r/Nonpoliticaltwitter | i did a ruh-roh...

[@President_Starscream]

Never fight someone who can look up your nose.

[@RealRexRiplash]

Thank you, Starscream. May the votes be in your favor!

[@RockingNeverland_]

Never fight someone who can spit on your head.

[@RealRexRiplash]

@@RockingNeverland_ The shorter somebody is, the closer a man's weakest point is

[@RockingNeverland_]

@@RealRexRiplash Nothing that concerns me lol

[@jojomaster7675]

Never fight someone who can summon lightning at will

[@elizabethmactavish739]

When I was in elementary school back in the 1980's to 1990's we had d.e.a.r f.r.e.d reading compation where with in a month each student all together had to read a certain number of books and if us students met/went over the goal the principal sat on the roof of the school for a day and did her work from there. It was basically an incentive for us students to read more

[@SwagMoneyBabyyy]

Did you kids hate your principal or something cuz that is VERY odd and specific

[@elizabethmactavish739]

We didn't hate our principle. That was something that she had come up with. And did that in the spring time on a nice warm day

[@TheOblongTomato]

What's the f.r.e.d.?

[@prunseltheeye]

@@elizabethmactavish739 oh ok

[@rccook3269]

We would have a half day of reading, but NEVER a full day in Jammies! That would have been the greatest!!!

[@Vaenicus]

I had the DEAR thing. One time I brought a big ass can of pineapple slices and after I pulled it out the teacher just looked at me and said ".....no"

[@A._.Neill26]

Super villain origin story right here.

[@consumingkazoos]

bbbut pineappy slice :(

[@Just_a_commenter]

Non-political Twitter is my favorite form of Twitter. Just curated bad takes to laugh at, memes, and funny moments. Never did D.E.A.R. at my school, though. Also, tip for short people wanting to be briefly tall: sweep the legs of the tall folk. Just be ready to run.

[@Tha-mountain]

stopppp

[@DrZaius3141]

No need to run. Tall folk generally have bad balance and coordination and because they will crash down from considerable height, their ability for any kind of chase is severely hamstrung.

[@DarkLatexKing]

Ugh here before it blows up again..

[@bstrd5573]

@@DrZaius3141 As a moderately tall folk I must disagree. Developing good balancing abilities can be a matter of life and death. And there is almost no exaggeration

[@vixievulpixie]

why is your profile picture latias pregnant

[@kobold_sushi_executive_chef]

I think my elementary school was supposed to have D.E.A.R. at some point but didn't, and instead in 5th grade we had to read like 10 or 15 books at home and write short book reports for each one in cursive on our own time by the end of the year. I remember taking that as a challenge and ended up doing like 50. For the life of me I have no idea why I remember this so vividly as a college student.

[@rustythecrown9317]

So instead of one dissertation , you'll write , like 4?.😀

[@aroraakshaj70]

Nostalgia

[@mtw_insignio8098]

I had D.E.A.R in elementary but sadly it didnt come with a pajama party. It was basically just a designated time where everyone quietly read whatever book they were into uninterrupted fo like 15-30 min everyday. Since I liked to read as a kid it was bliss.

[@mallorywiley4718]

Not the reading logs😭

[@NbNgMOD]

I had "Jacob, what are you doing" "Nothing" "Exactly start reading" "Start learning" "Excuse me are you talking back?!" "To who? My mom" "Go to the principal"

[@Nightfire613]

My school never did d.e.a.r., but when I was in sixth grade, we did have a 15-20 minute "advisory" period every day, and my teacher decided that unless there was some advisory bs the administration wanted us working on, she was gonna read out loud to the class and you could do whatever quiet activity you wanted. Most kids just listened, some worked on homework, and others just drew. That teacher was how I found my favorite author.

[@thomasfrye6335]

On the gravity falls topic, Stan asking for the diner’s “most expired apple juice” is meant to be a reference to alcohol. After losing the shack, he was turning to alcohol.

[@benthasome]

Disney censorship makes lines so much better

[@trianglemoebius]

@@benthasome It's not just censorship, the point is he couldn't afford actual alcohol. Cider is expensive, apple juice is not - even if said apple juice has been left around so long it's fermented.

