Things that annoy you
 

Totally agree IoW. This is way more than annoy, and deserves a thread of it’s own.

I think I’m more upset than angry as I feel helpless.

^^^

Here’s a shocker: The bully is an avid Tommy Robinson fan (according to his social media).

Apparantly the tosspot has been excluded permanently from the school. His mother was in court for racist abuse and his brother is doing time after going mental and beating up a couple of Halifax fans who were kids.

and the headmaster and the teachers.
Cannot tell me they do not know what is going on in their own school.

and the boys parents....

Can’t watch that

Looks like there is a fund raising effort to get the kid some wedge.

£35k raised overnight, nearly 5m views on Twitter. At least something good is coming of this.

As for the bully, he is about to feel the full force of the baying Twitter mob, has already had his address and personal details openly shared and school contacted repeatedly.

It’s the rozzers he should be worried about, not Twitter

I know I’m a woolly liberal but this kid (the bully) clearly needs help.

Abusing and bullying him on line is merely perpetuating the issue.

What he does is awful but we need to ask why he does it. He’s just a kid and he clearly comes from a home background of wronguns.

I feel sorry for both of them.

Yep, I saw people giving his address with instructions to set the house on fire during the middle of the night.

Yes see your point. Vicious circle

Yep, seeing adults on Twitter threatening to kick the shit out of a school kid, don’t sit right with me.

The shame is... the damage is done... with different parents he could have achieved anything in life. My money is on him being a drain on society and probably bringing up kids with the same ideals.

I sincerely hope that this can be a turning point for both of them.

Some of the reactions on here have been mindless.

I think social media is all about playing to the gallery... trying to get more likes and retweet’s.

If the guy above you calls the bully a prick (which he is), the next person tries to trump it... before you know it, you have adults posting his address and people retweeting it, telling people to burn his house down with his family in it.

We seem to live in age where people go to the extremes pretty quick.

But isn't that a first reaction that you get when you see something as upsetting as this. You want to hit back. In reality Wolf is right, but the virtual word makes everyone a big man. What they are doing is as bad as what happened to that kid but I bet they cant see that :(

That's the truth. I think Social media is the biggest curse on society. Forums with shared interests are far better :)

Bring back the dial up bulletin board or Prestel, user groups and email lists (listserv). Ahhhh, those were the days. When online gaming meant you dialled up a number, your modem squeaked at another and you were faced with just a black screen and maybe a dot or chevron.

I blame that cartoon of a dog surfing ........

I still miss teletext :(