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		ilitirit on July 17, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why I won't be at my high school reunion To everyone else, I was a geek for the first few years of high school. I was also bullied for a while. Till the day I fought back. Busted the fucker's lip. Nobody bothered me after that, and fewer people thought of me as a geek. I hadn't changed a bit though.

tjic on July 17, 2009 [–]

Amen.

I was picked on, and I learned to fight.

Everything in life is a cost/benefit trade off.

If it's fun to push you around, and the cost is low, people will push your around.

If it's fun to push you around, and you land a few dozen punches before the fight is over, the cost is too high, and the abuse stops.

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