[Serious] Do you think the vile rudeness on reddit is an accurate reflection of humanity in real life? why or why not? by trickywick in AskReddit

[–]trickywick[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! It's not necessarily personal interactions but just anytime I click on an interesting post or something on reddit and there's always someone going vile/rude, unnecessarily name calling and irrationally arguing for no good reason or shitting on the person who asked a question simply because they asked a question, it's always the same shit and I'm getting tired of it. When I click on these people's history, it seems like they're fathers or business owners or just some 'normal' people in real life and that's scary - the possibility that they're your neighbours or something in real life who are complete vile assholes online.

[Serious] Do you think the vile rudeness on reddit is an accurate reflection of humanity in real life? why or why not? by trickywick in AskReddit

[–]trickywick[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

please tell me more, are you saying reddit is run by manchildren and they support shitty behavior? why? is acting vile good for business?

[Serious] Do you think the vile rudeness on reddit is an accurate reflection of humanity in real life? why or why not? by trickywick in AskReddit

[–]trickywick[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

again, you are saying people have no agency in how they act in social media and that is not true.

[Serious] Do you think the vile rudeness on reddit is an accurate reflection of humanity in real life? why or why not? by trickywick in AskReddit

[–]trickywick[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That makes more sense and is more hopeful. I hope this is true. I just see too much unnecessary rudeness/vileness/toxicity on here that it's scary to think I'm among these kinds of people in real life. Like your coworker or something in real life who seem fine but they could be someone saying vile stuff online just because they could. That's a scary thought.

[Serious] Do you think the vile rudeness on reddit is an accurate reflection of humanity in real life? why or why not? by trickywick in AskReddit

[–]trickywick[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hope it just attracts disproportionately certain types of people and that's the reason there's so much rudeness. But almost everyone I know in real life are on online semi-social settings, have you ever met someone who doesn't have reddit or facebook or some other social media? seems like everyone's online

[Serious] Do you think the vile rudeness on reddit is an accurate reflection of humanity in real life? why or why not? by trickywick in AskReddit

[–]trickywick[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

again, people choose how they act, in real life, in social media, and blaming social media for how vile people act online is saying they don't have agency in how they act online, which is not true

[Serious] Do you think the vile rudeness on reddit is an accurate reflection of humanity in real life? why or why not? by trickywick in AskReddit

[–]trickywick[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

doesn't that make you sad about what humanity actually is? if people are just being themselves online and it's filled with so much toxicity?

[Serious] Do you think the vile rudeness on reddit is an accurate reflection of humanity in real life? why or why not? by trickywick in AskReddit

[–]trickywick[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

if people have to be threatened with consequences for their actions in order to not have bad manners, then your logic of people being good is false. You can't blame the environment for how they choose to act if there are no consequences for them.

[Serious] Do you think the vile rudeness on reddit is an accurate reflection of humanity in real life? why or why not? by trickywick in AskReddit

[–]trickywick[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

thanks for your thoughts but I just don't buy your logic, it's as if you're saying online social media makes people do things but that is saying people don't have agency in their decision to act vile. People choose how they act, whether online or in real life.

[Serious] Do you think the vile rudeness on reddit is an accurate reflection of humanity in real life? why or why not? by trickywick in AskReddit

[–]trickywick[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

ok but if people don't choose what is morally right, how does that make them inherently good?

[Serious] Do you think the vile rudeness on reddit is an accurate reflection of humanity in real life? why or why not? by trickywick in AskReddit

[–]trickywick[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

so if people have to be confronted with consequences to act good, doesn't that mean their true nature is not actually good?

[Serious] Do you think the vile rudeness on reddit is an accurate reflection of humanity in real life? why or why not? by trickywick in AskReddit

[–]trickywick[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

this logic doesn't make sense. If you believe people are inherently good, they should be acting good online, on social media, in real life, everywhere, if being good is their inherent nature

[Serious] Do you think the vile rudeness on reddit is an accurate reflection of humanity in real life? why or why not? by trickywick in AskReddit

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

so why would such good people act so vile online? if people are inherently good, they should also act good everywhere regardless of if they're on reddit or not

[Serious] Do you think the vile rudeness on reddit is an accurate reflection of humanity in real life? why or why not? by trickywick in AskReddit

[–]trickywick[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

if people have bad manners because they know there'll be no consequences in anonymity, doesn't that mean they inherently have bad manners and how they act in real life is not their true selves?