had admitted to my grandma that there was a girl that we both knew that I had a crush on (I'm a girl). I said it quick so I didn't think she'd catch it. But she did. A while later, she looked my mom dead in the eye and said something like, "It's such a shame. Your daughter WAS so pretty. Such a WASTE." So I'm a shame AND a waste... And if you think she ended there oh hoho!!! You're wrong!!! </p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_31" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>She later called my sister EXTREMELY FAT in front of me (I went up against her for that one). And right after we shunned her from our family, I found out there was a chance that she was "watching" my big bro because he, "Reminds her of her dead husband." She did way WAY worse than that to my mom. Even calling my mom a parasite in the middle of a restaurant. I'm glad she left. We almost got kicked out of our home because of her screwed up lies.</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/fhfvfs/what_is_the_cruelest_thing_someone_has_said_to_you/fkb8k59?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">RoseQuartz100501</a></p>
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Cutting Deep
<p>"Your friend deserved to get stabbed." (Friend got a knife pulled on him in a fight at a party, stabbed him 7 times, critically wounded him and partially paralyzed him for life). </p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/fhfvfs/what_is_the_cruelest_thing_someone_has_said_to_you/fkb3fnb?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank"> akaponokh</a><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/akaponokh/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_33" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Births and Deaths
<p>It wasn't too me, but about me. Everytime I'm around my mom and she has friends or family over she'd always being up how painful giving birth to me was. She said that she was considering giving me up for adoption because I was the most painful out of her 5 other births. (I'm the second oldest) I know she's probably trying to make a joke or something but it gets old when you 13 times a day. And. Sometimes I wish she had given me up for adoption. </p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/fhfvfs/what_is_the_cruelest_thing_someone_has_said_to_you/fkb0gnx?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">minionthestupid</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_34" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Awkward
<p>"You're awkward" - coworker to me in my nervous first few weeks at a new job.</p><p>It was small but confirmed my fears that I might not fit in, the anxiety to follow was crushing.</p><p>Ended up making plenty of friends at my new job, he isn't one of them. </p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/fhfvfs/what_is_the_cruelest_thing_someone_has_said_to_you/fkaz8o0?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">kellogg888</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_35" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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My Sacrifices
<p>My mom told me she was worried I would abuse her and my dad when they got old because I was abusive as a teenager. I agonized over that for a couple years before I finally convinced my parents to go to a therapy sessions with me, where I found out the teenage "abuse" she was referring to was, according to her, me pushing past her roughly once as a teenager and getting too many parking tickets.</p><p>I lived to please my parents for most of life, so hearing her accuse me of abuse when I'd sacrificed my own integrity for a long time to make them happy... that really hurt me. </p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/fhfvfs/what_is_the_cruelest_thing_someone_has_said_to_you/fkb6vv1?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">hopelesslonging</a></p>You're not for us
<p>Was approached by a modeling agency once in a shopping centre with my best friends. I was very shocked as I'm quite self conscious at 5ft 11" and very curvy, so it was extremely flattering. Didn't have enough confidence to do anything about it so just left it as a nice memory. My best friend was bragging on my behalf to a group of kids in school the next week and one girl just looked me up and down and said "Oh I didn't know the menswear department of 'Middle aged clothes shop' were looking for models?'... I was 15f and it killed my confidence for years... </p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/fhfvfs/what_is_the_cruelest_thing_someone_has_said_to_you/fkb3kfr?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">galwaygirl_aus</a></p><!-- Please do not remove-->
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Expired Lunch
