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[Horse Detective]

Fairly straightforward, but provide why or why not.


Since Gaf is largely largely liberal, tech knowledgeable, artistic, and mainly knowledgeable of gaming, I thought it would be interesting to know what your high school life was like, since you all seem to be unique in many ways.

Given the pretty dark humored nature of this community (and myself), I would imagine some parts of high school were rather annoying.



To add my own input, I did not have much of a personality that would show in front of anyone. I made friends pretty much whenever I would draw something in front of someone I did not know. Instant conversation starter. It was always my way of squirming into groups I would otherwise never fit in. Its amazing how many Hypebeast, graffiti obsessed teenagers could fall for such a ruse. My humor was never in tune with the sort of things typical people would find funny, nor attractive. I managed, though.


That being said, I was home schooled junior and senior year.

 

[CrazyDude]

Half and half.

 

[NotTheGuyYouKill]

I was tolerated. I was just... I dunno, that guy, hung out in the back of the class, got decent grades, didn't do much, was nerdish and hung out inside or wandered around during lunch.

 

[Karsticles]

Everyone handles me differently. Generally, they are scared at first, and then slowly come to find me charming yet disturbing.

 

[Fantastical]

I'm pretty sure everyone thought I was kind of weird, and they were probably right. I think I was still well liked. I was very nice to people and never got into any trouble. I think I liked to help people, but I was pretty quiet around people I didn't know. I could feel the awkwardness sometimes, but I just didn't really want to socialize as much as most people I suppose. When I met people and talked to them for a while I opened up. I don't know, I've learned my perceptions about myself are extremely messed up. I always think people don't like me, but then I learn that people generally really like me.

I mean, I'm still pretty much that way. High school was only 2 years ago.

 

[Persona7]

I was strangely popular for some reason. Everyone knew me.

Which was weird because I am introverted and mainly stuck with a close group of friends and ignored almost everyone else unless they talked to me.

 

[WrenchNinja]

I was a pretty friendly dude in high school.

If they didn't like me, well then they were pretty good at not showing it.

 

[CliqWriter]

I was actually pretty popular during high school for several reasons.
1- I was a twin.
2- I ran varsity track/xc
3- My neighborhood was pretty popular so everyone who lived there was known to some crowds.

Do to me being a pretty nice person, I was known and liked by a lot of people. Some of my ex's guy friends didn't like me, but that is to be expected.

 

[Salsa]

yup but i wasnt necesarelly super popular or anything

got along with people from various "groups", had some girlfriends over the years. Pretty regular experience.

 

[Pappasman]

I was a pretty friendly dude in high school.

If they didn't like me, well then they were pretty good at not showing it.

Same here. If they weren't my friend, they certainly didn't hate me.

 

[triplestation]

I was quiet because I didn't wanna pretend to be social. I'm still this way..

 

[PigSpeakers]

I was funny, or at least people in high school thought I was, and I wasn't really afraid to tell jokes in some of my classes. In some classes I was outward and sort of a troublemaker, in other classes I said nothing. It really all depended on who was there. Somehow I was voted "Most Shy" in our high school year book. I thought it was strangely ironic since in order to get voted for anything, people actually had to know who you were. And by my senior year, I was definitely not shy, and a lot of people laughed about the vote.

 

[ZZMitch]

I was more popular at the beginning of high school before I broke my leg and lost my starting position on the football team, but I was well liked by most people I think.

 

[The Anti-Monitor]

I went to two.

I wasn't liked in the first one. I was rather socially awkward and pretty much everyone was a pompous dick and so fucking spoiled. I prefered to be with my nerd friends and the other girls were rather cruel about it.

In the second one I had no problem to get along with most people and my best friend basically forced me to go out and party hard. Was pretty popular afterwards.

 

[GrizzNKev]

I was pretty popular within the band/guard/percussion program, which was consistently 200+ people, so a fairly big group. When I visit to see some old friends that are still in high school I get plenty of people who barely know me excitedly screaming my name and running at me to hug me or jump all over me. I participated in every single instrument-playing group since I was the only capable piano player, so I got to know pretty much everyone.

I have reputation for being a badass moda who don't take no crap off of nobody. I was the one who had the balls to tell people off when they were being assholes to people who didn't deserve it or were too scared to stand up for themselves. If I have a problem with you, I'll say it to your face or not at all - never resorting to violence or insults, just effective and convincing words. Sometimes even the people I didn't like liked me. I dunno. Respect, I guess. I leveraged all of that to turn the most attractive Asian girl in the program into my girlfriend. We're still together.

Putting all of that together makes people remember my name.

