Any other one-shoulder warriors out there?

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Whitworth@reddit

My shirt pulls up into the backpack if i wear 2 straps.

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I've been carrying my bag for work over one shoulder since I was in school. If you're uncomfortable, carry your bag on the opposite so it's a cross body bag and slide the pack behind you. It's not uncomfortable. 2 shoulders is for hiking. Of course, both of my daughters carry back packs are absurdly heavy for no good reason. They have to carry on both shoulders. I mean, I don't pack light. I carry a laptop, charger, mouse, a notebook or two, pens, some folders full of paper, some tools, some playing cards, usually a flash light, harmonica, sometimes a book for if I'm going to be bored. It doesn't weigh a 10th of what my kid's bags weigh. They have stupid heavy bags.

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sundaycomicssection@reddit

Backpack? No... Messenger bag only.

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Hurt2039@reddit

🙋🏻‍♂️ I even went as far as buying a sling pack, a one strap backpack

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Brave-Ad6744@reddit

I did the same.

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Lokitusaborg@reddit

These are fighting words, my bro. Is who came up before you showed our strength by only holding our heaviest burden on one shoulder. Of course we actually had books, which have hundreds of pages that contain the curated knowledge of what we needed to know, instead of you weakening chi-tea latte drinkers who have iPads. Get off my lawn while you’re at it and turn that damn auto tune music down. 🤪

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Fluid-Set-2674@reddit

Absolutely!

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actualelainebenes@reddit

I did this in middle school and remember being told that I’d get scoliosis. I’m pretty sure I quit doing this in high school once I had a bigger backpack

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BlackberryDramatic73@reddit

I would not strap it ifnit was possible!

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Proud_Cauliflower400@reddit

Lol I was a one shoulder in school. Then I started my backpacking obsession and was obsessively learning on the internet and annoying the folks at REI about my backpack obsession. Any backpack that I'm carrying even minor weight in at this point in my life has waist belt, lumbar support, two shoulder straps and a chest strap, is perfectly fitted and adjusted to my shoulders and waist line so the weight rests on my butt and hips and the shoulder straps are only mildly load bearing and primarily used for supporting and restricting excessive movement in side to side and back and forth movement and to keep the pack in line properly. The weight should be focused on your lumbar area and resting on your glutes and hips/stomach. Book bag style backpacks are the devil.

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Zombie_Nietzsche@reddit

The way I was able to break myself of that habit is by becoming a backpacker. 30lbs on one shoulder over 12 miles is not sustainable. Hip belt is tops too.

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keekeeVogel@reddit

Middle school, one shoulder. High school, both shoulders, one shoulder was way “too cool for school”

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full_of_ghosts@reddit

Carrying a backpack on both shoulders was considered *super dorky* in my high school days, which in retrospect was utterly ridiculous. I was well into adulthood before I tried carrying a backpack on both shoulders, and... it was mindblowing. A gamechanger. Distributing the weight evenly was *so much more comfortable*. I don't think I've seen anyone one-shouldering a backpack recently. I'm pretty sure that trend died along with our generation's hopes and dreams. But, I'm pretty sure I'd think it looks silly. Like, dude, just use both shoulders. It's way easier and more comfortable.

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vonjoy1980@reddit

…..I’m still doing it.

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Garroch@reddit

I was proudly one shouldering through the airport last week and glaring at all the nerds double strapping it.

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Aplos9@reddit

Same for me! Once I found the wonder of using both straps I never went back. I can't remember when that was, but sadly, I was definitely a full on adult though.

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tweedchemtrailblazer@reddit

The grade right above us did the one shoulder thing. For whatever reason our grade rebelled against that and did both shoulders. And it just stuck for me. This started when I was in 7th grade. I’m class of 99. I actually remember an older kid yelling at me saying “you think you’re cool wearing your backpack on both shoulders.” They couldn’t stand it. I thought it was pretty funny.

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Deesmateen@reddit

Yeah carrying my books into college self corrected my high school too cool for school look. Now my laptop in my backpack is cinched up super high. I’ve gone full nerd and love it

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full_of_ghosts@reddit

The good news is that wearing a backpack properly is no longer nerdy. Now it's just normal.

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joshuastar@reddit

i switched to a messenger bag about 20 years ago. one strap, but perfectly balanced as all things should be.

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umbrawolfx@reddit

Right shoulder unless I'm on my bike. Then once I park, right back to right shoulder.

