What If Learn Something?

Girl navigating display tables during Culture Day event at school: I hate cultures.

Columbus, Ohio

Posted on August 28, 2009
Girls, Gripes, Ohio, School [Elem., Middle, & High], Stupidity

Isn't Canadia Where TV Shows Go After Death?

Fab teenage girl with huge pink sunglasses: I fucking loved Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye! I have no fucking idea why they canceled it!
Teenage boy dressed in all black, munching cookie: Me neither. That was show was kickass.
Fab teenage girl: Probably 'cuz all the old people were like, “this show's really fucking gay.” But I think that that one guy was really hot. Stupid fucking old people.

Ottawa
Ontario
Canadia

Posted on August 27, 2009
Canadia, Gripes, Insults, Sexuality, Teens, TV shows

Props for Not Drinking and Driving, Though

Drunk bus rider #1: Damn, this bus is always so slow!
Drunk bus rider #2: I swear, if I was a wizard, I would turn this bus into a rabbit… But that's fantasy stuff, and I'm not that into fantasy.

Seattle, Washington

Posted on August 27, 2009
Animals, Bus, Drinking & drunks, Drunks, Gripes, Magic, Public transportation, Washington

The Difference Between Bad Nazis and Good Nazis, Encapsulated

Teen girl: If I saw a really crazy sandcastle, I'd totally kick it down. Anyone would.
Teen sister: I would never, like, mess something up like that if someone was really good at something. Unless they were really good at something I hated. Like… being ugly.

Rumson, New Jersey

Posted on August 24, 2009
Beauty, Gripes, New Jersey, Siblings, Teens, Violence

I Also Liked Starving My Baby to Death

Teacher: No one liked middle school. Everyone hates middle school. I'd rather starve to death than teach middle school. I'd rather starve my baby to death than teach middle school.
Student: I liked middle school.
Teacher: Freak!

Portland, Maine

Posted on August 22, 2009
Compare and contrast, Death & dying, Education, Gripes, Insults, Kids, Maine, Students, Teachers

If We Could Transcribe Chimpanzee Conversations

Angsty teen #1: Why do you hate him?
Angsty teen #2: Because he's always putting shit in my hair.
Angsty teen #1: There are a million better reasons you could hate him for.
Angsty teen #2: Like what?
Angsty teen #1: Being him.

Bus Stop
Calgary, Alberta
Canadia

Overheard by: She should be a therapist.

Posted on August 8, 2009
Bus, Canadia, Gripes, Hair, Questions, Teens

With Sex, You Either Have a Good Time or a Good Story to Tell

Teenage girl: Yeah, he just couldn't orgasm! I spent like three hours on that shit, and after about an hour I was so thirsty I wanted to say “hold up, I'm gonna go get a big gulp.” (friend bursts into laughter)

Birmingham, Alabama

Posted on July 26, 2009
Alabama, Gripes, Orgasm, Teens, Time Management, Wishes

Always Wondered What Went on at Those Methodist Schools

Chick: I chased him into the boys bathroom, and now I'm all wet!

Millsaps College
Jackson, Mississippi

Posted on July 10, 2009
Chicks, Colleges & Universities, Education, Gripes, Mississippi, Sex, Weirdness

I Was Gonna Give Up the Baby Anyway

Teenage girl #1 in high school bathroom: I'm excited that I'm pregnant, it just sucks that I'll have to give up drinking.
Teenage girl #2: Why? I didn't!

Indianapolis, Indiana

Overheard by: not surprised

Posted on July 6, 2009
Colleges & Universities, Drinking & drunks, Family ties, Gripes, Health & Hygiene, Indiana, Parenting, Questions, Teens

Fair Enough. Solitary Confinement It Is, Then.

Newly admitted psych patient: I'm here because I'm crazy! What the hell is art therapy going to do for me?

Highland Park, Illinois

Posted on July 4, 2009
Crazies, Doctor's office, Gripes, Illinois, Mental illnesses, Patients, Questions

Gripes