he believes that if they die they were meant to die and that those that live are the fittest

Honestly, I think the only place where extra time on tests is an advantage is for standardized tests, where finishing the question set is part of the challenge. To which I say “why is speed part of this assessment in the first place”

Buckwild to portray “unschooling” as like a revolutionary idea where kids get to learn about what they want and not what it actually is: not teaching your kids to read

I’ve been dunking on this man’s work since 2022 and I’m so thrilled to have others join me as a certified hater

My favorite dumb aspect is the sequel that claims humanity has “beaten disease and war” in the year 2015.

I cannot wait and must warn you that the sequel cost me brains cells

They don’t care about you, they don’t care about your job, or your sick family member, or your starving neighbor, or your vanished coworker. They care about taking a nice flight home. I believe voting matters but this makes me think “why bother.”

The question no reporter has asked yet that’s driving me a little nuts is “why the fuck did you keep this after being told what it was for A DECADE”

I actually kept multiple screenshots because I was texting my friend about how mad this book was making me as I was reading it. So enjoy some other samples: please remember all of this was published in 2016

Don’t worry I kept a screenshot

Oh boy wait until you read the sequel, published in 2016, which has such amazing takes as “we have overcome infectious human disease and no longer worry about plagues”

Oh these are such good picks! Station Eleven is one of my favorite books of all time, and Severance is fantastic

Instagram but I also think it’s never left there. If we’re talking new places, ads for GLP1s are like everywhere

I don’t think the norms shifted as much as clubs/third spaces vanished, work/life balance crumbled and so time to make and maintain friendships is no longer there as easily