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[–] [email protected] 34 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Relevant XKCD
and I find it actually worrysome that a maintainer has to spend their evening working on lemmy rather than having fun. (And also kinda worrysome that they're forced to go to a prom)

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago

I didn't even go to my prom. Don't think anybody forces you to go to prom.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 10 months ago

Other websites: "You guys always act like you're better than me!"

Lemmy:

[–] JohnnyCanuck 25 points 10 months ago

Screw these other people saying this is sad. This is awesome! I spent many a Friday night at home programming or gaming and told my friends my parents wouldn't let me go out. You get to go to prom with your friends and geek out, fucking perfect.

I see a successful life in your future!

[–] [email protected] 19 points 10 months ago (1 children)

mfw he's looking at the next bug or pull request straight off his phone lol

truly a richard stallman moment

[–] dullbananas 8 points 10 months ago

Socially acceptable thinkpad

[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago

You may not like it, but this is what commitment looks like.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago (5 children)

That really is depressing.

That young kid should be enjoying this one special night that they'll remember for the rest of their life, not buried in their phone screen working on something.

I hope whatever they were doing didn't take long, and they were able to put the phone away and make some lifelong memories <3

[–] dullbananas 129 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Don't worry, this was the funnest thing to do before enough people showed up

Also, prom is not a freaking sacrament

[–] rbesfe 97 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (5 children)

Prom is really not all that special, it's a formal for high-schoolers. I could barely remember mine by the time I finished college

[–] [email protected] 28 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Prom is definitely something the media pushes to be more important that it is in reality. It's fun, I liked going, but after high school it's pretty meaningless.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago

You have to remember how many people peaked in highschool, married their highschool girlfriend, never went to college, had kids in their early 20s, etc. Not saying any of those things are bad, but highschool can be pretty definitive for some people.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

"The Media" is at fault!

CNN is Big Prom!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

“The Media” as in Disney and Warner more than news imho

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Should have been obvious considering the number of movies (especially 90s and early 2000s) that revolve around some big activity that must happen before/during/after prom.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Well, some people peak in high-school so it depends.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Kid who's already maintaining production software definitely won't peak in high school.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

I wasn't talking about them. I was talking about people who put so much importance in prom.

[–] dullbananas 2 points 10 months ago

I will peak in the beatific vision

[–] [email protected] 20 points 10 months ago

Hell, nobody in my class cared about it after a week.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I skipped mine to go to a music festival instead. I've never once regretted it lmao

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

I skipped mine because they would have bullied the fuck out of me.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

My high school didn't have one on account of being a small alternative school. But, given the option, music festival would have been much more memorable.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Might this have something to do with alcohol and other drugs abuse in college? /j

[–] [email protected] 20 points 10 months ago

Lifelong memories? Bruh I barely even remember prom. There are so many poignant memories that outshine that and I’m barely 31

🤣

Point is: leave OP alone, they’ll be fine :)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

I didn't even get to experience Prom cause it got canceled due to COVID

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Meh prom is not that special. If I knew I would have rather spent my time programming or playing

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago

Sharp looking suit op!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago

High ranking on the cool-things-to-do-while-at-prom list. It's also an example of adulting while among mermaids.

To be fair when I was of prom age, most prom-goers hoped to get simultaneously high and laid. I'm not sure how 21st century proms compare.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

This is just sad. And posting a picture of yourself doing it? What a desperate cry for attention.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

Thank you for your service

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

His pants boner goes straight through the table.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Rock on, OP. Hope you had fun.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

How did you manage to keep all the guys and girls from trying to fuck you right then and there?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

What a freaking CHAD. 😩

[–] [email protected] -2 points 10 months ago