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.”

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      These people are just shameless manipulators of the stupid, which is the only form of intelligence our society really respects right now.

      Ie, elon musk is a genius, why? Not for doing anything real, but for hyping the value of his stocks beyond any semblance of reason. The president, all the rw influencers, business dickheads, the quality they have that is valued is playing the population, no one cares if it’s true, they care if they get enough people to believe it and therefore make money off of it.

      Meanwhile people that actually invent stuff, that actually figure stuff out, aren’t even celebrated, they are a cog in a machine under one of these confidence men, their contributions attributed to the Musks of the world. Nikola Tesla would not be respected if he was around today, just used and abused by these manipulators that would take all the credit.

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    He certainly knows how to rage bait. We have to collectively learn to ignore this bullshit, and teach young boys the same.

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          I disagree. These people are notoriously thin-skinned. Mocking works even better than silence.

          If he were 5 years old I’d just smile and nod, but an adult making these claims deserves nothing less than open ridicule.

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            I think mocking might work for some people, but there certainly seem to be a ton of people running around with absolutely no shame. These people can’t be fought with mockery because they’ll just use it to boost their userbase. This is how we’ve ended up in this weird cult of personality environment.

            IDK the best way to distinguish between the mockable and the unmockable, but it’d be nice to have a method.

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              Andrew Tate once sent a picture of his car to Greta Thunberg bragging about how much pollution it spits out. She replied with a simple “small dick energy”, that had him immediately firing back with a video. A video containing a local pizzeria delivery box that the local authorities used to track him down and arrest him for sex trafficking.

              Andrew Tate is mockable and it gets results.

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      Everything I know about him is against my will. Years ago on reddit and now on lemmy someone always posts about him for some reason.

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      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!

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        21% of the US adults or are children included in that? I’d love to see where you’re getting these stats too.

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        And this grifting fuck knows that, because that 75% is exactly who he is trying to tap into by appealing to their ignorance.

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        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.

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          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.

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                  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.

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        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.

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          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.

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            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.

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          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.

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    I mean. I can’t read well because I have that double vision thing and dyslexia like a mother fucker o top of my ADHD. I do audio books on long drives tho. They really put me into the story. But he’s just admitting he is misinformed on all matters of life.

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      I don’t see a correlation between reading book and misinformation.

      The reality is, these people often aware of what is going on, and they actively choose to adapt extreme views, because they know what their fans base want to hear. Making them rich.

      Their view of the world is simple, the goal justify the means.

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    All of his examples of his “intelligence” have nothing to do with brain power:

    Driving a supercar.

    Fighting (and losing badly).

    Fucking hoes and champagne (think he might be fucking his drinks?.. grammar is for idiots apparently).

    Going crazy…?

    Dude is a true genius, and all the hits to the head have only made him more powerful.

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      Hmm…so this guy likes cars, drinking alcohol and having sex with women? Wow, that’s so novel! Wait until 90% of the adult male population hears about these things, they’ll be shocked they never tried them. 🙄

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    This dude is like a jester and the world is his fucking court LOLLL

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    Tangentially, I love it when stupid people mention how much of their brain they use. They mean they use 100% of their brains as a powerhouse when, in reality, that implies a seizure. It makes me chuckle every time.

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      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.

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        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)

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    He’s a media producer, and he ain’t producing books. Of course he’s going to tell his audience books don’t matter.

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    attention seeker says stupid thing for attention - gets attention because of attention seeking stupid thing for attention

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        a dirtbag famous for being a dirtbag - i’ll be entertained when he gets put out of commission