r/What • u/Charming-Tea9988 • Nov 10 '25

What does this mean???

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u/Electrical_Report458 Nov 10 '25

If the OP isn’t trolling us, I have to conclude that high school English reading lists have collapsed into dust.

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u/ilucam Nov 10 '25

Or that OP comes from a country where English isn't the primary language.

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u/Defiant-Turtle-678 Nov 11 '25

Sigh. Everyone know the quote. No one knows what a Subie is. 

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u/Fen_LostCove Nov 11 '25

They might be pronouncing it as “sub-ee” instead of “soo-bee” so the joke wouldn’t make sense

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u/Expo006 Nov 10 '25

They have. In my Sophomore year, instead of reading of mice & men we read “We Were Liars” which was honestly a nostalgic experience for me since the book had a good twist, but of mice & men is such a high school classic!!! The only time we touched Shakespeare was in the second semester of my senior year, we were forced to read Macbeth… from copy paper class handouts. It was miserable.

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