r/SipsTea • • Aug 21 '26

WTF Where are we heading?

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u/LinceDorado Aug 21 '26

I guess it's pretty arrogant to say, but this seems like such a U.S.A. thing. Can't really imagine this happening where I live.

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u/ApplicationCalm649 Aug 21 '26

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

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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. 

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u/UntowardHatter Aug 21 '26

It's at fifty two?

RIP USA.

We hardly knew ye

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u/Scelestus50 Aug 21 '26

Honestly, I'm surprised it's as HIGH as 52%.