We all tell ourselves that we eventually grow past middle and high school memories. Who cares if you weren’t in the cool clique? Who cares that you didn’t get hot until college or possibly never? We’ve all forgotten the random hierarchies of our teen years. Or have we??
Writer Lizzie Logan stirred a lot of memories for people when she casually reflected on one of the signature talents of the popular girls, tweeting, “When I say popular girl handwriting we all know what that looks like right?”
Okay, I’m triggered. I can see the lines of gel pens and smell the fruity lip gloss like I’m sitting in homeroom reading a note over someone’s shoulder. Help! I’ll never be a popular girl!
when i say popular girl handwriting we all know what that looks like right?
— Lizzie Logan (@lizzzzzielogan) September 18, 2020
This was a common reaction. Pretty much everyone conjured the same mental image of the round letters, perfect placement, and crisp lines, all finished with an exclamation point dotted with a heart.
A few more examples. It's the type of writing where all of the letters are the same size and letters like "n" and "h" will often look the same, because they don't write the stalks and loops on letters, they keep it even pic.twitter.com/oZg504027O
— ej (@regrettablysoft) September 18, 2020
Lol this was my handwriting in 8th/9th grade 😂 And then the note taking had to be hustled and it all went downhill from there. So now it looks like this: pic.twitter.com/nnHkaasQv8
— Kelly D. Holmes (she/her) (@theOGdreymandi) September 19, 2020
this is it !!
— kenzie nix (@KenzieJumps) September 19, 2020
https://twitter.com/soupdumps/status/1307533074817675264
oath pic.twitter.com/JqRM40UhKO
— bean (@uysabine) September 20, 2020
Some people were immediately able to imitate it:
save me a seat by the window xox
— Lizzie Logan (@lizzzzzielogan) September 18, 2020
And there were a large number of people who came forward as popular girls, either currently or formerly, who came forward with their handwriting samples:
https://twitter.com/Be_Jordy/status/1307696018121785345
no i’m just a perfectionist https://t.co/jUw9eDFjxK pic.twitter.com/1glyPuHwIC
— ً (@entropytroye) September 19, 2020
I wouldn’t say I was popular but lmao https://t.co/HPPCDjty9m pic.twitter.com/kZUoa92m1G
— naker pls (@kardashiancourt) September 19, 2020
Yeah why is that a thing?? I’ve never seen my dad write in lowercase. He’s about to be 80.
— K I R A H | The Strology (@thestrology_) September 19, 2020
Though other people seem to know that they definitely aren’t:
Lol this was my handwriting in 8th/9th grade 😂 And then the note taking had to be hustled and it all went downhill from there. So now it looks like this: pic.twitter.com/nnHkaasQv8
— Kelly D. Holmes (she/her) (@theOGdreymandi) September 19, 2020
who tf would call this sloppy? idk about you but if youd show this any single student from any of my classes during my whole school time they'd wish they had your handwriting. messy is when its illegible
— daddy alex | commissions open (@trashgaylie) September 19, 2020
I don’t think I’m popular :/ https://t.co/l93K49aYFc pic.twitter.com/SFEKySIj67
— Olivia Speight (@livspeight) September 19, 2020
where did you get my notes?
— Theresa Kenyon (@thecatcameback) September 19, 2020
Been writing like this since middle school and I've always been told i had a doctor's handwriting… https://t.co/UqF95XzDcQ pic.twitter.com/3NEWxyRsF9
— erica hermosillo (@erica_love101) September 20, 2020
Many more felt personally victimized by the popular girls and their handwriting, as well as baffling. How do they all know what to do when they put their pen to the paper?
https://twitter.com/TeresaAP98/status/1307095764590526466
https://twitter.com/BridgetteHahn/status/1307079838134661120
I definitely practiced mine. Granted, that could be attributed to my neuroses and type A personality.
— Jesus Tapdancing Christ, Really? (@jendeleski) September 19, 2020
https://twitter.com/OhHaylNah/status/1307564217751437312
https://twitter.com/jollierambles/status/1307528858938347520
Way too much work. This is almost OCD pretty and nerdy girl
— Sock Perdida 🥴 (@sockperdida) September 18, 2020
Hmm, I wonder why:
I write my Ys like that
— betty baguetty (@aguavrgo) September 19, 2020
One very interesting thing that came up on the thread was that the credits in the film Legally Blonde look like “popular girl handwriting,” and a commenter claiming to have actually penned them claims the direction they were given the directive “popular cheerleader girl handwriting.”
THANK YOU!
I was hired to hand write those credits for Legally Blonde. My direction indeed was, “Popular cheerleader girl handwriting.”— moxietroubles (@moxietrouble) September 19, 2020
Thank you! Being a punk girl in a cheerleader world paid off eventually. 😂
— moxietroubles (@moxietrouble) September 19, 2020
To the popular girls, I’d like to say you peaked with your handwriting, but clearly you are all still living rent-free in our heads.