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When conservatives say that folks can teach themselves they’re hoping for the exact opposite.

Because not everyone can “teach themselves.” In fact, almost nobody can, otherwise we’d all be geniuses and not a bunch of dumb apes.

There is no “fantasy,” just indifference. I have no clue what everyone else is doing, but I didn’t fight my way from homelessness and into college “to get a job.”

For your own sake, I hope you don’t actually believe this.

EDIT: other people and cultures can’t dictate your purpose for doing anything.

Completely lost sight of the purpose of education, which has nothing to do with being an effective corporate drone… unless you get a business degree, in which case 4 weeks is too long.

That’s such a good point.

Sometimes I do wish that my world were small enough to exclude knowledge about Hasan, or about the worms that burrow into children’s eyeballs, or the genocides of history, or any other kinds of evil.

No idea. I could write a lot about Hassan, but it’s not worth my time and it’s faster to relegate his fans to Trump supporter status.

I’m not denying that he sometimes utters the correct sentiments, but he has no principles. I’d consider him basically soulless.

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I watched Hassan become famous and his dishonest narcissistic imbecility is about the only consistent feature of his character. The cult of celebrity has its hooks in you.

Performative politics is all the rage.

Hasan is a socialist at random. He’s utterly philosophically illiterate, so his positions are a flip of the coin. You might say, “fine, let’s use that,” and I agree - as long as you don’t lose sight of the fact that he’s a narcissistic grifter.

In all seriousness, you can’t entrust political significance to character-deficient, uneducated dingdongs with no commitment to reality.

Anyone know the source of this quote?

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Steam is like if you had to open the Walmart app to use some shit you bought there.

Why not just make it so nobody under 18 can own a smartphone. Why these fucking useless age checks.

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Of children ages 12-17,

• 14.3% have been diagnosed with ADHD.
• Including 17.9% of all boys. (Source)

This data is national, but as you can imagine, there are some schools with fewer diagnoses, and some like the one I mentioned where it’s the norm.

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Yes, what isn’t right is that it’s an upper class private middle school full of wealthy parents with access to psychiatrists who are financially motivated to provide a fashionable diagnosis.

It’s also a way to get extra time (accommodations) on standardized tests (time and a half or even double time) which further widens the success gap between rich and poor students.