<p>In middle school a girl found out I had a crush on her and decided that best way to go about dealing with that was telling everyone at lunch how ugly she thought I was because I had acne at the time. Which really sucked. Because I was already <em>super</em> self conscious about it and kind of just a shy person in general.</p><p>Was made even worse because it was a small private school. So everyone knew everyone's business and there was no getting away from it. I stopped eating lunch in the lunchroom for all of that year. </p><!-- Please do not remove-->
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<p>It sucked and the whole thing honestly made me feel like crap for years.</p><p>As we got older and were in high school, I think she tried to get back on my good side. But she never actually apologized and honestly, that ship had already sailed for me. Too little and <em>way</em> too late.</p><p>On the last day of senior year I let all the air out of three of her tires. </p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/fhfvfs/what_is_the_cruelest_thing_someone_has_said_to_you/fkb48px?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Slowjams</a></p>
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Mothering
<p>"It's a good thing you can't have kids, you would make a terrible mother."</p><p><strong><em>Also:</em></strong></p><p>"You won't be a real woman until you have children." </p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/fhfvfs/what_is_the_cruelest_thing_someone_has_said_to_you/fkb6nwf?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">SalemScout</a></p><!-- Please do not remove-->
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<p>While I was grieving my sister's passing, my mother told me "You need to suck it up because I have it worse than you. I had to bury my own daughter so you need to be helping me instead of focusing on yourself."</p><p>I didn't finally get the chance to grieve until I started dating my husband. </p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/fhfvfs/what_is_the_cruelest_thing_someone_has_said_to_you/fkbbpf8?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">cjcmommy0123</a></p><!-- Please do not remove-->
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<p>It wasn't cruel in the way that it hurt me, but really bothered me. My mom had died a few years prior and was considering getting a tattoo in memory of her. She had always wanted a trinity knot on her shoulder blade and we had even discussed getting matching ones. I told a friend this and said "I can still get it, even though she can't get a matching one because she is dead". My friend responded "you could be close by putting her ashes in a vibrator!"</p><p>Like, what the freaking hell. </p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/fhfvfs/what_is_the_cruelest_thing_someone_has_said_to_you/fkbgfd8?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">SaturnaliaSacrifice</a></p><img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNDUyMTczOC9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYzMjMzOTU5NX0.FVnc236TCv1h4WwA25VvbqEuSeRMJq1mW6apyr6FhbA/img.gif?width=980" id="da2fd" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="ebf7d93d3f368d0145eeb64e5c37405a" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="480" data-height="270" />Seriously GIF by Debby RyanGiphy<!-- Please do not remove-->
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My Journey
<p>"I'm so disappointed in you. It's like I don't even know you anymore."</p><p>-my mom, after she discovered I had online friends... who I had known for 4 years. God forbid I take a road trip to see them, I guess... </p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/fhfvfs/what_is_the_cruelest_thing_someone_has_said_to_you/fkboxjl?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">_Fengo</a></p><!-- Please do not remove-->
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Just Be Happy
<p>"Suck it up, other people have it worse."</p><p>One of the few times I reached out to talk about my depression with a friend and she said this to me. Took the wind out of my sails, and that was 7-8ish years ago. I haven't spoken to a single soul about my depression since and never will. I don't really talk about how I feel or what I go through. I wear the mask that everything is good. </p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/fhfvfs/what_is_the_cruelest_thing_someone_has_said_to_you/fkaziou?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Guerrin_TR</a></p><!-- Please do not remove-->
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Try to Grow
<p>When I was 12 my family and I went to a farmer's market. This couple was handing out samples and the husband said "Let the boys try some."</p><p>I said "I'm a girl."</p><p>The wife then yelled at me saying "Well grow some freaking boobs, then you'll look like a girl!!!!!"</p><p>Ouch. </p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/fhfvfs/what_is_the_cruelest_thing_someone_has_said_to_you/fkbi2ow?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">cocoabean30</a></p><!-- Please do not remove-->
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Why so Rude?
