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October 14, 2009

Videogum's Teen Korner: Get Bully Smart

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What's happenin', dogs! You down with OPP?

Cool guys. Cooler girls. Let's rap for a second. I know that no one understands what it's like. Your parents DEFINITELY don't understand. Your teachers TOTALLY don't get it. Even with some of your friends it's just like, duh, hello, McFly! I'm talking, of course, about bullies. And it's not like you don't have plenty of other stuff going on, like hormones and college application essays and experimental bisexuality. Jak and Dexter! The important thing is that you stay in school. And the second most important thing is that you learn how to protect yourself from these bullies! You're not a chicken, they are turkeys.

After the jump, I've got a pretty important video that's going to show you all the tips you need to know to thwart a BULLYTACK (that's short for Bully Attack).

It is important to not wear clothing that makes you look like you are in a gang (of nerds?). And instead of punching people, ROUNDHOUSE ELBOW THEM IN THE FACE. It is a fact that this is a great deterrent against both bullies and the Yakuza.

And that's fresh!

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Someone needs to stop the NBA from scheduling all those basketball games in Baghdad.

Posted by: talkingstove profile link at 10/14/09 3:11 PM  | Reply
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Groin-Slapping: The Most Effective Bully Deterrent

Posted by: bird profile link at 10/14/09 3:12 PM  | Reply
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really? run away? seriously?

Posted by: Sarcastically Misunderstood profile link at 10/14/09 3:17 PM  | Reply
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"I'm Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and I was NOT just reading that off a cue card."

Also, Bullysmart for Kids? There's an adult version? Bullysmart After Dark?

Posted by: EtWB profile link at 10/14/09 3:21 PM  | Reply
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"Don't roll over on your stomach, or the bully will grab your head and bounce it off the sidewalk." A-MA-ZING POW! Team Jacob!

Posted by: stickitinmybutt profile link at 10/14/09 3:22 PM  | Reply
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"Throw candy in his face" is my new approach to life

Posted by: Zingers profile link at 10/14/09 3:24 PM  | Reply
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PS What happened to the hilarious Melrose Place reviews? I've resorted to actually tuning into the show and last night Ashlee Pete Simpson-Wentz-Flicka really pulled out all the stops. 4 Red Bulls + Booty Shorts + Camera Phones + Ashlee = TROUBLE!!!

Posted by: stickitinmybutt profile link at 10/14/09 3:25 PM  | Reply
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Yes, the Melrose Place recaps must return! Otherwise there's no point in my watching the show.

Posted by: vividblurry profile link  in reply to  stickitinmybutt's comment at 10/14/09 5:04 PM  | Reply
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That blond haired bully was actually a pretty accurate depiction of the bullies from my childhood. They all had that haircut. Like, is there a SuperCuts just for bullies, or do you ask for that haircut by name?

Posted by: Katherine profile link at 10/14/09 3:26 PM  | Reply
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I'll have the "Early-90's Douche Fade."

Posted by: EtWB profile link  in reply to  Katherine's comment at 10/14/09 3:28 PM  | Reply
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If these kids came across a cyber-bully, they'd be so screwed.

Posted by: Godsauce profile link at 10/14/09 3:33 PM  | Reply
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Throw cyber-candy at his avatar's face.

Posted by: EtWB profile link  in reply to  Godsauce's comment at 10/14/09 3:43 PM  | Reply
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Nipple biting works. Not saying I KNOW. Just saying I'VE HEARD!

Posted by: Becca profile link at 10/14/09 3:48 PM  | Reply
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That's right, kid. Tell us how to avoid bullies while the kid in the background gets the shit beat out of him and you do nothing to help.

Posted by: tiredandwired profile link at 10/14/09 3:52 PM  | Reply
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This leads me to believe that, somewhere, there is a Bully Smart: For Adults. I'd like to see that.

Posted by: Brendon profile link at 10/14/09 3:57 PM  | Reply
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watch it there, Bully Smart. ball-slapping is Ashley Shaeffer's game.

Posted by: glass_family profile link at 10/14/09 4:01 PM  | Reply
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In defense of the nerd, the noise coming out of the bully starting at second 15 would terrify me into submission too.

Posted by: The Smartest House profile link at 10/14/09 4:01 PM  | Reply
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I'm sorry, but is there a penis in your avatar?

Posted by: Napoleon Complex profile link  in reply to  The Smartest House's comment at 10/14/09 4:05 PM  | Reply
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I, for one, liked to remind bullies that they weren't tough, but fat, and also that they had divorced parents and were poor. This actually worked.

Posted by: LHS at 10/14/09 4:04 PM  | Reply
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Mom Jeans!!

