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More than half of USAmericans can't read to a sixth grade level, what does this actually mean? (hexbear.net)
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Like, in a practical sense? Do you have any stories or examples from your life?

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[–] Alaskaball@hexbear.net 39 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

so lets go a bit more in depths on the topic, what other lessons did you get out of 1984?

[–] HumanBehaviorByBjork@hexbear.net 10 points 1 day ago

oh shit i'm 20 years overdue on that book report!

[–] CloutAtlas@hexbear.net 22 points 1 day ago

Aside from the seminal "Shake It Off" (which itself has been analysed by scholars to death), 1984 shows Taylor Swift's writing prowess with bars such as

"Now we got bad blood/ You know it used to be mad love."

[–] Vingst@hexbear.net 38 points 1 day ago

what other lessons did you get out of 1984?

that i should sport a mustache if i want to be taken seriously