We are our own parody, I suppose.

AI slop kind of reads like a real life political cartoon given all the flags and a guy literally wearing an AMERICA shirt, as one does of course.

That’s more an argument in semantics. Developmental psych actually has this as a brain development stage, with the later stages being about critical thinking even if the earlier phase doesn’t seem so. Experiments were done where children of various ages were tested on benchmarks such as volume and kids under a certain age failed almost universally (I forget the age, something like 5 or 6) in the same way that infants lack object permanence. Later, at 9 and around 13 (?) the same framework argues that the brain gets basic and advanced problem solving and critical thinking, although even that theory admits plenty of people skip that last milestone.

Your point is more a common logical (sensory?) fallacy that plenty of adults fall into, but isn’t necessarily the same thing. At least, I think it is, I’m a bit busy right now to check and it’s bad enough I’m typing this out instead of taking care of my own toddler, lol.

I want to point out that, especially after No Child Left Behind, we’ve actively worked to teach-to-the-test in public schools. That was a bipartisan compromise to make education “accountable” that ultimately worsened education. Obama’s DoE helped, slightly, in 2015 adjustments but it’s still no where near where it should be and made only worse by a push to get more charters and affordable private schools that don’t understand pedagogy.

That is to say, uneducated isn’t quite right as It’s not a lack of education, but more of a misguided pedagogy that prioritizes rote memorization over deductive reasoning and critical thinking. It’s not a lack of trying, but an avoidence of evidence based approaches.

Critical thinking (or at least reasoning) is everywhere, even when people drive or do chores, an ounce of thoughtfulness at the very least makes a difference.

And yes, warm soda. Lol

You know, this should only trick young kids as they genuinely believe taller = more. The fact that it probably tricks a ton of adults just suggests their critical thinking never made it past adolescence and we should be very concerned by that.

This is the best answer, plus that dick is clearly circumcised.

Americans who don’t want to get ripped off or cursed at: “Scusa, io sono Canadese e mi sono persa.”

(This joke is as old as 2000 although given US treatment of Canada recently it’s kind of fucked up).

Real question, how was the sentiment during the Reagan era? I’m too young to know if people ever tolerated Americans in the 80s or even 90s.

Oh, the stress? I remind myself that renters in my area are now paying twice what my mortgage is, and I bought just three years ago. It’s a quick boost, and believe me, I’ve got at least a dozen fixes myself to do that I don’t have the energy or money for.

If that’s not enough, take a few weekends to at least hit what you can. Make a list and tackle things slowly as to not get overwhelmed. One by one, step by step.

For example, I used a week break to paint the kids room and it feels like a brand new home, even patching cracks and dealing with water damaged ceiling drywall (was minor, and the roofing was already fixed before I moved in). The rest of the house needs it, but it still made me feel like I did something.

Plus Bowser actually looks good topless.

The best part is scrolling my feed for that unexpected conclusion.

Didn’t realize don’t know was an answer. I feel like that’s a solid answer if you figure there’s a chance of an error or something. I wouldn’t put it since I don’t play, though.

Honestly, Calvin going full furry as an adult wouldn’t be too strange a twist.

Any loophole where you can make Jesus super fucking sexy so both you and your grandma can be happy with the wall candy?

We already have our local celebrities, anyway. And what good does it do them? Beans.

It’s really something how when you lose one sense, the other ones make up for it. Blinddeaf folks drive by smell alone, main reason EVs have that added scent since they lack the same smell as gas vehicles.

Might I suggest a second good reason for South American countries— when nuclear war hits the US, and it will, the southern hemisphere has a shot of surviving a nuclear winter. Billions will die but mostly in the northern hemisphere, even after accounting for fallout spread.

Fake pizza, sure, but doesn’t imply it’s bad. Plus ironically, you can find Italian style pizza in the US if you look for it.

That said, I’ll still apologize for Dominos, Pizza Hut, et. al. for fast-foodizing the concept of pizza.

Right? My first thought, although I’ve seen this joke before.

Meanwhile I teach on a campus that charges people working there $5 a day to park and it’s too remote for busses so I just park off campus and hike a little. Ugh