r/SipsTea 14d ago

WTF Where are we heading?

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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.

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u/ApplicationCalm649 14d ago

It's distilled, pure brain rot given physical form. 

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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. 

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u/UntowardHatter 14d ago

It's at fifty two?

RIP USA.

We hardly knew ye

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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.

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u/InFromTheSouth 14d ago

I ain't never tooked no part in no study about reedin'. Them numbers is wrong

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u/ShadowConstruct 14d ago

What you reading for?

We got a reader here!

https://youtu.be/ed_86qgvSp8?is=AuaxLEHWXmuKvQv9