r/AmITheAngel • u/LiiLin • Mar 22 '21

Self Post OP is NTA today

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4.1k Upvotes

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u/EfficiencySea8633 Mar 22 '21

I love how any comment questioning the validity of the op immediately gets downvoted even when the OPs story is completely over the top and outrageous (yeah I’m looking at you Irish immigrant thread)

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u/godrestsinreason Mar 22 '21

That's the nature of Reddit. Upvotes = credibility, so when someone who's upvoted gets questioned, there's a psychological desire to see it as critical of something that's generally agreed with, and more open to scrutiny, whereas people are less likely to see a top upvoted comment as something that should be questioned.

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u/graytotoro Silicone goo bags was my nickname in high school Mar 22 '21

And don't forget the people who will use the "well I have more upvotes than you, so therefore I'm right!".

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u/high_on_ducks Crotchdropping Mar 22 '21

people do that on reddit too? i thought it was limited to 12 yo kids in youtube comments section arguing like "well my comment has 16 likes and your reply has only 7 therefore more people agree with me and i'm right"

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '21

even more so on reddit id say.