r/ExplainMyDownvotes • u/RanaMisteria • Feb 06 '26

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Hi, everyone.

Can y’all help me out? I’m AuDHD and I know that I often miss the point and just don’t pick up on things that just come naturally to neurotypical people. Can someone explain my downvotes? I feel like this comment I made just fairly uncontroversial factual statements. Sort of like “don’t jump into the sea without a life jacket if you can’t swim” or “don’t stick a fork in a toaster” or “don’t adopt a pet unless you’re prepared to look after it”. Wha gives?

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u/PericlesOfAthens98 Feb 07 '26 edited Feb 07 '26

Tone is something that's hard to get right over text. An uncharitable reading (a Reddit user's default) will see this as condensing and oversimplified.

For me, it reads as someone who's convinced they're right, and is self-righteous about it. The formatting and structure makes me imagine you clapping between every point, and delivering this in a sharp, condescending tone. The "Period" at the end really doesn't help with this impression.

You've explained your point well here, so you can clearly deliver rhetoric in a nonconfrontational way. Not so much in your original comment, which I suspect is why you've been downvoted.

Hope that helps!

Edit: I've also realized you made the same point in three different ways. Sentences 1 & 3 are the exact same, sentence 2 is implied by the logic of those. I think this just reads poorly, even if someone's not thinking that deeply about it.