Self-professed misogynist influencer Andrew Tate believes reading is for people with “slow brains,” according to a recent resurfaced clip of him on X. In the video, Tate is seen bragging that his brain is too advanced for reading and that he’d rather be in constant chaos.
“I’m too smart to read. I know you’re sitting there going ‘smart people read’… no. I need action. I need constant chaos in my life to feel content. I need to be driving a supercar and f—ing fighting, f—ing a bunch of hoes and champagne… going crazy.”
idiocracy overlord
Tell me you can’t read without telling me you can’t read.
rage bait for internet points. pass
Who needs ideas? Just depend on the Holy Word Of Trump. /s
Can we stop posting / sharing what that guy does? Why do we keep him relevant?
He’s a media producer, and he ain’t producing books. Of course he’s going to tell his audience books don’t matter.
Ahahahahahahaha!
That shithead rapist doesnt deserve the time of day
Funniest thing I’ve heard all day.
Tell that to the snowflakes here that are oh-so-upset this was even posted.
The only difference between Maga morons and of some liberal snowflakes here is what they find triggering.
I mean one side has literal Nazis, is building detention facilities while sending a poorly militia into cities to arrest and attempt to disappear people without any charges, the other side just wants a half-assed European social democracy (because you know the Democratic party is currently captured and unwilling to make any meaningful change that isn’t incremental and trivial to reverse)
I know he’s young, but this guy can’t shake off the mortal coil soon enough. Fuck him forever.
Given how dumb this guy demonstrates himself to be daily, I’m astonished he’s managed to live this long.
I’ll fly to Romania to piss on his grave.
We can make it a group tour.
An proven moron said something mind numbingly stupid. News at 10…
Why do people keep giving this idiot exposure?
He upsets people which facebook and most other social media designers view as an important way to keep users engaged.
Sounds like my manager who legit uses openAI as a fucking search engine.
Make friends with your IT guy, devise a plan to block the correct web domains for the 2 hours ahead of any company meeting to let that problem sort itself out.
Stop make stupid people famous. Negative attention is also attention.
Agreed. I will never understand how these people got famous. I do understand that they are manipulative and all that, but still… For manipulative people to be successful, one needs to be manipulated. I think this says more about the manipulated (and society overall) than it does about these manipulative, stupid, pieces of shit.
We will always have unscrupulous pieces of shit. The fact that society is choosing to make these people famous, and “powerful”, is dystopian. Absolutely pathetic.
Who’s more foolish? The fool, or the fool that follows him?
Kinda wish we didn’t have to ponder this specific question.
You can report on the damage a trash person does without writing “trash person says…”. At some point, “X says Y” became a news trope and its godawefull.
Functionally illiterate moron insists he’s “Too smart to read.”
Functionally illiterate moron, sex trafficker and rapist insists he’s “Too smart to read.”
What does it say about the society that he is so much better off than me?
He was born rich and wealth taxes don’t effectively exist.
Good catch.
Is there any proof that he can read?
21% of the U.S. is illiterate, with 54% topping out at a 6th grade reading level. Meaning 75% of the U.S. reads at a middle school level, at best… So this clown trying to convince people he’s in the 25% of folks able to read above a 6th grade level is legitimately hilarious!
And this grifting fuck knows that, because that 75% is exactly who he is trying to tap into by appealing to their ignorance.
Keep in mind that these people vote for reality show actors - we are screwed.
21% of the US adults or are children included in that? I’d love to see where you’re getting these stats too.
That’s just for adults, for children the data ranks the States against one another rather than giving an average illiteracy percentage like with adults. Here’s a top tier link on the topic: https://www.thinkimpact.com/literacy-statistics
Original source: https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/do-adults-have-the-skills-they-need-to-thrive-in-a-changing-world_b263dc5d-en/full-report.html
Another review of the source material for good measure: https://www.crossrivertherapy.com/research/literacy-statistics
Interesting how the percentage increases near cities.
It’s all just blue. Terrible color choice to demonstrate any sort of regional differences. It looks like the USA is covered in denim.
MIddle school level is a very generous on the current generation in grade school. MATH is equally as bad english, 9-10th grade level at best as a hs graduate. alot of the problems with english and math in k-12 it is never enforced to learn, they expect you to know those skills at those level some how when you reach particular grade.
I don’t use algebra, calculus etc. in my daily life, but I sure speak and read English every single day regardless of what I am doing.
Not sure why you’d expect everyone to know high level math when we don’t use it.
Algebra is far from high-level math.
I was listing types of math I was forced to learn that I never really use
You should really try using algebra, it’s quite handy.
It’s quite handy… When you have a need for it. Which I do not in my daily life.
I’m not an anti-math Luddite or something. I just don’t often have a need to solve for an unknown term in a math problem in my life in the day to day.
Just because my life doesn’t require it every day doesn’t mean I wouldn’t know when to use it.
54% topping out at a 6th grade reading level.
I’ve seen this stat floated a thousand times, from the same single source.
I’ve yet to have anyone lay out what 8th grade reading level statement 54% of the population can’t understand.
Prose literacy: Can you read a newspaper article and understand the main points?
Document literacy: Can you fill out a job application or interpret a map?
Quantitative literacy: Can you balance a checkbook or understand a chart with multiple data points?
Someone reading at a 6th-grade level can handle most day-to-day reading tasks. They can read their prescription bottles, follow basic instructions, and understand straightforward news articles.
What they struggle with is synthesizing complex information from multiple sources, drawing inferences from technical documents, or navigating websites with multiple layers of information.
It’s worth noting that the editorial standards set for most news outlets are at the 6th grade reading level.
Any higher and news outlets start to severely limit their potential audience.
Checking out readability formulas, like the Flesch‑Kincaid grade level formula, should help to clear things up a bit. But in general, a 6th grade reading level is where concrete language, moderate sentence length, and single step reasoning all align. Adding abstract vocab, multiple embedded clauses, or deep cultural references push text above a 6th grade level.
Why even bother with this. Ugh. Just writing here is icky.
Isn’t this kind of thing the point of the sub? Looks like an onion headline, but it’s real.
That said - i do get it’s a bit depressing and probably doesn’t pass the vibe test.
With all the whining about this post you’d think it was a Bad Bunny post in a Maga sub.
Most people think this is hilarious.
a dirtbag famous for being a dirtbag - i’ll be entertained when he gets put out of commission
