• MNByChoice@midwest.social
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    1 month ago

    I doubt he is being labelled “dumb” due to being illiterate.

    Doing no research prior to setting out is a great reason to call him dumb.

    • Midnight Wolf@lemmy.world
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      1 month ago

      Though lack of research because you can’t read is a bit of a speed bump in the whole “doing research” process

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        1 month ago

        Maybe this is explained somewhere if I could be bothered to research it, but how can he be actually illiterate?

        He has an instagram account. How is he reading anything to do with it if he’s illiterate? Sub numbers, password resets, comments? How would he even know people are watching if he can’t read numbers?

        • idiomaddict@lemmy.world
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          30 days ago

          Illiteracy is not binary. If he reads at a second grade level (sounding out, length of word and difficulty of spelling being barriers to correct reading)