We all went to school with some know-it-all kids who thought they were smarter than everyone there, including the teacher. I have empathy for kids who are genuinely advanced and don’t have the opportunity to take AP classes or other challenging coursework. If a kid is actually extremely bored and unchallenged by school, it can …
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AITA?: How Reddit threads have become a morality compass, guiding society’s most complex queries through random strangers’ opinions
As teens, whenever something went wrong, most folks would go running to their friends to ask for advice. Whether mom and dad were arguing about the housing crisis or texts with your crush needed a flirtier angle, our teenaged selves sought feedback from the one person we knew would be there for us: Our best …
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27 Law School Memes Taking a Study Break to Weep Into Their Coffee
Law school ain’t for the weak. If you feel like saying goodbye to your social life, sleep schedule, and sense of joi de vivre, then law school is for you. If you watched Legally Blonde and took it a bit too seriously, law school is for you. If you’re driven by the idea of either …
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‘Use uncomfortable silences in negotiations’: Resourceful Redditors Share the Best Psychology Tips and Hacks They Know
You can resolve every conflict you have with another person with just a little psychology, one of the most important sciences in human history. Even though it can sound a bit boring or dull, with psychology you can find a way to approach every single social situation with the best tools to properly deal with …
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‘Who wants to go to the Four Seasons Orlando?: Unusually sentient baby answers question with great clarity, shocks the internet
The internet has always been obsessed with adorable babies. I would argue that YouTube couldn’t have become what it is today without the immense viral success of «Charlie Bit My Finger.» But times have changed. Charlie is likely a legal adult by now, and TikTok is the #1 distributor of adorable baby videos. That is …
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25+ History Memes for Those Who Learn From the Mistakes of the Past
Yeah, I’ll say it. I did well on the AP US History exam. I was a nerd in high school and proud to be it. What helped is that I had a fantastic teacher who made learning history fun. She made us all feel special as students, so we were inspired to learn. And heck, if …
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25+ People Who Scored Free Prizes, Food, and Vacations by Outsmarting the System
Have you ever found a flaw in the system that worked to your advantage? Companies are always running some kind of promo deal, and these smart individuals know how to hack the system. Whether they’re earning free prizes, food, or luxurious vacations, we bet the corporations had thought of these loopholes first. A lot of …
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25+ Philosophy Memes That Think, Therefore They Are
Y’all ever wonder if there is such a thing as true evil? Yeah, me too. Perhaps everyone is the main character of their own lives and is convinced that everything they do is good. Then who is the jury that decides whether or not they succeeded? God? Fellow men? But on the other hand, how …
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25+ Philosophy Memes to Look at While You Consider the Trolley Problem
Ah, the old chestnut of the trolley problem. The age-old quandary that rattles every budding philosopher’s brain. Is it better to flip the switch and save five people? Or do nothing and save just one? There are endless riffs and variations on this question and even more ways to answer it. It’s a great discussion …
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29 Philosophy Memes for Existentialists and Absurdists Alike
One of my favorite classes in high school was a course called Global Ethics. It was an intro course to everything philosophy and ethics, from Kant to Nietzsche and more. We would have the most interesting discussions and debates, getting into weedy issues with real-life ramifications. It was a good field of study for someone …
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