 

[ChuyMasta]

I was the guy that sat in the middle of the room and never talked.

I hated it when teachers handed back tests and someone ALWAYS had to ask who got the highest grade.

It was usually me =/

So, I was the socially awkward nerd that not a lot of people liked. Not even other nerds liked me since I pretty much came in to the my new high school and replaced the current salutatorian. I screwed almost everyone's class rank.

The only people I talked to were..like, 2 girls that were as nerdy as me? And that happened because we were grouped together in projects and were taking pretty much the same classes.

I wonder how they are doing now....

 

[CTE]

Middle of the road. Went to all the major house parties and events, but didn't stand out. Some like the spotlight on them, but not me. Good times and all, but it was a while back now. Graduated in the mid 90's.

edit- , but....., but...., but......

 

[Jimothy]

You weren't popular at my school unless you played sports or were a class clown. I grew up playing sports with all of the popular kids, so I was kind of accepted into their group, but I never considered myself friends with them.

 

[Replicant]

I was pretty miserable in Junior high.

But I had a blast in Senior High. Because by then everyone has gone on to their specialization class (mine was Biology) and I ended up meeting people who are like-minded.

 

[Almond]

I was (and still am) extremely shy and quiet, and I never talked. That's what I was known for.

I never really had any friends in High School, I hung out with some people on a few occasions. There were a few people who seemed to like me, but I was mostly ignored by everyone else.

 

[RyougaSaotome]

I was pretty well liked and nobody ever started shit with me. I was respectful to people who treated me with respect, but there were a lot of people I didn't like (never had to let them know that). I was the token minority in a school of 150 from the 'ghetto', so I tried not to stand out more than I had to.

Most of my close friends graduated a year before me so my senior year was spent with people I was OK with but didn't particularly feel attached to.

 

[Vanillalite]

No, but I was hardly the most hated person either. I had more than my fair share of friends I hung around. I definitely wasn't part of the "in crowd," but I was hardly the guy with one friend who was picked on all day everyday that everyone tried to hate on.

 

[ronito]

I was the dude that everyone seemed to know and mostly like but no one really hung out with for some reason. So I was popular but at the same time not.

 

[CorvoSol]

Yes. JUNIOR HIGH on the other hand was horrible.

I suppose I should admit that I was nominated for both Prom King and Homecoming King but never elected (who elects a Monarch anyway?) because my constituents were the non-voting crowd. I was also the Mascot because I couldn't march in time, which meant I got to carry cheerleaders around and wear plastic armor and pretend I was a knight.

 

[Salsa]

I went to two.

Oh yeah i went to three over the years cause i repeated a year when i changed orientation. I was also a pretty terrible student, not in the sense of doing badly, but rather by simply not going and staying out with friends, and actively refusing to do stuff that i felt was a waste of time and a bad way of learning and going over subjects. Got in some discussions with some very bad teachers i had (i did this new artistic orientation and they didnt really had teachers so they put ones from other subjects to conduct those classes.. and it was pretty terrible).

I actually never finished highschool, dropped out the last year and starting going to film school. I feel pretty stupid about it now but it made sense to me at the time. Probably finishing HS this year or next through some program.

Made friends and was very social in each of them tho.

 

[ultim8p00]

I was the quiet guy who ate lunch and listened to music by himself, even though I knew people to sit with. I was kind of socially awkward, especially during my freshman year. I didn't talk much, but I somehow got the attention of a whole bunch of girls thanks to doing Newspaper and Yearbook. Did a little bit of Soccer and Track as well. Overall I had an ok amount of friends I'd say. My junior and senior years were the best.

 

[pax217]

I left high school a few years early and began college, so I didn't necessarily like people. I still walked with my class two years later and people were shocked and excited to see me back since I had told next to no one I was leaving.

People only liked me because I was ballsy/funny, not because I was anyone worth spending time with.

 

[Piggus]

For the most part, yeah. My high school was pretty awesome in that almost everyone got along really well. There were still lots of different social groups and whatnot but I had friends in pretty much all of them, as did most other people. My school district had programs in place to basically help kids understand that being a bully or creating conflicts for no good reason is a stupid idea.

 

[Soma]

People didn't hate or dislike me I guess.

I had a decent group of close friends, some of the more popular classmates knew me and said hi, but also I kept to myself a lot and I was really quiet. I was mainly known as "that guy who would draw all the time" and I was even voted Most Artistic in the Yearbook for my Senior year.

 

[Tomat]

I got along with most of my class in high school mostly because I acted like I liked everyone.

