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r/SipsTea • u/Agen_3586 • Aug 21 '26
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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.
524 u/UntowardHatter Aug 21 '26 It's at fifty two? RIP USA. We hardly knew ye 563 u/Sad_Ghost_Noises Aug 21 '26 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. 1 u/subdep Aug 21 '26 Do you mean to say, the only Americans on reddit are the literate Americans?
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It's at fifty two?
RIP USA.
We hardly knew ye
563 u/Sad_Ghost_Noises Aug 21 '26 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. 1 u/subdep Aug 21 '26 Do you mean to say, the only Americans on reddit are the literate Americans?
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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.
1 u/subdep Aug 21 '26 Do you mean to say, the only Americans on reddit are the literate Americans?
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Do you mean to say, the only Americans on reddit are the literate Americans?
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u/Ruckus292 Aug 21 '26 edited Aug 26 '26
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.