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This is a place to share greentexts and witness the confounding life of Anon. If you're new to the Greentext community, think of it as a sort of zoo with Anon as the main attraction.

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If you find yourself getting angry (or god forbid, agreeing) with something Anon has said, you might be doing it wrong.

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[–] [email protected] 188 points 1 week ago (7 children)

This is remarkably accurate actually, AITA is a dumpster fire. And most of the posts are a work of fiction, I suspect.

[–] StrongHorseWeakNeigh 75 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Tbf, this greentext could also be a complete fabrication.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 week ago

But could it also be merry ? Perhaps even jolly? The jury is still out.

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[–] Clent 19 points 1 week ago

Yeah that subreddit in particular went to shit when the news sites started using the posts to generate content.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

AITA and RelationshipAdvice.

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[–] zloubida 132 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Fake, but even if it was true, the problem would have probably been the age change and not the gender change. Teenage relationships and adult relationships have different rules…

[–] Phoenix3875 87 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Also, teenagers are poorer, so any gift would carry more weight.

[–] idiomaddict 40 points 1 week ago (22 children)

Yeah, I have to assume 18 year old women are on average way, way, way poorer than 40 year old men. That’s true regardless of the gender, 40 tends to be a pretty high spot in personal capital.

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[–] [email protected] 87 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I actually believe this one

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 46 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's real, but anon imagined himself as an 18 y/o girl with a boyfriend. Still gay.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago (2 children)
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[–] Roflmasterbigpimp 86 points 1 week ago (1 children)

AmITheAsshole is 99% rage bait and fan fiction. "Am I the Asshole for letting my wife only sleep with 8 different guys, while cucking myself and paying everything for her? I'm totally unsure if I'm, in this Ludacris Situation in which I'm clearly being abused, being unreasonable.... PLS BE NICE, GIVE ME ATTENTION! PLS PLS PLS PLS PLS PLS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

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[–] samus12345 81 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Yes, he'd be an asshole for giving her them as a birthday present, regardless of the fact that he got her other presents as well. Just ask her if she wants them after he gets his new ones.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 week ago

This is actually what the consensus was in that post, but the 4channer was blinded by his own assumption of “men bAD, gIRls gOoD” rhetoric

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[–] yegambit 48 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I guess it would be nice to have people think equally of men and women, but I don’t think the better way to do it is to create fake stories on 4chan

[–] Tattorack 14 points 1 week ago (2 children)

The story is absolutely fake, however...

It's satirical. It's basically making fun of something that does occur on the subreddit. There is very much a double standard going on over there, and this story is a satire of that.

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[–] Clbull 44 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

This is actually a real post but I cannot find the genderswapped version. Presumably because the duplicate nature was identified and OOP was banned.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Maybe because it sa fake story? Lol

[–] undergroundoverground 15 points 1 week ago

I does have a certain "and then the whole bus clapped" energy to it.

Good thing they left reddit and went to 4chan where they could get away from ultra thirsty guys acting all kinds of crazy over women.

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[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Reddit, well-known for always siding with the woman in the story (?)

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Some subs do be like that. The crowd changes a lot with subs

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Thank christ i left reddit for lemmy, this place is so muchnicer and better for my mental health.

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[–] gmtom 33 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Lmao I've actually done just that before, swapping the genders of a previous post, and people do say the complete opposite even though it's the same situations.

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 week ago

This green text, like every post on AitA is a work of fiction.

[–] Pacattack57 32 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

That sub is a circlejerk for white knights and femenists Women are never wrong there.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Also a great place for training bots and gauging responses.

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 week ago

This guy is full of shit, communities on plebbit start with p/

He's talking about reddit

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (7 children)

Yeah they just don't act like thus stereotypical over there.

Also, "femoid"?

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Fake AF, there isn't any post with reverse genders on the subreddit.

[–] NateNate60 31 points 1 week ago (2 children)

The AITAH people are nothing if not weirdly observant of what happens on that sub. This would be caught immediately

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago

The text is probably made up, but people have done such swap posts several times before and got similarly opposite results. Usually the posts get removed from the sub when someone eventually notices the deception, but you can still read them if you have a link. It's a very toxic sub.

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[–] 2ugly2live 21 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I do think the age changes it. If it's an 18 year old guy asking about his girlfriend, I also would be like, "hey, that may be a bit much. Old ones are fine." cause they're young. The expectations are lower. If it's an adult woman asking this for her husband, I would say to not give it on their birthday. "Hey, here's my old pair. Happy birthday" may be a bit flippant, but saying, "Hey, I got a new pair, want my old one?" doesn't seem like a bad deal.

Also, we didn't see the post. Maybe the other gifts were also bad. Not saying that AITA isn't a dumpster fire. But he changed the factors and didn't give us all the information.

Edit: I just saw the post. He bought her airpods a few years ago and, with how he's talking, it sounds like he got his around the same time. His wife's are glitching and just generally failing, but his used ones are fine. He says she takes care of them as with the rest of her things. He has the option to get free, new pair. Yeah, that is kind of dickish. "Here's my old headphones that could very well be on their way out as well and have been worn for x years. Please enjoy while I get my brand new set that I've openly told you I don't need. Happy birthday."

If this wasn't her birthday, fine. But on the day? That kind of fucked imo

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm gonna go ahead and hope that neither those redditors nor those channers ever find Lemmy

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago (2 children)

The sucky answer is if lemmy gets popular it'll just be Reddit without the ban lists

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Thought this would be a joke about how the titles of AITA posts that sound innocent are typically the ones where OP is the asshole. Like "Can I give someone my old headphones?" Yes, obviously. "Wrapped as a gift," um, that feels a little insensitive. Probably just give them unwrapped and don't say it's part of the gift.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Shouldn't have changed the ages, it chanhges the whole thing too much to compare

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