Live Stoner Chat Live Stoner Chat - Jul-Sep '22

[Bill.de.Cat]

 

[Suki]

Fun fact….participation trophies have been a thing since the 1920’s…and became commonplace in the 60’s. They were a thing when I was a kid. It’s just a bandwagon argument folks like to mount.

Participation trophies only became as big as they are because parents insisted upon them. I got participation trophies but they didn't make me feel special lol they were just a momento like a team picture or whatever.

 

[Kyote]

So..who else is old enough to remember nuke drills and cowering under our desks...like that would work.

Nuclear drills and tornado drillz is wat we did in the midwest .. tornado drill made sense, but not the nuke drill We did this tuck thing all rolled up wit our hands covering the backs of our headz

 

[Suki]

I know that feeling.. Nuclear bomb drills were terrifying for me as an Elementary student. Our location was in an identified target area, due to the nearby Air Base and turbine engine factory...So it was the norm. Later in Junior High I realized exactly how worthless these drills were. So during a drill, the Shop teacher led us to the fallout shelter and instructed us to crouch and put our head between our knees. I looked at him and said, ' It's very important that we all do this.. Right?' He said, ' Of course it is!' I said, 'Well, I guess you're right because we all need to be in the best position to kiss our own a$$es goodbye if the bomb should hit near enough..'

Earned myself a week's worth of detention with that remark...

HOW DARE YOU QUESTION AUTHORITY!! :ROFL::ROFL::ROFL:

 

[Frank the Dank]

do any of us make any sense this late?

This is precisely why I shut up later in the day

 

[Suki]

We got participation medals instead of trophies in the 80s and 90s. Ice cream Sunday for a trophy and just a plain cone for a medal

We got CiCis pizza (@Son of Hobbes still waiting on that gag/vom emotionally ) and trophies at my school. I would have much preferred ice cream though. My brother was in all the sports so I went to an unholy (ha, cause it was catholic school lmao) number of team parties growing up. Even thinking of that place makes me heave to this day.

 

[JP1]

 

[Bill.de.Cat]

HOW DARE YOU QUESTION AUTHORITY!! :ROFL::ROFL::ROFL:

 

[Bill.de.Cat]

that's all I see when talking to the police anymore.

 

[Frank the Dank]

Participation trophies only became as big as they are because parents insisted upon them. I got participation trophies but they didn't make me feel special lol they were just a momento like a team picture or whatever.

No no no no. They have to have made you feel special….! Otherwise you stymie the arguments of the olds that gave them out, so they can hold it against you forever. Sheesh Don’t you know anything?!?