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Proud Mom Shares 8-Year-Old Son’s Response to a “Sexist” School Question

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2 semanas ago

8 de septiembre de 2023

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A mom shared her son’s response to a question many found “sexist” went viral on Twitter.

Source: Twitter | @stephptaylorCLT

A mother shared her son’s perfect response to a “sexist” homework question.

Mom Son Homework Response — Source: Twitter | @stephptaylorCLT

Being able to “read the room” with proper context is a vital skill for anyone to have, and although no one really expects a young child to know that asking for a bag of Doritos from the vending machine and throwing a fit over the fact that they can’t find their Peppa Pig pop-it while they’re in the same hospital room that their grandma is dying in is wrong, that kind of skills have to be taught at a young age.

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Kids ultimately learn the most from whoever raises them, including teachers.

Kids ultimately learn the most from whoever raises them: their reactions to things, how they handle/process their emotions, their first exposure to that is from their parents/guardians.

Of course, when they go to school, we can only hope that whoever is teaching them is simultaneously reinforcing good habits while they’re learning math, history, phonics, and how Amelia Bedelia is going to get herself out of whatever mess she’s gotten herself into again.

One mom was shocked by one piece of work her son received, but applauded his response.

And it can be pretty darn refreshing to see their takes on answers to the questions that they’re proposed in school just because they come at them from a place of 100% naivete. Like this response from Stephanie Parks Taylor’s 8-year-old son to a worksheet question that asked whether or not a woman in a drawing was a “Miss, Ms., or Mrs.?”

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The worksheet picture depicts three women.

The worksheet picture depicts three women: Sarah, who is jumping rope. Marry, who is holding a sign that says “unmarried or unknown marital status” and Lara, who is holding up her hand with an arrow pointing to her ring finger. At the bottom of Lara’s photo, there is text that reads: “married or widowed.”

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It appears to be a lesson on context clues, but the subject manner is dated to say the least.

It appears to be a lesson on context clues. Sarah appears to be wearing clothing that is most closely associated with a more “youthful” sense of style and the fact that she’s jumping rope would lead someone to believe that she’s a child, because adults don’t really do anything fun as they’re more concerned with paying their mortgage/rent, and scrolling aimlessly through their phone while a Netflix show plays on in the background to distract themselves from the fact that they don’t know what they’re doing with their lives.

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Unsurprisingly, people weren’t so happy about the question.

We can easily glean that Mary is keen on keeping her relationship status a mystery because, well, she’s walking around carrying a gigantic sign that says as much.

As for Lara, she has an incredible posture and really long hair and likes holding her left hand up despite the fact that a large magical arrow follows her everywhere she goes to signal whether or not she’s wearing a wedding ring.

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“The 50s called,” one user joked.

Stephanie’s 8-year-old son wasn’t too concerned with whether or not Lara decided to spend a down payment on a home for a massive celebration where her loved ones are forced to dress up and eat banquet hall food and give her envelopes of paper currency and/or mail gifts from an online registry so she can have pictures of herself looking happy to share on social media.

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One commenter praised the woman’s son for his thought process.

For him, he decided that the photo indicated Lara was a doctor, something that tons of Twitter users loved. It also started a conversation on the various honorifics women have in the English language.

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Another added: “I love this so much.”

While men can be called “mister” regardless of their relationship status, women go by Miss, Ms. or Mrs.. Ms. is used by both unmarried and married women, Mrs. is a hard indication that someone has entered holy matrimony but “Miss” indicates that someone has never been married.

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What do you think?

Many folks were puzzled as to why children were being taught this in 2022 in the first place, while others called for more gender neutral honorifics to be introduced in schools.

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What Are the New Emojis on iOS17? How to See Them All

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2 mins ago

21 de septiembre de 2023

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iOS17 brings plenty of new features and technologies with it, but many want to learn more about the new emojis that the latest software update has.

