You could make the most innocuous post or comment in a hobby sub about stuff that doesn’t matter. Then like clockwork every toxic smug shit-head debate lord on the site is going to jump down your throat. It’s amazing how they pair their arrogance with how objectively wrong they are about everything.
Fuck redditors
Good question, but I’m honestly not sure where to start.
I want to call social media a mistake, but it wasn’t. Its operating exactly as intended. Reddit is special in that its combined so many awful aspects of them all, with a culture of perceived righteous indignation and the aesthetics of logical, sophisticated debate. Its liberalism squared, celebrating the myths of meritocracy and a “justice will prevail” mindset. The end of history nonsense pervades every discussion, boiling it all down to “change is bad, actually” and if you’re suffering it is because you did something wrong.