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I graduated high school in 03, a few months/years into the “no child left behind” bullshit. The last week of school, meathead asks, out loud, “why do people read”.

Almost ten years later and that dude has never had a job longer than three months. This. This is why people read…

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officermike@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I don’t want to alarm you, but we’re now 22 years past your graduation. “Almost ten years” and then some.

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- Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  🤫
  
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elevenbones@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
I think was a Bill Hicks joke (as best i remeber it):
So I was at a waffle house reading a book and the waitress comes and asks me, "What are ya reading for?"
Not "What are you reading?" but actually asking why I'm reading.
I told her "So I dont end up as a fucking waitress at Waffle House!"

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- Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  “Well lookee here… Looks like we got ourselves a reader.”
  
  What the fuck is going on here? Did I walk into a klan rally dressed in a Boy George costume?
  
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- Almacca@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  God I wish that man was still with us.
  
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- Plesiohedron@lemmy.cafe ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  Yes zing
  
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givesomefucks@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
It’s really fucking scary that The Oregon Trail generation got the best education American public schools have provided, ever…

It was shitty then, but God awful before and after that brief window.

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- Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I knew my generation was smarter than everyone else!
  
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