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.
It used to be common that people couldn’t read. 100 years ago children worked in mines and factories. What is old is new again.
All the damn time. Especially with work correspondence. For instance I’ll say I’m free for X anytime but Y, and they’ll write back, “Y works perfectly.”.
Shit gets me heated.
Lol. That one makes me strip a gear.
About a quarter past six…
just because they’re not reading comprehensive skills doesn’t mean they’re not learning
Common core will do that
Yep. I’ve noticed this in maybe the last 3-4 years. I’ve actually wondered if i’ve started getting dyslexia.
I think realistically it’s more to do with the way I use the internet. I scan articles rather than read them unless it’s something i’m really interested in. Google search results, half of them tend to be bullshit so i’ve gotten good at scanning them at insane speed.
Yeah, I literally began typing this response before finishing your post.
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It’s like with increased information we’ve learned to scan for relevance a lot better, but at the expense of overall comprehension.
Like it gets us by, and gets us through the excess in time.
But, when emotions fly? It’s getting volatile.
Massively! I used to read loads of books now I struggle to get through them at all.
I find it easier to listen to a podcast and scan the internet barely taking any information in from either. I have to really concentrate to do either now. I am working at it. Treating reading articles/podcasts as more of a hobby where I try dedicate some time to it where that’s my only focus.
I don’t understand, what are you trying to say? :(
Get over it.
Splendid, we have an example!
An example of what? Poor reading comprehension? It sounds like the guy comprehends the issue just fine, but just doesn’t give a fuck.
Being an asshole is poor reading comp now?
Likewise
Ever since i started using lemmy i started misreading words a lot
It’s also possible that the method of communication is just changing. I’ve found that often I have more trouble communicating in written form than conversationally, and I wonder if that’s because of zoom and video essays, not to mention shorts / TickTok becoming more prevalent. I’ve also had my writing degrade just because I don’t have a place or reason to exercise it as much. So what I’m writing is perhaps less comprehensible because it’s more like a stream of consciousness.
Or more likely it’s both - people don’t do long form or even “hard” reading anymore, and so find more complex text incomprehensible.
I am a documentation writer at my day job. I spend an obscene amount of time writing and rewriting support materials for our software to make sure the instructions are as clean as possible. The end users of the software are busy doctors and nurses so I get why they dont have time to read and just want quick answers from our support team. I get that.
What I dont forgive is how many times the support team will complain to me that a scenario or a feature isnt in the documentation, despite me bolding, bullet listing, and highlighting THE EXACT THING THEY ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT. I usually relink it to them and screenshot the relevant section.
People. Do. Not. Read.
Not only reading comprehension but also media literacy and scientific literacy. Too many people misunderstand simple messages in media. Homelander from The Boys come in mind.
I think that more or less relates to FOMO (fear of missing out). Some really scare to slowly digest something because he thinks he would miss the vast information out there that keeps churning indefinitely.
No my eyesight is fine, what are you on about?
I recall hearing a long time ago that most news sites, magazines, newspapers, etc. tend to target a sixth grade reading level. So, I don’t know if there’s been a sharp rise, but it’s not really surprising considering how far beyond most readers should be.
