What is the difference between bullying and "joking around"? What should you do if someone hurts your feelings or offends you and then says that they were just "joking around"?
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"The Bully Blight" addresses the issue of bullying, something that occurs in our world as well as in Lord of the Flies.
What is the difference between bullying and "joking around"? What should you do if someone hurts your feelings or offends you and then says that they were just "joking around"? Answer BOTH questions!!!
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Morgan Hackworth
5/22/2012 02:25:14 am
Bullying and just joking around is practically the same thing. Usually when someone is caught bullying their excuse for their actions is usually "I was just joking around." If you were the person getting messed with and it really hurt your feeling I'd recommend asking them to stop and try and solve your own problems by yourself. And if it does get to that point of depression I'd recommend seeking out help from an adult.
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Gabe Scull
5/22/2012 02:25:26 am
In my opinion bullying is almost the same as when you are just joking around. when you bully someone it can hurt their feelings and when you say you are joking around and you hurt someones feelings it is not much better than bullying. If somebody hurts your feelings and says that they were just joking around than you should tell them that what they did hurt your feelings and if they were to do it again you would get help form somebody else.
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Mike Amabile
5/22/2012 02:28:18 am
There is no difference between joking around, and bullying. What you call it is all up to interpretation but it is still bullying. It may be joking to you but it can be bullying to someone else. The bullying may not affect the persons feelings as much as someone else, but it is still bullying. If someone hurt my feelings and then told me they were joking I would still take it seriously because it hurt my feelings. There is no difference between bullying and joking, so when he says he was just joking, i believe he is just admitting to bullying me.
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Nicky P
5/22/2012 02:29:39 am
Joking around is when two friends just like make fun of eachother. Both of them no that they mean nothing they so though. If someone hurts your feelings when their joking around, you can tell them to stop. And since they are your friend, they should just stop.
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Joe Soffer
5/22/2012 02:30:13 am
Joking around and bullying are two completely different things. Joking around is usually non-hurtful, or at least not too offensive and is meant to be funny. Bullying is intentionally hurtful and is repeated over and over again. If someone says something offensive or hurtful to you and says they were just joking around either ignore them, which will probably prevent them from doing it again, or tell them to knock it off. If you try those options and the bully still does it, you should tell a teacher, parent, or any other adult and have them handle it.
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Kirsten Connell
5/22/2012 02:32:12 am
The difference between bullying and “joking around” is joking around makes both parties smile but with bulling it only makes one party smile not both. But I think bullying and joking around is basically the same thing because you can get your feelings hurt in both situations. If someone hurts your feelings while joking around then just tell them to stop it.
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Breanna Miller
5/22/2012 02:32:19 am
In my opinion bullying is when you hurt someone mentally and or physically and you constantly do it nonstop and it get out of hand. Just joking in my opinion is what friends do and they only say it once or twice and then you just forget about it. I think you should tell someone if they hurt your feeling by saying something more then 3 times because they should know by now that it hurts your feeling and they should be more consiterate
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Abby Dawes
5/22/2012 08:36:39 am
There is a fine line between bullying and joking around. I feel like joking around is between two close people and it is limited. Bullying, on the other hand, is never ending. Also, joking around shouldn't hurt someones feelings that badly, but bullying makes the victim feel miserable and targeted. I think that if you are offended by something some one says when they are "joking around", you should confront them for it. Tell them that you doubt they really are joking around, and ask them to stop.
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Dwi C. Adhinoto
5/22/2012 10:45:06 am
In general, bullying and joking around is the same thing. However, there is a difference, joking around is when a person is poking fun at the victim and they both laugh and be happy. But, bullying is when a person is poking fun at the victim but the victim feels verbally or physically abused. If someone were to bully you and they said that they are "joking around" tell them to stop. If that does not work then tell a teacher or an adult about it.
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Brian Dougherty
5/22/2012 10:48:43 am
I think bullying and just joking around are the same thing. The only way they are different is if the victim takes it one way or another. If they can just brush it off and act like the bully isn't even there, I don't think it is really too big of a deal. If someone says they were just joking around, I think you or the person being bullied still needs to do something about it. Either confront them one on one or if the person is unable to do that tell an adult who can help with the situation.
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Ami Iannello
5/22/2012 12:25:29 pm
I think bullying and joking around are not the same thing at all. Usually when someone is just joking around, they are a friend and it was clearly meant not to be taken seriously, just something to laugh about. However, if person is seriously offended and hurt repetitively, then that should be considered bullying. If put in the situation where someone is being bullied, first try and tell them to stop, but, if that does not work then they should tell any trusting and helpful adult to prevent it from ever reoccuring.
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Kara Pell
5/23/2012 01:05:31 am
Bullying and Joking Around can mean differently, however they usually are interpreted as the same. These Jokesters do not realize they might hurt someone's feeling by their jokes. However Bullys do realize that they are hurting someones feelings but they don't care. If someone made a joke and you were offended, you should confront the person who made the joke and tell them that the joke made you feel uncomfortable. There is no reason why you shouldn't say that you were hurt by the 'joke'.
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Madelaina Murphy
5/23/2012 01:09:22 am
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Phillip
11/3/2012 05:46:24 pm
I just experienced a situation like this. I am a 32 year old art student and in my class I experienced 3 separate occasions where this guy was bullying me, belittling me in front of a class where I had just entered after deferring for a year. He would glare at me nastily repeating it over and over, he berated me when I joined in a conversation. Made me feel 2 foot tall. I certainly didn't speak in conversations in class after that. He also nicknamed me a foul name. Using it on me after I said that's not my name. I confronted him on Friday, I called him a bully in front of some of the class when he called me the nickname I asked him not to call me. I told him most bullies have serious inadequacies and I'm trying to figure out yours. He froze for a couple of hours before asking I I think he is really a bully. I said I think you are. Later I explained the situations. He played dumb and said he was only joking. Then denied glaring at me and said he was saying the the lecturer was what he meant. The guy is a bully and tried to use his humour as a scapegoat for his actions and never acknowledged that it could be bullying. I guess from here he won't be berating me for his own laughs. All I will say is that calling the bully a bully was the most important thing I did because he didn't like being called a bully and if he does it again I can just call him a bully again
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