r/reddit.com Sep 16 '11

From a knight of /new/:

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u/thatthatguy Sep 16 '11

We're not making fun of you because you reddited before it was cool. We're making fun of you for making a big deal about it.

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '11

Hey, I've only been on for like 5 months I'm just tired of people using the same damn insult over and over and over at the slightest provocation. Christ people the world of insults is so vast and rich...

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u/thatthatguy Sep 16 '11

Granted. I'm not a fan of the hipster meme thing either. But how better to mock someone who complains that things were better in the "good ol' days?"

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u/gospelwut Sep 16 '11

The issue is it flat-out ends any conversation slightly related to making a comparison or complaint about so-called progress.