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What's the most cringy shit you've seen on reddit? (hexbear.net)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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?

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 9 months ago (2 children)

The uncomfortable TRUTH of Reddit's cringiness, bigotry, and chudiness. This list contains mentions of transphobia, racism, and right-wing politics.

The excess of sexual content, especially a lot of the same unoriginal, horny shit being posted over and over again.
Libshits treating Biden and other liberal hack politicans as martyrs constantly and constantly.
Typical Redditisms like "updoots to the left" (I guess this one became a shit ton more ironic as time went on, but you get what I mean.)
Racism. Just flat out racism. And also AITAs that needlessly bring in identity on top of that. It's so fucking common for posts to say shit like "AITA for yelling at my black friend because I thought he stole my wallet?" or "AITA because I'm uncomfortable around my trans sister who is a staunch ethical vegan?". These are literally just enabling bigotry by aiming to use identity to ignite an association of negative traits.
The tendency for conservatives on Reddit to make their ideology sound innocent by saying "stop oppressing me for simply wanting small government and low taxes!". People would enable this victim complex shit A LOT!
Even seemingly positive and leftist communities letting really awful rhetoric slip by, often times when it's against the rules. Like how many transmedicalists could sneak into r/asktransgender and get away with it, even though mods are saying "It's completely against the rules to promote transmedicalism here!". Yeah right!
Posting very uninteresting and boring things and trying to pass them off as interesting or noteworthy, like that fucker who posted something like him writing January 1, 2017 when it was actually January 1, 2018. sO RElAtABLe AMiritE 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Treating mainstream and popular content like it's some hidden, underground shit.

"Have you guys heard this album called "In the Aeroplane Over the Sea"!? Heh, probably not. You all got shitty, immature taste and like POP and cRAP. As you can see, I only listen to REAL music."

Misinformation on top of misinformation on top of misinformation on top of misinformation.
The smugness. The pretentious aspect of these basement dwelling no-lifes. They're so unaware of how fucking lame they are that the true cringe will always be in them thinking that all of those aforementioned examples make them "kewl and "edge". I'm hoping for as many of them as possible to grow out of it one day.

Fuck Reddit. I could list more obviously, but I decided to cap it at 10 points just to not go too crazy in length on how much I despise that toilet of a site.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

One that irked me today is Redditors learning something for the first time in one thread, then bringing it up in another thread shortly after like they've always been an expert.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 9 months ago

The worst is when this happens in real life. It's a coworkers delight to bring up some bullshit you just know they saw on the front page like it's hidden history.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I had a friend that did this in real life all the time.

I remember when we lived together, I used to be really into Beavis and Butthead (for example) and he always made fun of me, until one day, he sat and watched a couple with me, and the next day he wasa super fan and an expert on Beavis and Butthead, and all things Mike judge.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (2 children)

In the Aeroplane Over the Sea

Why the fuck do people like that album so much? It's the most boring ass music I ever heard, generic acoustic guitar, and a terrible singer. I guess I'm too much of a pleb to understand it.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

The warmth and crunchyness of the production is nice to my ears. I like the horns. The weird imagery in the lyrics hits a vibe with me and although I can see why not everyone would like his voice I don't think you can say he's a terrible singer , he's belting that shit out for some long stretches that are pretty impressive to me. I also will always like a theramin. I think their first album on Avery Island is what I go back to more though and more people should check that one out .

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I love prog rock, indie, and artsy stuff, and at best, I find it "meh".