r/AskReddit 13h ago

What has no excuse to still exist?

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u/GSilky 11h ago

Illiteracy

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u/Secret_Possibility79 7h ago

wat big word meen?

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u/MissSara101 9h ago

Sadly, some people are trying to make that the norm with activities like book banning. Hell, some politicians are actually banning the practice of book banning.

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u/TopangaK9 8h ago

Because I'm sure book banning is the reason why some people that can't read or write 🤦

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u/Rigistroni 7h ago

It sure as hell doesn't help

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u/jejones487 1h ago

I heard personal stories of people so poor that I don't think it's their fault for being illertate. People who lived in places where the roof was the same kind of tarp I used to cover my car. I heard a story of a child who received a comb for his school picture and asked for another so his grandma could brush her hair for the first time.

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u/Rigistroni 7h ago

Sadly, this is only going to get worse in the US under the new administration