they want to draw attention away from their own imperfections.

They made fun of me (and still do) because I like to read, have a genuine interest in things like philosophy and science, I'm short, I dress differently, I'm "going to go to hell" and because there's apparently "no such thing as bi-sexual, I'm just a whore" and most of all, because I don't really give a shit about what they think. I just find it really funny

I don't know why they made fun of me, but they did. So then i started to dress differently to them so that i was in charge of me becoming an outcast.
They are all so friendly to me now....
Gotta love growing up in a small town.

No one has ever made fun of me in real life because I was home-schooled and had no friends.

I made fun of them because I had anger and self esteem issues.
They made fun of me for running home after school... literally, I would run since I was full of energy and shit. lol
They made fun of me because my father's alcoholism caused our family great financial and psychological ruin.
They made fun of me for becoming an opiate addict.
They made fun of me for being a 'momma's boy' and starting 'businesses' to help my mother financially.
They made fun of me for "being" a Jew and/or a homosexual. I don't belong to that religion and I have a strong sexual preference for women.
They made fun of me for buying HaRdKoReFORREALZ!!1 street drugs from a hooker (and for vaguely explaining to her the basic concepts of calculus).
They made fun of me once word got out I had worn eye liner on occasion.
I made fun of them for deciding to go to college; the year after I graduated HS I made over a quarter gazillion dollars and thought I too cool for school.
They made fun of me for becoming broke and coming back to college.... seven years later.
They make fun of me for being addicted to running. (Is it fashionable to be a junkie now? FFS...)
My gf is making fun of me being on the NIN message board at 1am and needing to get up at 6am... lol

Life is interesting.