Elon Musk details years at the hands of bullies

[Calkem]

Now this is a lesson I can impart to my son.....

"If you want to be the Richest Man in World, fight those bullies" Not sure on how you in the different parts of SA do it, but in Pretoria, its eye for an eye.... If he losses a fight, he might just become a billionaire

 

[Superjakes]

I don't want to divert from Elon's misery in life or him cleverly orchestrating the woke "victim-blaming get out of jail free card" here.

I have a 4 year old, and have wondered about this. How do you prepare your kid for his school years? You want him not to be a dick, but also not to be a victim. I sort of feel that it is better to be a hammer than a nail, if it has to come to that.

Apart from Oom Errol, any other parents that want to weigh in on bully culture?

 

[Forza]

So in Elon's terms "hardcore street fights... beaten up badly in them" = "I grew up in South Africa. It’s a very violent place"

So if that's the case the whole world is a very violent place since bullying and fighting occurs globally.

I'm not dismissing the fact that SA is a violent place but based on many other facts, not as Elon described it.

 

[_TrXtR_]

I respect Musk, and I admire his determination and perseverance, but I highly doubt that he never started, or rather invited, bullying back in the day in one way or the other. Bullying is a strange phenomenon, and it has its catalysts, but mostly it has to do with circumstance.

Usually it's someone that is weaker that's selected as a prey, and then they will pick on them or abuse them violently while they believe they have power.
That's how it happens. It's not provoked. It's **** people that have issues that need to express and decide to take the first weakling

 

[mojoman]

Usually it's someone that is weaker that's selected as a prey, and then they will pick on them or abuse them violently while they believe they have power.
That's how it happens. It's not provoked. It's **** people that have issues that need to express and decide to take the first weakling

I was bullied by one person in std 6 & 7...he must have kicked my ass 10 times...to the point of there being police intervention...but still he continued...right up until thje day he had me on the ground...I saw half a brick and hit him upside the head with it a few times...Told him next time will be the last time. For ever.

Never touched me again..(I also wound up lifting weights. sizing up a bit, leanring how to throw a decent punch and knee and becoming friends with some big matric lads for the rest of my school days..!)

Bullying is terrible...The giy who did it to me was no idiot..was generally a nice guy to most people but his girlfriend and I were friends at that stage (we were both fresh immigrants) and he could not handle that..

It doesnt take much to trigger a bully...And it can go on for a long time...

 

[darkevil]

I don't want to divert from Elon's misery in life or him cleverly orchestrating the woke "victim-blaming get out of jail free card" here.

I have a 4 year old, and have wondered about this. How do you prepare your kid for his school years? You want him not to be a dick, but also not to be a victim. I sort of feel that it is better to be a hammer than a nail, if it has to come to that.

Apart from Oom Errol, any other parents that want to weigh in on bully culture?

Bullies in school are generally not tolerated and punished accordingly when exposed. My son goes to Parktown Boys high and they have a NO TOLLERENCE stance to bullies or intimidation. Most schools I would assume have the same attitude to bullies. It does happen though with various forms of bulling. I would guess that verbal abuse is more of a problem than physical abuse.

You cant "ring fence" your child against the narcissist's of this world but you can prepare them how to deal with them.

 

[r00igev@@r]

So now its a street fight?

I thought he was moered down the stairs at school. That would have been a playground fight?

 

[dualmeister]

 

[G'Wobblez]

Wonder if it would explain his fascination with Bondage.

 

[willisau]

The true story is he ****ed off to the US to skip compulsory military service

 

[ES1]

I was bullied by one person in std 6 & 7...he must have kicked my ass 10 times...to the point of there being police intervention...but still he continued...right up until thje day he had me on the ground...I saw half a brick and hit him upside the head with it a few times...Told him next time will be the last time. For ever.

Never touched me again..(I also wound up lifting weights. sizing up a bit, leanring how to throw a decent punch and knee and becoming friends with some big matric lads for the rest of my school days..!)

Bullying is terrible...The giy who did it to me was no idiot..was generally a nice guy to most people but his girlfriend and I were friends at that stage (we were both fresh immigrants) and he could not handle that..

It doesnt take much to trigger a bully...And it can go on for a long time...

I was called names etc, just because of a tv character. One day this bully ended up behind me and would not stop bullying me. I turned and also hit the bully with something (I now wish it was a knuckle duster) and the bully had a bit of a blue eye. It was the last that ANYONE in the school bullied me, they ran big circles around me. The fact is I was bullied to a breaking point - and all that sorted it out was when I gave the bully a beating. Teachers and head masters always try to be the referee. A bully understands when you just put your boot up their backside. (or in a verbal way.) I try to teach my kids to stand up for themselves, as bullies are then quick to run and hide.

 

[ES1]

The true story is he ****ed off to the US to skip compulsory military service

That compulsory service was such a waste, think he made the right choice.

 

[dualmeister]

That compulsory service was such a waste

I totally disagree.

 

[zeb]

 

[r00igev@@r]

That compulsory service was such a waste, think he made the right choice.

Best holiday ever. Tax payer funded volley ball on the beach.

 

[Bobbin]

How tall were you and how much did you weigh at school? That might explain why you were the victim.

I don't recall being the smallest guy. But was quite skinny. Usually only ate supper until I went to go live with my grandparents from standard 8 (grade 10). Fortunately it did let up for me after around then as well.

I wasn't generally afraid to stand up for myself or my few friends. But a lot of bullying is opportunistic with little chance to defend anyway. You'll get hit before you know it's coming, which is easy for them in a chaotic classroom or passageway. Or they will do it in a fashion that you reacting will backfire on you. Or bring their friends. Or socially ostracize you for no reason but because they can. Bullying is rarely a fair challenge or logical. And other people who witness it either like the bullies or don't really give a damn, or maybe don't want to be targets themselves? And then, besides bullying, you'd also get people (probably the same ones) doing stuff behind the scenes like hiding dog schit in your locker, stealing or breaking your stuff and so on.

 

[Neptuner]

Some premium fighting genetics right there...

Never doubt the Kung Fu Panda.

 

[Bobbin]

Funny story, I remember as a young kid crying about something someone did to me and I got sent to the principals office to explain what happened to me, and he gave me a caning for it too.

I was like WTF.

But you quickly learn, nobody is gonna help you and nobody cares

 

[ForceFate]

Snowflake

 

[RaptorSA]

If talking k@k was a lucrative skill he'd be the richest man in the world...

You know a story is horses**t when the supposed "facts" around it keep changing and escalating.
5 years from now the world will be reporting on how he learned Jiu-Jitsu in two days when he was 11 and took down 6 robbers and 7 bullies.

Contrast this story with:

"He also recalled a time when Elon made a hurtful comment to a schoolmate about his father's suicide.
The boy pushed Elon down a staircase at school, injuring him so badly he had to be hospitalised.
When he heard what had happened, Errol wanted to defend his son.
"But I realised Elon overstepped the mark with this little boy. I had to drop it," he said."

Elon Musk made hurtful comment to fellow pupil, who left him hospitalised, father says | Business

Errol Musk credits his son's uber-macho "South African boy" upbringing with driving his ambition.

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