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WheelLeast1873@reddit

In school one shoulder, but used to rollerblade a lot with friends in hs and we'd carry our sneakers and stuff with us in our backpacks so had to go both. Always both now.

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the_real_CHUD@reddit

Single strap 4life

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Baked_Potato_732@reddit

One shoulder for short distances, two for long.

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malarckee@reddit

I am a dumbass that still wears mine one-shoulder (I teach and use a backpack). Funny thing is that I did wear both straps (with a harness clip) in grad school. I guess my bag isn’t so heavy now.

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Lornesto@reddit

I'll buy a sling bag or a messenger bag if I want to carry over one shoulder.

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BohemiaDrinker@reddit

God gave 2 shoulders because he wanted me to always have at least one of them free.

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Bright_Lynx_7662@reddit (OP)

💯 you speak the truth.

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Soft_Zookeepergame44@reddit

This was my recent "I'm getting older" revelation. I've always used a shoulder bag for work because I thought it looked more professional. It cranks my spine too hard and causes problems. I now wear a backpack. No regrets.

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man_teats@reddit

It's amazing how this trend was so widespread. Two shoulder backpackers were definitely NERDS

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TheFeshy@reddit

I just switch shoulders when it gets uncomfortable. Two shoulders is too sweaty.

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maggie320@reddit

My sister broke me of two shoulders because it was dorky looking. And she was the cool older sister so whatever she said was true. I think that’s one of many reasons I have lingering neck issues. I still wear over one shoulder, but that’s because I separated my other shoulder years ago in a fall and have no strength there to wear a strap on that one.

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FriendlyPea805@reddit

I’ve switched to both.😂

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Excellent-Goal4763@reddit

Class of ‘96 here. By the time I was maybe a sophomore, one shoulder was uncool. Both shoulders were cool, retro, and ironic.

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GolfEchoEchoKilo@reddit

20 years in the Air Force reinforced this in me. Could only use the left strap because the right arm had to remain available to salute. They eventually changed it to allow both straps to be worn, but I never could break the habit.

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dcgrey@reddit

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jlkb24@reddit

The real crime was how many books we had to carry at a time. The schools got so big you had no time to get to your locker before classes so you had to carry those books with you ahead of time.

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Booger_Picnic@reddit

Double-strapping felt wrong then, and it feels wrong now, but I commend Gen Z and Alpha for taking their back health more seriously than we did when we were kids.

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join-the-line@reddit

Single shouldered my freshman year, switched to both my sophomore year on. I was called a geek and a freak for it, and the genX in me didn't give two fucks, comfort > being cool.

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TheHoppingHessian@reddit

One strapping *is* peer pressure

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Swamp_Donkey_7@reddit

I’ve never put any thought into this at all. Always been a one-shoulder person. Even today my work laptop is in a backpack and I only use one shoulder…every day. No back issues at all in my early 40s

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anOvenofWitches@reddit

The debut of the manpurse on the eve of Y2K brought that one-shoulder strain to another level

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Dboogy2197@reddit

Shifted to a messenger style bag to keep on with the one shoulder action.

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Kulban@reddit

Even with my heavy 17 inch gaming laptop and all it's peripherals loaded up in the backpack, I still one-shoulder it.

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_R_A_@reddit

When I carry a bag for work reasons, it's usually a messenger bag. When I carry a bag for recreational reasons, its the sling bag for my camera. I never put this altogether before...

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IAm5toned@reddit

I carry 60 to 90 lb a day in my backpack and if it's not worn correctly with the suspension set correctly and resting on my tailbone as intended I'll be fucked up before break time. Some things ain't worth the cool look!

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terriblystupidjoke@reddit

I one-shouldered in elementary school and for a short period in junior high. I had a locker in junior high, but hated going to it between classes. I ended up toting all my books in my backpack, and since there was no way I could tote them around without double-strapping, I wore their backpack as designed lol. I went through high school doing the same thing. Granted, I went through a few backpacks due to lugging all that weight every day, but I’ve no regrets.

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2occupantsandababy@reddit

Sadly messenger style bags were exacerbating my repetitive motion injuries. I had to quit and go back to the dorky backpack. Man in high school though the messenger bag was top tier.

