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Socrates bemoaned those young'ns who had the audacity to read their Homer, instead of memorizing it.

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[-] Niggling__Niggard@lemmy.world 68 points 1 year ago

"TikTok is just like reading a book"

-OP

[-] Tangent5280@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

LMAO this is way too harsh on the OP, poor guy just wanted to draw a parallel. Please stop murdering them in the comments.

[-] baked_tea@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 year ago

Nope, it's normalising unnecessary bs

[-] quadropiss@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Pinpoint the exact string of words where that was conveyed by op

[-] Niggling__Niggard@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago
[-] quadropiss@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The point was people are always looking for a scapegoat when they don't understand shit. I'm not the one to "learn to read"

Edit: what the hell is that username

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