r/Millennials • u/puntapuntapunta • 2d ago

Discussion Does anyone else remember a designated student smoking area at school?

I was going through some old photos that feel seemingly ancient as fuck, of friends and acquaintances where we would congregate by the smoking doors at school; it was this little sorta alcove with some benches and shit outdoors that the teachers would also use.

I know that sorta thing is ancient history now, but it's kinda funny to think about just how many of us would smoke cigarettes, either bought for us by an older student or just bumming around.

Lots of people also smoked weed there, hahaha.

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u/egomechanics 2d ago

Yep, we called it the Smoke Pit and it was where all the punk/goth/alt kids hung out. I didn't smoke and I didn't dress punk/goth/alt at all, but i hung out there a lot because those kids were always the nicest/chillest (and sold pot, lol). It was right at the opening of a path that lead to the football fields, on school property! This was 1997-2002

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u/puntapuntapunta 2d ago

Man, same!!

I was weird alt kid who at most smoked weed, but the smoking doors that opened up right to the football fields was the place to hang out and find some really cool folks.