• FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today
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      The unsarcastic response is that “Critical Race Theory” is the concepts taught in educational institution which highlight how Racism has and continues to shape our society, and sometimes talks about the outcomes of various attempts to combat and repair these systemic failures.

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          I don’t miss the noise. Still haven’t found a smallish (by today’s standards – 17-21") flat panel that has the same picture quality as the best CRTs, though.

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      They can and were used as IEDs when buried shallow and face-up with sharp rocks pressed against the screens.

      They hold a lot of internal pressure, and a car driving over it would puncture the screen, causing the TV body to rapidly depressurize and explode upwards in a hail of glass shards.

      This was how right-wing hero Pat Robertson was famously killed last year on his way to the annual youth slaughtering convention