Yesterday, some lady made a post about cat who moved into her new home, which landed good, reciving many upvotes. Until wild truth seeker apear, claimed to date OOP and accused her of being karma farmer who owns this cat for 4 long years. A bold claim, you must admit. Fortunately, he has strong evidence. His immigration papers, which he can DM to you, proving that he used to live in the same same country as OPP. Upvotes, downvotes, accusations flying every way, even mods don't know what's happening, drama as fresh as it gets, so tune in while i go back to work.

Edit: OP deleted most of his comments, after providing photos of cat in question, which turned out to be totally diffrent cat than that of OOP

A user posts to r/gifted, a subreddit for those with an IQ of 130 or over, ranting about the embarrassing boasts of some members of the community. In two hours they receive enough backlash they edited their post to apologised.

Original Post

A lot of "gifted" peoples are so embarassing. (cringe)

First of all, its not everyone of course. (especially online)

Let me give some exemples, that I got from forums.

"When I was younger it always took me a second to understand everything while the average human took several minutes"

"I was always differents from others"

and then, they use their "giftedness" as an excuse for all their failures. "Oh when I failed that its because I was so different and better than everyone that I couldnt do normal things"

They're sooo embarassing, and I mean it genuinely. It genuinely break me up in tears. Not really in tears but I feel like I could cry from that embarassment.

I am myself "gifted" and I never say it (I did there, but it was to extend my post.), like, nobody knows it aside from my family. So I know not everyone is like them, because I am not.

To be honest I never blame my "giftedness" for anything, and I dont give a F about it too. Like, a lot of peoples are acting like its a sickness, and a disability, when its NOT. "My giftedness make it so hard to yap yap yap"

So embarrassing, really.

Thanks if you read, hope you did :). (I dont mean to be offensive in this post, thanks.)

EDIT : Im sorry if I offended anyone (and I clearly did), wasnt my goal. Im a bit shocked by some of the answers and didnt meant to make anyone angry. I simply posted this here because, im not a back-stabber. I could have made the post in a place where everyone would have agree with me, but I decided to do it where it should be done (I guess). Thanks for your answers however. Keep in mind that Im not perfect myself, and I got my own opinions and experiences.

Responses

(User 1: 32 upvotes): I’m gonna be honest, you’re giving off some pretty similar vibes. Yes, a lot of gifted people are lacking in social decorum, because they encouraged and rewarded for being book smart and not ‘street smart’.

That being said, there is isolation that comes with being ahead of one’s class. But perhaps they don’t know a better way of explaining that.

(User 2: 0 upvotes): I agree with you, but for the sake of understanding and progressing to conversation, she is probably emotional about the dynamic she is explaining because she feels it nigh excludes her ability to be seen this way if others are conjuring excuses/illusions around it in order to ascertain value based on those socially externally reinforced illusions. Aka, most of the so called "gifted" are probably not gifted, and she doesn't know how to release the emotions she is having around it without ......well, saying the way she did.

(OP, 8 downvotes): Okay thanks I was just saying how embarassing they were trying to blame their "IQ" for everything that happens to them (grinning emoji)

(User 3, 11 upvotes) How embarrassing for you.

(OP, 1 downvote): What do you think of the grinning emoji ? The one called :grin: I think, from the Twitter version, also Discord. he's really great. For some reasons he gives a sarcastic vibe, maybe because his smile is a little too "hyperbolic". He's almost guilty smiling. I can see him in conversations like "Noooo its not me :grin:". Guilty. Heh!

Most downvoted comment mocks the r/gifted community, but OP ends up getting the harshest criticisms.

(User 4, 8 downvotes): The gifted are great at making up games in their head they can win. Too bad they can't win IRL.

(OP, 2 downvotes): Wouldnt say they cant win IRL, as a looooot of them do, but yeah, I got your idea. I dont understand the downvotes. Y'know its always the same. They're downvoting, like, stabbing in your back, but dont argument. They pick the easy way.

(User 5, 6 upvotes): What exactly is the argument? You're pitying people and looking down on them for admitting that they have struggles - which would be a sign of strength, and not weakness.

Then you post about how much you're looking down on them for not conforming to your pre-existing social standards not realizing you easily fit into the same category of those you are making fun of.

So.....essentially the Dunning Kruger effect.

Best case scenario, imo, is that you're a bot who doesn't really know what it's saying.

If by chance you're not a bot and a human who wrote this, I'd highly encourage you to go to therapy and look within to figure out why you feel the need to put others down for struggling & truly ask yourself if that need comes from a place of toxic masculinity (and not being able to express your emotions in a healthy way) perhaps.

(User 4, 1 downvote): Wow I've never read a more normal comment on this sub. This one def isn't gifted. You're excused.

Comments agreeing with OP are downvoted or received only a few upvotes.

Totally agree. On this sub it’s so much “my Galaxy Brain is so Huge I Cannot Converse With The Puny Humans” and you KNOW they are so insufferable IRL everyone just communicates in single syllables and hope they go away.

(User 6, 1 upvote): Glad to see there are more people thinking this way. So much people in this sub just blame their “Gift” to complain about life. Its literally you who can change that, if you are that smart find ways to adapt and use that Gift As an advantage

(User 7, 2 upvotes): Sir this is Reddit

(User 8, 1 downvote): completely agree. The downvotes are from people who can't handle the truth. It's hard to look at yourself objectively and see the failures you've made, and if you're "gifted" then it's just another thing to blame your shortcomings in life on. It's like saying "I care too much" when asked what your flaws are or something.

(OP, 1 upownvote): Thanks I really agree. (Sorry I just tried some text settings)

(User 8, 1 upvote) Is this how?

Last, but not least:

(User 9, 1 upvote): I'm sorry but you sound like a little b****. Why do you need to worry about what other people are doing?

Live and let live. Mind your own business. Why not sound nice but it's completely 100% truthful and apparently necessary.

For those unaware, /r/legocirclejerk is a sub used for Lego fans poking at things in the Lego fandom (i.e. if someone were to write an entire essay for when there's not enough leg printing on a minifigure, that sort of thing) for harmless fun.

But anyways, the context: OP submits a post of OOP who bought a Lego set to help grieve and cope with his mother who had recently passed away. A vast majority in the thread calls OP out on mocking this and OP proceeds to try to fight back, a lot.

Some highlights:

OP says that OOP is literally begging for internet points and claims that the story is fabricated. No proof is factually provided of either claim.

User says he did the same when his father died. OP shares his thoughts.

One user agrees with OP and OP claims those against him are wanting to feel 'morally superior'.

OP can't take it anymore and makes a separate comment in his own thread calling everyone 'pansies' and 'riding on high horses' because they turned against him. He also implies he's been looking at everyone's histories.

User says OP should say sorry as a human for a loss instead of being upvote-hungry. OP denies and fires back with the 'high horses' insult again.

One user states OP is desperately trying to defend himself throughout the whole thread. OP claims projection and calls him a prick.

For those unaware, BORUpdates is a spin off of BestofRedditorUpdates that emerged when the latter closed down in protest of the Reddit API changes. The purpose of the sub is to collect updates to posts of note found on reddit.

Someone posts the account of a young woman whose fiancé broke things off after being sent a video of her engaged in group sex with three men when she was a (legal) teen. Most comments are tame when it comes to their opinions on people who engage in group sex, but a consensus soon emerges when others express frustration with what they perceive to be sexism and slut shaming.

"...I find these situations baffling- 'man gets upset by confirmation that partner was sexually active before they met' seems to be a universal thing, and I don't think it will ever make sense to me.

If you only want partners who have never been with anyone except you, seek out relationships with virgins. Women don't sit in a warehouse, wrapped in plastic like dishwashers, waiting for a man to come along and take her off the shelf.

(-15 karma)

A disagreement breaks out in the replies to this comment insinuating group sex means someone is not capable of monogamy, with one user giving an interesting take

"It's not an odd perspective. This same thing applies when some commit SA, murder, and PDF files, among others. You just choose to believe she did it and won't do it again, but you might not extend such courtesy to the above listed."

