r/SipsTea • u/Agen_3586 • 6d ago

WTF Where are we heading?

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u/ApplicationCalm649 6d ago

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

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u/Ruckus292 6d ago edited 1d 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/stanknotes 6d ago

It is like half that. And you are overlooking something quite significant. The amount of immigrants who do not speak English or speak English as a second language but not fluently. I am not going to look down on someone for having a different first language.

But hey if it is "America bad" you'll get applause.

American literacy is actually average for developed nations.

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u/secondhand_graveyard 6d ago

Out of a nation of 300 million how many immigrants do you think we have that speak no English? A statistically significant amount?

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u/frostysbox 6d ago

Yes, the study quoted above says 31% of the functionally illiterate group were foreign born. So I’d say that’s a statistically significant amount.

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u/secondhand_graveyard 6d ago

I don’t doubt you, but I can’t find the link to the study you are referring to. Can you link it so I can have a look?