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Just as the title asks I've noticed a very sharp increase in people just straight up not comprehending what they're reading.

They'll read it and despite all the information being there, if it's even slightly out of line from the most straightforward sentence structure, they act like it's complete gibberish or indecipherable.

Has anyone else noticed this? Because honestly it's making me lose my fucking mind.

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[–] scorpious 4 points 1 year ago

I suspect there might also be an urge to interact with people…? Like, forcing exchanges that should be unnecessary, given the circumstances.

I see it all the time; I write a succinct reply (for example) and there often seems to be someone who “isn’t clear” or find it confusing (and “needs” an interaction, basically me repeating myself).

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ever since i started using lemmy i started misreading words a lot

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Am I the only one that's scared this isn't from social media / attention span but actually maybe that a long term side effect of COVID could partly explain this? I know this sounds like a conspiracy theory and I've never heard anyone phrase it like I'm doing right now but it seems like this virus changes how we think. I've heard people say for the first time in their life they couldn't control their thoughts, my father couldn't stop having nightmares for multiple nights...

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

Recently, I often misread words or even add ones that are not there. Long, complex sentences are very difficult to understand for me. I feel like primary school me would ridicule modern me.

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

About a quarter past six......

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

just because they're not reading comprehensive skills doesn't mean they're not learning

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Ever since normal people have been using the internet more and more, it has been this way. Especially with younger people coming im droves.

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