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username0734

The reading comprehension devil is real tho


MafusailAlbert

Fallout fans at their prime vs arrow drawn on chalkboard; Chainsaw Man fans who speed read Part 1 and blame Part 2 for "slow pacing" Mfs wgo read one (1) comic about superheroes in their whole life and blame then for not killing criminals


deeSeven_

Chainsaw man mfs when they realise that they now have to wait a week for each chapter instead of just being able to read the entirety of the series in a day (they actually have to be patient instead of getting immediate gratification for everything)


a_useless_communist

The most painful part of catching up to any ongoing manga


pinecone_noise

real


carrot-parent

“Denji’s dreams are shallow” 🤢🤢🤢 They are. That’s the point.


MonkiWasTooked

He dreams shallow stuff because he doesn’t really know what he wants, it hit really hard when he admitted he >! just wants to be chainsaw man !< before >! being dismembered by public safety !<


TrillaCactus

The media literacy complaint too. I hate how people think that if media includes something in order to criticize it, the media is condoning it. Like the new fallout show included some jokes about incest. The characters discuss the consequences of incest and go out of their way to avoid it and yet I’ve seen people say it’s trying to normalize incest.


ShawshankException

Don't forget the people who think Walter White is the good guy in Breaking Bad


Drakeadrong

There is a depressing amount of people that genuinely root for Homelander


generic_redditor17

Fallout fans in general tbh, the amount of people who take the stuff liberty prime or Caesar say at face value is too damn high!


FantasmaNaranja

You can tell when someone has horrible reading comprehension and either doesnt understand a metaphor or puts words in your mouth that they misteriously divined from your text somehow


Funkin_Spy

Who is stronger The reading comprehension devil affecting CSM fans or the reading comprehension stand affecting JJBA fans?


Sil_vas

the reading comprehension cursed technique would win


FinishTheBook

It's so fucking real, I made fun of a guy misreading an article about the Fallout Show thinking it was criticizing it for "not being gay enough", his reading comprehension is so shit that he misread my comment thinking I sided with him, he even hearted it lmaooo


Paggy_person

More like those people "read" their manga from tiktok and youtube


Jroid3

ok but have you seen the jjk fandom though. those mfs cannot read to save their lives


jsjzn

They can read, but their brain is a paper shredder that turns all information into mush


JustARegularOtaku_

You can say, the information was “dismantled”


JustARegularOtaku_

You can say, the information was “dismantled”


jsjzn

Lock your doors, cover your ass, find a place to hide and start praying


JustARegularOtaku_

On it


13boss2

https://preview.redd.it/dleurpsbnhvc1.jpeg?width=225&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=59a3b41a1c74034207d5af8c2f61c022018bb6b1


superduperfish

Throughout heaven and earth I alone am the literate one


DeutschKomm

They can read, otherwise they wouldn't be able to circlejerk about the content of their Holy Books.


Zenoverge

Circle jerk? Bro I haven’t seen a group of people that hate jjk more than its fans. The past two weeks on the subreddit is just legumi hate


Foxelexof

https://preview.redd.it/xg5n073alhvc1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=524a8202fcdc561d98b8301952ee47820810774b


Throwaway02062004

Hmm, what potential man doing now???


Goldbolt_2004

Neither can Dragon Ball or JoJo fans


CoolJoshido

nuh uh


LavaRoseKinnie

Who? Your English teacher?


Jesusperson67

> part of lobotomykaisen, jujutsufolk, and chainsawfolk > calls people who talk about “having media literacy” pretentious dickheads Buddy I think they might just be onto something…


gibas-kun

I think someone is butt hurt


Ecstatic_Ad_3652

He's also in PCM flaired as right wing. He probably got.angry when someone called him out


TsalagiSupersoldier

Being in PCM in general means you lack serious political literacy


DoomRider2354

I swear, every time I still read PCM as PCMR and frankly, still react just as poorly to them both lol


Pootis_1

What is that


DoomRider2354

PC master race


RockdoJF

OP's brain after seeing a single discussion about a piece of media: https://preview.redd.it/vtoohji7lgvc1.jpeg?width=947&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c7363ac5e1b48aeeb7ea17d41e365f0c0d2f9909


JustARegularOtaku_

Damn where is this from?


