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Title: HS graduations are just the worst
Post by: OK_Cat on May 22, 2014, 10:24:57 PM
You sit through the tedious amount of time watching hundreds of punk kids walking to their seats, then listen to some random 18 year old give other 18 year olds life advice, then you listen to some random politician talk about something nobody cares about, and then you sit through the names being called of hundreds of punk kids that you don't care about until you get to the one name you know, and then you sit some more until you go home.

I mean, for fucks sake.  I didn't even mention the rednecks blasting airhorns and shouting 'that's my boy!'
Title: Re: HS graduations are just the worst
Post by: Pete on May 22, 2014, 10:51:08 PM
And the obligatory, "please save your applause for the end," and then the directly proportional "screams/yells" from family to white trashiness ratio when the kid is announced.  "WOOOOO BRANDI, WOOOOOOOOO!!!!"


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Title: Re: HS graduations are just the worst
Post by: bones129 on May 22, 2014, 10:55:56 PM
You sit through the tedious amount of time watching hundreds of punk kids walking to their seats, then listen to some random 18 year old give other 18 year olds life advice, then you listen to some random politician talk about something nobody cares about, and then you sit through the names being called of hundreds of punk kids that you don't care about until you get to the one name you know, and then you sit some more until you go home.

I mean, for fucks sake.  I didn't even mention the rednecks blasting airhorns and shouting 'that's my boy!'

Perfect analysis, right down to the airhorns.  :thumbs:
Title: Re: HS graduations are just the worst
Post by: OK_Cat on May 22, 2014, 10:57:14 PM
Probably time to just mail diplomas through the usps. Even-day delivery, of course
Title: Re: HS graduations are just the worst
Post by: hemmy on May 22, 2014, 10:58:40 PM
My favorite is when the kids get up and talk about high school being the best times of their life. Good grief.
Title: Re: HS graduations are just the worst
Post by: The Big Train on May 22, 2014, 11:05:36 PM
My favorite is when the kids get up and talk about high school being the best times of their life. Good grief.

For some it probably will be  :frown:
Title: HS graduations are just the worst
Post by: Pete on May 22, 2014, 11:05:53 PM
My favorite is when the kids get up and talk about high school being the best times of their life. Good grief.

For some, I am sure this is true. The homecoming king at my school was a multisport hero who ended up getting busted for selling meth out of his factory job locker within 2 years of graduating high school.

In contrast, I knew when I graduated college that the college years would be hard to beat because it was a utopian dream come true...great friends, unbridled freedom, little accountability, hot girls, intellectual expansion, play station...


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Title: Re: HS graduations are just the worst
Post by: Stevesie60 on May 23, 2014, 01:13:53 AM
College graduations are much worse.
Title: Re: HS graduations are just the worst
Post by: nicname on May 23, 2014, 01:18:11 AM
Take it to the snob thread.
Title: Re: HS graduations are just the worst
Post by: 420seriouscat69 on May 23, 2014, 07:00:36 AM
College graduations are much worse.
More meaningful tho.
Title: Re: HS graduations are just the worst
Post by: The1BigWillie on May 23, 2014, 08:07:31 AM
Graduating from high school isn't a big deal.  NOT graduating from high school is a big deal.  Graduations are literally worse than weddings. 
Title: Re: HS graduations are just the worst
Post by: Tobias on May 23, 2014, 08:10:25 AM
well weddings are totally sweet so a graduation would have to be pretty badass
Title: Re: HS graduations are just the worst
Post by: the_ugly_clown on May 23, 2014, 08:21:24 AM
college grads are WAY worse. but they both really suck.
Title: Re: HS graduations are just the worst
Post by: Mrs. Gooch on May 23, 2014, 08:46:38 AM
During college graduations I like to entertain myself by reading the titles of all the MS and PhD theses.
Title: Re: HS graduations are just the worst
Post by: Cartierfor3 on May 23, 2014, 10:07:06 AM
They're kinda boring but I've been to like 3 ever including my own so its not like a huge chunk of my life. Think of all the precious time wasted on commercials.
Title: Re: HS graduations are just the worst
Post by: steve dave on May 23, 2014, 10:12:02 AM
hooding ceremonies are the worst of the worst. it's a contest to see who can be the most self important pompous unemployable blowhard for an hour and a half.
Title: Re: HS graduations are just the worst
Post by: Panjandrum on May 23, 2014, 10:13:28 AM
Every HS Graduation I've attended since "Rent" came out played "Seasons of Love".

Every.  Single.  One.
Title: Re: HS graduations are just the worst
Post by: Brock Landers on May 23, 2014, 10:44:43 AM
http://goEMAW.com/forum/index.php?topic=21057.0 (http://goEMAW.com/forum/index.php?topic=21057.0)

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Guess what, kids: Passing 8th grade doesn't get you crap in my book. You haven't graduated from jack crap yet. It is not something to be celebrated or treated like some big accomplishment
Title: Re: HS graduations are just the worst
Post by: slobber on May 23, 2014, 10:55:40 AM
http://goEMAW.com/forum/index.php?topic=21057.0 (http://goEMAW.com/forum/index.php?topic=21057.0)

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Guess what, kids: Passing 8th grade doesn't get you crap in my book. You haven't graduated from jack crap yet. It is not something to be celebrated or treated like some big accomplishment
The same should be said for pre-school and kindergarten. GTFOOH with those boring ass, meaningless graduations.
Title: Re: HS graduations are just the worst
Post by: SkinnyBenny on May 23, 2014, 11:14:43 AM
Was just about to post that, but somebody dug up an old thread. Good call. 8th grade graduation? Are you srsly making people come sit for an hour for that?
Title: Re: HS graduations are just the worst
Post by: Pete on May 23, 2014, 02:31:44 PM

hooding ceremonies are the worst of the worst. it's a contest to see who can be the most self important pompous unemployable blowhard for an hour and a half.

Oh man, I can picture this. 


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Title: Re: HS graduations are just the worst
Post by: CHONGS on May 23, 2014, 02:43:20 PM
hooding ceremonies are the worst of the worst. it's a contest to see who can be the most self important pompous unemployable blowhard for an hour and a half.
Glad I skipped mine.

#chingonbrag #yabang
Title: Re: HS graduations are just the worst
Post by: star seed 7 on May 23, 2014, 04:40:50 PM
i had to google hooding ceremony because i assumed it was klan related
Title: Re: HS graduations are just the worst
Post by: Pete on May 23, 2014, 06:09:47 PM

hooding ceremonies are the worst of the worst. it's a contest to see who can be the most self important pompous unemployable blowhard for an hour and a half.
Glad I skipped mine.

#chingonbrag #yabang

I will be attending one Spring 2016.  I may bring an air horn.


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Title: Re: HS graduations are just the worst
Post by: Winters on May 24, 2014, 11:30:44 AM
Why don't you just read goEMAW during a graduation ceremony  :dunno: