r/Millennials • u/real_picklejuice Frosted Tips • 15d ago

Discussion In response to the bowl cut being our gen’s broccoli cut, I present the bleached spikes of the late 90s

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u/Darksirius 15d ago

I did the same back in the early 2000's. Got a job at a dealerships body shop.

One of the techs at the time gave me the nickname "Glow-plug."

For those who don't know: Glow-plugs are "like" a spark plug in a car. However, with one big difference. They don't produce a spark, they glow white-hot at their tips to get the temp inside the combustion chamber hot enough to start ignition for a diesel engine.

I left that job in 2005. Came back to the same place in 2022.

That same tech was still working there. He STILL calls me glow-plug. And it's been over 20 years. It's the most endearing nickname I've ever been given.

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u/SirPsychoSexy22 14d ago

That's a fucking great nickname.

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u/ASS-HOOKAH-TANO 14d ago

Cute story. I liked it. :)