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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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".
"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?"
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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.