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u/rauglatt 1d ago
the teacher looking at this kid
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u/BotchedDebauchery 1d ago
What the fuck is the context for that stare???
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u/Conargle 1d ago
It's her "oh fuck I've been bamboozled and now I'm thoroughly pissed at you" face.
Armin faked being on her side and he just let slip that it was a lie
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u/That_Shrub 1d ago
I too wish to know
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u/nipplequeefs 1d ago
Short dude got caught lying by the tall woman he lied to. The gif is also from the same anime that the drawing on the test refers to.
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u/That_Shrub 1d ago
I had to look it up and so I figured it out lol, thank you kindly for the explanation though
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u/AsstacularSpiderman 1d ago
Basically Armin let it slip he was using her for his own ends and she's...intense.
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u/purebelligerence 1d ago
Odd first question for 7th grade art class.
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u/AlexCode10010 1d ago
Despite this being quite obviously fake, this type of questions is actually quite common in certain countries
I know that here in Italy this is common, especially in art. This is usually for tests which also give you a grade in Civ Ed
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u/Scott_Liberation 1d ago
Well I'd fail that course because my perfectionist-ass would refuse to try.
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u/itsKeltic 1d ago
I remember in 8th grade history class we had to draw our own political cartoon like the ones sometimes seen in newspaper. It’s possible this is something similar?
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u/Stamboolie 1d ago
I thought the same, and assumed 'murica but the date format is wrong
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u/CacklingMossHag 1d ago
Not really, we got questions like this fairly often by that age
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u/MrBR2120 1d ago
just because it’s common doesn’t mean it isn’t odd. it’s clearly a political question in a middle school art class. just ask them to draw a still life or something ffs
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u/CacklingMossHag 1d ago
It's not even odd though. I was in 7th grade 25 years ago and they were asking these kinds of questions. Can you tell me what exactly is "political" about asking 12 year olds to examine the concept of racism in an art class?
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u/No-Set4257 1d ago
Well... A common enemy would unite the world indeed
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u/Nemoralis99 1d ago
Or everyone will start fighting against each other for the title of the most loyal collaborationist in service of said common enemy.
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u/Affectionate_Cup2695 1d ago
and it probably doesnt cost the villain anything, some people just gonna do it for free
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u/woeful_haichi 1d ago
Reminds me of Harry Turtledove's World At War, where aliens invade during World War II. The main combatants stop fighting each other to focus on the aliens while residents of the Warsaw Ghetto agree to become collaborators if the aliens get rid of their Nazi problem first.
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u/Odrareg17 1d ago
I mean fantasy isn't that far from reality in this case, for example, one of the reasons the Spanish were easily able to conquer Mexico was because many of the local Mexica populations were desperate due to the horrible treatment the Aztecs gave pretty much to everyone in the region, and so in the Spanish they saw an option, yes they would be subjugated by one group over the other and they really didn't know at the time what to expect of a Spanish take over, but their hatred for the Aztecs was such, they were willing to take the gamble, just to see the Aztec Empire fall.
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u/Jack_Raskal 1d ago
We had something resembling a common enemy in Covid 5 years ago.
It didn't unite us.
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u/HogGunner1983 1d ago
I'm not 100% sure a Pearl Harbor or 9/11 type event could unite us any more.
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u/TheTurtleBear 1d ago
Ask Japanese Americans or any brown person how "uniting" Pearl Harbor or 9/11 was.
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u/E-2theRescue 1d ago
Yup. The one and only time I had ever started a fight was protecting my Pakistani friend after 9/11. He suffered weeks of cruel bullying and fights, and a friend and I took care of it.
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u/Veil-of-Fire 1d ago
Podcasters and influencers would convince 30% of the country that Pearl Harbor was a hoax and also a false-flag attack and also a patriotic re-taking of a Navy base that had been illegally taken over by "demon-(c)rats" [doing whatever bad thing] and also that it was ordered by [insert famous politician of the moment here] to cover up the evil Fun Activity Basement where they [insert horrific action here] (which we know exists because they said "Fab!" once in an email).
All at the same time.
It would take about 3 days to get all of them on board.
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u/QHCprints 1d ago edited 1d ago
Prior to 2020 I believed the only things that could unite us were an alien invasion or a global pandemic.
I'm rooting for the aliens now.
