Me:

There’s only 8% that are different

You:

That doesn’t mean they’re better!!!

Strong argument for public education…

“unanimously”

The vote was held at 02:20…

Considering the age of the average senator, I really want to see the actual votes and how many were even there.

Yep.

It’s like technically there is no federal drinking age.

A state could set it at 12 if they wanted.

But for decades the Fed have said if any state deviates from 21, they don’t get anymore interstate funding which would cripple a state within a few years, but not before voters would kick out every state level politician who caused the mess.

Especially in 2026, people need to get real about how shit works instead of just glancing at the surface.

Each state does their own thing

Kind of…

92% of American k-12 use the same textbooks published by McGraw-Hill, and they’ve always played to the lowest common denominator. Which is often Texas.

If Texas says they won’t buy a history/science/whatever textbook that says _____ then the rest of the 92% who learned from McGraw-Hill books also never learned it from their textbooks.

With the rise of standardized testing, nothing is taught except what’s on the text. If a student gets that done they’re “done” and the focus is on the kids who can’t pass it yet.

Shits fucked and it’s 100% an institutional problem.

And that’s not even getting into how involved Ghislene Maxwell’s dad was with it in the 80s, and his connection to all the spy work and child rape during the same time.

To think people haven’t been manipulating the American education system to get the result (idiots) that they want for generations would be woefully naive.

It’s not about teaching kids to think, it’s teaching them not to question authority.

That doesn’t mean we stop educating, it means we start actually educating instead of indoctrinating.

Quick edit:

This is why things like:

The mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell

Is ingrained in multiple US generations.

It was in all the same textbooks, all the same homework, all the same quizs, and tests, even the annual standardized tests.

We all got the same information presented in the same way with the same context/interpretations and exact phrasing.

The American education is incredibly homogeneous, even if states could technically do different things.

The real difference is private schools who usually make up the 8% not being served up the same slop.

and stop calling yourself Mr Manager Sharpie

Michael Bluth Sharpie customer service supervisor

This is like the one good use for AI…

Just trick all these geriatric fucks a war is actually happening, they’re the only ones that never question AI anyways.

It was 99.9% a “four seasons landscapers” type deal.

He shouted at someone to get “sharpie” on the phone to order these.

Some boomer searched “how to order custom sharpies” without realizing how easy of a thing that is in 2026, called the first number, and hand the phone to the president of the United States, who likely got some $11/HR manager at a stationary supply store 5 blocks away from Marlago who thought it was a prank call.

The dumbest explanation is often the correct one these day

Between:

“The head of Sharpie gets a call. I don’t even know who the hell he is,” Trump said. “He said, ‘Is this really the president?’”

And:

Sharpie’s parent company, Atlanta‑based Newell Brands, said in a statement that it had no information about the specific conversation Trump described.

There’s a very real chance he just called a local Staples and placed a normal order for custom designed sharpie and laid the same price anyone else would have…

Is it a municipal public meeting or a public event?

Nope, that’s just where most lemmy.ml users spend their days…

The point is…

People should at least know what the thing they’re advocating to abolish actually is, or they’re running off the same logic as trumpets.

And that train of thinking is dangerous for reasons that should be readily apparent.

Ignorance is dangerous, if people trying to help you upsets you, then you’re gonna stay ignorant and be a danger to the rest of us…

I take your actual danger to everyone else as a bigger issue than you’re feelings about how people should help you.

They gave all the big subs to corporate overloads well over a decade ago.

The general “tech” subs had mods bought off long ago for general shit

$200 to nuke a topic is nothing to these companies, but an insane amount of motivation to unpaid mods.

It doesn’t take long till the motivation from bribes pushes out anyone without that motivation, and that’s not even getting into how small the circle of mods really is due to years of “add backs”.

Like, at this point we should all accept that real life conspiracies don’t have to involve James Bond. It can be a bunch of idiots doing incredibly transparent and ineffective shit.

That link says absolutely nothing about the source of the “tip"

Because it originated from an anonymous source…

Someone that was aware of who Luigi is and the bounty, wanted to turn him in…

But didn’t take the two seconds to ensure a call was made, instead they told someone else to call and just left.

Bro, if you can’t logic this out, and you only want help when it’s sugar coated…

Just block me.

Otherwise I’m cool to keep answering you’re questions, but this is standard delivery.

Literally the first link from searching “luigi McDonald’s”

Authorities said a customer in the restaurant thought he matched the description of the suspect in Thompson’s killing and notified an employee, who called 911.

https://www.newsweek.com/mcdonalds-worker-luigi-mangione-private-security-1999217

That customer was almost certainly law enforcement, they just needed a scapegoat to call in the tip because they couldn’t say how they found him.

The McDonald’s worker had no idea, that’s why their call was basically: “some guy said another guy is dangerous and wanted by police, I don’t know who”.

And cops immediately swarmed and singled out Luigi.

You may believe you’re “reasonably tuned in” but this information was out within like 24 hrs of his arrest everywhere.

because some dumbass making less than 12 dollars and hour dropped a dime on him.

You really should learn about how that actually happened…

Because it’s most likely going to be how the case gets thrown out. If you care about it, I don’t know why anyone would willing stay ignorant

it would be a movement

No, it will always be a “push”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jvrn8yPualg

I mean, literally all of DHS was created in 02…

So the logical thing would be to say just to get rid of DHS and revert to pre-9/11 measures.

But don’t let facts get in the way of your opinions.

“Fight club for nerds afraid to get punched” is my favorite description, even tho Elliot routinely gets his ass beat.

There’s a reason Mr Robot is still incredibly popular

Because the reason the TSA isn’t getting paid isn’t because there’s no money…

It’s because the money has to appropriated to the TSA first.

Like, that’s just the basics of how our government works…

He should pay his taxes, the vast majority of his wealth should go to taxes, but that wouldn’t change a single thing about this.