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Reading is consciousness-altering and a bit toxic.
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I graduated high school in 03, a few months/years into the "no child left behind" bullshit. The last week of school, meathead asks, out loud, "why do people read".
Almost ten years later and that dude has never had a job longer than three months. This. This is why people read...
Edit: i had a friend in highschool who passed away a few years ago, so I only know his employment status from highschool, up to the funeral. Deleted Facebook soon after
I think was a Bill Hicks joke (as best i remeber it):
So I was at a waffle house reading a book and the waitress comes and asks me, "What are ya reading for?"
Not "What are you reading?" but actually asking why I'm reading.
I told her "So I dont end up as a fucking waitress at Waffle House!"
"Well lookee here... Looks like we got ourselves a reader."
What the fuck is going on here? Did I walk into a klan rally dressed in a Boy George costume?
God I wish that man was still with us.
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