Hey Pandas, What’s Something That Drives You Insane When Reading Comments Here? (Closed)

I love reading the comments when I'm here, ironically I seek the downvoted ones just to see how bizarre they can get.

So I wanna ask what makes you usually dislike or downvote a comment?

Random people seeing keywords and hating on it. Anything with “vaccine”(this one not so much anymore), “gay”, “left/right (politics)”, and “trans”, just have trolls under it for no reason

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One Happy Doggo

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Sunshine 1 year ago

YES! And sometimes the religious folk! I may be religious but I try real hard to not be a homophobic transphobic racist bigot people think I am!

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The imbecilic hate, the "Karen" comments ("you should've done this") , the rAnDoM cAp writers.

BUT- I'm more irritated by the writers who use reddit threads or ridiculous trending tiktok posts and just reiterate the material from either format to reiterate the same information ad infinitem to make an article long and seem interesting when the topic is rarely interesting ("someone wants to know if they were right when they blew a simple scenario out of proportion").
When I see reddit or tiktok, I automatically downvote.
(I have problems with creating content on BP, so I'm trying to be kind. I have technical issues)

There are a lot of regular Pandas who make interesting comments that create or carry a discussion, and I enjoy their participation. The rest, I ignore.

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Noname

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Sunshine 1 year ago

The random cap letters are funny sometimes but overused.

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StrangeOne 1 year ago

True. Guilty of it, myself. However I do limit it to only when I'm purely mocking someone, and rarely. It takes a lot longer for me to type it out when I have to think of pressing caps every second letter.

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Noname (Submission author) 1 year ago (edited)

It's not so funny when you're reading this fOrKeD uP wRiTiNG on a tiny cellphone screen with +200 reading glasses and you're not sure if you've become dyslexic or if you're having a stroke. 😐

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Mercat Overlord (they/them) 1 year ago

That is why I use /s to indicate sarcasm instead.

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Blue_Mouse (queen) 1 year ago

I use the random cap letters to mimic Karen’s bud

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RavenTheCat 1 year ago

To be fair i have done cap lower cap lower before because the joke as far as i know is *mocking* text but i could stop instantly out of respect. I agree too calling someone a *Karen* insults the name, not everyone named Karen is a bad person

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The use of “slaaay” can get a tad cringy at times.

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Blue_Mouse (queen) 1 year ago

Fr but whatever it’s not our body we can’t control what others say.

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I usually don't downvote any thing but the bots, but they've been getting more creative with their choice of words.

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mysterious(he/they, maybe?)

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cartoon ghosts 1 year ago

There was once a French bot and they got banned and I miss them

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Major; being transphobic for no good reason, like seriously dude what did we get to deserve this
Minor; people who proudly call themselves grammar nazis like bro seriously, language changes and evolves, if you can understand what people mean then it's okay and you need to let it go

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cartoon ghosts

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Mercat Overlord (they/them) 1 year ago

We deserve it because we slightly inconvenienced their language by not allowing them to determine what words to use based on what is in our pants. /s

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it’s when i make any kind of normal comment, then i get somebody who replies to my normal comment with “they/he 🤦🏼😂🤣🤪🤪it’s he/him or she/her, only two genders” like what the hell? i didn’t even say anything about being trans and you go and harass me because i stated my pronouns to let people know them without having to ask????

argh.

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ЛеснойКороль(they/he)🇺🇦🇷🇺

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RavenTheCat 1 year ago

Im gonna get so much hate for this and i apologize why do i need to see (she/her) (he/her/them) yada yada in your name, its not that i don't care its, your someone online i don't need to know what you identify as, if your proud of it im so happy for i mean it! Please be proud of you. But do i really need it crammed in my face in your username? Cant you just put it on your profile? Please explain to me too whats so trendy about it , but understand too I dont mean to put anyone down

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People judging *perfectly fine photos* even though the person who posted them was ok with posting them

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JoTheLizard(she/they)

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I think mine is people engaging with trolls. It's very nobel trying to fight the trolls but that's what they want. They want you to argue they get off on knowing they have annoyed you. You will also never change their mind. Just downvote them and don't comment.

