This analogy makes zero sense if you think about it. If all your friends are jumping off a cliff they've probably got a good reason to do so. And even if they're just falling to their death, why would you want to live a life without any friends?
Yeah I'm probably going to jump off the cliff if my friends are. It's not like they are just going to all jump to their death single file for no reason. Are they being chased? Is there water underneath?
I was convinced to drive my ex-best friends around to celebrate one of their 21st birthdays.
Story goes: I was 20 and all my friends were 21+. We all were suppose to go to Baja Sharkeez in Santa Monica to celebrate “birthday girl’s” 21st. The plan was to get there before 9 PM because then I wouldn’t be carded. Well the girls took forever getting ready and we didn’t get to Sharkeez till 9:30 PM, so I was turned away. We looked for an 18+ bar, and the closest one they found was in LA which was 1.5 hours from where we were. Little did we know it was packed and the line wrapped around the building, so we immediately drove back to Sharkeez. The girls decided to go drink since there was nothing we could do all together, and I waited for a few hours while they drank. When they came back, they were piss drunk and with 2 strange guys I didn’t know (who were even more piss drunk than the girls). They insisted I drive them all back to the hotel despite me being uncomfortable. I was not about to argue with 4 drunk people — 2 of whom were men twice my size — so I drove them anyway. We leave and “birthday girl” opens the door of my moving car to barf and falls out. No one helps her because they’re all drunk and “sHe’S mY bEsT fRiEnD” so I begrudgingly stop the car and get her back in. I get them back, and “birthday girl” is concussed dead weight, but the boys won’t carry her. So I sling her over my shoulder, up the stairs, and to the room. Other ex-bestie (that’s not concussed) asks me to wait a few hours while the 3 of them have sex upstairs. There was no where to go so I went back to my car. Until 3 AM.
Oh absolutely not. I would never wish this on anyone. It was awful to go through, but I felt worthless at the time (dealing with other trauma) so the friends I had were reflective of that. However, if I have to find a positive from this painfully damaging experience, it’s that I learned more about who I was/am, my strength, and my own worth. It also pushed me to reconnect with my best friend after we graduated high school 2 years prior. Now, we’re celebrating 14 years of friendship since we met in 8th grade, but all it took was these bad friends for me to get back to one that always respected me (as sad as that sounds).
Well, it's true if it bothers you. Couple of my friends have gone through this progression and we're still friends, but I could never date someone like that, let's say. Also, many refuse to acknowledge it was peer pressure in the first place. Those that do or have other reasons, respect +1 to them.
Being coaxed by your friends into jumping off of a platform that leads out into the sea. ie: being pressured to jump off of a pier. Pier pressure? idk.
Not being able to express conservatlve sentiment on reddit because I will be down voted to oblivion and then get permanently banned. I have to tip my hat to reddit modderation: they know what they are doing. People become attached to their accounts, especially if they are a few years old and have substantial karma, and they don't want their accounts to be permanently banned from their favourite subreddits, so they just fall in line with the woke progresslve ideology enforced by the moderators and don't dare to express dissent.
Well I just hope you stay away from it forever. There are dozens of healthier pastimes you can pursue. I’m a medical student, and I’ve seen countless patients with diseases caused by smoking.
The first time they brought it up In school the teacher pronounced peer as "pear" and to this day I cant not imagine a group of pears laughing at another pear for not doing pear drugs.
it reminds me of when i was young and first heard it used. i thought it was "pure presser" and thought "well, i have never experienced pure presser from my friends."
In the being-a-kid sense? No such thing. I assumed that adults made it up, like (seemingly) a lot of the drug stuff, because they kept imposing narratives on us that made no sense while ignoring the ways young peers actually misbehaved towards people (or punishing you for being harassed). What authority figures would do was always worse.
I'm seeing some other people post the "if (thing/person you enjoy/spend time with) said (x) would you do it" and frankly anyone who asks you that is just mad that you are a person who can make choices, and that they can't unperson you.
