Okay, so I'd just like to make one thing abundantly clear with everyone right here and now: Messing with people because they're easy to mess with is not okay. Just because someone is an easy target is no excuse to mess with them. I don't know why people do it, but it seems to be an odd source of entertainment for some people.
Maybe they do it for a laugh. Or maybe they do it because they have major control issues. The former isn't so bad, really -- as long as you make it clear that you are joking. The latter, however, can be detrimental to the "easy targets" involved.
See, people think messing with others is fun. More importantly, they think it's funny.They don't realize what it does to people, though. They don't realize that it makes them feel dumb, gullible, and pathetic. It's not exactly a self-esteem booster.
When you mess with people for the sake of satisfying your appetite for control, it does basically the same thing. It doesn't help people maintain a healthy level of self-esteem. And it certainly doesn't help them to trust others, either.
Bottom line: Words are powerful. You can tear a person down or build a person up with your words. Be careful with them, because there are easy targets out there. And messing with them -- for any reason -- isn't acceptable.
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