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powerbrows

Does anyone else feel like Reddit sometimes makes your life worse when it comes to conversations with others?

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I feel like whenever I talk to people they want to show me funny pictures or interesting stories, but when they show me I'd say 90% of the time I've already seen it or read about it from this site and have already lost interest or find myself pretending to care to not offend the person who made the effort to talk to me. Do you think conversations would be more enjoyable if you were seeing it for the first time and able to share the same excitement that they have?

Posted Nov 15, 2019, 8:19 PM UTC

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vikinglaney77•

Not since I found the “block” option and I am pretty picky about the subs I’m subscribed to. There is already too much hatred in the world. I choose not to be a part of any subs which are too argumentative.

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powerbrowsOP•

Not going to lie, I've been slowly starting to do the same. I think I'm around 25-30 blocked subs now.

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vikinglaney77•

The thing is your Reddit experience is in your control, block away fellow Redditor!

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chasing-daylight•

i think reddite definetaly makes me more cynical!...LOTS of hate on here. If you dont agree with someone on here you will get shredded!...its as if the community wants you to conform to their ideals or burn.

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powerbrowsOP•

Yeah, I can definitely see that too. I try to filter out a lot of the "news" stuff just because I find myself getting unnecessarily agitated but even just the funny stuff I find myself struggling to share their excitement because it's something that I saw days ago and while I did find it funny it had already run its course.

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chasing-daylight•

i do too. I cant trust ANY news outlet because its all about profiting on doom and gloom rather than truths, and honestly, unless something directly affects me then I dont care...todays society is more about upvotes than truths or 'real' relationships.

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trebuchetfightI am a little green pea!•

Not the subject matter that usually comes up with my friends.

This site has been marginally useful in goofing around with my oldest nephew. I wouldn't know a damn thing about YouTubers if not for Reddit. The other day I was joking with him that if he got mostly A's this year I'd sub to PewterPie. Bad grades I'd sub to T-Series. That turned into a running joke for a whole night.

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