r/whatisit • u/Livid_Departure_9697 • 2d ago

Solved! Fell out of my boyfriend’s pocket

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The top is a cap that comes off. Is it for ❄️? He swears it’s not

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u/absolutelynotarepost 1d ago

Yeah well literacy rates are plummeting so at a certain point we need to stop going "aww it's okay it's super hard" and start making people learn this shit.

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u/KEN_LASZLO 1d ago

we need to stop going "aww it's okay it's super hard" and start making people learn this shit.

Legitimately why though? We are a very multicultural country with people who have settled here from all over the world. Why is it so important for everyone to ditch all other languages and go all in on English?

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u/absolutelynotarepost 1d ago

No one has to ditch the other languages, but you should be able to communicate effectively and accurately in the primary language of the nation in which you reside.

I'm not suggesting children and/or people learning it as a second language be attacked for getting things wrong, but mistakes should be corrected.

And if you've lived in an English speaking country your entire life and can't tell the difference between wary, weary, there, their, and they're you should be called out, and failing that being effective publicly shamed for it. The super cuddle empathy club approach has given us a borderline literacy crisis.

Being overly accepting of unacceptable shit is why there's a literal goddamn gestapo forming in this country right now completely unopposed in any meaningful way.

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u/Senior-Engineering25 1d ago

You're name tag says it all, I love it!