Posted by: Napoleon Complex profile link at 10/14/09 4:04 PM  | Reply
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I'm only making fun of mom jeans because I am wearing mom jeans today. And, I'm wearing my hair in a half pony and look like the girl in the video's long lost twin sister :-X

Posted by: Napoleon Complex profile link  in reply to  Napoleon Complex's comment at 10/14/09 4:13 PM  | Reply
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I like the rolled-up magazine technique he used. I was totally expecting him to slap him with it.

Posted by: bingo gas station profile link at 10/14/09 4:04 PM  | Reply
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As a bully, i find this offensive

Posted by: The Smartest House profile link at 10/14/09 4:15 PM  | Reply
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Do you know the street value of this tape in the hands of the right Bully Club? Me and my gang have been having conference calls all day about what to do when a nerd fights back. This video has really been causing a lot of inefficient bullying as seen in our 3rd quarter reports. Now that we know their tricks, things are looking up. The economy won't be a valid excuse for poor bullying anymore!

Posted by: RichGuy profile link  in reply to  The Smartest House's comment at 10/14/09 5:10 PM  | Reply
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Great! as i fellow bully I'm ultra glad to hear this! Small tip, another way to boost ur bullying productvity is the old "gimme a dollar or ill spit on you!" With this little tip in mind ur gangs 4th quarter reports should be great, and u'll be busting SQUARES in no time!

Posted by: The Smartest House profile link  in reply to  RichGuy's comment at 10/14/09 6:48 PM  | Reply
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Aw, poor thing. Here, have some candy... PAH! *runs away*

Posted by: Aaron profile link  in reply to  The Smartest House's comment at 10/14/09 5:22 PM  | Reply
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We should all take a lesson from Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and leave fighting where it belongs - on the basketball court.

Posted by: Matthew profile link at 10/14/09 4:16 PM  | Reply
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I can't believe they advocate biting. That's just crazy.

Posted by: J at 10/14/09 5:54 PM  | Reply
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Dude, that is Joshua from Troll 2.


"Yllub? That's Bully spelled backwards!"

Posted by: dafs profile link at 10/14/09 6:33 PM  | Reply
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OH MY GOD!!!

Posted by: Da Best Mayne profile link  in reply to  dafs's comment at 10/14/09 6:54 PM  | Reply
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I just wanted to share this with Teen Korner, today in my modern global studies class the teacher tried to make a relation between early 20th century Russia and Twilight, and she got blank stares in return

Posted by: HarshBrowns profile link at 10/14/09 6:56 PM  | Reply
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Dude, it doesn't matter what a narc ur teach is, u TOTS gotta stay in school

Posted by: The Smartest House profile link  in reply to  HarshBrowns's comment at 10/14/09 7:04 PM  | Reply
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what does this cryptic code mean?

Posted by: HarshBrowns profile link  in reply to  The Smartest House's comment at 10/14/09 7:10 PM  | Reply
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Dude, it doesn't matter what a narc ur teach is, u TOTS gotta stay in school

Posted by: The Smartest House profile link at 10/14/09 7:03 PM  | Reply
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oops

Posted by: The Smartest House profile link at 10/14/09 7:04 PM  | Reply
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EPIC FAIL BRAH

Posted by: HarshBrowns profile link  in reply to  The Smartest House's comment at 10/14/09 7:11 PM  | Reply
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Pretty sure the last place you want to be in war is in a war.

Posted by: Carrie profile link at 10/14/09 7:20 PM  | Reply
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You can always tell who a bully is by the way they don't tuck in their shirts.

Posted by: silversticks profile link at 10/14/09 7:48 PM  | Reply
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These people realize that after biting and running away from the "bully" they're just going to run into them every single day for the rest of the school year right?

Posted by: The N profile link at 10/14/09 7:59 PM  | Reply
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I'm not saying those defense tactics aren't defensive because they are. Hard slaps, elbows, and downward hair-pulls at 45 degree angles rule (because the body likes to move around at 90 degree angles! 45 degree angles are trouble!), but I had issue with how easily they made it all look. The bully would let go as soon as they did their little defense maneuver.

This video is doing a disservice to the bullied children of the world by not showing what happens when you stomp on the bully's foot, but they hold on to your shirt collar anyway.

What happens then, I ask?!

Posted by: KajusX profile link at 10/14/09 9:47 PM  | Reply
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Shit.
I meant "defense tactics aren't EFFECTIVE."

Posted by: KajusX profile link  in reply to  KajusX's comment at 10/14/09 9:48 PM  | Reply
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The best way to ward off a bully is to threaten to fuck them till they love you, faggot

Posted by: Mantasim profile link at 10/14/09 11:57 PM  | Reply
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Was that little kid Danny Pintauro? Because, really, who wouldn't beat up Jonathan from Who's the Boss?

Posted by: Lorelai Killmore profile link at 10/15/09 12:50 AM  | Reply
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From the "talk to the hand" position, all defensive moves are possible ...

Posted by: Walter Kovacs at 10/15/09 2:24 AM  | Reply
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"You have something on your shirt."

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