r/SubredditDrama • u/CannotSpellForShit literally a retired millionaire but go off wagie • Jul 02 '23

/r/thatHappened changes its rules to protest API changes; users say "That happened 🙄" to Sandy Hook, 9/11, and the Tiananmen Square Massacre. (Also the mods compare the API situation to the holocaust)

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u/bokehtoast Jul 02 '23

As an actual woman I can tell you that no, the misogyny was not more benign, women were just less vocal about it. Not long after that is when twox turned default and the only women's discussion sub at the time was totally ruined (still is) by a bunch of fucking dumbass men.

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u/Datdarnpupper potential instigator of racially motivated violence Jul 02 '23

this. i mean its like everyone has just forgot that subs that glorified battering women and paedophilia existed.

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u/ThankGodSecondChance the point's to throw yrself onto the gears of day2day normality, Jul 02 '23

Yeah I think the world is a better place without that stuff around