I swear it's like, exclusively a Reddit thing. Friends of mine that used to use Tumblr/4chan are way easier to talk to, Reddit makes you annoying at best (probably including me). YMMV though, don't go cozying up with /pol/ posters.
You can't go on the website in general without seeing it at some point. Browsing in 2020 means ignoring a decent number of posts depending on what boards you use, a lot of people have a pretty thick skin at this point but it normalizes shitty content at the same time.
I swear it's like, exclusively a Reddit thing. Friends of mine that used to use Tumblr/4chan are way easier to talk to, Reddit makes you annoying at best (probably including me). YMMV though, don't go cozying up with /pol/ posters.
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You can't go on the website in general without seeing it at some point. Browsing in 2020 means ignoring a decent number of posts depending on what boards you use, a lot of people have a pretty thick skin at this point but it normalizes shitty content at the same time.
I still go to /a/ because smaller shows just don't get discussed anywhere else. but dear god do some topics/shows need to be avoided.