Telling current high schoolers that “these are the best years of your life”. Doubly so if the teenager in question is clinically depressed, and this is a misguided attempt to cheer them up.
Conservative mindset. They “want the good old times back”.
Things werent better, only your life was.Grown men that still think bullying gets them anything but laughed at.
Agree. And I would also say any guy who buys into “alpha male” mentality.
Kept women with Instagram influencer vibes selling Lulu Roe or whatever. Usually has a job listed as a “realtor” but don’t actually sell houses. Houses are always McMansions with gray floors, white walls, and vaulted ceilings. They have kids are named Jaydenn, Ashleigh, Brittany, Colt, and Madison. Their skin is tanned, taught, and they always smell of product.
Constantly posting pictures from high school to social media. Everybody likes a few 'member-berries, especially as we get older, but they are a garnish, not an entire diet.
In some people’s limited defense, lol, Facebook does that automatically. Or, it’ll at least bring those up in your own feed (or something like that; my FB knowledge is secondhand since 2009).
My friend will send me random pictures from college that came up on her FB page’s “On this day…”.
Not sure if those are visible to everyone or just her, but the platform itself does throw out 'member-berries.
- You don’t have to re-share them all.
- It’s admittedly much worse if your High School and College pictures aren’t already on FB.
I did say limited defense lol. No idea if she re-shares those or not or just texts me the ones I’m in. I think it’s the latter, but who knows.
Yes, and as someone who stays on Facebook as a proxy for actually communicating with people I’m fond of but don’t want to call (as well as some practical communication needs), you get basically a daily dose at this point, with a single click to reshare. I click it probably once a month for my fellow olds who are still on the site, though most of mine are baby pictures of my kid.
It’s weird how some people still use that site
“Little league parent” is probably at the top of my list. If you’re not familiar with the term, it’s typically used as “little league dad” but that behavior is by no means restricted to the dad.
Basically, it’s when parents get way too into their kids’ sports, scream at the kids, take it way too seriously, and generally ruin any chances of the kids having fun.
It’s not just sports. It can also be intellectual pursuits.
Look at the kids who are in the top tier spelling bee competitions, and then look at their parents, and tell me whose dreams are coming true.
Same thing for a lot of child prodigies. A lot of child prodigies suddenly become less “prodigious” the moment they move away from their parents.
Same goes for so many different things. Child beauty pageants are another famous example.
Obviously this doesn’t mean all of the kids who do these activities are being pushed by their parents. Some of them are self motivated. Some are not.
Look at the kids who are in the top tier spelling bee competitions, and then look at their parents, and tell me whose dreams are coming true.
HA! My kid keeps winning her class and then flaming out in the school bee because studying spelling is boring!
Yep.
There’s definitely a difference between encouraging your kid in their extracurricular activities and living vicariously through them.
Oh I got one. Hanging out around and/or knowing everything about “the old high school”. Gossip is fun, “did you hear our old principal got indicted” oh snap for what?!. But if you know the inner workings of the school (and you don’t have kids there) come on man, that’s just sad.
You’ve basically just described the daily life of the people in my (small) hometown lol. So glad to be out of that place.
It’s a good feeling to be out, isn’t it?
Being a Tankie, my highschool had a Tankie-like group that would always latch onto the weirdest books and websites.
So I feel like adult Tankies are just a continuation of that highschool clique lol
