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This Online Group Shames People Who Think They’re Better Than Everyone Else, Here Are 30 Of The Cringiest Posts
There’s nothing wrong with wanting to be special. Singular. Loved. Adored. However, the fact is that we have too many things in common with the people around us to be truly unique. Instead of celebrating that, some people do their best to stand out in whatever way they can. Their attempts end up being so edgy, cringey, and embarrassing, that they end up on the ‘Not like the other girls’ subreddit.
With over 675k members, r/notliketheothergirls is about shaming those people who put down others and hate mainstream things to feel special about themselves. Have a look through some of the most popular posts featured on the subreddit, upvote the ones that caught your attention the most, and let us know your opinion about why some individuals go to such lengths to seem unique.
Unfortunately, the sad reality is that even with all the progress that we’ve made when it comes to equal rights, there’s still a lot of hate in society. For anyone who’s different. For anyone who stands out too much. Minorities, in particular, are very vulnerable.
I spoke about letting go of hate for others who might be different from us with British psychotherapist Silva Neves. He was kind enough to go in-depth about this with Bored Panda and noted that very often, people who have hatred towards others actually hate parts of themselves. However, that’s not the only theory.
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I Saw This And Thought It Was A Really Interesting Take On “Not Like Other Girls”
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Yes
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Literally Every Woman I’ve Met Has Gone Through This Phase- I Think This Is Why
The ‘Not like the other girls’ subreddit has been active since September 2017 and is about people “trying to be unique by defining themselves outside ‘the norm.’” However, the results are usually terrible and prompt internet users to post screenshots and photos on the online community. As a warning to others on how not to behave. As a form of amusement for some.
“Do you think everyone else is trash? Do you think you're the only unique person on the planet? Do you constantly feel the need to press down others in order to define yourself? Then this is the place for you,” the moderators introduce the community full of ‘unique individuals’ (i.e. their members) who are ‘standing out’ (i.e. online at the moment).
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Finally A Nice One Again
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New On This Community, And Noticed That Some Aspergers Love Gatekeeping Non-Autistic People
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Something Wholesome For Once
According to British psychotherapist Silva, there is a theory that people hate those who embody traits that we’d like to keep secret ourselves. In short, we hate others because we recognize ourselves in them. If society acts as a mirror for us, then hatred is an unhealthy reaction to the truth.
“One psychological theory is that we tend to hate the people who remind us of a part of ourselves that we don't want to acknowledge. For example, if someone has body issues, they are more likely to be hateful towards a large person,” he explained to Bored Panda. This is applicable when analyzing hatred of other groups of people as well.
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Ben Listens To Mozart, He Is So Quirky
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I Think This Belongs Here By Technicality
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For Real Tho
“Some who represses their sexuality or are uncomfortable with sex are more likely to be hateful towards people who are open about their sexuality or who look sexual,” the therapist continued.
“If we go by this theory, it would mean that people have to learn to accept the whole of themselves and learn to love themselves fully, and then they won't have to project the hatred of themselves towards others,” he said that only through self-acceptance can we let go of hate.
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Does He Fit Here?
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Honestly Though
However, that’s just one theory. Another theory looks at learned behaviors and how our families and environments shape us. “Many people grow up being told to fear those who are different or look different,” Silva said.
“For example, people grow up to believe that black people are dangerous, Asian people are threats, gay people spread disease or sin, etc... These messages can turn people into being racist or homophobic,” the expert explained to Bored Panda that according to this theory, hatred is something that’s learned from one’s environment. Only education and experience can counter this.
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Say It Louder For The “Not Like The Other Gurlz” In Da Back
New Prometheus 3 years ago
Liking popular things doesn't do that either. You might have regular brains but you need to think by yourself.
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"She Was Not Like Other Girls"
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Posted This On My Twitter And I Thought It Fits Here
“For these people to become less hateful, they will need to be exposed to other realities so that they can stop fearing differences, but they also have to be willing to change their minds. Unfortunately, many of these people are not willing to expose themselves to different realities. So, I suppose, one way to eradicate this kind of hate is by changing society at its core and stopping the mindset of fear at the source.”
