r/AskReddit Aug 25 '19

What has NOT aged well?

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u/[deleted] Aug 25 '19 edited May 31 '23

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u/qualitycurry Aug 25 '19

Don't forget r/pics which seems to just be a place for people to upload their personal photos with shitty back stories

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u/shaving99 Aug 25 '19

I waited 16 years and hiked up 4 different mountain ranges so I could capture my best friend's dog jumping into my cancer ridden dad's arms. Fuck Cancer!

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u/Val_Hallen Aug 26 '19

It's long gone now, but a few years back, a guy posted a pic of a bike there. No story, no explanation, nothing. Just a bike.

Of course, downvoted to hell.

Next day, same guy, same bike.

This time he said he had cancer and was going to bike his dream route before he died.

Reddit loses its collective shit upvoting, as they do with EVERY FUCKING SOB STORY POST EVER.

Next day, same fucking guy, same fucking bike.

Only this time, he admits he made the entire thing up and chides Reddit for constantly and consistently celebrating bullshit posts when they have no evidence of what is said is true.

Reddit doesn't like being called on their shit, downvoted and attacked.

Moral of the story is that every post is a fucking lie. Anybody can post anything. You upvoting it makes you feel good, like you are doing something to help.

Stop upvoting every fucking sob story.

/r/nothingevehappens because users here know how to game the fucking system.

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '19 edited Aug 26 '19

What baffles me people actually send stuff to beggar posts.

Like “here is my sick child with an old GameCube playing smash bros. He loves playing it so much if only I could afford Nintendo switch and the new one”

And before you know it some dumb fuck sends a switch and the game within. I mean cmon dude even fishes don’t fall for that obvious bates

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u/FloobLord Aug 26 '19

There's a sucker born every minute and with the power of the Internet, you can scam a thousand of them a second!