Rubber and Glue

While I was in the shower today I had an epiphany. There's more truth to the phrase "I'm rubber, you're glue. What you say bounces off of me and sticks to you." than people realize. For example, let's say that somebody is being bullied. That person is the rubber, and the bully's the glue. Even though what the bully does is awful and hurts the person he/she is bullying, the bully will likely get more long-term consequences. The bully's reputation will probably be ruined when the world finds out about it (like what Mitt Romney did to that kid when he was in high school), and people will be less likely to want to be friends with him/her. This is how a bully's actions bounces off of the rubber of the victim (even though the victim will be damaged from it) and sticks to the glue of the bully.