Real Life Struggles/Support/Vent
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@Pavel said in Real Life Struggles/Support/Vent:
How the fuck is a RULER a fashion item?
The only kind of rulers that are a fashion statement are the snap bracelets that look like rulers.
Hello, I’m from the 90s and am old.
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It’s a fashion item like the PeeChees were a fashion item like the covers for your textbook were a fashion item. As in ‘self-expression’, rather than ‘clothing’. The folders with the bright colors and cartoons on them, the pencil cases with cartoon characters, etc – all of these are fashion items.
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@IoleRae said in Real Life Struggles/Support/Vent:
It’s a fashion item like the PeeChees were a fashion item like the covers for your textbook were a fashion item. As in ‘self-expression’, rather than ‘clothing’. The folders with the bright colors and cartoons on them, the pencil cases with cartoon characters, etc – all of these are fashion items.
See, I had none of those things growing up. Brown wooden ruler, or clear plastic when I was older, brown paper and clear contact over my notebooks, plain white or blue folders for book storage…
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@Testament in my day, slap bracelets had just the thinnest of coverings over the sharp material and could cut you
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@Pavel said in Real Life Struggles/Support/Vent:
@IoleRae said in Real Life Struggles/Support/Vent:
It’s a fashion item like the PeeChees were a fashion item like the covers for your textbook were a fashion item. As in ‘self-expression’, rather than ‘clothing’. The folders with the bright colors and cartoons on them, the pencil cases with cartoon characters, etc – all of these are fashion items.
See, I had none of those things growing up. Brown wooden ruler, or clear plastic when I was older, brown paper and clear contact over my notebooks, plain white or blue folders for book storage…
It might be a girl thing, an American thing (am I right in inferring you’re pretty far east of Murica based on some stuff you’ve said about the time where you are?), or both.
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I 'member 90s snap bracelets and 100% accidentally cut myself using them on more than one occasion.
Oh the times.
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@Third-Eye I still miss my Trapper Keeper with the low 90s geometric CGI.
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@GF It’s more likely that I was just raised in an austere environment. Soviet-era Russian parents (then moving to northern England) will do that.
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Snap bracelets as rulers are still a thing! And absolutely banned from measuring ANYTHING.
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@junipersky said in Real Life Struggles/Support/Vent:
Snap bracelets as rulers are still a thing! And absolutely banned from measuring ANYTHING.
I like snap bracelets.
I should also not be allowed to have them, because the click-snap of hitting them against your wrist over and over and over again is very soothing to me, and absolutely infuriating to anyone near me.
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You just defined all fidgets ever. X.x
(Not saying they don’t have a place! See my post about fidgets and my Amazon Prime Day deal of 35 fidgets in a nice box for $15.99.)
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@junipersky said in Real Life Struggles/Support/Vent:
You just defined all fidgets ever. X.x
(Not saying they don’t have a place! See my post about fidgets and my Amazon Prime Day deal of 35 fidgets in a nice box for $15.99.)
The little flick spinny things don’t seem too annoying! Maybe they are, I dunno. But I like things that make NOISE.
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Fidget Spinners.
My husband got really into his when they became a fad until his boss told him to knock it off.
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I got one of these from work as I need to shuffle around in my seat during meetings. It is like a bunch of macaroni tubed up. You can pop it apart and click it together, doesn’t make much noise, but mostly you can roll it around.
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@Whisky
This is my favorite fidgit as a teacher!! They can be hard for little fingers to pop apart, and since that is really the only sound they make it doesn’t bother mw.
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@junipersky Yeah and having broken enough pen lids bending it during a meeting…
It has been a DELIGHT to use. Sadly this one has lost it’s “crunch” when you twist it since I twist it a lot.
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The pregnant mama we were going to take in today has gone missing. We were under the impression the woman surrendering her had her in a safe place.
She did not. The poor cat was just wandering about. She put out traps last night but mama never appeared.
She lives a few hours away and has told us not to bother coming to help her search.
I’m really afraid mama had the babies. If we trap her now there is the chance we won’t find the babies and they will starve to death.
I’m so worried about this poor cat I have never met.
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Why is it so difficult for my college kids to like–stop putting empty boxes/containers back into the fridge/freezer/pantry. I don’t remember doing this as a teen, but maybe I did and just forgot about it. I worry that when they are all graduated and out on their own totally that I will get a call in the middle of the night as they lay starving on the floor because they didn’t buy food because in their pantry/freezer/fridge it looked like it was beautifully stocked but alas, everything is empty.
I decided to eat the last fudgesicle and put the empty box back though. Just to see how long it takes for anyone to comment, but I think my money is on the husband or the eight year old.
