Whichever one is the quietest has the fewest number of people
And this is how I actually did it in school. I would go to the cafeteria look around find the table that was quiet and had very few people and then sit as far away as I possibly could from anyone else and yes, I did get bullied for it, but I didnāt care. I was just happy to be alone.
I used to stand up near a specific wall alone or go to a place that had really long stairs going nowhere (the top was closed with a gate) and just be there at the top alone
Iām not suuuper well versed in alt subcultures but
Goth- Eccentric, dark colors, think vampires or the Addams family.
Emo- that one specific hairstyle that I canāt really describe. Also dark colors, casual-ish clothes. Lots of fingerless gloves and band t-shirts. And layers.
Scene- Emo but with neon colors and cartoon characters. And that one specific hairstyle is even more that one specific hairstyle-y
i think that theyāre different styles! if you google them all, each comes up with different results. they could all be part of the same genre, but each is a different subgenre. iām sorry if that didnāt make sense or if i got anything wrong
Goth- A certain kind of music. Dark colors. Vampiric things. Bats. There is different styles, but for trad goth thereās often makeup thatās white based with black eyeshadow and lipstick as well as black contour sometimes. Even without the white base nd black contour, a lot of goths wear black lipstick and eyeshadow, aswell as eyeliner. A lot of goths have hair thatās dyed black, sometimes especially with other dark colors such as purple or red. Often thereās big boots, Iām not sure the name of the style of them. Thereās also often skirts, belts, and chains, fishnets, chokers (both tattoo and leather), and a lot of goths have piercings.Think Addams family and ruby gloom
Emo- Music based, once again. Thereās certain hairstyles used. Band tees, black skinny jeans, a lot of emos have piercings, especially lip ones and nose ones. A lot of emos who werenāt born with black hair dyed their hair black. Thereās sometimes eyeshadow and eyeliner, but sometimes there is makeup that is more hardcore. Studded belts, spiked chokers, tattoo chokers, fishnets, spiked bracelets, etc. I donāt know what else to list right now, might edit later.
Scene: Emo but not music based, and with neon colors. Kandi bracelets, rainbows, hair extensions, a lot of us wear wigs. Band tees aswell, our music (even though scene isnot music based) is often argued about. There is also different kinds of scene. For one kind, thereās bows, tutus, leopard print and zebra print, and striped leggings and tights. Thereās everything emo has, of course, but usually the makeup has colors to it aswell. Iāll add more later.
There's a huge overlap between people who dress alternative and are a part of alt subcultures, and people who are gender-nonconforming/queer. I'm genderfluid so I can relate to being queer and being "emo" or alternative, because I'm in that overlap. I was making a lighthearted joke that you probably are too based on the flag on your avatar
I always used to find the emo kids pretty mean. Now, I look back and I wonder if they actually were, or if I just thought that was what I was picking up because I didnāt know what else to take away.
Well, usually I end up sitting with a lot of groups because while I wasn't what you call a "popular kid," I was a known entity in many circles to a degree that I got tired of making an effort. All I've ever wanted was a group of friends who'd have my back and while I'll sometimes get that, most of the time they're older or younger than me, or just drop out of school. Can't tell you how so utterly alone I am despite everyone reasonably enjoying my presence. It was all shallow efforts that was too exhausting
Now I don't put in the effort, you either wanna hang or you fuck off
Possibly teachers, depending on what kinds of teachers are there. Some teachers have targeted and mistreated me specifically, and some teachers have been stand-in parents in ways Iāll never forget. For a safer option, nerds. Nerds are always nerdy about something and therefor have an interesting thing to talk about for me to listen to :]
That empty table near the jocks :)
Or maybe the teachers if this is elementary instead of middle school (the teachers ganged up on me and my mom in a parent-teacher meeting in the seventh grade and apparently it was so bad that I mentally blocked it out, my mom remembers walking into the room and seeing me crying into the desk, surrounded by teachers)
Lol this made me guffaw out loud. My mind went straight to the poor hygiene me and my friends had. Like, the table you would find Kenny, Cartman, Tweek and Butters at.
ā¦outside. I have so many bad memories from school. A big one is sitting outside the cafeteria on a bench eating my lunch, anxious like hell because I hadnt made any friends (still havent years later) and no one wanted to sit with me. I was getting weird looks sitting by myself. And then some teacher doesnt even have any empathy or even asks me why im sitting there. A couple teachers walked by me, gave me weird looks, and then went inside. But then 1 couldnt let it go and said I wasnt allowed to sit outside. I was so humilated being forced back in and I had to sit at some table with some other kids because they were all full. I wanted to shrivel up and die
i still eat in the bathroom because i was bullied in elementary school š i work at walmart and literally spend my entire 1 hour lunch break in the family bathroom
When I was in public school I'd be too scared to sit with any of the people and go sit on the floor in the hallway (this is coming from a guy by the way)
Not sure what it has to do with gender, but i did that too.
