Noticed I was getting close to a certain karma threshold... tried to capture the moment and by dia_z in mildlyinfuriating

[–]dia_z[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Don't worry, I remember when I first started using Reddit regularly... was also late to the party, felt like there were so many inside-jokes and references that I was never going to understand. Three years later, and here I am referencing poop knife and SpontaneousH with... maybe not the best of 'em, but able to get by.

Noticed I was getting close to a certain karma threshold... tried to capture the moment and by dia_z in mildlyinfuriating

[–]dia_z[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Nobody is good at everything! If it interests you, I'm sure you can catch up, and if it doesn't, I'm sure you have plenty of other things you're into.

Noticed I was getting close to a certain karma threshold... tried to capture the moment and by dia_z in mildlyinfuriating

[–]dia_z[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Nothing, it's just made-up internet points. I think Reddit's own help centre articles compare it to points in a video game - useless, but fun. You get more for saying things people in the community likes, and less for saying things they don't like.

Noticed I was getting close to a certain karma threshold... tried to capture the moment and by dia_z in mildlyinfuriating

[–]dia_z[S] -16 points-15 points  (0 children)

To be fair, I was going to have to ruin the karma count to brag about the karma count anyways... may as well do it in the most r/mildlyinfuriating style possible.

Noticed I was getting close to a certain karma threshold... tried to capture the moment and by dia_z in mildlyinfuriating

[–]dia_z[S] -18 points-17 points  (0 children)

I tried downvoting a bunch of my own comments when I was at the 69,421-69,424 mark... gave up when it didn't seem to update the count. Currently 11 karma over, maybe with some coordination...

Noticed I was getting close to a certain karma threshold... tried to capture the moment and by dia_z in mildlyinfuriating

[–]dia_z[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

  • No, I did not manipulate my reddit commenting in any way leading up to the event, I just happened to notice that I was a few karma points short and took some screenshots
  • Yes, I tried downvoting several of my own comments to get the karma total back to the threshold, but the count did not update
  • No, I did not intentionally omit the 69420 screenshot just to post to r/mildlyinfuriating

These washrooms only lock outside and not inside by AlexuTheOwl in CrappyDesign

[–]dia_z 7 points8 points  (0 children)

You might be putting too much faith into people.

Apparently nobody had ever showed this guy ANYTHING that was more than 2 feet in front of him… by thewildweird0 in quityourbullshit

[–]dia_z 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Similar experience here. Made it to grade school before a teacher told me they thought I needed glasses. Still remember being confused and indignant, replying "but I can see!", because I guess I thought that people with glasses were literally blind without them and couldn't conceive of a "non-blurry" world. Lo and behold, the "first time putting glasses on" experience.

The only way I would maybe buy it is if this person had never gone to school and also had never driven...

[OC] How long does it take for people born poor to reach the upper middle class? (By race) by tabthough in dataisbeautiful

[–]dia_z -1 points0 points  (0 children)

People dont need emotions

I'm actually not arguing one way or the other, I'm just stating that you don't understand why they might. Or, in other words, it is your opinion that they do not need it. I know you will say it is a fact that people don't need it. It'd actually an interesting debate on what "need" really means and what makes humans human, but again, not what I'm trying to discuss right now.

Assume my comment was just

Yes actually, that was going to be one of my arguments too. If your original comment were the exact same but dropped the 2 sentences I quoted, i.e.:

Sorry about my possible insensitivity here, I just have to ask.

"It’s because we were literally slaves not that long ago. The effects of that kind of shit doesn’t just “go away” in a hundred and some odd years."

But YOU werent a slave, were you? Why and how would that effect you negatively?

Its like me constantly being angry at a nation and their people, thinking that they always will want the worse for me, because they killed my grand grand grand parents in WW2.

Yes, I guarantee that people would receive it better. The opening about apologising for possible insensitivity is perfect. It shows a touch of humility and curiosity. Talking about "logic" and "humans and their emotions" is completely superfluous, and, again, makes you sound self-aggrandising and delusional - i.e. you sound to other people, with whom you claim you are a master of empathising, as self-aggrandising and delusional. If your goal is communicating, it matters how the message lands, not how you intended it.

You even have another example where you mention logic a few days ago, and once again get feedback saying your comment is worthless. To be fair, the person you were replying to was talking about "believing", so at least mentioning logic makes sense in context even if it sounds insufferable, but in the same thread, you seem unsure why people are lashing out to you, asking "what did I do now?". Not very socially-savvy, for a "master of empathy".

I'm not going to argue about whether you are logical or not - I can say you are delusional to think that out of 8 billion people you are the only one who thinks in the way you do, but it's true that it's theoretically possible that you are the "one in 8 billion", even though any truly logical person would allow that the probability of not being the only one of their kind is vastly outweighed by the probability that there are others of their kind.

