Crazy stuff

New research suggests that many American children can’t identify where their lunch comes from. Around 40% of the children interviewed for the study thought hot dogs and bacon came from plants. Perhaps even more bizarrely, 46% believed french fries were a type of animal.



Source: https://twitter.com/RT_com/status/1459873751848284162

 

That is what you get when the schools (and parents) don't do their jobs. Many kids now do not even know how to determine whether they are getting the correct change in a monetary transaction. Likewise, take away calculators and they cannot even do simple math. Communication skills are kaput. They can't read street signs. And so on.

 

Sign of the times? There's an app for that...

 

It could become a reality. The supply chain is getting weaker by the minute.

 

Maybe the preppers have an inside edge.

 

I have also been dismayed by the lack of education being provided by "educators" who seem more interested in promoting bad government policies, fake science, and weirdness, in general. (Did you hear about the college professor who recently claimed that pedophiles should be a protected class and are just misunderstood?) My kids went to private schools out of necessity: our local public schools did not pass academic muster (based on sinking rankings, dropping college admission rates, etc.) and were also a bit unsafe due to a small but intimidating portion of the school population, despite my living in a relatively affluent suburb in New England.

But, I am also starting to think that losing some of the classical "Three R's" of education may just be a form of evolution spurred by technological innovation. I am older than dirt and actually had some training on slide rules before calculators became accessible to the average consumer. I recall math teachers indicating that it would be end of the world if we all became dependent on calculators and not being able to do square root in long form on paper or work out an equation with a slide rule. Calculators were banned from most math classes, in fact. Anyone still using slide rules or suffering from using calculators these days? The same dire predictions were offered when television became ubiquitous in households: it was going to be the end of civilization as we knew it with everyone hypnotized and distracted by the "boob tube." We are still here and the television is mostly viewed now as a quaint device by my kids who never watch it.

 

It's counter-intuitive, but our second largest client (consumer electronics manufacturer) is having trouble sourcing enough silicon chips to support the sales volumes of its devices. So, they are hedging their bets and asking my company to double our software development staff working on their projects so that we can port their software to multiple "insurance" computer chips that may or may not ever be used. So, we will be doubling our business with this client in 2022 due to the supply chain problems.

 

It's good to hear a positive slant to the chip shortage for once.

 

Yeah, it is a bit unusual and we are, in fact, being hurt with another client who is a government prime contractor and cannot get a prototype of the device completed due to parts shortages so we are on hold with them. Fortunately, the other client is more than making up for this loss.

 

Though the supply chain problems are affecting much more than just silicon chips here in the U.S. Just read an article this morning about retail supplies and Victoria's Secret said that they would not be able to make lingerie deliveries for Christmas as they won't be arriving until some time in January.

 

Checking out the study, it says they were 4 to 7 yr olds ..... so its not that bad.

 

No, they are still around. They just split with Bath & Body Works this summer to go fully independent. Doing $5B+ in revenues, it looks like.

 

There go your "Keep Cool" tinfoil hat sales.

 

It's been a blessing that those sales have dipped. Our factories have been tied up 24/7 making the highly specialized, "Super Longshoreman & Supply Ship Optimizer" tinfoil hats. Due to some intricacies in how we have to handle the invisible cosmic mind control waves that are trashing supply chains worldwide, building the hats is labor-intensive, almost more art than science. But the good news is that we are able to provide a 7-year financing program to make the added cost more attractive. We do have a waiting list for the hats right now, so only cargo ship captains and port longshoremen are eligible to get the early production runs.

And, remember, all of our tinfoil hats are dual purpose: they make great baked potatoes, too!

 

Jesus H. Christ! You guys have so many lines of tinfoil hats that I had to build a wrap around closet with 12 shelves just to house the damn things! It cost me a fortune to have it made, and now you're coming out with more! I wish that I had never put one on my head in the first place!!!!!!!

 

You are a "victim" of your superior taste and wisdom. Revel in your vision and your leading edge style and panache! You know your neighbors are all jealous when the local magazines do a 4-color spread on your custom collection. And, at no additional charge, you have lived completely free from government cosmic mind control waves since you bought your first hat.