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Julie S

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StrangeOne 1 year ago (edited)

It's a matter of knowing who the trolls are and the people who merely disagree but do so in a very harsh way at first. If they come back with an apology or admit they were harsh, then they are not a troll. You can also check out their other comments to people. If you see a pattern of them being disrespectful they are definitely trolls.

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is it just me, or is everyone...on edge? i mean, I'm definitely guilty of this too, but there's been more fights and political stuff and trolls and just more hate in general.

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𝓪𝓶𝔂

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Vermonta 1 year ago

On edge. we all spent a few covid years as ME time, then went outside to realize the world changed. Climate, natural disasters that impact crops and peoples homes. Homeless from all walks of life, mass shootings, rolling back women's rights to proper healthcare, government promoting christian ignorance, Florida making new insane laws like paving roads with radioactive waste, chemicals everywhere. . . . . . .

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#10

Downvotes

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RavenTheCat 1 year ago

Im guilty of them, i feel like BP should have a private dislike system like YouTube

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Like the #1 submission says, I’m tired of the trolls showing up and agitating everyone. I’m also tired of those meh articles that have touchy subjects in them. I don’t mean we should shy away from them, but they tend to set people off. And of course those who stray from the “correct” path of thought get downvoted and bashed unmercifully. Not even always the trolls. It’s just, what would you say or do if that person you’re downvoting was in front of you? Give them the thumbs down sign and walk away? That’s how I feel when someone downvotes something. They just silently say “you’re so wrong, idiot” and walk away without an explanation or reason they did so. Am I supposed to automatically know why I’m wrong if all I get are downvotes? And then there’s the comments. If I get a comment, being rude or whatever, I tend to reply to it logically (in my mind) and calmly. Sometimes people just set me off, and I try not to be because once I say something set off, there’s no mercy, even if I apologize. And even if I do react calmly, everyone is always guarded! I swear I can feel the prickles on my skin from the hedgehogs that curl up into little balls when in discussions. I get it, people on here hardly know a thing about you, yet they’re attacking your whole existence, your whole life, like they’re right there next to you also living it. It’s awful that people feel and react this way. The responses to ANYONE with a different opinion shouldn’t be defensive or harsh. Especially if they present it respectfully, knowing they’re in the minority on here. That’s the thing. Sometimes I comment stuff knowing people won’t agree with me, and I expect downvotes. -4 downvotes and still no explanation other than my assumption, and I’m left wondering again why I ever open my stupid mouth.

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P.C.

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RavenTheCat 1 year ago

Sometimes people just can't handle a sensitive truth i upvoted this because im glad you came out. If i say something iffy i want people to tell me so i can elaborate,not silently shun, so i understand

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#12

Misspelling and improper grammar.

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R.A. Haley 1 year ago

Pardon me, but IMHO it's the people who absolutely *insist* on correcting the misspelling and improper grammar. English is the most flexible language on earth, let it grow and evolve.

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#13

I don't see it too often but every now and again I see "I could care less" it's "I couldn't care less". I could care less makes no sense in the context people try to use it in. Your trying to tell people that you care so little that it's impossible to care any less, when you go and say "I could care less" you are saying that you are able to care less than you currently do.

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TheDemonicCat

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TheDemonicCat (Submission author) 1 year ago

Oops, I used the wrong you're.

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#14

My bugbear is the use of the generation terms - boomers, gen x, gen z, millenials, and so on. I have no clue what approximate age any of these categorizations are (I'm aware that I could look it up). I believe the terms were invented for marketing people to sell us more s**t so that's one reason to not get involved. Second reason is that it is just another form of lazy stereotyping. We're finally getting to a place where stereotyping people according to race, gender, sexuality etc is frowned upon (I know we still have a way to go), but stereotyping people according to age is considered completely fine. I just don't understand why.

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StrangeOne 1 year ago

People will argue it's a "mindset" not an age. The generations are actually about age brackets and what those eras of generations meant for those born in the years. That's about it. It's nothing to do whether or not one grew up "feral" and the other grew up addicted to tech. I recall our parents in the 90s had just as hard enough time keeping the kids off the screen. The only difference is parents could take the remote and send the kids outside or to the other room to watch TV there.

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