• @theragu40@lemmy.world
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    My grade school stopped allowing kids to go up for second helpings of hot lunch because of me. In 8th grade I recruited the help of quite a few classmates and managed to take down 50 chicken nuggets, 2 milks, a pile of veggies, and two dessert cakes at one lunch hour.

    This performance became somewhat infamous, and I learned from a friend that they banned second helpings for the next school year in part because of that occurrence.

    Still kind of proud of that one. And not sure I could manage 50 nuggets now as an adult.

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    1022 years ago

    There’s a sign that says you aren’t allowed on top of the bus terminal because of me.

    There was grass on the roof and I was curious how they got a lawnmower up there.

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        There was a little gate tucked around the corner. But it turned out the sublevel that’s normally out of view is just gravel

  • @TH1NKTHRICE@lemmy.ca
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    782 years ago

    Not much more satisfying than climbing a fence as a kid and then finding out that’s the reason they built the fence higher.

    • Evkob (they/them)
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      102 years ago

      No Heelies at the hockey rink for me. Last I checked, they still had the printed-out Word document in Times New Roman posted up on the bulletin board.

  • @WizardofIs@lemmy.ml
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    No bubbles or balloon volleyball in The Ballroom restaurant at Wakulla Springs Lodge. Honest we were just having fun. Of course the management has changed since then, so maybe they forgot.

  • Big P
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    222 years ago

    The rule on r/internetisbeautiful that you’re not allowed to post generators

  • Raydogg
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    372 years ago

    Dorm Rule: Nothing shall be hung outside the window including satellite dishes…etc.

  • @Lauchs@lemmy.world
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    862 years ago

    My old pot dealer let people roll a free joint outside with some busted weed under a sign “roll yourself one!” if they bought enough. A guy I know took this as an excuse to roll a giant cannon of a joint.

    There is now a sign saying “roll yourself a reasonable sized joint.”

  • @NathanUp@lemmy.ml
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    782 years ago

    Beyond innumerable rules at home (no sneaking out of windows, no making potions out of toiletries, no growing mold in the bathroom, no snakes in the house, etc.) once as a kid I had $5 of birthday money burning a hole in my pocket, so at lunch I asked for as many $0.25 cinnamon rolls as I could get with a $5 bill. Although the cafeteria workers tried to talk me out of it, I spent the rest of the day parading around with a huge sack of cinnamon rolls which I didn’t share with my classmates, as I was determined to bring my catch home to impress / share with my family. The same day, an announcement was made over the intercom to the entire school announcing a new two-per-person limit for cinnamon rolls. Details may be off as this was years ago, but that’s what I remember!

  • @Num10ck@lemmy.world
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    782 years ago

    late 1970s mcdonalds menu says hamburger and next line is slice of cheese. smart ass kid rolls in and orders just a slice of cheese. cashier has to bring over the manager… doesnt know how to prepare and serve it. manager has to call district manager, who has to call corporate. its on the menu they have to serve it, and safely. they end up heating up a slice on wax paper. after that all the mcdonalds menus in the country is changed to say cheeseburger.

  • @iBaz@lemmy.world
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    Driving home drunk one night while in college, my brother decided to drive straight, instead of slowing to take the 45° right turn. Soon after the town put up very large, reflective arrows pointing out the turn. He survived, though his Camaro did not.

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    912 years ago

    My preschool class took a field trip to our local children’s museum, which was a very tactile experience, so they really emphasized that you could touch anything there. My three year old brain wanted to know what happened when I touched the fire alarm. I understand shortly after they changed that emphasis: you could touch almost anything there.

    • Droechai
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      262 years ago

      “press any button” prompt

      Presses power button

      Shocked pichachu

  • Call me Lenny/Leni
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    142 years ago

    There have been a few places that have felt forced to triple their security protocols because they didn’t like me enough to fear me coming back. There was a game corner that required ID’s, there have been Discord servers that required you give them your socials, there are places that have exiled my whole family, etc. and it usually bugs people. Ironically I’ve never circumvented a ban before in my life, but they still feel the need to make sure.

    No, I’m not pulling your leg, I have saved links to show for it.

