What happens when an 8th grader brings a handwritten list of pickup lines to school… and a teacher confiscates it? 

Scara and Sly read through a real list of middle school pickup lines that absolutely should not exist in the wild. They are awkward. They are hilarious. They are mildly horrifying. And yes, they were actually passed around by an 8th grader.

This episode is a front-row seat to the things teachers see, hear, and desperately try not to react to. From secondhand embarrassment to full-body cringe, nothing could have prepared us for how unhinged these lines are.

If you’ve ever wondered what gets confiscated in classrooms or why teachers need humor as a survival skill, this one’s for you.

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