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I don't know why, but "this is the way" bothers the fuck out of me. Might as well clap like a seal and go "THIS".

Generic ass joke

Edit: didn't think this would blow up

Edit 2: thanks for the gold kind stranger

I just generally wish Reddit would die. And everything associated with it. Fuck Reddit forever.

(...) is bad, actually

Someone posted a Shinzo Abe death meme on twitter, then came the 'Making fun of someone's death is bad, actually' civility lib

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lmao I just got this tagline

It's not solely a reddit ism and I'm not immune from doing similar things but when it's just the same tired jokes over and over in reply to articles or whatever.

Like say it's an article about Russia doing anything and invariably there's a homophobic joke about Trump and Putin being gay together. Again and again. Over and over. Like watching a train pass by where every car looks the same.

First!

A reference to something is not a joke. Monty Python et al isn't funny outside of context.

[occupation] here, can confirm.

"shut up and take my money"

Just say you think the thing is cool and want to buy it

starting every post with "I mean, ."

I know what you mean, you don't need to start every post with it! Just state your statement that you were already going to do.

You can Ctrl + F "I mean" in every reddit thread and come back with 50 results it's so widespread and I hate it! Biggest pet peeve for me lol.

1. Nothing you see on the internet is real. I mean this. Even if you have video of something, video and audio can be altered. Conversations can be edited to take things out of context. What especially is not real are comments by anonymous posters that are walls of text without any pictures, videos, or third party sources. R•dditors will gobble up anything they see. Absolutely nothing in whatever "Am I the parental legal relationship finance ask me about Bill Gates" subs are real. I hate they accept it as real. I hate they have hundreds of comments discussing these things that aren't real. I hate how it creates feedback loops for reactionaries to post as evidence of something being real when it's not. Pics related:

2. Their humor is awful.

3. Every sub is astroturfed or a government psyop, but they will pretend like their sub is not. Any fandom, hobby, or whatever niche will always have corporate stooges posting on behalf of the company. Any criticism of anything in those topics will be attacked with vitriol and real users will join the side of the stooges. Hall monitor getting buddy buddy with the campus cops energy.

4. Their taste in art is awful. R•dditors will only go bazinga for paintings of attractive women, pop culture shit, and "realistic" art. Any abstract art or art with historical significance is frowned upon. Any experiments people do in niche communities are given contempt. The truth is, their taste is completely kitsch. Your aunt with Bettie Boop posters and Minions furniture has more artistic sense.

5. Their taste in music is awful.

6. They are deeply unserious about film. Yes, Requiem for a Dream is disturbing. No, it is not the most disturbing thing ever filmed. I'm not trying to be an edgelord. I just think Come and See, Antichrist, or Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer are all more messed up than two women sharing a double dildo. Also Quinton Tarantino is a hack.

7. Referring to r•ddit outside of r•ddit. YouTube comments do not link to anything when you write "r/whoosh." There was nothing to be gained by adding "r/" other than making yourself look like a dipshit. Nobody on Instagram understands your stupid fucking bacon whale joke or whatever the fuck.

8. They are flat-out wrong about so much shit I cannot believe others believe what is being said. For example, they will make predictions on Pokémon cards for people to "invest" in and end up getting dunked on by Nintendo or whoever runs Pokémon right now. But nobody learns the site is full of shit and they will continue to lose money. Hint: collectibles have never been good investments.

That's all I have for now. I do not go to that site. I've never had an account there. Occasionally in the past I'd stumble onto something from searching, but that was enough exposure to make me hate the site. Unfortunately, they have spread to other parts of the internet and exposed us all to brainworms.

Citing any of these

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fallacies#Formal_fallacies

"It's the internet. You are allowed to swear."

I think people only say that though when people swear but censor their swearing i.e. "f*ck", which, imo, is very silly to do, like, no more half measures, walter

I just remembered one more, and it may count as a hot take for some that like using it themselves, but "it's almost as if..." prefixes to sentences are really fucking grating and reek of the same passive-aggressive condescension that the other mentioned Redditisms do.

I think most of these things ITT are fine when people here do them. the grossness really seems to be associated with the culture of reddit and worse sites.

Sesursoj can have a little repetitive language, as a treat

Most things commonly perceived as "redditisms" are actually just normal expressions used frequently in everyday life.

Beginning a post with "Eh," means I can safely disregard whatever contrarian take to follow

I keep seeing this sentiment expressed after some nerd drops a link to something bad or unpleasant, where people reply to it with "what a bad day to have eyes" or "what a horrible time to know how to read." I understand having a visceral reaction to distressing content, but taking the time to express that in a cliché internet slogan is very odd to me, almost feels like a psyop to help people cope with being told disturbing things are happening with empty acknowledgment.

I think the general tendency of taking something mildly funny and grinding it into a flavorless paste. The demure and mindful thing that's making the rounds right now springs to mind.

I'm going to give you a single word