It’s like when Bush Jr. pushed for the adoption of reading programs across America that focused on phonics, so people took a rebellious stance and taught kids “balanced reading” which taught kids to memorize words rather than the sounds that make up words.

The result: an epidemic of illiteracy to own the Republicans. Bush was/is a warmongering piece of shit but he was right about phonics being the correct way to learn reading.

I’ve never seen self-proclaimed leftists hurl more vitriol than when an openly-socialist labor organizer in my union said they were for freedom of speech (for humans) and generally supportive of firearm ownership. Absolutely wild reaction.

Quick Celsius breakdown from a Canadian:

• 40+ - most Canadians stop eating food and hope for a quick death
• 35 - you might just be able to live with this if you do nothing at all
• 28 - right about the place where comfort gives way to a general sense of warmth, something that makes any Canadian uncomfortable
• 23 - room temperature, and why “room temperature IQ” is an insult only Americans could have come up with because their scale was made by a madman
• 15 - If it’s Autumn you are wearing a light jacket, if it’s Spring you are sweating
• 5 - sweater time
• 0 to -10 - that stereotypical TV winter experience, where everyone is skating and sipping hot chocolate? Yeah that’s like half the year here. You better like hot chocolate.
• -15 - We enjoy the fresh air, others will probably find it painful to breathe directly; put on a scarf! Do not brush your teeth immediately before going outside unless you want to experience mint-flavoured pain.
• -20 - Canadians put their boots on by now. Exposed skin on a windy day can get frostbite in as little as 10 minutes.
• -30 - We will debate putting a coat on to put the garbage out at this temperature, usually erring on the side of caution in case your kids lock you outside again. Seriously invest in good winter gear for this, this temperature can kill surprisingly fast and it only gets increasingly unpleasant from here.
• -40 - turns out you can’t form snowballs in hell because the snow is too crispy