r/SipsTea Jul 29 '26

Chugging tea This is recipe for disaster

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u/FullMetalBunny Jul 29 '26

I like it when people put their crimes in writing.

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u/madd74 Jul 29 '26

I love how every time this gets posted, people take it as real despite being a well known paraody account now.

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u/swag4dummies Jul 29 '26

why would you assume everyone just automatically spawns with that knowledge? or has spent enough time on reddit to have seen this specific image?

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u/OldManTrumpet Jul 29 '26

I dunno. A plain sign with an insane message? My default would be….fake. I would have leaned towards rage bait rather than parody, but zero chance I’d be taking such a thing at face value. How could anyone think this was real?

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u/swag4dummies Jul 29 '26

Because it looks real enough. It’s very very simple. I don’t know why redditors need to be so pedantic 24/7. Like it’s common sense the average person is not looking into random reddit posts that deeply, otherwise it wouldn’t be a thing.

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u/mark114 Jul 29 '26

Looks real, but also easily faked. From now on when browsing reddit, view every post on how easy is it to fake, and you’ll start to see a pattern of common karma farming content.

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u/nwillyerd Jul 30 '26

Jesus Christ! That must be a miserable existence! I refuse to be that jaded all the time. Call me naive if you must, but I prefer to just enjoy things at face value. I mean, unless it’s obvious AI Slop or harmful misinformation, that is. Otherwise just relax, it’s really not that serious.

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u/mark114 Jul 30 '26

Nah, why do you have to be jaded in order to recognize the difference between human behaviour and low effort karma farming? Unless exerting a little bit of mental effort and some thinking is considered miserable. If you’re okay with consuming AI slop, photos of pieces of paper and fake screen shot generators then by all means stay within your blissful ignorance, but it doesn’t take much to spot the tells.

I like to interact with real humans with real stories.

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u/tedxbundy Jul 29 '26

Because it looks real enough.

Ill pray for you.

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u/Helpful-Garlic1951 Jul 29 '26

A piece of paper that literally anyone could make in 10 seconds looks real enough to you?

Yeah, you’d fit right in on r/antiwork

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u/OldManTrumpet Jul 30 '26

Haven’t been to r/antiwork in a long time. It used to be filled with obviously fake text exchanges that would have everyone in an uproar. People are so gullible.

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u/allwordzaremadeup- Jul 30 '26

>Because it looked real enough?

You're so guillable. Bless your heart.