"Consensual group sex = rape, murder and paedophilia?"

"You wouldn't get it. I am talking about people's premeditated actions here. I am not saying these are all the same. You are arguing from emotion, not logic. "

Another user has made it their mission to let everyone know what they think of women who engage in group sex and argue that the ex fiancé is the victim:

"He deserved to know before seeing a random video of her getting gangbanged.

She’s just as culpable for not telling or hinting that she was extremely promiscuous in the past.

She purposely withheld that info knowing her bf wouldn’t want to be with her."

When its mentioned that this is possibly revenge porn due to the fact that the woman in the OOP asked for the video to be deleted and was told that it was deleted, the user in question disagrees...

"Doesn’t seem like a crime was committed tho if the police didn’t pursue it?"

Later adding....

"How does this classify as revenge porn?

If the random person sent the video with the intent of letting the fiance know who he was planning to marry really is, is that revenge or looking out for the homie?

If the intent was to hurt the OOP then I’d understand how it could be revenge porn.

But if the intent was to let fiance know the truth, then that doesn’t seem like “revenge” to me. "

The comment section is full of people shaming OOP, so if you want to ruin your day more please feel free to sort by controversial. I will end this post with this comment:

Blaming the victim here for revenge porn is WILD.

It's the NHL off season and an user shares imgur links to an article detailing when two current Hall of Famers, Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemieux first ran into each other.

Long and the short of it is they both had the same Agent and were introduced to each other at a commercial filming in which Gretzky was starring. Lemieux was 15, completely unheard of in the Anglosphere of Canada and in his birthplace of Quebec to a lesser extent. As he wasn't old enough to play for the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, most of the Hockey world wouldn't have heard of him. Their agent spoke to Lemieux during filming and instructed him to keep his eyes on Gretzky's professionalism and character as a positive example to base his career on.

After wrapping up filming, Gretzky followed up introductions by taking Lemieux, an underage French child that spoke broken English, out for the evening in Toronto's night life. Following dinner, Gretzky took Lemieux out to a bar where Gretzky's celebrity status would have been greatly known of and appreciated by the locals. Gretzky introduced Lemieux to a few beers and women, and paid for 2 rooms at the hotel in where they paired off and spent the night.

The drama in r/hockey starts with the generational divide on whether not this appropriate.

My son is 15 and plays competitive sports. Not every 15 year old is the same, whether we're talking mentally or physically. Some of these kids might as well be adults with how physically developed and emotionally mature they are.

Same user replies to another commenter with this barstool level take

Virtue signal received loud and clear. How brave of you.

And do you know what's delusional? Pretending that there aren't 15 year olds who aren't as physically or mentally mature as 18 year olds.

And 15 is 10th graders...

Later on in more civil areas of the post, a user responds to a suggestion that it probably didn't affect him as a person with an article linking Lemieux to involvement in two sexual assault cases

Plenty of other commenters suggest that Gretzky is an even greater Legend, make the same joke but worse about whether it counts as an assist, while others complain about people questioning the morality of humans 50 years ago.

At time of this write up, nobody has made a joke on whether Gretzky promoted safe sexual practices with an euphemism of "teaching him how to tape his stick" which is both is and isn't unsurprising as the off-season also applies to Elite level Memelords and shit takes. The post has snack levels of drama before the Moderators have had the chance to hand out Major Penalties or the Zamboni to clear the ice.

A concerned wife asks men if it's common to frequently go to massage parlors and receive a happy ending

The general answer: this is crossing a line. Now is this truly the husband's fault? r/Askmen discusses

No, it doesn't excuse his cheating. It does explain it, though, and it is partly OP's fault.

Yeah but nobody’s perfect in a relationship. He should have communicated with her and tried to work it out instead of cheating

He probably has. She is probably always too tired, has a headache, isn’t in the mood, on her period, or whatever other bullshit excuse she can come up with.

Is the hint "More blowjobs for the next husband"? Because the hint certainly can't be that this is somehow her fault.

(...)If a sex worker that can barely speak That's what blows my mind in these deadbedrooms situations. Here is a guy that basically dedicated his life to you, and you can't even be bothered to PRETEND to want him sexually more than a $100 random Thai lady that doesn't even speak the language can.

doesn’t excuse cheating, she should definitely leave his ass

So a few times, the husband has had a massage and a hand job and once a blow job ( the latter he didn't like) and you are giving the OP advice to break a martial, loving and financial bond?

We don't know anything over what the OP has presented.

*Married men, how common is it to frequent a whore house and carry out multiple extramarital affairs with prostitutes? I fixed it for you. The answer: More common than it should be but not common for most and never ok. I’m sorry this is happening to you.

Let’s ask her how many times she’s denied his advances in the last year? How many times they’ve had sex? Would she prefer they get divorced so he can find sexual fulfillment elsewhere, or stay married to someone she doesn’t fuck but gets mad at for cheating?

Unpopular opinion: If sex isn't happening at home, some form of release is gonna happen elsewhere.

This. A man getting his needs met at home most likely doesn’t do this. That said, he should address those issues and breakup if he isn’t satisfied. Problem is, he might see his partner as family, a best friend, emotional support. How do you give all that up just because you need physical affection for you to feel worth anything.

When women cheat: Empowered female, in control of her body in its prime.

When men cheat: Betrayer who only thinks with his dick.

That's awful. Most women in my circle would not tolerate that even once.

Ya, but they would surely tolerate their husbands’ needs NOT being met.

Edit: links

Children = Number of Comments under linked comment. Count seen in old reddit.

Drama (1.)

History Drama (1A.)

38 Children. Drama over American historical segregation, Native Americans included, & prejudice.

• But Americans are the only ones who are xenophobic! -10 points.

Religion Drama (1B.)

Judaism, vegetarianism and veganism doesn't fit their cuisine as well then but they wouldn't say that cowards 141 Children.

• But Jews don't want to conquer you, do they? Muslims want to kill you for your beliefs... and your bacon. -108 points. 46 Children.
• The difference is that Jews do not go out of their way to convert others to Judaism. Muslims have the express purpose of turning the whole world Muslim. -83 points. 46 Children.
• Hey you said it, not them. -6 points. 3 Children.
• Islam is just the acceptable scapegoat in the culture wars rn. 116 points. 16 Dramatic Children.

If Islam didn't fit German palate, they would maybe stop buying Doner & Shawarma in such insane amounts 57 Children.

• I don’t get the connection between Döner and Islam. Vast majority of Turks I know are atheists. Are they not allowed to eat it? 7 Children. 0 points.
• Exactly lol. Can’t count how many times I’ve seen Europeans say people need to forget their culture to “properly assimilate” while happily eating foreign foods and buying foreign goods and advocating to learn foreign languages. Interesting how they’re never able to qualify what it means to actually assimilate. 34 Children.

17 Children.

• As long as you're fine with not ever being able to leave, considering leaving Islam is punishable by death. -12 points.

8 Children.

• Ahhh religion, one of mankind's biggest reasons not to evolve beyond our expressway to self-destruction. Sorry, sad but true -24 points.

When was the last time a Christian extremist beheaded someone for drawing a cartoon, blew themselves up, drove a truck into a crowd of people, or flew two planes to some buildings in the name of Jesus?

/

Christian extremists have definitely done things like that. One can argue that white Christian nationalists like the KKK are the Western equivalent to islamism, and tbh they've probably killed more people through lynchings than Islamic terrorist groups. The wars in bosnia also saw many Christian terrorist groups emerge and kill mass amounts of people.

https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/05/24/the-balkan-wars-created-a-generation-of-christian-terrorists/

The reason why you see more Islamic terrorist groups than Christian is because Islamic groups are actually more likely to take power of a country because they emerge in countries with power vacuums like Afghanistan or Iraq and Iran. The West has been largely stable for the past century and so while there certainly have been Christian terrorist groups, there has never been enough countries to implode for them to actually take power, whereas the US and Europe's involvement in the middle east destroyed multiple governments which allowed for those terrorist groups to take power in the first place. If the roles were reversed and more Muslim countries were global powers and they destabilized Christian countries to comparable levels of Syria or Afghanistan, you would definitely see more Christian terrorist groups emerge.