Source: Apple

The Gist:

iOS17 is going to come with 118 new emojis, but those emojis have not been rolled out to the software yet.
Among the new emojis are a phoenix, a brown mushroom, a broken chain, and a bunch of new configurations for family and people.
Users are eagerly anticipating the rollout of these new emojis to their software.

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Every new version of Apple’s operating software brings plenty of cool features with it, so much so that regular people actually get excited to update their devices. In addition to all of the new technologies and tools that these updates have, though, many people get most excited for the new emojis that each iOS update may bring.

Fortunately, those hoping for new emojis with iOS17 got quite a few, including some that are brand new and some that are variations on emojis that most people are likely to be familiar with already. All in all, there are supposed to be 118 new emojis coming to iOS17, although they haven’t actually hit the software yet.

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Images of three phones displaying new features from iOS17. — Source: Apple

What are the new emojis on iOS17?

The new emojis were formally confirmed last week, so now it’s up to Apple to get them rolled out.

Among the highlights from the new list of emojis are a head shaking itself up and down and another one shaking its head side to side. Additionally, there will be a new brown mushroom emoji and an emoji of a phoenix that many people are sure to find useful. There will also be a lime and a broken chain.

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Additionally, there will be new gender-neutral family configurations including

Adult, adult child
Adult, child, child
Adult, child
Adult, adult, child, child

There are also some new people emojis coming, including:

Person with white cane facing right

Person walking facing right
The person running facing right
Person kneeling facing right
Person in manual wheelchair facing right
Person in motorized wheelchair facing right

For a full list of the new emojis that are slated to be available on iOS17, you check out this list.

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Apple users are eager to get the new emojis.

Now that iOS17 has rolled out, many users are eager to actually start using the emojis themselves and are wondering when they might become available.

“Are there seriously no new emojis with iOS17?” one person asked, clearly confused by the delayed rollout.

In fact, this new iOS will actually have way more new emojis than the last update did. When iOS16 first rolled out, it only came with 16 new emojis.

Source: Twitter/@daniellaadena

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Of course, it remains to be seen how valuable or frequently used these new emojis will be, but what does seem clear is that new emojis are one of the main reasons that users eagerly anticipate iOS updates.

There are other new features that come with the new software, including NameDrop, Stickers, and Standby Mode.

For many, though, these new technologies pale in comparison with the ability to add a little phoenix to a text or post on social media, and understandably so.

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Woman Was Almost Abducted While Livestreaming at Post Office

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1 hora ago

21 de septiembre de 2023

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In a now-viral video, a woman named Courtney shares the shocking moment she was almost abducted while livestreaming at a post office.

By D.M.

Sep. 21 2023, Published 8:55 a.m. ET

A TikTok user found herself in a frightening situation. The user thinks she was almost abducted while livestreaming and got all of it on video. Courtney Dye (@courtkneee2point0) was livestreaming while at a U.S. post office in August when the terrifying ordeal took place.

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In the livestream, which has since been posted in full, Courtney is handling her mail while inside the post office in Broken Arrow, Okla. The clip begins innocently as Courtney is examining her packages before shipping them. Here’s what went down.

Woman thinks she was almost abducted and got it all on video.

Although the video starts off normal, it quickly takes a shocking turn. A woman enters from outside the frame and explains that she was lost and looking for help. “I’m lost but I don’t speak English very good,” the unidentified woman says. “I don’t know where I can go.”

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Courtney attempts to give directions but the woman suggests that she was unsure how to get to her destination from the post office. Courtney then offers to take the woman home and then the encounter gets weird.

The video cuts to Courtney having a conversation with the woman and suggests that the woman contact a highway patrol officer to help her find her way home. Courtney continues to ask the woman where she was coming from but wasn’t able to get additional information. The woman simply repeated “I’m lost.”

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A police officer then entered the building, but it isn’t clear who contacted the authorities. After Courtney recorded the livestream, her followers immediately requested a follow-up video.

Source: TikTok/@courtkneee2point0

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Courtney was unharmed in the potential abduction.