<p>My ex-bf saw the stretch marks I have on my inner thighs and said it looked like I had been scratched by a bear, even though he perfectly knew how much I was insecure about my physical appearance. Also a girl I knew a year ago used to bully me because she thought it was funny when I got angry, then one day I started to snap back at her rude comments and she told me that I was a horrible person and that I had serious mental issues. </p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/fhfvfs/what_is_the_cruelest_thing_someone_has_said_to_you/fkbip23?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">fanny_moonbeam</a></p><!-- Please do not remove-->
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The Disgrace
<p>You're a mistake and an embarrassment. You are a disgrace to this family. -My older brother in a restaurant with my parents watching. They said nothing to this but when I tried to tell him to just shut up I got yelled at. Yeah not only do I make better grades than him I also don't ever get in trouble anywhere except for at home unlike him who is the exact opposite. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/fhfvfs/what_is_the_cruelest_thing_someone_has_said_to_you/fkb05rh?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Sissonater</a></p><!-- Please do not remove-->
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You're Nodody
<p>My paternal grandmother: "He looks nothing like his father. He looks like nobody in the family. We call him the (last name) that doesn't look like a (last name)."</p><p>Meanwhile I'm a spitting image of my father. At my dad's funeral a coworker drove seven hours to speak at his funeral. I'd never met him before and his first words to me were "you are a clone of your father." Grandma hated my mom so much that she took it out on me. </p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/fhfvfs/what_is_the_cruelest_thing_someone_has_said_to_you/fkbk9qo?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">GialloGuy</a></p><!-- Please do not remove-->
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Thanks for Nothing Ma
<p>"You've always had some excuse for why you did poorly in school" - my dear old mother.</p><p>I'm 21 years old & only now getting diagnosed with ADHD because she never believed me. Thanks mom, almost getting kicked out of university was really great. </p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/fhfvfs/what_is_the_cruelest_thing_someone_has_said_to_you/fkayz1d?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">QueenCostco</a></p><!-- Please do not remove-->
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In his handwriting.
<p>I'm sure there's lots of things worse but this sticks so hard, mainly because I see this person daily at work and have to be polite.</p><p>My fiancé passed away this past July. I got a tattoo on my inner forearm of the message he wrote in the last Valentine's card I received from him. In his handwriting. It brings me much comfort. This guy at work, while I was still barely holding it together maybe 4 weeks after the funeral, saw it. </p><!-- Please do not remove-->
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<p>He grabbed my arm, pushed my sleeve up, read it, and announced in front of everyone in the room(50-60 people) "How stupid are you? He's dead. You can't hang onto him. You'll never get anyone to sleep you now. Nobody will want you with the reminder that you loved someone else!"</p><p>I immediately melted down, nuclear. A couple of kind souls took me into my office, I'm not sure what was said to him, but he swears to this day he has no idea why I won't speak to him unless I'm forced. Of course he's not brave enough to ask me either. </p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/fhfvfs/what_is_the_cruelest_thing_someone_has_said_to_you/fkclv3q?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">cpbaby1968</a></p>
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That's not True
<p>I did poorly in grade school on language and math, but our grade school actually has a history and geography class and I was always good at them. There was one time that I was the only one that scored the bonus question because I paid attention during class (wasn't in the book). </p><!-- Please do not remove-->
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<p>The teacher gave my test back and we were asked to stay quiet while she hands them out, and I did. When I talked to her afterwards at question-time, I showed my test with the right answer to her and she said, "you wrote it after I handed you the test". And no I didn't, I really really didn't. And I still remember her like, 20 years later still.</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/fhfvfs/what_is_the_cruelest_thing_someone_has_said_to_you/fkb3kv7?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">IsaSilver</a></p>
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End Scene
<p>"I hope that someday you'll hate someone as much as I hate you." </p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/fhfvfs/what_is_the_cruelest_thing_someone_has_said_to_you/fkatfhj?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Wrong_Answer_Willie</a></p><img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNDUyMTczMi9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY0NzMxNzk5NH0.lNDc2BE47MN5SIy9cu4-E0ZAKc5gWlxRha6Jy6K6VPE/img.gif?width=980" id="218dc" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="14025424f868e3d500bee2cb84a5aa30" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="400" data-height="288" />buster keaton end rant GIFGiphy<!-- Please do not remove-->
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Hurt people hurt people. But because you're a hurt person doesn't mean you have to take it out on the rest of us. Sorry, but if you come for me, I'm coming for you. Most bullies will retreat once you let them know.... your wrath is to be feared.