6 Children. Light Drama over if Christianity bans Pork Eating & if the Old Laws still apply.

• It's so weird how we pretend that pork isn't equally forbidden by Christianity, when the Bible clearly forbids it. Eating pork is a sin. People should read their Bibles. 1 point.

Politics or Poster or Foodfight (1C.)

8 Children.

• german "cuisine" -6 points.

9 Children.

• Did it suddenly fit with the cuisine?. -5 points.

14 Children.

• If seeing a cute animal makes you think that you shouldn’t eat meat, then I honestly encourage you to be vegan. If the cuteness or lack thereof of an animal is the deciding factor on whether or not you think it should be eaten, I think the moral framework you’re using isn’t exactly sufficient to make such distinctions. -13 points.

15 Children. Drama over German Racism & Declining Bird Rates.

• Just like Meloni, when they get in power, they're just gonna say "Fuck it" to their previous immigration views and allow in migrants since they still won't really have a solution to the falling birth rates. 54 points.

"If we let the extremists into power, they'll surely deradicalize" -Franz von Papen, last chancellor of the Weimar Republic, January 1933

17 Children.

• No. Food is food, and humans are omnivores. 1 point.

49 Children.

• I have a solution. Offer better economics while also closing the borders. So long as the economics of all the parties is identical, I'm going to support the people who want to close the borders. -18 points.

69 Children.

• Fascists lack basic empathy, they can't fathom feeling bad for something they consider inferior.

Flairs material (2.)

• I'm a racist fascist and I love pigs and would never eat them
• Oh my fucking God, Allah, Jehovah, Spaghetti Monster
• You wouldn't eat a cute baby, would you, sicko?
• I've eaten suckling pig on purpose multiple times, so yes.
• These woke french liberals can't even answer a simple question 🤣🤣

Edit: Previous post here I am not the OP of that writeup but it's also something important to see.

Context: Last year another Reddit User made a post about CharacterAis Subreddit here and how it's many members have decided to do a revolution to protest in way of "Anime Waifus" this led to many people getting banned, post deletions and many members quitting to find new alternatives, currently the same people who defended the Devs in this area are now, too starting their own Revolution.

History Often Repeats Itself

Back then, the quality of the subreddit was pretty mixed, with people making short memes and sharing mildly suspect posts from their chats, fastforward to 2023-2024 and not much has changed from the other Users post, business DID return to normal as the Devs introduced useless features such as "Calling" and "TTS".

TTS and Calling are hand in hand, but the call feature just lets you speak to the AI and it transmits what it said, for awhile people have complained about the UI and accidentally clicking on it (To which the Devs fixed it). The TTS uses training data off of people's voices (Like VA and the like) to give them voices, which seems really weird since Hazbin Hotel's VA's had said no to having their voices be used (Another drama for another reddit.)

But beyond that, there was the occasional protest or so, and once again something I discussed here before, the "I'm leaving [blank]" posts.

But currently CAI Devs had decided to remove something that the Users did not want.

Tarnishing A Legacy, That Inspired Millions

The new site has it's issues, CAI has been working on a "faster" more "better" version of the site, and had given people access to the old one, just by placing beta before the URL, this was something people enjoyed as apparently from many sources the Old Site ran better and had "better quality" compared to many of the issues present with the old site, to me, it's nostalgic.

The Legacy Chat was around until a banner appeared saying the site is shutting down. This led to many getting very upset, and many going as far as to have people sign petitions which, by the way they did when there was a filter implemented. People thought that yelling and screaming out and calling for the Mods to reverse the decisions would fix things...

Well, as you can see, many have unfortunately forgot what happened last year.

Speculations and Parting Words

As CharacterAI has been talked about before, there's often times a word of advice when messing with AI, people cannot substitute robots for actual, living beings, many of the subreddits complaints are relating to "Forming deep connections" with these characters, and also trying to find some semblance of security. It will not work as it will only further damage future generations.

You can use AI only in moderation and for tools, but that's not a healthy coping mechanism as I went down that rabbit hole.

Some Redditors (In and off the platform) had speculated that Google Lent CAI Devs money as investors to give them all bad ideas (As apparently Google wants to make sites similar to CAI. JAI and the like, which was very coincidental.), many of the people calling for the Site to do something are people from 4Chan (Who still stuck around CAI despite majority of them moving offsite or hosting them.) and still think they can change.

But as I can say to you all. Relying on AI for anything is what causes AI Revolutions.

Honorable Mentions of Drama

Redditor makes a post trying to make a statement on how the devs shouldn't ruin their own community

User makes a "threat" of leaving the site if the devs don't say it is a joke

Another "Viva Va Revolution" which would go as well as the 2023 Boycotts

Redditor makes a Grim Reaper Knocking On Doors Meme of CAI

"I used to be an incel, for a long time. Was single for years - more than I'd care to admit. This is despite me being objectively good looking (take my word for it but I'm very handsome)" (The full post)

"bruh this shit is too funny"

Earnest interaction

"God the emotional labor women are expected to do never ends." ------> "Redditors actually think emotions are labor 😂🤡"

"Not demonizing incels could be a start. We don't shit on depressed people and admit it's an issue."

A woman's perspective

"From reading this, it was your personality holding you back..."

A god damn grain silo of text ------> The lone response (so far)

"that some incel stuff here"

Emoji energy

"Incel is just the male version of the word witch"

Casual and ham-fisted transphobia from some baiting asshole, if you're into that

"Can't wait for that FAT manifesto to drop dude..."

This redditor seems... Familiar

"Kill Tony" is a comedy podcast hosted by comedians Tony Hinchcliffe and Brian Redban. The incident occurs on the most recent episode #678, which can be seen in the clip here, which also contains the unfolding comment drama. For those who can't watch, this is the relevant text transcription:

Tony: (referring to the woman in the crowd) "You, shut the fuck up ... the entire episode ... over here .. stop, relax ... no you, you're like, talking, you hear how you're talking now? God... stupid... You see how I'm right here"

(moves microphone away from his mouth to demonstrate volume)

"You see how if I don't have a mic you like hear me?

--

The woman responds with something, its hard to hear over crowd laughter but you can hear her say "teacher", likely referring to herself

--

Tony: "Because you're a teacher you think you can talk during this? Because you make minimal amount of money and destroy society? Like why would you ... you're not a good person, teachers aren't even liked anymore. They're not respected, they're not liked, shut the fuck up. I'm the teacher of this classroom and you're a bad student."

The clip goes on a bit about kicking the teacher out if she continues to interrupt. But what Tony said about teachers seems to have caught the attention of /r/Killtony users, who duke it out in the comments:

No drama yet, but concerns are expressed

Big comment chain "discussing" Tony's lean towards the political right / MAGA movement and anti-education propaganda

Another scuffle

Post has since been locked.

Drama (1.)

16 Children. Drama over the correct way to call Drug Addicts; is Tweakers or Crackheads offensive?

• Sounds like someone’s money isn’t where their mouth is. -57 points.

25 Children. Drama over if an Anarchist Coop is still exploited by Market Forces.

• So they can all be exploited by market forces together? Sounds very non-hierarchical... -65 points.

anarchism is entirely Petit bourgeois utopianism, so there's no surprise there.

Communism entails the abolition of money. This is known. But capitalist production is commodity production, the production for sale rather than use. A co-op features all the same elements as capitalism because it is capitalism. Whether a co-op is good or bad or whether anyone should do it is irrelevant. It is capitalist, that is merely a fact.

/

No Coffee For Communists Party

Flairs material (2.)

• No Coffee For Communists Party
• Everything in the modern world is capitalist

All other mods were removed leaving the one hacked mod. per sauce. The Logo was changed to a swatsika. The main users of the sub are obviously unhappy and have posted posts with anti-nazi sentiments and propaganda

some gems include the sub bio of "WE LOVE HILTER HAIL HITLER"

and the rules of

1. Don't be black.

We're all white here, if you're black, go to another subreddit.

