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[–] [email protected] 36 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (3 children)

It's a thing kids say to taunt each other, "girls go to college to get more knowledge, boys go to Jupiter, to get more stupider".

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago (2 children)

What does that... mean? Is it a jab about college attendance demographics skewing towards women?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

From what I remember, the taunt predates women overtaking men in college completion (which happened in approximately 1995). It's pretty old at this point.

Here's a newspaper article mentioning it from 1993:

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-01-31-tm-825-story.html

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Kids don't know about college demographics. It's a dumb thing kids say to tease each other. Like 7 year old kids. It just means boys are stupid.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Yeah one of the ~~Moody blues~~ someone posted with the girls playing jump rope made it click

EDIT oops I meant "comic." I got distracted by the Moody Blues playing on the radio.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

The thought of elementary school girls clowning on boys by pointing out college attendance demographics is precious though.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago

Ah, got it, thank you!

[–] [email protected] 24 points 4 days ago (1 children)

...or vice versa, usually depending on the taunter's gender.

Also, see xkcd 1202 and 2771

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

Now I've got a hankering for pamplemousse 😄