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TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months ago

In the US one can graduate cum laude, magna cum laude, and summa cum laude. There should be another honor added if you survive a school shooting.

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In the US one can graduate cum laude, magna cum laude, and summa cum laude. There should be another honor added if you survive a school shooting.

TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months ago
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  • Manjushri@piefed.social
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    .357 Magnum cum laude.

    • Optional@lemmy.world
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      Dang. Missed it by . . . 6 hours.

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    Isn’t that just graduating?

    • TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.comOP
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      if being part of the state requires mandatory public schooling, and that mandatory participation has changed in 40 years to become more violent and bloody, and the state won’t protect those required to be there, then those honors need to be spoken to at graduation.

      The world has changed in US schools dramatically. I think that we need to let those affected be part of a highly visible group that could incite change in the future. What a voting block to appeal to for change.

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        I was just making a joke about how common school shootings tragically are ✌️

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        I believe that they were joking that nearly every student survives one

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          But it would also create a social group for recognizing how many people have had to experience one.

          I mean … as a US citizen I have been more well informed by the media about US soybean farmers than the demographic “survived a school shooting”.

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      We really do live in a manifestation of south park

      • MotoAsh@piefed.socialBanned
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        You have it backwards. South Park is a parody of real life. It was always meant to share lots of correlation. It’s literally made to.

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    traumata cum laude

  • Ricky Rigatoni@retrolemmy.com
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    That’s a lot of cum

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      Bukkake cum latte.

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        The barista would still spell my fuckin name wrong

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    I was at my wife’s work holiday party last night.

    They had a clever icebreaker bingo game with facts about the attendees. One person’s was “survived three school shootings.” I found her and got a bingo. The prize was a $10 doordash gift card.

    Lame prize, great game idea. Terrible that this has happened to her but she’s a bright and cheerful woman.

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      I had an icebreaker event at like a new employee orientation thing where we did two truths and a lie.

      One person said “I have cancer”. That turned out to be her lie.

      Who the fuck lies about that? Like everyone knows someone who has or had (and possibly lost to) cancer. That’s in incredibly bad taste. There’s morbid humor and then there’s…something else.

      She didn’t last long there.

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      She probably has a great serpentine, too.

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    I think graduation ceremonies should include a speech from the lowest ranked graduate. Let’s hear from both sides.

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      “WOOOOOOO!!! I AIN’T GOTTA GO TO SCHOOL NO MOE! GONNA SMOKE WEED EVERYDAY!”

      Half the audience nods. The other half shakes their head in disapproval.

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        and the chill people yell “hell yeah”

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    I always cum pretty laude

  • TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.comOP
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    cum proelium, manga cum proelium, and summa cum proelium

    survived one shooting, survived two shootings, survived three+ shootings

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      Would battle be right? I don’t know if people are fighting back in shootings. I think it would be to run away, per “Pumped Up Kicks” so

      cum fuga, magna cum fuga, maxima cum fuga?

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        People are definitely fighting back, not all of them, but there are fighters.

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        Maybe impetus

        cum impetu, magno cum impetu, summo cum impetu

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    Ammo cum laude

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    Gun laude?

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      Yes guns are loud, they already know

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    deleted by creator

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      Take the /s away, and you have summerized all of Florida.

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        Sir, where is the meth.

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          Florida.

          Just…ALL of Florida.

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    Look we have enough participation trophies, we don’t want to bog down the ceremonies with another 400 awards. Also some of these people will be limping, possibly in wheelchairs. And god forbid we have a shooting at the event and we didn’t bring enough medals.

    I kinda feel like this is sarcasm but I’m not even sure any more. How did we get here?

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    well this one’s a bummer. here’s your upvote.

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    Semi-auto cum laude

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    Please mark this NSFW

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