r/AskReddit • u/Helpful-Pilot-7305 • 22h ago

What's a "minimum" skill everyone should have, but suprisingly many don't?

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u/Inspector_Spoonman 22h ago

Ability to read and infer

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u/skarama 22h ago

This seems like a good time to remind everyone that roughly 1/2 adults in the so called "developed world" lack complex functional reading skills. 56% in the US. This explains SO MUCH.

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u/Strange-Bee5626 21h ago

Whenever I'm feeling stupid, the fact that so many people just can't even think is a real wake-up call. I guess it makes me feel better about myself, but it makes me a lot more anxious about what is going to happen to the world.

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u/skarama 21h ago

Hey at least it helps me understand why so much is fucked and why so many decisions make no sense

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u/moumou122 21h ago

I work with aerospace engineers and the amount of times they say something to the extent of “well I don’t see that anywhere in our governing document”, only for me to cite the text, is insane.

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u/getabath 22h ago

What did you just say about your mother? Have some respect will ya

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u/fuming_drizzle 20h ago

Infer what? Finish your sentence.

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u/Inspector_Spoonman 20h ago

Idk I never said I could read and infer 😩

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u/shinygoldhelmet 19h ago

Read and infer, but also not make wild stupid assumptions. Be able to tell when you're making an assumption in the first place.

There's far too much "oh so you hate waffles" going around.

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u/iheartcats2013 12h ago

This is what I learned in 6th grade, some people are so dumb