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More (not so) fun facts:

54% of American adults read below a 6th grade level.

21% read below a 5th grade level, which is considered functionally illiterate.

High immigration numbers don't fully explain it either, as first gen immigrants only make up about 1/3 of those with low literacy.

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[โ€“] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

see the thing is that I've already misjudged how dumb the average person is. I give too much credit to people.

same thing with people being assholes. I just kind of assumed that people generally want to not be assholes. nope, absolutely not, wildly incorrect. the average person doesn't give a fuck about anything but themself at that moment

[โ€“] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago

Now you're getting it.

Most people (compared to the average dork that ends up on lemmy) are in fact dumb stupid idiot assholes, who act 1000% sure of things they are completely mis or disinformed about.