Former Students Reveal What "That Kid" Did In School That They'll Never Forget
[rebelmouse-image 18349797 is_animated_gif=Every class had one. It might even had been you. A teacher's worst nightmare, who walked into class every day, sat down, and pondered what chaos and mischief they were going to bring. Maybe they would write foul things in the textbook. Maybe they'd take a student's backpack and toss it in the dumpster. Either way, Reddit user r/je_suis_un_negre, wanted to know what "that kid" did when they asked:
What did "that kid" in your school do that will never leave your mind?
A Bear On The Run
[rebelmouse-image 18345825 is_animated_gif=The dude would constantly run on his arms and legs (all fours) through the hallways or any random time.
Oddest thing I'd ever seen
Start 'Em Young
[rebelmouse-image 18349239 is_animated_gif=My school gave out pencils with 100 dollar bill designs on it because "hard work pays". A friend of mine tore the design off, rolled it up, approached a girl he sorta knew, and asked her for a lapdance. She told a teacher and he was suspended for a week.
We were in 6th grade
That's. What's. Up.
[rebelmouse-image 18349798 is_animated_gif=A kid I knew took a poo in his hands and painted the walls in the boys bathroom. Did not return next day. Next I heard him, he messaged me on Fb "Hey man, what up?"
You pooping the walls man thats whats up
Imaginary Dragons
[rebelmouse-image 18349799 is_animated_gif=This kid in my computer literacy class in high school would talk to me nearly every day about his imaginary dragon girlfriend and how beautiful she was.
That's Not What A Hero Should Do!
[rebelmouse-image 18349800 is_animated_gif=My freshman year of high school, this dude showed up in a cape every single day. He then convinced a bunch of other freshmen to lay in different positions in the courtyard during lunch one day, and their bodies ended up making a giant swastika.
My Personal Nightmare
[rebelmouse-image 18349801 is_animated_gif=Omg I was in a toilet stall in elementary school trying to poop and I got stage fright and hated when someone was in the bathroom. A dude was in the stall right next to me so I waited. He flushed, washed his hands then I heard the door open and shut. It was quiet. I proceeded to poop, feeling great.
When i was done, 'that kid' was just standing there by the door. He up and pretended to leave just to hear me poop hnnngh
Lunch Soup
[rebelmouse-image 18349802 is_animated_gif=This guy would just combine all of his food at lunch, including the drink, into a weird soup and eat it like that, no matter what we were eating
But...Why?
[rebelmouse-image 18349192 is_animated_gif=Back in elementary school there was a kid who poured gravel into his ears.
Some Might Call It Art
[rebelmouse-image 18349803 is_animated_gif=I was in art class and this kid goes "hey check this out" sticks his middle finger down his throat and throws up all over the table. :|
Like, The WHOLE Desk?
[rebelmouse-image 18349804 is_animated_gif=Threw a desk at a teacher and it ended up hitting another student
Poor Janitor
[rebelmouse-image 18349805 is_animated_gif=there was this kid at my school, who would come into the boy's washroom, and literally take a sh-t in the urinal. One time I walked in on the kid squatting over the urinal, and he immediately got up washed his hands and said: Dude, look, someone sh-t it that urinal.
He then walked out.
I feel so bad for the janitor.
The Wrong Profession
[rebelmouse-image 18349806 is_animated_gif=Attacked a dude with a sword and cut the guys hand in half through the palm
Edit: so the motherf-cker though he was a pirate and that the man didn't get his hand cut completely in half like I remembered. But can we still appreciate the fact that he did it because it was his job "to pillage and plunder"?
When the cops found him next to the sword he was like "not my sword" and the cops were like "so whose sword is it?" And he was like "sh-t"
Later On, We'll Conspire
[rebelmouse-image 18349807 is_animated_gif=We had one kid who edited the slides to a song we had to sing during our weekly school assembly. The song was winter wonderland, and he edited the last line in the chorus to say "Walking in a winter f-cking land". They cut the music as soon as they saw that slide containing that lyric.
