# 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:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2001, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-make-fun-of-you/48904/41 "2001-01-09T18:28:01Z")
> [@](#): > > Why do people make fun of you? According to my Mom, it’s because they’re jealous. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![HerMajestyLorna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7cd45c/32.png) [@HerMajestyLorna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HerMajestyLorna)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2001, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-make-fun-of-you/48904/42 "2001-01-09T23:19:04Z")
I get made fun of because I pronounce comfortable “com-fort-a-buhl” and vitamin “vyt-ah-min” ☹ ---
**Author:** ![sk8rixtx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/858c86/32.png) [@sk8rixtx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sk8rixtx)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2001, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-make-fun-of-you/48904/43 "2001-01-09T23:45:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by DonQuixote \* > \*\*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? \*\* My friends tell me that I have a dickfor on my forehead. WHAT THE HELL IS A DICKFOR???!?!?!! ---
**Author:** ![MannyL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@MannyL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MannyL)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-make-fun-of-you/48904/44 "2001-01-10T01:21:37Z")
My weight and the clothes I wear. Went through it most of my School carrer from Elementry school to Senior Year ---
**Author:** ![Welfy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e56c9b/32.png) [@Welfy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Welfy)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-make-fun-of-you/48904/45 "2001-01-10T02:14:14Z")
I get teased for being me. Heck, I’ve been teased my entire life. - I have fangs. Really. Okay, so they’re pointy and stick out crookedly so they _look_ like fangs… - I have never carried a purse. Instead, I carry tin lunchboxes. I have 23 of them. - I wear stupid-looking shoes in gym class. - In 3rd grade I wore Converse shoes, and everyone told me how dumb they looked. I was miserable. Then several years later, everyone was wearing them…but by then mine didn’t fit anymore… - I refuse to say “Oh my God” due to religious reasons. Instead I exclaim “Heavens to Betsy!” or “Good grief!” Hmmm…now that I think about it, almost everything I say is mocked… - I hold writing implements in my fist, too. No wonder I always get blisters. - People make fun of how I talk, because sometimes I’ll lilt unconsciously into another accent, even if it’s just one word. My friend Sarah will never let me forget the day I called her “Sawah” by mistake. or I’ll say something too quietly, and for some reason everyone thinks that I said something completely perverted. There are about ten million other things, but I’ll stop now. ---
**Author:** ![Davidbw1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7993a0/32.png) [@Davidbw1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Davidbw1)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-make-fun-of-you/48904/46 "2001-01-10T02:33:59Z")
Because i have a REALLY deep voice ---
**Author:** ![orion007](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@orion007](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orion007)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-make-fun-of-you/48904/47 "2001-01-10T14:38:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by HerMajestyLorna \* > \*\*I get made fun of because I pronounce … vitamin “vyt-ah-min” ☹ \*\* Isn’t that how you’re _supposed_ to say it? ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-make-fun-of-you/48904/48 "2001-01-10T15:13:02Z")
My husband and daughter think it’s a hoot that I usually wind up with something on the front of my shiry when we eat out. Is it MY fault that my tits get in the way?? It’s difficult enough to eat in cramped little booths as it is!! I think my daughter is jealous, and I think my hubby just looks at my chestal protrusions too much so he notices stuff like breadcrumbs that settle there… 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-make-fun-of-you/48904.md?page=2)