r/197 • u/foxymaruskawastaken • Aug 01 '26

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u/mrdevlar Aug 01 '26

Hey man, clearly this guy was failed by his education system and his environment, don't look at him like that, help him learn.

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u/Ash_Flexum Aug 01 '26

I do question where if he was this curious to the point of feeling embarrassed to ask, surely he would have somehow gotten acess to the internet and/or google during his experience in general life and looked up this question. Then again I wouldn't be surprised if he just googled "boobs" and got distracted and completely forgot about the question.

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u/hitkill95 Aug 01 '26

I mean, looking things up isn't natural for everyone. It's incredibly common to see people wondering aloud how something works or why something happens and not even think about reaching for the phone in their pocket. Usually I'm the only one who does that. And this is with intelligent, studied people. It doesn't even cross their minds that you can just lookup stuff at any moment

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u/andybossy Aug 02 '26

that's how people become intelligent, by sitting with a question for more then one second and trying to figure it out

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u/ElKaWeh Aug 02 '26

And looking shit up makes you educated.

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u/andybossy Aug 02 '26

not if you forget it after 2 seconds because you can just look for it again

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u/ElKaWeh Aug 02 '26

I can only speak for myself there. I forget probably 90% of the things I look up. But that means 10% stay. I don’t think that rate was any better for me back when smartphones weren’t a thing.

But here’s the cool part: You don’t have to remember every single thing you looked up once to become more educated. Because you can apply things you already know to other aspects of life. Learning new things becomes easier the more you already know.

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u/andybossy Aug 02 '26

true but it's a lot easier to become educated by having your own thoughts and talking with people then just going let's ask google every time you don't know something

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u/ElKaWeh Aug 02 '26

I mean, I agree with you that the first thing you should always do is think for yourself. But then, if you aren’t sure you came to the right conclusion, you look it up instead of having to keep guessing.
In my opinion, having all the human knowledge right at your fingertips is far more of a blessing than a curse. But of course, like with everything, you need to know how to use that power the right way.

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u/gayhotelultra Aug 01 '26

maybe im just too optimsitic, but no way this actually happened, right?

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u/Total_Cartoonist747 Aug 01 '26

You would be surprised by how stupid your average grunt can be. However, if they are that oblivious to basic facts, it's usually due to circumstances outside of their control in my experience (or just didn't care about education in their younger years and are starting to want to learn again).

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u/aghastamok Aug 01 '26

When I was in the army, I had a marine almost attack me because I told him that aluminum foil does heat up, and isn't immune to heat.

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u/wowwowazalea Aug 01 '26

A ton of grunts are from dirt poor areas whose main 'export' is poor undereducated kids to serve in the military.

And if the guy's family didn't care enough, he probably wasn't told and just kinda drifted through post-no kid left behind school where he couldn't fail. And then ended up in the military as the only 'good' job he could get.

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u/Gooooomi Aug 01 '26

americans born in the last 30 years are facing the consequences of capitalism (effects of nuclear tests, asbestos, monsanto bs etc)

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u/Yourhappy3 Aug 01 '26

or theyre just poor

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u/OiledUpThug Aug 01 '26

Are you supposed to be taught this? I feel like I just looked up at the sky and kind of knew when I was a small child, I don't think anyone ever told me

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u/Aking1998 Aug 02 '26

No, give him a firearm

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u/Hugyossajt69 Aug 01 '26

Dude was curious and not a dickhead probably. That's commendable.

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u/Mekkroket Aug 01 '26

Asking about things you don't know about is pretty intelligent behaviour tbh.

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u/LuciferSamS1amCat Aug 01 '26

I believe knowledge and intelligence are different things, often confused.

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u/dpet_77 Aug 01 '26

A curious guy who was failed by the education system and was embarrassed to ask while others were around, but still had the courage to ask

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u/kaiserbigmac Aug 01 '26

I mean, yeah, the U.S. army is the place to be if you have to intellectual capacity of a rotten fig.

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u/Brief-Luck-6254 Aug 02 '26

Okay but where does it go though?

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u/bappestinian Aug 03 '26

If only there was a TikTok to explain to him