Sometimes I miss the 2016 version of myself, where I would get a mild dopamine boost about funny jokes about the orange man, or seeing a celebrity endorse my favorite DNC war criminal - blissfully unaware of global politics, war, and genocide.
Sometimes I miss the 2016 version of myself, where I would get a mild dopamine boost about funny jokes about the orange man, or seeing a celebrity endorse my favorite DNC war criminal - blissfully unaware of global politics, war, and genocide.
Not just r/politics but half the big subreddits are dnc astroturfed shit holes. Now I just stick to r/manga for release updates and r/jrpg to find shit worth pirating lol
shout out to that day in 2016 when they had to huck hillary into the back of a van like a sack of potatoes and /r/politics was MYSTERIOUSLY pro-Bernie again, just for like 20 fucking hours, almost as if the bot-runners didn't know what messaging to push
Lol. Once your realize voting for key positions of the empire is of no consequence and emotionally divest from the clown show that is electoral politics things get really funny.
I'm not completely against electoral politics but in the US its a dead end imho
These people also ruined simpsonsshitposting which for me was the only decent place left in that cesspool. None of their memes are even good! All grandma-tier clapbacks.
RIGHT!!? It's not just me it used to be a pretty leftist sub right?
That fucking post the other day with like 17k upvotes, and today they found a way to shit on Cuba
Oh yeah. I felt like it was pretty neutral overall, though the crossposts with the_leftorium were always well-received. Now at least a third of the posts are just the most low-effort, r/politics-comment-over-a-simpsons-scene dreck. There's no way that shit's totally organic.
I think right wingers don't get comedy. They just think it's open season to be a racist or bigot or push whatever dumbass agenda they ride for (like return to imaginary tradition) and the humor just dies
r/the_leftorium was still nice last I checked
Yeah, just not enough posts lol
Any time I poke my head into r*ddit, all I see is astroturfing. I don't have an account and never have, nor do I look there regularly. Sometimes it's the only place to find information about movies and whatnot because it's easier to maintain a social media presence than an entire website. So I'll go peek at the horror sub, for example, and there's blatant astroturfing advertising shitty movies and shows. It's not even a large sub.
Some topics are more obvious, others have more artificial influences. But it's bots and shills all the way down.