A Boring Dystopia

9781 readers

118 users here now

Pictures, Videos, Articles showing just how boring it is to live in a dystopic society, or with signs of a dystopic society.

Rules (Subject to Change)

--Be a Decent Human Being

--Posting news articles: include the source name and exact title from article in your post title

--Posts must have something to do with the topic

--Zero tolerance for Racism/Sexism/Ableism/etc.

--No NSFW content

--Abide by the rules of lemmy.world

founded 1 year ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

1082

New Study: 54% of American Adults Read Below 6th Grade-Levels (i.redd.it)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

360 comments fedilink hide all child comments

cross-posted from: https://lemmit.online/post/1006130

This is an automated archive made by the Lemmit Bot.

The original was posted on /r/aboringdystopia by /u/Last_Salad_5080 on 2023-10-03 14:21:04.

https://medium.com/@chrisjeffrieshomelessromantic/new-study-54-of-american-adults-read-below-6th-grade-levels-70031328fda9

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ok, but if the Simpsons didn't get the word from that book and came up with the concept independently, and then popularized it, it's still valid to say that it came from the Simpsons.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Either way, it's a perfectly cromulent word.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Of course