Current Events > About 50% of the USA has a 6th grade reading level.

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pinky0926 01/27/25 12:06:44 PM #1:	https://www.apmresearchlab.org/10x-adult-literacy That's been sounding in my head every time I question how any of this happened. Basically half the country would struggle to read the first Harry Potter book. That's what we're dealing with. --- CE's Resident Scotsman. http://i.imgur.com/ILz2ZbV.jpg <cite>pinky0926 posted [p:983827583] in About 50% ... [t:80925217]...</cite> <quote>https://www.apmresearchlab.org/10x-adult-literacyThat's been sounding in my head every time I question how any of this happened. Basically half the country would struggle to read the first Harry Potter book. That's what we're dealing with. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Aressar 01/27/25 12:08:05 PM #2:	Well, it definitely explains the election results. --- One time, CE triggered me so hard with their objectively wrong opinions that I accidentally punched myself in the balls. <cite>Aressar posted [p:983827593] in About 50% ... [t:80925217]...</cite> <quote>Well, it definitely explains the election results.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
hmnut7 01/27/25 12:08:06 PM #3:	Based on the election results that sounds about right. --- Starfire: "They are too numerous to fight. What shall we do?" Robin: "Fight anyway!" (pb) <cite>hmnut7 posted [p:983827594] in About 50% ... [t:80925217]...</cite> <quote>Based on the election results that sounds about right.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Squall28 01/27/25 12:09:59 PM #4:	Not just reading. Math, science, history, pretty much every subject is at at elementary or middle school level --- You can't go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending. -Misattributed to CS Lewis <cite>Squall28 posted [p:983827612] in About 50% ... [t:80925217]...</cite> <quote>Not just reading. Math, science, history, pretty much every subject is at at elementary or middle school level</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
argonautweakend 01/27/25 12:13:52 PM #5:	Trump spoke at a reading level roughly 2 grades lower than Harris, so the average American bought in to his vibes. I've wondered about the reading level but last week I saw it first hand. One of my employees was with me in the back with a list of cases to pull(wine and liquor), so I had her go down the list and read them out to me. We had to reverse roles a few minutes in when she couldn't pronounce adequately most of the items on the list, so I was constantly not even sure what the hell she was telling me to pull. She is 23. Great employee for a lot of reasons, but the reading level doesn't seem to be there. And I know a lot of wine or liquor items can be hard to pronounce names, having a greater reading level overall means you struggle less when you see "big" or unfamiliar words and the desire to want to give up doesn't some as naturally. This sounds like I'm being an asshole about it, but I wasn't in the moment, nor would I be in the future. But I just imagine a nation where the average person has that level of comprehension, where they can't even read out a list of names properly and it kind of clues me in to how we are here. <cite>argonautweakend posted [p:983827649] in About 50% ... [t:80925217]...</cite> <quote>Trump spoke at a reading level roughly 2 grades lower than Harris, so the average American bought in to his vibes.I've wondered about the reading level but last week I saw it first hand. One of my employees was with me in the back with a list of cases to pull(wine and liquor), so I had her go down the list and read them out to me. We had to reverse roles a few minutes in when she couldn't pronounce adequately most of the items on the list, so I was constantly not even sure what the hell she was telling me to pull. She is 23. Great employee for a lot of reasons, but the reading level doesn't seem to be there. And I know a lot of wine or liquor items can be hard to pronounce names, having a greater reading level overall means you struggle less when you see "big" or unfamiliar words and the desire to want to give up doesn't some as naturally.This sounds like I'm being an asshole about it, but I wasn't in the moment, nor would I be in the future. But I just imagine a nation where the average person has that level of comprehension, where they can't even read out a list of names properly and it kind of clues me in to how we are here.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
emblem-man 01/27/25 12:14:05 PM #6:	What's it compared to other countries? --- Harris-Walz 2024 https://imgur.com/gallery/o47SI9Y <cite>emblem-man posted [p:983827652] in About 50% ... [t:80925217]...</cite> <quote>What's it compared to other countries?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