2. Don't be indian.

This is not a stinky subreddit.

3 Don't Be Gay. No f*ts allowed here.

4 No Jews.

Blame the jews for everything.

Is a relatively low effort takeover, and there is already a reddit request by the old mods to try and take back the sub

Context: Gacha Club or known by its first name, Gacha Life, is a Community that's well known for all the good and bad reasons. It's a community filled with more drama then the SCC/ACC combined, and currently, this drama is all started over an ART STYLE.

There's No Use Crying Over (Stolen) Art Styles

About a day ago, a User had posted on the subreddit of Gacha Club with their farewells, and attached was a user who told them to "Kill Themselves" because OP of that post was stealing Art Style/OC Style from another User on the same reddit.

A bit of a side tangent, the original user had worded their goodbye post concerningly alongside the attached screenshot wording it like they were going to "Off themselves" which led to the person making a post on their account.

The comments were supportive and moderators were quick to ban that person. But this is only the beginning.

The Start of Attention Seeking and Leaving Posts

Since the first OP left, many started posting their "Oh this community is bad! And I am leaving posts" causing the subreddit to have a chain reaction, most have been doing to "garner attention" currently many of the users in the subreddit has been getting tired of it too, as seen here.

One redditor even commented:

THANK GOD SOMEONE FINALLY SAID IT 🙏🏾 An analogy I use is "People will watch someone burn and claim to be in worse pain than the person on fire." Distorted already said theyre taking a break, leaving a subreddit because one person did a shitty thing feels so like ugh grow UP 😭 THE VICTIM ALREADY DEALT WITH IT WHY ARE YALL MAKING THIRTY POSTS ABT IT

It's clear that people are leaving for other reasons beyond the "Mental Health" issues, as this is a constant claim they do, and the next day they come back.

Aftermath

After all that complaining and screaming about the Style being stolen, and the countless nobodies on the Subreddit claiming to go away for a break, the subreddit returned to it's regular news broadcasting with the same posts.

This is just one if not many incidents this Community has to offer.

And you want to know the funny thing?

The supposed style theft ain't even similar to the person they are comparing it to!

A disabled vet had a doctor's appointment and booked an Uber home. 5 minutes into the ride, the driver cancels saying in "broken English" that his home is too far away and then tries to incorrectly drop him off at the ER entrance instead of the parking lot. It takes him 2 hours before he can get another ride home.

We start with the classic question:

What did you tip?????

Reply: Bro it’s an Uber ride not DoorDash and even so, considering the situation, you’re a dick if you’re just like him.

You just called me a dick for simply asking what the tip was? That says more about you than me lol ....

U know this va client won't effing tip on 2 hour ride...they never do

There's much feedback on what OOP could have done differently:

Just learn Spanish, it’ll help you communicate easier. He had some English. Did you have any Spanish if that was his language?

OOP Reply: he was talking on the phone to someone in arabic. I speak /can understand basic spanish, but not arabic

...Is there no way to schedule an appointment that doesn't have you traveling in traffic? I'm still confused as to why you can't drive your car to some side street in a safe neighborhood MUCH closer to the hospital, and then Uber from there. I've done that many times in the Bay Area {walked instead of Ubered) when needing to take the train, but not trusting the train station.

Two hours is a long trip. Next time you can just drive to the closest Walmart/Target/etc to hospital, drop the car there, and take Uber to hospital. I think you would save a lot of time.

Reply: They already accepted it though. How about next time don't accept rides you can't complete? What a crazy response. I hope you lose your ability to work ride-share with an attitude like this, assuming you do.

Reply:...Complain to Uber, tell them to give drivers the information before accepting the ride. I admit he shouldn't have driven off at all, but we don't know what he was thinking. He may already have a high cancellation rate and thus needed that five minutes to think about it. The fix is to let drivers know where it's going before pickup.

Reply: Waaaah, oh no. It's just one of the parts of your JOB. If you can't do it, then you shouldn't be a driver. It's that simple.

Not what you posted about for but 2 hours Uber is very expensive… I’d look at paid parking options or at least park closer to the hospital. You are waisting a lo of money.

I guess finding a parking spot is a better idea

Welcome to ridesharing. It doesn't work like a taxi or limo or shuttle. All of the extra details you added like broken English, etc are irrelevant. You're just aggravated(cont)...Maybe you should simply hire someone to drive you in your car on your appointment days. Or do what most of us do when we have doctor appointments. Take a rest and eat something. Then drive yourself home.

Reply: I'm legally blind, broke, and nobody cares about me soooo what do I do? Just go fuck myself orrr

OOP Reply: I can't drive after I get my eyes dilated according to my optometrist. There are some appointments that cause me to be too tired to be able to drive clearly

The driver is not your slave. They are well within their rights to cancel and kick you out at anytime. Just because you are in the car doesn't mean the driver can't and won't kick you out. If you had any common sense, you would have offered to give him some extra cash to incentive him. 2 hours is a long drive and he would have to drive back another 2 hours. I would have definitely cancelled too.

See, the problem is not the driver. Uber gives the driver only 3 seconds to accept the ride. They are not giving the driver adequate time to decide especially if the driver on the free way. In case the driver doesn’t take a ride, Uber punishes the driver for not taking it, cause it will be on his records as he declines rides...(cont).

Reply: Don’t accept the damn ride if you’re not going to complete it. This is completely on this crappy driver. If you don’t want to take the ride…don’t accept it.

Reply: They don't know the trip is long until they accept. Are you dense?

Call a normal cab next time. Stop using Uber.

Others feel OOP needs to gain some perspective:

First world problems

Yeah but did you die??

Reply: Exactly lol just move on. Sheesh

Someone gets so mad they can't type:

This usxwhybtgeybfrivevuver / Lyft these idiots are so unreliable that they can't get jobs or hold jobs long enough be for their stupidity and irresponsible behaviors show. Imsginevtgese people on the military. They would be in the hurt

Reply: What an incredibly stupid thing for you to say

Reply: Can you translate? What did he say?

No, the title is not a joke, r/DinosaursButBetter had the owner go on an absolute rampage and removed art over "Rule 8", which was a new rule for "Banning Paleo-Art". Just to be clear once again, the subreddit made to fight r/Dinosaurs putting a ban of art in place, banned art.

This new mod had even less tact than M-Rex from the previous two parts, with responses to those asking about the new rule including "Shut the fuck up", and saying "Stop plugging you're stupid sub you cunt" when someone mentioned r/DinosaursWeAreBack not having.....well, all of this going down. Our newly evolved M-Rex was not long for this world though, as they deleted their account soon after, but not before saying why they did it.

ps: I'm only doing this cause I wanted to watch the chaos while I'm busy resetting my accounts. I have nothing against anyone and this is entirely for my entertainment as I watch my digital mouse trap go off.

After the deletion of this original mod's account, a new mod team has been put into place, with this new crew being forced to pick up the pieces after the exact same kind of subreddit meltdown they were trying to escape hit them. Despite the recovery, there are those that don't trust this and seem to be done, especially with other alternatives to the original alternative existing.

To end this portion before possible updates, I think it's appropriate to share the definition of the evolutionary act of carcinization:

Carcinisation (American English: carcinization) is a form of convergent evolution in which non-crab crustaceans evolve a crab-like body plan. The term was introduced into evolutionary biology by L. A. Borradaile, who described it as "the many attempts of Nature to evolve a crab".

Only here, instead of a marvelous new crustacean, they have somehow evolved a new art ban.

Context: A video is posted to r/publicfreakout showing a man's assailants slashing his throat, recorded by his attackers. Redditors quickly point out their thoughts on what should be done with them after they are arrested by British police.

The video is NSFL, please don't watch it unless you're ready to see a man stabbed half to death

Drama:

1. Arguments about jail, due process, and the death penalty

• "Can’t have instant execution in a proper society."

• "I wonder if a cursory glance at the entirety of human history could tell us whether gruesome punishments have ever deterred crime?"

• "We pay for these people who just need to be put down with a bullet in the head. "

• "Sins of the children shall be visited upon the parents."

