#reddit is hell

[technofeudalism]

in today's edition of why do i torture myself like this, here is the top comment on a post to /r/TikTokCringe where someone is providing statistics about China.

there are over a thousand comments on this thread, 99.99% trashing China as a whole and talking about things like the "social credit system" which has literally been proven to be a complete fabrication made up by the United States.

the sentence "Are we really going to believe what the Chinese government tells us?" is fascinating. i mean honestly, why would i trust what they say any less than any other country?

as a matter of fact... i can think of a few times that the United States lied about things far more consequential than their homelessness statistics.

i have a few examples that come to mind:

from Gaza to Hiroshima, the United States Government have been the biggest and boldest peddlers of misinformation and lies for centuries. these are just the most significant instances in modern history.

is China completely truthful about it's domestic affairs? likely not. but who am i to make judgements from the belly of the most insatiable beast?

[blueribbonbaby]

Reddit stays pissing me off

[katteneuro]

“The word ‘AuDHD’ fetishizes autism!”

you can’t be serious

[jojilovesninjas]

In America it’s the anniversary of 9/11 today (I live in Australia which is always a day ahead of America) and some twat on the internet decided it would be funny to do this. wrong day my dude, you know I like dark humour but this isn’t even funny. Why can’t you display your opinion towards a TV show like normal people just say you hate it like everyone else. But no this cunt had the spit on the graves of 1000s of people for internet clout.

[alyceinwonderland777]

I think if there was a contest for "Mister Contradiction" this guy would win it without any effort. In a few lines he managed to say that love requires accepting someone for who they are but that finding someone attractive for their personality is selfish. Like, WHAT? If I like someone for their personality it means I'm accepting them for who they are, right?

Furthermore, believing that love means loving without getting anything in return is not only inaccurate but also dangerous, and I will now explain why.

A healthy relationship requires reciprocity and mutual respect. If any of these things are missing, it's not love. It's not healthy to believe that one of the two has to do all the emotional labor and expect not to receive the same from their partner. It's also a dangerous concept because its basically saying that all those people who have left their partner because they were emotionally or physically abusive or both are selfish. According to the logic of loving without receiving anything in return, even if your partner beats you up or brings you down emotionally, you cannot leave them because otherwise you are selfish.

I'm not saying that the guy who wrote this idiotic post meant it that way, but unfortunately that's the subtext.

Plus, if we’re being honest, the concept of loving someone and getting nothing in return IS selfish, because you’re literally saying that one partner can take without giving anything back to the other partner. Taking without giving back is selfish, while wanting to be loved and respected equally is not. It’s just how healthy relationships work. Relationships are not a charity. Obviously I’m talking about emotional exchange, not financial.

Besides, it's literally the norm to start a relationship with someone you feel comfortable with. It's not selfish, it's just how human relationships work. Why would I want to start a relationship, romantic or platonic, with someone I don't feel comfortable with? Like, WHAT?

That's like saying a black woman who doesn't want to start a relationship with a white supremacist, Trump-supporting white man is selfish. Like WHAT?

Oh and by the way starting a relationship with someone solely and exclusively for their money is not love but exploitation. It should go without saying, but here we are. 🙄

Romantic relationships are born out of a desire to both love and be loved, and there is nothing selfish about that. However, saying that people should love without receiving anything in return in emotional terms is extremely selfish. This guy doesn't realize that he is supporting the exact type of dynamic he claims to detest.

Also, having standards is normal. I think it's quite normal to want a partner who is emotionally available, mature, smart, etc. Physical appearance is secondary. I don't know about you, but for me a man can be as handsome as a Greek god, but if his personality sucks the only thing I'll feel for him is repulsion. Of course, nobody is perfect, but there's a difference between having flaws and being a shitty person.

This also applies to friendships. Friendships are a give and take just like romantic relationships. You can’t expect your friend to do all the emotional labor without getting the same in return.

Unconditional love, as noble a concept as it may be, cannot exist since human relationships will always be conditional to some degree and that's okay. We are humans, not gods. We are not perfect. Perfection doesn't exist and that's also okay.

Besides, what does having aesthetic preferences have to do with being disabled, disfigured, etc.? As I said before, if you truly love someone, physical appearance is secondary. I feel like this guy was unconsciously projecting his true self onto others with his post. I mean, you only have to read his post carefully to realize that it's full of contradictions. Also, if you go look at his comment history on his Reddit profile, he called another guy "gross" because he wrote a beautiful post about how much he loves his wife, so I honestly think he is an extremely frustrated person who feels the need to take his frustration out on others. He is one of those people who probably believes that if he can't be serene and happy then neither can anyone else. This guy needs to do some soul-searching and most importantly learn to act like a decent person.

