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[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Do people manually remove the date from these so it's not so obvious that it's ancient?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You say ancient, I say timeless

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

"A dog, having entered an inn, did not see anything, (and so he said): 'Shall I open this (door)?'"

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 months ago

By 7th grade some were already just taking smoke breaks.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Being the one who emptied the entirely overfilled sharpener..... Taking a good solid 4 whacks on the bin to get it to clear out enough you could just shake the rest out ..... Totally not getting stared down the whole time by literally everyone in the room... During the totally exaggerated 3 minute long shake out. Then proceed to sharpen pencil. Don't forget to empty the sharpener again.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

That definitely unlocked some childhood memories, lol

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

Good chance to stretch the legs and get the blood flowing.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

With that big ass crank sharpener that was screwed to the counter beside the bin :)

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

ass-crank sharpener

Ouch

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Omg. 100 percent.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Get up to sharpen a pencil every 15 to 30, with building anxiety the longer you wait

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Mechanical pencils are vapes?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

so accuracte. never got to the point of refilling a mechanical pencil though id lose them like everyday

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

He's wrong for calling it a bin. Gross.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

I don't think this experience is as universal as some people might think. Maybe it's because I grew up in a poor district, but most of those wall mounted sharpeners at the "bin" were broken or had been removed decades prior. And in the few select cases where they existed and were functional, the teachers would absolutely no put up with kids taking frequent or extended sharpening breaks.