one fun thing about being a teacher in march 2023 is that chess is a literal epidemic among teens. we are starting to have meetings about how we can STOP teenagers from playing too much chess which is like if we were trying to figure out how to stop them from reading for fun. When i was in high school five years ago chess was nerd shit only but now it is transcending every social and language barrier and is absolutely rampant. kids aren’t on their phone texting in class anymore it’s ONLY chess.com. kids are playing chess on their phones while playing chess in real life. this is still better than tiktok because at least the kids are developing an attention span from this
I had an essay question on Julius Caesar’s lasting legacy so I wrote five paragraphs on Tumblr’s love for the Ides of March
Btw, this is just a theory, but now that Mizi came back to the Alien Stage, could it mean that in future episodes, she will have to have another round with Luka to properly settle the battle?? Revenge round??? Maybe???
Still collecting the full alphabet of the “live, laugh, love” variants if anyone has some good examples.
Bonus if they can fit the “We can’t ___, _____, ____ our way out of this.”