WingsOfGood 01/27/25 12:16:21 PM #7:	don't need to know how to read that is how unions start knowing too much math also is bad it means you can figure out your paycheck has stolen wages just do what boss says and you are good <cite>WingsOfGood posted [p:983827674] in About 50% ... [t:80925217]...</cite> <quote>don't need to know how to readthat is how unions startknowing too much math also is bad it means you can figure out your paycheck has stolen wagesjust do what boss says and you are good</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
EndOfDiscOne 01/27/25 12:16:30 PM #8:	How much gap is there between a 6th grade reading level and 12th or whatever? I was reading adult novels in 6th grade and I felt like I understood them well enough. --- I am the Cheese! I am the best character on the show! I am better than both the salami and the bologna *COMBINED!* <cite>EndOfDiscOne posted [p:983827678] in About 50% ... [t:80925217]...</cite> <quote>How much gap is there between a 6th grade reading level and 12th or whatever? I was reading adult novels in 6th grade and I felt like I understood them well enough. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ReturnOfDevsman 01/27/25 12:17:28 PM #9:	Maybe it's just been a while since 6th grade but I feel like I was pretty much done learning to read at that point. --- Arguing on CE be all like: https://youtu.be/JpRKrs67lOs?si=kPGA2RCKVHTdbVrJ <cite>ReturnOfDevsman posted [p:983827696] in About 50% ... [t:80925217]...</cite> <quote>Maybe it's just been a while since 6th grade but I feel like I was pretty much done learning to read at that point.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Umbreon 01/27/25 12:20:38 PM #10:	We're (probably)the Dunning-Kruger effect of the world, so our least intelligent people think we're geniuses. Assuming, of course, they aren't just proud of being stupid. --- Black Lives Matter. ~DYL~ (On mobile) <cite>Umbreon posted [p:983827726] in About 50% ... [t:80925217]...</cite> <quote>We're (probably)the Dunning-Kruger effect of the world, so our least intelligent people think we're geniuses. Assuming, of course, they aren't just proud of being stupid.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
CE_gonna_CE 01/27/25 12:22:14 PM #11:	https://youtu.be/AKN1Q5SjbeI?si=knqnm80dJm75kDDg --- "Creed made better Pearl Jam music than Pearl Jam did" - shockthemonkey <cite>CE_gonna_CE posted [p:983827749] in About 50% ... [t:80925217]...</cite> <quote>https://youtu.be/AKN1Q5SjbeI?si=knqnm80dJm75kDDg</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Relient_K 01/27/25 12:32:36 PM #12:	A quick Google search is showing about 9 years old as the average reading age in the UK. I'm just on like a 3 min break at work so I don't have time to verify any of it but it's basically bad in a lot of the western world I imagine. --- We all ate the biscuits, Fighter. We can all see through time. <cite>Relient_K posted [p:983827869] in About 50% ... [t:80925217]...</cite> <quote>A quick Google search is showing about 9 years old as the average reading age in the UK. I'm just on like a 3 min break at work so I don't have time to verify any of it but it's basically bad in a lot of the western world I imagine.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Starks 01/27/25 12:34:14 PM #13:	Reading level and intelligence are not tied at the hip. But I can totally see a causality between a low reading level and a lack of critical thinking or vocabulary size. Dyslexia can lead to reading delays without affecting higher functions. --- Paid for by StarksPAC, a registered 501(c)(4) <cite>Starks posted [p:983827894] in About 50% ... [t:80925217]...</cite> <quote>Reading level and intelligence are not tied at the hip. But I can totally see a causality between a low reading level and a lack of critical thinking or vocabulary size.Dyslexia can lead to reading delays without affecting higher functions.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ItsNotA2Mer 01/27/25 12:37:36 PM #14:	Umbreon posted... Assuming, of course, they aren't just proud of being stupid. It's how Trump became so popular, he validated the stupid people and made them feel like their stupidity is a virtue. --- It's not the cough that carries you off, it's the coffin they carry you off in. (He/Him). <cite>ItsNotA2Mer posted [p:983827929] in About 50% ... [t:80925217]...</cite> <quote>Umbreon posted... </cite><quote>Assuming, of course, they aren't just proud of being stupid.</quote>It's how Trump became so popular, he validated the stupid people and made them feel like their stupidity is a virtue.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
