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Originally Posted by 8 Ball
Georgetown Hoyas Starter Jacket.
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I remember those! I was so confused why they suddenly became a thing and then rapidly disappeared.
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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
Ugh the orange tab thing is bringing back bad memories.
I struggled in Grade 7. I was still more a kid than a teen, but wasn't fashion savvy. I wore rugby pants and got bullied and made fun of. I convinced my mom I needed jeans, and Levi jeans, and didn't understand why I still got made of just because of the color of the tab.
Being a kid is hard.
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I recall not wearing anything with brands, even hand me downs. Then I finally had some new clothes... but they were Engrish. Finally I had something new and "branded" when I had Umbro soccer shorts from playing soccer, but then it was made fun of for being somewhat reflective.
I argued with the playground bully about that. He said he could beat me up and somehow I randomly retorted he wasn't capable enough to clean up a bag of garbage at recess and he went "challenge accepted". So we went to janitor to get a garbage bag and filled it up together by the end of the recess. He was reluctant to give us the bag at first, thinking we were stealing bags to create mischief. By the end of recess, he ran out and yelled at us not to climb into the dumpster to throw out the bag/told us to leave it by the door and he'd throw it away. We did this for a month and other kids joined to help clean up. IIRC, he never bullied us again. I sometimes wonder what happened to Rory.
Agreed being a kid is hard. It was also really random too. Then there's certain things that maybe we didn't think of much when we were kids, but then is even more heartbreaking than realized in hindsight.