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6-Year-Old Hoping It’s Not Too Late To Shift Career Path From Astronaut To Firefighter (theonion.com)

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[–] cabron_offsets@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago (2 children)

What are the chances a republican could string together 3 neurons and understand this?

[–] oxysis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 3 days ago

Approximately -45%

[–] naun@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

OK, I'm not a Republican (not even an American). Am I missing a subtext to this which would make it more than a funny little story about a child being worried that six is too late in life for a career change?

[–] cabron_offsets@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago

Yeah, I’d guess this has at least something to do with the current administration purposely wrecking the entire American scientific enterprise. This article wasn’t conceived in a vacuum.