And then it’s socially frowned upon to want money that could help with bills etc

I actually found it scary bc wdym youre blaming the average reader who enjoys fulfillment in a community during the anti-literacy era…

To elaborate— I was corrected by a man! How embarrassing! FML

It's not a joke.
Newspapers are set at about a grade 4 or 5 reading level, because that's all most people can read.
There are positive aspects, like information triage. Anything ya can't sum up for grade 4 readers = specialized knowledge.

Oh my god. I just looked it up. Suddenly a lot of...everything...is coming into focus. People have no reading comprehension because they can't read but think they can?!

ok one last post -- oldheads are always going to "why is the web dying.... how can we get the kids invested in the free and open web"

bro the kids can't read. that's why the web is dying. first things first

my patience has increased but I will say, it is ok to have trouble reading, it is not ok to scream at people for things you imagined they said because you can't read what they actually said