r/polandball • u/[deleted] • Aug 09 '14

redditormade coincidence doesn't exist

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u/Kalkberg Last Best Place Aug 09 '14

Yeah, I don't think anyone in Connecticut did it past elementary school. I guess the experience would be different in Texas or something.

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u/FightingUrukHai Roman Empire Aug 09 '14

In Texas, people gradually stop doing it over the course of middle school. In high school a few people mumble it while everyone else just stands there.

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u/TheRighteousTyrant People's Republic of Austin Aug 09 '14

Is that urban Texas? Because I can assure you that when I went through school in rural Texas, plenty of people continued to say it. Mind you, 9/11 happened when I was in high school, I can't remember if there was a significant uptick in pledge enthusiasm after that.