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Do you have fond memories of the Book Fair in elementary school?

Reminder: that was you being trained for consumerism. Compl...
supple house kitty
  10/23/25
Our book fair was in the library.
Racy roommate menage
  10/23/25
Yes. Loved it. In third grade I bought three Garfield books ...
sooty swashbuckling theater stage codepig
  10/23/25
My greatest purchase was the book of your momma jokes. My...
Marvelous Black Woman Brethren
  10/23/25
My older brother got hold of a dirty joke book when I was in...
sooty swashbuckling theater stage codepig
  10/23/25
What were those furry toys you could purchase and shit with ...
Marvelous Black Woman Brethren
  10/23/25
Knock off beanie babies iirc
sooty swashbuckling theater stage codepig
  10/23/25
More than 30 parents volunteered at book fair this year. In...
supple house kitty
  10/23/25
To be clear, yes, my kids did just wrangle $100 out of me an...
supple house kitty
  10/23/25
kid got a calvin and hobbes book last week, we're going back...
Coral metal clown french chef
  10/23/25
Very fond memories. Pick up the latest Goosebumps and those...
Pearly home ladyboy
  10/23/25
Yeah I loved them Fuck I forgot all about the book fairs....
domesticated principal's office mother
  10/23/25
The book fair was a lot of fun, and of all the consumerism t...
wine passionate orchestra pit corn cake
  10/23/25
Damn this makes me sad because I was one of the poor kids an...
Soul-stirring poppy blood rage candlestick maker
  10/23/25
180
supple house kitty
  10/23/25
Book Fair was 180 I imagine it costs 3x as much now but i...
Blathering rehab boltzmann
  10/23/25
No, I remember thinking they were overcharging.
Racy roommate menage
  10/23/25
do these still exist, or has buying books been deemed unfair...
histrionic associate
  10/23/25
The great new scam at my kids bookfairs is they wnt you to c...
laughsome resort useless brakes
  10/23/25


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Date: October 23rd, 2025 7:35 AM
Author: supple house kitty

Reminder: that was you being trained for consumerism. Completely ridiculous to tell 8-year-olds to bring their allowance to buy books. And they always set it up in the cafeteria or gym because they wouldn’t want to accidentally remind you that there were thousands of books you could just read for free in the library.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5788928&forum_id=2.#49367888)



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Date: October 23rd, 2025 11:37 AM
Author: Racy roommate menage

Our book fair was in the library.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5788928&forum_id=2.#49368297)



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Date: October 23rd, 2025 7:59 AM
Author: sooty swashbuckling theater stage codepig

Yes. Loved it. In third grade I bought three Garfield books and when I brought them home my mom was super pissed. The next year she found out when my class was going to the “fair” and showed up in person to “help” for a bit so she could monitor my purchases.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5788928&forum_id=2.#49367915)



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Date: October 23rd, 2025 8:02 AM
Author: Marvelous Black Woman Brethren

My greatest purchase was the book of your momma jokes.

My fav line:

Your mommas pussy been fucked so many times she went platinum.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5788928&forum_id=2.#49367920)



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Date: October 23rd, 2025 8:04 AM
Author: sooty swashbuckling theater stage codepig

My older brother got hold of a dirty joke book when I was in 4th or 5th grade and we read them to each other over and over and over. Good times.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5788928&forum_id=2.#49367925)



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Date: October 23rd, 2025 8:05 AM
Author: Marvelous Black Woman Brethren

What were those furry toys you could purchase and shit with credits???

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5788928&forum_id=2.#49367928)



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Date: October 23rd, 2025 8:14 AM
Author: sooty swashbuckling theater stage codepig

Knock off beanie babies iirc

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5788928&forum_id=2.#49367943)



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Date: October 23rd, 2025 8:31 AM
Author: supple house kitty

More than 30 parents volunteered at book fair this year. Insane.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5788928&forum_id=2.#49367957)



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Date: October 23rd, 2025 8:30 AM
Author: supple house kitty

To be clear, yes, my kids did just wrangle $100 out of me and came home with scented highlighters, so I’m silently fuming.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5788928&forum_id=2.#49367956)



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Date: October 23rd, 2025 11:19 AM
Author: Coral metal clown french chef

kid got a calvin and hobbes book last week, we're going back to 90s!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5788928&forum_id=2.#49368259)



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Date: October 23rd, 2025 10:52 AM
Author: Pearly home ladyboy

Very fond memories. Pick up the latest Goosebumps and those scary stories to tell in the Dark books with the nightmare inducing illustrations

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5788928&forum_id=2.#49368196)



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Date: October 23rd, 2025 10:56 AM
Author: domesticated principal's office mother

Yeah I loved them

Fuck I forgot all about the book fairs. Man so many good childhood memories that you don't even "remember" unless someone prompts you to evoke them

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5788928&forum_id=2.#49368212)



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Date: October 23rd, 2025 11:00 AM
Author: wine passionate orchestra pit corn cake

The book fair was a lot of fun, and of all the consumerism to rail against, buying books is low on the list, especially on a board of scholars. However, the book fair now sells a ton of stuff other than books, like cheaply made plastic tools and sparkly pens, which I get annoyed about my kids buying in lieu of books.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5788928&forum_id=2.#49368224)



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Date: October 23rd, 2025 11:31 AM
Author: Soul-stirring poppy blood rage candlestick maker

Damn this makes me sad because I was one of the poor kids and I think I got a free voucher worth like $0.25 cents and I bought couple of erasers with it. This was in the early 90s.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5788928&forum_id=2.#49368282)



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Date: October 23rd, 2025 8:11 PM
Author: supple house kitty

180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5788928&forum_id=2.#49369768)



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Date: October 23rd, 2025 11:36 AM
Author: Blathering rehab boltzmann

Book Fair was 180

I imagine it costs 3x as much now but it'd be great to give my kids allowance and let them go HOG WILD buying Dav Pilkey slop

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5788928&forum_id=2.#49368294)



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Date: October 23rd, 2025 11:37 AM
Author: Racy roommate menage

No, I remember thinking they were overcharging.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5788928&forum_id=2.#49368295)



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Date: October 23rd, 2025 8:20 PM
Author: histrionic associate

do these still exist, or has buying books been deemed unfair to the coloreds?



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5788928&forum_id=2.#49369788)



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Date: October 23rd, 2025 8:24 PM
Author: laughsome resort useless brakes

The great new scam at my kids bookfairs is they wnt you to create a "Digital Wallet" where you preload the money on them and then they get a QR code.

I bet you can guess what happens to the "change" if there's money left over.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5788928&forum_id=2.#49369794)