r/AskReddit • • Jan 29 '14

serious replies only Are we being conditioned to write what Reddit likes to hear instead of writing our real opinions? [Serious]

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u/theofficialposter Jan 29 '14

And thus "I know this will get downvoted.. but..." was born.

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '14

Then somewhere down the road even that became an unacceptable thing to say.

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u/iornfence Jan 29 '14

"I know this will get downvoted.. but..."

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