• jordanlund@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I used to sell books, oh, 30 years ago or so now.

    The home schoolers were the scariest bunch of people you’ll encounter.

    Had one guy ask where the weather control books were, and I was like “You mean seeding clouds to make it rain? I think we have…”

    “No! I mean the government weather control programs!”

    Had another lady convinced her electricity was going to give her cancer because it came from a nuclear power plant and was radioactive.

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      1 year ago

      We are homeschooling one of our kids because his particular needs were not being met by the local school. Meeting other homeschool families is always nerve-wracking for me. I never know if they’re going to be a normal family adapting to an unusual situation, or tinfoil-hat nuts using homeschool as an excuse to hide their children from the outside world.

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      “No! I mean the government weather control programs!”

      “Check the science fiction section.”