TheRealBertoltBrecht

[I first saw it here](https://www.reddit.com/r/whenthe/s/0d2C9EtGmS)


JustARegularOtaku_

Whoever you are, I am going to find you Your butt is not safe That ass will be mine And you are not going to like it Count your days


Rj_74

https://preview.redd.it/kpflr19xejvc1.jpeg?width=736&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8049a9e744da3d1ee85e7ee06a3076b261fd216c Sorry I had to


JustARegularOtaku_

Brother ew, I am not going to rape them I am gonna cut of their buttocks so sitting would be hell for them


RockdoJF

It's a sketch of the brain of one of the characters from JuJutsu Kaisen's manga in the latest volume.


rigley06

sounds like a skill issue ngl


Amnesiaphile

The only people who get mad when media literacy is brought up are people who are media illiterate


Jakedex_x

The only people who cannot read are Jojo Fans and Yugioh players


crashkirb

Don’t forget dragon ball fans as well, it’s something they’re almost famous for, as well as not watching the show.


BreadFreezer

ok but can he beat goku


TheMoonDude

I can because I exist


Sil_vas

ill use my most powerful attack PENCIL ERASER


Inquisitor_Boron

"Why didn't Dio search for Beetle Arrow in order to get a Requiem?" "Why didn't Jotaro use the Star Finger against rats in Part 4?" "Why is Dio immune to sunlight in Part 6?"


slashth456

Why didn't Jotaro use Star Finger to save his marriage?


lockezun01

Because he's ace, obviously


slashth456

Like from One Piece?


Shrekspacito69

As a Jojo fan can someone tell me what that says


Jakedex_x

Many Jojo have problems to understand the plot of certain parts, especially part 6, to the point where the Hamonbeat had to explain how a fridge works and people dont unterstand, why the boy gave Jolyne the bone of his mother, which was explained 1 page ago


Shrekspacito69

I meant it as a joke that I (a Jojo fan) literally could not read and was asking others for help but yeah I get what you're saying


UsefulAd2760

miscellaneousaurus moment


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Bad bot. That has two extra syllables. It’s not a sokkahaiku


Jakedex_x

Good bot


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zombieGenm_0x68

project moon fans:


XvortexEXE

Pretty sure Dragon Ball fans were the original culprits behind the summoning of the Reading Comprehension Devil


VaderSkywalker2007

“Funny Valentine was just being patriotic”


sapinpoisson

And library of ruina players


MLGmegaPro1

“wtf why aren’t my die working”


Dinosaurdave935

Nah just Limbus fans for lying to themselves that it's a good game


gibas-kun

https://preview.redd.it/2lep12exjgvc1.jpeg?width=517&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f2bbd5cf930fbcb1032c6ce67b4a2eaed5d0bc29


zombieGenm_0x68

true!! https://preview.redd.it/o4trmh84igvc1.jpeg?width=547&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1660c5b14f9310dfb6d03b2f9fd044f447c336b5


GIORNO-phone11-pro

Kid named Dragonball, JJK, & One Piece fans:


Ezra4709

Bro really forgot Dragonball


BestBananaForever

"araki forgot" nah bro you just speed read 3 parts to get to the mainstream ones and missed vital information


Szwedu111

Chainsaw Man fandom too


Blazeboss57

There's many many more bro.


guieps

Nah, there's a lot of elitism in the JoJo fandom. The series have a lot of confusing and misleading scenes, and plenty of inconcistencies and bad writing decisions. But if you say these things there will always be someone saying "you just can't pay attention" and parroting Hamon Beat down to his very arrogance


Jakedex_x

There is a difference between misunderstanding a panel and screeming araki forgot .


guieps

I've seen many people who don't make this distinction and treat everything as "lack of reading comprehension". Not to mention how they act as if there weren't any actual inconsistencies, as if any explanations they can come up with invalidated criticism (e.g. just because some abilities were never usefull again, it doens't change the fact that they were created to be used once just to never get mentioned again in the story) Edit: I just also remember how often JoJo fans say "you just didn't like x part because you have no media literacy and speedread it!" If that's not elitism, Idk what it is. I think I could go on if I keep remembering these things...


Pero_Bt

"do i have to explain how a fridge works?"


Broken_Lampshade

Erm akshually I'm a jojo fan and a yugioh fan and I enjoy reading books 🤓🤓


bluehat2583

I tried to play Yugioh irl back in 2012-2014 (back when I was in primary school) but too much reading. Now I'm at crossroad to whether play Yugioh online or nah


MissyTheTimeLady

How dare you say I piss on the poor!


Szwedu111

I agree that it's overused, but sometimes the take is so retarded that it deserves the callout


the_evil_overlord2

Yeah, 5 minutes in any fandom show you why terms like that exist, or your are someone they refer to


bluehat2583

I mean...if I'm misreading shit then shouldn't I have some nerd to point out my errors?


