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[OC] Lemmy maintainer works on Lemmy while at prom (lemmy.ca)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I asked the person who broke my school laptop to take this picture of me

On the screen: https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/4612

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[–] [email protected] 97 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 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 6 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 6 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 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

"The Media" is at fault!

CNN is Big Prom!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 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] 1 points 6 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 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] 5 points 6 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 26 points 6 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

I will peak in the beatific vision

[–] [email protected] 20 points 6 months ago

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