qwerti 01/27/25 12:42:39 PM #15:	a E I o U --- 18/10 <cite>qwerti posted [p:983827993] in About 50% ... [t:80925217]...</cite> <quote>a E I o U</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ReturnOfDevsman 01/27/25 12:46:49 PM #16:	Good job Montana, North Dakota and Minnesota, BTW. --- Arguing on CE be all like: https://youtu.be/JpRKrs67lOs?si=kPGA2RCKVHTdbVrJ <cite>ReturnOfDevsman posted [p:983828041] in About 50% ... [t:80925217]...</cite> <quote>Good job Montana, North Dakota and Minnesota, BTW.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Crimson_Corsair 01/27/25 12:48:20 PM #17:	Note: On 11/17/2024 this article was edited to remove the statement This means more than half of Americans between the ages of 16 and 74 (54%) read below the equivalent of a sixth-grade level. While some have associated PIAAC assessments with grade-level reading, the PIAAC has discouraged such comparisons. --- My head's not torn off, my sunglasses aren't broken. Amen, hallelujah, peanut butter. <cite>Crimson_Corsair posted [p:983828067] in About 50% ... [t:80925217]...</cite> <quote>Note: On 11/17/2024 this article was edited to remove the statement This means more than half of Americans between the ages of 16 and 74 (54%) read below the equivalent of a sixth-grade level. While some have associated PIAAC assessments with grade-level reading, the PIAAC has discouraged such comparisons.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Turbam 01/27/25 12:48:39 PM #18:	The stupider we are the easier to control. --- ~snip (V)_(;,;)_(V) snip~ I'm just one man! Whoa! Well, I'm a one man band! https://imgur.com/p9Xvjvs <cite>Turbam posted [p:983828073] in About 50% ... [t:80925217]...</cite> <quote>The stupider we are the easier to control.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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WingsOfGood 01/27/25 12:50:33 PM #20:	EndOfDiscOne posted... How much gap is there between a 6th grade reading level and 12th or whatever? I was reading adult novels in 6th grade and I felt like I understood them well enough. Probably failure to see subtlety and context <cite>WingsOfGood posted [p:983828092] in About 50% ... [t:80925217]...</cite> <quote>EndOfDiscOne posted... </cite><quote>How much gap is there between a 6th grade reading level and 12th or whatever? I was reading adult novels in 6th grade and I felt like I understood them well enough.</quote>Probably failure to see subtlety and context </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
SomeUsername529 01/27/25 12:50:38 PM #21:	Definitionally, half of any population is below average. <cite>SomeUsername529 posted [p:983828094] in About 50% ... [t:80925217]...</cite> <quote>Definitionally, half of any population is below average. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
KajeI 01/27/25 12:51:34 PM #22:	I've been saying this for years. That was when I realized just how truly fucked we are. Starks posted... Reading level and intelligence are not tied at the hip. This is true though. My dad is easily the smartest person I've met but he reads so slowly I can read the same sentence 5+ times before he finishes it. --- Look, I can name a few instances in MY life where I tried to reach mutual understanding and i can TELL you, always faster and easier to just kill em. Just is! <cite>KajeI posted [p:983828101] in About 50% ... [t:80925217]...</cite> <quote>I've been saying this for years. That was when I realized just how truly fucked we are.Starks posted... </cite><quote>Reading level and intelligence are not tied at the hip.</quote>This is true though. My dad is easily the smartest person I've met but he reads so slowly I can read the same sentence 5+ times before he finishes it.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ReturnOfDevsman 01/27/25 12:52:22 PM #23:	ScazarMeltex posted... Yeah, we can all tell dude. Ayyyyyyyyyyyyy --- Arguing on CE be all like: https://youtu.be/JpRKrs67lOs?si=kPGA2RCKVHTdbVrJ <cite>ReturnOfDevsman posted [p:983828110] in About 50% ... [t:80925217]...</cite> <quote>ScazarMeltex posted... </cite><quote>Yeah, we can all tell dude.</quote>Ayyyyyyyyyyyyy</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ReturnOfDevsman 01/27/25 12:53:38 PM #24:	Crimson_Corsair posted... Note: On 11/17/2024 this article was edited to remove the statement This means more than half of Americans between the ages of 16 and 74 (54%) read below the equivalent of a sixth-grade level. While some have associated PIAAC assessments with grade-level reading, the PIAAC has discouraged such comparisons. Ah, I was wondering about that, but I assumed it was explained somewhere in one of the billion trillion links. --- Arguing on CE be all like: https://youtu.be/JpRKrs67lOs?si=kPGA2RCKVHTdbVrJ <cite>ReturnOfDevsman posted [p:983828130] in About 50% ... [t:80925217]...</cite> <quote>Crimson_Corsair posted... </cite><quote>Note: On 11/17/2024 this article was edited to remove the statement This means more than half of Americans between the ages of 16 and 74 (54%) read below the equivalent of a sixth-grade level. While some have associated PIAAC assessments with grade-level reading, the PIAAC has discouraged such comparisons.</quote>Ah, I was wondering about that, but I assumed it was explained somewhere in one of the billion trillion links.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
