I Am Not a P#$$Y - this video contains mild swear words.

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In which Hank rants about being taunted while riding his bike (which is, btw, very unsettling) and then talks a bit about bullying and he he dealt with it (he didn't) and how you should deal with it (survive.)

The thing about bullies is that they are weak people. The bike taunting story is true, but it's also a metaphor. Bullies bully because they are weak, not because they people they're bullying are weak. Their weakness makes them so frightened that they have to find some way to feel stronger.

And, of course, the person getting bullied also feels tremendously weak and inferior, but it's important to realize that bullying does not come from a place of strength, it comes from weakness and fear. The more they bully, the weaker they become.

This is why I am unsurprised to discover that many of my physically weakest friends are in fact the most brave.


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[RawrMeaghan]

That was a great rant, and I know you touched on this in the beginning a bit, but can we please talk about how ridiculous it is that "pussy" is used as a term for weak? Pussies can push out 8+lb. babies and still return to their original size. How is that weak? Can we all stop using such an inaccurately derogatory term and think of better insults?

[jonfroswa]

great rant

[backdraftvideos]

Oh Hank...

[TVMisadventures]

Alright.......................­............

[AIWARAS619]

In my experience with bullying I found that the best way do deal with it if you do not want to survive like it was suggested is to show that even if you can never win against the bully that there will still be consequences. You may need stitches, but at least you will not need therapy. Hell, call your bully out on one on one and bite his ear off if you cant do anything better. Worst can happen in the next school(after you're expelled) no one will touch you as you will be known to not tolerate it

[TheBoyFromTheManga]

'Bravery is not strength in the face of a far lesser foe, bravery is the exact opposite of that'.

Wait... So?.. Bravery is weakness in the face of a greater foe? :P

I love this rant so much XD

[Michael Truong]

if I said let's leave running shoes at home would you take it as running shoes are illegal outside of the house? & I just found it ironic how you would call someone ignorant and then proceed to make a comment that shows your own ignorance and your reason is that you don't care. You didn't even need to try that hard to notice that a just an inch or two above my first comment are the rest of the convo, so please if you do decide to call others ignorant make sure you aren't first

[OuroborosChoked]

The comment I replied to was not a comment from the middle of an apparent conversation: it was the first, if you'd care to check. Pardon me for not searching the entire history of this video's comments for any *potential* other comments you may have made AFTER this one. And "lets just put cyclists on sidewalks" sounds an awful lot like "bikes don't belong on the road". Again, if you explained this AFTER this comment, pardon me for not scrutinizing ever comment on here. I don't particularly care.

[fredfredburgeryes123]

10 points to Gryffindor.

[Molly Abercrombie]

I'd hate to piss him off :o

[FlorrieViridis]

I love how angry he gets in this... it reminds me of why I stopped cycling to school, and made me think that maybe I shouldn't have. Maybe its the fault of the driver consistently swearing behind me as opposed to what I originally thought, which was that I was just terrible at cycling. But now I think of it, of COURSE bikes are going to be slower than cars...

[TheBrandenwhitcomb]

happens to me all the time man, cowards