194 points

This is remarkably accurate actually, AITA is a dumpster fire. And most of the posts are a work of fiction, I suspect.

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60 points

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79 points

Tbf, this greentext could also be a complete fabrication.

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19 points

But could it also be merry ? Perhaps even jolly? The jury is still out.

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8 points

https://old.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/16ovuaz/wibta_if_i_gave_my_wife_my_used_airpods_for_her/?sort=controversial

Genderswap reposts were common and generally got a little traction before being reported and deleted, so it’s plausible that it’s a real story

Not that I rank AITA as a font of true drama

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I’m not saying it’s impossible or even that unlikely that this greentext is true but it’s equally true that this person could have fabricated this story to push a narrative about reddit on 4chan for some meager amount of acknowledgement and renown.

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1 point

controversial sort!
plus old reddit :)

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22 points

Yeah that subreddit in particular went to shit when the news sites started using the posts to generate content.

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20 points

AITA and RelationshipAdvice.

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2 points

All the advice subs had a lot of fiction

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5 points

I used to love that sub. Then it started to be about legal responsibilities instead of morality… From there it really turned into a dumpster fire

The only time I’ve ever been banned on a forum because although I said the woman had the right to do what she did and the guy was clearly in the wrong, she needlessly escalated when empathy would’ve led to a better result for everyone

No explanation, just a temp ban. For advocating empathy and third path conflict resolution

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2 points

The funniest posts are when commenters get angry OP disagrees with them or makes their own decisions. It’s like they think seeking advice creates a binding contract to follow that advice if it gets agreed with enough.

If you follow advice that you don’t agree with, you are an idiot, even if the advice is actually good. And disagreeing or arguing when you don’t agree is a good way to resolve it if you don’t see why someone would suggest that.

People should only go to that sub for entertainment. Or if you bring a real problem there, use it as a way to get a variety of different perspectives while keeping in mind some commenters might be literal teenagers (or even younger) with no life experience and half of the replies will be either projecting their own shit onto your situation, won’t understand what you wrote, or want to play Sherlock Holmes but their version relies on assumptions they pull out of their ass instead of genius level observational skills, logic, and most of all, the favour of sir Arthur Conan Doyle who can write him as smart or as dumb as his plot about a genius detective needs him to be. Oh, and assholes, the real assholes are in the comments.

And if you scroll down to the bottom of the thread, you get to see some really interesting world views. Or sometimes the rational ones when one of the more popular biases gets triggered.

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4 points

Sometimes you got people picking up and saying “there needs to be something else to this story”.

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137 points

Fake, but even if it was true, the problem would have probably been the age change and not the gender change. Teenage relationships and adult relationships have different rules…

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90 points

Also, teenagers are poorer, so any gift would carry more weight.

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41 points

Yeah, I have to assume 18 year old women are on average way, way, way poorer than 40 year old men. That’s true regardless of the gender, 40 tends to be a pretty high spot in personal capital.

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My eyes rolled so hard on this one lol. An 18 year old woman has 40 year old losers waiting in line to buy them shit. Free drinks in the bar, free vacation, free meals, free shopping trips. 10k a month for “feet pics” on only fans 🤮.

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6 points

Tell me about those rules. I want to learn!

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It depends entirely on the maturity of the parties involved, it’s not really an “older/younger” thing.

But generally, the less mature you are, the more a relationship is selfish, i.e. you want to be in a relationship for your personal advantage, i.e. “i get sex when I have a girlfriend”. The more mature you get, the more relationships go into the direction of “I want to make the other person happy”. You still get your sex or whatever other advantage of course, but it’s much more fulfilling if you can actually give the other person what they need, and temporarily losing your personal benefit of the relationship doesn’t cause immediate breakups.

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0 points

No. Those rules have to be learnt the hard way.

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They don’t really. They are often learned the hard way, because no one attempts to explain them or just acts like they know but doesn’t really.

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2 points

And also gay.

Lemmy dumping on Reddit via a 4chan greentext

I’m so proud of this community.

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89 points

I actually believe this one

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35 points

it’s real and straight

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46 points

It’s real, but anon imagined himself as an 18 y/o girl with a boyfriend. Still gay.

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14 points

not gay, trans

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88 points

AmITheAsshole is 99% rage bait and fan fiction. “Am I the Asshole for letting my wife only sleep with 8 different guys, while cucking myself and paying everything for her? I’m totally unsure if I’m, in this Ludacris Situation in which I’m clearly being abused, being unreasonable… PLS BE NICE, GIVE ME ATTENTION! PLS PLS PLS PLS PLS PLS!!!”

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13 points

Hot take: AITA (and even moreso those “Reddit Stories” channels on TikTok and YouTube) is just The Jerry Springer Show for Gen Z.

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80 points

Yes, he’d be an asshole for giving her them as a birthday present, regardless of the fact that he got her other presents as well. Just ask her if she wants them after he gets his new ones.

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28 points

This is actually what the consensus was in that post, but the 4channer was blinded by his own assumption of “men bAD, gIRls gOoD” rhetoric

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10 points

Jeez. The valid answer to this “problem” took a while to find. Even here.

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