Hey Reddit, my name is Bo Burnham and I wrote and directed the film EIGHTH GRADE which is now in theaters NATIONWIDE. AMA.

Middle school is like a filth renaissance for all young minds, eager to learn.

I listened to Limp Bizkit back then, I learned almost all of the nicknames for sex stuff (snowballing, donkey punching, etc...) before UrbanDictionary existed,... I feel like I swear too much now, but I've never swore as much as I did in middle school. Thongs were everywhere, colored bras & white t-shirts were everywhere, hormones were kicking in at full force, and PE shorts were the bane of existence for most of us because of it.
A girl I had a thing for in 8th grade wrote the following in my yearbook:

"Drink and get laid. Have a good summer!"

I don't doubt that she meant it.

Real life is generally R-rated or worse. Past 13, the MPAA is a joke if you went to a public school.

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