R_Jackal 01/27/25 12:54:20 PM #25:	Judging by the fact a lot of people barely have a functional vocabulary these days, and plot points in all forms of media have to have the subtlety of getting jackhammered in the face, this doesn't surprise me. <cite>R_Jackal posted [p:983828139] in About 50% ... [t:80925217]...</cite> <quote>Judging by the fact a lot of people barely have a functional vocabulary these days, and plot points in all forms of media have to have the subtlety of getting jackhammered in the face, this doesn't surprise me.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
WingsOfGood 01/27/25 12:54:23 PM #26:	KajeI posted... This is true though. My dad is easily the smartest person I've met but he reads so slowly I can read the same sentence 5+ times before he finishes it. Level and speed aren't the same thing. Faster reading can even be because they aren't really taking it all in. <cite>WingsOfGood posted [p:983828140] in About 50% ... [t:80925217]...</cite> <quote>KajeI posted... </cite><quote>This is true though. My dad is easily the smartest person I've met but he reads so slowly I can read the same sentence 5+ times before he finishes it.</quote>Level and speed aren't the same thing.Faster reading can even be because they aren't really taking it all in.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ReturnOfDevsman 01/27/25 12:54:37 PM #27:	SomeUsername529 posted... Definitionally, half of any population is below average. No, half of any population is below median. Or as close to half as you can get, if it's an odd number. More than half of these are below average, for example: 1 2 3 1000000000000 --- Arguing on CE be all like: https://youtu.be/JpRKrs67lOs?si=kPGA2RCKVHTdbVrJ <cite>ReturnOfDevsman posted [p:983828142] in About 50% ... [t:80925217]...</cite> <quote>SomeUsername529 posted... </cite><quote>Definitionally, half of any population is below average.</quote>No, half of any population is below median. Or as close to half as you can get, if it's an odd number.More than half of these are below average, for example:1231000000000000</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Kai_Laguna 01/27/25 12:54:58 PM #28:	I'm surprised it's that high. <cite>Kai_Laguna posted [p:983828144] in About 50% ... [t:80925217]...</cite> <quote>I'm surprised it's that high.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
KogaSteelfang 01/27/25 12:58:08 PM #29:	https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/3/3be00954.jpg --- My YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@steelfang8806 My Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/steelfangkoga <cite>KogaSteelfang posted [p:983828188] in About 50% ... [t:80925217]...</cite> <quote>https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/3/3be00954.jpg</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Gwynevere 01/27/25 12:58:18 PM #30:	Not at all surprising. The ability to think critically and parse information that comes with higher reading levels is very clearly lacking --- A hunter is a hunter...even in a dream [She/they] <cite>Gwynevere posted [p:983828191] in About 50% ... [t:80925217]...</cite> <quote>Not at all surprising. The ability to think critically and parse information that comes with higher reading levels is very clearly lacking </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Strider102 01/27/25 12:59:11 PM #31:	Why do you think Trump loves the uneducated? Not only are they as dumb as he is, but they're easier to control and won't ask questions or challenge him. --- "I dreamt I was a moron." <cite>Strider102 posted [p:983828206] in About 50% ... [t:80925217]...</cite> <quote>Why do you think Trump loves the uneducated?Not only are they as dumb as he is, but they're easier to control and won't ask questions or challenge him.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
GS4Life 01/27/25 1:05:11 PM #32:	I'm surprised it's even that much --- -Grove Street 4 Life- Hey Bayley! Oh! Ah! I wanna know! <cite>GS4Life posted [p:983828276] in About 50% ... [t:80925217]...</cite> <quote>I'm surprised it's even that much </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
mistymermaid 01/27/25 1:19:11 PM #33:	Go figure. I already have a shaky opinion of US public education. And that stems from YEARS before the present "administration", hah. --- Swimming over the barrier to protect my egg. <cite>mistymermaid posted [p:983828456] in About 50% ... [t:80925217]...</cite> <quote>Go figure. I already have a shaky opinion of US public education. And that stems from YEARS before the present "administration", hah.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
foreverzero212 01/27/25 1:22:46 PM #34:	As a former educator trained to recognize reading by grade level, its 75% of the US that would struggle with Harry Potter. --- lions and panthers oh my <cite>foreverzero212 posted [p:983828506] in About 50% ... [t:80925217]...</cite> <quote>As a former educator trained to recognize reading by grade level, its 75% of the US that would struggle with Harry Potter. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Robot2600 01/27/25 1:59:51 PM #35:	Bullshit 75%. More like 95%. --- April 15, 2024: The Day the Internet Died <cite>Robot2600 posted [p:983828977] in About 50% ... [t:80925217]...</cite> <quote>Bullshit 75%. More like 95%.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