2. Arguments about if the victim is to blame for walking his son at 1:30 am

• "Not to victim blame here..."

• 'This guy made a huge mistake by “standing his ground”'

3. Somehow a question about how criminal charges work in England & Wales leads to drama...

• "They weren’t charged with a crime when arrested??"

Context: Ultrakill is a boomer shooter game made by Arsi "Hakita" Patala, the game involves a robot descending into hell to fight it's denizens in spectacularly bloody fashion. The game's sense of bizarre and meta humor has made it popular among meme culture, exposing it to many, including children.

Conversely, the subreddit has also been home to many pornographic artworks, quite to the chagrin of some users who voice their disapproval about this becoming the sub's focus.

This has led to a back-and forth slapfight of users posting lewd artwork and making memes denouncing said artwork. Ultimately this culminated in this post, where a mod explicitly says this sub is not meant for kids: https://www.reddit.com/r/Ultrakill/comments/1f0a3op/children_arent_welcome_here/

Notable quotes:

And yet we still have kids taking their pacifiers out of their mouths for long enough to yell "REEEE THIS COMMUNITY HAS ADULT CONTENT IN IT" go back to watching Cocomelon you little shit if you are so upset with seeing a female nipple.

THIS PLACE IS DESIGNED WITH ADULT PEOPLE IN MIND. RULES WILL NOT BE MADE TO ACCOMODATE MINORS!

This game ain't called "ULTRAUNALIVING", so take your advertiser friendly Tick Tock rotted brain back to your Fortnite frag clips or Minecraft huggy wuggy banban mod showcase or whatever kids watch these days when they aren't being annoying and if you insist on staying here, at the very least don't flaunt your age like it's some shield against criticism because world doesn't revolve around you.

A day ago OP posted a flat lay photo of a bra and underwear to r/findfashion saying that they’re his wife’s favourite and he’s trying to find the original brand. The tag had been cut off years ago and he wanted to buy her another set

Most of the users were trying to help but some became suspicious of OPs intentions, they used reverse image search and found that the photo OP used came from a German resale site. OP also posted to r/find, a user followed him over there to warn others that it was a stolen image with a made up back story

OP promised to post a photo of his wife’s underwear to reddit after he got off work. Why would OP do this, is he some kind of underwear pervert who gets off from exposing people to his fetish? Well maybe, but no

Today OP posted a redemption post with a photo of his wife’s actual underwear and bra alongside a piece of paper with his username written on it to r/findfashion titled “This is for ANYONE who commented in my recent post in this subreddit!” with some paragraphs below to clear his name

This will be my last ever post in this subreddit cause holy F there is something wrong with the people who commented on my recent post here.

First of! Thanks to anyone who actually tried to help me find it and did their best on helping me, appreciate it! And as you can see there is no label on it anymore.

But let me be clear! To those who negatively commented under my recent post, I do not care what your problems with life are, they are not MY problems so don’t take it out on me.

Being ‘protective’ about a women’s fashion subreddit I can kinda understand, but this wasn’t ANYTHING close to ‘protective’. Calling me a facking pervert cause I’m trying to buy my wife a gift? Go find some help in your life cause whatever it is, the shit you sayd to me is insane!!!

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The first post had some of the comments removed after I saved it yesterday so it’s missing some context, sorry if it’s confusing

First Post

”Bought this set a while back for my wife in a ‘general’ clothing store and this became her favorite set she owns. Which brand is this?”

Title says it all. The store I went to originally doesn’t have it anymore ( bought it 3 years ago, so I’m not surprised ) and she ripped out both labels. Wanna surprise her with new sets but can’t find it anywhere!!

Comments -

This is the weirdest fucking thing. Why is it the exact same photo? What would OP have to gain from taking a random photo off a german ebay analogue and post it here?

This is real. I used to work in a fast fashion retail store. Men would call and ask us about the panties we sold. Always seemed ok at first "do you sell panties? I'm looking for my SO" and would ultimately turn nasty. My poor 17yo employees. I told them to only say "yes, we sell them, come to the store if you want to shop" then hang up.

Omg I worked at an adult store that sold a lot of lingerie. I was subjected to so many men who got off on just ... discussing lingerie? In general? It would turn perverse really quickly. From "Do you sell thongs?" to "Have you ever worn these?" to "What does your pussy smell like?" in under sixty seconds.

(OP) Cause this picture is a lot clearer than the one I had of the set, plus you can see the branding and stuff a lot better, and she can’t find the bra anymore? Why does everyone think it’s weird, I’m literally only just asking what brand this is😂😂 no need for people to start an fbi search on me for asking a brands name! Didn’t realize it was illegal to post an image found from google😂

How is OP a perv? Genuinely what is this comment section lol

(OP) Wondering the same thing, I guess people wanna see dirty used lingerie and are mad I searched for a new set from google for the picture🤷🏻‍♂️People are out of control these days😂

So you stole it then?

(OP) I stole what? A facking picture from the internet? Well I guess I’m going to jail now!

Second Post

Comments -

As has been pointed out in another thread, OP stole this image from another site and then made up a backstory for some inexplicable reason.

(OP) ‘Made up a backstory’😂 good one😂😂😂😂 this picture is a lot better than the one I have of it, didn’t know it was a crime to screenshot pictures from the internet, my bad I guess! Maybe ask something before commenting, so you won’t look stupid😉

No actually you guys are all fucking weirdos. He posted a picture of his wife’s actual set about an hour ago because you are all bat shit insane morons

Third and Final Redemption Post

Comments -

If they were so adamant you needed to upload pics of your wife's actual underwear, maybe they're the perverts 😄

I didn’t comment on the other post but I could see why someone may be creeped out that you took a photo from the internet and didn’t say that initially. Try to be understanding that women are constantly bombarded by weirdos and unsafe people on the internet all the time, so the hesitancy is valid.

Right, but OP is only concerned that HE was accused of something. He’s not at all concerned about the fact that women feel they must be that vigilant in online spaces and why they feel that way. There’s something wrong with the people that commented, not the situations that have led them to be suspicious/concerned.

The fashion subs (tbf I thought this one was relatively safe) have been inundated by bad faith actors who claim they're trying to prevent "sexualizing women" but in fact are applying rad fem, TERF agendas to fashion and beauty subs. (Continued…)

One of the plus size fashion subs is also incredibly anti-SW to the point they're incredibly rude if they even suspect you are one and you have to make a different account to post if you are one! It's ridiculous.

Fine, you win this round, OP shakes fist. But seriously, OP didnt really explain well why he was using a photo taken from another site, some of us expressed our puzzlement, I don’t think any of it was malicious or anything. Kind of funny to see it turn into a whole-ass thing

* Just as a note, the user above saying that it was an expression of puzzlement was the user who followed OP to his r/find post to warn people there

Tbf his wife may have not been too pleased at having pictures of her worn underwear posted online. That’s verging on fetish territory. If anything he made the right call not posting it to begin with

https://np.reddit.com/r/AskSocialScience/s/UprALrjqGC

Drama (1.)

10 Radioactive Children. Drama about Other Countries' own cruel methods; Whataboutism.

• It’s historical irony that Japan, a once violent, cruel, and expanding empire refuse a film that details the scale of that cruelty and the methods that ultimately ended it. That it also jump stated it’s own pop culture fascination with the atomic age. In fact, a remake of the 1954 classic is set for release this year. In other words Japan needs some serious self reflection on their own hypocrisy.

19 Radioactive Children. Drama over whether it's like banning Pearl Harbor Movies in Hawaii.

• But why? That would be like Pearl Harbor being banned in Hawaii. (Might have been a good thing with how bad the movie was) -37 points.

One was an attack on a military harbor, one was the indiscriminate killing of hundreds of thousands of civilians. That simply isn’t comparable

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an attack on a military that hadn't attacked japan vs an attack on a civilian population that was supportive of the imperialist actions of its fascist regime.

/

Oh I get it. I definitely get it more than the people get what the downvote is meant for on Reddit.