      • Call me Lenny/Leni
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        42 years ago

        For the main part, no. I don’t know who’d be fond of being banished for reasons outside their knowledge/control. I guess I’m just prone to misunderstandings. For example, I got semi-banned from a mall once because I was using my leftover arcade tokens in the fountain; I didn’t know people collect the money in America, I just thought it was for making wishes (was worth it, I’m grateful mine came true though). My most famous ban on the internet was from an art website because I made a subreddit dedicated to it and they considered it a trademark violation. The ban became famous because at one point the guy in charge of the website tried to raid it and Reddit basically poofed his squad of fifty something people. He then forced their Discord server to require every member be kicked and invited back in on the condition that each member can give details about their other social media accounts so they could be tracked, even though I never wanted to rejoin their website or server anyways. I’m certainly amazed at myself, but that’s not exactly pride.

      • Call me Lenny/Leni
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        12 years ago

        Mostly misunderstandings/miscommunications. Not something like I did a certain thing every time, just a domino kind of thing, otherwise I’d understand a lot more about what exactly is going on. The ease at which people have been able to point to something and say “_____ is why you’re banned” kind of scares me into thinking something deeper is going on. That isn’t to say I can’t map out their supposed reasoning, like with the examples I gave elsewhere in this reply chain. Ironically and oddly I do get unbanned from half of the affected places, like this famous one where I was basically Jesused back onto the world’s strictest website.

            • @Moghul@sh.itjust.works
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              I’m not gonna take responsibility and try to be your wake up call or anything, but this:

              The ease at which people have been able to point to something and say “_____ is why you’re banned” kind of scares me into thinking something deeper is going on.

              This thought would normally cause someone to be introspective. “What is it about oneself which is causing me to get banned?”. “Something deeper is probably going on” internally.

              For the record, I’ve only ever been banned once in my life for something I’ve done or said, and that was 15 years ago. There are ways to say and do things which won’t get you banned. I’ve been on many forums and participated in many subreddits. I’ve even moderated before. The fact that you have a written down online code of honor/ruleset (regardless of its contents) is a red flag.

              • Call me Lenny/Leni
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                12 years ago

                On the contrary. I wrote an online code (I assume these are what you meant) due to the conflicts implying a war of unspoken rules. One would have reason to believe the rules are instinctive, and I wrote them as a kind of commentary that amounts to “where are these followed”.

                The question I was asked in the first place was kind of a loaded question, and I was trying to answer it the best I could without calling them out on that. Asking “what have you been doing” implies it’s the same everywhere. For example, this is why I’ve been semi-banned from DeviantArt, which is very different from the Tumblr situation. It’s not impossible that someone is removed from several places in a repetitive fashion, especially when there’s a large number of people trying to perpetuate the effect (I did already point to this). Currently the only site I’ve been completely banned from without relent is Inkblot as explained in this comment chain. A mass raid, being attacked, friends of mine being judged for associating… at what point can I not call it karmic?

                In the end, you could sum it up with the prevalence of unspoken rules.

        • @Astroturfed@lemmy.world
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          102 years ago

          You are a very special individual. You should take a composition class or something. So, people can make sense of some of the insane weird rambling you do.

          • Call me Lenny/Leni
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            22 years ago

            You say that like you can’t simply ask me to clarify myself if you don’t understand me (which I say to everyone, in case this explains the bulk of my downvotes, though this abrupt message is the first time anyone brought it up as if that showcases great communication). I am a non-native-English speaker with some difficulty expressing myself, but I try my best and consider myself good enough not to betray grammar and hopefully by extension the ability to add up what I’m trying to communicate.

      • Call me Lenny/Leni
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        42 years ago

        There is a setting in the account settings on Lemmy where you can choose a screen name that isn’t your username (my username on here is ShinigamiOokamiRyuu).

        • That’s one of the edgiest names I’ve seen in a while. It’s like a furaffinity account from 2007. A Japanese lone wolf from the death note anime? Lol. Thanks for giving me a flashback.

          • Call me Lenny/Leni
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            12 years ago

            Close actually. The username was first decided upon when on DeviantArt (the account still being there). I just reused the username on Lemmy. Gotta go with site vibes.