[@M_Alexander]

As a tall person who has complained about being so tall I've had to explain to short people that I have, in fact, been their height before

[@kzali901]

This ^ 🤌🌟

[@Klekeec]

Understandable, as we must ask why people are tall.

[@M_Alexander]

@@Klekeec lack of dominant restrictive genes I think; no switch cutting off growth at a specific time so it basically happens as the bones harden

[@bird_b0nezz]

Yeah like I’m 6’2, but I was 5’5 when I was 12 so like

[@trianglemoebius]

​@@bird_b0nezz As a tall (> 6 ft) person with a short (5 foot 3) wife, I've come to realize it's not really the same. As a kid you're expected to be that short, so the places where you spend most of your time are geared around that (school desks, kid beds, playground equipment, etc.) Also people are a lot more understanding when kids ask for help. Meanwhile, so much adult stuff is built just assuming that whoever uses it will be at least 5 foot 6. My experiences do not compare to hers. The good news is I can pick my wife up and carry her around and also she's perfectly snuggle sized so there's that, though.

[@falcie7743]

My school did the accelerated reader program. You read books and take a knowledge test to make sure you did read it, then you get points based on the book and your grade level. The top 5 scoring readers got to go on a limo ride to an ice cream parlor. It turns out Harry Potter books were worth tons of points. I'll never forget that ice cream.

[@skeleboy15]

oh yeah, i remember AR! never knew what it stood for, but i was always incredible at it.

[@thegodofallakira6349]

From 4th-7th grade, my school had ar points, and you got 20 dollars every time you came in first. I over tripped everyone else’s score every year

[@redhead7th]

no limo ride or ice cream parlor. but a nice little restaurant that did have soft serve swirls and taking the school bus. and it wasn't top 5 readers, there was a certain point threshold to meet (100 I think?). so I went every year this was implemented lol. I had the school record of 500+ points for the year of 5th grade. Then someone transferred to our school from 6th grade, who had never had A.R. before; tested on all of the books they've ever read; and got like 700 points or something. and then they left again after that year. I was pissed. I had just finished the last of the Harry Potter books in 5th grade, no other children's/YA novels that the school library had could compare in point value

[@tra12048]

My elementary school had a similar system, where it was basically that, only you just had to read and take enough tests to get over a certain threshold. Then, twice a year they'd hold an assembly, where everyone who got enough points got a little metal medal that was basically just a participation trophy. Nothing else, if I remember correctly. Fun stuff

[@sunfishensunfishen2271]

They couldn’t force all of us to read in Elementary school. The AR system made a lot of us kids resent books.

[@ogluqqychess4452]

AR was easy 5 questions for a picture book? 10 questions for a chapter book. Easiest pizza party I ever got into

[@kevinperron5767]

American?

[@viscountrainbows2857]

Iunno man, I was quite the bookworm in elementary school and was never forced to be 🤷🏿‍♀️ I think there is a wide margin between force and encouragement, so if you met with the former, that is unfortunate.

[@AmazingAutist]

I don't know what the AR system is. Whatever it is, it sounds like you didn't have the D.E.A.R program because that shit was fire and even the kids who didn't like reading liked it because you can just hang out and do what you want as long as it was like a minimum noise level and what you are doing involves reading of some sort

[@kevinperron5767]

@@AmazingAutist its the gun system

[@FangGangxx]

Definitely did DEAR but it was like DEAR on steroids. We'd wear PJs & the whole floor was covered with blankets. The teacher would read to us some of the books we brought while having snacks like popcorn, she ordered pizza for us and then the rest of the day we'd watch movies...I miss it so much😭

[@rustythecrown9317]

Now it's pizza parties at work and sadness.

[@courtneywoodbury5198]

I never got to set-up a Santa/tooth fairy fight, but I did get my dollar under the pillow in an Easter egg. I loved it so much that I started putting my teeth in the eggs until finally mom screwed up one night and asked 'Is it OK if it's not in an egg this time?' and I said 'AHA!' lol

[@SirPembertonS.Crevalius]

2:25 My school never had a D.E.A.R. day, we had Pajama day many times in elementary which was basically just a day of fun, snacks, and more often than not a few fun movies.

