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justsomeantifas:

I don’t know who keeps trying to say random youtubers and bloggers are at fault for folks inability to read critically, but consider the fact that the average american reads and understands things at the 7th grade level and maybe you will see cinema sins as a symptom of that rather than a cause.

things like cinema sins wouldnt be popular if an audience for their content didnt already exist.

because so many people already have trouble reading between the lines and understanding metaphors and jokes and sarcasm even, content can really take off with these people if it blatantly disregard the existence of metaphors, jokes, sarcasm, foreshadowing, etc.

youtubers didn’t burn down rome in one day 😩

7th grade? We had a whole show called “Are you smarter than a 5th grader” and I dont believe the adults won very often…

I mean half of US adults cannot read books written for 8th graders, 14% don’t have basic literacy skills, that’s enough people to find the show challenging.

Perhaps I should go into what an average is and then into the abysmal understanding of math in the usa 🏃