I just read through and there might be as many threads expressing surprise at the mailbox thing or that student directories weren't universal as there are those rooted in outrage.

Though she ended on a bit of hyperbole, there really isn't anything wrong with the post. It's an interesting story and I'm sure it got a giggle or harumph from everyone who read.

Obviously, based upon what they told you, your friend wouldn't make the same choice.

There was no consequence to others. A couple of guys distributed a few notes, then the students laughed about it at school and on social media before the media got involved.

Nobody believed they were going to be probed. How dumb do you think girls are?

I guess that I do give more leeway toward attempts at humor and I recognize that not everyone's "jokes" are sophisticated or what's considered politically-correct isn't universal.

...or they'll get a job at a transmission place and when one of the recipients come in ten years down the road, they'll tell their co-workers the story.

I don't know what the kids knew, but I see nothing to indicate that it was more than just a couple, so it's not right to paint every boy at the school with the same brush. And the properness or improperness of this stunt would be something they'd have to glean from society and learn at home, it's not something they…

First of all, it was a joke. No one was harmed and I'm sure the adults are lot more torn up about this than any of the kids. Now maybe you could project some idea of discriminatory or sexist behavior onto this because only one sex was targeted and they most likely sent the letter to just those in the popular clique,…

They didn't know it was wrong and to be honest, it's only in poor taste, nothing more.
Kids will be kids. They sometimes make poor choices. It's what they do.

I'm sure they imagined the first dozen or so, then delivering the letters became work.

How do you do that? They're kids. They don't come out knowing what's right or wrong and because this letter was sent to more than a couple, but less than all the girls, it was probably three boys. I'm willing to bet that even one of them didn't think it was cool.

I'm sure they're being reprimanded, so that part's covered. What that leaves is how to teach them not to do this advance. I'm sure there aren't future generations of high school seniors reading this post and no high school principals or parents are going to add this to the list of pranks students should be cautioned…

I'm sure you'd be horrified by a lot of things kids do. It's how they learn to behave.

I'm sure the true lulz was when they'd hope one would should up.
The boys are still in high school, they haven't seen many vaginas before.

Wow, there were a lot of "whiles" in my reply, which I was writing while doing some else.

I don't have the raw numbers, but one factor could be that they make an "inline" distinction. In 2008, my daughter had inline skates (roller blades), while now she has the regular kind and while you can rent the inlines at the rinks, most get the old-fasioned ones and while I can't view the video, they're what I see…

Not that I'm old, but I remember when roller blades first came out. I'm not going to name her because it wouldn't be fair, but I remember a friend of mine was going to sell them in her shop, so she had an event on the Community Store parking lot and one of the local cover bands played, so that everyone could see how…

The industry spokesperson does have a point about the amount of property required and how pricing is difficult. Though I'm sure there's at least one in every city, there may be only one, so on a per-capita basis, I don't think they're as plentiful as they seemed.

I kind of think that if you have to ask what happened to roller skating, you might want to get out of the city and have some kids. Though not as plentiful as they were in the 70s, I'd guess that most places with at least a 30-50k population have a rink and those which don't, if someone were interested, they should…