It’s just the movie is about the invention of the bomb, they don’t show Japan getting bombed and are we just supposed to just ignore history and pretend it didn’t happen?

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We don't have to ignore history, which this very much isn't. It's a dramatised movie made to sell to a mass market. There's history books out there, not releasing this movie isn't gonna somehow destroy that.

I don't think the movie should be banned, but I can totally understand why.

30 Radioactive Children. Drama over whether Historical Knowledge of Japanese War Support means it was all deserved.

• Anyone with knowledge of Japan's actions thinks japan deserved the bombs. guess the Japanese don't see it that way though since there's a lot of whitewashing going on around their history and atrocities. Japan deserved at least 2 more atomic bombs & germany shoud've had some as well -63 points.
  • Deserved the bombs? Ah yes civilians deserved to die! Do you even hear yourself?

Yes, you totally are making sense right now.

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Good job. Don't engage with my points? The vast majority of Japanese at ww2 deserved the bomb and it wouldn't have bothered me if they got bombed into eradication. after ww2 the Japanese now aren't responsible for what the Japanese then had to the same level just like Americans now aren't responsible to the same level as their ancestors who imported slaves from Africa. if the colonisers got eradicated by the native Americans at the time I wouldn't have batted an eye.

35 Radioactive Children. Drama over necessity of nukes.

• Yeah best to kill a couple hundred thousand civilians then

Flairs material (2.)

• Calling it indiscriminate killing of civilians is a pretty big historical revisions

Intro (1.)

r/SaltierThanKrayt is a subreddit for discussion of the current state of the STAR WARS fandom (and other big franchises), with an emphasis of criticizing and calling out the toxicity and bigotry within fandom.

Drama (2.)

10 Children. Drama when 2 users point out that the MC is based on a real model & uses Motion Capture.

• The devs have never seen a real womens ass either it would seem, or they just know there audience really well. 😂 -9/-6 points. Points in reference to scores of two users below.

You never seen latinas or black women lol

18 Children.

• Holy shit it's a fucking video game. Anybody would rather have an aesthetically pleasing character model than not. -12 points.

Men are arguably sexualized more than women in video games but nobody cares. Why is that? Because they're fictional characters.

You like big buff male characters? That's fine!

You like female characters with a nice frame? That's fine!

/

That argument about sexualization of men has been around for a while, and I can't say that I find it all that convincing. Beefy, muscular men aren't a female gamer desire fantasy, they're a male gamer power fantasy. Difference matters because stuff like this pushes away would-be gamers whose interests feel dismissed in favor of appealing to, well, horny nerds who really love looking at the ass of a woman they don't have to respect.

/

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Thought we were talking about video games 💀 MCU heroes are absolutely sexualised, Thor and Peter have gratuitous shirtless scenes.

20 Children. Drama when...

• ...Dry Star replied to Wheeljack. Wheeljack said that Sexualized Proportions should be in a Hentai Game. Dry Star defended that Stellar Blade is just one game. -5 points.

Flairs material (3.)

• I'll happily drool over my significant other thank you very much
• I say this with complete sincerity: your SO is a lucky person!
• I didn’t finish Mario Wonder bc he didn’t have a fat ass

Original, sorted by controversial.

Original, undeleted.

#I quit my job to do nothing.

That’s right. I quit my job to do nothing. I’m tired of working.[...] I work as a nurse assistant, my job is extremely stressful[...] I have absolutely no energy I’ve done applications for other jobs but It’s extremely hard to get hired elsewhere or It’s extremely low paying .[...]

The things that fulfill me in life are free or extremely cheap. I love walking, reading, doing my makeup & drawing. All free.

You might say what about bills, I live with my boyfriend who provides everything which is risky considering we’re not married but I don’t plan on being jobless for long, just a month or 2. My own personal bills like my phone bill, I no longer care. Nobody calls me and I don’t have friends. I can use Wi-Fi to send text to family members.

I’m drained. I don’t care about being broke anymore. I give up. I just wanna be happy.

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Link: At 22, I think you'll find that lots of people have done that at some point. I quit working at one point for a solid 4 years.

I did it too, but to less than desirable results. My girlfriend grew to resent me and I got really sick partly due to stress of trying to do freelance work and barely having enough to pay my own bills.[...]

The Grim fact is, that it's mostly women I see who take the luxury of not working and allowing their Partners to bear all of the financial burden for both of them. If a man does that, for nearly any reason, he's seen as a parasite and a loser and a user.

Of course. That's because you are the bigger, stronger sex. That holds true in 99 percent of the comparisons between men and women. But make no mistake, that is women's failure to reconcile with, not mens. Especially in today's day and age where women are dominating many sectors of the labor force. Kamala Harris. Need I say more?

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Link This is why I want to make enough to support my fiancee fully. I want to give her this option if shes need it.

God I wish I had that option. But I’m a guy so no one’s ever going love me like that 🤷‍♂️ so, oh well, back to the never ending cycle of mental health neglect/suicidal burnout and ceaseless stream of people telling me “it doesn’t have to be this way” while offering me no alternatives and punishing me socially for seeking them. God, having a penis is so fun /s

Edit: y’all are wild acting like guys aren’t struggling with dating even when they have a ton to offer in the relationship. Acting like women aren’t vocally complaining about deadbeat guys online daily. Acting like there aren’t centuries and centuries of social pressure normalizing overworking men and setting the expectation that women get taken care of that we haven’t even begun to unravel as a society. Acting like there’s not entire subcultures of people who believe (whether you agree with them or not) that it’s morally wrong for a woman to take care of a man. Acting like even if it does happen that it’s not an exceedingly rare circumstance.

Why are y’all making up a world that doesn’t exist and pretending that’s the world we live in? Don’t get me wrong, you guys’s world sounds more fun, I wish I could live in it but unfortunately I’m stuck in reality 🤷‍♂️

There are plenty of women supporting stay at home men. If you want that, go find it.[...] If you havent found it, then lower your standards [...]

I see that argument a lot. Many women telling men to "lower their standards". [...] I never had someone tell me were not interested because she was a secretary, or she didn't have a car or she was didn't have a place. It was important that they got along so her personality and how they were together. If we are talking about looks standards. First. You like what you like. You can't force your brain to find a picture beautiful, either you think it is or you don't. So to lower your standards in looks is not possible[...] But with that said women are called the "beautiful sex" for a reason. Women are beautiful by nature.[...] The average guy would find the average girl beatiful or cute. But not the other way around from what I noticed.[...]

Im not telling men in general to lower their standards. Im telling the guy who wants to be a stay at home husband[...] Men tell women this all the damn time. So whats the problem?

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Link I can't believe that we were born on this planet to work for 47 (or more) years, then spend the last 10-15 years of life too old, sick, and injured to actually do anything you wanted to do when you were young, then you die. Am I the only one that thinks this is crazy?

No, you know for a fact that you’re not the only one that thinks this is crazy. You’re on Reddit. This exact sentiment reaches the front page in some capacity 5-10 per day. You know you’re not the only one. Stop.

….if you lived as a wild animal instead of a human you would also still be working for most of your life - hunting for food or running from predators. Can’t believe some people are so entitled as to think they shouldn’t ever need to work for anything.

You keep making that company richer whilst they give you their pocket change[...]

I mean….considering the fact that I’m getting more than fairly compensated for a job I like doing and not risking my life daily to get food— yeah I will. You keep working and hating life and being miserable though.

[...] you don't know my life, I got it pretty chill as of lately, self employed is the way, you keep making your ceo richer

[Cont.] [...]You keep saying “keep making my ceo richer” as if that’s a bad thing. They keep the company running. I keep doing my job, and I get paid more than most for excelling at it. “Self employed” what are you, a dog walker lmao?

[...]

Mf thinks that self employed means that you're a dog walker, but you make 6 figures, something doesn't add up here[...]

It was a fuckin joke from that r/antiwork interview a while ago doofus. If my work makes my CEO richer while making me richer why the fuck should I care? It’s a win win lol.

