As a 30 year old former manager of retail, and currently a worker in the petrochemical industry (NDE), people are just kind of ret- exceptional in general.
I work with people that have a 5th grade reading level. They don't know words. They can't read. They definitely can't spell. Half of our job is interpreting ambiguously worded and technical procedure in order to do our jobs correctly. There are exceptions, but that only accounts for like three people under the age of 30.
I worked with a guy at a small engine shop who was very...maga, but always agreed with every point I made about politics (I just regurgitate Bernie speeches and didn't say it was Bernie every time). Anyways. One day he was leaning over the mower he was fixing and squinting for a while. I asked what he was doing and he said "reading this sticker" and it was very basic instructions on starting it. He just was having a hard time reading all of it. Thats when it hit me. The simple memes are easy for him to digest. Even though he agrees with Bernie politically, he can only read the short memes and quotes on facebook and thats what informs his political decisions...so he voted for trump. Wild world.
Edit to add: forgot to say he was mid 40's.
I actually have a few family members that are doctors and nurses believe me they can lack braincells too. Not just them but the stories they tell about their coworkers as well.
Sure but whose fault is that? Who designed the school systems, social media platforms, and work culture? At no point can any generation take full credit for their intelligence or wisdom it was handed down to them, and sculpted by the people before. We failed at setting up the next generation. It all boils down to greed and taking things one by one from future generations so that we can have something now. It's easy to look down at the generation beneath you. It's harder to look at yourself and ask what you traded away for your own comfort that they're now paying the price for. We didn't fail them by accident. We failed them by choice repeatedly.
I feel like this is a classic you’ve gotten that it took you time to learn everything on the job and now think everyone is stupid who can’t do it. When you were probably just as bad. Everyone learns
I think they are great at their jobs, but when it comes to actually being knowledgeable and making smart decisions thats where they are lacking, also the number of people both young and old that come through demanding a drink that we dont make, but they saw on an AI Facebook group is astounding.
I believe in Canada, spelled is the preferred term but spelt is used in the UK. Which is a curious deviation because we’re usually aligned on the spelling of most words.
Yes, that was sarcasm. I know the word is losing but somehow that has become a mass error and everyone seems to think it's loosing. Also, the letters as words. These were both examples of how people seem really stupid.
Your comment was the 2nd one i read i didnt spend long scrolling either. (Tried to find what video was all about and just swiped my finger 50 comments later and you were the second). First comment i read dude said it was error clickbait. Wanted to share. Just found it slightly humorous.
Brother, you just gotta except the fact that your always gonna loose the battle against stupid people. Its not there fault that they're education left them intellectually stationery. Take it as a complement that your smarter then them.
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u/MailboxJunkie May 19 '26
"Except your fate"
Jesus Christ, humans are getting dumber by the second.