I saw three teenage girls looking at the shirts that have sayings (“Can’t sleep, the clowns will eat me” “I’m no longer a danger to society” “I’m lost. Please take me home with you?” etc.). Here is the disturbing part. They had trouble reading them. Allow me to try to demonstrate:
“I’m… uh… no… uh… longer a… uhm… dang…er … uh… to… uh.. soci…ety…”
(pause while they think about it)
“Oh.. haha!”
So I decided to sit and watch people come up and read the shirts. And I saw this again and again. People having trouble reading one sentence. I see it when I wear similar shirts or when I have people read what I’ve written. There is a serious problem with illiteracy. And it is not like I’m looking for people to read novels. One sentence is too much?! What the hell has happened to “education” and to standards; people cannot read anymore.
It makes me sick. I love to read, personally, but I do not expect everyone to be like me. However, I do expect that everyone should have access to an education that allows them to read one sentence… and cognate it at the same time. It’s pretty disgusting and disturbing to see this and I am just done. We need to stop playing reality and start living reality. I do not want people looking down on me for being “young” or being without a “degree” and yet I can walk mental circles around them.
Go and read something, it might be good for your mind.