Oh yea cus I have seen a joke from some subreddit that no one has heard of, and if you wanna work and not make all the money for doing so that's up to you, doofus

[Cont.] I’d rather work for someone else and make more than work for myself and make less. To the [username] loser who replys and blocks me : Lmao, sure. Youngest person in my position in the company , and well on my way to being exec. “Complacent” All you do is smoke weed and watch old ass Godzilla movies. See, we can do stupidly reductive history dives here too!

Not everyone enjoys being a mindless zombie who wants to suck drakes dick and play over watch the rest of their life. You’re just complacent and that’s ok. Pretty boring but ok. Ignorance is bliss

The point is that even being able to retire is a privilege.[...]

Lmao what a terrible analogy. Are the wild animals also giving 90% of the food they make to the higher ups of the animal kingdom? No, fuck off.

Stop bitching and start a business then.[...]

Oh wow what a well though out reply champ. Let me just go start a business then. Fuck me. Why didn't I think of this? Thanks for your enlightened response!

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Link "I live with my boyfriend who provides everything" Ahh, now it makes sense.

[OOP:] So?

Nothing, it must be really nice for you is all. Most of us don't have the luxury of somebody else willing to entirely fund our existence.

He’ll get tired of her. Nobody loves a leach for long.

So you’re a mooch?

You're a leech

Imagine being 22 and thinking YOU need a break from all those hard years of work. Then imagine saying you’ve never even had a bill to pay in the first place. To need a break from adulting, you need to have started.

[...] People don't generally tolerate a leech for long

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Link As a former collection agency employee, I have seen alot of financial pain after people become unemployed voluntarily or involuntarily. Be careful, things happen outside of your control.

NPC take. If we’re talking about medical bills or disability, either of those would bankrupt you regardless. If you’re broke, it’s free! Outside of not being able to pay vet bills I don’t think I’d care.

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Link Be very careful allowing yourself to be completely financially dependent on a man, that's how you get trapped in abusive relationships. Find a new job ASAP. Even if he's perfect now, protect yourself.

Why are you making all these toxic assumptions about her boyfriend?

I never said anything about her boyfriend except that he may be perfect now. No assumptions were made, these are facts that keep women safe.

i thought having extremely strong preferences for dating tall men kept woman safe?

Sounds like you think he might turn abusive in the future which definitely isn’t a healthy way of thinking

Did you only read every other word of their comment or something?

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Link Americans work hard through thick and thin. We do not quit a job to do nothing. Doing nothing is a fast track to health issues.

Women back in the 1800s did not do clock in clock out jobs. Their work was domestic related. Who said she is doing “nothing”

Well, babe, no one has to churn butter or walk water up from the river in 2024.

Link Fixed title: I quit my job to shamelessly mooch off my boyfriend and live off his hard work.

male irl provides for girlfriend. male on reddit confused.

Some men value their partners a lot more than to call them a mooch, not knowing what they contribute to the joint lifestyle…then there’s you.

thats called using loved ones for personal benefit

That's called being in a relationship actually. If you both decide it's okay, who the fuck cares what some wage slave says. You're just green from envy

who tf are u

[OOP:] I still will be doing house duties, like cooking, cleaning & taking care of our animals. He’s also supportive of my decision and have told me many times I could quit and that I could go back when I’m ready. So I’m not really mooching lol

Guys, chill, she's now doing HOUSE DUTIES like COOKING, CLEANING, and TAKING CARE OF ANIMALS because she's not working anymore! It's literally impossible for us normal workers to do BASIC HOUSE DUTIES. I mean in her sense, we don't cook, clean, and enjoy watching our animals suffer. Why? Cause we work 8 hours! I remember the last time I showered was back when I was a stress-free baby! I don't have time to even shower anymore. HOW LUCKY FOR HER. IM JEALOUS. SHES NOW DOING HOUSE DUTIES!

[...]

It's cause kids nowadays have tiktok and see things on social media to gaslight themselves, thinking that older people "manipulated" this whole system by creating "jobs" that humans shouldn't do. They think it's a "waste of time" and people shouldn't "work" because it's a waste of their life. It's stupid and self-entitlement. They have this crazy fantasy about how they shouldn't be working but instead be enjoying outdoor nature, while going to a cafe, drinking coffee and enjoying the day, but completely missed the part that getting coffee will require someone else to be doing a job of service so she can enjoy that privilege. It's stupid.

Link Dumbest shit I’ve ever heard. When he dumps u then what ??

[OOP:] Why assume he’s gonna dump me? I’m only gonna be off 1/2 months. Our relationship is great. Also, I have a certification. It’ll be easy to find another healthcare job when I’m ready to get back to If he does break up with me.

You posted that he cheated on you a month ago. You're delusional.

[OOP: ] Aside from that, yes. There’s a lot of women whose taken back a cheater. I really don’t care.

…aside from the fact he CHEATED ON YOU??

The cope when he cheats again will be felt around the world.

Post got removed, comic can be viewed here

what

OP:It’s called comedy, broski, read it in a book, why don’t you [-200 downvotes]

I do not comprehend

I'll help. What do you think is happening here? [-60 downvotes]

Wtf happened in this comment section?

is the joke "you couldve wished to solve world hunger?

OP:It was meant to be, tho I’m getting the sense it maybe didn’t translate very well

What the original post said

The remains of the original thread

OP's followup post

The post:Thinking about this post

Context: A screenshot is posted of a tumblr post talking how the concept of people saying fictional characters "deserving" things is a sign of cultural Christianity

The discussion starts off relatively ok but devolves into a debate over whether empathizing with fictional characters can be considered unhealthy

But being upset by a story is good. Like. . . that's what I want. Why would i want them to have better if it would make a worse story?

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.Because wanting it to be better is part of being upset.Something is sad precisely because its something we didn't want to happen. No body wants their friend to die, or to lose their job, or to be cheated on. They want things to go well, to have that happy ending. And they mourn that they have been denied those things. That their friend has been robbed of the life they could have had, that they have been robbed of their financial security, that their partner robbed them of their trust.Only by recognising that a better alternative exists can we truly comprehend whats been lost, and as empathic creatures we naturally want the best not just for ourselves but for others, even if it doesn't directly effect us. We want the hero to return home to his family not because we think it would be the most narritively compelling ending but because we have come to care about the hero.

Drama begins to brew here

You think of fictional characters like your friends? That's strange IMO. I WANT bad things to happen to the characters I like BECAUSE I want to feel upset by it. I do NOT want it to be better. If I see a cute dog in a horror movie I think "I hope they have the guts to kill that dog" because I love dogs and i know the horror will be that much more effective if they kill the dog.When I read a story and really like a character, I want them to suffer. When I create a character for a role playing game I am almost always thinking about giving the GM ways to emotionally and physically torture them.

You're getting downvoted because this is not how most people consume media, my good sir. You'd find your people in the whump community.Both takes are equally valid either way. Some people find tragedy without comfort cathartic, some want to explore the darkest pits of humankind in their fiction, some enjoy watching their characters suffer and seeing how they develop out of it.To some, characters are like friends and the suffering does make them feel bad, and sometimes that's a nice good thing and sometimes you're just not in the emotional mindset to read it.People consume fiction for many reasons is my thing here. Neither one is better or worse. But for real, Whumper mentality right there. Both that and that of a role player. We all love torturing our characters, ngl.

Things start to heat up. Discussions on whether caring about a fictional character is unhealthy starts brewing

I disagree this is just a simple preference. Thinking and feeling about fictional characters as if they are friends and reacting to things that happen to them as you would those things happening to real people is straight up unhealthy. It's indicative of a poor grasp on the difference between reality and fantasy.

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I don't usually interact with media that way, but I don't think it's really fair to call it "unhealthy" as a blanket statement.A lot of people like to willingly suspend their disbelief, and are able to temporarily treat fictional worlds as real without believing that they are real. Reacting to characters "as if" they are your friends isn't the same thing as genuinely believing they are, and plenty of people like to immerse themselves in fiction. If someone genuinely sees NO difference between a fictional character and a real person then sure, that may be unhealthy, but there is a big gap between that and what most people are describing here. As an example in a different medium:People who go to see a play and get so swept up in the story that they almost forget they're watching actors aren't delusional, they're responding to good art. If they see the actors at the stage door and keep seeing them as their characters then THAT is weird behavior, but suspension of disbelief is fine.I think you may be taking a very literal view of what people are saying here, that somehow reacting as if the character was a friend they cared about means they literally don't know the difference. People engage with fiction in a lot of different ways, but most people are able to do so without confusing it with reality, even if they treat it like reality while reading/watching etc.

