reddit more addictive to me than Facebook or twitter Because it’s long and complicated.I’m particularly obsessed with the wildly popular Reddit Am I an asshole?
In it, guilty people explain situations in which they might have acted like assholes, and then use all the wisdom of the internet to prove that they are actually assholes. I am asking whether it is.
No traction am i an asshole Unless there’s a really compelling story with clear heroes and villains and outlandish and unpleasant behavior. No posts asking if I suck because I forgot to bring wine to the housewarming party.
Sadly, the truly compelling stories with clear heroes and villains and outlandish and disturbing behavior are often fake. They are primarily sordid fictions cynically disguised as scandalous secret truths.
In “Am I the Asshole,” the question persists forever.,”Is this real, or did some asshole on the internet make this up for influence and attention? ”
When prowling social media, you should keep your bullshit detector turned on.That’s why it’s funny to me that so many right-wingers are watching this. new york times and washington post A propaganda outlet disseminating fake news at the behest of Marxist corporate overlords, but celebrating Cattturd2 and Alex Jones as our last truth tellers.
These people seem to think that if something must be true and is reported as true in some of the most respected publications in the world, then it is obviously false. But if something seems impossible, insane, or unbelievable, it’s clearly an explosive truth that the elites are trying to hide.
