I am going to share an opinion that is not very popular, but I don't really care.

I am so fucking tired of hearing all these people whining about kids getting bullied, or that they were bullied as a child and that is the reason they are (insert issue here).
I have been fat all my life. I am also gifted/burdened with an intellect that is not Steven Hawkings impressive, but much higher than Forest Gump. Throw in the fact that I share a first name with a popular Star Wars character (making everyone and their fucking grandmother "my father")...and the fact that as a kid I often took a shower before going to bed, instead of when I woke up...making me a tad stinky due to the fact that I sweat vinegar...and you have the perfect recipe for...DING DING DING...bully target. Oh yeah, and I wasn't POOR poor, but I definitely wasn't wearing Nikes and Adidas. If it fit me and was on sale at K-mart, it was school clothes...
This went on until about senior year in High school when I started helping some of the more popular kids pass classes by explaining Biology to them in terms they could understand, and one of them actually stood up for me once when I was being bullied...so yeah, I was bullied...a lot. Not so much physically as mentally.
Did it destroy me self esteem? It took it's hits, but it didn't descimate me.
Did I go on a rampage and kill all my class mates? No. Never crossed my mind.
Did I kill myself or even attempt to? Nah. I believe that everyone at one point has THOUGHT about suicide and that it is healthy to do so...but I never truly wanted to die.
So what did I do?
I fucking GOT OVER IT!
Kids are assholes. They are little self absorbed fucking pricks and they are mean to each other. It...happens.

This stems from a Yahoo News article I saw where some woman wrote a poem about being bullied on Facebook, and there was an outcrying of apologies from the now grown bullies, and apparently it became popular enough to be considered news.

Now I am not saying bullying is not serious. Obviously in some cases it is...cases where homosexual teens were bullied to the point of suicide. Constant attacks until a kid snaps and brings daddy's pistol to school...That is not laughing matter...
but in cases where a chubby kid is made fun of...where the hell are the parents? The parents of the bully? The parents of the bullied child telling them that it doesn't fucking matter what someone else says about you, that your self worth is determined by YOU and YOU alone. Fuck everyone else. Hell, where are the fucking parents to tell their bullied child that they love them...bring home that fact that even if they are an outcast among peers, they are still loved by SOMEONE?
Where are the teachers that are supposed to look for this shit and put a stop to it if they see it on the playground or in the classroom?
Kids today are being raised to be helpless fucking victims.
My mother always told me...you do not go out looking for a fight, but if someone starts one, you damn well better finish it...and honestly I never really got into any major fights because of that. (I once punched a kid in the gut, but he was kicking me in my BROKEN ankle...so he had it coming, and even then...we squared off and were about to throw down and I decided it wasn't worth it.)

The point is, kids need to toughen up a bit and learn that bullies come and go, but life...well, it's tough...but worth it.

Just needed to rant.

-Me