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Apparently caring about a fictional character must means thinking of them exactly the same as real people

See this is what I think is unhealthy. It can seem like fictional characters give you that window into different people's lives and how they live, but that is an illusion. And if you base your knowledge of other people in part on fictional characters which supposedly share some traits, that is going to lead you astray eventually. And the more you base your knowledge of real humans on fictional ones, the quicker you will be lead astray.Fiction is not a lens into any aspect of reality unless it is a means of making you aware of facts you didn't know before, and even then there are much better sources of facts about the real world if that is what you are after. Fiction is fiction and while it reflects reality it is a very distorted, incomplete reflection.Stories are an excellent means of convincing people of stuff, but that's part of what makes it so unsettling for me to see so many people treat them as so real. Because stories meant to communicate a message are propaganda. It might be propaganda in a good cause, or propaganda meant to spread a truth, but it is propaganda none the less because in order to be at all a satisfying story so many of the immense and innumerable details and complications and nuances of reality must be stripped away. Because if you want to describe someone's experience waking up and eating breakfast and provide all context and detail you would end up with something longer than the longest book ever written. Even a true story that contains absolutely no falsehood is not and can never be a complete picture of what actually happened, and very rarely do "true stories" meet even those standards.

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Well I can't think of another word to better describe why I find this disturbing. Unhealthy fits quite well.Really it comes down to this: if you emotionally respond to fictional characters as if they are real, I do not understand how you can enjoy fiction in most of its forms because it involves quite awful things happening to people. So either A. these people saying they react as if the characters are real are mischaracterizing their responses or B. they are sadistic. Since I doubt they are all sadistic, I lean toward option A.If they are mischaracterizing their response, in what way are they doing so? I think that's what I was trying, in a clumsy way, to get it. Because to me it seems obvious that I don't respond to fictional characters like they are real, and thus I don't think it makes sense to say "I hope this character I like doesn't suffer." But if someone else responds to fiction differently so they would say that, as they would for a real person they cared about, it again seems to me like a contradiction. Because I wouldn't like to watch a friend fight for his life in a brutal back alley brawl with a serial killer, but I sure as shit want to see the hard boiled detective hero do that and probably take some grievous wounds in the process. And I think most people who are responding here would like to see that, or something analogous, to that.If they truly do have the same, even if different significantly in scale, emotional responses to things be falling fictional characters as they do things befalling real people, I maintain that's unhealthy. I am hoping though that most of these posters don't actually do that and simply do not have any actual experiences with violence or extreme tragedy befalling those they know to compare it to.Like, my dad killed himself near 10 years ago. If a character committing suicide made me feel even a tiny, tiny bit what that felt like, I couldn't watch anything with even the chance of suicide. And I am basically supportive of my dad's decision and believe he had every right to kill himself and that it was a rational decision, I think I am basically as okay with it as I could possibly be without being a complete sociopath. But that grief and loss and pain, it's not like a character dying. It's not sadness and pathos and emotionally cleansing tears. It's not the sweet tinge of pain that comes from wiggling a sore tooth or being lashed with a whip by an enthusiastic partner. It's a hammer blow to your liver, it's feeling your flesh get ground away by asphalt, it's sobbing so hard and deep and uncontrollably that you almost pass out due to lack of oxygen. There is no comparison to the "pain" a story can evoke, and if stories could evoke even an iota of that I wouldn't touch them with a 10 ft pole. If nothing else this thread has at least given me a great deal of fodder for my next therapy session. I am trying to work on binary thinking and cognitive rigidity, which I have been exhibiting here in spades.

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I don't think of fictional characters as friends. They don't know me in the slightest, only I know them. And they're fictional.Doesn't mean I can't care about them. I am perfectly aware of the fact that they are fictional, I am simply emotionally invested in the fictional. you may think this is unhealthy.I may also think your idea that someone caring about something fictional suggests they can't tell that it's fictional shows a extreme inability to understand the thoughts of people thinking different from you.

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I didn't say caring about fictional characters is unhealthy. I said caring about them AS IF THEY ARE REAL PEOPLE is unhealthy. Empathizing with them and hoping for them as you would for your real friends, as multiple people have stated elsewhere in this thread they do, THAT is what I'm calling unhealthy. It's like they need a moment of anti-sonder where they realize that fictional characters do not have a rich inner life full of hopes and dreams and fears like they do.

Context: AOC takes a picture with the father of Itay Chen, a duel US-Israeli citizen who was killed in the Oct. 7th attacks. It's unclear as to whether or not AOC was aware the fact that he was also an IDF soldier. Now, onto the drama!

Link to main post:

"libs have always been hitting the “its sad that we lost lives on both sides” line."

"If a Republican had taken a photo op with someone decked out in QANON merch with a sign saying "[Name], murdered by Antifa", and the person in question had been an actual Concentration Camp Guard in Nazi Germany, I don't think you'd have anywhere near this level of "Well maybe it was a misunderstanding""

However, some commenters are rather skeptical of this.

"She literally declined AIPAC money, what the fuck are you talking about."

"Politicians take pictures with a lot of people"

"His father wants his body back. Meaning he wants a ceasefire. You people need to do 5 seconds of research before trying to paint your allies as the enemy."

"Is AOC supposed to magically know the entire history of every single Israeli?"

And lastly:

"I know hasan has a young audience but Jesus Christ were some of you born yesterday???"

Over the years r/Egypt has grown there were fears that it would turn to just a large Egyptian Facebook group, so a few years back there was a push to assert "liberal" (by Egyptian standards) beliefs from the get go with "some" controversy, like i covered in another thread 2 years ago, go me \o/. This lead to the popularisation of subreddits like r/misr with a more.... conservative tone. The changes to r/Egypt held to this day, and lately some of these rules have been enforced in maybe not so popular way.

"what is religious about this?"

In this post OP complains about having their post deleted for stating that shibsy (lays but worse) is on the BDS boycott list, it was deleted for apparently being perceived as "preaching" by some r/egypt mods r/egypt-ians disagree.

some highlights...

Why are mods restricting the bds movement?, i am an atheist and i fully support the movement.

Edit: please don't dox or harrass that mod, his mistake doesn't justify a crime. Sure cricitise but this has gone way too far.

We aren't restricting it, but when they spam it everywhere even when no one asked, then it's preaching.

The preaching rule is specifically only about religion as described, and that's not what spam is either(atleast per reddit tos). It's called spreading awareness about the bds movement on posts that clearly goes against it.

You are probably personally disturbed since you most likely don't even boycott, which is why you removed them out of bias rather than actual adherence to sub rules.

Others bring up their own experiences

نفس الشيء حصل لي // The same thing happened to me

op then sends a screenshot of his comment simply saying "boycotted" being deleted.

المودز هتلاقيهم بيدعمو إسرائيل عادي و شمتانين في اهل غزة الي بيموتو // the mods, you'll find them supporting israel and gloating at the dead families in gaza

I'd like to see a single post by a mod doing that.

You 2 days ago when asked if boycott are working, you responded:

“Nope, it hurts Egyptian workers more than anything, the majority of American tax money comes from tech and medical companies, so unless you boycott the internet and medicine, you're not doing anything.

People just like to feel self righteous in Egypt.”

And way more before that. 🤣

Boycott doesn't work, period, in what way was I supporting Israel?

Mod in question defends themselves

I removed the comments, because preaching also include telling people how to live their lives and force their beliefs on them.

Stating that a product is part of a boycott list is not forcing a belief on someone.

The drama spilled over to r/misr because of course it did,

"الكومنت معداش عليه دقيقة // This comment didn't pass even one minute!!!"