Everyone Knows Reading Comprehension Sucks. Boring, Overplayed, Classist.

Everyone knows reading comprehension sucks. Boring, overplayed, classist.

Let's talk about visual and auditory comprehension instead!

"crochet can't be made by machines" went from being a cool fun fact to being a call to action of "so if you see mass manufactured crochet in Target, that was made by a person and they were underpaid and you should boycott it" which is true, it was made by a person, but EVERY item of clothing you own (that you did not purchase from a company using ethical labor) was made by a person being underpaid (at *best*.)

Sewing machines are operated by *people*. Knitting machines are operated by *people*. Yes lots of the process is automated but you cannot tell a machine "make me a t-shirt" or "make me a knit cardigan".

Higher awareness of fast fashion, and the true human labor and abuse behind it, is GREAT, but let's not pretend that the crochet hat in target is THE problem. Every article of clothing in target is the problem. "All clothes are made by people" is the jumping off point here into understanding this issue it's not just crochet it's the whole thing ahhhhHHHHHHHHHH

Isn’t it awesome how you can tell your family “nope, I don’t want to do that bcus XYZ” and they respond “oh but that’s ok you can do it bcus XYZ will be fine!” And like no no. You heard the wrong part. I said “I don’t want to do that”. That was the important part

Ooooooh and don't get me started on youtube comment sections. Simply do not

Everyone knows reading comprehension sucks. Boring, overplayed, classist.

Let's talk about visual and auditory comprehension instead!

If you're in the unfortunate spot of wanting to make a story and have to world build, you'll get to see this first hand!

Find yourself a nice video on the "world building" and "magic system" in Avatar:tla get cozy, and listen to 20 minutes of someone COMPLETELY IGNORING EVERYTHING THAT MAKES THAT SHOW GOOD.

The bending styles based on real world martial arts? How the elements mesh with the character's personalities, and the ethos of the in world culture they come from? The use of these "powers" being tied exclusively to character development throughout the series? (Zuko being physically scarred by the fire, Aang needing to be less flighty as a person in order to master earth bending)?

NAH SIS! What's IMPORTANT is knowing that the audience knows all the ins and outs of a carefully detailed magic system so they can't find any plot holes!

Since you know. It's plot holes or a lack thereof that makes a good story. Nothing Else.

Everyone knows reading comprehension sucks. Boring, overplayed, classist.

Let's talk about visual and auditory comprehension instead!

Hey, anyone wanna go commit domestic terrorism with me and kill some Nazis??

IMPORTANT!!!

I’ve only seen like one person talk about this and it’s super important that this gets out there

Multiple punk symbols and sayings have been added to the FBI’s domestic terrorism guide

Things included are

The symbol for anarchy

ACAB and 1312

The three arrows pointing down in a circle

Eat the rich

Those are a few but it also mentions anything anti-fascist and anti capitalist

So if you live in the US please be careful

FBI

Domestic Terrorism Symbols Guide Part 01

Domestic Terrorism Symbols Guide Part 01