In all honesty, if I was out shopping with my friends or on my own and some person I don't know just popped up and started making small talk, I'd most probably get annoyed or creeped out... Most people don't approach strangers like that, except if they're trying to flirt...

You were never a loser to begin with.

Nope, definitely was. If I left a book in a classroom, I'd find it in my locker later after someone had defaced it and torn out pages (happened a few times), I'd get invited to things or asked out as a joke, then get laughed at when I showed up, and guys used to bark at me, because they said I was ugly as a dog. Classic ugly duckling here.

Oh that's so terrible, it actually makes me sad. They'd bark at you, what is wrong with people sometimes. However, I think what #23 was trying to say is, you were never a loser. Your peers were just mean, superficial, jerks, it was a problem with them, not with you.

I'm sorry that happened to you. Remember this though; if they felt the need to treat you like that, they were obviously insecure and targeted people such as yourself to make fun of because they thought that they were making themselves feel better. And that made them the real losers, putting people down as a way to cope with their insecurities.