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Awkward_Stranger407@reddit

In our school it was one strap or get a nickname for the rest of the year, couldn't get a 1 strap bag though it was gay (apparently)

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austinmiles@reddit

I move to both shoulders pretty early. I still do and have no issues and didn’t ever feel like it was dorky because I wasn’t a dork…imo

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_bat_girl_@reddit

Me! And it's messed my back up

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Outlaw11bINF@reddit

Class of 96 and at my school it was always both shoulders. Maybe it’s a regional thing 🤷‍♂️

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Ok_Researcher_9796@reddit

I used to have to carry like 30 pounds of books and we didn't have lockers so hell no I wasn't doing 1 shoulder.

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No-Conversation-7840@reddit

Ol’Johnny one strap

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Bright_Lynx_7662@reddit (OP)

🏆

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Metzger4Sheriff@reddit

The two strap is only acceptable now bc Gen Z and Gen Alpha grew up with way more kids using wheelie backpacks. Anything is cooler than that.

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red286@reddit

Wait, do kids actually wear their backpack straps on both shoulders these days? I remember growing up if you saw a kid doing that, you'd trip him in the halls for being such a dork.

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mr_mgs11@reddit

No. I've been going to the gym 4 or 5 days a week for over 10 years. All my nagging little back pain issues went away when I started deadlifting at least once a week. Back is rock solid. My shoulders sound like a bag of charcoal being thrown down a flight of stairs though. I used to be able to overhead press my body weight, tried 75lbs the other day and had to quit after four reps.

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Slammogram@reddit

Yeah, not because it was dorky to wear to two strap it, but because it was too much work to get both on. My back pack was like fucking 30 lbs.

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PlagueDrWily@reddit

I was, until the weight of my textbooks started breaking the straps and I was going through multiple backpacks in a schoolyear.

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MaxPower836@reddit

Yo. One shoulder unless you’re like hiking or some nonsense

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clutzycook@reddit

I was a ride or die one strapper for HS and college, but a combination of middle age and back pain has me firmly in the two strap club.

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RoxyLA95@reddit

I went to a competitive school. In highschool, most people carried their backpacks on both shoulders because we had a lot of heavy ass books. Middle school was a different story, backpack was only on one shoulder.

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print_isnt_dead@reddit

I was a messenger bag kid, so always one shoulder, but I'm a backpack "kid" now because I'm in perimenopause and I have frozen shoulder.

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Nugatorysurplusage@reddit

What? No way man. Double over both shoulders.

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9fingerjeff@reddit

Part way through high school carrying it on one shoulder was already starting to feel pretty uncomfortable so I switched to both shoulders even though it was dorky. I don’t know about you guys but I ended up carrying so many books that backpacks wouldn’t last me more than a few months until my folks finally ponied up for an ll bean that went for almost 3 years. Luckily the skater kids wore their backpacks on both shoulders too so it wasn’t a complete fashion disaster.

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magpienerd@reddit

Massive same. I’ll never fully know how the extent my scoliosis and neck miscurvature were affected by an entire childhood and adolescence spent carrying every book I needed (because I never had time to go to my locker) on one shoulder

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po1ar_opposite@reddit

I noticed my right shoulder was looking lower than my left so I switched shoulders so that both sides of my spine was fucked…. Smh 🤦🏽‍♂️

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SweetCosmicPope@reddit

This is what I always wonder about. I have scoliosis that has only gotten worse over the years and I always wonder if it was from slinging my backpack. I discouraged my son from doing the same and he is scoliosis-free.

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certaindarkthings@reddit

I still can't do it, either. I was always a one-shoulder person in high school, because it was the absolute dorkiest thing you could do to wear it on both. Now that I'm in my forties and I work in an office, I still prefer a backpack to a purse. And I still can't bring myself to wear it on both shoulders, but now it's just because it feels too weird to do it that way. I'm aware that I look like the dork now (and that it's terrible for me), but I feel constricted if I wear it on both shoulders, especially in a hoodie or coat.

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peloquindmidian@reddit

I started hiking after highschool My "backpack shoulder" still bothers me sometimes. Another one that has changed... We would suffer in the cold so we could show off our Gordon Gartrell shirts Kids today wear a hoodie no matter what the temperature

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waaaghboyz@reddit

For a really long time I used messenger bags specifically because I didn't want to two-shoulder it. Then I realized I didn't care and a backpack was more comfortable. And also more flattering, to be honest: if you're a man and have any body fat or muscle in your chest, the strap of a messenger bag needs to be very carefully placed or it goes between your pecs and makes boobs. Backpack straps between both shoulders stretch that out and make you look a little tighter.

