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A Boring Dystopia

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[–] bazingabot@lemmy.world 43 points 1 month ago (3 children)

There is a saying...

Make a mistake once and you can call it learning, make a mistake twice and you are eh... not so smart

Americans need education.

[–] BluesF@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago (3 children)
[–] a9cx34udP4ZZ0@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Fool me once, shame on... shame on you. A fool me can't get fooled again.

Shakespearean.

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Something, something won't get fooled again?

[–] SOB_Van_Owen@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago

Go blank at the podium? Why not just randomly quote The Who?

[–] WhyFlip@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.

And you hit the nail on the head - Americans absolutely need better education. Unfortunately, it's not a priority, nor is it funded adequately.

[–] irreticent@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Americans absolutely need better education. Unfortunately, it's not a priority, nor is it funded adequately.

In related news:

“We will drain the government education swamp and stop the abuse of your taxpayer dollars to indoctrinate America’s youth with all sorts of things that you don’t want to have our youth hearing,” Trump said.

[–] Minnels@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago

And you know what? They will probably get less of that now. Yay!