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[–] [email protected] 20 points 6 months ago (10 children)

Are finger guns going to become the equivalent of a middle finger in the US because of how many people die to guns?

[–] [email protected] 21 points 6 months ago (4 children)

Much like the middle finger gesture is offensive because outside the US many people die to birds.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (3 children)

That's one way to misunderstand the sentence. Impressive. The USA preschool reading level isn't a joke after all.

Half of U.S. adults can’t read a book written at the 8th-grade level.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago

bro is part of the 30%

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