this post was submitted on 07 Aug 2023
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[–] GingeyBook 60 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I hate these "only a small amount of people will understand" posts

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is a good "I am Very Smart" candidate which surprisingly doesn't seem to have an active community here on Lemmy yet...and I might be just fine with that now that I think about it. It seemed like half the posts there on Reddit either were mean spirited, called out the wrong side in an argument, or were actually smart.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah I don't think anything of value is lost if we don't recreate all they bully subreddits.

They're unhealthy for their subjects, of course, because imagine seeing a post you made when you were younger on one of those subs and reading all the comments about how terrible a person you are

But they're also unhealthy for the subscribers and readers - rage scrolling will fuck you up

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Yeah I don't think anything of value is lost if we don't recreate all they bully subreddits.

Hard agree. They attract people who like feeling superior to others. You can imagine where things will inevitably lead when you put a bunch of them in the same place.

That aside it just reeks of trashy.

[–] captainlezbian 19 points 1 year ago

“Very few people understand simple and obvious metaphors using common things”

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

That small percentage? 99

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

"Only a small percent of people will understand this obvious metaphor."

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Same. How are some people so unaware of just how "average" they are?