I was explaining to my husband about pep rallies in US high schools.

[djohngo@mastodon.social]

@dillyd I remember I had a hack so I never had to go to those, but I can't remember what it was now. It probably had something to do with being in chorus.

[lydiaschoch@mastodon.social]

@dillyd I just asked my Canadian-born spouse about it and received an equally puzzled response. 😂

Maybe it’s a U.S. thing.

[wanderinghermit@mindly.social]

@dillyd

Yes this. And the rallies were all about how we were better than some other school. Which was, of course, completely indistinguishable from our school except for the zip code.

[geonz@mathstodon.xyz]

@dillyd My mother who went to high school in the 1940s said pep rallies were *fun* for them. There was, actual, school spirit. She was *not* the kind of person who'd "have fun" because it was a group thing... it was real energy.

[thezorse@hear-me.social]

@dillyd

I had a few in my Canadian high school. I thought they were lame... but at that age I thought everything was lame. 😂

[pomegranate_stew@kind.social]

@dillyd
They were so awful. Once when we were seniors we almost had a teacher convinced to let our class stay and do homework in the classroom, but she ended up making us go in the end.

I played sports and still didn’t care about them.

[dillyd@turtleisland.social]

@pomegranate_stew they were horrid. I enjoyed playing sports, but not being forced to cheer for the boys teams.

[dillyd@turtleisland.social]

@TheZorse ok but those things really *were* lame

[dillyd@turtleisland.social]

@laughingmaus yes! You're in one too?

[dillyd@turtleisland.social]

@smilingheretic totally a lot of people loved them. I don't think they had to force the rest of us.

[dillyd@turtleisland.social]

@wanderinghermit later in life, I worked with a woman who had attended the rival high school, and she still thought they were better 😂
Those local rivalries never lose their hold for some people.

[dillyd@turtleisland.social]

@geonz I'm sure they were fun for some of my classmates too. Just not for me.

[wanderinghermit@mindly.social]

@dillyd

Yeah, I find that sad.

[geonz@mathstodon.xyz]

@dillyd Or me!!!! I was astonished at the idea that ... it was good energy. For me it was bullshit.

[thezorse@hear-me.social]

@dillyd

Haha, I was thinking after I posted that that I would probably feel the same way today. But maybe more politely.

[bikil@mastoart.social]

@dillyd gods, I truly hated going to those