immediate classic. i suspect this is what it was like for people to read the greats in their time. the one thing about everything becoming slop is that something this gorgeously true, elegant, considered hits you in the face like the fist of god
In a few years, I think we will look back and realize that learning is like physical fitness in its simplicity and resistance to technology: in order to improve, you need to consistently do hard things without shortcuts.
Notice how Joel's response to rising food prices is to give personal financial advice? This is because conservatives are are incapable of conceptualizing a society, they can only conceive problems on a personal level.
Handwriting-mogging on the workplace birthday card so the public school peons know not to fuck with me. I came out the womb with a fucking pen license. The nurse said that’s the most cursive baby Ive ever seen
This makes intuitive sense to a lot of people. But whenever we put it to a rigorous test, it turns out to be wrong. Most kids learn more when they read paper books, not listen to them or read on a screen. Most kids need the connection that comes from a real teacher in real life.
Liberals: we will do literally anything and run literally anyone to entice swing voters
Leftists: we’re swing voters, we’ll swing your way if you run someone we like
Liberals: fuck off, we want the REAL swing voters: belligerent racists who hate us