[@Akalilly]

We had D.E.A.R. days at my Elementary School. It was always great. Some students would bring pop-up tents, and others would use the tables and blankets to make forts. Half the class would just nap.

[@NoSteppie]

Scholastic book faire also was the drop everything and read day. Usually a week to buy books and a Friday to read all the books for points and tests. It was a blast!

[@erorr.sanitynotavailable6937]

7:40 Thank you for acknowledging Alex heirsh and Gravity falls. I love that show so much!

[@alexizbrown4180]

I had it one year in 1st grade and I remember it vividly cuz I got to seat near the teacher's desk cuz I was so social inept, I had no actual friends in that class. I also remember bringing in a comic book of all things instead of like a good learning book and just waiting for snacks (which we got to bring) cuz I brought oreos

[@TheDarwinProject1]

I was a 2004 graduate, so most of my schooling was the 90s. Never even heard of a DEAR program, but would have loved it 5th grade & on. We had "Silent Reading" which I think was an hour everyday, but you could also go to tutoring if you had signed up for it. I lived in WA, my 1-9 grades were in a tiny urban town & high school in moderately large city. Both schools had the "silent reading", so it must have been a state thing at least. In 7th grade, we did have a sort of program where we went down to the elementary school & helped 3rd graders learn to read, but it may have just been part of an "Honors" English class. The "READ" thing sounds a lot like the "lockdowns" (which I hope they renamed since, as that label meant something VERY different after Columbine), which the band & choir would spend the night in the gym. There was a silent area where a lot of us would read in our sleeping bags, but also some rooms for whatching movies. That was a fun time.

[@krbthewitch]

I had a d.e.a.r. hour in my class, nothing like it was described in the tweet. I'm pretty sure it was an excuse to get all of us students quiet, like the 'everyone gets a wish if you're quiet while eating bday cake' thing my family does.

[@jakesonmagtoto504]

I feel like a d.e.a.r is just a book club by this standard, except you are actually comfortable and won't have to tell how the book impacts you or what you feel about it you just read it with others so you don't feel lonely

[@Volumixen]

I was in elementary between 1997 (preschool) and 2001 or so, and I had this happen. It was wonderful for someone like me, who just loved to read

[@the_linguist_ll]

1:44 There's a linguistics paper that talks about the -ussy paper, and it includes the phrase "Margaret Thatchussy"... we spend our time well.

[@fuzzyface4515]

As someone who went to 13 different elementary schools growing up due to moving, I have experience a D.E.A.R. day in only ONE of those schools.

[@Deedoo_r]

THIRTEEN SCHOOLS‽‽‽ IN SEVEN YEAR‽‽‽

[@fuzzyface4515]

@@Deedoo_r 1 in South Carolina, 1 in England (for a whopping 8 weeks), 2 in Michigan, 3 in Utah, 3 in Idaho, 2 in Colorado and 1 in Florida. (One of the schools in Michigan did the D.A.R.E.) It felt like I was changing school districts or moving out of state every 6 months.

[@smooshiesmommy5842]

Bluey is one of the best shows I've seen in a while. My niece & son love this show. My sister & I decided to watch it with them & fell in love with it. Its a kids show that explains complicated topics in an age appropriate way without talking down or being condescending. Also plenty of stuff adults can relate to too.

[@KageDarkAngel]

something similar to the d.e.a.r. thing only happened once back in elementary school in the year 1994... and only ONCE in my life. But it wasn't for anything like d.e.a.r. It was actually because there was no budget to send all the classes of the Elementary school on field trips, so the teachers who weren't selected decided to simply tell the students they could spend the winter day doing whatever we wanted in our class rooms, so we got to bring Gameboys to school, board games, puzzles, books, and could show up in PJs and sleeping bags if we wanted. On top of that, the teachers pitched together and got us a pizza lunch. Sure it was no trip, but it was enjoyable... if a bit too loud.

