A Simple Picture, But What Do We Really See?

A simple picture, but what do we really see?

Two hands, one of a man, one of a woman, and they're bringing a thread into the eye of a needle. Exactly! But there's more. They're also showing us the amazing diversity of working together to solve a difficult task.

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Marie, a woman with a wide range of interests and talents, from metal to opera, is a prime example of diversity in action.

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Paris olympic games 2024

It's so sad - her life came to a tragic end, but it was tragic for eternity.

Gojira, the first metal band to perform at the Opening Ceremony of the Olympics

Paris Olympics 2024

"Boys?" "Homicide."

Values, they meet Amanda and Ellen Buckman, a mother-daughter duo that are the exact opposite of them. When Morticia tells Ellen that Wednesday only has "one thing on her mind", Ellen wrongfully assumes it boys, and Wednesday doesn't hesitate to correct her. Mrs. Buckman tries to hide her discomfort, but Wednesday doesn't care. She knows that she isn't like most girls her age, and that doesn't bother her one bit.

Addams Family Values

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Addams Family Values - Wikipedia

"I would kill for her. I would die for her. Either way, what bliss."

"Unhappy, darling? Oh, yes. Yes, completely."

"Cara Mia"

"I wish I had enough time to seek out the dark forces and join the hellish crusade."

"You frightened me. Do it again."

"Our lifeless bodies rotting together for all eternity."

The ‘family values’ in the film's title are a tongue-in-cheek allusion by author Paul Rudnick to a 1992 speech (‘Reflections on Urban America’) by then vice presidential candidate Dan Quayle, in which Quayle blamed the 1992 riots in Los Angeles for a collapse of ‘family values’.

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I'm of the firm belief that the Addams Family are the most loving, caring and connected family that has ever graced the silver screen. They are wildly devoted to each other, show an interest in what the others are doing and spend tons of quality time together. In all honesty, there's quite a bit to be jealous [of] when watching them.

Jonathan Barkan, Bloody Disgusting, 2015

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Charles Addams - Wikipedia

Why turn clients into beta testers first when alpha is also possible.

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07.19.2024 A failed update has caused chaos worldwide! Apparently, someone thought that cost-cutting couldn't be ambitious enough.

Freedom is something that dies unless it's used.

Hunter S. Thompson

“Create a place for people to live like human beings, instead of slaves to some bullshit concept of Progress that is driving us all mad.”

–Hunter S. Thompson

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In a nutshell, but what about the perceived truth or alternative facts? I say bullshit to that.

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There are metrics that show who benefits when the Trump cult is in power, and these numbers and facts show that nothing has happened to the prosperity of the entire nation when the Republicans are in power, whether as president or in the states.

It is also a fact that education helps against professional propaganda and the creation of fear scenarios.

Those who can read simply have an advantage.

Top 10 U.S. Literacy Rate Statistics

Nationwide, on average, 79% of U.S. adults are literate in 2022. 21% of adults in the US are illiterate in 2022.

54% of adults have a literacy below sixth-grade level.

21% of Americans 18 and older are illiterate in 2022.

Low literacy rates end up costing Americans up to $2.2 trillion every year.

34% of the people 18 and older with low literacy proficiency weren't born in the United States.

The state with the highest rate of child literacy is Massachusetts, with over 80% of kids there having good proficiency in reading.

New Mexico has the lowest literacy rate for children, with over 30% of the state's children being illiterate.

New Hampshire has the most people 18 and older that are literate, with over 90% of them knowing how to read and write.

California has the lowest literacy rate in the country, with 23% of them having little to no proficiency in reading skills.

Throughout the US, there were 66% of children in the fourth grade couldn't read well in 2013.

Steven Zauderer

Only the uneducated can be sold hate for politics, division for equality and perceived facts for truths.

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Political chaos is connected with the decay of language... one can probably bring about some improvement by starting at the verbal end.

George Orwell

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Reading the numbers: 130 million American adults have low literacy skills — APM Research Lab

About 130 million adults in the U.S. have low literacy skills according to a Gallup analysis of data from the U.S. Department of Education.

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