What is your biggest *Reddit* Pet Peeve?

EbonicPlague · 3 months

Well, as far as askreddit goes. I hate when people ask a question while having an agenda. Usually these are politically motivated, but they are damn irritating. The person is not asking reddit for any true answers, just trying to create a platform for them to share their own personal opinion with everyone else.

Now, for the rest of reddit, I think my #1 pet peeve are the bullshit titles that people use to try and gain Karma. The ones that say "reddit, my sister was bored an painted this while she was going through Chemotherapy for her Aids" and it's a repost of something that has been posted a hundred times.

Or the "look at the note my girlfriend left me..." and it's a closeup of just a note that was written so perfectly to fit reddit's personality. I never once believe someone wrote their boyfriend a note saying, "left to go to my 'fuck the GOP' meeting. I left bacon and skyrim on the counter. When I get home we can smoke a bowl and i'll fuck your brains out"

pandashpace · 3 months

"Nailed it?" "Am i doing this right?" "I know i'll probably get downvoted but.." "If you do this then fuck you" "My mom made me a reddit cake"

Maneatee · 3 months

Anybody else like/remember this incredibly popular thing?

geekgirlpartier · 3 months

This

I'll start.

Skote07 · 3 months

"This will probably get burried" TOP COMMENT

air0day · 3 months

I despise reddit's general obsession with itself.

Reddit was meant to be obsessed with OTHER stuff, it's a link aggregator. Discussion was added to let members discuss the links.

So references to other reddit threads, meta-discussions about reddit, memes, "i met a redditor!", the narwhal baconing, "omg Colbert mentioned reddit", discussing upvotes/downvotes/karma, "cake day", "hey reddit, look what...", karma whoring, discussions about karma whoring, and lots of other irritating things fall out of reddit's general need to discuss itself more than interesting things happening around the web and the world. It's becoming increasingly insular to the point where, if you spend an hour on reddit, you learn a lot more about the reddit community than anything else, even if you stick to topic-specific subreddits.

Every link and every comment in, say, /r/gaming, should be about gaming. Instead the links and comments are usually hyper-aware of reddit itself.

/r/reddit used to be the place to talk about reddit itself, but now that reddit talks about reddit everywhere on reddit, reddit closed /r/reddit. The word reddit now looks weird to you.

Yes I'm aware of the irony in this post.

bdubaya · 3 months

It's my le cakeday, so DAE like this weed shaped like Ron Paul? I'll start.

kwood09 · 3 months

More and more, I feel like reddit has run its course, that it's just in eternal September. The same posts get posted all the time, especially in AskReddit, and it's always the same top answer.

What common misconception annoys you the most? People only use 10 percent of their brains.

How did your parents troll you? My mom told me that when the ice cream truck played music, it meant they were out of ice cream.

Do Americans really wear shoes inside? No, not all Americans wear their shoes inside, and it's not even a big deal if you do.

Men of reddit, what women's clothing do you hate? Uggs with tights and big sunglasses.

What book didn't live up to its hype? Wuthering Heights and A Catcher in the Rye.

What's your instant turn-off? Being rude to waitresses.

Seriously, this shit is getting old. How the fuck do these topics and top answers stay so incredibly consistent? Who is so self-aggrandizing and in need of internet approval that they upvote the same shit over and over and over again?

AmbroseB · 3 months

When redditors upvote a technical answer without actually knowing anything about the subject, simply because it sounds right or seems like common sense.

I'm a lawyer, and the amount of bullshit I've seen upvoted as if it were some sort of brilliant legal discourse whilst being just plainly wrong and/or nonsensical is staggering.

Farn · 3 months

Rage comics that don't tell anything interesting or amusing, but just regale a mundane story, and it's expected to be funny just because of the faces. And then they end it with "true story," as if one of your friends saying something stupid is so mind blowingly unbelievable.

Pointer1VB · 3 months

Editing a comment either adding disbelief on getting a ton of upvotes or thanking the community for upvoting.

sleazyrider · 3 months

"Today is my cake day..."

ThreeBlindMice · 3 months

When someone posts a really interesting topic but it has a spelling mistake in it. I go in to read the 1500 comments to see what people have to say and its just 1460 crappy jokes about the spelling mistake :(

I really wanted to see some opinions!

AParanoidEmu · 3 months

Le le le le le le le.

YouWithTheFace · 3 months

The top comment being shitty puns and unfunny novelty accounts instead of worthwhile discussion .