foreverzero212 01/27/25 2:28:21 PM #36:	Robot2600 posted... Bullshit 75%. More like 95%. Millennials confirmed top 5% in reading. --- lions and panthers oh my <cite>foreverzero212 posted [p:983829332] in About 50% ... [t:80925217]...</cite> <quote>Robot2600 posted... </cite><quote>Bullshit 75%. More like 95%.</quote>Millennials confirmed top 5% in reading. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
rick_alverado 01/27/25 3:03:35 PM #37:	I remember I was reading at a 6th grade reading level when I was in grade 3. By grade 6 I was reading at a grade 12 level. <cite>rick_alverado posted [p:983829683] in About 50% ... [t:80925217]...</cite> <quote>I remember I was reading at a 6th grade reading level when I was in grade 3. By grade 6 I was reading at a grade 12 level.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
R_Jackal 01/27/25 3:07:09 PM #39:	WingsOfGood posted... Level and speed aren't the same thing. Faster reading can even be because they aren't really taking it all in. This is a very good point. I can read insanely fast but only tend to do so when I don't really care about what I'm reading or it's short and to the point anyway. Anything I want to get immersed in or fully understand I that my time with. <cite>R_Jackal posted [p:983829736] in About 50% ... [t:80925217]...</cite> <quote>WingsOfGood posted... </cite><quote>Level and speed aren't the same thing.Faster reading can even be because they aren't really taking it all in.</quote>This is a very good point. I can read insanely fast but only tend to do so when I don't really care about what I'm reading or it's short and to the point anyway. Anything I want to get immersed in or fully understand I that my time with.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Panthera 01/27/25 3:09:42 PM #40:	And luckily CE has nothing but the 50% who aren't like that, just like it has the good part of the population from every country, just like every website does. Fancy that! --- Meow! <cite>Panthera posted [p:983829770] in About 50% ... [t:80925217]...</cite> <quote>And luckily CE has nothing but the 50% who aren't like that, just like it has the good part of the population from every country, just like every website does. Fancy that!</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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s0nicfan 01/27/25 3:11:58 PM #42:	And then we have places like Baltimore where zero students in a full 40% of their high schools passed the state proficiency exam for math, meaning we as a country suck at BOTH literature and math. --- "History Is Much Like An Endless Waltz. The Three Beats Of War, Peace And Revolution Continue On Forever." - Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz <cite>s0nicfan posted [p:983829799] in About 50% ... [t:80925217]...</cite> <quote>And then we have places like Baltimore where zero students in a full 40% of their high schools passed the state proficiency exam for math, meaning we as a country suck at BOTH literature and math.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Kanaya413 01/27/25 3:12:33 PM #43:	Thats interesting because I read all the currently released Harry Potter books (1-5) in fifth grade <cite>Kanaya413 posted [p:983829807] in About 50% ... [t:80925217]...</cite> <quote>Thats interesting because I read all the currently released Harry Potter books (1-5) in fifth grade </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
R_Jackal 01/27/25 3:16:41 PM #44:	s0nicfan posted... And then we have places like Baltimore where zero students in a full 40% of their high schools passed the state proficiency exam for math, meaning we as a country suck at BOTH literature and math. BUT we are good at Internet. That counts for stuff, right? Haha, we are so incredibly fucked as a nation. <cite>R_Jackal posted [p:983829851] in About 50% ... [t:80925217]...</cite> <quote>s0nicfan posted... </cite><quote>And then we have places like Baltimore where zero students in a full 40% of their high schools passed the state proficiency exam for math, meaning we as a country suck at BOTH literature and math.</quote>BUT we are good at Internet. That counts for stuff, right? Haha, we are so incredibly fucked as a nation.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Ratchetrockon 01/27/25 3:17:49 PM #45:	mine is prob at college freshman level. last book i completed was by cormac mccarthy and it did take me a while per page to comprehend. i do want to get better at reading but haven't been as focused lately. talked to someone recently (my age) that found the harry potter books hard to read which i thought was crazy. didn't say anything mean to them though since im not at a high level either --- I'm a Taurus. Currently playing: Oldschool Runescape & DMC 3 Ubisoft Port. He/Him <cite>Ratchetrockon posted [p:983829862] in About 50% ... [t:80925217]...</cite> <quote>mine is prob at college freshman level. last book i completed was by cormac mccarthy and it did take me a while per page to comprehend. i do want to get better at reading but haven't been as focused lately. talked to someone recently (my age) that found the harry potter books hard to read which i thought was crazy. didn't say anything mean to them though since im not at a high level either </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
