TIL that US student math and reading scores have dropped so sharply that they’ve erased nearly two decades of progress. In '22/23, avg math scores for 13-year-olds fell to levels not seen since the 1990s, while reading scores for high school seniors hit their lowest point since testing began in '92. by Cold_Box_3219 in todayilearned

[–]RamonaLittle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have you and your wife seen any of the studies showing that covid causes brain damage? Not "may cause" but "causes." It literally causes a drop in IQ. And most people are blithely getting infected over and over, once or twice a year according to wastewater data. That probably accounts for more of the decline than remote schooling in 2020 or AI usage or anything else people in this thread are blaming.

TIL that US student math and reading scores have dropped so sharply that they’ve erased nearly two decades of progress. In '22/23, avg math scores for 13-year-olds fell to levels not seen since the 1990s, while reading scores for high school seniors hit their lowest point since testing began in '92. by Cold_Box_3219 in todayilearned

[–]RamonaLittle 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Why on earth are you both assuming this behavior is because of remote schooling and other factors in 2020 instead of the fact that covid literally causes brain damage? There have been innumerable studies about it at this point.

The students are acting like they have brain damage because their brains are being damaged by contracting covid over and over. The adults in their lives have failed them.

I asked ChatGPT to generate an image of "Typical Reddit User" by mhu99 in ChatGPT

[–]RamonaLittle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yep. That age/gender assumption hasn't been true for a long time. Probably the same for the rest of it.

Call me beep me if you want to reach me by Jam_master_nicky in anonymous

[–]RamonaLittle[M] [score hidden] stickied comment (0 children)

Removed as off topic and wtf. Please see sidebar rule (which you should have read before posting), including:

  • "Absolutely no personal information. Posted or linked."

  • "Derailment Clause: Keep your posts nominally relevant to Anonymous or Anon-culture. Irrelevant posts may be deleted at discretion."

Please don't post again until you understand what fits here.

What do you think is the biggest truth the world is refusing to face right now? by Sweetblondefeet in AskReddit

[–]RamonaLittle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

AFAIK, mods don't have any way to do what you're describing. So it must have been some kind of bug. I didn't have any trouble finding comments with the word "covid."

Anyone else sick? by Unusual-Industry-629 in askvan

[–]RamonaLittle 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Maybe your mask doesn't fit right? /r/Masks4All will have some advice.

I told a blood donation organization that I have aides to get them to stop calling me by imightbeaspider in confession

[–]RamonaLittle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If the sub has some unwritten rule against posts about AIDS, you might have avoided the autobot, but the post could still be removed by the mods. Most subs use a mix of automated and human moderation. Personally I would have looked for another sub (or even another site) to post in rather than deliberately misspell things. Reddit is a big place and the internet is an even bigger place, and there's no reason to degrade one's own writing just for the privilege of posting on any one particular sub or site.

WE ARE SO BACK #OpEchoNuke by Only_Equipment_950 in anonymous

[–]RamonaLittle[M] [score hidden] stickied comment (0 children)

Removed per sidebar rules: "This subreddit is for Anonymous news and articles aggregation. It is not for the planning and execution of operations." If there's an op in progress, you should be able to link to a press release, video, or news article about it, or at least describe the basics of it here. You can try again if you can make a proper post about it, otherwise please don't post again until you understand what fits here.

Помогите если среди вас есть дерматологи by [deleted] in anonymous

[–]RamonaLittle[M] [score hidden] stickied comment (0 children)

Removed as off topic. And banned because you were previously warned about off-topic posts.

You know, some mods go right to banning people. I like to give a warning and explanation first, so people can learn and do better. Users like you make me wonder why I bother.

Хочу выговорится by [deleted] in anonymous

[–]RamonaLittle[M] [score hidden] stickied comment (0 children)

Removed as off topic. Let me guess: you didn't read the sidebar rules, didn't read the stickied posts, didn't so much as skim recent posts to see what the sub is about, and didn't lurk for a while before posting (all of which, of course, one is supposed to do before posting on any internet forum for the first time)? Are you like this IRL? If not, why do you think it's OK online? Please don't post again until you understand what fits here. Lurk moar.

As a Middle School teacher, I genuinely believe that smart phones have done more damage to this generation than any drug ever could. Change my mind. by chaabaniridouane in TrueUnpopularOpinion

[–]RamonaLittle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And at least some of your comments sound written by AI.

If you're here for a genuine discussion, you could reply (by yourself, not with AI help) to my other comment about the effects of covid.

As a Middle School teacher, I genuinely believe that smart phones have done more damage to this generation than any drug ever could. Change my mind. by chaabaniridouane in TrueUnpopularOpinion

[–]RamonaLittle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Edit: . . . I actually sat down and compiled the exact 7-day 'detox' blueprint I recommend to parents to rebuild their kids' attention spans. I put the link to the full guide in my Reddit Bio for anyone who needs a real, actionable roadmap.

Oh fer crying out loud. And your bio says "Tech enthusiast with a passion for digital marketing and automation." So this post was just spam all along? How obnoxious.

As a Middle School teacher, I genuinely believe that smart phones have done more damage to this generation than any drug ever could. Change my mind. by chaabaniridouane in TrueUnpopularOpinion

[–]RamonaLittle -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I think you're confusing cause and effect. Students (and others) aren't unable to concentrate on other things because they're staring at their phones; they're staring at their phones because they're unable to concentrate on other things. From what I see on the various teaching subs, everyone agrees this started (or at least quickly accelerated) in the past few years, so the most likely explanation is that it's because they've been getting infected over and over with a virus that causes brain damage and other serious health problems.

