if the past year has convinced me of anything, it’s that decades of tv, movies, advertising & social media consumption has rendered a lot of people totally incapable of even the most basic levels of metacognition or independent critical thought. they’re functionally braindead
— Flatworld Citizen (@AntiVaxSexPest) July 28, 2021
This is part of what I mean by “people can’t read.” Of course I mean reading more than words on a page or screen.
They are functionally illiterate. Just brains blasted into oblivion; completely functionless.