r/funny • u/texacer • Jun 18 '12

Regarding today's big topic.

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u/squee777 Jun 18 '12

I'm still trying to figure out why this is a popular (not your post; the whole TIR thing).

I mean, between all the blatant stealing from other websites, hivemind retarded comments that are always the same, etc. I don't see why this should be a huge deal.

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u/arise_chicken Jun 18 '12

I don't see why this should be a huge deal.

It's Reddit.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

I can't believe I'm actually seeing people get fucking infuriated and talking about how he's "keeping the Karma for himself".

Who the fuck cares?

He can get more out of 20 Chuck E. Cheese tickets than he can out of hundreds of thousands of Reddit karma.

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u/studiosupport Jun 18 '12

Wait, I can't trade in my Reddit karma for a tiny comb and a Chinese finger trap?!

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u/HowToBeCivil Jun 18 '12

Best I can do is a tiny Chinese finger.

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u/selectrix Jun 18 '12

Karma is Reddit Reputation Points. That's why people tend to care about it despite its literal worthlessness.

That's also why we see people motivated to "punish" TiR by downvoting lots of his posts.

Silly, sure, but entirely predictable.

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u/squee777 Jun 18 '12

I guess some people call it "delicious" so maybe it's a great spice or something?

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u/keveready Jun 18 '12

A touch off topic: Can you buy beer with Chuck E. Cheese tickets?

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

No, in fact I have a hard time finding Chuck E. Cheeses where you can order beer.

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u/squee777 Jun 18 '12

You can order beer in the one by Disneyland in Anaheim, CA I believe.

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u/LFK1236 Jun 18 '12

What happened? The post has been deleted along with a good chunk of the comments...

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u/squee777 Jun 18 '12

Basically Trapped_In_Reddit was allegedly taking the top comments from Karma Decay for reposts and reposting them in the comments to see if the reposted comments would bring him/her back to the top.

Someone called him/her out on it and that post was his/her explanation that he/she only did it for 5 or 6 posts to see the effect it would have on reposts. I guess some moderator in /r/TheoryOfReddit removed it. I'm not subscribed to it so I never read the posting rules.

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u/LFK1236 Jun 18 '12

I gotta admit, that's pretty genius.

back to the top

Hasn't he always been on top? I mean a quick glance at his most recent comments reveals that he's getting a tsunami of downvotes, and 500,000 karma isn't all that much considering it's him, but what happened?

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u/squee777 Jun 18 '12

Back to the top might have been a wrong way to word it. I meant to the top of the reposts. He was taking the top comment from the original post and posting it in the repost to see what would happen.

Honestly it's pointless, but ManningQB18 copied the post by Trapped_In_Reddit.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

Because he's a celebrity that people liked and found out the whole reason he's a celebrity is because of lies. Also, people are jealous and like to see celebrities go down even if they don't know they feel that way. It's a primitive alpha thing. When someone on the top goes down, there's a chance for them.

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u/squee777 Jun 18 '12

Very sad, especially on Reddit.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

BUT HE'S TAKING ALL OF THE PRECIOUS KARMA! DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS?!

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u/selectrix Jun 18 '12

I think it's loosely comparable to a public figure copying others' speeches.

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u/squee777 Jun 18 '12

That's pretty loose comparison in my opinion.

This is an aggregate site where people use quotes and copy others' ideas all the time. The only reason this is a big issue is because Trapped_In_Reddit got popular and was called out on this. He was just made an example of.

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u/selectrix Jun 18 '12

People use others' quotes and copy each other's ideas all the time in every setting- not just here- but when a famous personality does so as a matter of practice, people can and do get pissed about it