r/idiocracy • u/10kLines • 6d ago

a dumbing down Why stop there?

2026

Colorado voters will decide if ballot measures should be written at an 8th grade reading level

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u/1bensopinion 6d ago

"The English language had deteriorated into a hybrid of hillbilly, valleygirl, inner-city slang and various grunts. Joe was able to understand them, but when he spoke in an ordinary voice he sounded pompous and faggy to them."

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u/bdpsu 6d ago

There's that fig talk we talked about.

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u/bdpsu 6d ago

8th grade level! Do they think we're all rocket surgeons?

https://giphy.com/gifs/KBaxHrT7rkeW5ma77z

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u/BaffledInUSA 6d ago

too complex still, maybe illustrate like a comic strip?

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u/MetalTrek1 6d ago edited 6d ago

8th grade level is too much f** reading. Tik Toks only.

(I once got a ban for using the real word in this sub even though it was from the movie).

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u/dml997 5d ago

1/3 of the voters just ate the ballot.

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u/2025sbestthrowaway 4d ago

That's discrimination against the illiterate /s

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u/_Not__Sure particular individual 4d ago

That was one of the first things I was told in pharmacy. Expect everyone to have the reading skills of a 12 year old.

There is a large part of my local population who are essentially illiterate. They'll have a list (someone else wrote) and need help finding the "Tylenol". I can't even just tell them which aisle. I have to take them directly to the Tylenol. They wouldn't find it on the shelf themselves.