Until I found out my school had a specific quiet room for people who can't handle the noise during breaks
Nerds was me at that age at least / probably still is but I'm also just super depressed and less passionate about anything.. so right now maybe depressed since nerds may just make me feel like shit regarding how much I don't feel able to do things or connect to things properly (it already happens when my friends talk about stuff).
Iv sat at and been kicked off of, 14 of these tables. Now I sit at a table I built and made. Itās never felt more comfortable sitting down. (The table is a metaphor)
Back at school I would've sit with the book worms, because that would've just been me :D
Everyone in my class thought or more accurate: displayed that reading was "gay" (not "gay" as in happy and neither "gay" as in homosexual. No, "gay" as in the infantile insult)
So uh I would had have been pretty much left alone, if my bullies just would had have another hobby than bullying...
whichever one has the most people that i know. if none, then ill just walk around school. i never really ate at school anyway, i just sat with my friends
(i was just never hungry at school, i was probably too overwhelmed to. i ate lots when i got home)
I was emo but I mostly hung out with nerds. Emo kids didnāt really care about anything I liked. They mostly whined about the person they were dating, bulllied ānormiesā and did drugs.
I am merely not in the cafeteria. It's bright, noisy, and messy, and I don't eat around other people. I'm sitting outside my class in the 3rd floor hallway if you need me š
I was quiet, nerdy, depressed, and artsy (and still am, though I think the depression has turned into anxiety, but it's overall better). I'd rather eat somewhere peaceful and quiet, though. I've always been a fan of eating outside, because nature soothes me.
I used to skip lunch and go to the library because the cafeteria smells bad and it's too loud for eating and I get disgusted by the reminder of how eating works if I have to concentrate too hard while I'm eating
I doubt that it's possible for a wallflower to take root at a table.
So I'll just chill at the walls of the room with my fellow wallflowers. That, or just at the library. Who needs food, anyways? XD
Back when I was in school I had my one best friend and we had the same lunch together. š±š„Ŗ We would just sit at a table other friends would sit šŖ with us.
I always sat with the other autistic people outside. Nobody would mention it. Then on kid would say to another kid āI thought you were autistic?ā āNo im notā āare you sureā āif Iām you definitely areā etc
Eating lunch in the Nuture room (the room where you can have a moment of peace, the SEND is mainly set up for neurodivergent and disabled kids in schools in the UK as far as Iām concerned but please correct me if Iām wrong)
If I am forced to sit in the cafeteria then 100% the quiet kids or bookworms, no conversations required did it at least 3 times when I got caught not in the cafeteria, theyāre great people too, the bookworms once introduced me to a book and I loved it
I'm skipping lunch and hiding in the bathrooms.
wrong! i am eating in the library.
#Facts
Amen
LITERALLY ME
Came here to say that šš
Hey! There's no need to call me out like this! š
I always wanted to do that but couldnt. The kids were always using those spots to vape and I didnt want to be more ridiculed than I already was ;-;
Whichever one is the quietest has the fewest number of people And this is how I actually did it in school. I would go to the cafeteria look around find the table that was quiet and had very few people and then sit as far away as I possibly could from anyone else and yes, I did get bullied for it, but I didnāt care. I was just happy to be alone.
Why did people bully you for it what?? Why do kids bully over the stupidest reasons
Because they have nothing better to do in their own lonely pathetic lives
I got bullied for wearing purple socks. kids can be cruel.
Should have thought about that before wearing purple socks /j
I got bullied for wearing purple EVERYTHING! lol From my big 90s glasses, stretch pants down to my birks. All purple. Everyday.
I used to stand up near a specific wall alone or go to a place that had really long stairs going nowhere (the top was closed with a gate) and just be there at the top alone
This post gives me anxiety. Iāll eat at home
Probably the emos.
Yea either emo or nerds
as an emo welcome to our table
Thank you!
Emos are still a thing? That's awesome c: Used to be emo in my teens heh.
Iām more scene personally but yeah thereās still a lot of emos! I only know a few emo and scene kids but hopefully more will start to appear
I guess I'm getting old (30 is the new 60 huh?), but what's the difference between emo, scene, goth and whatever else that's considered 'alt'?
