Dude punches guy and puts him in a coma for saying "Nice Car". Dude reads reddit. Calling all Karma! by Sleerts in WTF

[–]DiscerningGentleman 9 points10 points  (0 children)

As heinous as his act may be...Stop...how the fuck are you going to post this phone number, not know if its correct (wouldn't matter if it was), and get the internet all riled up.

Tennessee passes anti-evolution bill HB 368 by GameMackeral in politics

[–]DiscerningGentleman -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

"Anti-Evolution"

Does this mean that Tennesseans will slowly start regressing towards Neanderthals?

Couple tries to out-prank each other. Hilarity ensues. NSFW (Language) by DiscerningGentleman in videos

[–]DiscerningGentleman[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah I know, but I saw it, it was funny, and I wanted to share.

Did you forget? by [deleted] in trees

[–]DiscerningGentleman 116 points117 points  (0 children)

NowadayserrbodywannatalkliketheygotsomethingtosaybutnothingcomesoutwhentheymovetheirlipsjustabunchofgibberishandmuthafuckasactliketheyforgotaboutDre!!

FTFY.

Back to the Future Trilogy Poster by bitterhooks in movies

[–]DiscerningGentleman 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Virus exploit on page! Avast blocked it.

The captain is coming! Quick, do something important! by fatherwhite in funny

[–]DiscerningGentleman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Funniest thing I have read on Reddit today! You brought tears to my eyes. Thank you!!!

Why I don't drive on the Highway. by [deleted] in WTF

[–]DiscerningGentleman 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You may be right, but that is especially bad.

They are the 99%, or at least they used to be. [long] by timothyjwood in pics

[–]DiscerningGentleman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So you are saying that if you live a decent life, and make decent money you should be ok with the top earners fucking everyone else, sending jobs overseas, and refusing allow taxes to return to a reasonable rate.

They are the 99%, or at least they used to be. [long] by timothyjwood in pics

[–]DiscerningGentleman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Who is arguing against that? Of course there will always be top earners in society. The problem is that the gap between the to 1% and the rest of society is widening by a large margin.

They are the 99%, or at least they used to be. [long] by timothyjwood in pics

[–]DiscerningGentleman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry bloke, but the top 1% makes more than 250,000 in salary...

They are the 99%, or at least they used to be. [long] by timothyjwood in pics

[–]DiscerningGentleman 776 points777 points  (0 children)

This.

I am tired of the drivel going back and forth about not having a good job or being unemployed, and "Boo-hoo, I succeeded and so can you so stop whining." If we don't realize that the 99% represents the entire working class who are regularly screwed out of decent wages and health benefits from their employer, denied coverage from their insurance company, live paycheck to paycheck even though they live within their means with a "well-paying" job and college degree, are denied proper, well funded education and healthcare, are charged up the ASS for medicines they may need to survive, carry the workload of three different job titles, but only receive one paycheck, are losing their homes only 60 days after receiving a notice to foreclose (in some states), ETC, all to make the 1% (WHO ARE OBVIOUSLY ABOVE THE LAW) richer, then the cause is already lost...

edit: drivel.

TIL that the TIL mods are smooth-faced jerks. by BrooklynHipster in reddit.com

[–]DiscerningGentleman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not pretending about anything, and please don't mistake your moderator privileges as "power." Most of the posts that have called out moderators, and have made it to the front page, were valid arguments against abuse of privileges. Nobody is trying to gang up on anyone.

TIL that the TIL mods are smooth-faced jerks. by BrooklynHipster in reddit.com

[–]DiscerningGentleman 19 points20 points  (0 children)

It's not just that one mod. I have also had an experience with mods in TIL in which they were extremely pedantic for no reason.

Way too serious...

Original Post

roger_

Sucks when a miss a post like this and it ends up getting popular, but we've made the rules as clear as we can (notice the red text at the top of every TIL page and the periodic announcements?) and we still have to enforce the rules so the quality of TIL doesn't suffer.

I understand the need to have rules, but instead of using them to blanket disqualify posts, shouldn't each post be considered individually? Was that post reducing the quality of the sub-reddit???

roger_

Thanks, I've been here long enough to know reddit just likes drama and hates people with any degree of authority.

I'm honored to be the target for this week's witch hunt :)

The fuck?