[@bridgetbenson6291]

That is how I treat toothpaste. My hubby thought it was strange until I showed him how long I could make toothpaste last.

[@Mark73]

I grew ghost peppers one year. You have to put some kind of protection on the cutting board or else you'll be tasting it on anything you cut on that board even after the next two washes.

[@alaritheaurora5971]

We didn't necessarily have a WHOLE day, but we did have three days that, for the last two periods, you instead just found a book and dispersed into somewhere in the school (open hallways, open classrooms anywhere you wanted) and sat down uncomfortably on the floor because you definitely were not one of the people to remember to bring a blanket or to nab one of the preschool pillows. The school was open for friends and family to also come in and read with people. It's not as fun as you'd think it be.

[@adrienstarfaer]

0:50 No way, dude. That was an impressive burn, like, you gotta find a different gym because you cannot come back from that.

[@sipsoftea5700]

When I was a kid, I started an entire family of terrifying mii people that all had one black mole in the middle of their heads that I claimed was a hole/void. I gave them all professions, and they all lived in the same cave in the middle of the woods. They all looked very odd except for one, who looked mostly normal, and she was the outcast of the family. I had so much fun with them

[@taran-192]

We didn't have DEAR as a special day. That's what our teachers called the Eigth class of the day. You were to sit at your desk and read for the last 45 minutes of the day. Our special reading days were called 'Read-ins' and we were allowed to wear dress-code appropriate pyjamas, bring sleeping bags, blankets, and pillows to the gym and just read for the day. It was one day that occured twice per school year when other (lower or upper) grades had field-trips and the teachers with two or three school jobs had to chaperone so they were short-staffed for the rest of the school. We did have something also called a Read-a-thon where everyone in the school (Divided into elementary, intermediate, middle, and High) would be pitted against each other to see who could read the most books. The winning school division would get a pizza party (Full size slices, name-brand soda, and a movie), or some other reward, such as the principal being slimed on local TV with school-color jello and ice, or a dress-code free week.

[@KingYoite]

I had pajama day and reading day in elementary and I'm pretty sure on reading day you could literally do whatever/go wherever you wanted as long as you were reading something, even comics. It was great. People dressed in comfy clothes and brought pillows and blankets to just lie down and read for the day. (Edit: I'm from canada if that helps)

[@TotoDG]

9:24. I like the use of the word, 'failed', in there. As in, he attempted to elaborate, but was unable to do so. Which, to be fair, seems like an entirely Kramer thing to do.

[@bellablue5285]

We had RIF - reading is fundamental, and scholastic book fair (90-03). RIF was just a competition to see how many books we could read, I got a trophy one year because I had like 100s books or something in the timeframe and that kinda stood out, badly, compared to everyone else in my grade

[@vees_inurwalls]

5:58 - one of my favorites is “I threw glass at my friend’s eye and now I’m on probation” lol

[@wumbumbaroo404]

I had D.E.A.R things in LA class in middle school where we got about 10 minutes of the 35 minute class just to read. One of my la teachers would always do mustard, ketchup, and pickles where you must do something, usually like a quick little quiz about something we learned about the day before, then catch-up on missings, then pick a book or a game she had linked on her class website page thing. Im younger for reference and am still in school.

[@SunsetDragon]

3:54 One time when I was little --- probably kindergarten-aged, I can't remember --- my tooth came out during December. This was a big deal, ya see, because the Elves were hanging about. When us kids woke up, we found all of our elves (we had quite a few) tangled up in dental floss and covered in mouthwash. Man, we were running around untangling the elves (we could touch them) and trying to salvage all the dental supplies. It was a mess. I can't remember anymore, but I'm pretty sure we desperately tried to wiggle out our teeth during the winter after that awesome battle.

[@armagedonthe1gamer]

We had a dr seus birthday celebration, where we read books all day in pj's. it usually happened until about 4th grade where it just changed to a regular pajama day. Another day we had was a pi day celebration to where we spent an hour or two drawing and coloring a special pi symbol for a contest to get a treat from one of the teachers.

