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Zorro

(15,730 posts)
Tue Mar 19, 2019, 04:33 PM Mar 2019

Scientists Discover Dangerous Link Between Book Learnin', Back Talk

TUSCALOOSA, AL—Confirming decades of speculation concerning the potentially disruptive effects of runaway literacy, scientists at the University Of Alabama published a study Tuesday establishing a definite and potentially dangerous link between the practice of book learnin’ and increased back talk.

“According to our data, processing information from these highfalutin’ books has a direct correlation to getting a little too big for your britches and turning into a real sass-back,” said professor and co-author Jedediah Lee Lutz, noting that participants who gleaned moon-eyed ideas from reading were much more likely to get notions way above their raising.

“There appears to be a clear connection between book learnin’ and acting like you plum don’t got no horse sense.”

Lutz recommended that concerned authority and parental figures simply smack them book talkin’s right out the offending party’s fancy little mouths.

https://www.theonion.com/scientists-discover-dangerous-link-between-book-learnin-1833405845

I love the Onion.

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Scientists Discover Dangerous Link Between Book Learnin', Back Talk (Original Post) Zorro Mar 2019 OP
brilliant! Blue_Tires Mar 2019 #1
Would it be okay to be offended by this? jmowreader Mar 2019 #2

jmowreader

(50,543 posts)
2. Would it be okay to be offended by this?
Wed Mar 20, 2019, 08:11 PM
Mar 2019

The University of Alabama, while it is in Alabama, is a very high-quality institution that sees great value in book learnin'.

There are plenty of "Christian" colleges in Alabama who would have published a study like this with great pleasure.

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