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minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up162arrow-down1·8 months agoI used to sell books, oh, 30 years ago or so now. The home schoolers were the scariest bunch of people you’ll encounter. Had one guy ask where the weather control books were, and I was like “You mean seeding clouds to make it rain? I think we have…” “No! I mean the government weather control programs!” Had another lady convinced her electricity was going to give her cancer because it came from a nuclear power plant and was radioactive.
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·8 months ago “No! I mean the government weather control programs!” “Check the science fiction section.”
minus-squareRefurbished Refurbisher@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up5·8 months agoCareful. You might help create another religion.
minus-squareNOT_RICK@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23arrow-down1·8 months agoIt’s astounding how little people know about how the world works even without home schooling factored in.
minus-squareLemmysMum@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·8 months ago54% of American adults read below a 6th grade comprehension level
minus-squareAlexWIWA@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 months agoThe weather control books are in Red Alert 2.
I used to sell books, oh, 30 years ago or so now.
The home schoolers were the scariest bunch of people you’ll encounter.
Had one guy ask where the weather control books were, and I was like “You mean seeding clouds to make it rain? I think we have…”
“No! I mean the government weather control programs!”
Had another lady convinced her electricity was going to give her cancer because it came from a nuclear power plant and was radioactive.
“Check the science fiction section.”
Careful. You might help create another religion.
It’s astounding how little people know about how the world works even without home schooling factored in.
And they vote!
54% of American adults read below a 6th grade comprehension level
The weather control books are in Red Alert 2.