• Godric@lemmy.worldOP
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      4 months ago

      Reminds me of an old Carlin joke:

      "Think about how stupid the average person you meet in a day is. Think about it, think about it.

      HALF OF THEM ARE EVEN STUPIDER THAN THAT!"

      • Zorque@lemmy.world
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        4 months ago

        Now if only we could judge people on actual intelligence instead of just how much we disagree with them…

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      4 months ago

      While the median is hard to believe, I think it’s worse in some ways that half of the students are performing worse than the mean.

      • alekwithak@lemmy.world
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        4 months ago

        Look man, my NAS is acting up, my kid is acting up, my work… is acting up, if I gotta take a break and leave a cozy little dumb comment on a Lemmy post to feel something non-negative for a fraction of a second I feel I should have that right.
        And besides, Lemmy needs engagement, right? Look at us, we’re doing it!

        • voodooattack@lemmy.world
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          4 months ago

          when everything is acting up

          the server, kid, and stage

          sometimes the bravest thing to do

          is turn a single page

          not every bit needs pushing through

          not every load needs borne

          a rest is not a missing note —

          it’s how the song is formed

          you left a little comment here

          a small and cozy light

          and someone read it, felt it land,

          and held it through the night

          so post your little posts, my friend

          the network needs the thread

          a system with no idle time

          is one that’s nearly dead

  • k0e3@lemmy.ca
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    4 months ago

    I had a hard time getting the joke. They mean, “… students are in the bottom quartile,” right?

    • f4f4f4f4f4f4f4f4@sopuli.xyz
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      4 months ago

      Twitter… Jack Kimble is a fictional, satirical account.

      The first “sentence” starts with a preposition; and, yes, the second isn’t a sentence. It’s more like an interjection, as in, “Behold! 25% of students in the bottom quartile!”

  • AgentOrangesicle@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Shit, we’re on par with Antarcticans.

    …which they would take offense to if they could read! Oooooooooo, Antarctica burn!(Sorry McMurdough.)