[@victor_creator]

10:20 I actually use one of those so called "goofy, messed up" miis for Mario Kart Wii. I called him nrrrp and he is my absolute favorite mii ever. I peaked in mii creation with nrrrp and have never been able to create another mii like him.

[@quinnfisher3704]

When I was little I lost a tooth on Christmas Eve, and in the little letter that the tooth fairy left me she said that her and Santa shared the cookies

[@moriamo6591]

My primary school had DEAR reading days, but instead of doing them in standard classrooms, it was largely done in our school's library, computer lab, and nearby art classrooms. They were my favourite days, and I got to bring blankets, pillows, and a stuffed animal with me to school.

[@WishGender]

My family’s “celebration restaurant” was one of those Japanese restaurants where they cook the food in front of you. I think it’s called Wasabi. We stopped going after the restaurant had a really bad inspection and there were rats and shit Edit I KNOW ITS HIBACHI THE RESTAURANT IS CALLED WASABI

[@wanderer6123]

The chef cooking in front of you is "Hibachi", wasabi is the spicy green stuff. Sorry you couldn't keep going, but you made the right choice for your health.

[@MindCaged]

I think that's actually Hibachi. Wasabi I think it's an extremely spicy paste that is used as a condiment.

[@jjsweetwandi7042]

Wasabi is a form of root, its nearly the same as gorseradish. Its extremly spicy. Both should consumed with something elsw. Wasabi is green and mostly added with soja sauce :) Horseradish is when you do it fresh so strong that you start crying by the power of the sent. Normaly you use a grinder for it ^^ have a good day

[@bauhausliker0]

you mean hibachi grills?

[@WishGender]

@@wanderer6123 No the restaurant is called Wasabi I know what wasabi is

[@lstuvs]

8:08 i feel like inside job did try a bit too hard to be an adult show but i still loved every second of it. and i cried at the end😭

[@veryyelloo4130]

I once got my parents to rearrange my bed 90 degrees but all it got me was anxiety and wanted it back once i had to sleep

[@ezmna57]

In my school, from 1st to 3rd grade we would in-fact have these reading days. Each class would see who could read the fastest(..?) And the class that had the most amount of books read got a pizza party.

[@thefreewayoctopus]

2:30 At the first school I went to (k-4) we had something like that dear program, except it wasn’t called that (don’t remember what it was called). It was fun, would go to that party if I was invited lol

[@wizardsuth]

The chairs for the "pizza table" remind me of the Canadian children's show _The Friendly Giant_ in which the actor in the title role would arrange toy furniture in front of a tiny fireplace and invite viewers to come visit the castle.

[@pandasmiles19]

I remember doing d.e.a.r every year in my elementary school in the 2000s and I loved it!

[@EdwardoLover]

I never had d.e.a.r but we had the ar system with free pizzas from pizza hut sometimes. honestly, the teachers pooled their money together for pizza parties more often than the pizza hut thing. That was a once a year thing for us. I would have loved d.e.a.r cause I was one hell of a little reader. In middle school, my lunch was a bit of class, lunch, a bit of that same class and it was nothing for me to get so absorbed in a book that I didn't notice the rest of the class had gotten up and gone to lunch

[@olive_sprout2171]

About the DEAR thing, our school called them "Read-Ins." They would happen at the end of every quarter and some of the boys would use the desks to make a fort from their blankets. There were always this group of kids who would start a snack shop and give out candy from their bag full of food.

[@harakka-akka]

2:00 Chips Megapussi

[@AngelusNielson]

Never did the DEAR days, but we did have SSR. Sustained silent reading. Or as my teacher said it stood for "Sit down, shut up, and read."

[@vlower_flower]

I love your content!

[@FrostedGalaxies]

We had DEAR in primary in 1-2nd grade, but it was like 20 minutes in a regular school day, normal uniforms and just at your desk. Although, I think one teacher did have a couch and you could get picked to be able to read on the couch with two other students instead of your desk.

[@FrostedGalaxies]

The 20 minutes may be an exaggeration from my small child point of view.

[@gretchenmyers1279]

we didn't have d.e.a.r in the '60s.

