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I love these kinds of things, and I consider this one of the best things about the internet. I've spent entire days exploring weird subreddits, their social ru

by mercer 12y ago

I love these kinds of things, and I consider this one of the best things about the internet. I've spent entire days exploring weird subreddits, their social rules, and the way some of them interact with each other. And from the 'pc master race' phenomenon to the enmity between reddit, 4chan, imgur and 9gag, from a forum filled with nothing but elaborate (and often well-researched and well-written) alternate histories to the troubling 'men's rights' movement, from the ecosystem of Minecraft to the parallels between cults and the more fanatical bitcoin 'groups': I can observe all of these things effortlessly without leaving my house. How amazing (and sometimes terrifying) is that?

pavel_lishin 12y ago
There's probably a subreddit full of people just like you that you just haven't stumbled across yet. Or maybe you have.
- mercer 12y ago
  People like me who like exploring weird subreddits? I actually did find a subreddit once that mostly consisted of people looking for weird subreddits... Maybe someone should create a subreddit that indexes these subreddit-finding subreddits.
  - tripzilch 12y ago
    Did you mean http://www.reddit.com/r/ofcoursethatsathing/ http://www.reddit.com/r/ofcoursethatsathing/ ? (if it was something else, I'd like to know ;) ) (some of the topics in that subreddit are NSFW, although they are clearly marked as such)
    - mercer 12y ago
      Awesome. That's exactly what I was looking for. Thanks!
samspot 12y ago
I have to ask what is troubling about the men's rights movement? Sure there are a lot of people hanging around there that don't get it, but the primary issues are important. It is particularly troubling to me that male rape victims are still routinely laughed out of police stations. Issues like these deserve attention, and there are very few people working on them.
- mercer 12y ago
  Ah, my apologies. Of course there are plenty of legitimate issues, but my experience has been that there is too much misogyny in some of these communities, which is what troubles me. It's a bit like how some of the conspiracy groups are rife with overt anti-semitism (although they'd probably not call it that). Regardless of how I feel about the conspiracies that may or may not be there, I usually bail out as soon as the theory ends up blaming the jews for everything.

by mercer 12y ago

pavel_lishin 12y ago

There's probably a subreddit full of people just like you that you just haven't stumbled across yet. Or maybe you have.

mercer 12y ago
People like me who like exploring weird subreddits? I actually did find a subreddit once that mostly consisted of people looking for weird subreddits... Maybe someone should create a subreddit that indexes these subreddit-finding subreddits.
- tripzilch 12y ago
  Did you mean http://www.reddit.com/r/ofcoursethatsathing/ http://www.reddit.com/r/ofcoursethatsathing/ ? (if it was something else, I'd like to know ;) ) (some of the topics in that subreddit are NSFW, although they are clearly marked as such)
  - mercer 12y ago
    Awesome. That's exactly what I was looking for. Thanks!

samspot 12y ago

I have to ask what is troubling about the men's rights movement? Sure there are a lot of people hanging around there that don't get it, but the primary issues are important. It is particularly troubling to me that male rape victims are still routinely laughed out of police stations. Issues like these deserve attention, and there are very few people working on them.

mercer 12y ago
Ah, my apologies. Of course there are plenty of legitimate issues, but my experience has been that there is too much misogyny in some of these communities, which is what troubles me. It's a bit like how some of the conspiracy groups are rife with overt anti-semitism (although they'd probably not call it that). Regardless of how I feel about the conspiracies that may or may not be there, I usually bail out as soon as the theory ends up blaming the jews for everything.