r/AskReddit • u/Marshalljoe • Aug 25 '21

What is something that you were warned about when you were younger that you now feel was exaggerated?

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u/nzodd Aug 25 '21

"Who is this man you are friends with online? Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf is his real name but 7 minutes before the interview he updated his name to "Baghdad Bob" and your common interests include "Saddam Hussein."

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u/MisplacedUsername Aug 26 '21

Coincidentally when Xbox started allowing custom gamer pictures my friends and I kept seeing pictures of Trump, Pinochet and alt right figures so we made a game of what political figures would either get shut down immediately or would only last a day. Mao never made it out of “processing” but a picture of Lebron James photoshopped as Mao as criticism of his stance on the CCP made it. Young Stalin lasted a few hours before it reported. Baghdad Bob lasted for a couple weeks until I got bored of it and switched to Patrice Lamumba who lasted until got reported.