honestly it's not about "dorky" - it's about stupid embarrassing crap we had to endure and in front of other adults who were not "in the way" -- it actually disgusts me as it did then, but THEN i found some stupid way to rationalize it
of course things we wore or things we did in our past could be considered dorky
i'm not even considering that type of stuff
people in my family and friends outside of the way were in the same era of dorkiness - you understand? they found things in the way strange - same here
we didn't have a TV in the way home
we sang stupid songs to guests in the way corps in residence
we wore big stupid buttons to recognize each other at functions
we were so blessed and had our own little code language
never confess a negative
third aid and all that nonsense
come on i could go on and on
of course things in the past seem dorky
but things in the way seem DOWNRIGHT RIDICULOUS
thank you