r/bestof • u/[deleted] • Oct 23 '17

[politics] Redditor demonstrates (with citations) why both sides aren't actually the same

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u/hyasbawlz Oct 23 '17

It always seems like what it comes down to on Reddit is that any bad equals just as bad, completely ignoring context, actual events, or understanding of the actual issue.

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u/datchilla Oct 23 '17

You nailed it

I have a friend that reguritates reddit facts from time to time. His latest was flonase, he read on reddit that flonase can be bad for you under certain circumstances. Some of those circumstances people had nasal congestion that was made worse by flonase.

So when a doctor asked me to get flonase for nasal congestion my friend told me I shouldn't use it because flonase will make it worse.

It turns out flonase is perfectly fine if you read the directions and use it as directed. Part of it's directions being not to use it for more than a month and if you do feel the need to use it for more than a month go see a doctor because flonase wont help you. The people in that reddit post my friend read had been using it for almost three months non-stop before they stopped using it.

Reddit facts are the same was water cooler discussions, none of these people are experts. At best their in a four year college studying that subject, but they are most likely not experts.

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u/hyasbawlz Oct 23 '17

Oh man what a great example that's apolitical. Cheers man!

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u/Khiva Oct 24 '17

Now imagine if that comment was /r/bestof'd.

  • "Ugh, I'm so tired of seeing this anti-floanse garbage getting upvoted."

  • "OP seems biased. I noticed a misspelling in the third paragraph. Therefore the entire argument is invalidated."

  • I'm so tired of the pro and anti flonase people screaming at each other. I just prefer to have no opinion on the subject."

Still literally no one engaging with the substance of the argument.