• modifier
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    745 days ago

    As an American, I am going to dine on this single example as if it disproves the idea that we are insular and provincial hicks for the next decade.

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          44 days ago

          As a layman, i believe you have a stronger private school presence, which tend to specialize in order to differentiate. But I might be wrong because I have limited information on the topic of British education.

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            74 days ago

            We have a strong private school presence, yes. Trouble is it leads to privilege and people get on in life not cause they’re clever, but cause they wear the right school tie.

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              33 days ago

              People often choose the easier path, which in this case means choosing status over knowledge.

      • FartsWithAnAccent
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        74 days ago

        The /s is unnecessary, I can assure you we are stupid and nobody should be surprised.

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          it’s /s because someone could’ve implied that i consider americans and brits as the winners in this competition, when in fact, the only competition they’re winning is the one for the most villanous politic actions. USA is a leaéer here at the first glance, but brits literally created USA, so that kinda makes all of the USA villainy into a subset of the british one

          edit: i was wrong, the best villains are the french, bc William the Conquerror is the reason brits exist, and therefore also the reason usa does

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              13 days ago

              i’m not saying they have, i’m entertaining the idea of this trio’s leadership in it in terms of quantity