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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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[-] schmorpel@slrpnk.net 15 points 1 year ago

Thanks for putting it in words so well. These days I have to default to 'no thanks' for most information arriving in front of my face or I get quickly overwhelmed or distracted. Re-learning how to find the important stuff in an ever-changing media landscape takes up quite some energy, especially as the brain gets older.

[-] Moghul@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

I have the exact same thing. I have to 'work' to 'pay attention' to text nowadays. I can spend hours painting minis or roaming a museum, but there's something about text nowadays that almost pushes my attention away.

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