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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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[-] SethTaylor@lemmy.world 25 points 4 months ago

Why hello there, hyper-literate fellows. Fancy exchanging some five-syllable words? Perhaps a few phrases? Or cock jokes? Cock jokes are nice too. I am hyper-literate, you see, so my cock jokes are veeeeeery long

[-] DokPsy@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

May I introduce you to the phrase: bovine spongiform encephalopathy.

It bounces when you say it

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