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TIL that in 12th grade Steve Wozniak made a fake bomb, laughed at the principal that disarmed it then electrocuted the guards at juvenile detention with 120v electricity. (spyscape.com)

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[–] [email protected] -2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Lived on to create Apple simply because he’s white.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 5 months ago (1 children)

And because we punish that sort of thing much more harshly today, for people of all races.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

To be fair, that's privileged AF for you to state that. Students of non-white backgrounds are treated dramatically worse when it comes to school punishments, suspensions, expulsions, etc. Hell, US teachers are twice as likely to reprimand black kindergartners than their white peers. Yes, kindergartners. Systemic racism is systemic, FFS.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

To be fairer, your accusation of privilege is utter bullshit. I did not say that there is no longer a racial disparity in how people are treated; I said that the whole range of punishments slid harsher.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

Hunh. "All races" sounds a bit too "all lives matter" to me, but it's your hill, chief. 😘

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago

Hey man, lots of people were white back then.