Post AmHRma4KIXAMZBet6W by lydiaschoch@mastodon.social
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(DIR) Post #AmGsKW3E955zbN1hz6 by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-09-22T19:27:40Z
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Some of the parents were on the verge of making going to the school dances *mandatory* and student government with my help put a stop to that. Some parents are like... disappointed their teens are too isolated I guess? I can see why they feel that way. Anyway I'm feeling vindicated because the student government came up with some ideas to make the dances more appealing: one was having a "chill lounge" a more quiet place with tea and snacks and boardgames. It was a big hit! Pass it along.
(DIR) Post #AmGsXLuDB2qxtuvkRc by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-09-22T19:29:59Z
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The kind of high school dances I endured one of in 90s in Ohio were nightmares. One loud gym with MC Hammer playing (all the swears creatively scratched out) so loud my ears ring to this very day... endless awkwardness. Thinking everyone is judging you (but they aren't it's too dark and loud)I assumed it was supposed to be fun and since it was horrible I was bad it whatever it was.
(DIR) Post #AmGstfFzuT2CHylAuW by msbellows@c.im
2024-09-22T19:34:00Z
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@futurebird I was lucky. My senior prom was horrible, but then we realized that the freshman dorms from the university I would be attending four months later were having a dance in another area of the same hotel, so my date and I went over there and had a great time.
(DIR) Post #AmGtNnKsRCs223PRrM by carstenfranke@mastodon.social
2024-09-22T19:39:27Z
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@futurebird that would have been great for my stepson who is on the autism spectrum and would prefer a quieter place!
(DIR) Post #AmGtUoPWq63pORvo0G by chris_hayes@fosstodon.org
2024-09-22T19:40:26Z
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@futurebird that's such a good idea. I recall my college dance being loud too, and the sensory overload is a bit much. I was saved by the fact the place had a porch to get fresh air.
(DIR) Post #AmGuThwhUSdN0VU6JE by Ailbhe@mendeddrum.org
2024-09-22T19:51:37Z
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@futurebird oh god I was paired with a boy for a slow dance entirely against my will and his. They just... yanked is together.
(DIR) Post #AmGwGrvbGUrM6tyXRY by notsoloud@expressional.social
2024-09-22T20:09:19Z
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@clewAny Danish senior prom will feature 'Les Lanciers', the students having spent time learning it in the gym classes.https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2JN2CQaJorg@futurebird
(DIR) Post #AmGwGscqfhSEH2D4r2 by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-09-22T20:11:46Z
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@notsoloud @clew Is this like that game on old phones?
(DIR) Post #AmGwbxaZPhEDkSCDGC by VE2UWY@mastodon.radio
2024-09-22T20:15:38Z
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@futurebird Mandatory fun! Yay!
(DIR) Post #AmGwjv4kdpIoGp6mFU by justafrog@mstdn.social
2024-09-22T20:16:58Z
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@futurebird @notsoloud @clew Imagine living through that being the height of mobile phone gaming.Or remember, if you're not really that old, and still quite young some days.
(DIR) Post #AmGwrw4Eq1CVf9gswy by willaful@romancelandia.club
2024-09-22T20:18:29Z
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@futurebird Way to go! What a great idea!
(DIR) Post #AmGxduWlrl7gmrufJo by jonberger@sfba.social
2024-09-22T20:27:04Z
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@futurebird Betcha it takes less than two minutes for the popular kids to come up with a snotty derogatory term for the kids who retreat to the "chill lounge." At least, they certainly would have in my high school days if anyone had tried to set up something like that. Maybe high school is less of a jungle now, but I doubt it.
(DIR) Post #AmGyDsGvjHTkDVeVEG by Methylcobalamin@mastodon.social
2024-09-22T20:33:42Z
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@futurebird Forcing a dance on a socially awkward person isn't going to cure them.
(DIR) Post #AmGyr9hiqokDZjumYK by moira@mastodon.murkworks.net
2024-09-22T20:40:48Z
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@futurebird @notsoloud @clew snek! the game
(DIR) Post #AmGzfxUrzs8eU47zqi by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-09-22T20:50:00Z
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@jonberger Some schools are. Some are not. We try not to be like that. I'm certain I miss some of the snubbing and nastiness, but it's a lot better than some other places I've seen. Adults have to put effort in to making that happen.
(DIR) Post #AmGzyXyT76JSpSptvE by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-09-22T20:53:17Z
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@Ailbhe booooooooo
(DIR) Post #AmH0sYflhhwzDBnVRo by JimJoe@mastodon.social
2024-09-22T21:03:28Z
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@futurebird @notsoloud @clew I played this for hours!
(DIR) Post #AmH1eXCuSJYiZCAy00 by cshlan@dawdling.net
2024-09-22T21:12:05Z
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@futurebird@jonbergerAt my kid's school the students have organized a D&D club with so many participants they can hardly all play at once. A friend works at another school where she teaches a boardgame class as an elective. Good raves always have a cool down room. I think the chill lounge would probably be more or at least as popular as the dance.Honestly, organizing a big boardgame night with tons of new games to try out might be a better school activity than a dance!