It's pathetic when you have to scroll to the bottom of the page to get legit answer sometimes.

CDFraser9 · 3 months

Upvote to you sir!

Fuck everything about that.

AraDripsWithLace · 3 months

Using rage comics to illustrate everything because OMGTHEY'RESORELEVANT.

MrsNeilPHarris · 3 months

Whenever someone posts a story, and then another person replies with "you sir, are a gentleman and a scholar".
Also, "this!"

Caboose32 · 3 months

The "perfectly drawn" in rage comics

locklearjet · 3 months

The incessant forever-alone circle jerk and the frothy wave of misogyny that spills forth.

kcarruthers · 3 months

The fact that people can't tell a simple story without making it into an unfunny rage comic. LE ME HERPIN ON LE DERP WITH LE DERPINA WHEN SUDDENLY LE BACON LOL ME GUSTA TRUE STORY

All of my hate.

[deleted] · 3 months

People saying "Nailed it"

psikeiro · 3 months

Redditors posting on youtube "I come from reddit" or "Reddit sent me here"

999realthings · 3 months

[FIXED], grrrrrr

You didn't fixed anything, in fact you ruined it.

ur_killing_me_smalls · 3 months

When people submit a self post and then come back later to edit it and add something like:

omg I can't believe this made it to the front page. Thank you so much. I never could have imagined all these responses. I'm usually such a loser. lol. my bff jill. blah blah blah.

bot0004 · 3 months

My girlfriend slept with my brother, should we break up?

TIL my tenage son is a drug addict, what do I do?

Hey reddit what is your funniest excrement-related story?

smuggy · 3 months

People downvoting a thoughtful, pertinent, and well-written post, simply because they disagree with what it is saying.

The masses upvoting a stupid joke over a useful post. I don't mind when the joke is funny, but that rarely happens. It's usually just a dumb pun or a reference to some meme.

EmotionalMillionaire · 3 months

When someone posts something and people reply with "I came here to say this, upvote!" it always makes me sad to see those posts get downvoted, because their intention is right but it's like GODDAMNIT YOU GUYS YOU KNOW THIS POST IS GOING TO GET DOWNVOTED. WHY DO YOU KEEP DOING IT? JUST UPVOTE IT AND MOVE ON.

mfarah · 3 months

When discussing politics, people who downvote others because they don't agree with what they say, no matter how well-thought out the post is.

68chevelle · 3 months

Poster: I dropped my ring down the sink. How do I get it?

Response: You shouldn't have dropped it down the sink.

valley-trash · 3 months

People who only bother commenting to correct a grammatical/spelling error, while clearly disregarding the whole point of the post/comment.

NiceSlackzGurl · 3 months

"THIS."

"Good sir."

"Came here to say this."

"Here, have an upvote."

"Upvoted."

"I see what you did there."

ಠ_ಠ

"Nailed it." / "Nailed it?"

"Le"

"For science"

"DAE think [something everyone agree with]?"

"I know I'll probably get downvoted for this, but..."

"That's enough reddit for today. closelaptop.gif"

"Did you guys play with Legos/Barbies/children's toys in the 90s too??"

Also any AskReddit questions designed to elicit racist/sexist/homophobic responses.

Any discussion which uses "evolutionary psychology" to prove any of the above responses.

Rage comics.

animalcrackers1 · 3 months

People who down-vote you because they do not agree with your point of view. It's really nice to encounter a Redditor once in a while who is objective and can disagree with you without being an asshole about it.

badgerzmmkay · 3 months

Lots of sexism and objectification of women alongside a bunch of moaning about being friendzoned.

kingoflego · 3 months

I'll tell you what I dislike about Reddit.

OP: "Look at this cool thing!" Comments: "That's not that cool; I hate that; Why are people upvoting this?"

OP: "Look at this funny thing!" Comments: "How do you think this is funny?!; So unfunny; NOT FUNNY."

OP: "Man, this thing sucks." Comments: "Really? I love this thing; Am I the only one who loves this thing?; HOW DO YOU NOT LIKE THIS THING!"

And so on, and so forth. There's such a feeling of negativity on Reddit, it really bothers me.

_LanaKane_ · 3 months

"This will probably get buried..." THEN SHUT THE FUCK UP

egotripping · 3 months

When people deliberately try to make something a meme. I'm not really a fan of memes in general, but that shit irritates the hell out of me. LET IT GO PEOPLE.

greenRiverThriller · 3 months

It's generic hatred for fat and overweight people. If you are drowning in debt, got AIDS from a lapse in judgement, were injured in sports, are dying of lung cancer from smoking, or are addicted to drugs... Reddit has all the sympathy in the world for you.

