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[-] spyd3r@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 years ago

They made a really loud noise in the lunchroom if you inflated the pouch all the way, folded over the straw to seal it, then stomped on it really hard with your shoe. This was before mentally deranged people started shooting up schools though, so maybe don't try it.

[-] BigPotato@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Mentally deranged people have been shooting up schools since before Capri Sun was even invented...

How old are you?

[-] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 years ago

I'm not going to look it up to verify, but I'm pretty sure Capri Sun existed before Columbine.

[-] Mjpasta710@midwest.social 0 points 2 years ago

Columbine was far from the first school shooting. According to the Washington Post:

"The first recorded school shooting in the United States was in 1853 at a schoolhouse in Louisville, Kentucky. On November 2, 1853, Matt Ward shot and killed teacher William H.G. Butler with a pistol hidden in his coat pocket."

[-] CoggyMcFee@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

I think the very important point you’re missing is that schools did not exist in fear of school shootings before Columbine. There were no lockdown drills and crazy security measures for entering and leaving the building. So making a big loud noise would not make people instantly think someone was shooting up the school like it very well might today.

[-] Mjpasta710@midwest.social 2 points 2 years ago

And - Rudolf Wild invented the drink in 1969

[-] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 2 years ago

I know it's not the first, I never claimed it was. But as someone who is old enough to remember what life was like before Columbine, that was the one that changed everything. That's when we started having active shooter drills.

Then 9/11 just amplified it.

[-] Mjpasta710@midwest.social 1 points 2 years ago

It's that I've been in schools with after school activities in the last year.

Kids were popping chip bags and nobody drew weapons or jumped because of a loud pop that sounds nothing like a normal gunshot.

I was in school before columbine ever happened.

I don't think violence in is ok in most situations. I think America has a mental health and gun issue.

I like the Capri Sun mylar things from a nostalgic perspective.

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