8 Ways BuzzFeed Is Changing Literacy As We Know It (As Told By The Office)

Reading is about to get way more fun people.

1. The listicle makes everything like 23819495 times easier to understand

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Keeping it short and keeping it 💯 are basically synonymous now.

2. Visuals + short articles means everyone gets to be a reader

which means everyone is about to get a whole lot smarter.

3. Speaking of visuals, they introduced you to more books, movies, tv shows, etc. that you might not have known about otherwise.

This increases the chances for people to get into books (increasing literacy even more). For instance, seeing all these Office gifs might make you want to finally get around to watching The Office (which you totally should).

*ahem* I know The Office isn't a book but still...

4. You don't need a damn English degree to understand what's happening in the world.

your face when you finally start to understand you know feminism? gay rights? racism?

5. And while we're redefining literacy, let's get one thing straight...

It's no longer an elite club for people who can trudge through Ulysseus or War and Peace. It's an everyday occurrence now, that everyone's apart of thanks to the short, listicle format.

6. Not to mention, all these diverse, niche listicles help widen our perspective of the world.

With articles like 21 Hilarious Tweets That Are Way to Real for Black Girls or 31 Tweets About "Growing Up Hispanic" you can ~hopefully~ be less ignorant than Michael Scott!

7. Listicles help us connect with each other through common interests like social media and puppies...lots of puppies.

I mean who doesn't love to tag their friends in listicles like 19 Floofertons To Warm Your Freezing Cold Wintery Heart?????

8. In short, Buzzfeed is totally changing the game for future generations.

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