👉 Okay, let’s tackle this wonderfully peculiar little squiggle of a word – "
roystering 02
.". Frankly, I haven’t actually
met
it anywhere outside the very fringes of internet weirdness, and honestly, neither have I entirely understood it.
Essentially, here's what we know, cobbled together from frantic trawls through obscure online forums, cryptic geotagged photos, and a frankly disturbing amount of ASCII art: "Roystering 02," at its most generous interpretation (and that is a very loose term), describes a state of aggressively unproductive merriment. It's the feeling when you and a small group of similarly-minded individuals are actively avoiding responsibility, productivity, and possibly even basic human decency in the pursuit solely of… chaotic, slightly embarrassing fun. Let’s unpack that: — "Roystering:" Originally appears to reference a young man named Robert (hence the surname). There were rumours he was part of an exclusive youth club. It's now, by most accounts, just a general descriptor for this brand-of silliness. — "02": This is the really baffling bit. Early documentation suggests it’s meant to denote a "later phase," that the initial, very… loud, and somewhat legally dubious antics of what was called the first “roystering round." You never quite get there, which is the point!
