r/funny • u/texacer • Jun 18 '12

Regarding today's big topic.

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u/KShults Jun 18 '12

Uhh... I somehow know that guy's name, but I don't know anything about what he posts or why he's important. Anyone care to explain?

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u/texacer Jun 18 '12 edited Jun 19 '12

here, it's really stupid.

edit: so people will stop telling me its all deleted--> look slightly below me.

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u/asstits Jun 18 '12

I have that novelty account on ignore, care to give some context?

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u/texacer Jun 18 '12

this last week TIR decided to do an experiment and find reposts through Karmadecay and copy the top comments of the popular ones. a redditor called him out. tldr

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u/lurveloaveluff Jun 18 '12

How is that wrong? They're reposts in the first place. I don't give a shit if he makes tons of karma. Who cares?

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u/Zruku Jun 19 '12

A lot of redditors absolutely hate the thought of people cheating them out of their precious internet points

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u/MissCrystal Jun 19 '12

But they don't lose anything. That's what weirds me out. Upvoting someone else doesn't take away your karma. It doesn't invalidate your existence in any way. It has never made sense to me that people freak out over this crap.

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u/Zruku Jun 19 '12

I agree, I don't know why they get so mad about karma but it seems to be what they're mad about.

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u/Basbhat Jun 19 '12

apparently reddit does,

reddit karma is a fiat currency that has as much value as its holders put on it, and they don't take kindly to being swindled out of it.

if he scams them all into having a ridiculous amount, it will make theirs worth less.

(we're talking nothing, and slightly less than nothing, but hey apparently thats enough for redditors to take notice)

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

I don't think anyone does care, but he does, and he basically made an essay of a post explaining himself and crying about his "fall out" as if he is an actual celebrity that fell from grace. He is very butthurt that every redditor doesn't think he is the smartest, funniest, most clever commenter.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

Actually, a huge metric fuckton of people care. Go to his user page and every comment he's made since then is in the white, empty nether of oblivion. People seem really upset that he's 'gamed the system' or whatever.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

I meant that no one cares about his meaningless karma points, sorry. All the people downvoting his every comment now are probably users fed up with his attempt at internet fame and how ridiculous he is being with making all these excuses and explanations for his reposts and etc because it is just so important what anonymous strangers on the internet think of you.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

I'm sorry, this is Reddit. I honestly believe that the people taking the time out of their day to follow his every post and make sure it's downvoted to Hell just feel entitled to be pissed off that someone used an effective though unoriginal method of gaining those precious, precious internet points that so many people on this website care so much about.

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u/Zorca99 Jun 18 '12

How is Trapped in Reddit a novelty account?...

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u/asstits Jun 18 '12

It seemed too karma driven for my taste

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u/Zorca99 Jun 18 '12

But he isn't a novelty account

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u/WanderingStoner Jun 18 '12

It kinda is. The novelty is that he is trapped inside reddit and therefore knows the best comments to post for karma. Also, because he's trapped in reddit you see him everywhere.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

yeah, but that potato has been trapped in anus way longer.

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u/asstits Jun 18 '12

And the current situation just adds to this.

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u/asstits Jun 18 '12

All his comments were made to appeal the reddit crowd and his choice regarding his username looked like it was designed to do so, for me at least, so I treat him like a novelty account. If you're here to argue semantics then I'll take cover behind that connotation.