I gave up and said f*ck it a long time ago. I have most of the clique blocked at this point and I'm only really friendly with a handful of people here now. You are one of the genuinly nice people here and you should be proud of that. The hell with the "popular" crowd.
@Coralmist yes. Be very wary of those people here who are sappy nice and hugely popular. They are the biggest backstabbers. I learned that the hard way