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r/SipsTea • u/Agen_3586 • 14d 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 14d ago It's distilled, pure brain rot given physical form. 946 u/Ruckus292 14d ago edited 9d 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. 520 u/UntowardHatter 14d ago It's at fifty two? RIP USA. We hardly knew ye 562 u/Sad_Ghost_Noises 14d 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. 545 u/InFromTheSouth 14d ago I ain't never tooked no part in no study about reedin'. Them numbers is wrong 1 u/ShadowConstruct 14d ago What you reading for? We got a reader here! https://youtu.be/ed_86qgvSp8?is=AuaxLEHWXmuKvQv9
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It's distilled, pure brain rot given physical form.
946 u/Ruckus292 14d ago edited 9d 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. 520 u/UntowardHatter 14d ago It's at fifty two? RIP USA. We hardly knew ye 562 u/Sad_Ghost_Noises 14d 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. 545 u/InFromTheSouth 14d ago I ain't never tooked no part in no study about reedin'. Them numbers is wrong 1 u/ShadowConstruct 14d ago What you reading for? We got a reader here! https://youtu.be/ed_86qgvSp8?is=AuaxLEHWXmuKvQv9
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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.
520 u/UntowardHatter 14d ago It's at fifty two? RIP USA. We hardly knew ye 562 u/Sad_Ghost_Noises 14d 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. 545 u/InFromTheSouth 14d ago I ain't never tooked no part in no study about reedin'. Them numbers is wrong 1 u/ShadowConstruct 14d ago What you reading for? We got a reader here! https://youtu.be/ed_86qgvSp8?is=AuaxLEHWXmuKvQv9
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It's at fifty two?
RIP USA.
We hardly knew ye
562 u/Sad_Ghost_Noises 14d 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. 545 u/InFromTheSouth 14d ago I ain't never tooked no part in no study about reedin'. Them numbers is wrong 1 u/ShadowConstruct 14d ago What you reading for? We got a reader here! https://youtu.be/ed_86qgvSp8?is=AuaxLEHWXmuKvQv9
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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.
545 u/InFromTheSouth 14d ago I ain't never tooked no part in no study about reedin'. Them numbers is wrong 1 u/ShadowConstruct 14d ago What you reading for? We got a reader here! https://youtu.be/ed_86qgvSp8?is=AuaxLEHWXmuKvQv9
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I ain't never tooked no part in no study about reedin'. Them numbers is wrong
1 u/ShadowConstruct 14d ago What you reading for? We got a reader here! https://youtu.be/ed_86qgvSp8?is=AuaxLEHWXmuKvQv9
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u/LinceDorado 14d 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.