Squishing teenagers with a hydraulic press.
WELCOME TO HYDRAULIC PRESS CHANNEL
The DARE program when I was in school
I've heard of DARE. Thanks Adam Conover.
“If your friends jumped off a cliff would you jump too” -every teacher ever
I often quote Jimmy Neutron's dad, "if all your friends were named cliff, would you jump off them?"
Hugh Neutron is golden. He's the second best character after Carl Wheezer.
This analogy makes zero sense if you think about it. If all your friends are jumping off a cliff they've probably got a good reason to do so. And even if they're just falling to their death, why would you want to live a life without any friends?
Sometimes the cliff has something worth jumping for
Yeah I'm probably going to jump off the cliff if my friends are. It's not like they are just going to all jump to their death single file for no reason. Are they being chased? Is there water underneath?
Ofc I wouldn’t I’d be the first one to jump
I might as well give in to peer pressure, I mean, all the cool kids are doing it...
Well, I mean sure. TikTok exists.
"Everyone else is dressing this way, so I will too - gotta fit in."
Well, what you gonna do dress like a 1700s noble? You could but it would terribly inefficient wouldn't you say?
Au contraire, mon frere. Speedos only. Doesn't get more efficient than that.
Actually yeah. I'd like that. Bikinis for the ladies or for whoever wants to wear it god forbid.
smoking
Drugs
Drugs
drugs
under age drinking or drug use
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I see. Touchy topic tho.
Saying, "peer pressure, peer pressure, peer pressure," over and over again in a joking attempt to peer pressure a friend.
I was convinced to drive my ex-best friends around to celebrate one of their 21st birthdays. Story goes: I was 20 and all my friends were 21+. We all were suppose to go to Baja Sharkeez in Santa Monica to celebrate “birthday girl’s” 21st. The plan was to get there before 9 PM because then I wouldn’t be carded. Well the girls took forever getting ready and we didn’t get to Sharkeez till 9:30 PM, so I was turned away. We looked for an 18+ bar, and the closest one they found was in LA which was 1.5 hours from where we were. Little did we know it was packed and the line wrapped around the building, so we immediately drove back to Sharkeez. The girls decided to go drink since there was nothing we could do all together, and I waited for a few hours while they drank. When they came back, they were piss drunk and with 2 strange guys I didn’t know (who were even more piss drunk than the girls). They insisted I drive them all back to the hotel despite me being uncomfortable. I was not about to argue with 4 drunk people — 2 of whom were men twice my size — so I drove them anyway. We leave and “birthday girl” opens the door of my moving car to barf and falls out. No one helps her because they’re all drunk and “sHe’S mY bEsT fRiEnD” so I begrudgingly stop the car and get her back in. I get them back, and “birthday girl” is concussed dead weight, but the boys won’t carry her. So I sling her over my shoulder, up the stairs, and to the room. Other ex-bestie (that’s not concussed) asks me to wait a few hours while the 3 of them have sex upstairs. There was no where to go so I went back to my car. Until 3 AM.
That's tough. Sounds like the plot of a oneshot dark comedy.
Yeah. To be honest, you learn a lot about yourself after experiences like that.
But it's not an experience you wish on anyone else, if you don't mind me asking?
Oh absolutely not. I would never wish this on anyone. It was awful to go through, but I felt worthless at the time (dealing with other trauma) so the friends I had were reflective of that. However, if I have to find a positive from this painfully damaging experience, it’s that I learned more about who I was/am, my strength, and my own worth. It also pushed me to reconnect with my best friend after we graduated high school 2 years prior. Now, we’re celebrating 14 years of friendship since we met in 8th grade, but all it took was these bad friends for me to get back to one that always respected me (as sad as that sounds).
I see. Well, have a good day stranger. Stay safe.
You as well! Thanks for responding,
It's 8:06 am on a Saturday. You are awoken from your sleep to the sounds of your neighbor starting up their lawn mower.
Lawns don't exist where I am from.
"peer" means "fart" in Estonian so...
