i’ll start. i saw a ask reddit post saying something along the lines of “men of reddit whats something women can’t understand” and the comments were just. oh my god. the main one that made me want to puke was “when dudes walk by each other and nod” and the whole fucking thread was just fedoras with arms soypogging like it was some secret language or something. “when you nod upwards, it means respect!!!1!!11 when you nod downwards its aggression!!!1!11!!!” as if women dont do the same shit.

do you guys have something similar to share?

  • axont [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    I know everyone here is talking about how they’re all racist turbo reactionaries. That’s true but what does it for me is when they’ll type out song lyrics to one another, line by line, like they’re doing karaoke by mail. Not even obscure songs. There are probably at least five comment threads per day repeating the lyrics of Bohemian Rhapsody. Yes reddit I’ve seen Wayne’s World

    That’s probably what I hate most about reddit. It’s how they valorize very well known things but act like they’re part of a special club for enjoying it. They will make posts like “Heh, bet none of you will recognize this ancient, forgotten gem of a game: Sonic Adventure 2!” and then they’ll all pile in to mention they also remember Sonic Adventure 2 and someone will do a comment thread doing the Live and Learn song one sentence at a time. And they do this every single day clapping like seals at seaworld

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      I fucking hate this shit. If you’re looking for any good information anywhere on reddit-logo, you have to wade through ten pages of people making the same joke back and forth but worse every time, or quoting Super Troopers, or song lyrics, or “I also choose this guy’s wife” bullshit. It’s on every fucking thread, it’s always the top comment(s), and it’s always the same.

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      That’s probably what I hate most about reddit. It’s how they valorize very well known things but act like they’re part of a special club for enjoying it.

      Reddit is Facebook for Millennials

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      this but at the same time they never follow “this is the way” with “step inside” they just keep saying “this is the way.” and if you say “step inside” you get downvoted. Uncultured swine I tell you.

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        “this is the way” is an instant downvote from me.

        I fucking HATE Star wars and what it’s done to our culture. Yes, I’m aware the OG star wars was a Vietnam allegory and is cool and good. Still don’t care.

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          after four decades as a creatively bankrupt corpse being squeezed for profit the Star Wars universe is anathema to me, I hate it all so much I still haven’t managed to bring myself to watch Andor which by all accounts is excellent

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            Part of it is they keep bringing back mark Hammel and Harrison Ford to mug into the camera like some marvel movie. I can’t stand nostalgia bait. I’m so tired of the same three franchises shambling back into the theaters like a zombie and everyone seal claps. People can like what they want, but I will silently judge you for living star wars, marvel and all the John wick clones.

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          The Mandalorian was a good show, but it is a little weird that people valorize the culty and strange part of the show and not the cool or heartwarming parts.