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Origin of this Idiomatic Term
The phrase “suss out” is believed to have come from the British slang term “sus.” “Sus” was used as an abbreviated way to say “suspect” or “suspected.” The term was first heard in Britain in the early 1950s and first appeared in America on the channel BBC in the 1970s. The first time the phrase was heard in America was not until 1990.3 -
Interesting article about how to approach long covid and post-viral malaise:
The Painful Truth About Long Covid
There might finally be a way forward for long Covid treatment—if only you were allowed to talk about it.https://www.wired.com/story/the-painful-truth-about-long-covid/
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One shocked professor has described young adults showing up to class, unable to read a single sentence.
“It’s not even an inability to critically think,” Jessica Hooten Wilson, a professor of great books and humanities at Pepperdine University told Fortune. “It’s an inability to read sentences.”
Her observation reflects a broader trend: nearly half of all Americans did not read a single book in 2025, with the habit plunging some 40% over the last decade. And even with young people embracing BookTok, a TikTok subcommunity dedicated to books and literature, Gen Z’s reading habits still lag behind all other generations. Americans aged 18 to 29 read on average just 5.8 books in 2025, according to YouGov.
“I feel like I am tap dancing and having to read things aloud because there’s no way that anyone read it the night before,” Wilson admitted. “Even when you read it in class with them, there’s so much they can’t process about the very words that are on the page.”
Students are struggling to read long passages
With students struggling, academics have been forced to adapt—a move critics describe as “coddling.”For her part, Wilson has turned to reading passages aloud together, discussing them line by line, or repeatedly returning to a single poem or text over the course of a semester—in part so students can begin to develop the skills to read critically on their own and be prepared for their post-graduate career.
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Yeah, I think coddling is an appropriate description.
If it don’t bother me, it don’t bother me. Just leave me alone.
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"when I was a kid".. there were 2 options, college or the military, for post high school males, followed by a job. For females substitute military with making babies. Not so any more. No draft, the college industry sucked up more of the kids who really didn't have a path or the acumen for book-learnin.
Public schools ditched the manual skills curriculum with the result that kids graduate with an expectation of being supported and not enough skills to carry on as adults. Used to be, back in the foggy past, that governments chose war to thin the herd. I wouldn't be surprised if it doesn't come back as the unpopular choice again. Coddling is the stupid choice of the fairly well off sector.2 -
Gen Alpha Boys Are Ditching Real Girls for AI Companions
Gen Alpha boys are solving the rejection problem the only way their generation knows how—with an app. In 2024, one tech investor predicted AI girlfriends would become a $1 billion business. Depressingly, he wasn’t wrong.
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