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.

  • Millie@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    That’s not just reading comprehension. People are always answering my questions with unapplicable answers.

    “Is it on the left or the right?”

    “It’s 67, the one with grass in the yard.”

    Just answer the damn question rather than providing me other information you decide would be more helpful!

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      1 year ago

      Ok so in defense of dumbasses, we don’t always understand the question. Eg, whose left? In those cases we don’t want to make your clarify the question and drag things out, so we give you what we hope is an unequivocally clear response. It comes from a deep-seeded fear of miscommunication resulting in too many mailboxes with their flags on the wrong side or whatever. We apologize for the pedantry, though. I get that it’s annoying.