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Highschool does typically reward bullshit (especially in the humanities where the bar for "verifiably bullshit" is much higher) over "idk lol"
by AbrahamParangi 3y ago
Highschool does typically reward bullshit (especially in the humanities where the bar for "verifiably bullshit" is much higher) over "idk lol"
- dmvdoug 3y agoMy response to post-hoc rationalizations is to stare and go, “Mmm hmmm, you have no idea do you?”
- NoMoreNicksLeft 3y agoFor the ones you can recognize as post-hoc, sure.
- dmvdoug 3y agoI just assume they all are. Then, when someone gives me an actually thought-out reason for why they did something and it seems plausibly pre-hoc (so to speak), I can be legitimately surprised and delighted. But in all honesty, I’m talking about early-to-mid teenagers, for whom most random outbursts are just that, random. Which is not, as it turns out, that big a deal. Adults get huffy because they take it personally. Dudes and dudettes, they’re teenagers. Chill.