Are people so unable to get involved in reading anymore?

I don’t know know if this trait carrys over to Lemmy, but on reddit I would get my best upvotes on messages that were 1-2 sentences, usually with a quote or reference to something popular.

You know, thoughtless content where I’m just reminding them of a quote from the office, or a small joke. Anything more than a paragraph and people replied "Whoa! I’m not reading that mountain of text! Meanwhile it’s less text than would be on a pamphlet.

It reminds of something Bo Burnham said in a song from Youtube Live, which was planned as an annual celebration of youtubes biggest stars featuring live performances on stage. Bo Burnham had just broke out. He said:

“It’s youtube, it’s what this country’s been needing, an entire generation of kids who don’t waste their time reading!”

That was 2009. Which means at the youngest, those kids are now at least young adults. And the older ones are pushing 30 now.

Excuse me as I go cry looking in the mirror at my grey hairs, pondering how many more years until I need a cane.