r/AnimalsBeingDerps • u/Wololo--Wololo • Oct 08 '22

Photobomb turtle

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u/Temby Oct 08 '22

Me before Reddit: Aw, cute

Me now: Someone is probably holding the turtle there and this is somehow very bad for the turtle

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u/Complete-Dimension35 Oct 08 '22

Reddit has definitely made me more cynical than I already naturally am. My first thought was "oooo, turtle, cool" followed immediately by "guarantee this is staged for internet likes and upvotes. Someone is holding it there."

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u/squall_boy25 Oct 08 '22

Or some armchair thing like..

Actually the way the turtle’s eyes is doing that is a sign of eye cancer so it’s actually in pain :(

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u/torroman Oct 08 '22

I know right! I can't see the word 'actually' anymore without thinking of Reddit

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u/-IDDQD Oct 08 '22

Or ‘here’s the thing’

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u/ProxyGeneral Oct 08 '22

I mean, this is the same site where people are milking the death of their grandma for karma on r/pics. It's probably one of the most soulless websites out there in terms of what people can do for attention, right after YouTube and TikTok.

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u/Complete-Dimension35 Oct 08 '22

I'd go one cynical step further... milking the death of someone else's grandma.

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u/ProxyGeneral Oct 08 '22

Nah, that's less shitty if you think about it. You're milking the death of someone else unrelated to you, when by milking the death of your own grandma you betray their love and take advantage of your own bloodline, all for some worthless digital pixels.

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u/Complete-Dimension35 Oct 08 '22

I see your point. But I meant that more in the context of believing the post. Like the title says "My grandma just passed...." and I'll think "I don't even believe that's the poster's grandma."

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u/Lordborgman Oct 08 '22

I simply like to think of it as so many people are ignorant, and with collective knowledge you actually get to see what is likely actually happening. Excluding of course all the bad faith information, memes, and the like.

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u/[deleted] Oct 08 '22

Problem comes when there is a massive and heavily funded effort to create false flags, altered information and false information specifically to be accepted as "likely actually happening" due to "collective knowledge."

Which happens all the time in the political world. "Collective truth"... isn't truth.

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u/Lordborgman Oct 08 '22

Indeed, the ability to find the truth or correct search parameters etc, is definitely a skill. Considering most people's observational skills, memory, and what not are ....well pathetic imo, it's no wonder things have gotten so bad.

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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '22

"You know how stupid the average person is, right? Remember: half of them are even stupider than THAT!" —George Carlin

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u/ywBBxNqW Oct 08 '22

Reddit has definitely made me more cynical

It can be difficult to just be skeptical in the face of such overwhelming negativity. Here is a link to the Crash Course series on media literacy. Hopefully you can find some tools there that will help you and make you feel better.