Y’all the Try Guys had me dyin’ on this one. When they get to the butt waxing part, Keith made me laugh so hard I cried. They even had their mikes connected to a speaker in the office so their employees could hear them. Watching them crack up and laugh at their bosses was hilarious.
I would like you to know that my bestie sent this to me with this caption 
in case anyone was wondering if I’ve ever infodumped about coelacanths (yes. Yes I have)
What even is ska
I wasn’t that kind of nerd as a child
A rock-adjacent musical genre that was briefly VERY popular that was kind of like rock smashed together with “big band” style music.
It’s basically rock with Jamaican roots and a reggae vibe. Super popular where I went to high school. Lots of brass instruments and really lively/fun to dance to. And you call dancing to ska “skanking”, which makes it extra fun.
ETA: Most of what American’s consider ska is third wave ska, but it started in Jamaica decades earlier.
It’s what happens when cheerful band geeks get into punk in the 90’s.
Except that I was a band geek in the 00’s, this sounds like a description of me … I will listen to this in 8 hours when I get out of bed
A lot of ska bands (at least in the US maybe?) also have very punny names with “ska” worked into them too.
I had a couple of friends in SLC who were very into ska and they were in their 20s, so it’s still alive and strong, if not as popular anymore!
The Mighty Might Bosstones I think where the most famous* ska (or maybe ska-adjacent? ska punk?) back in the day. They had a radio hit or two, so maybe you know them already. I think No Doubt was also considered (mainstream) ska, or at least had a ska period.
*By famous I mean like mainstream radio famous
I was VERY into ska in the 90s. And it’s basically the only music I can dance to because (at least the way I do it) it’s just jumping and running in place.
Some guys in my high school formed a ska band that went on to have pretty decent success. I had a HUGE crush on the lead singer. Minor crushes on the brass section too, but a gigantic all-consuming crush on the singer. He was this amazing mix of extremely smart but also not giving a fuck that was the most attractive thing in the world to me. Anyway, my social circles overlapped with the band a bit (like both the singer and I were in Quiz Bowl, because of course I was) but I rarely had real conversations with them because I was so intimidated and insecure. I mean, I’d take note of what he was reading and then go read the same books, but talk to him? No way.
Anyway, my junior or senior year the ska band played a school gig - I think it was the cast party after a musical? It was a pretty big event. Anyway, during the show, the lead singer dedicated a song to me. Not by name, but to “the girl in our chemistry class with the Descendents t-shirt” which was 100% me. I danced with a friend during the song but did I go up and talk to them after they were done playing? Say anything? Acknowledge it at all? Nope. I convinced myself that maybe I misheard him or that it didn’t mean anything or that it meant “we don’t like you” and didn’t approach anyone from the band in any way. 
I have no idea how the friend I was with (who knew about my crush) did not just drag me up to the stage after their set and shove me at the singer.
THE END
Why didn’t he go talk to you?!? He dedicated an entire song but couldn’t go say hi?
The k drama enthusiast in me is dying Ramona
Plot twist, he was equally insecure, at least in this arena.
High school boys are scary and it’s best to admire them from afar.
God I wish I had this advice in high school. I admired from up close.
I mean, after dedicating a song to me, I think you could safely say the ball was in my court.
Maybe he could have asked your name though? Like “huh maybe she didn’t realize it was her”
In case anyone was unclear, Meowkins style of romantic approach was “aggressive and optimistic”
My approach was to construct elaborate fanfic in my head and never talk to the person or make eye contact.
