Path: ...!news.mixmin.net!news.swapon.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Tahitian pearl Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action Subject: Re: I don't understand pre-orders. Do you preorder? Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2025 06:04:54 -0600 Organization: Pieces o eight Lines: 35 Message-ID: References: <20bcqjdfs1p5l88s03ujm97p1ljtqlqbat@4ax.com> <85mcqjh1nj5pmt9bqpkpnjgvc7i478jfu7@4ax.com> <93hfqj5kuoog4go92eu8a6f1fvuo8acsfi@4ax.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net 1QgNjN8U/RUJ55oC/nn+FAX1TuMR89vbeRJ4kps9f3/qvazPwu Cancel-Lock: sha1:Wnm/BmjHpunyhnfTzPifhSqNbkA= sha256:UwEOOZEJuOPTg3VKsjOtf9XD3J7xqsgtJqwHuMmRXZM= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:128.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/128.0 SeaMonkey/2.53.20 In-Reply-To: Bytes: 3108 JAB wrote: > On 10/02/2025 15:36, Dimensional Traveler wrote: >> On 2/10/2025 1:54 AM, Anssi Saari wrote: >>> JAB writes: >>> >>>> One I found amusing was a opinion piece in a paper making all the >>>> normal claims of how the younger generation was lazy, unintelligent, >>>> would be the downfall of society etc. The catch ... it was a hundred >>>> years old. >>> >>> Yes. In fact, as I recall, it goes back to at least Socrates complaining >>> about the same thing and he lived 470 – 399 BC. >>> >>>> Do we really want swathes of people thinking that the likes of Andrew >>>> Tate make some good points and he's a intellectual? >>> >>> I don't but for large swathes of people we're already there. And not >>> just young people. >>> >>> It's a fun fantasy I have sometimes, what if there were a magical school >>> system that makes everyone intelligent, analytical and mean? Meaning all >>> bullshit artists and snake oil salesmen would just be ignored or >>> ridiculed and would have to do real work or starve. > > I do think it time for countries to start being more serious about > teaching actual critical thinking skills at a much early age so they are > much better equipped to not basically believe anything just as some > talking head said it on the internet or indeed JD Vance said it. I think it is time that we groom the sheep consumer. Pull out education and libraries and watch the children flounder in the debating arenas. I have an education, why would I vote for more education? - let's have some rubes for easy money and controlling leadership. -- No heebies, creepies or hallucinogenics It's the height of paranoia Male, white, mid-to-late thirties