i can’t stand megathreads – no one reads these! no one wants their posts banished there!

  • Countess425@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    When people turn a popular post into an Oscars Acceptance Speech

    ETA: wow thanks for the upvotes!

    ETA2: omg my first gold award?? I couldn’t have made it without my mom and Jesus through whom all things are possible

    • Provoked Gamer@lemmy.ca
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      2 years ago

      This.

      ETA: thanks for one upvote!😃

      ETA2: thanks for two upvotes!😀😀

      ETA3: woah?! 3?!?!?! thanks for three upvotes!😁😁😁

      ETA4: this is more upvotes than I have money in my bank account! thanks for four upvotes!💵💵💵

      ETA5: INASANE!!! thanks for five upvotes!😍😍😍

      ETA6: I’ve never had more than SIX!!! thanks for six upvotes! 😱😱😱😱😱

      ETA7: thanks for seven upvotes! I want to thank my mom, my brother, Jesus, Scott, Bill Gates, and my cat!!!🤗🤗

      ETA8: What? Why y’all downvoting me now? Bring it back to seven!😤😤😤

      ETA9: Unbelievable. -400 upvotes now. I lost my house, my car, and my job because of this! 😔😔😣😖😖😖😭😭

      /s

    • rbhfd@lemmy.world
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      2 years ago

      It’s most noticeable when the topic being discussed is your area of expertise. Then you clearly see what kind of grossly oversimplified or even blatantly false comments get made with so much confidence and upvoted.

      I tried to keep this in mind while reading stuff that I’m not an expert in, but that’s hard.

    • ferne@lemmy.world
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      2 years ago

      Unfortunately this might not be something from Reddit. It could be universal to all human communities. People want to feel that they are in the right but not be questioned, when countering opposing arguments is the way to truth.

    • Chriszz@lemmy.world
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      2 years ago

      A lot of people would just upvote the first bozo to reply with a confident answer and never bother to check for the full story. Scrolling 3 comments down you’d find someone who actually knows their stuff. I learned to at least read most of the comments before committing any Reddit info to memory as fact.

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    2 years ago

    This may be an unpopular option since I’ve already seen it across lemmy, but the ____porn communities. I’d like to browse pictures of nice landscapes or exotic cars without worry about someone around me noticing “PORN” on my screen.

    At this point it seems very old internet, something that made sense when those communities were established, but now is unnecessary gratuitous and not socially acceptable.

    • GONADS125@lemmy.world
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      Nothing like someone peaking over your shoulder and seeing you’re browsing r/AnimalPorn…

      I totally agree with you. Hopefully lemmy can be a little more mature with community names. (Yeah, yeah… I know the hypocrisy of my username… It’s my gamertag)

    • DrMango@lemmy.world
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      2 years ago

      I saw a post about a community created here called “pixel passport” which I thought was a hell of a lot better that “earth porn.”

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      2 years ago

      Or pics being grounds for sob stories and creative writing prompts to get more upvotes on theur shitty pictures. That’s why I unsubbed from r/pics and subbed to /r/nocontextpics. Cool photos, no sob stories.

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        2 years ago

        It got to the point of feeling like Facebook with strangers. Good for you for graduating college/sucks you broke your wrist/congratulations on getting pregnant, but let’s be real: I don’t know you and I don’t care.

  • MangioneDontMiss@lemmy.ca
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    9 days ago

    bans due to differences of opinions… although I’ve already seen that here pretty frequently. People should be allowed have different opinions. sure you can call them a dummy for having a stupid opinion, but don’t just ban them. That just creates echo chambers.

    • Ddhuud@lemmynsfw.com
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      2 years ago

      Hey people grieve at different speeds. Some people got to acceptance on the same day, others are still in denial.

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          2 years ago

          I was a daily reddit user since 2008. I don’t know anything else. The withdrawal symptoms were absolutely brutal until I figured out how Lemmy works.

          Leaving reddit was harder than quitting nicotine. Let me grieve.