elkaki@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoWhat is a quote you see everywhere that you absolutely hate?message-squaremessage-square147fedilinkarrow-up184arrow-down12
arrow-up182arrow-down1message-squareWhat is a quote you see everywhere that you absolutely hate?elkaki@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square147fedilink
minus-squareRai@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up30arrow-down2·1 year agoI don’t see it anymore after leaving the hell that is Reddit, but I saw “Play stupid games, win stupid prizes” multiple times in every thread.
minus-squareFreeman@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoI mean I get that if used in a context where a person does something with great risk attached and with few and rare good possible outcomes (stupid games). And then they get a bad outcome (stupid prize). For example Jackass-like stunts.
minus-squareRai@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoIt’s just a stupid phrase that I hate, parroted to death multiple times in every Reddit thread ever.
minus-squarePorkRollWobbly@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·1 year agoUsually as a way of being racist, too.
I don’t see it anymore after leaving the hell that is Reddit, but I saw “Play stupid games, win stupid prizes” multiple times in every thread.
I mean I get that if used in a context where a person does something with great risk attached and with few and rare good possible outcomes (stupid games). And then they get a bad outcome (stupid prize).
For example Jackass-like stunts.
It’s just a stupid phrase that I hate, parroted to death multiple times in every Reddit thread ever.
Usually as a way of being racist, too.