Speaking as someone who's been fostering kittens... the dumb ones are less annoying than the smart ones. 🐱
@Nuttall's word devolution is apt. It's a devolution of the mind. The pertinent question is whether it's all some negligent accident, or not.
Either way, it's on us to raise the bar.
The real big boy and big girl pants moment is realizing we are responsible for our lives and no one else is. I was considered reading impaired in public school and I failed 9th grade 3 times. I also quit school and went to college a year early.
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Somewhat of an assumption that reading and writing makes you smart
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