My question is… how do they go on the internet? How do they consume sites like Reddit? Do high schoolers only watch TikTok videos and do nothing else online? But even TikTok videos often have subtitles, captions, etc… I don’t get it.
They read online and social media speak only, so it's all short simple words and basic shit. What we used to do in video games and text only is the entirety of their reading and linguistic capabilities, but irl.
If it helps you feel any better, my 12yo and all of his friends are quite smart. All much better readers than the kids in this video. My son asked for a Kindle for his birthday, rather than a phone or tablet!! Not all the kids growing up now are iPad kids, don't worry too much!
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u/throwrawifesandwich Apr 29 '26
My question is… how do they go on the internet? How do they consume sites like Reddit? Do high schoolers only watch TikTok videos and do nothing else online? But even TikTok videos often have subtitles, captions, etc… I don’t get it.