“I went to school in the ’80s. We intermingled. It was not often you saw a stoner hanging out with a goat roper/cowboy or drama kids hanging out with the jocks, but most of groups intermingled.” —TexasOkieInSeattle “If there really were parties with all that drinking and sex, I sure as hell wasn’t invited to any of them.” —we_are_sex_bobomb “Napoleon Dynamite captured Preston, Idaho high school life circa late ’90s/early ’00s better than any other movie has ever captured anything.” —SHALLOWassgasm “You forgot the part where a teacher catches you running to your next class and makes you turn around and walk from the end of the hallway, making you late for the third time which means you have to spend the first half of class at the principal’s office.” —dizzykitty “The John Hughes rich kid, poor kid cliches were not accurate. I went to high school in Newport Beach, CA, in a very wealthy neighborhood. Some of the most popular kids were not wealthy. In fact, several of the most popular kids were from single-parent working-class homes.” —simikoi “And nobody actually gets stuffed in a locker.” —The_Nomadic_Nerd “Prom also much less elaborate than on TV in terms of theme and decor. They’re basically just balloons in a hotel ballroom.” —meredithedith0 “I notice you didn’t say none. 👀” —thedustynerve
