Down in the kit pits

Are depressed kids bully magnets?

"Bullies target youth who are unlikely to fight back," says lead author Karen P. Kochel, Ph.D., an assistant research professor at Arizona State University, in Phoenix. "Youth who are depressed really have the potential to appear vulnerable, and are easy marks for victimization, unfortunately."

It's hardly surprising if bullies are ableist, raining contempt on targets who protest that they are mentally ill (or distressed in any way). But this finding could explain more: the disbelief and sarcasm aimed at suicidal young people online, for example. Perhaps that's more than just ignorance, or a terror of weakness.

(I think it's well established by the research that bullying can cause mental illness such as depression, and is not just the result of it; as one of the researchers on this project comments, it could be a vicious cycle.)

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500 words of SF chapter 9. IT'S LIKE I'VE NEVER BEEN AWAY

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My Acer Aspire One laptop is screwed, so I rented an Asus notebook - which is now screwed. Spent two days tip-toeing around its random BSODs, managing to get some work done. Finally gave in and called Asus tech support, who had me run the system recovery, which promptly bricked it - nothing but a sigh and a black screen when I switch it on. I just want to write my fucking novel. ISTG I could break things. *bashes head on desk*

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Anybody here got "Time and Relative Dissertations in Space"?