Trinition
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And like many people who are smart at one thing, and successful, they incorrectly extrapolate that they are smart at ALL things.
Remember the brain surgeon who thought the pyramids were for storing grain? He was a great brain surgeon, but a terrible farmer and archeologist.
Remember the brain surgeon who thought the pyramids were for storing grain? He was a great brain surgeon, but a terrible farmer and archeologist.
December 13, 2025 at 9:44 PM
And like many people who are smart at one thing, and successful, they incorrectly extrapolate that they are smart at ALL things.
Remember the brain surgeon who thought the pyramids were for storing grain? He was a great brain surgeon, but a terrible farmer and archeologist.
Remember the brain surgeon who thought the pyramids were for storing grain? He was a great brain surgeon, but a terrible farmer and archeologist.
He's smart at some things, just not the things he thinks he's smart at.
December 13, 2025 at 9:41 PM
He's smart at some things, just not the things he thinks he's smart at.
If you stop testing, the numbers will drop!
December 13, 2025 at 2:48 PM
If you stop testing, the numbers will drop!
I'm betting there's no drop in autism correlated with that drop in vaccination?
December 13, 2025 at 2:27 PM
I'm betting there's no drop in autism correlated with that drop in vaccination?
The 1840 word-of-the-year probably would've been "OK" when the hip youth.of the day popularized it before being co-opted by a political campaign.
The young generation has always had something silly that was "theirs".
The young generation has always had something silly that was "theirs".
December 13, 2025 at 4:04 AM
The 1840 word-of-the-year probably would've been "OK" when the hip youth.of the day popularized it before being co-opted by a political campaign.
The young generation has always had something silly that was "theirs".
The young generation has always had something silly that was "theirs".
Music sucked _then_ too. 99% of the crap that was produced has been forgotten. Only better and popular music sticks around.
The trouble with contemporary music is it hasn't yet been subjected to the filter of time yet to filter out today's crap.
The trouble with contemporary music is it hasn't yet been subjected to the filter of time yet to filter out today's crap.
December 13, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Music sucked _then_ too. 99% of the crap that was produced has been forgotten. Only better and popular music sticks around.
The trouble with contemporary music is it hasn't yet been subjected to the filter of time yet to filter out today's crap.
The trouble with contemporary music is it hasn't yet been subjected to the filter of time yet to filter out today's crap.
The same happened in television. We went from Leave it to Beaver to The Brady Bunch to Married with Children to even more relatable material. The world didn't get darker. We just stopped projecting purely ideal images. Pop art better reflects reality in music, TV and film.
December 13, 2025 at 3:57 AM
The same happened in television. We went from Leave it to Beaver to The Brady Bunch to Married with Children to even more relatable material. The world didn't get darker. We just stopped projecting purely ideal images. Pop art better reflects reality in music, TV and film.
You can read books on said devices.
December 13, 2025 at 3:46 AM
You can read books on said devices.
Reading books isn't the answer. Should we assign The Art of the Deal? Let's teach civics, personal finance, fact checking, and also some quality books that students would want to read.
December 13, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Reading books isn't the answer. Should we assign The Art of the Deal? Let's teach civics, personal finance, fact checking, and also some quality books that students would want to read.
You can read books on phones..it's the only way I read books, including at the airport.
December 13, 2025 at 3:40 AM
You can read books on phones..it's the only way I read books, including at the airport.
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Exactly this. I graduated in 1982 & remember reading 2-3 books or plays per year. (One was always a Shakespeare play.) I’d rather students read fewer books with in-depth analysis than skimming thru multiple books just to have a certain number checked off a list.
December 13, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Exactly this. I graduated in 1982 & remember reading 2-3 books or plays per year. (One was always a Shakespeare play.) I’d rather students read fewer books with in-depth analysis than skimming thru multiple books just to have a certain number checked off a list.
I doubt this happened.
December 11, 2025 at 8:37 PM
I doubt this happened.
No, follow the new airport exercise plan: two pull-ups at the terminal, then pull yourself up by your bootstraps.
December 11, 2025 at 2:43 AM
No, follow the new airport exercise plan: two pull-ups at the terminal, then pull yourself up by your bootstraps.
I'd be personally willing to pay more for gas, heat and electricity if it meant 23 could get rid of Trump here in the U.S.
I wish Hungary could get out from underneath Orbán. But I now understand better how hard it can be.
I wish Hungary could get out from underneath Orbán. But I now understand better how hard it can be.
December 9, 2025 at 2:19 PM
I'd be personally willing to pay more for gas, heat and electricity if it meant 23 could get rid of Trump here in the U.S.
I wish Hungary could get out from underneath Orbán. But I now understand better how hard it can be.
I wish Hungary could get out from underneath Orbán. But I now understand better how hard it can be.
Do the Hungarian people support this?
December 9, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Do the Hungarian people support this?
Territories shouldn't be a complex issue, but the U.S. is led by someone who naively thinks Russia deserves at least part of what it can take by force, rather than what is just.
December 8, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Territories shouldn't be a complex issue, but the U.S. is led by someone who naively thinks Russia deserves at least part of what it can take by force, rather than what is just.
They're injecting bleach and other disinfectants.
December 5, 2025 at 10:52 PM
They're injecting bleach and other disinfectants.
"Focus on mental health", just like every time there's a mass shooting.
December 5, 2025 at 6:13 PM
"Focus on mental health", just like every time there's a mass shooting.
And... he intended to share it with Goldberg?
December 4, 2025 at 4:33 PM
And... he intended to share it with Goldberg?
The US had a very cushy situation being the weapons supplier for the West. Not just lucrative, but in building ties and alliances.
Trump has ruined that. America will have less influence because of it.
But in general, it's better for the world to have diversified dependencies.
So, thanks Trump?
Trump has ruined that. America will have less influence because of it.
But in general, it's better for the world to have diversified dependencies.
So, thanks Trump?
December 3, 2025 at 12:01 PM
The US had a very cushy situation being the weapons supplier for the West. Not just lucrative, but in building ties and alliances.
Trump has ruined that. America will have less influence because of it.
But in general, it's better for the world to have diversified dependencies.
So, thanks Trump?
Trump has ruined that. America will have less influence because of it.
But in general, it's better for the world to have diversified dependencies.
So, thanks Trump?