After Courtney posted the video of what she believes was an abduction attempt, her 16,000 TikTok followers demanded she provide an update on her wellbeing. “Please share a part two. The more awareness the better,” one person wrote. While others were thankful that Courtney was livestreaming the incident.

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In the second half of the livestream, which Courtney posted later, the responding police officer escorts the woman out of the post office. It isn’t clear whether the woman was truly lost, but the officer was presumably able to help her get to her destination.

Courtney then explained that she went to the post office after dark to ship out packages for her customers. However, Courtney decided not to finish the task and left the post office out of fear that she was being watched.

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Other attempted abductions have been caught on camera.

Courtney had every right to weary of the lone woman in the post office, as kidnapping attempts have been captured on video in abundance. In January a video showing an man attempting to pull a barista through a Starbucks drive-thru window went viral. The video, shared by the Auburn Police Department, shows a man in a pickup truck grabbing an employee and attempting to place zip ties on her wrists.

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The man was later identified as Matthew Darnell, after he was arrested thanks to tips from viewers, according to Fox 13. Matthew was charged with attempted kidnapping in the second degree with a finding of sexual motivation. He was also charged with assault in the first degree.

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Hobby Lobby Papier Mache Pumpkin Exposed Sensitive Documents

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2 horas ago

21 de septiembre de 2023

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A woman’s dog chewed up her Hobby Lobby papier mache pumpkin decoration and inside, she found sensitive documents used to make it.

In what one person is describing as a Hobby Lobby “kinder egg,” one woman shared her surprise discovery in a TikTok after her dog chewed through a papier mache pumpkin decoration. Clara (@cgillum8) shared in a video that after she came home from work to find her pumpkin broken with the insides exposed, she found something totally unexpected.

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Clara shows what’s left of the pumpkin and explains that the inside of it looks like sensitive documents that have no place inside a decoration from a craft store. It appears that wherever this particular Hobby Lobby decor item was manufactured was done so using paper that probably should have been destroyed. And now everyone wants a Hobby Lobby pumpkin of their own.

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A woman’s papier mache pumpkin from Hobby Lobby was made using sensitive documents.

Let’s not make this into a whole thing, OK? As in, let’s not make a Hobby Lobby pumpkin challenge on TikTok, because if you’re anything like me, you already have way too much Halloween and fall decor in your home right now anyway.

But it’s certainly hard not to want to seek out one of these papier mache pumpkins yourself to see if all of them are made in this way. What other paper documents did Hobby Lobby use?

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“I have a trial balance from a special education fund in here and their debt is over $3 million,” Clara says in her video, as she reads off the documents inside of her papier mache pumpkin. “I have account numbers inside of it. Um, I don’t feel like I should have this information. Like, Hobby Lobby, what are you doing here?”

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One comment under the video suggests that a paper shredding company is actually selling pallets of documents to craft stores like Hobby Lobby. And if that’s the case, then that’s a whole other issue on top of sensitive documents being used to create random decor items.

Now, people want to get their hands on a Hobby Lobby pumpkin themselves.

While most of those who commented on Clara’s video are simply shook that she found something so random inside of her papier mache pumpkin, others want pumpkins now too so they can see if there are other documents inside of those.

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“Is this an ad for Hobby Lobby? Because now I want one of those pumpkins,” one TikTok user commented. And, I mean, I get it.

“I’m about to go buy a papier mache pumpkin from Hobby Lobby just to see what I get,” another user commented.

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In a way, this is recycling at its finest, but something tells me Hobby Lobby could have found a better source of material than something that no one other than the documents’ original owners should probably ever see.

But Hobby Lobby may not be the first company to recycle something and use it inside another product. Another person who commented under the video claimed that they once found part of a Lucky Charms box inside a Yahtzee dice cup. Though to be fair, it’s not exactly the same thing.

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All I’m going to say is that if you are really that pressed to get a papier mache pumpkin of your own, you may want to act fast. Because something tells me these are about to fly off the shelves, either from customers, or employees under direction to do so.