[@robertnett9793]

7:45 - Gravity Falls is right up there as one of the best animated series ever.

[@betafurret1503]

2:35 I had that at my school

[@rockgirl6786]

2:06 We had D.E.A.R days٫ but WAY less fun. We had to read at our desks and answer a bunch of questions about the book(s) we read at the end of the day. No talking. Oh٫ and no pajamas or blankets.

[@yamimew2000]

I had something like D.E.A.R. at school, but it was for kids in an advanced reading class, we were supposed to come to school in our pjs, and after lunch, go to the library, and read whatever books we wanted, then go back to normal class. I was one of 3 people who actually went because my mom thought the entire school was in pjs.

[@tuftyterror983]

Well remember, Santa has an army of little men that literally make anything, so I think that gives him a bit of an edge in sheer manpower.

[@andrewollmann304]

4:31 I love that this tweet is from Phineas Flynn’s voice actor, because now I’m just imagining him say it to Ferb.

[@cutesilver1012]

7:27 and this is why I like anime, I can watch something with beautiful animation, a actual plotline, and watch something violent that will also make me sob uncontrollably all at once if I want to

[@survivalflower3226]

I remember D.E.A.R in my elementary school, it didn’t take place all day but it was definitely the main highlight of the day. We would do this once every school year, AND IT WAS AWESOME. I was only there from 3rd to 5th grade but I remember the rooms getting rearranged for space and you would gather with your friends to read together and share the book you were reading. We also had the option to go to other parts of the school to go read as well. There were even teachers in some classes that arranged a story time or read-aloud if you went to their class. Also now that I’m scrolling through my yearbook I can confirm that everyone was in fact wearing pajamas. This moments were so precious ❤️

[@CaffeinatedGhostBoi]

We didn't have a DEAR *day*. But DEAR happened for 15m every day, in random lessons, so you'd have to read for 15m in a random lesson each day.

[@Do-not-ask-who]

Finally someone else who had it for 15 minutes every day wait did you have a choice between dear or dead (drop everything and draw)

[@freyablackman3860]

We had D.E.A.R in high school but they didn’t let me read any of the books I liked so I was always forced to either read a history timeline book or a dictionary. I got bored of that and brought in a book of old Celtic myths, I didn’t understand them either but it was more fun to look at old words than the Dictionary.

[@ThatOddChickenHippie]

I LOVED read-a-thon days! They usually let us come in our pajamas, bring whatever pillows and blankets we wanted, some snacks were provided and we were allowed to bring whatever other snacks we wanted for ourselves or to share with the class. I would immediately commandeer the big round table in the back, put a blanket on the floor under it, put two blankets on top of it hanging off and have them held on with whatever heavy objects the teacher would let me borrow, then prop up my big fluffy pillow against the legs of one of the chairs and crawl into my new fort with my snacks, battery powered lamp, and my books. Hauling all that shit home in a big garbage bad sucked, but I always had the best set-up every time.

[@dakotastude3410]

we had the reading thing all 5 years of elementary. kindergarten hosted a "sleepover" event (i think we were just able to go after school until like 7pm or something) and it was a reading party. the rest of elementary we came in our pjs, brought blankets and pillows, and sat wherever for the day to just read. we also got to use silly reading props like the plastic pointers and some finger puppet things.

[@Arctic204]

0:25 the “okay” adds to the humor 0:36 that’s cute but funny mixed with confusion

[@randomperson2012]

3:39 surprisingly I did lose the tooth the night before Christmas eve. while that might suck, my family does this thing where ms clause comes in and gives us pajamas at Christmas eve. still wished I made the popcorn.

[@Mark73]

Remember that AirBnB was named that because their original idea was that people would be sleeping on an air mattress.