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DocBEsq@reddit

No. But that’s mostly because of the chronic pain issue my earlier “cool” choices caused. Seriously, the right side of my neck/shoulder are permanently injured by carrying, one-shouldered, a bag containing books, a binder, and a flute on a regular two-mile walk home.

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tuwts@reddit

I knew I was a nerd because it was physically impossible for me to one shoulder it. My lean frame and heavy books… the nurse told me one time I had Scoliosis. It was never mentioned again.

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kunzinator@reddit

Does carrying a 28ft ladder on one shoulder count?

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babystepsbackwards@reddit

My inner high schooler does not enjoy the two strap solution so it is a constant give and take with my backpacks. Feel self conscious? Lose a strap. Heading into a crowd or carrying something? Two straps it is. A lot of changes, probably mostly unnecessary, but something in me rebels at two strapping it too long.

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SunshineInDetroit@reddit

meanwhile me and my messenger bags

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TheJokersWild53@reddit

Still a one strapper, and my kids cringe I throw one of their bags over 1 shoulder

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Bright_Lynx_7662@reddit (OP)

I do this with my youngest. Her backpack and mine over one shoulder. 😂

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weedandbombs@reddit

you should see me carry groceries in 😂

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Bright_Lynx_7662@reddit (OP)

Same. I need so much help.

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UnsupervisedBacon@reddit

I moved to TX from CA as a sophomore in HS in the 90s. Everybody in CA wore the backpack with both straps when I left and everybody in TX wore it with one when I got there.

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WilliamMcCarty@reddit

If you wore a backpack over both shoulders in my schools it was an invitation for a beatdown. Nobody did that except new people and they learned quick not to ever do it again. I've never been able to go both shoulders, my CPTSD won't let me.

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wait_ichangedmymind@reddit

Yeah. It was tactical choice. One shoulder means you’ve got a slingable weapon rather than a handle to get dragged around by.

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WilliamMcCarty@reddit

Couple good heavy books in there were like a brick.

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sejenx@reddit

I remember the two strap wear, depending upon the heft of the bag, would allow a person to just pull the back pack to bring a *nerd* down for the count

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WilliamMcCarty@reddit

Yeah, that was usually how it started.

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sejenx@reddit

I was neither the puller nor the faller, but I think what im specifically remembering is grade school/middle school rather than HS, which I think others are remembering (and would be harder to do when folks are taller and heavier than their 5th grade counterparts). My dude, not trying to trigger you, sorry if it happened that way. Kids are the worst to each other.

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bytvity2@reddit

I got through i think 2 years of high school one-shouldering it because of the “cool” factor. Then my back started to hurt. A lot. So I said fuck it, dorky is the new cool, and I very pointedly started wearing both shoulder straps. Within a couple of months my friend group was all double-strapping. I didn’t put that together, though, I just thought the trend had run its course. Like, haha, remember when our freshman selves thought one backpack strap was cool?? Glad we all grew out of that. Figured out later that I probably tipped the scales on that, lol. Fuck back pain, man. Dorky is the new cool forever.

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snooloosey@reddit

i converted to two shoulders. It feels a little try hard now and something I associate with older people when i see it.

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OozeyDeschanel@reddit

I started taking some classes at my local community college, and this was the biggest culture shock to me. Everyone was wearing their backpacks on both shoulders. I was like "Oh my god, everyone at this school are a bunch of dorks!" Then I realized I'm jut out of touch.

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j7style@reddit

Honestly, I carried on one shoulder while in high school because most reasonably affordable backpacks in the 90s and early 2000s just sucked and weren't really supportive. The backpack I use now has clips that go across the chest and belly that offer great support and makes even a full load feel like it isn't that heavy.

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gesis@reddit

I carry a messenger bag. Does that count?

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New_Needleworker_473@reddit

After about 5th grade .my book bag got too heavy for one shoulder, and I was like, "F that" and started using both. I don't care if I was a dork. I was going to be a dork with or without the one shoulder pain. Might as well embrace it.

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No_Balance_6432@reddit

Proudly switched to 2 shoulders at some point in adulthood. Never going back!! I even laughed at my spouse for still doing the 1 shoulder strap.

