I just developed an emotional callous to it after a while.
Spicoli used to call me every name in the book all night long.
After a while, it just loses it's affect, you know?
And he would never shut up until he had run his course.
I would either leave, or just sit there listening to him tirade until he was done.
Once I stopped letting it bother me, it just became a lot of hot, drunken air.
His words were emotional weapons.
Once I quit letting them hurt me, they became ineffective.