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nigga crab pollock
Mar 26, 2010

by Lowtax
its because ball bearings are cool and not really something most people are aware they exist. like its one of those things that isn't really used directly by anyone but skateboarders and most people dont really pay attention to how things work so you just put some lovely abec 1 bearings in some plastic toy and let it spin indefinitely and people will think its incredible and new because it breaks their assumptions of the laws of the universe

nigga crab pollock fucked around with this message at 04:09 on May 8, 2017

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nigga crab pollock
Mar 26, 2010

by Lowtax
razor scooters taught me some fine lessons in applied torque and top speed

nigga crab pollock
Mar 26, 2010

by Lowtax

Ein cooler Typ posted:

we really ought to have basic competency tests for public education

kids who have intellectual potential can go to school, stupid kids can get a head start on a life of labor and work in the mines or something

why she would waste taxpayer money on 12 years of education on kids who aren't going to benefit

stupid people still benefit from an education. people who don't value education think that it's cool to be stupid and go out of their way to be ignorant and anti-intellectual

I know a guy who's probably actually retarded who is willing to try and learn new things and fail spectacularly and holy moly is he more refreshing to be around than most people who lower themselves down and act dumb because being smart isn't cool

nigga crab pollock
Mar 26, 2010

by Lowtax
the problem also is the school system treats everyone as equals and assumes they're retarded. the school system basically creates dumbasses incapable of critical thinking and talks to them as of everyone is developmentally disabled

nigga crab pollock
Mar 26, 2010

by Lowtax

Salt Fish posted:

This is intentional occupation training.

yeah i know but it made a lot more sense during the industrial revolution than it does in the age where almost everyone has a near totality of human knowledge in their pocket

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