This poor mom is dealing with her son who believes that 1990 was nearly 35 years ago.
Our education system is in tatters when kids don’t know how to do basic math.
1990 was 11 years ago.
Umberto Eco, who owned 50,000 books, had this to say about home libraries:
"It is foolish to think that you have to read all the books you buy, as it is foolish to criticize those who buy more books than they will ever be able to read. It would be like saying that you should use all the cutlery or glasses or screwdrivers or drill bits you bought before buying new ones.
"There are things in life that we need to always have plenty of supplies, even if we will only use a small portion.
"If, for example, we consider books as medicine, we understand that it is good to have many at home rather than a few: when you want to feel better, then you go to the 'medicine closet' and choose a book. Not a random one, but the right book for that moment. That's why you should always have a nutrition choice!
"Those who buy only one book, read only that one and then get rid of it. They simply apply the consumer mentality to books, that is, they consider them a consumer product, a good. Those who love books know that a book is anything but a commodity."
I want to talk about the idea that being trans is homophobic. I find this assertion to be absurd anti-trans propaganda. The assertion is made based on the claim that trans people are “forcing” gays & lesbians to date them.
If you don’t want to date a trans person, I don’t find that inherently transphobic. It’s how you handle the situation that makes a difference. I personally don’t want to date anyone that doesn’t want to date me. Also, for gays and lesbians that do date trans people, it doesn’t make them any less gay or lesbian.
Where it starts to get into transphobia is rallying against us as people, calling us the wrong gender to hurt us, and spreading all these anti-trans lies. That’s where the transphobia lies.
We are a community & need to stop letting right wing influences try and divide us.
Pokémon Go needs to change.
All the new features aren’t fun or exciting, and the rewards are underwhelming. It just seems like a poor attempt to make people forget about the remote raid changes.
It’s not working, people haven’t forgotten.
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'The idea that these things are middle-class or posh is a national tragedy!'
James O'Brien is furious at those who make enjoying the arts 'elitist' in this passionate rant about the 'magic of art and culture'.
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