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Mike Schwartz @itsmikeschwartz.bsky.social

The meritocracy is remarkably inbred.

aug 8, 2025, 11:15 am • 34 0

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Der Qwertzl @no-ky.bsky.social

This German here originally slightly misread that word as mediocrity. My apologies.

aug 8, 2025, 11:49 am • 9 0 • view
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Mike Schwartz @itsmikeschwartz.bsky.social

Meritocracy in the current American sense and mediocrity are synonyms.

aug 8, 2025, 2:42 pm • 1 0 • view
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Der Qwertzl @no-ky.bsky.social

Almost homoglyphs anyway, so easily confused as polysyllabic words. Right?

aug 8, 2025, 7:16 pm • 0 0 • view
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Mike Schwartz @itsmikeschwartz.bsky.social

Certainly!

aug 8, 2025, 7:24 pm • 1 0 • view
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PRRH @prrh.bsky.social

No worries. Under trump w're living in a mediocrity. It's been a long descent, but we're here now.

aug 8, 2025, 12:30 pm • 4 0 • view
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Der Qwertzl @no-ky.bsky.social

That was what caused me to misread it in the first place, indeed.

aug 8, 2025, 12:41 pm • 4 0 • view