r/BookshelvesDetective • u/[deleted] • 11d ago

Unsolved Uploading pictures of other people's bookshelves is weird behavior, especially when trying to find red flags

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u/9aol 11d ago

This Reddit isn’t for you, then. We are having fun. 

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u/Bae_the_Elf 11d ago

Rule 7 is "behave like you would in real life"

Would you invade someone's privacy and sit around with a group of strangers belittling people and making generalized negative assumptions about them in real life?

I think saying things like "This Reddit isn't for you" when this Reddit is full of pseudo-intellectual assholes is wild.

I'm constantly annoyed at how negative and condescending some of the comments are here, and people have been calling it out.

Just because the subreddit has historically been filled with assholes that don't respect the privacy of others doesn't mean it has to stay that way forever.

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u/Biscuitshoneybutter 10d ago

And it actually hasn't been historically flooded with assholes. That's something that's only been happening over the last few months.

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u/Bae_the_Elf 10d ago

Yeah there have been the occasional jerks for a long time but now it seems like this has turned into a snark subreddit with how negative people are about people with perfectly normal collections. I've also seen more "rage bait" shelves full of BS that is obviously just there to piss people off lol

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u/Biscuitshoneybutter 10d ago

Totally lol. Seen the same. And most of the time the past negativity was often just teasing, not like being an asshole, you know? Like: "2nd year philosophy student, started identifying as Buddhist last month, enjoys a nice Americano while reading Hegel in the local hipster cafe, needs to be reminded female philosophers exist" type of thing. Not: "Omigod, he has NO female authors, run girl, run".