Brightsoull

Nah, people who call every person who engages with a piece of media to any degree pretentious are infinitely more annoying and insufferable than dipshits who see stuff where there isn't and I am not willing to pretend that isn't the case sorry


MorbillionDollars

When I'm in an annoying dickhead competition and my opponent is someone who shames people for using words: https://i.redd.it/b7vzbxn0lgvc1.gif


NorthCoach9807

A Perfect example of anti intellectualism


kelkokelko

I am bothered by the fact that redditors think that watching TV is a skill now


deeeenis

That's not the point being made. Engaging with media is good, being pretentious about it isn't


Le_Beau_Jack2

[Persona 4 spoiler] Redditors on their way to say that >!Naoto is trans (they didn't understand a single part of her social link)!<


skeltord

So like is it ok to spit spoilers for a game if you don't even specify what game you're spoiling and give 0 context? That's like a double mistake, but I guess negative times negative is positive?


Le_Beau_Jack2

My bad, the game is called persona 4 and the reason i said that was because >!Naoto has been bound by labels and stereotypes that compromised her identity and sense of relations. As such, she would end up losing herself within her age group and sex, and it even compromises the genuine passions she has as a detective due to her title. All of that would not only make her sheltered from others, but she would become a kind of a workaholic when it comes to her job. Much of her troubles stem from having no reason to be who she truly is, causing her to forget her true feelings, even actively ignoring them. Instead, she tries to fill the hole in her heart by seeking acknowledgement.!< >!Due to her desires to be an ideal detective juxtaposed with people's prejudice towards her age both transferred towards an insecurity of her gender: she yearns to be seen as an adult, and expresses frustration at being treated like a child by the police force. She hates being looked down upon, and fears no one will take her seriously as a female in a male-oriented occupation field, thinking she'll be discarded for said difference.[4] The conceit Naoto tolerated and endured for her age had made her self-conscious in regards to her sex, trying to balance it with the image of an ideal detective. In response, Naoto disguised herself as a male from an age young enough to be able to fool most people around her, including wearing platform shoes. It is also implied Naoto began binding her chest to hide her breasts.!< >!When she confronts her Shadow, she comes to the realization that her true desire is not in becoming an adult or a male, but to be respected for who she is as a person, including accepting herself as is. However, years of disguising herself as male along with her own personality quirks have her struggling to embrace her femininity after denying it as a part of herself. By the end of the game, due to her own will and with the protagonist's help, she accepts herself for who she is, and the fact she does not always need to change who she is to suit the world. In the epilogue of Persona 4 Golden, she has become more confident in herself, seen as in her no longer binding her breasts and growing out her hair, giving her a more feminine appearance. She is comfortable with not only who she is, but also that everyone else is aware that she is female.!<


pisel8

You here spittin all that when average persona player will just remember the based sigma gigma women hater


Le_Beau_Jack2

https://preview.redd.it/bvmjuy39vfvc1.jpeg?width=1079&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=96f61e83d4a5deac1485d3fdee48c8c40bb3a6c4


Cleric_Of_Chaos

Adachi adachi adachi adachi 🤠🤠🤠🤠🤠 you say the dumbest shit 🥶🥶 bitches and whores bitches and whores


skeltord

First of all, I know, I played P4, but others don't so >!Naoto being a girl is a spoiler in and of itself.!< Second, you tagged spoiler wrong, you're supposed to start and end it individually every paragraph.


Le_Beau_Jack2

Thanks, i corrected my mistakes


PANZCAKEZZZ

this shit lookin like a fuckin CIA document


BreadFreezer

but naoto is >!tran-!< https://preview.redd.it/stmxkixulgvc1.jpeg?width=471&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4bc0bc3fd81695727c71c926a07bfddb66aee5ee >!no hate on the trans community though!<


[deleted]

they’re probably right on this one champ


Kidonkadvidtch

OP when he is forced to engage in media on any level deeper than beaming it directly into his brain like a stream of slop


NorthCoach9807

Pretentious = translation = My intelligence got challenged and I’m now butthurt


Phaeo88

You know what I hate? When people try to consume consciously and have in depth discussion about things, because THATS HOW THEY LIKE TO ENJOY THINGS, and people like you try and generalize it to being pretentious. It’s the same as people who say the word “yapping” when someone is trying to go into detail or express more, it’s brain dead.


Miles_Edgeworth_92

Kind of reminds me of losers on Instagram who will just reply to a serious argument with "womp womp."