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My Sister Posted This On Facebook. She Definitely Wears This
Nathan Pogorzala 3 years ago
Man we really f****d up women’s self image seeing how this is even possible. This isn’t a coincidence, this isn’t dumb luck, this is a never ending desire to fit in and look the part. I just wish people liked themselves more to not put others standards above their own happiness and comfort. This outfit looks nice, but they consciously went out and put this together because other people said it was cool. Is it fashion, or is fear of being looked on as different? Thought ended.
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Poor Girl
Michelle M 3 years ago
Watched the movie. It was okay. But to be fair, high schoolers sometimes think that their minor problems are greater than the previous world wars put together. That's teenage years for you. Unfortunately, not many people grow out of this phase. They take it into adulthood.
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If You Know, You Know
Jasmine Hufflepuff Henderson 3 years ago
People at my school cared a lot, unfortunately. I was accused of cheating on my boyfriend (which I never did) and called everything under the sun. "S**t, whore, girl who sleeps around, etc." Kids are cruel. I'm now 26 and still a virgin.
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Is This Legal?
Kelley Hayes 3 years ago
Such a healthy message for men that they cannot even feed themselves without being feminine. . . Self-sufficiency is a good thing for everyone to learn!
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I Can't Be Too Mad At This One
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Real Centaur Hours Who Up
GirlFriday 3 years ago
I AM BOTHERED BY THE SHOES THE GIRL WITH FOUR LEGS IS WEARING. If I had four legs, I would wear four matching shoes. This makes my eye twitch.
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Definitely Not Like The Other Fake B******
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She’s Not Like The Other Girls
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I’m Not Like Other Sunflowers. I’m Dead
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A 17 Year Old Girl Doesn’t Know Who Van Halen Is, Shocking
Ivana 3 years ago
Van Halen actually responded to this, "If you haven’t heard of @billieeilish, go check her out. She’s cool. If you haven’t heard of @VanHalen, go check them out. They’re cool too. Music is supposed to bring us together, not divide us. Listen to what you want and don’t shame others for not knowing what you like.
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Haven’t Talked To Her In A Year And She Became Not Like The Other Girls
Michelle M 3 years ago
So cringy. By the way, I also like Edgar Allan Poe but I don't shove it into random conversations.
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My Crush Pulled This On Me Today. I Have To Say I Feel Almost Betrayed
Sleazy Weaver 3 years ago
What's with teens & acting like depression is some sort of quirky personality trait instead of a painful mental illness? It doesn't make you better than anybody else, it just makes life harder.
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I’m Not Your Typical Girl
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Self Aware
GirlFriday 3 years ago
SO this girl has four legs and matching shoes, but two different pairs of pants. I am starting to not like these four-legged women.
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Loretta 3 years ago
I think most girls say or think that because THEY HAVE BEEN BULLIED BY THOSE "OTHER GIRLS"! For not liking make-up. For not dressing stylish. For not being "feminine" enough. It's a natural defense mechanism. A very big and dominant part of young girls are the ones that care for fashion and looks, and those who don't conform to that are being bullied. So they desperately try to find something to save their damaged self-confidence. It's easy to belittle them and call them cringey. As an adult woman with modern views of feminism I can see how internal misogyny is not a solution. But laughing at those poor girls who have been bullied and hurt their whole life because they don't conform to patriarchal standards of femininity isn't the wake and feminist thing to do you think it is, either.
Vera1 3 years ago
This post is sad. Not pathetic, sad. Internalised misogyny is very real, as proven by the post and it is sad that the internet attacks that symptom and not the cause, a.k.a. misogyny
Loretta 3 years ago
I think most girls say or think that because THEY HAVE BEEN BULLIED BY THOSE "OTHER GIRLS"! For not liking make-up. For not dressing stylish. For not being "feminine" enough. It's a natural defense mechanism. A very big and dominant part of young girls are the ones that care for fashion and looks, and those who don't conform to that are being bullied. So they desperately try to find something to save their damaged self-confidence. It's easy to belittle them and call them cringey. As an adult woman with modern views of feminism I can see how internal misogyny is not a solution. But laughing at those poor girls who have been bullied and hurt their whole life because they don't conform to patriarchal standards of femininity isn't the wake and feminist thing to do you think it is, either.
Vera1 3 years ago
This post is sad. Not pathetic, sad. Internalised misogyny is very real, as proven by the post and it is sad that the internet attacks that symptom and not the cause, a.k.a. misogyny
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