this is mean and terrible but it exhausts me to be around people who haven’t finished going through their pretentious asshole phase like okay holden caulfield I know we’re all helplessly suckling at the teat of modern media but can you shut up and play some goddamn mario kart for like five minutes
Gen z culture is being able to write essays on all current issues and political events but school makes you write about 19th century literature instead
You gotta know where we came from culturally to understand where we’re going.
Literature also isn’t sociology or even history class, where current event essays would be applicable.
My mom is seven years older than John Mulaney. She grew up in Chicago just like he did.
I called her tonight on a hunch, and asked if she knew the name JJ Bittenbinder. And she does. She remembers seeing him at least twice, in fourth and fifth grade. He discussed household poisons, self-defense for young girls, and word-for-word told them that if they went to a secondary location, their chances of coming back were SLIM TO NONE.
Considering what my mom taught me as a little kid, this is how I realized that I indirectly learned a lot from Mr. Bittenbinder, via my mother, without ever realizing it.
Penhales 