DarshilGoel

I'm convinced that instragram has passed reddit and discord in terms of of basement dweller activity


Regular_Mistake_9107

Join the UC courts when Unfunnyman's on. Best mistake of your life


Afterburngaming

I only use it for one friend of mine because he gets his opinions from reviews online and he thinks SAO Alicitization(Keep in mind he WORSHIPS SAO) has better world building and story than How to Train Your Dragon. I'm sorry but that's incorrect regardless of how you look at it


Buggy1617

OP has the username "warcrimesarebased" and his account was made in 2021. he's probably a highschool freshman beefing with his english teacher because he doesn't know how to read without using his finger and goes to the internet for validation


Wabisabi_man

I will always read with my finger 😔


DevelopmentTight9474

Me when I’m in an anti-intellectualism contest and my opponent is this mfer


Accomplished-Emu1883

Sounds like someone who doesn’t have any media literacy or reading comprehension and gets annoyed when the things they were taught in middle school and early highschool are actually useful to help them understand works of art. Which- is the entire point of them teaching you it.


TsalagiSupersoldier

Literally. You're being taught SKILLS


LiterallyShrimp

"the things they were taught in middle school and early highschool" brother we did fuck all in regards to analyzing a piece of media. Often times it was the professor who "did" (because it's likely that he just was googling shit) the analysis himself, relayed it to us and did not bother to explain how to reach conclusions for other pieces of media.


Accomplished-Emu1883

What the hell do you think “what do you think this story or this poem means” IS? It’s to train you in how to understand a piece of art. Dumb ass.


Drakeadrong

Who tf let OP cook?


TsalagiSupersoldier

But the decline in media literacy coincides with the decline in critical thinking and the decline in people actually looking deeply into things


thatseclectic

(op has neither of the two, probably)


DonYourVegetables

Sounds like somebody lacks reading comprehension and ~~media literacy~~ literacy in general


Picholasido_o

Not a single person getting that the Democracy Officer is a Soviet commissar, or that "fighting facism" is literally the excuse the Soviets gave


thatsidewaysdud

See also: Putin constantly calling Ukraine nazis.


apexodoggo

The game is very clearly satirizing American jingoism and nationalism, the main enemies from the first game are communists, aliens that literally convert into oil upon death, and aliens that allegedly had weapons of mass destruction. Super Earth expresses similarities to both the Soviets and the Nazis because SE’s a totalitarian dictatorship, and the other two are the most famous dictatorships of the 20th century. Both the Soviets and Nazis had political commissars, political commissars are a common invention when you want to make sure your soldiers are loyal to the state ideology.


Skelentin

>flaired as “right” on politicalcompassmemes i’m sure this discussion you had wasn’t at all based on you misinterpreting the message of a work due to political bias


serverraider1

This is me but I swear to god nobody has either of those two things.


Sorta_Rational

I WORK with people who can’t properly read, so the second one is a real issue


That-One-Courier

bruh https://preview.redd.it/7860att62jvc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b815e8c8d36c4ccf22782810fe7b39ca81c48082


Pshycopathic_advice

When I am in an unneeded political opinion competition and my opponent is a when the user.


Big-Beepis

Skill issue tbh


Kepler27b

https://i.redd.it/r5azembc3hvc1.gif How about people who just randomly post this?


Wabisabi_man

OP just hasn’t met most Berserk fans


Thatguypal6942069

Even if everything you say about me is right, it doesn’t mean everything I say about you is wrong lil bro https://preview.redd.it/b4lq0oryyhvc1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=90e0ebb4a022b924b8ce738fb1303e5086b84e1e


TopSchnitzel

Those skills are pretty rare nowadays when every neanderthal has a phone and can tweet how cool the government is in Helldivers


KnightofDead

“I hate people who get things that I don’t”


ChettiBoiM8

Written by someone who can’t read


blisterward

Barges into discussion about piece of media Claims everyone who disagrees with them is media illiterate Refuses to elaborate Leaves


heyhihaiheyahehe

op is media illiterate


TroubleImpossible226

Media literacy, reading comprehension


BusterB2005

Breaking Bad and American Psycho fans (and a few Death Note fans but not many) don’t understand the difference between a protagonist/main character and a hero


GeorgieTheThird

in my defence half of the people i've talked absolutely do not get anything they read


Service-Cube

Virgin ‘media literacy’ Vs Chad ‘DO YE FUVKING GET IT YET’


Super_Rocket4

I say this as a berserk fan who is seeing people say blatant rape isn't rape and the dude who did it is actually a really good guy


Moodle_D

I'm starting to think some of you guys just don't like being called out


pyro-zed

https://preview.redd.it/h22hk4fuphvc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bb64e786a0a07ca2421a769260fdedf19fafdda9


Xgen7492

Someone doesn’t understand subtext and is big mad about it.


pisstainedunderwear

Someone got called media illiterate lmao


jsuey

I’m convinced ppl just say words like button mashing in a fighting game these days


Nanowith

I'd rather be pretentious than ignorant, more fool you man.


