Weird. I definitely didn't participate in that contest, but maybe I signed up to get one. That rings a bell. Thanks for the info.
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Weird things from your youth.
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Weird. I definitely didn't participate in that contest, but maybe I signed up to get one. That rings a bell. Thanks for the info.
CarpeDeezNutz
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There was a thread here a few years back, that may have had a link to a thread from a few years prior to that, where people were trying to figure out where that "S" came from. No one knows, it's one of life's great mysteries.
yeah here's one of them:http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=510711
yeah here's one of them:http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=510711
Ziltoidia 9
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I think it started in the late 70s. I also know its pretty nationally done too. I always thought it was just something from my area but the internet in mid 2000s made me realize it wasn't.
EDIT: http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/super-s-stussy
Or not, seems to be from 50s.
Mexen
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Memeception
Whimsical Phil
Ninja School will help you
Mexen
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Holy shit! Is there a thread for everything? I should make a thread asking that, shouldn't I?
CarpeDeezNutz
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I made a thread about the S sign too. There has to be an explanation somewhere!
Nappuccino
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I used to think the D in Dinsey was a backwards G, don't ask me why...
I thought the castle in the logo was a birthday cake when I was three. Made everyone laugh by loudly proclaiming this idea at the screen of Little Mermaid my parents took me to.
Rhomega Beta
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I never put too much thought into that S. I always thought it was the logo for some band, like Skrillex or something. Then I saw this video a few months ago and it got me wondering.
People seemed to not care where their children went unsupervised. I noticed this when my family finally had enough money to move into a proper house in a nice area. This was a bit before cell phones. Children basically 6 and older could run around all over the neighborhood and throughout the local park without a care in the world. Now someone sees a six year old by himself someplace and they're ready to call child services.
_StreetSonic_
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For some reason my parents let me go outside by myself when I was 3 - 4. This was in South Korea. One time I didn't come back with my friend until night time and my mom was freaked out. I still had a lot of outside freedom until I was about 14. I don't know what made my mom become strict, but even as an adult and living in her home she freaks out if I go out at 7pm to the movies, grocery store, etc. She doesn't get freaked out if she needs to send me out to get food, alcohol, etc.
Fixed that for ya.
Polioliolio
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Touching is good.
lol, life is much less RPG like now that you can't find random stashes of stuff in the woods.
people don't feed dogs bones automatically anymore. I remember a time when dogs = eating bones. Now dogs = choking on bones and dying.
Basically, dogs have become little bitches.
CarpeDeezNutz
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There has to be an explanation for it... THERE HAS TO BE!
Retromelon
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When i was in kindergarten i struck a deal with a kid: if he would teach me to draw a fish, i would teach him how to read. He kept up his end of the bargain, but when i tried to fulfill my end i realized that im 4 years old and i have no fucking idea how to do that, and i gave up trying. A day or two later he stepped on my ear while i slept at naptime in retribution. What the fuck, jermaine.
Enter the Dragon Punch
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Kitsunebaby
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My middle school served funnel cakes. I had one of those and a Hawaiian Punch every day for lunch. I'd give anything to have that metabolism back.
Subpar Spatula
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Abandoned houses were fun. We would create tunnels through the walls. It sucked they eventually destroyed the house. Well, it was worth being abducted that one summer.
After the invention of technicolor dogshit in the 90's white dogshit slowly became obsolete.
Just imagine what kids see now adays; 60fps HD dogshit with added yellow.
Fuck this shit. I got jumped in middle school over it. Lol.
Son of a bitch.
17 Seconds
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pogs.
everybody had fucking pogs but none of us actually played the game you were supposed to play with them. i had a metal slammer that had it's own plastic case. what the hell
everybody had fucking pogs but none of us actually played the game you were supposed to play with them. i had a metal slammer that had it's own plastic case. what the hell
Killer Queen
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For a second I thought you were talking about a human...Not that it makes it much better
Mistake
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My family was always a little dark, but in a weird way. My grandfather was an optometrist, and once put a cut out pair of eyes into a rectangular window, that peered into the meeting room at his office. He told me "no matter where you go in this room, those eyes will see you." I was only 6 but thought it was cool. When we drove, one of his favorite jokes were "how many people are dead in that graveyard?" You try to count and he says "All of them" haha. Me and my brother would also play hide and seek at graveyards now that I think of it.
Lastly, my mother read me all the usual stories like mother goose, but would also read from the book Mysteries of the Unexplained or Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Lastly, my mother read me all the usual stories like mother goose, but would also read from the book Mysteries of the Unexplained or Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Stuggernaut
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Never did the S thing, but drew this thing a lot (just now too ;P)
hahahaha so good. Man my arm hurt so much
adamsappel
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Porn mags (and I guess those are a thing that don't really exist anymore, either) used to be displayed openly wherever they were sold; in the supermarket, at drugstores, newsstands, etc., even though they also had exposed nipples and asses, or were otherwise salaciously semi-naked.
paragonpro
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The old THX logo was so loud that it scared the shit out of me as a kid.
That thing seemed like a stress test.
Is this too loud? How about now? HOW ABOUT NOW?!!?!
I think every school had a teacher or two who were too "friendly".
I used to think the D in Dinsey was a backwards G, don't ask me why...
Me too.
theusedversion
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My high school used to have a legit smoking section for students. It was no longer in use by the time I came through but always thought that it was bizarre. Luckily, I had a parent as a teacher there so I would sign out every day to go smoke and take a shit at home.
The first time I ever saw porn was when a traveling church youth group stayed at our house. They pulled it out that night and we all watched it. While everyone was sleeping, I got up and hid it under my bed so I could keep it. I just played dumb when they woke up. I wore that shit out.
The first time I ever saw porn was when a traveling church youth group stayed at our house. They pulled it out that night and we all watched it. While everyone was sleeping, I got up and hid it under my bed so I could keep it. I just played dumb when they woke up. I wore that shit out.
I used to think the D in Dinsey was a backwards G, don't ask me why...
I thought Disney was spelled with a "p" at the end for the longest time in elementary school.
SolarMystic
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Hot fries (kinda like hot cheetos)
I also had a pizza hut in school
Seeing porn for the first time on dial up internet. (also kids bringing porn magazines to school hidden in folders or other magazines)
Good times
I also had a pizza hut in school
Seeing porn for the first time on dial up internet. (also kids bringing porn magazines to school hidden in folders or other magazines)
Good times
Is this still a thing?
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