Bullies don't pick on you because they have deep-seated feelings of inferiority, or because they're seeking attention.
They torment you because they LIKE IT.
We've all heard it, those of us who've been bullied and dared to ask why. "Because I felt like it, asshat!" Adults, whether they be playground monitors, principals or parents, never accepted that no matter how clearly it was explained to them.
Corollary (which I've also long believed): anyone who derives pleasure from another's pain has a mental defect. (I'll except people engaged in BDSM scenarios--it's a scene I've never understood, but pain administered with enthusiastic consent can't really count as pain, can it?)
Meanwhile, I very much would like to call up the University of Chicago and open up a giant box of I-told-you-so.
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