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[–] demonmittenhands 192 points 1 month ago (20 children)

Two weeks, huh? The US is around 3,000 miles from coast to coast, so that puts him over 200 miles skateboarding every single day... I'm not sure, but the person who didn't know mountains exist might be dumb.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (8 children)

If he’s illiterate we don’t need to call him dumb

Also allegedly the Rockies, not all mountains… we hope

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 month ago (7 children)

I doubt he is being labelled "dumb" due to being illiterate.

Doing no research prior to setting out is a great reason to call him dumb.

[–] wreckedcarzz 10 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Though lack of research because you can't read is a bit of a speed bump in the whole "doing research" process

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Yes, but people 40 years ago managed. Youtube and a friend that can read. Hell asking random strangers their opinions on what the challenges of skateboarding across the country are.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

People 200 years ago managed.
It's extremely dumb to just go out cross country with zero knowledge though.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

You’re not wrong!

I will say, I learned stuff like that to be a good idea through a productive education system which also helped me learn to read

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Little tiny baby speedbump

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Maybe this is explained somewhere if I could be bothered to research it, but how can he be actually illiterate?

He has an instagram account. How is he reading anything to do with it if he's illiterate? Sub numbers, password resets, comments? How would he even know people are watching if he can't read numbers?

[–] idiomaddict 1 points 1 month ago

Illiteracy is not binary. If he reads at a second grade level (sounding out, length of word and difficulty of spelling being barriers to correct reading)

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