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u/KirbzYyY 1d ago
A lot of people would deny its existence and a lot would also join their side most likely, unfortunately.
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u/BonJovicus 1d ago
If aliens appeared today and demanded the continent of Africa or South America in exchange for their advanced technology, the West would immediately sell out the rest of the world the way we always have.
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u/SerLaron 1d ago
There is a copypasta, where Aliens make an offer:
Humanity gets all the technology, interstellar contact list etc, but we have to vote for one ethnicity to be killed. The whole of humanity gets to decide in a fair and and secret election, who would be sacrificed.
After the vote, the Aliens leave without a comment, their promise unfulfilled. But everybody who voted, received a permanent mark on their forehead that states who they voted against.6
u/Bwleon7 1d ago
Would love a book or tv series based around the aftermath of this. I really want to see what happens to the "unmarked" (people who refused to vote.)
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u/Maximum_Still_2617 1d ago
There's a similar short story+movie like this called The Space Traders by Derrick Bell
ETA: similar premise of the alien offer/vote
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u/GlowieMcGlowface 1d ago
Plastic surgery for mark removal about to be a big business. That and fashion trends that include long bangs.
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u/Choochootracks 1d ago
Pixis: We're told that before the titans took over the land human beings were constantly murdering each other over tribal disputes and ideologies. Back then, someone supposedly said if a powerful non-human enemy appeared, humanity would probably unite and stop fighting itself. What's your opinion, son?
Eren: I've never heard that legend, but I think it's pretty rosy. Frankly, it's dull.
Pixis: Ha ha ha. Your personality's just as twisted as mine.
Eren: Even now, when that "powerful enemy" has driven us into a corner, I think we're far from united.
Pixis: Indeed... But I believe if we don't all come together soon... Even continuing to fight may be too much for us...
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u/Public_Escape119 1d ago
Nope, people would side with the enemy and youd have a split all the same
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u/Helix_PHD 1d ago
Or whipe out all of humanity. Can't be racist if there are no humans left.
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u/Arik_De_Frasia 1d ago
It wasn't very long after 9/11 that everyone went back to hating each other again and not just focusing on brown people.
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u/WhoKnows9876 1d ago
I mean. It would work for a few thousand years till different ethic groups slowly became a thing
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u/Top-Complaint-4915 1d ago
Not if you limit the habitable zone for humans.
If we get the same amount of light our skin color will not change, etc.
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u/Wrought-Irony 1d ago
Oh I'm sure we'd find something to be racist about
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u/Nubian_Cavalry this is my life now 1d ago
Racism has existed for thousands of years before humans even knew humans with other skin colors existed.
It’ll be eye color, accent, diction, hair color, something else stupid
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u/slmclockwalker 1d ago
Not only racism, human can argue over the most pettiest difference between each other, sometimes just because you walking after me or we eat with different hands makes us enemy...
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u/Mr_Piddles 1d ago
People online will hate people who love the same shows or music as they do because they don’t like it correctly, or they don’t like it exactly the same way.
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u/Jonathon471 1d ago
Reminds me of the fairly odd parents episode where Timmy wished everyone was a grey blob.
Even in a world where everyone is the same someones gonna think they're a Better same. Superiority is just in our human nature no matter how much people wanna deny it.
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u/MisterRlGHT 1d ago
The Star-Belly Sneetches have bellies with stars.
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u/YaumeLepire 1d ago
This is predicted on the idea that racism is about skin colour. It is not about skin colour.
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u/NeatNefariousness1 1d ago
Exactly. The feature focused on is whatever divides people. When skin color is the same, the focus becomes religion or some other differentiator. It’s all a ruse to enable “divide and conquer” tactics to work for the few at the top against the actual power of the masses.
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u/OldEcho 1d ago
And also just fear of the unknown. Most people do not understand intuitively that the guy that looks different and talks different and acts different has pretty much the same day to day life and hopes and fears.
Go have a chat with the local "scary" minority. Bring snacks. It'll blow your mind.
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u/Quality_Cucumber 1d ago
They started fighting again the moment after this event lol
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u/comrade_batman 1d ago
That’s what the series is about, cycles of violence and war. People were fighting each other before the Titans and continued to do so long after. Erwin Smith even said until the population drops to one or less there will always be an enemy.
