• LogicalDrivel@sopuli.xyz
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    15 hours ago

    Omg you just reminded me of something. In my elementary school, they banned slap bracelets. Not because they could cut you or any “normal” reason like all the other schools, but because they were “gang paraphernalia”. Yep. If you wore a slap bracelet in my elementary school, you would get detention cus only gang members wore slap bracelets.

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      5 hours ago

      If you think about it, that was kind of a civics lesson. The Authority will brand anything they don’t like as criminal activity.

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      14 hours ago

      I was in high school when the Simpsons was still pretty new, and there was some popular Bart t-shirt at the time that got the word “hell” banned on any clothing.

      All while the school mascot is the Blue Devil.

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      15 hours ago

      Our list of gang affiliated clothing was so long the teachers couldn’t remember what to enforce. They didn’t dress code anyone because they’d have to start following the rules for everyone.

      It included: bandanas, slouchy toques, white tank tops, black hoodies, red or blue hats, and red or blue shirts.

      Fun fact: The school sports teams wore black hoodies with gold logos.