people talk about how media literacy being at an all time low, but this right here is just the death of regular literacy

  • Egon [they/them]
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    5 days ago

    The great gatsby was easy though? Like very comfortable reading, just super cozy, like a late summer evening in text. That's not the point at all, but like why choose this book instead of something notoriously difficult?

    • CommunistBear [he/him]
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      5 days ago

      I think you're forgetting that a large amount of the American populace are functionally illiterate and even many of those that are literate are at a ~6th grade level