@erikcorley.bsky.social
Math and physics teacher at Jewish and Catholic schools. Ordained United Methodist minister. Trivia afficionado. All around Smartass.
Every time my students say 6-7, I respond with the word "thongs."
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The only factual connection between autism and vaccines was published in 2016 by @zachweinersmith.bsky.social.
www.smbc-comics.com/comic/autism...
I have only studied Georgian in transliteration, but I can report that y'all is singular. In Georgian, 2nd person plural is "all y'all."
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Me wearing a tie
November 21: WWF tie
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The only factual connection between autism and vaccines was published in 2016 by @zachweinersmith.bsky.social.
www.smbc-comics.com/comic/autism...
Weight is not the only thing of Clinton's that one could use that verb with.
20.11.2025 22:09 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Better switch the counter to minutes. We don't get whole days any more.
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November 20
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The connection between autism and vaccines was definitively demonstrated in 2016 by @zachweinersmith.bsky.social.
www.smbc-comics.com/comic/autism...
Seriously, the definitive study about the relationship between autism and vaccines was published in 2016 by @zachweinersmith.bsky.social.
www.smbc-comics.com/comic/autism...
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November 19: Space Jam
19.11.2025 22:11 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0International Male went out of business in 2007, so that means the only people who still wear their clothing regularly are middle aged autistics.
19.11.2025 19:56 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0My student: Mr. Corley, are you antisemitic?
Me: Only Ben Shapiro
Ken is my hero.
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Drake meme featuring his hand out towards the word, "Antisemite," and smiling and pointing at the word, "Yosemite."
This is why I get all of my information from the National Park Service.
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Me wearing a tie
November 18
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80's kids have no trouble with this at all.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qlee...
And, this is a hill I'll die on.
18.11.2025 01:51 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0The Silent Generation is the only one defined exclusively negatively. They're too old to be boomers and too young to be WW2 generation.
18.11.2025 01:50 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I've already mentioned that Boomers were conceived after V-E Day, which would technically mean born February 1946 and later, but I don't quibble about a one month difference.
18.11.2025 01:50 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Xoomers, though not a full generation, are too old for Sesame Street but too young to remember Kennedy.
Last year's Democratic ticket featured Harris, Gen X, born in October 1964 and Walz, Xoomer, born in April 1964.
There are two definitions for the start of Gen X, and they both give about the same time.
First, Gen X watched Sesame Street. That means they were not yet in school in November 1969. They were also conceived after Kennedy's assassination. Both of these give a start of mid 1964.
Millennials don't remember the Challenger disaster. That means they were born in 1981 or later. They ended in mid-1996.
18.11.2025 01:50 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Gen Z's beginning touchpoint is 9-11. Gen Z doesn't remember it. I had a conversation with my Gen Z colleagues. The oldest, born in late 1996, didn't remember 9-11. Another colleague, born in 1995, remembers it and considers herself a Millennial.
18.11.2025 01:50 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Generations are also culture-specific. Generational dividers are often different for different countries.
The cultural touchpoint for Gen Alpha is Covid, specifically Gen Alpha was not in school for the shutdown in March, 2020. That gives a start date of the second half of 2014.
Consultants are wrong. Generations require some cultural touchpoint to define them, either by its presence or its lack.
The first generation with a name was the Baby Boomers, who share the trait that they were all conceived after V-E day.
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November 17: Beatles When I'm 64
17.11.2025 16:44 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0And the Wiz ripped off William Jennings Bryan, especially the choreography.
17.11.2025 02:50 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Increasing hate won't help anything, but if you feel you must hate, may I recommend any of the the following:
The New England Patriots
Clippy
Grok
People who drive slowly in the left lane
The Patriots
Scratchy t-shirt tags
Joey Buttafuoco
If Thomas ever speaks to you, the only acceptable response is, "no, that's not a pubic hair in my Diet Coke."
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