Iām not suuuper well versed in alt subcultures but Goth- Eccentric, dark colors, think vampires or the Addams family. Emo- that one specific hairstyle that I canāt really describe. Also dark colors, casual-ish clothes. Lots of fingerless gloves and band t-shirts. And layers. Scene- Emo but with neon colors and cartoon characters. And that one specific hairstyle is even more that one specific hairstyle-y
i think that theyāre different styles! if you google them all, each comes up with different results. they could all be part of the same genre, but each is a different subgenre. iām sorry if that didnāt make sense or if i got anything wrong
Goth- A certain kind of music. Dark colors. Vampiric things. Bats. There is different styles, but for trad goth thereās often makeup thatās white based with black eyeshadow and lipstick as well as black contour sometimes. Even without the white base nd black contour, a lot of goths wear black lipstick and eyeshadow, aswell as eyeliner. A lot of goths have hair thatās dyed black, sometimes especially with other dark colors such as purple or red. Often thereās big boots, Iām not sure the name of the style of them. Thereās also often skirts, belts, and chains, fishnets, chokers (both tattoo and leather), and a lot of goths have piercings.Think Addams family and ruby gloom Emo- Music based, once again. Thereās certain hairstyles used. Band tees, black skinny jeans, a lot of emos have piercings, especially lip ones and nose ones. A lot of emos who werenāt born with black hair dyed their hair black. Thereās sometimes eyeshadow and eyeliner, but sometimes there is makeup that is more hardcore. Studded belts, spiked chokers, tattoo chokers, fishnets, spiked bracelets, etc. I donāt know what else to list right now, might edit later. Scene: Emo but not music based, and with neon colors. Kandi bracelets, rainbows, hair extensions, a lot of us wear wigs. Band tees aswell, our music (even though scene isnot music based) is often argued about. There is also different kinds of scene. For one kind, thereās bows, tutus, leopard print and zebra print, and striped leggings and tights. Thereās everything emo has, of course, but usually the makeup has colors to it aswell. Iāll add more later.
Thanks for the explanation!
I remember, back in highschool, one of my classmates was an Emo friend who was also trans. I miss them. I hope their transition went well.
User avatar checks out (lol me too)
It does?
There's a huge overlap between people who dress alternative and are a part of alt subcultures, and people who are gender-nonconforming/queer. I'm genderfluid so I can relate to being queer and being "emo" or alternative, because I'm in that overlap. I was making a lighthearted joke that you probably are too based on the flag on your avatar
I forgot I had a non binary flag on my avatar until you pointed it out. š
It's cool, I like it
Fun fact! I actually got a Non-binary flag IRL. I had bought it and a Trans flag last week!
Cool!
This made me feel old. I went to school before emo was a noun
I'm sorry that I made you feel old. /g
I appreciate it, but no need to apologize. I'm honestly happy with my age.
Ok.
I always used to find the emo kids pretty mean. Now, I look back and I wonder if they actually were, or if I just thought that was what I was picking up because I didnāt know what else to take away.
Is there an empty table?
The spot that says "pick me"
Iām sitting outside or on the floor next to the wall.
same
Iām split between the nerds and the clowns.
Alone outside
Well, usually I end up sitting with a lot of groups because while I wasn't what you call a "popular kid," I was a known entity in many circles to a degree that I got tired of making an effort. All I've ever wanted was a group of friends who'd have my back and while I'll sometimes get that, most of the time they're older or younger than me, or just drop out of school. Can't tell you how so utterly alone I am despite everyone reasonably enjoying my presence. It was all shallow efforts that was too exhausting Now I don't put in the effort, you either wanna hang or you fuck off
Nerds, as I am one. Or maybe the bookworms.
Girly girls or emos because theyāve always been the nicest to me
Iād be in the library but if thatās not a option quiet kids
Sit at the "Normal" table, but spin around very slowly the whole time.
The library
So bookworms? Same
Straight home. Fuck that noise.
Possibly teachers, depending on what kinds of teachers are there. Some teachers have targeted and mistreated me specifically, and some teachers have been stand-in parents in ways Iāll never forget. For a safer option, nerds. Nerds are always nerdy about something and therefor have an interesting thing to talk about for me to listen to :]
Whereās the gays, thatās where I was
Emo and sometimes the depressed ones (mentally ill people are often really funny and nice)
Well theres no femboy so, as the (former) class clown i choose clown
Femboys are probably in the tomboy table
Replace tomboys with femboys and im sitting with femboys
And riding one of them
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Can I just be on that unlabelled table in the park thats a mile away?
i probably would not be found in that room at all
That empty table near the jocks :) Or maybe the teachers if this is elementary instead of middle school (the teachers ganged up on me and my mom in a parent-teacher meeting in the seventh grade and apparently it was so bad that I mentally blocked it out, my mom remembers walking into the room and seeing me crying into the desk, surrounded by teachers)
Are you sure you want to be near the jocks?
