Let me first state that I was the one who was teased growing up and it truly hurt so I know how it feels. Yet I’m not sure it hurt as much for what was said or my perception of the words. Today my perception of words is quite different and I understand that the best kind of humor can occur when someone says something that is unpredictable or even cruel. For example when someone has cooked a great meal and everyone is raving about it that becomes the time you pretend to regurgitate. Yes, I understand this humor can be quite childish and might even hurt those who are the victim but it also can be hysterical. I guess it all depends on how the recipient receives such jokes as to whether to continue, apologize or excuse yourself for the evening (before they throw you out). If you continue down a path where it appears that the eyes are getting a bit watery and the smiling face turns to a dark angry frown then your humor has not touched the funny bone but Proximal Phalanges (or something like that). Therefore humor and cruelty is not to be determined by the one speaking but the audience their speaking to.