But damn you to hell if you dare have a weight problem.

bokononpontifex · 3 months

I have never seen any politician inspire the level of fawning sycophancy that Ron Paul has achieved on reddit.

scotty757 · 3 months

Mine is the fact reddit can get pretty racist at times. Not completely obvious racism but a not so subtle one either. I guess I'm more upset over the lack of sensitivity to certain racial issues.

gibson_ · 3 months

People who completely misuse adviceanimal type things.

The "One does not simply" meme, especially.

"blah blah blah blah. I'll start."

[deleted] · 3 months

"TV Tropes?! There goes my day!"

meeeow · 3 months

"Here's a post or link on a topic mostly relevant to women / impacts women / on an issue primaraly regarding women"

without fail, on comments: "But this also impacts men! Why aren't we discussing that?!"

sassycat69 · 3 months

When the males on reddit upvote any story about all women being cheating whores. Come on guys, we aren't all that bad.

Beeftech67 · 3 months

People who repost links that are already on the front-page of a subreddit, and have been up there for a while.

I'm really not sure why, but people who just relentlessly post things, with no comments...ever. Something about that just irritates me, like they are not trying to get involved.

zjtihmm · 3 months

Commenters who only read a title, not the content of a post, and proceed to comment on the title alone. A lot can be addressed in whatever is linked/said inside the post, that's why it's been linked/written. Not taking the time to pay any attention to this and commenting blindly is just kind of dickish, IMO.

easilystartled · 3 months

Lawyer Up, sue them, I knew I was an atheist when... , the misogny, bigotry, racism, and then people claiming they are neither of these, by giving a very flimsy reason as to why they aren't..."i'm not trying to be racist, but this super reliable article I found claims that; Blacks/Hispanics/Whites/Africans/Europeans/North Americans/South Americans/British/Asian/Australiasians are lazy...and the hatred towards females and being "friendzoned is the worst"...Not a long list at all

Coyle · 3 months

BACON. Fuck's sake get over, it's only a piece of food/

edit: downvotes, really?

lightningman26 · 3 months

Blatant racism and misogyny.

davef47 · 3 months

"I did nazi that coming!"

Stratisphear · 3 months

The constant circlejerk of how /r/atheism is a circlejerk.

perscitia · 3 months

The rampant misogyny.

Jzkqm · 3 months

Came here to say this!

salfasano · 3 months

When a someone with a nickname such as niggercuntfucker40000 writes a really insightful comment and then invariably the next comment will be something short referencing niggercuntfucker40000's name.

Anatidaephobia · 3 months

*edit: DOWNVOTES? REALLY???

imrobert · 3 months

Novelty accounts, SO BRAVE, I know I'll get downvoted to hell, I'll start, FIXED, and pretty much anything that isn't an original comment; if you didn't think of it, please don't post it.

Logan37 · 3 months

Making fun of Justin Bieber, Rachel Black, etc... I don't like their music at all either but how is it okay to constantly make fun of someone who can barely drive, yet someone makes a rage comic about how they think religion is stupid is the asshole here?

rosarumal · 3 months

"Reddit used to be so much better"

Cheshire057 · 3 months

I hate when something is clearly "NSFW" but the person does not put a tag on it and i open it at work. They should be banned for it. There is NSFW tags for a reason.

Tulkaas · 3 months

If I could remove one thing from reddit, it would be the circlejerk comments that are always somehow the most upvoted, even though everyone complains about them. Every redditor knows that these comments will be the highest rated ones in a thread, for some damn reason.

I won't list all of the type of comments I'm talking about, cause you all get the idea. Things like the reddit switch-a-roo, a reference to Bill Murray not being believed, Jolly Rancher ( and other meta-references like mentioned by the OP), "Who was phone", ___CEPTION!!!.

Things like that. There is 0 value added. I just hate that shit.

