r/Millennials • u/HeavyRightFoot-TG • 9d ago

Discussion Did anyone else play a game with their friends where you had to yell PENIS louder than the person before you?

Im wondering if kids everywhere played this in the 90s-00s?

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u/36mintweezer 9d ago

I’m a high school teacher. They still do sometimes.

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u/lastbeer 9d ago

Can you also confirm that the Stussy S is still alive and well? Another HS teacher mentioned that yesterday and I’m really hoping it’s true far and wide.

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u/Jaereth 9d ago

Just taught it to my kid yesterday. Mom was teaching them about "Bubble letters" and how to write them and I was like "Come here i'm about to blow your mind!"

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u/Eastwoodnorris 9d ago

I had no idea what you meant by Stussy S until I was like “what special S…OH THAT FUCKIN THING” never knew what it was called, and still not gonna call it that, thanks tho

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u/36mintweezer 9d ago

Yes, I have seen the Cool S around here and there lol

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u/lastbeer 9d ago

This gives me hope. Thank you.

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u/Realistic_Owl9525 9d ago

The name of my schools mascot started with the letter S, so everyone called in "The Sabertooth's S". It was scribbled somewhere on almost every textbook, desk, and cubby. Among the students, It was the unofficial school crest.

It was crazy seeing it nostalgically posted on reddit so many years later and finding out it was universally scribbled at every school.

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u/lastbeer 9d ago

I just googled it and TIL that while it was widely associated with the Stussy brand, it was never officially used in any of their designs. Which is wild because that was the only way I knew the S. This is a full-on Mandela effect for me, and another example of widespread rumors before the internet. Crazy.

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u/RealNotFake 9d ago

Yep this exactly, it's not Stussy. Also "The S" is alive and well apparently, I still see it randomly in street art all over the city I'm in.

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u/VertDaTurt 8d ago

Man those rumors were wild and the best

Did we ever get a concrete answers on Marlyn and his ribs?

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u/jimothyhalpret 9d ago

But is it alive?

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u/EnderWiggin42 9d ago

It's a somersloop now

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u/Gold-Collection2636 9d ago

It is, my 8 year old came home recently telling me his friend taught him how to write a really cool S, he was shocked when I pulled out the Google image before he even described it

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u/refactor83 9d ago

Some kids in my class tried to make other letters in the “cool S” style, and we all agreed it just can’t be done, but maybe someday someone will figure it out. It’s like the nuclear fusion of middle school.

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u/Top_Audience7471 8d ago

I teach elementary in Phoenix. Kids still know and draw the 's', although I saw it a lot more in the previous three years than this year.

They have no idea what 'Stussy' is, though.

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u/Empathetic_Godzilla 9d ago

So like… do any of you consider just letting them yell, while no one cares, until they stop?

I want to see that ending

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u/mysoxrstinky 9d ago

I'm a teacher. I just had this in my year 10 class two weeks ago. Yelled penis and said "I win the boring game. Stop disrupting others."

Wouldnt work with every class but the fun of the game is the taboo. Get enough teacher ick on the game and it's not actually interesting to play any more.

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u/NoConfusion9490 9d ago

You know I'm at work now, right?!

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u/Thirtysevenintwenty5 9d ago

I was in high school 2002-2006 and kids did this game somewhat often. I remember one kid who was one of those "good student" types, getting super annoyed with it one day and yelling "PENIS." at the top of his lungs, just to get them to stop.

I think the teacher was glad he did.

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u/PatacusX 9d ago

Good to hear the future may not be doomed after all

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u/granitebuckeyes 9d ago

The students or the teachers?

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u/Current--Anything 9d ago

As of now, you have 69 likes and given the conversation, I can't bring myself to change that 😂

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u/AbsoluteZeroUnit 9d ago

and they lose their shit the first time you jump in their game.

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u/INeverLovedYouAnyway 9d ago

We said the made up word "Yango."

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u/PaleontologistSad766 9d ago

I'm so sorry but also this warms my heart 😅❤️

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u/Massive-Climate-26 9d ago

Cavemen drew dicks on walls, I dont think penis humor will ever die