[@arlingtonchamberofgay]

We definitely had D.E.A.R at my elementary and middle school here in West Michigan (‘06-‘13). It was one of the best days every each year

[@cecesmith4723]

At my school, D.E.A.R was not an all-day event (from what I can remember), it lasted about 2-3 hours max before we went right back into the regular lessons. It was fun, and I wish it was implemented in high school. But most of the reading incentive we had when I was a kid was if you had a lot of Star Reading Test Points after taking a quiz on books you read, you could earn a free pizza from Pizza Hut. Again, I wish that was still implemented in higher education because broke college students would be reading nonstop for some free pizza

[@BonnieSansClydeGames]

you just nonchalantly mentioning star reading points… like it’s a regular day to day thing. nah man, you were THERE. i was THERE. i see you.

[@karmadoesthings4993]

1:29 i know (and knew at the time) that it infact wasn't a 5 start gourmet place, but anytime we'd go out to celebrate something it was at Dairy Queen, cuz it was down the road so dad didn't have to drive far and we all liked it

[@tenhikari6585]

My school have something like that. The only difference is you will get held back from going home unless you finish the book you're reading. The teacher gave us the book, randomly.

[@WackyrDrago]

The tooth fairy definitely has an edge with weapons

[@SuperiorPosterior]

Neither of my elementary schools did DEAR. Heck, thanks to Zero Tolerance, I got banned from the library because I was constantly bullied in 4th grade. I hated dealing with my classmates/bullies so much that I would finish every assignment, whether classwork or homework, group project or standalone, as soon as I received it, and then turn it in so I could go to the library and read, or sit at my desk and read, once I was banned. Reading was _so much_ my "thing," that getting grounded at home meant I was sat down on the couch and forced to watch SpongeBob. I _wish_ my school had had DEAR, but I'm pretty sure that by the time I got into high school, half my classmates were _still_ illiterate.

[@lilygamingtheories1410]

4:28 what makes this funnier is I think this is the voice actor of Phineas, so now my brain reads it in his voice

[@LitoraLee]

I don't remember it being called D.E.A.R, but one time during elementary school my class had a end-of-year reading party. Idk if it was grade wide or just my class - but anyways - I was hype for it and by the time everyone was settled down and reading... I was called to the front office so my grandparents could take me to the hospital to meet my just-born baby sister.

[@shanaiavalenzuela3201]

We had those DEAR days. It was on the mascot’s birthday, which was a read-a-saurus. And every time each class read a certain amount of minutes, a student would go get to ring a big gong. It was my favorite day ever

[@Mangaka718]

our schools never had a "drop everything and read" because CA public school haha, but in middle school we had a program where books with a certain sticker had a point system; if you read the book and got a certain score on a little quiz about it, you'd earn the points that book was worth. at the end of the year, whoever got the most points got their name on a trophy in the library. my first year of middle school, my best friend challenged me to a reading contest (cuz we were neeeeeerrrrrrdddds) and where previous years' winners had around 2,000 points...he had 3,500 and I had almost 6,000. again, we were NEEEEERRRRRRRDDDDDDS. the librarians loved us though XD

[@babayaga7762]

6:30 I once moved my entire setup around in the same corner moving the desk and everything while keeping my computer on, in between games of tarkov

[@Gav-mj6lx]

Then the Easter Bunny busts in with a rocket launcher and goes Arnie on both of them.

[@UpliftThrone76]

I had D.E.A.R. days from elementary school all the way to the end of middle school. in elementary you were supposed to bring your own blanket, your own pillow, and your own book while in middle school you were just forced to bring your own book and sit at one of those uncomfortable desks the entire time you were reading. The problem for me is that I wasn't allowed to bring the books I enjoyed reading to elementary D.E.A.R. days: I read things like "The Passage" and "The Bodies Left Behind" and they were supposedly inappropriate. So I was forced to read things that I did not enjoy in the slightest. Horrible experience for me.

[@readingmagic]

I was in high school when AR reading really took off. One of our coaches taught a class that was just us reading our AR books quietly for that period or goong to the computer lab to take the tests. We were only allowed to read AR rated books. I was a freshman when this was established and always had been a bookworm, known for having a book to read in my free time. So when they tested me to determine my reading level, I scored at a college reading level. Because of this, I just read whatever I wanted and never took the tests; the only thing better woukd have been if it had been held in the library where we had chairs and couches instead of in a classroom where most of us chose spots on the floor against the walls instead of the desks.

