r/MurderedByWords 5d ago

Brutal ratio holy shit #1 Murder of Week

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u/Eliteguard999 5d ago

“Five years olds can read” but the age 50+ customers at my grocery store I manage can’t read a sign to save their fucking lives.

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u/Ordinary_Delay_1009 5d ago

Half of America is effectively illiterate.

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u/shawnisboring 4d ago

I wish you weren't basically right...

  • 21% of the country is illiterate
  • 54% of adult Americans read at or below a 6 grade reading level
  • 20% read at such a low level they can't perform jobs that require reading...

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u/tie-dye-me 4d ago

Those are old numbers, we're up to 28% now.

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u/chmsax 3d ago

Let’s goooo! We’re number one! We’re number one! U S A! U S A!