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Randal Cooper's avatar

To be fair, I first learned about paradigm shifts when I was a lazy college student and had to read “the structure of scientific revolutions”

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Toni McLellan's avatar

You know, I think Dederer was probably too harsh on college students. But the dipshits bit is accurate.

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Kim Barman's avatar

We went out to see the bluebells at a local nature preserve last weekend and ran into a young man who hadn’t been out to see them before. His exact words were “this is the most awesome thing I’ve ever seen” and it made me feel better about the world. Those bluebells are also the one time the Midwest gets showy. It’s hard to feel pessimistic about anything when I’m looking at carpets of blueish-purple flowers.

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Toni McLellan's avatar

Kim! Even though we're in the same state (bless), I don't think we get bluebells here! Now I need to investigate this. 💙 I've really been digging into nature and art lately as a way of remembering that life is happening all around us, despite the horrors.

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Kristin DeMarr's avatar

Love these!! Land Beaver is a riot!

The punk band name is great! I agree that it would be better to omit the pink cigarettes part.

Awwww Old Baby is perfect!

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Toni McLellan's avatar

He really is the best old baby.

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