• M137@lemmy.world
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    10 hours ago

    The number of times I’ve had to explain to adults that the sun is a star is way more than it should be. It never stops being so disappointing too that even the most basic shit, not this exclusively, is just something so many people don’t know, think about, have any interest in and don’t ever read more than the sparse title about that thing in the news (those titles and articles often being partly of fully false).

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      9 hours ago

      I’ve explained to many adults, many with college educations, that insects are animals. Understandable for those who don’t realize corals are animals, but they think bugs are plants or something? Smh

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        7 hours ago

        I think for many people, when they say animal, they think vertebrate. When asked what insects are, they can’t answer.