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Annhl8rX@reddit

The 21 Jump Street movie addresses this change pretty well. I go with both shoulders if I have to cover any distance. When I’m just walking from my house or office to my truck, though, I stick with one shoulder.

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kmmccorm@reddit

“Seriously, I would no-strap it if that would even be possible.”

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Appropriate-Food1757@reddit

Sometimes as a parent i have one on both and also another in each shoulder. They are a bit bigger now so not so much anymore. At times maybe a backpack, a baby, and toddler in the other arm lol damn you frontier airlines always putting the stroller with large luggage pickup a mile away from the gate!

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javyn1@reddit

I did back in HS in the 90s but went to two shoulders during college because the books were way heavier and I had way more walking to do between classes. Carrying on a single shoulder strap was making my shoulders lopsided anyway.

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Babymakerwannabe@reddit

I actually have a really shitty disability which causes lots of instability in my joints and pain… I STILL slang that fucker over one shoulder only. Why am I like this?!

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bassman314@reddit

I stopped in college after I had a semester with Math, Chem, and Engineering... Now, I have 2 Maxpedition packs. One is a single-shoulder sling bag, and the other has 2 straps. I wear however many straps the bag has.

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Complete-Library9260@reddit

My use of one shoulder ended when I went to college. Stacking my classes the way I did, I needed to carry a lot of books.

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windowschick@reddit

Not anymore, stopped after high school and moved to the then uber-dork style of both shoulders. I'll use the one shoulder briefly in airports when recombobulating after the security checkpoint. Global entry is well worth it if you fly regularly, but the scramble to get away from the clump of people piling up behind you remains.

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ddmf@reddit

If I'm just carrying my rucksack into work from the car then I'll one shoulder it, but I've gotten over the fact that in the late 80s / early 90s only nerds used both arms thru a rucksack.

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Odd-Perception7812@reddit

This is the hill I will die on...writhing in back pain.

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Bright_Lynx_7662@reddit (OP)

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mis_no_mer@reddit

I was a Cool Guy™️ in high school and always had to buck the trend/the norm so I purposely wore my backpack on both shoulders to be different 😅

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Bright_Lynx_7662@reddit (OP)

Anarchy!

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IveHeardRumblings@reddit

Everyone here’s talking about backpacks and I just assumed we all wore **one shoulder tank tops** with flared jeans.

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Bright_Lynx_7662@reddit (OP)

😂

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heresmytwopence@reddit

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NeOxXt@reddit

Unfortunately, I'm still too cool to not hurt my back. I went from 20 years of carrying a laptop in a backpack to now carrying a load of tools in a backpack. Tools are much heavier, still single shoulder it. Dummy.

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Appropriate-Food1757@reddit

Single strap for life

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kayla622@reddit

I was a one shoulderer throughout school, but I now carry my backpack on both shoulders. Although I'm also no longer carrying around 50 lbs of textbooks, so I'm much more comfortable one or two shoulders.

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Appropriate-Food1757@reddit

I even one strap my golf bag

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sliderturk99@reddit

Those who continue to use the one shoulder method now utilize a satchel

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GinchAnon@reddit

I have a [www.timbuk2.com](http://www.timbuk2.com) messenger bag that I currently use.... funny enough my off-side shoulder has been having an issue that would make using a backpack with both shoulders likely quite painful to put on or take off. I wouldn't be surprised if this is something like the "millennial pause" that is a giveaway for our age.

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espressocycle@reddit

Ha, yeah I still can't bear to wear a backpack instead of a messenger bag. The one strap thing is so ingrained it's ridiculous.

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Heavy72@reddit

You guys had Backpacks inHS? I just walked around with a spiral and a pen.

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smokiechick@reddit

Still do it. I'm teaching and my bag is only over one shoulder, still. Even with purses, I get crossbody bags so I can more evenly distribute the weight (I habitually carry too much shit), and I still just wear it over one shoulder and it hangs on that side. My eldest does the same and I have chided them for it - especially since they have PT for back issues. But the youngest, bless him, wears both shoulders. It has the dual effect of being better for him and it retains the illusion that he's still little.

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Snuffyisreal@reddit

Sorry our books were 3 inches thick. Nobody at my school was doing that past middle school

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Resolution_Usual@reddit

I love messenger bags and have since I was told they were cool in middle school. I'll double strap backpack if I must, but one shoulder always preferred

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Comfortable_Tale9722@reddit

One shoulder all the way through HS. College is where I shifted to 2 shoulder and haven’t looked back

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CommonNative@reddit

It depends on how much I need to carry. But since I'm back in college, I use both. My back hates me enough as it is. I don't need it going the way of my knees.

