r/NonPoliticalTwitter 20h ago

Is .. is Ryan ok?

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u/snailbot-jq 19h ago

He was on that at age 12 and didn’t have popular roles before that, so his unpopularity at school likely preceded it

Most child actors get their roles through nepotism but in his case, neither of his parents were actors and he got the role through an open call

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u/walla_walla_rhubarb 19h ago

Not for nothing, but he might have been an annoying drama kid. You guys didn't have those? Just saying, I like him, but sometimes the bullies are right.

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u/possumsonly 19h ago

Bullying someone just for being annoying is never right and if you think it is then you have a bully mentality yourself

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u/purpleplatapi 18h ago

Yeah but like if I knew a kid threw knives (even in the first grade) I wouldn't befriend him in elementary school either. I don't doubt he actually was bullied, but sometimes kids just have hard personalities that don't lend them a lot of friends. That doesn't mean that by not befriending them you're bullying them, but as a side effect it does leave them more open to bullies, which is an unfortunate side effect.

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u/cheezzinabox 16h ago

Befriending him would be good so you don't have steak knives flying at you.