The Circle of Stupidity is Complete

I eat gender roles for breakfast ~ Freddie ~ 25 ~ They/them

[kosmogrl]

[writterings]

it's really funny teaching rhetoric to college freshmen because i explained ad hominem to them via example by arguing with a student over something silly (i kept insisting 25 minutes was a quarter of an hour, not 15) and then "insulted" her instead of addressing her argument (i said she doesn't have a college degree whereas i have two, so of course she'd be wrong - which the whole point is that it's a stupid insult but not something that's actually mean) but she got soooooo mad so even when i stopped the exercise and explained that she was indeed correct (15 minutes is a quarter of an hour). like she was still fuming. so i validated her feelings on that, complimented her, and even reminded the class that a college degree doesn't mean that a person is smart/right. and then i went on to explain that, yeah, dirty arguing techniques like that are meant to make you so unreasonably angry that you can't respond or that you lose your cool, so your opponent looks like they win by default. the student i was arguing with then just said that it seemed like professional ragebaiting and i was like. well yeah that's correct.

and then this kid, this one kid who is always very eager to answer questions and is always kind to his classmates, raised his hand looking a little bothered. now for context, i emphasize thinking for yourself in my classroom, even if that means disagreeing with something i say and he has echoed some stuff that his parents clearly have told him before. he's not a bad kid or an asshole, he's just an 18 year old with conservative parents who otherwise knows nothing about politics. but he just looks so bothered after i explain this about dirty arguing techniques. big frown on his face. looking unsure. when i nod at him to speak, he says, in a very quiet voice, "didn't -- didn't charlie kirk used to do that?"

and i was like. well yes. yes he was famous for stuff like this.

and then the kid looked down and was just like, "oh. i thought he was just really good at debating. i never watched his videos though, only clips. why would he do that?"

and that coincidentally lined up perfectly with the rest of the lesson, which was on propaganda

[dancinbutterfly]

this? is why conservatives hate liberal arts education

[walk-up-songs]

[one single bloodcurdling agonized scream] ok time to lock in

[tobydontknowsh-t]

there's probably a better way of wording the last part but like come on it doesn't matter if we're all the same to fascists

[everything-you-feel-is-real]

No I genuinely don't think there's any better wording of the last part

[secretgarden]

[victusinveritas]

[razielim]

oh i'm going to misusle and straight up fuckle this knowledge so badly

[statecfdreaming]

all those things that you desire

you will find here in the fire

[animentality]

[jv]

This is a reminder for everyone that a significant share of USian religious nut jobs doesn't think Catholics are Christian and they even are surprised anyone could think so.

[apolladay]

How did you learn to read? Entirely from a parent Entirely from schooling Mostly from a parent, partially from school Mostly from schooling, partially from a parent Equally from parenting and schooling Something else Nuance I'm Jared, 19

Inspired by a video with a lot of people in the comments blaming students struggling or being unable to both read and comprehend on parents not teaching their kids. That boggles my mind. That's part of the teachers' job?? It's negligent of them to do a poor job? I learned to read at school, not from a parent.

How did you learn to read?

Entirely from a parent

Entirely from schooling

Mostly from a parent, partially from school

Mostly from schooling, partially from a parent

Equally from parenting and schooling

Something else

Nuance

Voting ended onSep 23, 2025

Inspired by a video with a lot of people in the comments blaming students struggling or being unable to both read and comprehend on parents not teaching their kids. That boggles my mind. That's part of the teachers' job?? It's negligent of them to do a poor job? I learned to read at school, not from a parent.

[homunculus-argument]

Imagine that one day as you're walking on a hot sunny path, your hat jumps off your head and lands into a muddy ditch. And you look at your muddy hat and ask it: "What did you do that for?"

"I don't want to be a burden anymore", your hat answers. "You are always carrying me around, and I can't carry you. That's not fair."

"I don't mind carrying you, little idiot", you tell your hat, "you hardly weight anything at all, and you shelter me from the sun."

"But that's different", your hat protests. "I don't mind the sun scorching on me. That happens anyway. It's literally no trouble for me to shade you too."

"Just the same it's no trouble for me to carry you. But now, because you wanted to stop inconveniencing and bothering me, I am now hatless and you are in the dirt."

[jantesika]

hello Aesop; how's the underworld been?

[homunculus-argument]

Every day I wake up and Hades kicks me in the nuts.

[sillywormz]

i went to "mad at me" island expecting to find people i knew, something i understood. but when my boat landed, standing upon the shore were a million empty husks wearing my own face. every foot of the island was occupied, and everywhere i went, they watched me with contempt. they never spoke, never breathed. they simply watched. no matter how i grovelled and begged, snarled and cursed, tried to hide or kicked and hit, they simply stared. the hatred in their gaze was inescapable, but i could hardly return it, knowing that their doomed existence was of my own creation. knowing that the hatred was nobody's but my own. in the end i just wept, unable to stand the relentless gaze of my own infinite glare.

the guy who i accidentally cut off in traffic last week was there also

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

Oh so it was just straightup embezzlement. Fantastic, I was hoping it was.

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

#yeah as an accountant I was curious to see if they would address it in the bts#and then they did and it was...this#wow

So much of what these guys do is "it's only illegal if he sues us"

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

#WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENS IN GAME CHANGER

Embezzlement. Keep up.

[impossiblepackage]

this episode proved that Sam Reich is one of the easiest to murder people in the whole world. You get ONE person he knows on board and the man is toast. He’ll hop in the back of your van instantly like “ooh I wonder what silly little trick they have planned for me!” Brennan Lee Mulligan could have put this dude in a saw trap and he’d walk in smiling.

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

If my timeline is right, Elaine was planning this while she had a secret camera in their home. "I'm an honest person" (was conspiring against her husband in at least two separate simultaneous plots)

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

#what the fuck#im so out of the loop here i thought that was just some sorta game show

Yeah it is a game show

[everydaygremlin]

is the game in this case psychological torment?

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

Most of the time yeah

[saturnplaza]

Mikey "I Don't Wanna Die a 3rd Time" Way

[billieneff]

oh... he's married... there go my chances i guess... anyway, do they need a third

[thestuffedalligator]

Spent tonight at a local short film festival. One of the shorts was made by two 12 year olds in their backyard and it was the best short of the entire night

[thestuffedalligator]

“Hello I’m Officer Goodguy”

“I didn’t kill him!”

“I wasn’t going to ask if you killed somebody”

“Oh, sorry”

“Did you kill somebody?”

“Oh yeah”

[thestuffedalligator]

“I’m gonna have to take a look around”

“Okayyy but you’re not gonna like it”

*opens door, reveals room full of badly keyed in fire and high pitched screaming, closes door*

“Well?”

“I didn’t like it”

[thestuffedalligator]

It won the audience choice award, obviously

[thirteens-earring]

Video captions: And stop trying to show your ex what they missed out on! Stop trying to teach your family a lesson for not believing in you! Stop trying to shit on your haters! Do it for you! Do it because you deserve it! Do it for YOU! Water your dreams with love! Don’t put no hate and resentment, and try to — “oh Imma fucking show them, Imma show” — FUCK THEM! Fuck them, do it for you! They don’t matter! They NEVER mattered.

[whydidisavethistomyphone]

[hangon-silvergirl]

game changer (dropout.tv) + the onion; i've been here the WHOLE time