(DIR) Post #AmH4fCUnFJL2U0YA6q by Nentuaby@wandering.shop
2024-09-22T21:45:50Z
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@futurebird @jonberger In my experience of the latest generations, the Popular Kids never change; however, they have a LOT less lock on actual popularity. The kids they'll never accept have way more positive options to just chill with each other and not worry about that set.
(DIR) Post #AmH8l3QOHgefu6XNrs by nazokiyoubinbou@mastodon.social
2024-09-22T22:31:35Z
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@futurebird @notsoloud @clew I know I'm doing an "aktually" moment and everyone's going to get mad at me, but the game Snake predates Nokia phones by something like two decades. (I first played it as Nibbles in QBasic, but I know it even predates that significantly.)Line up with the torches if you will, but I just feel like it's sort of unfair to the original creators and all those who added unique features since to credit Nokia.
(DIR) Post #AmH9Wv0orfjZiHOs4W by dancast@wandering.shop
2024-09-22T22:40:21Z
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@futurebird classic scene in Sixteen Candles when parents push their kid into the school dance, with him shouting, “I want to stay home with you!”
(DIR) Post #AmHCCBz0s7sS82McOe by orionkidder@writing.exchange
2024-09-22T23:10:15Z
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@futurebird That's a fantastic idea. I would have just hung out there. Dances were both socially mandatory and distinctly unpleasant.
(DIR) Post #AmHD9iOS0yl5jUe2LY by apm77@mastodon.online
2024-09-22T23:21:00Z
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@futurebird I'll spare you the full depth of my feelings but lets just say I would put a curse on those parents.
(DIR) Post #AmHDB87ppTktpRY0fI by JaneImber@mstdn.social
2024-09-22T23:21:07Z
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@futurebird I vote for a chill lounge everywhere.
(DIR) Post #AmHDdsLxY5t3JHrS5I by some_natalie@infosec.exchange
2024-09-22T23:26:26Z
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@futurebird I wish my school did that when I was a kid! Tea, boardgames, and some chill social time would have been fun! Loud-yet-censored pop music in not exactly dark spaces with hovering adults making sure we leave some room for Jesus isn't terribly inclusive.
(DIR) Post #AmHFUr4P9MludHTayW by BritishTechGuru@techtoots.com
2024-09-22T23:47:14Z
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@futurebird Fortunately when I left highschool in 83 we didn't have "social" garbage. The last 3 days at the end of term were usually a waste of everybody's time with "entertainment" that bored me to death. I can only laugh at people playing Bingo once. Being made to play it was Hell on earth.
(DIR) Post #AmHKJCsGkwFiYM46E4 by secretgeek@mastodon.cloud
2024-09-23T00:41:11Z
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@futurebird oh this was a nice twist !! “came up with some ideas“ —- that’s very cool.If two sides are entrenched in a position it’s very hard for *any* creative ideas to flow, let alone be accepted. (When we need creativity the most, we are least likely to find it!)This was mucho awesome, because the creative solution sounds far better than any previous typical dance.
(DIR) Post #AmHOvgyRh73wj5Yppw by jeaux@c.im
2024-09-23T01:32:57Z
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@futurebird Sounds like a reverse Footloose town🙌
(DIR) Post #AmHRma4KIXAMZBet6W by lydiaschoch@mastodon.social
2024-09-23T02:04:54Z
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@futurebird @janeadams If that had been an option at my high school, I would have gone to at least some of the dances.
(DIR) Post #AmHTXjaCqGV3dfcOn2 by jik@federate.social
2024-09-23T02:24:38Z
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@futurebird Thank you for your service.The eighth grade dance my parents forced me to go to was literally the worst night of the worst year of my life.I refused to talk to my parents for days afterward. It was the only way I could think of to communicate to them how terrible it had been.Sometimes the kids _are_ judging you. I was dropped off by my parents in slacks and a Members Only jacket; other kids showed up in limousines wearing tuxedos and prom dresses.
(DIR) Post #AmIcHazQ7LYb6Dkdxw by jhulten@fosstodon.org
2024-09-23T15:37:16Z
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@futurebird If you don't have hearing loss or tinnitus did you really grow up in the 90s? 😁
(DIR) Post #AmIcSJEyRsXHEk8ROa by hedders@mas.to
2024-09-23T15:38:31Z
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@futurebird >I assumed it was supposed to be fun and since it was horrible I was bad it whatever it was.Oh good grief, so much this. I absolutely *sucked* at all of those teenage rites of passage, without exception. I thought I was just hopelessly defective and inadequate.The whole "no, you're not defective, you're autistic" thing didn't come along until last year.
(DIR) Post #AmInduap0qdrlS5bGK by catmisgivings@stranger.social
2024-09-23T17:44:32Z
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@futurebird the chillout room is a staple of all kinds of large gatherings now, from festivals to cons. I am so in favor of the chillout room
(DIR) Post #AmJDmJKtV3Rjd2IxyS by nazokiyoubinbou@mastodon.social
2024-09-23T22:32:33Z
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@sunguramy @futurebird @notsoloud @clew That is an interesting typo. Do you by any chance use Dvorak as well?
(DIR) Post #AmJEF9OFYcWrBDctRQ by martin_piper@mastodon.social
2024-09-23T22:42:34Z
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@futurebird @notsoloud @clew home computers back in 1982 :)https://youtu.be/6FPU6s7fiTU?si=efPWchhciP588gYJ