They might be rude and throw things to hit me, but thereās no people directly next to me at least
Depends on what ādirty kidsā means
Lol this made me guffaw out loud. My mind went straight to the poor hygiene me and my friends had. Like, the table you would find Kenny, Cartman, Tweek and Butters at.
ā¦outside. I have so many bad memories from school. A big one is sitting outside the cafeteria on a bench eating my lunch, anxious like hell because I hadnt made any friends (still havent years later) and no one wanted to sit with me. I was getting weird looks sitting by myself. And then some teacher doesnt even have any empathy or even asks me why im sitting there. A couple teachers walked by me, gave me weird looks, and then went inside. But then 1 couldnt let it go and said I wasnt allowed to sit outside. I was so humilated being forced back in and I had to sit at some table with some other kids because they were all full. I wanted to shrivel up and die
Quiet, nerds or bookeorms, it depends if I feel like talking to people and if they're my friends
Emo!
Emos or dirty kids
library or english teacherās classroom
Emo, depressed or quiet table
if this is drama = theatre, 100 percent there! if it's drama = rumors etc., i'll go with the nerds or bookworms
I ate by myself outside no matter the weather.
Depends. Is the table at the top for "class clowns" or literal clowns?
Jokes on you I ate in the bathroom because people would throw food at me āļøš¤”
i still eat in the bathroom because i was bullied in elementary school š i work at walmart and literally spend my entire 1 hour lunch break in the family bathroom
nerds
There is such a high prevalence of autism&adhd among nerds, that it shocks me every time, to see that most(?) autistic people are NOT nerds.
Outside. Luckily students could leave campus during breaks
Doesn't matter. People's apparent need to ostracize me will make it the empty table.
Quiet.
Eating in the computer lab
Bullies
When I was in public school I'd be too scared to sit with any of the people and go sit on the floor in the hallway (this is coming from a guy by the way)
Not sure what it has to do with gender, but i did that too. Until I found out my school had a specific quiet room for people who can't handle the noise during breaks
Either in the bathroom or the teachers table lol
Drama :3
Nerds was me at that age at least / probably still is but I'm also just super depressed and less passionate about anything.. so right now maybe depressed since nerds may just make me feel like shit regarding how much I don't feel able to do things or connect to things properly (it already happens when my friends talk about stuff).
Nerds as long as they like d&d
At the table with the special education kids cause no would let me sit with them :(
Crazy how bullies are sitting next to the depressed lol.
Emo or Depressed. Legit me
Probably clowns, quiet or emo. Not sure.
I pull up a chair and sit between emo and depressed
Quiet, nerds, teachers pet or depressed.
In high school I thought my friends & I were the clowns, but I've realised we we're the dirty kids.
Teachers, I am 24, I don't want to sit with kids
The nerds, because thereās a good chance theyāll talk to me about Skyrim.
Nerds
I'd find a quiet place somewhere else, waayy too much noise here. My school actually had a specific quiet room for people who want a quiet break/lunch
Nerds I guessā¦ screw labels š
So you had cafeteria in school, huh. But probably wherever my friends sits at - I got sociology autism so people interactions are game I exploit
Emo or Depressed, weād probably have a lot to talk about
Teacher pets, nerds or bookworms.
I always sat on the stairs with three other people
Simps because I need fawning attention to survive social situations. š
Iv sat at and been kicked off of, 14 of these tables. Now I sit at a table I built and made. Itās never felt more comfortable sitting down. (The table is a metaphor)
Really? In my school they were only me, clowns and girly girls
where are the queers?
Bookworms, no doubt
Back at school I would've sit with the book worms, because that would've just been me :D Everyone in my class thought or more accurate: displayed that reading was "gay" (not "gay" as in happy and neither "gay" as in homosexual. No, "gay" as in the infantile insult) So uh I would had have been pretty much left alone, if my bullies just would had have another hobby than bullying...
whichever one has the most people that i know. if none, then ill just walk around school. i never really ate at school anyway, i just sat with my friends (i was just never hungry at school, i was probably too overwhelmed to. i ate lots when i got home)
None of them. I was sitting alone in the hallway or outside or had talked a teacher into letting me āstudyā in an empty classroom.
