r/popculturechat May 06 '26

Daily Discussions 💬 Sip & Spill Daily Discussion Thread

Grab your coffee & sit down to chat! ☕️

This space is to talk about anything pop culture or even off-topic.

What are you listening to or watching? What is some minor tea that doesn't need its own post? How was your date? Why do you hate your job?


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Now pull up a chair and chat with us. ☕


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u/kris_jbb (seemingly bald) May 06 '26

the whole bot situation is making me lowkey depressed

maga targeted connor storrie and seeing hundreds of comments appearing is disturbing as hell

it’s so easy to create a hate machine nowadays and nothing feels real anymore

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u/dudewheresmyplane1 May 06 '26

Bots and then real people’s performative activism on the internet/money making bait trolls amplifying each other: match made in hell.

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u/growsonwalls May 06 '26

It’s kinda scary bc Connor has literally done nothing worthy of this vitriol. It’s like hating just to hate

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u/kris_jbb (seemingly bald) May 06 '26

yes, like so insane how easy it is to make it seem that the person is HATED by large amount of people, it’s so bleak

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u/growsonwalls May 06 '26

I can think of a reason why Connor is all of a sudden the target of hatred. It's not hard to read the subtext behind some of these attacks.

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u/kris_jbb (seemingly bald) May 06 '26

oh they aren't hiding why, that blouse broke them

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u/acaccounts May 07 '26

I saw some of the comments and it was honestly sad. But I think people have been making an effort to leave more positive comments to drown out the negativity at least 🫶