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There’s something to what you say, but I’d say the impact is more on young people than on stupid people. Even though some people here can’t seem to imagine it, there are plenty of younger Millennials and Zoomers who have never sent a letter in their lives, and I know for a fact that many elementary schools stopped teaching kids how to address an envelope 15+ years ago (probably around the time they stopped teaching cursive). Bills get paid online, greeting cards are passe, and anything else can be handled via email. Couple these young people’s inexperience with their crippling anxiety and other mental disorders, and many will decide to skip an activity entirely rather than try to figure out how to send a letter. Even worse are the ones who don’t know how to address an envelope but who arrogantly assume they can just somehow figure it out. I’ve seen some doozies from younger coworkers.
I’d guess low-IQ individuals, on the other hand, probably send out more letters than any other group. They’re probably more likely to still pay bills by cash or check, they’re more likely to have relatives or friends who are incarcerated (jails and prisons still make inmates use the postal service), they’re more likely to receive government benefits that require them to send documents via mail, etc.
I've had a few friends go to prison. Can't speak for everyone or all of them, but it seems most of them have solutions for electronic messaging now. It's all hacky custom apps by some prison services company that are overpriced, don't work that well, and are certain to be highly monitored, but it's still better than physical letters. Physical letters may still be necessary sometimes though.
I don't think I'd ever communicate with a regular person via written physical letters. But it's also hard to imagine not ever mailing a physical letter in my whole life. At least some legal and bureaucratic processes still seem to require it.
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The underclass pays their bills over the phone or through middlemen. Not by mailing a physical check.
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