The Screech Dynamic IRL

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As in Screech from Saved By the Bell. I saw this YouTube video and it made me think of that:

*Language warning* youtu.be/_RefWSEqz3o?si=-14lsJNjGWPZ0qGx

I think of it as the Screech dynamic, but just because Screech was probably the first time I saw this dynamic that really stuck with me. It’s probably just a part of human interaction that has always existed. The jester who doesn’t care if he gets laughed at instead of laughed with as long as he gets to hang out with royalty.

Unfortunate, but like I said this kind of dynamic is probably always going to exist.

[WoodStoner1]

Royalty?

Then why'd he settle for trash?

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Jan 18, 2024 12:33:18 GMT -5 WoodStoner1 said:

Royalty?

Then why'd he settle for trash?

Eh, I was going to say something like, “Even if it’s a kingdom of shit” or something like that, but figured my OP was long winded and preachy enough.

What he perceives as royalty anyway. I never heard of either the girl or her Screech before this video so no idea of how popular she is. But I’m kind of suffering from old fogey syndrome. To me it’s like this channel that plays video games makes $20 million a year and this channel that plays video games makes $5.00 a year. But it all just looks like people playing video games to me

[tafkaga]

It's real. I had a friend in middle school who kept a ranked list of popular dudes. He ranked his best friend #1 (fair, because we all did), himself as #2 (of course), me as #3, and #4 was their Screech. #3 was only me sometimes because I would go through phases where I'd hang out with other people more, but #4 was always that one guy, who no one thought was cool, but he was just happy to be on the damn list. I moved away before high school so maybe he got promoted to #3, but I somehow doubt it.