Toby Young and his ilk is a great object lesson in that learning "the classics" is just rote memorization in order to signify that you went to a posh public school. Thick as pigshit more often than not.
They learn a couple of names and themes and throw them into casual conversation as if it makes them intelligent, and a lot of cultural output in the UK serves to underline this assumption. As if reading Virgil and knowing rudimentary latin is the be all end all of knowledge.
Is it really just a random woman's name? Not an acronym or Karen-equivalent?
I joke with coworkers about what it would be like if people decided our work at the adrenachrome factory was political. People decided that they could just freebase the reagents and that we were all leeches driving up the price of healthcare for the hard working people of the heartland. Then one day after all the bullshit that typically goes along with our work, we step out of the break room towards our c*rs and a large crowd starts booing us. I would dread every day if I'm an intern working with COVID and I find that my research suggests something.
From delving through Wikipedia a bit, it seems like the article is sarcastic, right? It seems like the author doesn't really put faith in the general public
Toby Young and his ilk is a great object lesson in that learning "the classics" is just rote memorization in order to signify that you went to a posh public school. Thick as pigshit more often than not.
They learn a couple of names and themes and throw them into casual conversation as if it makes them intelligent, and a lot of cultural output in the UK serves to underline this assumption. As if reading Virgil and knowing rudimentary latin is the be all end all of knowledge.
Is it really just a random woman's name? Not an acronym or Karen-equivalent?
I joke with coworkers about what it would be like if people decided our work at the adrenachrome factory was political. People decided that they could just freebase the reagents and that we were all leeches driving up the price of healthcare for the hard working people of the heartland. Then one day after all the bullshit that typically goes along with our work, we step out of the break room towards our c*rs and a large crowd starts booing us. I would dread every day if I'm an intern working with COVID and I find that my research suggests something.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassandra
From delving through Wikipedia a bit, it seems like the article is sarcastic, right? It seems like the author doesn't really put faith in the general public
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassandra_(metaphor)
No, that would be way too clever for Toby Young, he is literally saying that Boris not listening to the "Cassandras" is a good thing.
The fucking br*tish are at it again :smoking-fish: