Can you give a pertinent example of the Dumbing Down of America?!
Question: only 3 in 10 people who read this will know what pertinent means
Answers: only 3 in 10 people who read this will know what pertinent means
Britney Spears.
reality tv
The use of "text" speak in a culture that already has atrocious spelling and grammar.
By the way, nice use of punctuation, capitalization and spelling! I'm going to give you a star!
ebonics. reality TV. the Disney Channel. Texting. young kids idolizing people like Brittney Spears; ..... shall i continue?
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*edit* VN: that's funny. sad and true, but funny.
Leaf: Yes i agree. Texting. omg lyke mi bff 4 reel. *sighs*
*sighs* spell check...... :P
Fuzzy math.
(They actually penalized a kid for getting the correct answer instead of getting "near" it!!!)
Use of triple exclamation points.
Internet shorthand.
A sign above a water fountain that says "water fountain". Really it's a water fountain? Aww man I guess I'll have to wait for the sun to go down for it to dispense hard liquor.