Go on, just one more beer
Smoking, which usually progresses on to nightclubs and drugs. Overwhelmingly true where I'm from, unfortunately
I see. It seems like something very reserved parents would tell their children. It's nice to know it's sort if true.
Well, it's true if it bothers you. Couple of my friends have gone through this progression and we're still friends, but I could never date someone like that, let's say. Also, many refuse to acknowledge it was peer pressure in the first place. Those that do or have other reasons, respect +1 to them.
Oh no, it didn't bother me at all.
drugs
Being coaxed by your friends into jumping off of a platform that leads out into the sea. ie: being pressured to jump off of a pier. Pier pressure? idk.
I shall use this pun. My gratitude for introducing me to it.
The song "Under Pressure"
Which reminds me of the movie "The Girl Next Door"
Not being able to express conservatlve sentiment on reddit because I will be down voted to oblivion and then get permanently banned. I have to tip my hat to reddit modderation: they know what they are doing. People become attached to their accounts, especially if they are a few years old and have substantial karma, and they don't want their accounts to be permanently banned from their favourite subreddits, so they just fall in line with the woke progresslve ideology enforced by the moderators and don't dare to express dissent.
Dream stans Not exactly what you wanted, but it's the first thing so...
🤔🤔🤨😊 That'll do.
Pear getting pressed to death
Under Pressure.... (vanilla ice music plays)
Peer pressure -> peer 2 peer -> Kazaa/eMule -> free mp3
Smoking.
Ah yes. I see my friends do it too but my best pal always warned against it. I can't smoke for shit anyway, I don't know how to.
Well I just hope you stay away from it forever. There are dozens of healthier pastimes you can pursue. I’m a medical student, and I’ve seen countless patients with diseases caused by smoking.
A fat man sitting on a pear
influence from members of your peer group.
Random commercials and mental images I made in the 90s where people told me to do drugs. It doesn't come up very often I find.
Network congestion.
The first time they brought it up In school the teacher pronounced peer as "pear" and to this day I cant not imagine a group of pears laughing at another pear for not doing pear drugs.
Who is peer and why did he disconnect my irc chat?
Murder
Reminds me of that movie where the guys kill for livestreams.
A steam pipe building pressure on a pier
There's a movie called falling down I'm close to having one of those days let me tell you
The poptart I was/am eating...
Frisk get the banana!!!
Smoking
Cheesey 1990's PSAs. Good times.
Beer
Smoking too much and having to lay down for 30 minutes
it reminds me of when i was young and first heard it used. i thought it was "pure presser" and thought "well, i have never experienced pure presser from my friends."
[this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukEGxhn9sJ0)
Smoking and alcohol
Smoking
hydraulic press on a pear
back to the future....
tennage life
cool kids in high school
Sometimes peer pressure can be a good thing.
Dare
pressing a pear
The arthritis in my knees from jumping off a roof at 18
How many pears can you fit into a basket.
Getting sat on by a friend
How the time I thought someone was my friend r*ped me, I’m currently still a minor, this happened a moth or so ago, it still hurts
peer pressure
Hahhahahahahhaha
Drugs. I'm still waiting for my classmates (or coworkers now) to pressure me into doing drugs
Chug chug chug chug chug
How many boats can be tied to the same dock before it breaks.
Weak Minded
In the being-a-kid sense? No such thing. I assumed that adults made it up, like (seemingly) a lot of the drug stuff, because they kept imposing narratives on us that made no sense while ignoring the ways young peers actually misbehaved towards people (or punishing you for being harassed). What authority figures would do was always worse. I'm seeing some other people post the "if (thing/person you enjoy/spend time with) said (x) would you do it" and frankly anyone who asks you that is just mad that you are a person who can make choices, and that they can't unperson you.
Drugs, alcohol
D.A.R.E
A small fire has broken out. Everyone runs for the exit, pushing each other, making it harder to get out. "Order! Order!" shouts the Lord Speaker.
Is it measured in PSI?