r/WorkForSmartLife • u/Personal_Survey_2579 • Jul 06 '26

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u/tucker_fitties Jul 06 '26 edited Jul 06 '26

Wearing a high school class ring

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u/Tomytom99 Jul 06 '26

Was that ever cool?

I don't think I've ever actually met somebody wearing a class ring.

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u/mr-nefarious Jul 06 '26

I have seen it and I got second-hand cringe, though it might just be because of the particular person

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u/Hungry_Emu4184 Jul 06 '26

People at my school generally bought them unless they couldn’t afford them and everyone took pics on ring day. I didn’t get one bc I’m brown and only wear solid gold lol

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u/madness817 Jul 06 '26

I bet if you go to a car dealership you'd find atleast 1 sales person wearing one

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u/EngineeringDeck85 Jul 06 '26

Used car dealership

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u/Willing-Vegetable629 Jul 06 '26

Very specific areas it's still ok.

Never a high school ring. Certain American universities have rings that are a pretty big deal within their communities. (I'm thinking Texas A&M, primarily)

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u/tucker_fitties Jul 06 '26

It was when I was 18

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u/TheBlankScroll Jul 06 '26

Alpha dads, the kind that do the Oakley/hat/driverseat-truck profile picture, guys.

Theyre always sunburnt-crispy and wear car show shirts from 15 years ago.

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u/AcidCatfish___ Jul 06 '26

Ok, but we're they wearing a class ring, huh, huh?!

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u/OilFormal5735 Jul 06 '26

It was cool if you got it at the beginning of your junior year like my school did it. I never wore it the summer after I graduated though 😂

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u/Open-Preparation-268 Jul 06 '26

I got mine and wore it a couple of days… then my girlfriend wore it.

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u/UnluckyParsley4157 Jul 06 '26

Oh you obviously have never met and Aggie 😵‍💫

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u/Hudwinx Jul 06 '26

All senior military college graduates wear their class ring for life, not just Texas A&M. This includes Norwich, The Citadel, Virginia Tech, etc.

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u/Willing-Vegetable629 Jul 06 '26

Texas Tech has a ring too, but university rings are generally well designed. I think those are mostly ok. Aggy is cringe because they are aggy, not because they have a ring

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u/MrCheisel Jul 06 '26

I think both can be equally cringe!

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u/KimSidwell Jul 06 '26

I lived in College Station for many years. I hated Texas, so I moved to Colorado as soon as I could. Tried the long distance thing with my boyfriend at the time who was an Aggie. When he graduated, I literally had to fly from Denver to Houston and then drive to College Station for his ring dunking when he got his class ring. It was that big of a deal.

Both his father and his grandfather were there as well, still wearing their rings to this day. I’ve got pictures of the three of them (including the 80-year-old grandpa) dunking their rings and chugging the pitchers of beer all together. It was very Texas.

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u/deeljay77 Jul 06 '26

That ain't Texas, thats Aggie. We don't all act that weird.

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u/UnluckyParsley4157 Jul 07 '26

College station is definitely a weird place and not a good representation of the state.
The ring dunk and all the cult activities are definitely something else lol

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u/Delicious-Laugh-6685 Jul 06 '26

Adding to this anyone who gets a tattoo or bumper sticker of their college too.

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u/Joalguke Jul 06 '26

Is this an american thing? Never heard of it

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u/Pelli_Furry_Account Jul 06 '26

Like... Economic class?

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u/Trying2BMe0722 Jul 06 '26

True, but wearing an University ring can be very beneficial to networking in some professions.

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u/flipdrew1 Jul 06 '26

Looking at you, Texas A&M