I got a “hi, can I ask an urgent question?” followed by… no question. Guess it was not that urgent.

Think before you print this email!

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Just 10 years ago the US was still seen as being progressive

Sorry what, by whom?

Apply directly to forehead!

Glad you’re alright, MY_ANUS_IS_BLEEDING 🙏

Yes, but not because of guns. While the adverse effects of leaded gasoline were known in the 60s and leaded gasoline got banned in most countries, the US only phased it out in 1996. Which means that millions of people alive today are exposed as a child. This has a huge impact on IQ:

The average lead-linked loss in cognitive ability was 2.6 IQ points per person as of 2015. This amounted to a total loss of 824,097,690 IQ points, disproportionately endured by those born between 1951 and 1980.

Other victims include 2 women, a man, and… a lawyer?

Albeit, caveat, awry, segue, haphazard, and facsimile are all pronounced weirdly and incorrectly for those who learned a lot of English by reading.

with *whom

Where is Findland? I can’t fin it.

_I’m an alien I’m a Lithuanian I’m an Englishman in New York _

And if I catch it coming back my way I’m gonna smurf it to you 🎶

Thought for a long time it was "I guess it rains down in Africa 🤷🏻‍♂️

Besides the dates, I also still don’t know if 12am is noon or midnight. Do Americans know? Is there a problem with simply counting to 24?