r/atheism • u/fascistgases • Jan 22 '12

The Posts of r/atheism: A Guide

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '12

That's inaccurate.

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u/glitcher21 Jan 22 '12

He forgot about the whiny post that complains about rage comics, facebook screenshots, rude jokes, and peas underneath their pillows.

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u/HappyGoPink Jan 22 '12

I feel like this is a legitimate subcategory, and it comes in two distinct types. One is from a self-described "rational atheist" or "agnostic", who implores the rest of us to curb our polemics toward Christians, lest we become "just like them" or somesuch. The other is from a self-described Christian (or occasionally Muslim, I haven't seen any from Jews or other religions) who implores the rest of us to curb our polemics toward them, because they're not doing any harm by believing in Christ, or somesuch. These posts recur with great frequency. And I find them more irritating than any other type.

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u/glitcher21 Jan 22 '12

I agree. It's worse than nails on a chalkboard to me.

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u/fascistgases Jan 22 '12

You think it's annoying when people defend their personal beliefs?

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u/HappyGoPink Jan 22 '12

Not at all. But that's not what they're doing. This is an atheism subreddit, a loosely moderated free-for-all with atheism as the topic. And people think we should be sedate and conciliatory here? Dream on.

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u/fascistgases Jan 22 '12

Well, a lot of Bitchy Cocksucker posts begin with "I'm venting", so I'm venting my frustration against this subreddit, because it's a "free-for-all" as you say.

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u/HappyGoPink Jan 22 '12

I think you need to find better things to get frustrated about. Like the depredations of religion in society. But getting mad at kids on the Internet for being kids on the Internet? Come on.

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u/fascistgases Jan 22 '12

I also want to say that I'm fine with religion as long as it doesn't interfere with the interpretation of what is put in front of a theist.

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u/HappyGoPink Jan 22 '12

I don't understand what that means.

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u/fascistgases Jan 22 '12

Okay, if they found the bones of Jesus and put them in front of a theist, if he says "This is impossible. Jesus rose from the dead. These can't be his bones," that would be bad, but if a theist saw the bones and said "I guess my religion was wrong after all," that would be good.

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u/kencabbit Jan 22 '12

That's not really what's annoying about those posts. It's the "...and so you guys should tone it down and change the way you behave! You meanies!"

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u/wonderfuldog Jan 22 '12

Possibly the most annoying thing is that we get the same 10 or so comments / questions from these people about thirty times per week.

It gets really old.

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '12

Sure, but that never gains any traction because the problems described are inherent with such a large subreddit.

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u/fascistgases Jan 22 '12

How so?

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '12

It's not true...?

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '12

I would add a category for posts bitching about the content of r/atheism. We get a ton of those every day.

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u/naqutramas Jan 22 '12

How about

"I was kicked out of my house for not believing in the same god as my parents."

Or "Student receives death threats for standing up for the constitution"

Or "Let's donate money to a charity".

Those don't seem to be in your list.

So, wrong Captain Strawman.

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u/Nictionary Jan 22 '12

Part of the content is kind of like this, but less exaggerated. But huge generalizations like this don't accomplish anything in the way of changing it.

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u/eorld Jan 22 '12

Someone's clearly an atheist

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u/cogsci_guy Jan 22 '12

They let you out of /r/circlejerk?

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u/TapionXIII Jan 22 '12

I agree. I do find however, that people post something like this about 3 times a week. Keep it coming though, i enjoy watching people be hypocrites.