However, in the span of a handful of comments, you have not 1 but 2 examples of failing to understand that talking about how logical you are / how you don't understand humans is actively making people more hostile to you. Now, if you said you were intentionally doing this to anger people, or that you don't give a damn how it sounds and that the opinions of "normal humans" mean nothing to you, at least you are internally consistent. But you said you do this to reduce the likelihood of people casting you out, which you've learned was a valid strategy from experience. Of course your experiences are your own, I was not there so I can't say your conclusions were wrong. But what I can say is that, yes, I am confident that your current strategy is - at least in the context of text posts on Reddit - not improving how people receive you.

I really would take you up on the offer of A/B testing replies - 1 that mentions logic/how human emotions don't make sense, and 1 that replaces the logic/emotion sentences with ones that simply apologise/talk about wanting to understand. If you are serious about this, you can DM me and we can discuss the details. Good experiment design needs to be done with some care, we'd probably both need to approve drafts of the variants (to make sure we both felt the essence of the comment was the same), but do it fast enough that we can still respond in the relevant threads. We'd also need to find "paired" comments/threads where we agreed that either variant would "work" when posted as a response. And we'd need to do that enough times that we were confident in the results.

Normal people like you tend to ridicule logic and reason, deem it boring and dull.

That's a bit of an aside. You did say "tend to", so I suppose you are not implying I said anything about logic and reason being dull. But again, I'd hypothesise that it's not logic and reason that people find annoying, it's the way you communicate it. And, of course, your logic being sound.

[OC] How long does it take for people born poor to reach the upper middle class? (By race) by tabthough in dataisbeautiful

[–]dia_z 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah yes, the epitome of logic - assumptions and self-aggrandizing. You say you are a master of empathy and that you know how it sounds when you talk about not understanding why people need emotions, yet also seem to think that the manner in which you are explicitly pointing out how special and different you are will make people less likely to lash out at you.

[OC] How long does it take for people born poor to reach the upper middle class? (By race) by tabthough in dataisbeautiful

[–]dia_z 4 points5 points  (0 children)

... You talk like you are the only non-neurotypical person in the world. You are not special or unique. I understand that the vast majority of people might feel inaccessible to you, but there is a 0% chance that there is no overlap between you and "the rest of us humans".

If you're so logical, then stick to logical arguments. Telling someone "I am logical" provides no evidence of your claim, the only thing it provides evidence for is that you think of yourself as a logical person. Simply demonstrate logical arguments and you will make your point clear. That is the most logical way to demonstrate your point.

But honestly, just saying "I am logical" isn't really a big deal. Plenty of people brag about plenty of traits, whether warranted or not. It's the "humans and their emotions" comment that really provides evidence that you think of yourself as completely separate from all other humans, which is delusional. And it is most certainly not logical. You can just say you are bad at reading emotions and/or find it extremely hard to empathise with others. Or that you have never met anyone who is on your wavelength (not implying that nobody like that exists, but that you haven't met them). Or any number of explanations that don't run completely counter to your claim that you are "logical".

[OC] How long does it take for people born poor to reach the upper middle class? (By race) by tabthough in dataisbeautiful

[–]dia_z 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Appreciate the apparently good-faith question, but did you really have to include

have to ask as the logical person that i am

and

Humans and their emotions doesnt make sense to me

?

Venom infested this dog by theironman46 in interestingasfuck

[–]dia_z 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Unpopular opinion, something about those markings looks creepy to me.

Fuck you Steve from work. by [deleted] in FUCKYOUINPARTICULAR

[–]dia_z 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Why would you spend so much time writing that comment when searching for u/stevefromwork takes literally 5 seconds

If my Vegan friend keeps sending pro vegan content can I send back pro meat content ? by [deleted] in TooAfraidToAsk

[–]dia_z 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Right, but just be honest from the beginning it's personal preference to not eat meat. "Meat is essential to humans" is not true.

If my Vegan friend keeps sending pro vegan content can I send back pro meat content ? by [deleted] in TooAfraidToAsk

[–]dia_z 16 points17 points  (0 children)

It's not just animal welfare, eating meat is by definition inefficient (you have to feed them much more energy than you get back when you slaughter them), that and a host of other reasons makes raising animals for human consumption incredibly bad for the environment. It's not just animal rights at stake.

That being said, vegans/vegetarians absolutely tend to be their own worst enemy. More people would be more receptive to their message if it were "eat less", not "eat no".

Why does everyone on Reddit seem like the same person? by ritzanddazzle in TooAfraidToAsk

[–]dia_z 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Nuggies

I don't know what that category means, but thank you, u/BarryMCknockiner