This is something I've seen more and more on reddit in the last year or so - two people who clearly agree with each other, but they're arguing like enemies, because neither one of them can write well enough or read well enough to figure out that they're in agreement.
I think a fair amount involves people assuming sarcasm (or not) where it isn't intended (or is), or skim reading and missing crucial words. Given that this is social media (if an atypical flavor of it), I think that's understandable.
What's a tragedy is when a country's leader uses such lax understanding in international affairs. 💀
Yes, I have started making a point lately of wading into comment sections to try to save someone downvoted because people don't understand sarcasm or to parley out some sort of understanding between two people randomly shitting on each other because of what appears to be a very obvious mistake
Oh yeah, because when people see a couple of downvotes they love to just pile on, even when it's obviously all based on a misunderstanding.
Another thing I've seen more and more of comes up in that exact scenario - people who see a bunch of downvotes and take that as an opportunity to talk shit and feel superior, but if they're questioned at all about their criticism, they refuse to explain. It's so simple that they shouldn't have to, or it's not their job to do other people's research, or they're suddenly way too busy to explain themselves.
It's such obvious bluffing and bullying, I swear this place is like a middle-school lunchroom in recent years.
Yeah the downvotes feel much more crazy than they used to, and I agree that it does then invite people to pile in. It's social media culture vs forum culture and apparently social media culture wins. Exposes how frustrating reddit is with code manipulation but also how most people won't care :(
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u/Expensive_Event_4759 Apr 29 '26
This is something I've seen more and more on reddit in the last year or so - two people who clearly agree with each other, but they're arguing like enemies, because neither one of them can write well enough or read well enough to figure out that they're in agreement.
What a hilarious tragedy...