AIBU to think people are getting… thicker? Not just ‘bit slow on a Monday’ thick, but ‘can’t read a basic sentence without spiralling into nonsense’ thick.
You see it constantly on here. Someone writes a clear post: paragraphs, punctuation, even the odd line break. And the replies come from people who’ve either skimmed one word and filled in the rest with fever dreams, or who seem to think reading comprehension is some sort of woke conspiracy.
Post: Neighbour offered me Battenberg after reversing into my fence, do I accept or ask for cash?
Replies:
- ‘Why are you so anti-cake?’
- ‘Maybe it was your fault for having a fence.’
- ‘You should be grateful she reversed slowly.’
- ‘My mother died in a freak fence collision and I find this offensive.’
- ‘Fences are a capitalist construct.’
The leap in logic. The total inability to process what’s actually been written. It’s like everyone’s brain has been replaced with a malfunctioning Alexa.
No one seems to follow a thread anymore, let alone a thought. You’ll get replies that directly contradict the post or themselves. Tangents about school shoes, astrology, or ‘back in my day we didn’t have fences’.
It’s not just here either. It’s emails, conversations, work meetings. Words go in, soup comes out. We’re a nation of people who couldn’t pass Year 6 reading SATs but think they should be in charge of policy decisions.
Anyway. Fence is fine. Battenberg was dry. Mind is unravelling.