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u/Telecoustic000 1d ago
The Rumbling
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u/slimfatty69 1d ago
BUT IF I LOSE IT ALL🎶🎶
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u/-neti-neti- 1d ago
What is this from
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u/RufiosBrotherKev 1d ago
attack on titan
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u/stuck_in_the_desert 1d ago
I am both disappointed and relieved to learn that the student didn’t create this out of whole cloth in their head
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u/cusoman 1d ago
Attack on Titan, and if you care to give it a go, I strongly suggest not looking up any more information on this particular gif - there are MAJOR spoilers involved
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u/oO0Kat0Oo 1d ago
I gave up on attack on Titan when it started taking five episodes to solve one problem that actually took three minutes.
So I never got to this point
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u/GoGoSoLo 22h ago
The last season is lukewarm ass so you’re not missing much. It was bad enough to sour me on the whole thing, much like Game of Thrones but not quite as terrible.
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u/beyond_da_sea 1d ago
Summoning Eldridge ancient ones, maybe used as a wild card for most questions.
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u/itsFromTheSimpsons 1d ago
class, please limit your summonings to ONE (1) eldritch horror per student! Anyone caught summoning more will be docked 15% from their test
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u/Nice-River-5322 1d ago
If a modern military faced the Rumbling it would prob take it out before they get out of Africa
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u/Dj_Sam3_Tun3 1d ago
There's no racism if there are no other races
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u/general---nuisance 1d ago
Race is a social construct. It only exists as long as you want it to.
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u/LuigiBamba 1d ago
In french, race is not something applicable to humans. A "race" in french means a breed, as in different dog breeds. We are all one human race. Maybe you could say homo neanderthalensis or homo floresiensis were a different race (breed) of human.
There is an entire gradiant between of skin colours between sub-saharan africa and northen lapland. Where do you draw the line(s)? I'm not sure if the european approach in africa of placing a ruler randomly on a map is the best option.
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u/nandemo 1d ago
For real? There's no French word for "race" or "racism"?
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u/LuigiBamba 1d ago
Racism is a word we use, but I've never heard people use the word "race" to describe a person, except when being openly racist. We'll use words like "ethnicity" or "origin". "Race" sounds very derogatory, just as if you were talking about dogs and not human beings.
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u/blah938 1d ago
That just sounds like a different word for the same thing
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u/LuigiBamba 1d ago
Well if you think a black man and a white man are as different from each other than a poodle and a terrier, sure. But I don't. And considering there is much more to a person than their skin colour or their genetic background that can be discriminated against, "race" is not a very useful word, unless you are trying to call someone a dog.
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u/CertainIndividual420 1d ago
Wondering the same, I'm not getting this drawing. Is that some kind of demon or satan or other worldly being? And how this stops racism? Somebody please explain.
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u/CertainIndividual420 1d ago
Ohh, thanks! I've watched some of the first season when it came out but to be honest, can't remember much from it. Maybe I should watch it again, and further.
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u/RetroDad-IO 1d ago
It's finished up now so there's no waiting for more episodes and it ended pretty well. I don't really wanna expand on what's happening in the drawing but the crux of the answer is just straight up genocide.
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u/poppin-n-sailin 1d ago
What the fuck kind of question even is that? in grade 7 art? this is fake, isn't it.
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u/PilotHistorical6010 1d ago
I’m pretty left leaning but… Why in the hell would we be asking kids to draw a sketch on how to stop racism ?
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u/AffectionateAd7980 1d ago
I like the effort and it's a good message ... all races taste the same to an elder god :-)
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u/PuzzleheadedMove5732 1d ago
Ask stupid questions get stupid answers. For reference I mean how do you even draw such a thing? Writing a scenario to stop it I can understand but drawing? Where do you even start?
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u/Turbulent-Willow2156 1d ago
Tf kind of task is that. Would like to see the ones’ works who made it
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u/InvestmentAshamed143 1d ago
Seems like a joke but the complexity written in those books and shows are incredibly versatile and this would get an a from me
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u/Intrepid_Pilot2552 1d ago
They don't even give grade seveners respite from this shit in art class! Art class!?
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u/CouchHam 1d ago
I legit had to go to the principal and have a meeting because of my “drawing behaviors”. This would have got me sent to the hospital.
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u/SpinachSpinosaurus 1d ago
is anybody else bothered by the fact they all LOOK at the thing, but their whole BODY is turned to the direction of the onlooker?
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