almost nobody could read back in them days, and there was barely anything to read even if you could. nowadays we spend like $900 billion on public schooling, every imaginable book is available for dirt cheap (or free)
the other day my neighbor said that he doesn't eat McDonald's anymore because an AI generated version of Ronald McDonald told him the Shamrock shake has [spooky voice] "58 ingredients." he was holding a cigarette while telling me this