SaltyGoodness

6 ms·

1.
by SaltyGoodness 3y ago
Sure, everyone ought to do what they can to better themselves. That's for another comment, because the question was, what is it about America that has literacy skills at such a shameful level. It's not Brad's fault that he ca
2.
by SaltyGoodness 3y ago
How does Finland do it? Copy them as much as possible, since it's clearly working. Gaps in Finlands system? Pay experts to figure it out. I don't claim to be an expert - you don't need to be, to see how bad the current system
3.
by SaltyGoodness 3y ago
I was stunned to learn that the average American reads at a 5th grade level. It's true though. I've been wondering why for a while, since it explains so much... Here's my best guess: 13 million children face daily hunger, and
4.
by SaltyGoodness 4y ago
The state used preliminary results from railroad-funded sampling to declare that East Palestine's drinking water was safe in the wake of the toxic spill.
5.
by SaltyGoodness 4y ago
"Come on guy" is "rude and personal"? A "swipe"? Shit. I bumped that down about three levels of rudeness before posting. That's my max. And people were pointing out tptacek's errors in understanding
6.
by SaltyGoodness 4y ago
I didn't. In fact, tptacek is right above you making a thinly veiled personal attack at me and others here. What is your relationship to tptacek dang? Every time I see him winding people up, you're there behind him, threatening an
7.
by SaltyGoodness 4y ago
I wonder, if it were your favourite childhood author, would you be okay with hundreds of sneaky little cuts and changes being inflicted? Agreed on the 'dedicated to doctors' being added - that's even more fucked up than the
8.
by SaltyGoodness 4y ago
He did make those changes. And I think he was right to. But he wouldn't have approved of 99% of these changes. No way, no how. It's shockingly disrespectful of his estate to do this.
9.
by SaltyGoodness 4y ago
Even if you dislike Dahl, the idea that we need to "update" 60 yo books for the sensibilities of our time is dystopian, and dangerous. Would you like your favourite author's work edited post mortem? Look at the changes made..
10.
by SaltyGoodness 4y ago
> It's easy to figure out why these changes are being made in particular, once you take a position of empathy. Come on guy, it's not that hard to see. People have been pointing it out to you for hours now.
11.
by SaltyGoodness 4y ago
The word gold is antisemitic. Why would you reference such a hateful trope? 'Gold' also refers to a color, and so is doubly offensive. /s - but they really did make changes like that to Dahls' work. It's so disturbi
12.
by SaltyGoodness 5y ago
Here's an undeniable fact: WTC7 wasn't hit by a plane, but collapsed at free-fall speed anyway. Here's another fact: Weapons inspector David Kelly was found dead in a field with his wrists cut, days after openly expressing fe