On AskReddit, lostabro33 tells the sad story of how he, er, lost a bro. The tl;dr version:
I lost a really good friend because he didn’t want to believe his wife was a fucking whore bitch slut cunt lying piece of shit.
Here’s the full quote. As you’ll notice, it has 1314 upvotes.
Yeah, that totally happened.
Is Reddit officially the worst place on earth?
(Sadly, I know the answer to that is no. But, damn, Reddit, you really to seem to want to take that number one slot.)
(Thanks to ShitRedditSays for finding this, er, gem.)
EDITED TO ADD: [TW: Child porn]
Speaking of shitty things on Reddit: There was more child porn up on Reddit, this time a post in r/videos with more than 900 upvotes and numerous positive comments, with a link to a video that showed the sexual abuse of a six-year-old boy. The folks in SRS have been talking about it; after numerous complaints from SRSers to the r/videos mods, Reddit admins, YouTube, and the FBI, the video has apparently been removed from YouTube. More details, and a link to the original r/videos thread, in the SRS thread devoted to it. There’s also a lot of discussion of it in the comments to this post here.
Worse than ED? Well, ED at least knows its doing it for the lulz.
We’re talkinga bout Reddit, right? No, it isn’t.
If you’re cheering on child porn on Reddit, you aren’t funny or edgy, you’re a sick fuck who needs to sit down and have a good long think about the life choices that got you to this point.
As obnoxious as ED can be, it still has enough of a moral compass to take a pretty clear “child porn is bad” approach. Reddit seems to be less about trying to shock people with your shocking content (though there’s a bit of that) and more of a haven for people who’re completely amoral.
Wow how gross.
Good lord, what the fuck is wrong with people? That poor boy…
They’re amoral, yet they get rightously indignant whenever anyone challenges their “right” to do whatever the fuck they want — lots of people on Reddit still see it as a great injustice that r/jailbait and other child porn friendly subreddits were shut down.
More likely the “good friend” posted the pics of his wife and when he was busted let the stupid guy take the blame.
These people must be totally lacking in empathy. How could they not realize how damaging this would be to a child? (really to anyone, but especially a child).
Amoral doesn’t quite cut it. I think if you take pleasure in the pain of someone who can’t consent or fight back, you’re striaght up evil.
Well, I figured Reddit was at least minimally interested in keeping up appearances. You know, “THESE TEENS ARE TOTALLY OF LEGAL AGE WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT”. They aren’t even trying to pretend anymore. Which you are right, it’s not surprising I suppose, they were gonna hit this point sometime with the site’s total lack of moral compass.
It’s basically the site for people who think that they have an inherent right to be complete assholes, and that anyone who complains about it or even points out that they’re being assholes is infringing on their civil liberties.
I…don’t quite even understand the point of reddit. I’d only heard about it now and then, and of course it’s mentioned on this site quite a bit. But I do know that I never, ever, want to have anything to do with it. God, I hope that kid is rescued. The people who applaud that need to be found and locked up (in jail that is, NOT a place for the mentally ill; yes, I’m looking at YOU, Diane).
I really doubt reddit mods check to make sure people are actually posting themselves, and those posting nudes are probably infringing upon the trust someone else gave them when sharing a picture of themselves with them. That stuff disgusts me.
As for the CP, where are the MRAs to fight that? I mean, for all of their causes against male rape, molestation, and teacher/student scandals, this stuff goes through on the site they congregate in and it’s not the end of the world? How can they justify using reddit when male child porn is posted there?
Oh, noes. The SA, SRS crowd thinks, “Why you no good, reddit?” Ha. Just because we at reddit are generally recognized to be A W E S O M E, should not instill jealousy. I mean, David is on reddit all the time.
Fuck off.
Maya, shove it.
Cordially,
magz
Maybe there’s parts of Reddit that you are more fond of than the rest of us here, Magz, but surely you don’t think the fact that there’s nude photos of a woman online makes her a “fucking whore bitch slut cunt lying piece of shit,” do you?
Used to be a news aggregator, now it’s a social hub. Since anyone can make any kind of subreddit they want, and it’s not moderated, the expected happened. The only decent people on there are ShitRedditSays (which is half Manboobz regulars and half Something Awful) and fifthworldproblems, which is Something Awful regulars producing surreal stuff.
Magdalene is only sex positive if it’s (1) her, (2) “edgy,” or (3) men, who are so freaking downtrodden they need all the help they can get from her, apparently.
4chan caught a pedophile once, so that officially places them above Reddit in my book. What other worse places were you thinking of, David?
@Viscaria:
No I don’t Viscaria. But, the vast majority of reddit does not either. There are 67,000 subreddits with millions of accounts. So, one must ask themselves, why is reddit all of a sudden under constant attack. It is a backlash from people who think that the venue has too much power to influence the relatively young male demographic that uses it. One can see why feminists can’t stand reddit. With so many redditors not drinking the cool aid, and calling out establishment ideas, progressive realize the power of the medium. Powerful figures have been on reddit.
Oooooh ooooh, I know this one! It’s because they allow users to post child porn and then other users to post encouraging comments on it!!!
Huh. Really? Not the child porn thing?
No consequences for child porn? Something like that?
Ohhhhhhhh. Sure, Mags. That must be it. Not that it’s a disgusting haven for child pornographers and pedophiles — it’s … too popular.
@Magz: Okay, well… good. I mean, I think most of what you said is utter bullshit XD but I’m glad to hear you weren’t defending the OP. I didn’t even ask about the child porn that came up in the comments because it didn’t even occur to me that you’d be okay with that.
right bee-person. millions of redditors are championing CP. not. furthermore, the focus on reddit, such as SPLC, came a direct result of perceived influence of the MRM, on reddit.