[ SECRET POST #5913 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #5913 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.


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[Clockwise from top left: Worm, The Flower That Bloomed Nowhere, Shootaround]



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[Octopath Traveler 2]



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[Arknights]



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[Saiko No Sutoka]



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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

54% of adults in the US have a literacy below sixth-grade level. Those are generally going to be slower readers. They may not be able to keep up (just like slower readers in other countries can't keep up).

[(Anonymous)]

That's a lot more than I imagined.

[(Anonymous)]

If that's true, then no wonder so many people on the internet seem to be unable to comprehend straightforward things. I had wondered if it was that I wasn't good at expressing myself in English, but it seems that Americans are just stupid. Honestly, thank you for explaining this to me, because I feel much better about my English now.

[(Anonymous)]

Yes, we are stupid. It's in our genes. We have the stupid gene, which is passed on through nationality like all genes are. I'm glad our stupidity has helped you feel you better about your English. You're a good person.

[(Anonymous)]

As NAYRT but a fellow ESL speaker, honestly you're just being rude. It's true that a lot of native English speakers misunerstand what we say and then we ask ourselves "is it because our English communication skills are horrible?" but if that many native English speakers are poorly literate then maybe, well, it's not our fault.

[(Anonymous)]

Or maybe they are not even illiterate, but they read in the worst possible faith as the above anon.

[tabaqui]

There is also the very scary and documented 'lots of Americans were lead poisoned' thing, which also leads to issues with reading and comprehension.

Plus, also, Americans on the whole can be pretty fucking stupid.

[scissorsevered]

Our education system tries to rattle out its curriculum in the fastest, cheapest way possible, which leads to poor education quality and a bunch of dumb children.

[tabaqui]

They blitz them through learning to get to certain points so they can do the standardized tests (for which they get funding), and the kids end up learning crap by rote rather than really *learning* it. It's depressing.

[(Anonymous)]

I'm an American who isn't stupid! Pick me!

[tabaqui]

YAY!! Good for you. :D

[(Anonymous)]

You are not being sarcastic? If not lead poisoning is really bleak

[tabaqui]

I'm not. It's speculated it's the root cause of a LOT of issues here in the US. It's gotten a lot better, but particularly in poor, urban areas, kids are still being poisoned (and in places like Flint, Michigan, too....)

https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2118631119

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/mar/07/lead-exposure-us-children-cognitive

https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2013/01/03/how-lead-caused-americas-violent-crime-epidemic/?sh=232bce6e12c4

[(Anonymous)]

Oh my god! I am genuinely sorry. And I thought that growing up with food shortages and extreme crime rates was bleak. At least as far as I know we weren't lead poisoned.

[tabaqui]

It's pretty horrifying, for sure. And it's something that nobody really knew about/talked about until the last few years.

[tabaqui]

My little brother has great literacy, but unfortunately, he's on the dyslexic or similar side (never formally tested). He reads *very* slowly, and subtitles are just too fast for him. His spelling is also awful, because he mixes up letters all the time. I blame his horrible 4th grade teacher who didn't help one bit, pushed him through, and made him feel bad about it.

[(Anonymous)]

This is simply what happens when education is held hostage by local property taxes.