# Why do people make fun of you? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 7, 2001, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-make-fun-of-you/48904 "2001-01-07T22:30:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DonQuixote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cc9497/32.png) [@DonQuixote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DonQuixote)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2001, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-make-fun-of-you/48904/1 "2001-01-07T22:30:18Z")
C’mon, you can’t say you never get ripped on by your friends. I get it for my handwriting. People say my papers look like a chihuahua on crack with a crayon strapped to one of its paws writes them. Anyways, what makes people laugh at you? ---
**Author:** ![quasar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/48db29/32.png) [@quasar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quasar)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2001, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-make-fun-of-you/48904/2 "2001-01-07T22:34:36Z")
I dunno, posting in a wrong forum, maybe? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2001, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-make-fun-of-you/48904/3 "2001-01-07T22:54:46Z")
I always read/heard that it makes them feel superior. But that was a long time ago. ---
**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-make-fun-of-you/48904/4 "2001-01-08T01:31:29Z")
Off to IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-make-fun-of-you/48904/5 "2001-01-08T01:37:28Z")
When we were filling in that obligatory “I will not cheat, or know the answers to, or carry in secret answers up my arse the day of the test” for the SAT II in Bio last year, we had to write that thing in cursive. Damned if I could write in script very well. This guy who sits in back of me was ragging on me for mine. 🙂 That’s alright, none of us can do it very well. Some people who know me well make fun of the weird celebrities I’m attracted to. (That’s only when I bring it up and basically force it down their throats, though.) ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-make-fun-of-you/48904/6 "2001-01-08T02:58:51Z")
My laugh. I sound like a drunken dolphin. Because I always play with my hair. (A tick that comes from taking Ritalin-I shit you not.) ---
**Author:** ![imthjckaz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imthjckaz/32/3223_2.png) [@imthjckaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imthjckaz)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-make-fun-of-you/48904/7 "2001-01-08T03:08:33Z")
People don’t make fun of me. Do they? People don’t have to make fun of me, as I do a great job myself.😃 No one knows how much of jackass I am, than I do. ---
**Author:** ![absoul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc8723/32.png) [@absoul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/absoul)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-make-fun-of-you/48904/8 "2001-01-08T03:31:23Z")
The drummer from Def Leppards only got one arm But why’s everbody always pickin’ on me? Cause my fifteen year-old cousin has less acne But why’s everbody always pickin’ on me? Ain’t brushed them teeth since 1983 But why’s everbody always pickin’ on me? Cause you got the grooming habits of a chimpanzee But why’s everbody always pickin’ on me? Cause you’re white but you got a nose like Bill Cosby But why’s everbody always pickin’ on me? Cause ya wore velour flares until the late Eighties But why’s everbody always pickin’ on me? Cause you run like a girl and sit down to pee But why’s everbody always pickin’ on me? Cause your only school chum was the lunch lady But why’s everbody always pickin’ on me? Cause no one likes you monkey boy. ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-make-fun-of-you/48904/9 "2001-01-08T04:04:55Z")
My appearance. ---
**Author:** ![Cyndar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cyndar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyndar)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-make-fun-of-you/48904/10 "2001-01-08T04:14:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by DonQuixote \* > \*\*People say my papers look like a chihuahua on crack with a crayon strapped to one of its paws writes them. \*\* LOL! That’s hilarious! 😃 What do others laugh at me over? My temper. I can throw quite a fit when I am mad but I guess I look stupid, turning red, storming around, growling under my breath and shooting looks that are SUPPOSED to be intimidating. That’s one of the things about me that people pick on me for, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Quadzilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/a4c791/32.png) [@Quadzilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quadzilla)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-make-fun-of-you/48904/11 "2001-01-08T04:42:21Z")
My height - or rather, the lack thereof. I was voted “co-cutest midget chef” by a few residents at this year’s Midnight Breakfast, though 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Eo\_Echo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ebca7d/32.png) [@Eo\_Echo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eo_Echo)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-make-fun-of-you/48904/12 "2001-01-08T04:49:45Z")
Right now they’re making fun of my Budweiser skull cap. It’s black with a Bud logo on the front, the word _Whassup_ on the side and a red stripe on the back. I normally wear baseball caps 24/7, so I thought a skullcap would be a nice switch, especially since it’s pretty damn cold right now where I live. I went to a party last night, and my hat became the evening’s entertainment, as every single person there had some kind of smart remark about it. With friends like these, who needs enemas? ---
**Author:** ![Short](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Short](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Short)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-make-fun-of-you/48904/13 "2001-01-08T05:51:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Quadzilla \* > **My height - or rather, the lack thereof.** I sympathize, but there is nothing wrong with being short. 🙂 Have patience, someday we _will_rule the world… We look better on TV. ---
**Author:** ![Rasa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rasa/32/3578_2.png) [@Rasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rasa)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-make-fun-of-you/48904/14 "2001-01-08T06:25:27Z")
Hmm. These days it’s either for my accent, or for not knowing where I am in the Bay Area. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Nocturne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9fc348/32.png) [@Nocturne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nocturne)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-make-fun-of-you/48904/15 "2001-01-08T07:05:40Z")
Ehhh…people here make fun of me because in most cases, I’m a nonconformist. ---
**Author:** ![Pammipoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/87869e/32.png) [@Pammipoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pammipoo)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-make-fun-of-you/48904/16 "2001-01-08T07:41:18Z")
I hold my pens in my fist rather than in my fingertips like most people do. People have been ragging on me for that since I was 7. I’m never changing either 🙂 Also, I have a southern accent, and I live in the North. Constant abuse. My close friends also tease me about my driving, because I ride peoples’ asses, cut people off, and speed like a bat outta hell. Basically, I’m a Boston driver. That doesn’t go over well in Tallahassee 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![SallySimpson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@SallySimpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SallySimpson)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-make-fun-of-you/48904/17 "2001-01-08T07:55:53Z")
At 18 years of age, I stand 4’10" from the ground. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAA!!! Laugh all you want, the short shall inheirit the earth. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky\_xi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de053/32.png) [@Sparky\_xi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky_xi)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-make-fun-of-you/48904/18 "2001-01-08T08:30:10Z")
I am the king of being made fun of. You name it, I’ve been made fun of for it. Really. I bet no-one here can come up with something I haven’t been ragged for. ---
**Author:** ![anya\_marie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@anya\_marie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anya_marie)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-make-fun-of-you/48904/19 "2001-01-08T09:07:49Z")
In school i got made fun of for needing glasses, for having my hair cut short. Right now for my bangs being too long ,they are at my chin now and i am trying to grow them out. ---
**Author:** ![Deiket](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Deiket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deiket)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-make-fun-of-you/48904/20 "2001-01-08T14:46:44Z")
Why do people make fun of me? I’m dating Jester. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-make-fun-of-you/48904.md?page=2)