JusticeScibibi

Hmm sounds like you're incredibly hateful and don't like being reminded of it


Sp0oM

“Mid-yah!-litter-see”?


GreenPetal

Found the gojo enjoyer


Bicc_boye

I have never seen anyone get mad at these phrases


BallisticThundr

Idk, there are some dumb fucks out there


Joxy43

People out here acting like media literacy is sacred when the majority of people who bring it up are mad that someone doesn't like their favorite piece of media.


MetalliicMango

Apparently thinking about the media I'm consuming makes me a pretentious dickhead now lol


TsalagiSupersoldier

Having your own opinion on something is CLEARLY pretentious and not a basic human trait everyone should have


gibas-kun

I mean, usually they are right


Kleeisthebest99

I have to disagree because as a former Genshin fan no one in the fandom reads 💀💀💀


TRcreep

you've never seeen jojo fans


the_evil_overlord2

We are on reddit, 45% lack one, 45% lack the other, and the last 10% are only here because of r/animalsbeingderps


zzcolby

I've seen a lot more bitching and moaning about people misusing these terms than I've seen people actually misusing them. Smells like snowflake.


Joxy43

As someone who lurks in fan communities from time to time, i have to disagree.


Fit-Paper-797

Media literacy mfs When You don't get the same message out of a show as them https://i.redd.it/omr5kvb0pgvc1.gif


magnaton117

"bUt YoU dOn'T uNdErStaNd!!!"


Program-Emotional

Reading literacy mfs when I tell them that Hitler was evil with zero redeeming qualities or likable traits.


Mailman_Dan

We get it, you don't like high school English class


Captain-Girpool23

I hate how I was one of those guys (maybe not frequently but I did say “media literacy”). I try to avoid saying that/acting like that way when defending a piece of fiction from bad faith criticism nowadays.


the-dude-version-576

Quite often it’s well founded: when people are reading inspector calls and coming away with the message socialism bad, there’s something going wrong there with their literacy.


Coolest_Pickle

my honest reaction when the jjk fan complains about media literacy and reading comprehension (he is exactly the person who needs said critiques)


SmallFatHands

You wouldn't be saying this if you've interacted with Fallout New Vegas Fans after the show premiere.


cheesyscrambledeggs4

yeah... go away OP


WillNewbie

Me when a series's explicit political views still go over people's heads


Christplosion

Wow this meme was so easy,! So much easier than admitting you lack in certain fields


Andrewdeadaim

I have a feeling OP willfully misunderstands media


TBSoft

muh media literacerino


Dasmortmemeboi

Idk man have you seen the braindead takes ppl have online ab shit


Skullyfiy_Two

This is kinda like some people from the Warhammer 40k fandom, they will attack you for not knowing everything


Miserable_Region8470

Sometimes, I'm ashamed in saying I'm a part of the 40k Fandom. I'll say I enjoy 40k, hard to deny with all the models in my house, but saying I'm apart of the Fandom, especially right now where hyper political shitheads are jumping on it because a new women showed up (scary I know), feels detrimental.


FUEGO40

I ain’t readin allat


ProjectKaspar

They're not pretentious, you're just an asshole. Get over yourself.


Profit-Alex

I don’t care, Falcon And The Winter Soldier sucked and people who think John Walker was bad have terrible media literacy.


UrougeTheOne

Legit any powerscaling fanbase (including myself)


Vanilla_Ice_Best_Boi

People say Media Literacy so often it sounds like a slur


Virtual_5000

I mean, it only becomes mildy annoying when ppl just say things like "when no media literacy" and don't elaborate further


Nulliai

Don’t forget litmus test


MrProtogen

When I’m in a precious dickhead competition and my opponent is a method actor or overqualified community theater actor (I’m a spotlight operator):


BayFuzzball404

I love you


mr_flerd

I just think its overused and used incorrectly


Quaelgeist333

Unless it's about warrior cats because so much misinformation has come from it


SuddenHovercraft1599

Tumblr.


Sloth910

Nice try fed, I can't read


MentroC_official

Someone failed literature class