• TeckFire@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I think they meant a quarter of the population being illiterate, that is, that fact that such a statistic exists, is “fucking nuts,” not the illiterate population themselves.

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      1 year ago

      Although a quarter having untreated mental illnesses is also fucking nuts in both senses haha.

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      1 year ago

      Well he proceeded it by saying that they don’t “like” to read, implying that this is a choice on their part.

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        Hence it being a question. I wasn’t aware that access to learning to read wasn’t easily available.

        Stats on illiterate by choice vs socioeconomic standing would be very interesting