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It's reddit /sysadmin, the channel is dedicated to rants and horrible experiences from sysadmin and helpdesk folks. It's quite sad IMO, don't recommend to go t

• DoreenMichele 6y ago
  Perhaps somewhat similarly, r/TalesFromRetail is devoted to kvetching about your job in the retail sector, but it's really not a depressing place. There are a lot of rules and expectations about how you tell your story. You aren't supposed to outright dox anyone or veer into genuine trash talk. It's not supposed to be negative per se. It's supposed to be entertaining. It's an art form. It's not everyone's cup of tea, just like horror isn't everyone's cup of tea. But people often watch horror movies for catharsis, not because they want to be depressed and wallowing in self pity. Storytelling is often about educating people about things you can't speak about more directly. It's often a way of sharing wisdom in an inoffensive manner and one that will stick because people will actually pay attention, unlike when you are giving them some dry lecture about some problem they haven't yet had and don't yet care about. But if you entertain them, they will read it anyway and that story may stick with them. And then six months or a year later when they have the same problem, they will actually remember how someone else handled the same issue and it will turn a potentially nightmarish scenario into "Meh, I just did the same thing that guy on Reddit did to his shitty boss/customer/coworker. Worked like a charm. Moving on."