ALSO:

The stupid fucking pedantry that always gets upvoted. No one thinks its funny. No one thinks you are funny. Every single person knew what the comment that you are replying to meant. Not grammar nazi, and I guess not actual pedantry, by its defintion. I mean those stupid wordplay things that aren't smart at all. I'm talking about things when the original comment is like "My car was making a really weird noise one day..." and the response is like "How did you teach your car to talk??" or "Enjoying a sandwich and [movie], great night" Response: "How did [movie] taste??" LOLOLOLOLOLOL GO fuck yourself

enkidu686 · 3 months

Good guys and scumbags. Everything is god damned good guys and scumbags now. It's like no one can convey the concept of people doing good or bad things without it. This fucking good cat craig or whatever that's been all over /r/trees today is just one more reason for me to hate it.

neg8ivezero · 3 months

Whooshing. Seriously... it isn't even funny. Not to mention the senseless anger and pretentious, condescending attitude towards newcomers and people who make minor mistakes.

mamacrocker · 3 months

The fact that any time someone mentions fanny (as in fanny packs, etc.), we have to go through the whole "Oh it means something different in England!" "I know! Embarrassment! lulz"

We got it. Fanny = pussy in England. Move on.

Rasrap_Smurf · 3 months

How people generally claim to be tolerant but then if there's someone with an unpopular opinion, say, doesn't like alcohol, then they'll get downvoted just because it's not "normal"

[deleted] · 3 months

"I know this is going to be downvoted but...."

And anything "friendzone" or "forever alone"

NinjaDiscoJesus · 3 months

Jingoism

NINE_HUNDRED · 3 months

"This will get buried but anyway.."

And pretty much everything OP put. "LOL I UNDERSTAND THIS REFERENCE" Yes, we all do.

LeMadnessofKingHippo · 3 months

People accusing others of "karma whoring" on text-based posts. How hard is it to understand that they DO NOT get points from those?

n00ks · 3 months

"Derping around at Derpmart drinking Dr. Derper when suddenly a wild Derp appears!"

Wizzlebee · 3 months

"Go ahead and downvote me"

That's practically an invitation, and I always do.

ahawks · 3 months

Pun threads
Actually any thread meme. Song lyrics. Puns. etc.
/r/atheism on front page
When people complain that "reddit" can't make up it's mind because there are 2 conflicting view points. It's not like we actually are a single hive mind.

dubyaohohdee · 3 months

09112001 · 3 months

When there are already like 1500 replies to a thread I want to respond to early so everyone can see my epic comment and upvote. Case in point: this thread.

Dr_fish · 3 months

Novelty accounts that aren't clever or original but still get massively upvoted anyway. Like these two.

mynamewasfuck · 3 months

Small annoyance, but:

"Men of Reddit, do you [something pertaining to being attracted to women]...?"

"Women of Reddit, do you [something pertaining to being attracted to men]...?"

"Reddit, [anything pertaining to being attracted toward the opposite sex]?"

For instance:

"Men of Reddit, what's a small habit you find most attractive in women?" or "Women of Reddit, what's something guys can do to really turn you on outside the bedroom?" or "What's the worst thing someone of the opposite sex can do when hitting on you?" There are a shitload of these threads on /askreddit all the time. I don't think that most of them explicitly want heterosexual input, it's just that their authors forgot or don't care that lgbt people read Reddit, too.

Look. I know you guys know that gay people exist, and they definitely exist on Reddit. Look up the demographic infographic some time; there are a lot of us here. Would it kill you to phrase your title in a way that doesn't exclude us? "People who are attracted to women, do you [anything pertaining to being attracted to women?]" or even just "Do you [anything pertaining to being attracted to women]?"

Because if you don't, and I want to answer the thread, I have to make a disclaimer comment about how I'm gay instead of just answering. "I'm gay so I don't know if you even care about my shit, but I love it when a woman bites her lip in public when she's concentrating hard." Every time. And then I get comments like "you don't have to announce you're gay all the time," etc. Believe me, I don't want to. If the author of the opening post didn't assume only men are into women, I wouldn't have to.

Don't get me wrong, sometimes the topics are specifically geared toward men. If your topic is "Men of Reddit, what's the worst harm anyone's ever done to your penis?", then you can feel free to exclude me. But if your topic's just aimed at finding out what people who are attracted to women/men find or attractive or don't, why not phrase it inclusively?

dakru · 3 months

People complaining about people repeating topics, like on AskReddit. I don't see the problem. Yes, there are 20+ archived versions of most questions, and searching for them is great if you want to read what other people posted. But it doesn't allow you and others to post now and discuss it.

LeGnosis · 3 months

grammar nazi's.

some of us are dyslexic.

MalignantMouse · 3 months

People not bothering to use the search bar.

LyricalHolster · 3 months

So Brave

3 is the worst because it seems like guys have no awareness of why it's shitty behavior.

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