More (not so) fun facts:
54% of American adults read below a 6th grade level.
21% read below a 5th grade level, which is considered functionally illiterate.
High immigration numbers don't fully explain it either, as first gen immigrants only make up about 1/3 of those with low literacy.
This sounds like a cope someone would come up with to explain why they watch Joe Rogan.
Is that something Joe Rogan has said? I legitimately don't understand what you are saying here.
Are you saying I'm coping about actually being stupid? Because I am stupid in certain ways. Just not in the ways that I wish I was.
So sure, I am coping... just not because I listen to Joe Rogan because I don't.
Have you not spent time around groups of people and been painfully aware that what they're talking about is incredibly simple and vacuous? And wanted to rip the flesh off of your face in sheer frustrated boredom but you just nod and be polite?
I've also been around people smarter than me, and I find it way more enjoyable. I'm the likeable dumb guy, learning things about what the experts around me know about.
I wasn't trying to call you out or anything, I was just making a joke about how people who listen to Joe Rogan are stupid. Idk if he's actually said that, but if he has, then that's hilarious. It fits my mental image of him perfectly.
Again, not trying to dunk on you or anything, but are you autistic? I've never met anyone like this IRL, only le redditeurs trying to be edgy online, but I suppose someone on the spectrum might actually feel that way in some situations? I legitimately don't know, and am not trying to use "autistic" in a derogatory way here.
As an example, I'm the only software engineer in my social circle, and don't ever feel like that around people even when they're saying really stupid things about a topic I'm an expert in. If you find yourself getting frustrated with people in those situations, I think it's a sign that you have shitty social skills, not that you're smarter than everyone.
I am autistic, and if someone doesn't have at least a rudimentary level of knowledge on important shit like politics, philosophy, science, etc. I'm not going to assume its because they are an expert in something else. I'm going to assume its because they are incurious and/or focused on fundamentally pointless stuff. They may or may not actually be interested in this stuff but its usually stuff that will gain them social advantage and financial benefit with other people also into said pointless stuff.
If one cares about the most recent celebrity gossip or gets angry when someone is a fan of a rival sports team, but say, shows no interest in the nature of dark energy & expansion of the universe or the effects of free will's lack of existence on justice: They are going to have an uphill battle to convince me they aren't a fucking troglodyte. Unfortunately, there are like, ten of these sorts of people for every one person who is the reverse.
Have you ever been trapped in a conversation with your racist, MAGA uncle? I'm assuming he meant that.