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[–] [email protected] 36 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

Nobody going to mention a Cask of Amontillado? Maybe not the most mind-bending example, but the tale of leading a supposed friend to their own horrific murder was not a thing I expected to be reading in school.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Wasn't even required reading for me. I was just flipping through my textbook one day and found that in one of the sections the class was never going to reach.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

That story still haunts me, and I've been trying to remember where it was from for over a decade.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Feh! Luchesi....

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

“For the love of God, Montresor!”

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago

The reply to that just being "Yes, for the love of God," was cold as ice.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Funnily enough I did on a similar post a month ago.

https://lemmy.ca/comment/11653719

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

i remember that post, was actually hoping to find it again as there had been some great recommendations! glad you mentioned it here.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Was that before or after the school-shooting lockdown drills?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

After the hide under your desk from nuclear bombs drills but before the active shooter drills.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Nuclear attack drills? I don't think we ever did those, I've just heard about them from older people. How old are you? I thought those stopped in like the 80s or something.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I grew up in a small town in Canada. We never had any kind of lock down drills.

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

Dang, things must be pretty good up in Canada. People are sending their children to first grade with ballistic-shielded backpacks down here.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

There is a modicum of school violence in Canada, primarily in Urban/Metro centres, but not enough to cause general panic. Tue States has a pretty unique problem.