It was not really that funny Id say, but I had to give the guy credit for having the balls to do that.
Chugging Ketchup
[rebelmouse-image 18349808 is_animated_gif=This kid used to drink cups of ranch dressing at lunch...and nothing else. He would have 15-20 of those little ketchup cups loaded on his tray and he'd start slurping it down.
A Sacrifice To The School Gods
[rebelmouse-image 18349809 is_animated_gif=Stole around a dozen text books, brought them into the boy's washroom, and burned them, setting the whole washroom on fire.
Get The Celebration Started Early
[rebelmouse-image 18349810 is_animated_gif=In high school, a guy I knew but never really hung out with just had a class together, comes up to me during lunch holding the largest set of mortar fireworks I have ever seen. He said " Watch this " begins walking towards the stairwell entrance. As soon as he disappeared behind through the door way GAAAWBAAAAOOOMM!!
Loads of colored explosions shoot out. Everyone's freaking out running around.
But...Seriously...Why?
[rebelmouse-image 18349811 is_animated_gif=He peed on some random girl's head when she was at her locker.
This was in like 7th grade or so. Pretty sure he got detention for like a week, but his social detention lasted much longer.
All Hail King Reptar
[rebelmouse-image 18349812 is_animated_gif=In my first year of univerisity there was a kid who wore a dinosaur head covering/hat that had a cape attached to it and would walk around campus just staring at people. My friend asked him one day what his name was and he replied with "King Reptar".
Weird kid, haven't seen him since.
EDIT: Also, one day during frosh week there was a movie being played on my universities equivalent of the quad. He showed up and wpuld squat by people while just looking at them. There was also a kid who would ride a unicycle around campus.
In...Class?
[rebelmouse-image 18349813 is_animated_gif=Kid spanked it to a movie in Spanish class where a couple girls danced in the rain.
An Awful Horsing Around Mistake
[rebelmouse-image 18349814 is_animated_gif=Friend of my brothers (a year younger) in 10th grade if I remember right... I wasn't there but I saw the aftermath.
He was horsing around with a few other people in class, chasing each other and whatnot. There was a door that had one of those old fashioned bolt-on slide locks with a round bolt that you lifted and slid into a round hole on the other side. This door was wide open at the time...
Anyway, while running away from his friends he ran past this door. His picky finger slid perfectly into the lock where the bolt would normally fit, all the way to his knuckle, and literally just ripped it right off his hand at the joint. He didn't make a sound himself when it happened (he did right after though of course), but my brother said the finger made a sound like a pencil being snapped in half.
They reattached it, and it still mostly worked after, but it always looked pretty wonky, all sad and crooked... Weirdest freak accident I ever heard of.
H/T: Reddit
Various organizations can have any number of followers who are totally devoted to their respective missions, it seems like a cult.
Religions are known for having so many followers who abide by a lifestyle that comports to supporting the faith.
But the same dedication can apply to non-religious organizations.
These were explored when Redditor DrLizardLover asked:
"What isn't a religion but people treat it like it is?"
People in the big picture have their insanely dedicated followers.
Elon, The God
"I spoke vaguely against Elon Musk in a reply to a comment on a video."
"The video has gone viral, and the comment I replied to was pinned. So I get about 3-4 notifications a day of musk simps acting like I've insulted a deity. I've just rolled with it and reminded them he's essentially an oligarch and is inherently not a good dude. They froth."
– Goatfellon
Matinee Idols
"Celebrity worship."
– VisualSeaweed5927
Actor Adulation
"Whatever Jared Leto’s got going on."
– SirMooncake
People find a sense of belonging in social media groups and communities.
Following With The Flow
"People who worship streamers."
– The_bombblows12
Gaming Culture
"Steamer/Twitch culture freaks me out. I've been a gamer my whole life (only 30,) but the gaming scene is so strange to me. I truly hope the people in Twitch chats are nothing like that in real life."
