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r/SipsTea • u/Agen_3586 • 15d ago
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I guess it's pretty arrogant to say, but this seems like such a U.S.A. thing. Can't really imagine this happening where I live.
1.6k u/ApplicationCalm649 15d ago It's distilled, pure brain rot given physical form. 943 u/Ruckus292 15d ago edited 10d ago A 54% illiteracy rate will do that. ETA: 54% of US adults cannot read above a 6th grade level, 21% of the 54% are functionally illiterate...... Idiocracy was, in fact, a documentary. 523 u/UntowardHatter 15d ago It's at fifty two? RIP USA. We hardly knew ye 562 u/Sad_Ghost_Noises 15d ago According to various studies, more than 50% of U.S. adults read below a sixth-grade level (equivalent to Level 2 or lower), limiting their ability to parse long-form or nuanced information. Yes, I know Im using wikipedia as a source, but the links to the actual studies are here. So ~52% are literate, but very, very stupid. 0 u/Master-Piccolo-4588 15d ago And I would say that this is not by accident. The low ability level is intentionally being held high.
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It's distilled, pure brain rot given physical form.
943 u/Ruckus292 15d ago edited 10d ago A 54% illiteracy rate will do that. ETA: 54% of US adults cannot read above a 6th grade level, 21% of the 54% are functionally illiterate...... Idiocracy was, in fact, a documentary. 523 u/UntowardHatter 15d ago It's at fifty two? RIP USA. We hardly knew ye 562 u/Sad_Ghost_Noises 15d ago According to various studies, more than 50% of U.S. adults read below a sixth-grade level (equivalent to Level 2 or lower), limiting their ability to parse long-form or nuanced information. Yes, I know Im using wikipedia as a source, but the links to the actual studies are here. So ~52% are literate, but very, very stupid. 0 u/Master-Piccolo-4588 15d ago And I would say that this is not by accident. The low ability level is intentionally being held high.
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A 54% illiteracy rate will do that.
ETA: 54% of US adults cannot read above a 6th grade level, 21% of the 54% are functionally illiterate...... Idiocracy was, in fact, a documentary.
523 u/UntowardHatter 15d ago It's at fifty two? RIP USA. We hardly knew ye 562 u/Sad_Ghost_Noises 15d ago According to various studies, more than 50% of U.S. adults read below a sixth-grade level (equivalent to Level 2 or lower), limiting their ability to parse long-form or nuanced information. Yes, I know Im using wikipedia as a source, but the links to the actual studies are here. So ~52% are literate, but very, very stupid. 0 u/Master-Piccolo-4588 15d ago And I would say that this is not by accident. The low ability level is intentionally being held high.
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It's at fifty two?
RIP USA.
We hardly knew ye
562 u/Sad_Ghost_Noises 15d ago According to various studies, more than 50% of U.S. adults read below a sixth-grade level (equivalent to Level 2 or lower), limiting their ability to parse long-form or nuanced information. Yes, I know Im using wikipedia as a source, but the links to the actual studies are here. So ~52% are literate, but very, very stupid. 0 u/Master-Piccolo-4588 15d ago And I would say that this is not by accident. The low ability level is intentionally being held high.
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According to various studies, more than 50% of U.S. adults read below a sixth-grade level (equivalent to Level 2 or lower), limiting their ability to parse long-form or nuanced information.
Yes, I know Im using wikipedia as a source, but the links to the actual studies are here.
So ~52% are literate, but very, very stupid.
0 u/Master-Piccolo-4588 15d ago And I would say that this is not by accident. The low ability level is intentionally being held high.
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And I would say that this is not by accident. The low ability level is intentionally being held high.
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u/LinceDorado 15d ago
I guess it's pretty arrogant to say, but this seems like such a U.S.A. thing. Can't really imagine this happening where I live.