It Doesn't Get Better

For most kids in high school, the future promises better days. But for a certain group, there’s no time like the past.
siftbotsays...

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Sagemindsays...

OMG, So absolutely spot on. Funny as Hell.
The guy I knew in School that had the rockin' IROC still works at the same car dealership as a car salesman....

Edit: Reading this back to myself, I think I sounded like a teenaged girl just now.

Fantomassays...

I'm not sure, but that bully could probably get a cushy job in middle management somewhere.

Bullies do fairly well in those positions.

bcglorfsays...

I'm sadly agreed. Bullies don't categorically fall flat after highschool. This just feels more like the way we wish the world was, and not the way it really is. A certain amount of selfishness and meanness actually works to a person's benefit in many situations, doubly so if they are clever enough. Sure, some of the bullies from high school will end up as dead beat nobodies, but so will the kids bullied and teased into depression. I fear messages like this aren't about solving the problem, but about trying to cheer up the victims. I'd vote for cheering them up with the reality that they can still succeed and triumph in spite of the bullying rather than the falsehoods and wishes that any half aware high schooler is going to see through and feel no better for.

Fantomassaid:

I'm not sure, but that bully could probably get a cushy job in middle management somewhere.

Bullies do fairly well in those positions.

poolcleanersays...

I was in honors and AP classes with all the legit bullies at my high school. At least 2 of them played football, got scholarships and now work in biotech. So these bullies work for bullying corporations, they drive awesome cars, have families and fuck more women than ever.

Sadly, it's the bully's lackeys that take on the weight of this perceived punishment. You were just too blind to know who was pulling the strings in the first place.

Cycle continues, as it always has, as it always will.

longdesays...

Success or failure in life doesn't depend on how nice/mean you were in high school. Even your attitude as an adult has little dependence on this. High school is such a short episode in one's life, why people put so much effort on these videos is beyond me.

Despite the premise of the video, after 20 or so years, few people are the same, even if they never left the neighborhood.

00Scud00says...

Relatively speaking High School is a short episode in one's life, unfortunately it occurs during a period of heavy social and physical development. So experiences during this time can often play a major role in how you see the world from that point onward. I'd also agree that as well intentioned as these videos are they are also vastly oversimplifying the reality of how people turn out after HS. Most nerds in HS will not grow up to be multi millionaire tech giants and sometimes feel like even more of a failure when they don't reach that goal.

longdesaid:

Success or failure in life doesn't depend on how nice/mean you were in high school. Even your attitude as an adult has little dependence on this. High school is such a short episode in one's life, why people put so much effort on these videos is beyond me.

Despite the premise of the video, after 20 or so years, few people are the same, even if they never left the neighborhood.

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