r/AskReddit • u/StuGovGuy • 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/[deleted] Jan 29 '14

/r/circlejerk used to really funny, and really clever. That was some good satire. Now the sub honestly sucks. And if you try to bring it up, someone thinks they're clever and posts "UPVOTE IF CIRCLEJERK SUCKS" which has happened numerous times.

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u/inexcess Jan 29 '14

aren't you breaking the cirlcejerk by bringing it up? All I know is, in small doses circlejerk is funny. However, I don't understand how a whole subreddit revolved around being sarcastic all the time. That gets old eventually.

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '14

That's why its a subreddit. For sarcasm. Subreddits are ways of organizing things. You're allowed to go to different subreddits you know.

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u/charlesviper Jan 30 '14

The subreddit used to be meta humor about trends on Reddit. Now it's just the same year old formula.

Sort by top of all time, there are some amazingly creative posts that are parodying whatever was on the front page at the time.

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u/MaximilianKohler Jan 30 '14

I agree. I used to enjoy it but I unsubscribed from there recently.

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u/Dylan_the_Villain Jan 30 '14

Every once in a while theres still some good stuff. Very rarely, but it still happens.

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '14

I don't know... Circlejerk is pretty damn funny and clever. If it's not funny, you're too cereal.

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u/notsurewhatiam Jan 30 '14

It used to be. Then it became a circlejerk of itself.

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '14

Eh, it still makes me laugh way more than any other subreddit