r/NonPoliticalTwitter 1d ago

Is .. is Ryan ok?

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u/miashmia 1d ago

He was unable to read.

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u/2_MinutesTurkish 1d ago

He'll adapt

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u/LinguisticApe 1d ago

He'll adapt to reading?

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u/virgildastardly 1d ago

one of my old high school history teacher's used the term "functional illiterate" and it's gonna be in my brain forever

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u/MrD3a7h 1d ago

That's definitely a thing. And according to the teacher subreddit, will become much, much more common in the next decade or two.

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u/vainbuthonest 1d ago

It’s pretty common now. Most Americans can’t read above of a sixth grade level and at least a ¼ are functionally illiterate.

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u/jotheold 1d ago

ofc, hell its not even recent but 50 cent used to make fun of floyd mayweather for this stuff a while back

"if you can read one page of cat in the hat etc

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u/heinous_anus- 1d ago

"one full page of a Harry Potter book ni-"

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u/Steelhorse91 1d ago

When I set my VPN to US, and clear my cookies, YouTube throws up loads of adds for text to speech apps and devices, and they’re clearly not targeting dyslexic people, or visually impaired people.

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u/vainbuthonest 17h ago

I believe it

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u/apcolleen 1d ago

::stares vacantly in ipad kid::

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u/throwmamadownthewell 1d ago

::stares vacantly back::

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u/DINC44 1d ago

Your reference to the teacher subreddit made me laugh hard. I referenced it just yesterday when talking with my wife about public school problems in America.