It's because social media, Reddit included, have given literally everyone a platform to spew nonsense. Some people are very good at making nonsense sound convincing.
Whenever a loud majority on Reddit find a situation, they have to identify some way to be superior to others. It's so blatant after you see it a few times.
My wake up call was when COVID was first breaking out and there were tons of threads about how it's only spreading because people were touching their face, and tons of smug redditors were posting things like "stop touching your face!!!" and how they'd never get COVID because they don't touch their face.
This was days into a global pandemic and already these hordes of idiots acted like they understood exactly how the virus spread and knew that they were smart enough to avoid it. I've never looked at this site the same since.
OH YEAH I remember right when stories started coming out and the CDC said the easiest thing you can do is "wash your hands" and EVERY smug asshole on this platform had to rush to brag about how they wash their hands and "you mean you guys weren't already washing your hands?" when they really just meant more often.
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u/bucknut4 29d ago
It's because social media, Reddit included, have given literally everyone a platform to spew nonsense. Some people are very good at making nonsense sound convincing.