– kamWise
"Poggers Dude"
"Take this with a grain of salt. But I've met a few other people who have watched twitch. Most of them are a bit nerdy, but nothing crazy."
"But one guy, he was like an attractive, active dude, who you might see on the beach in California going for a surf. He and I were at a barbecue and he was talking about something non gaming related and he said 'poggers dude'. I had to take a second to realize what I heard. Then I started to notice him saying things like 'PogChamp' and some of the other popular twitch phrases. Later come to find out he is like a die hard fan of some esport, can't remember which."
"I realize this isn't quite like a typical twitch chat of what you see on big streams like xqc, mizkif, or others. But still I imagine there are probably some people out there who act like those chats."
– CaptSprinkls
The FB Matriarchy
"Mom groups on facebook."
– Swift_Lad
Anonymous Tippers
"There was a streamer poker game the other night and seeing these guys dump half a million in an hour made me wonder, why are people donating to these people? It's like that Kylie Jenner thing where one of her employee got an accident and she started a gofundme for 150K instead of paying it herself."
– Zorops
Power Play
"Cricket game in india."
– RayTrader03
"Cricket in Australia, too, lol."
– CalypsoContinuum
People flock to this popular financial prospect.
"Multi level marketing."
– Voice_of_Season
Predatory Endeavor
"What upsets me is I sometimes meet people who are genuinely motivated to change their life but completely misguided in what they invest their time and money into and mlm sorta preys on that."
– ultimaIV
A "Sunny" Reference
“ It’s a Pyramid scheme!”
“No, it’s not a Pyramid Scheme, it’s a Reverse Funnel system!”
“…turn it upside down”
“Goddamnit! Sh*t!”
– doobydoodle
Pitch At A Party
"Dude.. I was just at a child's birthday party and this douche was telling my aunt about his wellness products. She said sounds like MLM. No it isn't though because I really believe in the products. Do you have someone encouraging you to sell. No I don't I sell it because it's a high quality product at a reasonable price. Do you make good money? Not yet because we are brand new. What else do you do for work. This is it right now. I'm happy with my regular wellness products. How would you know until you try these? This went on for the entire birthday party. She said I'm Not Interested. And turned the other way. He still pestered her."
"After the party he was asking people if anybody knew my aunt's phone number."
– lumberjackpat19
It's one thing for a person to join a community of like-minded individuals to feel a sense of belonging.
But it's another thing when they lose a sense of themselves completely for their blind devotion.
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There are many things in modern society that are generally accepted but would have been considered taboo as little as ten to twenty years ago.
But even in our supposedly progressive modern age, we still have a long way to go.
Far too many people are still hesitant or afraid to be open about elements of their life, fearing too many people wouldn't consider it "normal."
This idea piqued the curiosity of Redditor Sham-da-man, leading him to reach out to the Reddit community on what needs changing in modern society by asking:
"What needs to be normalized?"
Finding that work/life balance.
Choosing to leave a job during your probation period. The probation period is not just for the company to see if you’re a good fit, but for you to assess the company and see if you actually like it. A lot of employers tend to forget this, and then it is sometimes looked down upon on your CV unfortunately. - User Deleted
"Taking time off work when you’re sick."- HuffleSlut_.
"Being able to go home from work if your tasks are completed."
"Not at 10am because you don't have anything on your plate, but say at 3:45pm after you've busted it all day, completed your items, helped a few co-workers with some things outside of your scope, and are now browsing reddit because you're waiting on people to get back to you before you're able to proceed."- xLenny3x.
It takes a real man to know...
"Men actually having feelings and not have to 'take it like a man'."- Gifigi600.
Sorry, can't help you!
"Not being available at all times."- INTPhoenix.
Saying 'I don’t know enough to have an opinion on this issue' or 'I don’t know'.- LiquidPenChamber1019.
