to think some people can't read?

[SomeoneElseEntirelyNow]

Caveat - I proofread and edit for a living, so this is a particular bugbear of mine.

Literally every thread I've been on today has been derailed by someone making a statement that is clearly contradicted by information from the OP, or jumping down the throat of a PP because of something they never wrote, or asking questions that are already answered, and then getting their knickers in a twist about it.

I can understand skim reading, i do it myself, but if you're going to start hurling invective at strangers online, surely you'd double check what you've chosen to get mouthy about first? Or are the type of people who froth at the mouth over things that are nothing to do with them just not that good at reading comprehension?

People

You are assuming that everyone comes on here to be a reasonable sensible supportive person.

I rather suspect many people come here mainly for the cake punching.

On the whole, posts are very literate with little textspeak, slang, or incoherant r

Oh the irony... I duck from an errant child and hit post...

I agree OP. Obviously some people don't have a great reading ability, or just don't have time to read the thing properly, but then surely you'd just not post a reply to something when you don't need to.

Equally, I feel like I'm coming across more and more OPs who can't make themselves understood when posting their question. Either they leave out vital context, or they ramble on for ages about irrelevant stuff. Again, obviously sometimes it's a case of posting in a hurry and forgetting to put in some detail, but time and time again I'm reading posts and I haven't got a clue what the poster is trying to ask.

... incoherent ramblings.

It is rarely a literacy issue. Most posters have at least a functional use of English.

It is more fixed agendas, laziness or trolling.
I'll be generous and throw in exhaustion too.