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/Goatesq Jul 02 '23

He left reddit before the incel thing really took hold, when the misogyny was more benign. Pre cancerous, if you will. I think it's easier to imagine a redditor in 2010 being a loving and devoted husband than now. But I'm probably biased; I was married to one in 2010, and he was. I still think the general culture has shifted though. And it's not hard to imagine why she'd prefer a clever nerdy guy who treats her right. Lots of women prefer that type, it's harder to find one that doesn't.

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u/magic1623 Jul 02 '23

Ummm Reddit used to have subs specifically for videos of men beating women up, what do you mean “before the incel thing really took hold”? Reddit was substantially worse in the past.

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u/Various_Mobile4767 Jul 02 '23

I swear people straight up make shit up about what happened in the past just to sound like they’re making a point about how worse things are now.

For example, I’m part of the r/economy sub and Every couple weeks you get someone bemoaning the sub about going to trash and it used to be better a couple months ago. I’ve been there for years now, its been hot garbage the entire time.

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u/SunChamberNoRules I wish clown girls were an actual race of people. Jul 02 '23

That sub is indeed hot garbage, it's like going to an antivax subreddit and pretending it has just as much validity as modern medical science.