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notoneforlies t1_jedudof wrote

i’ve actually thought about this before, who in the hell came up with this game😭

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agaperion t1_jedvbuu wrote

Replying to notoneforlies (#2,520,610)

"Listen up, teachers. It's time to begin our staff meeting. Today, we're fielding ideas for helping the kids learn to spell. Who wants to go first?"

"Okay, hear me out... I was thinking maybe it would get them really focused if we make learning feel like a matter of life and death..."

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catbamhel t1_jedxdh2 wrote

THANK YOU. I teach elementary school and one Friday, I said, "yeah.... We're never playing this game again guys... so fucked up."

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BackRowRumour t1_jee1jr6 wrote

Considering we're only ever about 6 square meals from revolution I'd say it was entirely sensible.

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D3monVolt t1_jee9tpk wrote

It's not an execution.

It's rebuilding an executed person bit by bit

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BlightFantasy3467 t1_jeecjlm wrote

It's also pretty cruel, since the victim is obviously already dead by the time the head apears, we're just piecing the corpse back up on the gallows

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rerunderwear t1_jeeghp5 wrote

The reason they’ve never updated Hangman is it’s too difficult to incrementally draw a stick-man serving a 30-year sentence.

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NottACalebFan t1_jeeshfn wrote

Teachers didn't play back then.

"Hello Mrs. Johnson, I had to beat your son this morning for publicly stating that he didn't want to do his homework. No, no, I already had the switch prepared for him, it didn't take any time away from the class. Oh, and I made sure to give him an extra assignment just in case he was getting bored at home"

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awfullotofocelots t1_jeetnzx wrote

It's okay to occasionally let kids expose themselves to disturbing things, especially in innocuous ways like stick figures. Depending on their age obviously. Kids are people, and we usually don't get to choose when life hands us disturbing experiences. Knowing what's out there helps you cope if it ever confronts you.

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Jampine t1_jeetqf3 wrote

You say that, but remember, hangings used to be a public spectacle, they'd take kids to go see them, and people would be selling confectionery and other treats.

Yeah it's weird and fucked up, but that shit happened for a loooong time all across the globe.

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MissTakenID t1_jeevd1i wrote

I'm an aide in a 2nd grade classroom, we play Time Out Kid and I draw a kid sitting on a chair in the corner. Still not ideal, but better than explaining hangings to 7 year olds.

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Story-Mouse t1_jeeyoef wrote

We recently introduced this game to our 4 year old who enjoys words and letters but then realized- it’s fucked up! How do we explain this to him?? My spouse then decided to call it “splash grandma” where we draw a dunk tank and begin drawing the body parts to grandma sitting on the dunk tank seat then finally the ball hitting the target 🎯. This is funny for us because my mother in law actually rented a dunk tank for her 60th and got splashed by the grandkids.

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YellowSphinx t1_jeez4ia wrote

Last time I played hangman I was in elementary school, the boy who’s turn it was didn’t understand the objective so his were just a bunch of random letters, he really wanted the stick man dead.

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wurldeater t1_jeez4of wrote

it’s even more disturbing when you learn that it originally relied on keeping tally, until a version that contained the hangman imagery came out about 10 years later that the public liked way more.

apparently it was particularly popular at “white cap” parties hosted by “vigilante committees” that wore peaked white caps with masks

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Ogre60 t1_jef3c5k wrote

If you don’t already know about it, look up the history and meaning of the childhood ditty “Ring Around the Roses”. I’ve always wondered if any kid, ever, knew what they were singing about.

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PlutocracyRules t1_jef3j43 wrote

If it were invented today, someone in marketing would call it "Spelling Bee - Extreme Edition".

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deepsea333 t1_jef7j35 wrote

Diction means vocabulary choices but spelling might be a better skill in this case.

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Frosti-Feet t1_jef9bt2 wrote

Replying to agaperion (#2,520,796)

So there was a little Jewish boy being schooled locally in the community. And he was getting terrible grades. Would never study, failed all of his tests, skipped school. The works.

In a fit of desperation his parents decided to enroll him in a Catholic school there was renowned for being super strict. They figured if those Nuns couldn’t sort him out, nobody could.

Sure enough, his first day back from school he went straight to his room and studied for hours. And this continued for weeks. After his first report card arrived his parents were thrilled to see he had all passing grades, and even an A in math which had previously been his worst subject.

So his parents went to talk to him about how his behavior had changed, and what it was about the Catholic school that their own community couldn’t provide. “Was it the strictness of the nuns?” They asked.

“No” he replied.

“Do they have a better curriculum? Is the material more engaging?” They tried again.

“No, and no” he answered.

“Well then what was it?” They asked in confusion.

“From the moment I walked in there and saw the guy nailed to the plus sign, I knew they weren’t messing around!”

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apiso t1_jefgsd2 wrote

Diction in no way describes the process of guessing letters.

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old_table_poker t1_jefilvk wrote

If you want to beat middle school kids that just use basic strategy, try “kayak” and thank me later. Usually takes them so many guesses.

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gestalto t1_jeftjdp wrote

Replying to Jampine (#2,531,289)

The public wanting that type of spectacle never went away, it's now more prevalent than ever with more genres of horrific things for people to witness, I believe they call the focus people of the spectacles "influencers"...

there are also websites dedicated to watching people die.

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