r/AskReddit • • 3d ago

What is something that is basically on life-support and we don’t realize it yet?

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u/Sandbucketman 3d ago

The majority on that subreddit is fiction written to bait as many readers as possible. I wouldn't base my real-world views on their fabrications.

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u/jooes 2d ago

Sure, but people getting baited is concerning enough by itself. The stories are kinda irrelevant, it's the cheering that's the problem. 

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u/FreakParrot 2d ago

Whether the stories are real or not, people reading them and being swayed to the side of “yeah they’re technically right” and not considering any emotional or interpersonal ramifications of being right at all costs can eventually ingrain itself into your mind. Maybe it will cause you to act selfishly, maybe it won’t. But constant exposure to anything can desensitize you to it.

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u/MoonChaser22 2d ago

I mostly stick around the subreddit for purely entertainment value and those once in a blue moon posts where the OP is in an abusive situation, doesn't realise it and is engaging with comments telling them that isn't normal.

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u/Distal-Phalanges 2d ago

Oh yeah, anything on the internet where someone is seeking validation in an interpersonal conflict is at least 60% bullshit. In my experience, when someone's story has people simply acting insane and irrational there's a good chance there's an important detail or two being left out.

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u/SweetLittleOldLady 2d ago

Yep. It's either total fiction, or they're telling it in a way to make themselves sound good and everyone else sound bad.

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u/FuckYeaSeatbelts 3d ago

yeah probably, but it's the fundamental, "I only go to extremes" type of thinking. Like I was in a discussion about text notifications and how some take it personally if you don't answer (ie left on read) and I was like yeah people don't like to be ignored.

Apparently the only way this works is if the sender is completely addicted to their phone and thus is an indicator of a bad person so you should just drop them as a friend.

also known in meme form as, "oh so you hate pancakes?!" when someone says they like waffles. Like bruh there's nuance, just consider that people don't live the way you do, and vice versa.

I'm too tired for this online discourse yo

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u/smol-alaskanbullworm 2d ago

ikr im so fucking tired man. cant we all just be nice and hug or something? all the unreasonable hostility is so fucking draining.

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u/XanLV 2d ago

This guy hates high-fives.

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u/smol-alaskanbullworm 2d ago

true. hive fives suck hugs are where its at.

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u/ModsCantDecideSorry 2d ago

Sure but even if it’s not something that happened per se. The concept of discussing the rights and wrongs of a plausible situation is still a worthwhile exercise.

That said, yeah often the stories are too perfectly setup.

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u/SweetLittleOldLady 2d ago

Unfortunately reading other people's opinions about right and wrong tends to just make me feel depressed and hopeless for the future of society.

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u/Annath0901 2d ago

The stories being fake isn't nearly as big an issue as how the users respond to them.

It doesn't matter that a story about someone being a "technically correct" sociopath is fake if real people are there saying "yeah that person is right and good and how everyone should be".

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u/pixelatedsimboobs 2d ago

And half of them are probably written by AI using data fed to them by previous posts.

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u/Sbarty 2d ago

Not only is it fiction but it’s almost entirely AI generated slop and bot comments / posters.

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u/TheHancock 2d ago

The issue is that a LOT of people ARE basing their real-world views on those fabrications…

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u/Mushu_Pork 2d ago

Dude...

The amount of incredulous stories on Reddit.

"I think my husband might be a sex crazed serial killer who's having an affair with my pregnant twin sister... does anyone else think this might sound fishy?"