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Just as the title asks I've noticed a very sharp increase in people just straight up not comprehending what they're reading.

They'll read it and despite all the information being there, if it's even slightly out of line from the most straightforward sentence structure, they act like it's complete gibberish or indecipherable.

Has anyone else noticed this? Because honestly it's making me lose my fucking mind.

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[โ€“] snor10@lemm.ee 28 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Is this what it's like to have a stroke?

[โ€“] BigMoe@lemmy.zip 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh thank goodness I thought it was just me. When I read that I thought 'dang covid messed me up'

Been a few years since having covid, but my wife and I both feel like we lost some memory and brain power from it, even though we were both vaccinated and had less evere symptoms than others.

In our 30s by the way

[โ€“] cubedsteaks@lemmy.today 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

nah its a copypasta internet meme from waaay back in the day. Probably like around 2004.

[โ€“] jungle@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Shhh! Don't tell them my age!

[โ€“] Madison420@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Depends on where really.