Before criticizing others, this guy should look in the mirror.

Sorry for the long rant, but I needed to get this off my chest.

Thank you for reading and have a nice day. 🩷

[syppys-den]

This shit is why I'm glad I was banned from Reddit...

like seriously, imagine claiming to love Superman but then deciding to double down on everything that DOESN'T make him interesting!

[dark-drawssss]

r/Manhunt is the r/arkhamasylume of the Manhunt community

Pretty much, except it's mostly dudebros (unless r/arkhamasylum also has a lot of dudebros). On the bright side if you want you can mess with people there by posting ANYTHING they don't like, which is very easy to figure out.

[porcelaintoybox23]

Remind me to never venture into r/batman. Why did someone unironically respond to the question “would Batman kill hitler” with no, he’d find a way to end the war.

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WORLD WAR TWO

Most popular answer. 7 upvotes but still. Not to mention every other answer being no, he’d arrest him.

Batdick must be crazy good because how the fuck would Batman of all people end a world war? Jesus Christ, the world has had enough Batman. We need to shelve him for a decade.

[interstellar-cluster]

reddit “try to answer the fucking question without going on seven side-tangents” challenge

level actually fucking impossible.

if i ask a question about XYZ, I do not fucking care about ABC. Is that so hard for them to understand?

[nando161mando]

C'mon guys

[shiutsu]

imma #&Đđ myself

got my account permabanned over ""harassment"", this must've been the r/aro mods or smth cuz i didnt do shit.

& w how I usually get responds from the mods, I'm afraid I might not get it unlocked

Edit: I apparently harassed someone over the messages. I didn't know that "ok", "yup" & "cool" was a harassment.

[passions-and-pupils]

Hate Reddit and how most subreddits are either extremely strict or have no moderation at all.

Just got told on a fandom subreddit that I could only post about fanfiction under a weekly fanfiction thread.

The post wasn’t even about fanfiction specifically it was asking about an au and if anyone had seen it before. Also they had a fanfic tag with posts under it so I don’t know what that’s about

Honestly it just seems so unnecessary. Like, if you don’t want to see the fanfic stuff can’t you just look through the other flairs? And why are you in a fandom subreddit if you don’t want to hear about fan content? Am I missing something here?

[thanos-the-dad-titan]

My account of 14+ years over at Reddit was just permanently banned for saying, instead of using a rock to break a window with a swastika drawn on it to use a slingshot or BB gun to break the window.

The ban doesn't really bug me. It's the fact I brought that site 30k plus viewers to Reddit with a sub I created that I never received an ounce of compensation for. Totally free labor.

Reddit I think is cooked. Oh well. I've needed reasons to get away from social media. (Like my constant strikes over on TikTok for responding back to MAGAotts for their shitty comments...I'm trying to get banned lol)

Oh well just venting.

[prototypesteve]

I made the mistake of joining all the asexual Subreddits the week I came out as aroace.

Radioactive. Drama. Pit.

Never going back there again.

I am soo glad I have tumblr. Cuz when you have tumblr and mention you’re asexual (or want a relationship without sex) you have a bunch of supporters.

You go to twitter and barely hint at it? You’re hit with: “Are you a nun?” “I need sex to SURVIVE!!” “That’s just friendship lol!” “Maybe I can change your mind 💦” Like all of y’all shut the hell up and get out of your head.😒

[tangled-pixel-harpsichord]

As far as the “being good for you” to “feeling good” ratio goes, nothing sucks more than just letting go of an internet argument with someone who’s just pot committed to hating a thing you casually enjoy.

It’s like, I think the best thing for you, commenter, would be to take a step back from this media property, as it seems to be bringing you no joy. Alas, you will not listen to that suggestion, and even mentioning it will cause you even more strife, which you will only direct back at me. I will avoid this by silently disengaging, which will make it seem like you’ve won the argument we were having, but I have made the decision (against my own emotional impulse) that being right in this situation is not worth talking to you anymore. Good luck with all that.

[dodgytransformer]

why are people such cunts on reddit?? i just posted an opinion i had on the harry potter reddit of why i think the purebloods are so against muggleborns, and suddenly i’m a horrible person?? 😭