r/Millennials • u/Dry-Text-6864 Millennial • 3h ago
Meme The temperature was always on point! 😅
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u/Hakuna_Matoto 2h ago
The line after was through the fuckin roof. And there was always that one motherfucker slurping forever.
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u/turktaylor 2h ago
“Save some for the whales”
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u/huh_wasnt_listening 2h ago
Whales? It was always fishes for me. Grew up all over SoCal
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u/akatherder 1h ago
Fishes in Michigan checking in
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u/mademoiselle_bovine 1993 1h ago
I was about to say “and there was always someone at the back screaming “save some for the fishies” haha
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u/Massive-Ebb8014 2h ago
There was always that one motherfucker who would mouth the spout
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u/SquishTheProgrammer Millennial ‘89 2h ago
My thoughts exactly. Some kids were straight making out with that bitch.
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u/SuperFaceTattoo 2h ago
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u/SnooCakes6195 1h ago
I didnt watch that show at all until I was at a buddy's place and this scene was on. I was rolling laughing and went home and started the series lol
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u/belladonnagilkey 2h ago
It's been almost 20 years, but I will always remember my old classmate Ryan for mouthing that thing while sick. I opted to find another one.
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u/Deadlift_007 47m ago
You're better than me. I saw that once and pretty much swore off water fountains since.
The only way I use them now is when I'm on a long run and there's literally no other option.
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u/belladonnagilkey 42m ago
I don't use them now either due to the pandemic blowing the lid off of just how many people are THAT BAD at personal hygiene, but Ryan was certainly an eye opener on that one where fountains are concerned.
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u/kitsunewarlock 22m ago
All the kids would start counting at my school. Then you'd have to get back in line if you wanted more water. In retrospect it was pretty silly.
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u/FireFoxUse 2h ago
I remember using a public water fountain about 5 years after the whole COVID pandemic. I guess I should've waited longer because I was puking so much the next day that I lost a good 5lbs from it.
Now I can't eat ramen (what I had the night before)
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u/SouthernCharm-86 3h ago
post recess????!!!! best water evvverrrr
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u/Careless-Passion991 2h ago
This thing would make your eyes roll back if you were thirsty enough. That early age dopamine rush.
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u/Significant-Cry-9204 Millennial 3h ago
There was only one of those in my school. All the other ones were the white porcelain or whatever ones that were room temperature water always.
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u/MinePretend132 2h ago
They are durable. My kids go to my elementary school and they still have them from at least 1990.
They added a water bottle filler that's chilled. The kids live like royalty.
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u/jakethabake 2h ago
I remember a kid ran through one in middle school and tore it clean off the wall
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u/SnooCakes6195 2h ago
I would always hear "leave some water for the fishes!"
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u/Dry-Text-6864 Millennial 2h ago
Yes, that one too! 🤣
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u/SnooCakes6195 2h ago
They'd make me go last every time, they knew once it was my turn on this bad boy there ain't no getting me off it 😤
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u/writeitregreddit 2h ago
I wish we had a push button. We had a knob we had to twist and hold to keep the water going. Much more labourous 😭
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u/JFKRFKSRVLBJ 2h ago
Someone always put used gum or a half-eaten lollipop in the fountain so I felt gross drinking from it.
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u/Eatmyscum 2h ago
I would NEVER drink from one today. When I was 8, not even a second thought.
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u/oakenfairy 1h ago
I stopped drinking from these after I kept getting sick 🤢, but damn that water tasted so good
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u/Radiomaster138 19m ago
I stopped when I saw other kids French kissing the damn fountain like they’re about to be drafted into WWIII.
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u/thisistherevolt 2h ago
I hear so many horror stories about these from folks, but it wasn't like that in Metro Atlanta. Our fountains also had good filters on them as the water from either main rivers is muddy at best. And with the Flint nowadays, I'd rather drink from the retention pond in front of my neighborhood.
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u/Any_Fennel3517 2h ago
My local Home Depot had this in the back of the store, whenever i went in with my Dad, I always had to make sure to get a sip
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u/gurknowitzki 2h ago
Damn did this thing hit after basketball and football practice. Just setup shop for a couple of mins and zone out to the refreshment
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u/VUVUVUV 1h ago
Bubbler and I will not accept any other names for this machine.
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u/OkSmoke9195 58m ago
It's a bubbler. I was today years old when I realized these things actually cooled the water.
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u/staggernaut 1h ago
So refreshing, and I was always so thirsty! It bugged me when kids would say "1, 2, 3, that's enough for me".
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u/Influence_X 32m ago
I always waited until nobody was around so I could drink from it for like 30 seconds straight
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u/Nocturnatron 2h ago
And then somebody pushes on the back of your head and your whole face is crisp and cool
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u/ifucked_urbae 2h ago
In first grade, I didn’t know you were supposed to actually drink the water from these fountains. I would use the drinking fountain to rinse my mouth and I got in trouble for spitting into the drain, and I remember being confused about why I was in trouble.
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u/Select-Internal-3141 1h ago
Or... it wasnt wired up right and electricuted me. And the teachers didnt give a shit.
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u/Independent_Egg6355 2h ago
What replaced it?
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u/TIC321 2h ago
This, more of an upgrade though
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u/bloatedkat 2h ago
And the water always tasted like mud because they'd use tap water instead of using filters like modern ones.
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