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minus-squarekshade@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up37·edit-23 days agoIt’s a thing kids say to taunt each other, “girls go to college to get more knowledge, boys go to Jupiter, to get more stupider”.
minus-squareChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·3 days ago…or vice versa, usually depending on the taunter’s gender. Also, see xkcd 1202 and 2771
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days agoNow I’ve got a hankering for pamplemousse 😄
minus-squareneukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 days agoAh, got it, thank you!
minus-squaregrrgyle@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·2 days agoWhat does that… mean? Is it a jab about college attendance demographics skewing towards women?
minus-squareexasperation@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-213 hours agoFrom what I remember, the taunt predates women overtaking men in college completion (which happened in approximately 1995). It’s pretty old at this point. Here’s a newspaper article mentioning it from 1993: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-01-31-tm-825-story.html
minus-square__Lost__@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 days agoKids don’t know about college demographics. It’s a dumb thing kids say to tease each other. Like 7 year old kids. It just means boys are stupid.
minus-squaregrrgyle@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-22 days agoYeah one of the Moody blues someone posted with the girls playing jump rope made it click EDIT oops I meant “comic.” I got distracted by the Moody Blues playing on the radio.
minus-squareWolf@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoThe thought of elementary school girls clowning on boys by pointing out college attendance demographics is precious though.
It’s a thing kids say to taunt each other, “girls go to college to get more knowledge, boys go to Jupiter, to get more stupider”.
…or vice versa, usually depending on the taunter’s gender.
Also, see xkcd 1202 and 2771
Now I’ve got a hankering for pamplemousse 😄
Ah, got it, thank you!
What does that… mean? Is it a jab about college attendance demographics skewing towards women?
From what I remember, the taunt predates women overtaking men in college completion (which happened in approximately 1995). It’s pretty old at this point.
Here’s a newspaper article mentioning it from 1993:
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-01-31-tm-825-story.html
Kids don’t know about college demographics. It’s a dumb thing kids say to tease each other. Like 7 year old kids. It just means boys are stupid.
Yeah one of the
Moody bluessomeone posted with the girls playing jump rope made it clickEDIT oops I meant “comic.” I got distracted by the Moody Blues playing on the radio.
The thought of elementary school girls clowning on boys by pointing out college attendance demographics is precious though.