Posted on 04/19/2022 9:22:16 AM PDT by dayglored
PORTLAND, OR—Local 18-year-old Olivia Hannah Jones had to file her taxes for the first time this year. As she frantically tried to navigate the IRS's obtuse website and fill out the non-user-friendly forms needed for the little bit of income she made working as a graphic designer last summer, Jones muttered to herself that she really wished her teachers had spent less time on polyqueer trans theory and more time on how to fill out a 1099 form.
"1099-MISC? What the heck is that?" she muttered, trying to rack her brain for any trace of teaching she'd gotten in school that had covered this, but only recalling gender struggle sessions, critical race theory, and several drag queen story hours at the local library. "I really liked my math teacher Mx. Ryder, but I wish they'd at least spent an hour or two on how to file your taxes. Their coming-out party in our fifth-grade class was equal parts stunning and brave, but it certainly isn't helping me figure out what deductions I'm eligible for here."
Jones dug up her old notes from her high school economics class, but only found page after page on critical gender theory and a section on the systemic oppression of evil, colonizing arithmetic and its triggering effects on polygender people who bleed.
She sighed and rubbed her head.
"Well, at least I'll be able to get into Harvard."
The Bee is really on a roll the past couple days...
It’s funny because it’s true
LOL!
“Well, at least I’ll be able to get into Harvard.”
ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
His answer was a honest and truthful, "No."
I left, shaking my head.
Poor kids.
It’s true, that’s what makes it so funny.
Just like a real bee, the sharpest point in the Bee is at the end.
Spot on. But the Bee is getting to be like watching an episode of M*A*S*H. You laugh one minute then cry the next.
What makes the Bee so funny is how accurate it is, which is also a really sad truth about our education "system".
“18-Year-Old Trying To File Her Taxes Wishing Her Teachers Had Spent Less Class Time On Polyqueer Trans Theory..”
81 year old trying to file his taxes wishing he had the authors of the tax code rounded up in a barbed wire compound.
MISC: a feminine pronoun
“I really liked my math teacher Mx. Ryder”
Leaving me scratching my head as to what a Mx. is
You're not the only one with that problem. :-)
The clue is there:
...I wish they'd at least spent an hour or two on how to file your taxes. Their coming-out party in our fifth-grade class was equal parts stunning and brave...Pronouns: they/their
What you have there is an "Undefined". "Mx" is the title that applies to "Undefined", analogous to "Ms" or Mr" which are used by persons who know what they are, even if they aren't biologists.
Not that there's anything wrong with that.
LOL Thanks for clearing that up. :)
What I want to see is a word question on a test so convoluted with these pronouns that no one can answer it and pass.
You are not the only one!
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