Table for one.
"Eating alone."- -lmayonnaise.
That might be what YOU think, but...
"Being allowed to disagree with people in your community, and being allowed to agree with people outside your community."
"We are so polarized and political these days."- 604jmv.
Not ashamed to admit it.
'Mental health struggles.'
"Society has come a long way but we still have progress to be made."- JBAnswers26.
Arguably, there's another very pressing issue which needs to be normalized more than anything.
The overuse and expectations of the word "normal."
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Expectations can be a dangerous thing.
It's very easy to be excited for an upcoming movie or TV show, an item of clothing you've been dying to own, or a vacation we've been saving years for.
But sometimes, when reality sets in, whatever it was we were so eagerly looking forward to doesn't always turn out to be everything we'd hoped it would be.
Redditor Tarps-celom was curious what fellow Redditors had sky-high expectations for, only to find themselves let down, and asked:
"What were you really hyped for but completely flopped?"
Is being a grown up all that it's cracked up to be?
"Being an adult."- marr318
"Running my own business."- LB_P
"Having a career, our whole life built up to this..and its just mediocre, and NOBODY knows what they are really doing."- SnooPandas1674.
For all the advancements in technology...
"Power Glove."
"It sucked and I'll never forget it."- Ekh0es.
"Google +"
"They made us to wait for a very long time with invite only feature."
'Ppl forgot about it when it was released."- introvertboyme.
Not worth the price of admission.
"'Dark Tower' movie."- urchisilver.
"M.Night's 'Avatar' movie."
"He broke my heart."- Suspicious-Elk-3631.
So much better the first time.
"Sim city 5.'
"Good God what a horrid mess."
"First week or more of release you were lucky to play because you could only play it online on their servers that were constantly full."
"Then once you hit like 50k people in your city the game was uncontrollable."
"You would literally run out of water and no matter what you did traffic took the shortest path so constant traffic and thus emergency vehicles couldn't move so everything went to hell fast."- InsertBluescreenHere
"Second go round of 'Arrested Development'."
"Deep inside I knew they’d never be able to capture that magic."
"Still, told myself they could."
"Narrator: They couldn’t."- PollyWentlightly
"Should old acquaintance be forgot..."
"Every New Year’s Eve party ever."- PollyWentlightly
When expectations are high, being disappointed is almost inevitable.
Then too, it's entirely possible that our disappointment didn't stem one bit from our sky-high expectations, but simply the fact that what we were so looking forward to turned out to be just plain awful.
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Elon Musk is one of the richest men on the planet. He's also among the most controversial.
In recent weeks, Musk made headlines for his $44 billion buyout of Twitter, which sparked concerns among liberals and civil rights activists who have warned about the consequences of having one person have so much control over public discourse online.
Musk has defended his venture as a bid to protect free speech and while there exist many editorials analyzing his motives in this venture (to say nothing of his others), there are also many people out there who consider him a visionary and have balked at criticisms of him.
We heard from a few of those people after Redditor return2ozma asked the online community,
"Those who defend Elon Musk, why do you feel the need to defend him?"
"All of that stuff..."
"I dont really care about Musk himself. My issue is the sheer hypocrisy."
"People are suddenly saying the speech will be restricted and he will use his power to selectively ban accounts like Big Tech (especially Twitter) haven't been doing that for years."
"MSNBC said that he would use it to promote good info on presidential candidates he likes and hide good info on candidates he doesn't. That he would exaggerate the bad and put it to the front for candidates he hates while doing the opposite for those he likes. like Big Tech (and mainstream media) hasnt been doing that for years."
"People are screaming that billionaires are able to purchase entire media platforms. like Billionaires havent been doing that for years. All of that stuff they were mocking political opponents for suddenly might be used on them, and now it's an issue?"
InvisibleMe21
People have been complaining about the very things you have raised. And also complaining about Musk who has historically proven he is not really a fan of free and open speech.
