The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 8 months agoMake it stop.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square54fedilinkarrow-up1493arrow-down123
arrow-up1470arrow-down1imageMake it stop.lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 8 months agomessage-square54fedilink
minus-squareLetstakealook@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down79·8 months agoMeanwhile, half of them are illiterate. The parents need to get themselves and their children off the internet.
minus-squareObinice@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·8 months agoDo you mean half of the world’s children, or half of the children in your own, unspecified country? Literacy in my country is over 80%, which is still too low in my opinion, but fast better than half, thankfully.
minus-squareLetstakealook@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down10·8 months agoLiteracy, in my country, which is specified because it is the origin of the slang in the meme. You really thought you had a gotcha, there, didn’t you?
minus-squarepantyhosewimp@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 months ago If everyone should learn to read, it would not only ruin writing but thinking as well. —some embittered philosopher probably
minus-squares_s@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·8 months ago“Kids can’t read” is certainly a take. 😂
Meanwhile, half of them are illiterate. The parents need to get themselves and their children off the internet.
Do you mean half of the world’s children, or half of the children in your own, unspecified country?
Literacy in my country is over 80%, which is still too low in my opinion, but fast better than half, thankfully.
Literacy, in my country, which is specified because it is the origin of the slang in the meme. You really thought you had a gotcha, there, didn’t you?
—some embittered philosopher probably
What a “damn kids these days” quote
“Kids can’t read” is certainly a take. 😂