I was emo but I mostly hung out with nerds. Emo kids didnāt really care about anything I liked. They mostly whined about the person they were dating, bulllied ānormiesā and did drugs.
Iād be buzzing around like a drunk bee between the tomboy and nerd table, trying to get them to push the tables together š
Tomboy.
this is a very american post tbh
Quiet or nerds.
I'll just join the tables for depressed and heartbroken and then sleep on them
Me who eats in teachers staff room 
Teachers
I'm laughing that the teacher pets got placed between the bullies and jocks
By drama do you mean gossipers or theatre kids?
Outside under the building. With the goth kids who know why bella lugosi is undead.
None of them
Tomboys. I want to do shit with the boys and other ponytail wearers
I am merely not in the cafeteria. It's bright, noisy, and messy, and I don't eat around other people. I'm sitting outside my class in the 3rd floor hallway if you need me š
Iām sitting with the emo kids but Iām not really emo?
walking around until a table frees up
Realistically Iām at the normal table. If I told everyone I was autistic, theyād believe me but theyād still think I was cool.
I don't know.
Nerds 100%. That was/is my friend group so those conversations are hilarious
The unlabeled one on the right
Definitely at the quiet table
where's femboy
Nerds
Drama. I already do š
I see an unlabeled table next to the jocks insinuating that no one is there. I will sit there
Teachers or emos.
Finding a bush to sit under outside or practicing in music class.
I was quiet, nerdy, depressed, and artsy (and still am, though I think the depression has turned into anxiety, but it's overall better). I'd rather eat somewhere peaceful and quiet, though. I've always been a fan of eating outside, because nature soothes me.
I'm in the corner by the door crying and desperately trying to get out of that room filled with people I hate
I used to skip lunch and go to the library because the cafeteria smells bad and it's too loud for eating and I get disgusted by the reminder of how eating works if I have to concentrate too hard while I'm eating
I forgot how big school lunches were now that Iām in college
Nerds I guess because they have alot of variety, anime nerds, science nerds, star wars nerds, etc etc.. so alot to talk about and have a good time
Nerds but quiet is also really good
Ima be in the library on the beanbags sleeping
If there was a weird kid table Iād sit there, but Iāll settle for nerds or emos
Nah dog Iām eating outside of the building so I can be alone
Depressed/emo
Normal, popular, or girly girls
Tomboy, nerd, or depressed
If any of my friends are at a table, with some exceptions i will sit there. If not whichever table is the chillest.
Either emo or quiet (could be a description of my personality fr)
maybe the quiet or the normal ones.
id rather not eat if i HAVE to socialize
Depends on the day, honestly.
I was by myself in my car, cafeterias are FAR too overstimulating
Too crowded. I'm fucking off.
I doubt that it's possible for a wallflower to take root at a table. So I'll just chill at the walls of the room with my fellow wallflowers. That, or just at the library. Who needs food, anyways? XD
On the floor imao.
Emos
On the floor in the corner
Who the hell classifies as normal!? Goofy ahh NPCs
Quiet, bookworm and nerds were the tables I sat at in school
Maybe quiet kids
Back when I was in school I had my one best friend and we had the same lunch together. š±š„Ŗ We would just sit at a table other friends would sit šŖ with us.
I would sit among the corpses
The quiet table
whereās the borderline personality disorder table
I sit with my two friends in a corner.
The nerd table for sure
I always sat with the other autistic people outside. Nobody would mention it. Then on kid would say to another kid āI thought you were autistic?ā āNo im notā āare you sureā āif Iām you definitely areā etc
Sorry, I'm in the bandroom
I'd be at the homework while eating table. As an adult I started fasting, so I guess I'm full fledged š
QUIET
Iām making my way around, skipping the bullies, cause I have friends in all the clicks
Eating lunch in the Nuture room (the room where you can have a moment of peace, the SEND is mainly set up for neurodivergent and disabled kids in schools in the UK as far as Iām concerned but please correct me if Iām wrong)
Nerds
Quiet
EEEEMO
Had no self-esteem in the past, did sit with me bullies, I do NOT recommend š
Quiet. Some of you all could eat in the library??
If I am forced to sit in the cafeteria then 100% the quiet kids or bookworms, no conversations required did it at least 3 times when I got caught not in the cafeteria, theyāre great people too, the bookworms once introduced me to a book and I loved it
Bold of you to assume I sit