M1Astray 01/27/25 3:18:14 PM #46:	MFW taking remedial mathematics in my 30s has put me above most Americans within only three months. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/9/961242e9.jpg Being serious though it's a pretty fuckin' depressing situation and speaks to a very good example of why politics is as fucked as it is. No critical thinking, no capacity to even try to think critically on the most shallow of levels. The sort of level of "why should we trust politican Y when we know they're all liars and conmen by design" is beyond even the slightly above average American. Or the average human for that matter, critical thought is not the default for a human and needs to be taught to the majority. This is all why I feel collapse of civilization is a looming threat. Even ignoring things like climate change, within my own lifetime I have seen humanity degrade itself to astonishing levels. Absolute basics like very basic home-cooking is now beyond the majority and it's entirely by design from corporate overlords (especially the cooking.) Humans are going backwards in real-time and we're going to hit a crisis point very soon because of it. --- Currently Playing: Stellar Blade (PS5), Fate/stay night Remastered (Switch) <cite>M1Astray posted [p:983829865] in About 50% ... [t:80925217]...</cite> <quote>MFW taking remedial mathematics in my 30s has put me above most Americans within only three months.https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/9/961242e9.jpgBeing serious though it's a pretty fuckin' depressing situation and speaks to a very good example of why politics is as fucked as it is.No critical thinking, no capacity to even try to think critically on the most shallow of levels. The sort of level of "why should we trust politican Y when we know they're all liars and conmen by design" is beyond even the slightly above average American. Or the average human for that matter, critical thought is not the default for a human and needs to be taught to the majority. This is all why I feel collapse of civilization is a looming threat. Even ignoring things like climate change, within my own lifetime I have seen humanity degrade itself to astonishing levels. Absolute basics like very basic home-cooking is now beyond the majority and it's entirely by design from corporate overlords (especially the cooking.) Humans are going backwards in real-time and we're going to hit a crisis point very soon because of it. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Starks 01/27/25 3:19:23 PM #47:	Geography doesn't help us. We don't have a Schengen or anything that would force people to broaden their horizons. --- Paid for by StarksPAC, a registered 501(c)(4) <cite>Starks posted [p:983829881] in About 50% ... [t:80925217]...</cite> <quote>Geography doesn't help us. We don't have a Schengen or anything that would force people to broaden their horizons.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Pechabust 01/27/25 6:04:22 PM #48:	Conservative education. <cite>Pechabust posted [p:983831915] in About 50% ... [t:80925217]...</cite> <quote>Conservative education.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Bass 01/27/25 6:35:43 PM #49:	Aressar posted... Well, it definitely explains the election results. --- Many Bothans died to bring you this post. <cite>Bass posted [p:983832299] in About 50% ... [t:80925217]...</cite> <quote>Aressar posted... </cite><quote>Well, it definitely explains the election results.</quote></quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Sansoldier 01/27/25 6:40:55 PM #50:	ReturnOfDevsman posted... No, half of any population is below median. Or as close to half as you can get, if it's an odd number. More than half of these are below average, for example: 1 2 3 1000000000000 Nice, just like our wealth distribution. --- http://www.youtube.com/user/san3711 <cite>Sansoldier posted [p:983832359] in About 50% ... [t:80925217]...</cite> <quote>ReturnOfDevsman posted... </cite><quote>No, half of any population is below median. Or as close to half as you can get, if it's an odd number.More than half of these are below average, for example:1231000000000000</quote>Nice, just like our wealth distribution.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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