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sinenomine83@reddit

I was a one-shoulder warrior, but mostly for efficiency in getting the thing on and off. I remember being vaguely aware that people thought two shoulders was uncool, but I didn't care about that, really. If I'm backpacking, I'll wear the thing right, but these days I use a messenger bag for the office. My son is a two-shoulder only sort of kid, and I am constantly aghast at the amount of time it takes him to get his backpack on and off at pickup and drop off. He refuses to do single shoulder, even for the thirty feet from the school to the car or vice versa. It drives me nuts, but hey, gotta pick your battles.

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Abraxas_1408@reddit

I’m physically incapable of doing so without having to readjust the backpack every 30 seconds. The way I’m built the strap slides right off. I have to do two shoulders

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Grundle95@reddit

Unless I’m on a hike with a huge pack, it’s one shoulder all the way. I could never two shoulder a regular backpack because I am not 9 anymore.

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Gian_Luck_Pickerd@reddit

I always did two shoulders. The only time I'd do one was if my next class was nearby. Until senior year when I copied a few other people and did the rolling suitcase instead

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Life_Grade1900@reddit

Proud one shoulder warrior here. Though to be fair, thr amount of books I had to carry because the 4 minutes to get from one class to another allowed for zero time for body maintenance, required one should carry. I had to carry like 6 books at once cause my locker was a quarter mile of walking away

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scarred_but_whole@reddit

Both shoulders, all the time. My everyday purse is a mini backpack and I use backpacks when I travel. My spine can't handle one-shouldering on top of my poor posture otherwise.

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LookingReallyQuantum@reddit

I always knew I was uncool. I double strapped so I wouldn’t be both uncool AND uncomfortable.

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AnswerGuy301@reddit

I broke a backpack once doing the one-strap thing, and from then on it was two straps no matter how "uncool" it was. Pleased to here that one-shouldering apparently isn't a thing anymore.

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im_a_picasso@reddit

yup! with Gardner's Art History book in tow.

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sejenx@reddit

I loved that book 🤓

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PhilosopherDismal191@reddit

I only buy bags with one strap these days to avoid double shouldering.

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knosmo78@reddit

Present and accounted for. My teenager makes fun of me but I do not care. I just try to switch shoulders and/or not care.

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popeViennathefirst@reddit

I still use only one shoulder, backpack on both shoulders feels so wrong for me, it’s really uncomfortable.

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Dry_Inspection_4583@reddit

Not since the accident

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LoudAd1396@reddit

I distinctly remember being in 3rd grade or so, and being told by an older kid at my bus stop that one-shoulder was the way to go. I never wore two shoulder again, unless it was a camping backpack.

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SteelGemini@reddit

Nah. Both straps for me. And properly cinched up to put the weight in a spot that's easier to carry.

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sejenx@reddit

I think about this way too much. Some days I want to wake up and cultivate the attitude that allowed me to a) wear overall shorts, b) with one strap hanging, AND, c) one strap (the opposite of course) backpack Who is that weirdo, and why was she so confident looking like such a mess?!?

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negroniweek@reddit

Everybody's two-strapping it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4uFhSRF9sw

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Express-Cow190@reddit

Entirely context/weight dependent for me. Going to the gym? One shoulder. Going on a hike? Two.

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Emotional_Daikon_763@reddit

Nah - once I started carrying a messenger bag all over Manhattan in my early 20s, I quickly learned the pain of committing to a one-shoulder lifestyle. Respect, though!

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Pierson230@reddit

I made the switch to both shoulders at like 31 and carry a backpack for work Never going back, one shoulder sucks on so many levels unless I'm only walking 20 feet

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Pale_Macaron_7014@reddit

Always one-shouldered at school because I am cool and I don’t want to be carrying this stupid backpack with stupid books to stupid school when I’m not even going to use this math in real life EVER. Two shoulders now because I’m probably going on a lovely hike wearing my nice sensible boots.

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delibertine@reddit

I used to one shoulder it but tbh I think both looks cooler now. Like, one seemed like I was trying too hard and I started to feel cringe. It's also less painful in the long run of course

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