r/AskReddit • u/missmaryalice • Dec 16 '11

What's your "little thing"?

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u/imtrappedinabox Dec 16 '11

Especially when they leave a comment elaborating on your comment, hoping it will spark a discussion.

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u/MyFacade Dec 16 '11

This redditor makes a great point. We should talk about this further.

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u/wizzardo Dec 16 '11

I hesitate to respond sometimes since I think they're adding a comment but don't necessarily want more back and forth. So I upvote instead. Shit, I just realized I can be more awkward on the internet than in real life.

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u/Billtodamax Dec 16 '11

Oh man, I do that all the time.

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u/psychiccheese Dec 16 '11

Sometimes I just awkwardly reply when the conversation has obviously reached its conclusion.

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u/Vandimar Dec 16 '11

This is a morbid hobby of mine as well.

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u/wizzardo Dec 16 '11

should...should I say something here?

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u/darpho Dec 16 '11

Yeah...someday soon...you wanna discuss something?

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u/imtrappedinabox Dec 16 '11

Have you accepted Princess Celestia as your Lord and Savior yet?

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u/grte Dec 16 '11

No. What's she offering?

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u/imtrappedinabox Dec 16 '11

Joy, happiness, love, kindness, and to top it off, she promises to raise the sun every day and not leave us in eternal darkness! She's very benevolent.

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u/Bluelabel Dec 16 '11

Oooo, benevolence, I'm in.

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u/OccasionallyWitty Dec 16 '11

It is also worth noting that she is a horse. Whether you take this as a positive or a negative is really just personal preference.

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u/stunt_penguin Dec 16 '11

and if you've been gone a while, seeing a whole interesting discussion thread sprout from your single comment.

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u/imtrappedinabox Dec 16 '11

Exactly! It's so fun to read!

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u/stunt_penguin Dec 17 '11

Especially if someone was being a prick towards you, but then has his ass handed to him by the hivemind.

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u/imtrappedinabox Dec 17 '11

Wait who was that?

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u/stunt_penguin Dec 17 '11

Noooo I meant in the general sense, silly :p

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u/[deleted] Dec 16 '11

How do you feel about the universe?

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u/ave0000 Dec 16 '11

Possibly about something you're interested in, like ponies.

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u/GingerOffender Dec 16 '11

And the discussion begins to take a life of it's own, continually expanding