Redditor u/VinceDeezer wanted to hear some stories about taking down the coward that is Goliath by asking.... People of reddit, what was your revenge on a bully?
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Being a kid is rough. Sometimes you can't breathe the air around you without someone making fun of you for it.
What can make you a target is unpredictable. I was once made fun of for "having a face." Another kid was a target for watching anime. It just takes a little impetus from some jerk and all of a sudden it feels like the entire school is laughing at you.
<p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/thiqq1600/" target="_blank">u/thiqq1600</a> asked:</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/cgzqgo/what_were_you_bullied_for/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">What were you bullied for?</a></p><p rel="noopener noreferrer">Here were some of those answers.</p>
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When It Was Cool To Be A Jerk
<img lazy-loadable="true" src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMDE0Mzg2My9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYyMjYzNzc4OH0.oooJOERcCTF6wxgj2mq7o2LeYv1pNQGoJP7sJn1FgtM/img.gif?width=980" id="3859e" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="21ca2ba0358ab0ef940cf72d6540159b" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" />Giphy<p>Being the nice kid.</p><p>Always respected my teachers, tried not to interrupt the class, getting good grades and stepped up for myself and my friends.</p><p>But I guess there comes a time when supposedly "normal" students are marginalized - for no reason.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/HiItzSteve/" target="_blank">HiItzSteve</a></p>Pennywise
<p>I was a poor kid on scholarship at a rich private school. My first roommate during freshman year was quite well-off-- her parents hired an interior designer to customize her portion of the dorm, her entire wardrobe consisted of expensive clothes from Abercrombie and Fitch and Victoria's Secret, she had tons of expensive name-brand makeup, and she had no qualms about buying and eating $10+ worth of takeout every night. Meanwhile I was working full-time to finance the rest of my education, had a second-hand computer, and could only afford the basics for my half of the dorm. Around mid-November, she apparently begged student housing to transfer me out of "her" dorm because my cheap clothes and decorating style "offended her."</p><p>I did end up switching to a different dorm room that spring because at one point, when I was out of the room, she stole what little cash I had out of my purse. Later on, she scribbled on all of my posters. She also spread rumors about how I was filthy and smelled bad because I was poor. The RA was not helpful; she had us fill out some survey about each other and basically said "not my problem." I went to student housing and they allowed me to switch to a nicer dorm room with a different roommate. The person who pulled me in became my roommate sophomore year and we are still close friends to this day.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/n0de_0f_ranv1er/" target="_blank">n0de_0f_ranv1er</a></p>
Short, Then Tall
<p>I was bullied in the 6th grade by the older kids for being short. Then when I saw them again in high school I had about 4-6 inches of height on them (I'm 6'4"). Also, I was bullied for my accent as I was born in western NC and had moved to south TX (predominantly Hispanic). I lost the accent within a year or so. Kids can be jerks.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/ajloenx/" target="_blank">ajloenx</a></p>Ohmygod, Shoes
<p>I was in middle school and my soles were literally falling off my shoes and people talked about them. I tried to glue them back with glue and everything but it made them look worse. They were like $10 from Walmart and my mom couldn't afford to buy me new ones because she had to pay for the school supplies and fees for my other sisters as well. I also had to wear old pants from my previous years which turned into highwaters after a few washes.</p><p>But guess what? It turns out that was the best year of my life and now I'm in school to teach middle school.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/bigfro_dontcare/" target="_blank">bigfro_dontcare</a></p>An Unexpected Ally
<p>Having adhd. I was the weird kid because I didn't understand social situations all that well due to the adhd. Then I was bullied for being upset about being bullied. The whole school was in on it. When I stood up for myself I got in trouble. So it was an impossible situation. Then I got cute in high school and had big boobs so suddenly dudes were hitting on me instead of bullying me. Like they forgot what they did and said lol.</p><p>Thankfully the other girls and I started to get along because we bonded over being sick of being hit on by creeps. When I exploded with rage in class over a dude taking pics of my boobs, I suddenly had people on my side when before they would have mocked me. So I guess boobs saved me. Thanks, boobs.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Forestflowered/" target="_blank">Forestflowered</a></p>