 

[Steamlord]

I was pretty well liked. I was well known because I was the percussion section leader in the marching band, and I was (and still am) really quiet and introverted so I didn't give people any reasons to dislike me.

 

[Chris R]

Probably not, but then again I did keep to myself for the most part and didn't really care what others thought. Not that uncommon I guess for an introvert.

 

[Salsa]

I did get bullied once on my first year by a really old student who was repeating for like the 4th time. Or rather than bullied i just got punched in the face really fucking hard.

 

[SleepyJohn11]

I was quiet, but I stood out just enough to be recognized and acknowledged by decent amount of people. And apparently most of them say I look like the kid from Everybody Hates Chris.

I loosley hung around with a few social circles/groups, but never any close friends. I regret never being more sociable, but I was generally well-off, no bullied or harassment.

 

[Hiltz]

I was an average kid that pretty much got along with everyone, but was not part of the popular crowd or with the nerds. While I kept quiet during class, I was known for being a friendly and funny kid as well as "one of the triplets." I refused to do drugs and follow trends like bleached hair, ear piercings, wearing long shorts, and letting one' jeans sag. I also hated the whole first bumping thing.

High school was more enjoyable than middle school for me.

 

[Symphonic]

I had a small group of friends and we enjoyed each other and completely ignored/were completely ignored by everyone else. It was nice.

 

[fanboi]

Yes, one of the most liked actually.

 

[Horse Detective]

I did get bullied once on my first year by a really old student who was repeating for like the 4th time. Or rather than bullied i just got punched in the face really fucking hard.

Can you explain?

 

[ReBurn]

There were only two people I didn't get along with in high school. My class was small, about 80 people, so I knew pretty much everyone. High school was pretty much like anything else. You get out of it what you put into it.

 

[RiccochetJ]

Liked by most, tolerated by others. There was no real 'Popular' group in high school. Just a lot of different circles and not one was really considered better than the other when it came down to it.

Junior High though... Ugh. That was hell. You could be popular or hated depending on who was hitting puberty.

 

[Appleman]

Yep! I had nothing but good experiences.

Elementary school was fantastic too, but it's just gotten better for me.

Elementary<High School<University

 

[Salsa]

Can you explain?

it was like the third day of my first year and this dude was clearly an asshole but i needed a pen real quick and he was sitting besides me so i asked him for one. Forgot to give it back and by the time the bell ringed he was out waiting for me and just straight up punched me in the face.

Just lookin for an excuse to look tough in front of others and whatnot.

 

[fanboi]

it was like the third day of my first year and this dude was clearly an asshole but i needed a pen real quick and he was sitting besides me so i asked him for one. Forgot to give it back and by the time the bell ringed he was out waiting for me and just straight up punched me in the face.

Just lookin for an excuse to look tough in front of others and whatnot.

You smanged his girlfriend didn't you?

 

[Bladenic]

I was decently popular I figure, considering I got top 10 for Homecoming Court. I think I was well liked too.

 

[Quick]

I'd like to think I was liked. Realistically? Maybe just thought I was just OK, and was fine enough to hang with.

My friends were popular, knew the cool kids, etc. I was sort of a straggler since a couple of my best friends were part of that. I say "sort of" because I managed to blend in just fine, but half of them probably wouldn't hang out with me without my best friends.

Some of them grew to become good friends, and some just drifted away.

Weird moment in high school was when I was eating lunch, and a random girl called me over, knowing my name and saying, "sorry about your girlfriend breaking up with you."

 

[Zekes!]

I was pretty quiet in high school, but generally everybody liked me, or at least, didn't think ill of me. My graduating class wasn't overly big, and I grew up with some of them, so that had a little to do with it.

Kids in the grades under me always seemed to like me, especially after I started dating a girl in grade 10 when I was in grade 12. It's been years since then, but I still meet people from my ex's grad class who know me be name, yet I don't know at all.

 

[Plywood]

I was teased a lot in middle school. Got into a fight with one kid and even came close to stabbing another with scissors. By the end of my time with high school I just decided it was best to be the quiet kid.

 

[luckyboyceo]

Overall, I was liked. Not insanely popular, but definitely well liked.

Though my high school career was pretty split. It wasn't until my Senior year that I really started to figure things out and ditch that awkward persona.

 

[Foxy Fox 39]

Prom King Gaf represent!

 

[umop_3pisdn]

I was pretty aloof in high school. I had a wannabe-bohemian/pre-'hipster' clique of friends, and was basically friendly-indifferent towards everyone else. I don't think I really let many people know me enough for them to like me, but I wasn't really invisible and I don't think anyone held me in contempt either.