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[–] [email protected] 40 points 8 months ago (10 children)

Even just the map of the world is outdated pretty much by the time it's taught.

In 2023 Micronesia made a fairly minor change from the former name, "Federated States of Micronesia". But, in 2022 Turkey now wants you to use its metal name: Türkiye.

Then there's the new country of South Sudan, Bougainville on its way to splitting from Papua New Guinea. And Kosovo shows another problem -- whether its an independent country or not depends on who you ask. That includes regions like South Ossetia, Transnistria, Catalonia and Taiwan.

Then there are things that students are taught that we've known are wrong for over a century, but the fully correct version is too complex for anything below a university course. Like, Newton's laws are appropriate for high school, but they're known to be incorrect and are simplifications of Einstein's refinements. But, they're close enough for most purposes, and understanding Einstein's stuff is pretty hard. Same with models of the atom.

And, history is another subject where the deeper you dig, the more the generalizations you're taught are shown to be wrong. The names and dates might be the same, but the reason X happened is often a whole lot more complex than the simple reasons given in high school.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

people who dropped out: "I know all"

[–] [email protected] 28 points 8 months ago (13 children)

Might work for some countries, but the problem is that schools in the USA completely lack centralization: each school district is its own separate governing body. Jason was taught that Pilgrims to America were persecuted Christians seeking adventure and made treaties with Natives, while Derek was taught about socioeconomic nuances of 17th-19th Europe leading to incentivized settlements particularly attractive to hardcore religious extremists who then waged relentless war on the Native Americans.

There are no Universal Lies that everybody was taught, except for Dark Matter.

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[–] [email protected] 90 points 8 months ago (19 children)

Antibiotics aren't for viruses. Cold air doesn't make you sick. Tongues don't have "taste zones." Muscles don't have memory.

And because you threw up for one day, you didn't have "the 24hr flu." You ate something bad or someone didn't wash their hands. The flu is short for influenza, which is a respiratory virus, which typically does not make you throw up and shit. More likely it was the dodgy gas station sushi.

Let's keep going...

[–] [email protected] 46 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Anyone who has taken FDA mandated food safety training can confirm that food borne illness is the cause of most “stomach bugs.”

Also, there’s poop on everything. Wash your hands.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Stomach flu is a thing, different from influenza

[–] [email protected] 26 points 8 months ago

It's just a stomach virus, not a flu.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago (9 children)

Wait the flu doesn't typically cause nausea?!

...that was food poisoning I got as a kid, wasn't it.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (3 children)

Dude idk this is the one thing that makes me scratch my head.

Kids seem to throw up often when they are sick. When the adults catch it from their kids, they very rarely have any GI issues but especially not nausea/vomiting. This is absolutely anecdotal evidence, but I anticipate a lot of parents and childcare workers will find rings true enough.

Or maybe it's my really shitty family genetics and we are all more likely to puke lol

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

Pretty sure there are strains that can cause nausea. I had one back around 2011 or so that nearly killed me after a week of puking non-stop. I reached a point of just sipping broth, not sleeping for like 36 hours towards the tail end. It's what made me realize the times I thought I'd had it before were probably just food poisoning

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 8 months ago (4 children)

gas station sushi.

One day I WILL buy sushi from a gas station. I just want to be able to say that I have done it.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 8 months ago (2 children)

just make sure not to black out and wake up in a sewer

[–] [email protected] 20 points 8 months ago

But this big rat wants to teach me karate

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[–] [email protected] 130 points 8 months ago (4 children)
[–] [email protected] 14 points 8 months ago

Damn, impossible to read from a mobile phone

[–] [email protected] 26 points 8 months ago

damn what a shit website.

Some of these things are just like, shit we've known since the 60's repackaged as "hey we're pretty sure this isn't that anymore"

[–] [email protected] 44 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Cool concept, but the facts given are a very basic start.

[–] [email protected] 79 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Pretty sure a Redditor coded it in a morning in response to this tweet.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Whois lookup says this. Doesn't discredit the "hastily thrown together in an hour" idea, though.

Created: 2023-10-02 02:12:17 UTC

[–] [email protected] 24 points 8 months ago

It says right at the bottom of the page that it was inspired by a tweet. With the same wording as this post.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I think that already exists? I remember seeing it on Lemmy some months ago. I'll try to find it.

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 8 months ago (1 children)

We could call it thefactsbook

[–] [email protected] 15 points 8 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

I started a subreddit called facefacts at one point, was gonna debunk Facebook bullshit with a JS bookmarklet, but got too busy with work, then Trump flooded the zone and deleted my Facebook and twitter accounts.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

oh I get it, my grandma goes on there so often, she must be trying to get true information

[–] [email protected] 12 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I've actually seen a website that is exactly this.

Can't remember the URL, but can confirm it exists (existed?) and it was an interesting website to read.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Same, I want to say it was a NYT page? Or something like that. Not a dedicated site.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Could be, it's been a while. Or maybe there's been multiple sites.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Likely, yep!

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