Study Reveals Why "Nerds" Get Bullied

[Silk_Sk]

You know, it never occurred to me that this article wasn't common knowledge.

 

[Lord Mountbatten Reborn]

That was a shit study. People get dubbed nerds because they're smarter/weaker than others, whilst these others are usually stupid/tougher.

Seriously, does anyone ever call the tough, smart kid a nerd?

I got along fine whilst being relatively nerdy, and it wasn't because I could distinguish non-verbal cues, it was because I was friends with the tough, bullying guy, who was also relatively smart.

Being able to laugh at yourself helps too. Most bullies consider me to be "safe", though the nature of this "safety" still eludes me.

 

[Archemetis]

Back in school I had every ability to be social, unfortunately in today's world being "social"
or "popular" in school goes hand-in-hand with:

Taking drugs, treating people like shit/or just plain beating the shit out of them in large groups, being an arsehole and more often than not being drunk...(which I guess is kinda covered by drugs)

I know that's not always the case, but in the schools I went to that was exactly the case.
I'm sorry I didn't want to be a drunken, foul-mouthed little fuck-face who's just as ready to punch someone in the face for being different then they are to roll up a fat one and get fucking wankered whilst drinking piss pour home-brand cider that they had to scrounge money from people to buy...
Not forgetting that when they scrounge money from people, if the people don't hand it over they either get the shit kicked out of them or referred to as "Pikeys"
Proving once again that all the drugs and alcohol that never gets the chance to exit their systems is definitely making what was left of their brains rot away and ooze out during their coke-induced fucking nosebleeds...

So really, was it a case of I didn't know how to be 'social' or was it a case of I didn't want to be a violent tosser with no fucking sense left in him?


Maybe they should do a study on that?

[EDIT]:

Upon Reflection, apologies if my language in this post offends anyone...
It really just gets me angry when people try to explain why I suffered needlessly throughout my school career by saying it was my fault for not speaking up...

At first I thought you were just exaggerating and having a stupid rant.

But then I checked your profile, Dunstable as in Dunstable near Luton right?

If so I completely understand and offer my sympathies.

EDIT:

This study gives good reasons why a lot of the nerd culture lack social skills and thus the difficulty they have in talking to women.

But I think its bad science to then leap to the conclusion that people bully others because the victims can't hold a conversation.

You'd be exactly right, of course I put Dunstable as a general "Near-enough" mark, I actually live in Houghton Regis, somewhere between Luton and Dunstable.
It's a fucking hole that's rife with the kinda bullshit I put in my first post...
I've been mugged mere yards from my house several times in my life...
I really want to get the hell out of here...

 

[olcohalic]

So if everyone could just read nonverbal cues, then everyone would get along great and we'd have no more violence or bullying, right?

precisely why this article is so stupid. Tons of things cause bullying! They're just so slow to notice. It isn't verbal cues.

If you make a good, strong first impression to the class, you don't get bullied. The first ten seconds in a society usually defines the rest of your life there.

 

[Zac_Dai]

You'd be exactly right, of course I put Dunstable as a general "Near-enough" mark, I actually live in Houghton Regis, somewhere between Luton and Dunstable.
It's a fucking hole that's rife with the kinda bullshit I put in my first post...
I've been mugged mere yards from my house several times in my life...
I really want to get the hell out of here...

Good luck my friend, I hope you get out of there sooner rather than later.

 

[Deleted]

I guess looking at nerds is easier than finding the cure to diseases.

Psychologists/sociologists can find the cures to diseases as easily as you can. I don't know how you can pretend that it's so black and white. Do you know anyone who is studying psychology or sociology at university? Why don't you tell them to try to cure a disease in their dissertation instead of conducting a study on something like this?

I wasn't serious heh heh. I was making a joke on how we see so much coverage on "Girl Gamers are psychically better at games" or "puzzle games make children smarter" but we rarely see "This game helped give new ideas for solving important problems."

 

[benbenthegamerman]

im bullied because im smart. i shit you not.

 

[Dyp100]

I think I pick up on social cues fine...I think.

Well, bullying has lead me to heavy isolation, depression and bad grades. -Thumbs up- Oh yay?

 

[Captain Pancake]

I don't really have that problem, but then again I've never really had a lack of friends. Just not an abundance of them.

 

[Marlun_42]

What?! You mean to tell me nerds are socially awkward!. I'm shocked, SHOCKED TO MY VERY CORE.

 

[FolkLikePanda]

Bullies really in my opinion should be tortured and killed, then again I wish that on alot of people...

 

[Keela]

Well, my friends and I were being constantly bullied by some upper-classmen at my high school for... no good reason a few weeks ago (they throwed insults, taunts, and Gatorade at us for several weeks), until one of my friends threw something back. Taking this as an insult to the alpha-male, they started grunting, hooting, and beating their chests (figuratively). They broke my friend's glasses (which sounds, and is, pathetic), and started pushing him. We all agreed that the next time they tried anything, all 8-10 of us were going to help each other. The SRO (school recourse officer [cop]) got them to lay off though.

In my experience, bullying happens because people (using that term loosely) believe that social classes make them better or superior to other people, and that they must constantly enforce their dominance over the lesser scum (Hi). Screw some people!

 

[leviathanmisha]

As a former victim of bullying, it's most often a problem on the end of the aggressor. I was bullied cause unlike other girls in my elementary school, I'd rather play video games or read a book all day. I was once beat up by a 4th grader while I was in the second grade cause I bumped into him. Let me just tell you I didn't stay a victim for long...I learned to whoop some major ass by the time I was 11. But the bullying caused me to become a shut-in at some point...I didn't have a real friend until Junior High and every time I went outside, I checked to make sure no one was following me. It took almost 5 years, but I've stopped looking over my shoulder every five seconds, I don't flip when someone touches me, I can keep my anger at a healthy level and not rip someone's head off, and I'm not afraid to go to school anymore.

But yeah, the 10% is bull, it's much higher, but not all victims come forward and seek out about it and it's a real problem. In my old town, teachers just sat to one side and let it happen. Hell, sometime teachers joined in on it!

So maybe it's time to stop looking at the victim and look closer at the aggressor, cause 99% of the time, that's where you problem lies.

It's like you read my mind or something exactly what she said except I'm a man

Yeah, you know how it is...but I sometimes wake up at nights and freak out because of everything and how it has affected my life. It took me years to get to the point to where I can have a healthy relationship and not freak every time my boyfriend hugs me. (3 years with my bf btw...a record for me with my past history with men.)

 

[Megacherv]

At least 10% of school-age kids will experience some form of bullying during their lifetime

Bullplop! That number is a lot higher! I'm sorry but I know that number was either made up on the spot or the data got fudged.

At least...need I say more?

 

[Inmate13]

Hmmm, I thought it was just because I had some kind of special nerd pheromone others didn't like.

Indeed you are right. Just under ten years ago scientists isolated the pheromone 'poindextrose,' which was found to occur consistently in sweat samples collected from over 1200 socially-awkward, high level academics.

 

[RJ Dalton]

Typical of science, behind several decades behind common sense.

 

[The Austin]

I used to get bullied, but in all fairness, I was incredibly socially awkward in 6th grade. Now I'm not, and EVERYBODY LOVES ME!!! MWAHAHAHAHH!!

 

[CloggedDonkey]

well, people don't focus on this because the evil scourge of video games still exist. people just blame "boys will be boys" or "well, that's how it was when I went to school" instead of "stop punching him, he has a problem, here is a toothbrush, clean the locker room".

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