Poor Diction
<p>The kid who couldn't say the letter 'R' until he was 18, which was convenient as I was the vice-captain of wugby, I was also in the wowing club for a year as the cox which is the person sitting at the end saying "Stwoke, stwoke, stwoke. Wow wow wow your boat gently down the stweam." And I worked at wed wooster (Australia). </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/scottydoeskno/" target="_blank">scottydoeskno</a></p><p><br></p>No Way Out
<p>I have a "heart" shaped face that looked pretty round with my baby cheeks as a kid. I couldn't tell you why — as I and the kid spearheading this are white — but I was frequently called nasty slurs for Asian and Native American folks due to my face shape and slightly down-slanted eyes. Nine years of that same "joke".</p><p>Other things of note (I was like, THE primary unpopular kid at my catholic K-8 gradeschool): my hippie parents were unmarried (therefore I was born of sin); my family didn't have a lot of money/tuition was a huge burden and there wasn't much left afterwards (no parties, no extracurriculars, hand-me-down clothes, etc); I wasn't allowed to wear deodorant until high school; I mostly wore boys clothes outside of school and played video games; I told a "friend" I had a crush on a girl (at the time I honestly didn't know sexual preferences even existed — I thought everyone was attracted to everyone); I was accused of being a witch; I ate mayonnaise; and my childhood nickname was more common among porn personas and pet dogs than it was for regular people.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/LazerFort/" target="_blank">LazerFort</a></p>Psyche Damaged
<p>I was bullied for radiating victim vibes, or acting like a victim. No surprise that I was victimized. My father was a narcissistic bully, so all I knew was being bullied. At home, at school, everywhere really. By the time I was 18 I was a basket-case. All I knew about most human interaction was being bullied. I finally got away from my dad and started learning a different way to behave. I no longer attract predators, but it took me about ten years to get to a place where I could start behaving in a way that resembled being a mature, well-adjusted person.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/NTGenericus/" target="_blank">NTGenericus</a></p>YooHoo Shouldn't Target People
<p>I tended to experience more isolated incidents of bullying over the years. One of the worst ones was from a girl I didn't even know really, she said made some innuendo about my mom's drinking problem something like so "so I heard your mom likes to party".</p><p>The one with probably the biggest lasting implications is where I got picked on for taking too long on some test. I still have to struggle really hard to control my anxiety when I'm feeling rushed. I got made fun of for sucking on Yoo-Hoo too long, I'm already dealing with the social isolation and I'm not even allowed to enjoy a damn Yoo-Hoo!</p><p>I had one bully tell me I would grow up to be a school shooter like if I was wouldn't you be at the top of the list?</p><p>I had one guy bully grab my butt and this was way before I even realized I was bisexual so that was weird. I think I was targeted because I was shy and not an athlete.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/beaglebagle/" target="_blank">beaglebagle</a></p>
Wombo-Combo
<img lazy-loadable="true" src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMDE0NDA0MS9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY1MDYxMzU0MH0.k6SZO_MWnocPdKhC7h2-Mw2nocDJKL1L6uqe0IaRf0M/img.gif?width=980" id="06d7a" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="941b31acad6a04bb622ca06e83b7a4b2" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" />Giphy<p>I got hit with the marvelous wombo-combo of being tall, socially awkward, skinny af, having bad acne, and being gay. That last one not many people caught on to, though, and most of those who did didn't really think I was, which is kind of ironic. Luckily for me, by the time my last year of high school came around my skin cleared, I started to put on a bit of weight, and while I never had tons of friends, the ones I did I was always close with, so it got somewhat better.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/NDrewRndll/" target="_blank">NDrewRndll</a></p>
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