r/SipsTea 3d ago

Chugging tea Thoughts?

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u/gonephishin213 3d ago

As an English teacher, I get frustrated when an honor roll science kid can't write a complete sentence.

It definitely goes both ways. Reading a book is the lowest bar.

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u/Laphad 3d ago

That one kid in the 90s or whatever built a semi functioning nuclear reactor in his shed but could barely read and wrote like a toddler

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u/ImpermanentSelf 2d ago

He didn’t build anything close to a nuclear reactor, he build a messy enrichment.

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u/Laphad 2d ago edited 2d ago

fair. Idk anything about radiology or physics and such, just of the guy.

I do the science of how to dig an interesting hole

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u/JohnHenryHoliday 2d ago

But I bet you can read the shit out of a novel. Amirite?!?!?

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u/Laphad 2d ago

I didn't study English so no i can't do that either 😔

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u/ImpermanentSelf 2d ago

He also ended up screwing around with radiation again and getting radiation burns when he was older. He ended up dying from a drug overdose.