Am I The Asshole? How judging other people’s dirty laundry became the internet’s favourite pastime.

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• Kyrgizion@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It’s simply ragebait. It’s a global phenomenon but I’d say Reddit embraced it as their primary feature, even more so than gd Facebook.

  I’m not immune to it either, though my brand of ragebait is more in the /collapse and /antiwork spheres.

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• Warl0k3@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Its incredibly depressing how popular “Creative Writing: The Subreddit” has become.

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  • AFC1886VCC@reddthat.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I posted a bullshit story on there once. Watching people discuss and argue over a fake story was good fun.

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• exanime@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I found this sub entertaining for like 2 days after I found it…

  Later it was clear it was full of people fishing for praise, people rage baiting or just assholes

  In any case, like 99.9% of Reddit, it was clearly not good use of anyone’s time

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  • Soup@lemmy.cafe ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Spot on 100 percent.

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  • JigglySackles@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It was fun when it started. Once it devolved into that bullshit you listed I quit going.

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• scytale@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It’s gossip, just online. Gossip has been a human past time ever since language was created.

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• n3cr0@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Are the bots now overtaking the world by controlling the people’s thoughts?

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  • Rider@eviltoast.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yes.

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• frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  was in 1990s tv too

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• pastermil@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  ESH

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• son_named_bort@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Kick em when they’re up, kick em when they’re down.

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• IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  That sub always seemed like a honey trap for Reddit’s dickhead community.

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• bigkahuna1986@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  AITA for beating my wife to death because she burnt my steak?

  NTA, cooking a steak is basic knowledge and you told her not to burn it

  • Reddit, probably.

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• zecg@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  technology

  it’s “your lifestyle and reddit” slop

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• Soup@lemmy.cafe ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’ve always said… “if you legitimately post in AITA, then yeah. YTA.” Because even if you’re the clear and obvious innocent victim in your little story, you’re an asshole for making it up to take advantage of people for upvotes.

  Same with the “am I overreacting” bullshit.

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• ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  We need AmITheAsshole for Lemmy!

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  • Telorand@reddthat.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    There’s at least eight AITA communities.

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    • AA5B@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Open one more, and you can post “aita for ignoring eight existing aita forums and starting a ninth?”

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  • Spacehooks@reddthat.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Bestlemmyupdates?

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• grue@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Second-favorite pastime, you mean.

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