[@msscarlette4132]

2:27 I had one of those school sleep over days at one of elementary schools. (I moved a lot before settling down in a nice place) We were in the cafeteria, had root beer floats and we got to pick the ice-cream and soda we wanted. And the teachers used the cafeteria projector to play a movie for while we had snacks and enjoyed root beer floats.

[@6zbp886]

d.e.a.r was drop everything and run in my primary school. they would get the eldest students to come to our classroom and shout "drop everything and run" and we would go out to the field and run around it for as long as we could. We'd calculate how much we all ran in miles and see where we'd be able to go with all of our distances collectively.

[@mothman1307]

ok but the nutcracker soundtrack is too good for no reason and it's crazy how good some classical music can be like AAAA

[@PawsOnTheBalcony]

2:45 we had this once at my junior highschool in Austria. But it was a sleepover in the school, and we read one of those "choose your own adventure" books iirc. We were 12, it was fun. Sadly, never happened again.

[@nugget8967]

It wasn’t called d.e.a.r for us, it was called a readathon but yeah, I loved those days

[@Mad_West]

1:19 Mine was this place called "Frankie and Benny's" which on multiple occasions got autocorrected to "Franklin and Bunny's"

[@jaybirdjargon]

I went to a staunch Catholic Grade School. We never did anything like this. EVER. We had dress down days but that just meant you paid a quarter to not wear your uniform for a day. Called "jeans days"

[@the_opossum_guy]

God, D.E.A.R days sound like heaven on earth. I’d love to do nothing but read for a full school day... we never did that, and I’m incredibly jealous.

[@TotoDG]

1:10. Mine was probably Caffe Primo or Fasta Pasta, which, for those of you who don't live in South Australia, are like those middle-of-the-road family restaurants (Applebee's, Ruby Tuesday, TGI Fridays, etc.), except they're aware of their reputation as such. Ironically, we have two TGI Fridays in Adelaide.

[@savagefurry]

I had D.E.A.R. at my elementary school growing up and it was NOTHING like what that OP said. Mine was a series of "reading challenges" you had to do at home. We were never allowed to read in school unless the teacher told us to. I WISH mine was like what OP said.

[@cjlite0210]

10:25 I made this super basic ahh Mii for Tomodachi Life once. I named him Bananananananana. He's now a recurring character in all the Mii games I play XD

[@SixxOClock]

We never had d.e.a.r. days when I was in elementary school, but we did have other fun things to do. The day before St. Patrick's Day, we would make "leprechaun traps" and when we came in the next day, there would be some chocolate coins and/or change in the traps that the leprechauns left for us. We also had little contests to draw bookmarks, and whoever won would get a whole bunch of their bookmarks printed and handed out around the school. I won that contest once! My favorite thing was around Halloween, we would spend some time listening to the teachers tell scary stories. I still remember the one about Mr. Wiley, he was an old janitor that worked there before the fourth floor closed because of a fire (that he died in cause y'know scary story trope), and he lures kids into the old fourth floor with shiny green candy. They took us up there after the story, someone dressed up as Mr. Wiley and scared us all back downstairs lol.

[@ArmundJay]

2:45 (for some context i'm 22 so this was only 10-15 years ago) we had d.e.a.r. in my elementary school, but it was just what you did when you were done with your work before class ended. "dear time" is what they called it. i would've been ecstatic if we could do it all day!

[@USSWisconsin]

We had a loonie day here where we would discuss like five things a week ahead (ie. Chew gum during class, wear a hat...). Then on the day you would bring a loonie for all the things you wanted to do.

[@f0rgus]

1:52, my man did not just mention the bussi and make me unable to unhear that. I have no idea how I didn't notice that before.

[@llmkursk8254]

Did DEAR in middle school basically. You entered a raffle for each period you read in. The prizes got “better” each period you went reading. I just brought a good old Ranger’s Apprentice book each time I think. Easy clap, just read the whole day away…

[@LT0124-Mythica0]

2:42 we didn’t have designated days, but we were supposed to read 15 minutes at least at the beginning of every study hall