On Sunday, October 18, 2020 at 9:47:30 AM UTC-10, Pamela wrote:
> On 19:59 18 Oct 2020, dsi1 said:
>
> > On Sunday, October 18, 2020 at 7:29:40 AM UTC-10, Bryan Simmons wrote:
> >> On Sunday, October 18, 2020 at 12:08:42 PM UTC-5,
> >> wro
> > te:
> >> > On 10/18/2020 12:42 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> >> > > On 2020-10-18 12:22 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
> >> > > how would you know, since you never watched?
> >> > >>>
> >> > >> I've never watched it either, but I vaguely get your references,
> >> > >> Gar
> > y.
> >> > >> To me, it's like watching Sean Penn in whatever that other stoner
> >> > >> movie was. Not my cup of tea.
> >> > >>
> >> > >> I have no idea why Bryan is bragging about smoking pot before
> >> > >> going
> > to
> >> > >> class.
> >> > >
> >> > > It is a form of virtue signalling. Back in his school days he
> >> > > thought
> > it
> >> > > was cool to go to class stoned, so now he is advertising that he
> >> > > was
> >
> >> > > cool back then... in his own mind.
> >> > >
> >> > Call it what you want, apparently lots of us were "cool" back in the
> >> > day. We just didn't get stoned before going to class. I, for one,
> >> > paid
> >
> >> > attention in class and got very good grades. I was serious about
> >> > school; fun time was reserved for after school let out.
> >>
> >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXIw1BvfEQ8
> >>
> >> Life greatly improved after I tested out of high school.
> >> >
> >> > Jill
> >>
> >> --Bryan
> >
> > Things generally improve after the underachiever leaves high school. I
> > don't use "underachiever" in a pejorative way. It simply means that the
> > student is not performing up to the levels they're capable of. Mostly,
> > it means that the student (usually male) is bored out of their skulls.
>
> Or takes drugs.
>
> > These students need all the diversions they can get to survive!
>
> More drugs maybe?

I don't know. A diversion is a diversion is a diversion.