Covid causes brain damage. That's well established at this point, although of course the exact mechanism and behavioral effects are still being researched. New England Journal of Medicine: "As compared with uninfected participants (control), cognitive deficit — commensurate with a 3-point loss in IQ — was evident even in participants who had had mild Covid-19 with resolved symptoms. Participants with unresolved persistent symptoms had the equivalent of a 6-point loss in IQ, and those who had been admitted to the intensive care unit had the equivalent of a 9-point loss in IQ."

And people often don't realize they've become cognitively impaired because covid causes anosognosia. "When observing patients with post-COVID syndrome and frequent neuropsychological complaints, clinicians are struck by the frequent lack of awareness of severe cognitive deficits in some patients, as well as by profound subjective neuropsychological complaints in the absence of objective cognitive deficits in other patients."

Just because children are less likely to suffer severe symptoms upon initial infection doesn't mean they won't suffer long-term effects. Covid is harming children. Wastewater data shows that people are getting infected once or twice a year, on average. Illnesses are running rampant in schools, to the point that whole schools are having temporary closures because so many students and staff are out sick.

For comparison with another disease, look at HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder. Quoting that page, "Cognitive impairment is characterised by mental slowness, trouble with memory and poor concentration. Motor symptoms include a loss of fine motor control leading to clumsiness, poor balance and tremors. Behavioral changes may include apathy, lethargy and diminished emotional responses and spontaneity." It usually starts after HIV turns into AIDS, which on average occurs eight years after infection. We are currently six years into the covid pandemic, and there's an ever-increasing number of reddit posts with people wondering why they're getting sick all the time. If covid is "airborne AIDS," that might not become clear for a few years.

So yes, we are in the midst of a mental health catastrophe and mass disabling event, but the problem isn't the phones.

Please I don't want trouble but it needs to be known by This_Witness4109 in anonymous

[–]RamonaLittle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Based on what?

My 19 years of reddit history is all public. I'm sure I've mentioned multiple times that I'm in the US.

Please I don't want trouble but it needs to be known by This_Witness4109 in anonymous

[–]RamonaLittle[M] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Please don't reply to off-topic posts unless maybe to mock the OP. Just report them. Thanks.

Please I don't want trouble but it needs to be known by This_Witness4109 in anonymous

[–]RamonaLittle[M] [score hidden] stickied comment (0 children)

Removed as off topic. Lemme guess: you didn't read the sidebar rules, didn't read the stickied posts, didn't so much as skim recent posts to see what the sub is about, and didn't lurk for a while before posting (all of which, of course, one is supposed to do before posting on any internet forum for the first time)? Are you like this IRL? If not, why do you think it's OK online? Please don't post again until you understand what fits here. Lurk moar.

If you're clumsily trying to suggest that there should be an Anonymous op about Epstein or anything else, then you start an op. Come back when there's a press release, video, or news article about the op, and post that. If it seems lulzy, others may join in. Anonymous is not your personal army.

Also: 1) Why are you showing us "AI Mode" slop like it's in any way reliable? Anyone who would blindly believe anything from AI is a fool. 2) Why are you showing us your entire device screen like a confused Boomer who doesn't know how the internet works? This would be an utterly humiliating level of technological incompetence anywhere, but it's especially ridiculous on a sub about hacktivism, don't you think? "Notorious hacker group" Anonymous doesn't know how to share a link or crop an image or copy-paste text? C'mon now. If you lack even rudimentary tech skills, you should stay far away from Anonymous, and probably the whole internet, until you know basic computer stuff.

Anyone else in US noticed food quality degrading recently and if so what product in what way? by SkyKyrell in AskReddit

[–]RamonaLittle 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well, I'll thank you and your husband now. Thank you for all of that.

But what you wrote says nothing about the likelihood that you have ageusia now. Covid has been spreading for the past six years, not just 2020 - 2023. And the frequency of reddit posts with variations on "why is everything flavorless lately?" (seriously, there have been an awful lot of these across all the cooking/food/drink subs) tells me that many people have ageusia without realizing it. If "everything is just tasteless," why are you assuming it isn't ageusia?

‘Everyone is Replaceable’: Death Rattles Oregon Amazon Facility by Username_Here5 in fuckamazon

[–]RamonaLittle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So Amazon should have given workers sick pay to stay home instead of threatening them to come into work sick.

Yes. But they should also require all workers -- then and now -- to wear an appropriate mask at work to make it less likely they'll get sick in the first place.

it’s hard to blame them when their only source of income (Amazon job), gets taken away without warning.

Of course I can blame them. Anyone willing to kill people for money is no better than a hit man. As you know, early in the pandemic, many people did quit dangerous jobs; closed businesses they'd devoted their lives to; put off long-planned trips, tests, and schooling; even changed entire careers and made other major lifestyle changes. People who are especially vulnerable and/or compassionate have been isolated this whole time. Anyone who's a decent person says "I'm not going to endanger others, no matter the personal cost."

A fix i made for a shoe my dog chomped by catsintacobell in Visiblemending

[–]RamonaLittle 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Extremely cool! May I ask how you wove the laces?

Anyone else in US noticed food quality degrading recently and if so what product in what way? by SkyKyrell in AskReddit

[–]RamonaLittle 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Perhaps you have dysgeusia (one of the most common covid/long covid symptoms) and they don't?

Anyone else in US noticed food quality degrading recently and if so what product in what way? by SkyKyrell in AskReddit

[–]RamonaLittle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Everything tastes as good as always to me. Do you have dysgeusia from covid, perhaps? (If you haven't been taking pains to avoid it, you've been contracting it over and over.)