"A lot of people hate him..."
"I don't defend him. But when people make assumptions and straight up lie, I will call them out for it. A lot of people hate him, just because it's trendy to do so. In reality they don't know anything about him."
[deleted]
I mean, that's fine. But, when people make up lies to prop up Elon, I hope you have that same enthusiasm for the truth.
"If you're reading this..."
"If you’re reading this, then you’re old enough to know that mainstream media sets the mood for the perception of public figures, but also that that mood is never some objectively accurate measure of the persons overall goodness or badness. Media is like fashion: winds change."
"So don’t come at me saying “why does your opinion differ from the sentiment I happen to have read in the news lately?” That is inherently a dumb question."
"Real answer: Because when he says his goal is to make life interplanetary and spread consciousness to the stars, I believe that’s genuine."
"I honestly don’t understand how you can justify believing he’s not driven to make the world a better place: his motivation leaks through every single endeavor he undertakes."
Do you really think it’s a coincidence that the same guy who popularized electric cars is also pushing forward other optimistic, utopian-aiming tech like solar energy, high-speed rail and tunnel infrastructure, brain-computer interfaces, space exploration, and uncensorable Internet?"
"To that, I say: what an extraordinary coincidence that the guy who’s supposedly a fraud and big danger to humanity is simultaneously involved in so many things that a real tech-oriented humanist would be. Extraordinary coincidence!"
"The real question is, 1) why the hate? and 2) given the above how can you actually justify thinking he’s not genuinely all about advancing the human race?"
"I fear y’all only hate him because he’s a bit autistic, combined with jealousy, but especially combined with the fact he’s been getting piled on a lot."
adamisom
You can certainly make an argument that mainstream media doesn't like him but many people just don't like the man's attitude and entitlement.
"He can be a real jerk. He does things I don't agree with, and is famous enough that a lot of his personal life is public. And the people attacking him seem to forget that he has a right to be himself. If he were running for public office then we should worry about what he believes, but until then, let him be him."
"He's on the autism spectrum, and so am I, so I guess I'm a little sensitive to the fact that his brain works differently, and he sees things differently, and he gets attacked for it. I defend him against people who attack him for being different because in many ways I feel like I'm defending my right to be different and see the world in a way that others do not."
AlsoNotTheMamma
While I do not find Elon in any way shape or form to be a role model of mine, I do applaud your reasoned and level headed response.
"If he gets us to Mars..."
"If he gets us to Mars in the next decade or so, I think he will be every young kid's role model whether we like it or not."
"The important thing for me is that he's not perfect, and I don't expect him to be. Flawed people can accomplish great things if they work hard. And have access to money."
AlsoNotTheMamma
The key here, of course, is money. If you don't have any money, what can you actually do?
"I wouldn’t say I like Musk as a person either but that doesn’t mean I would discredit all of the massive advancements in innovation and technology he has done for the world."
rbui5000
Safe to say he's very much a "love him or hate him" sort of figure. There is no in-between.
"I don't get the blind hate..."
"I don't get the blind hate or blind love of him. I am amazed by what he has achieved in a number of areas, he's clearly a brilliant clear thinker in terms of engineering, but he's still flawed. He says and does things I don't like, but so far the world is a much better place because of him."
mother-a-god
Granted, all the billionaire hate is justified. Is the world actually better when Musk symbolizes so much of its inequality?
"He's not someone I admire or desire to emulate. However, the world's innovation is driven by people like this guy, and as controversial as he is he does a lot of good things."
[deleted]
Can you elaborate on this for people who don't follow him?
"I don't really defend him. I just think self driving electric cars and rockets are pretty cool."
Rorty
Okay, fair! Those things are indeed pretty cool.
There's no doubt that Elon Musk is one of the most polarizing figures in the world. How he'll continue to effect the world we live in remains to be seen but whatever lies in store for us is bound to have significant impacts on society at large.
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