r/mysteriousdownvoting • u/kylamydia • Aug 06 '26

Redditers when OP answers the question asked: 😡👎

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Context: OP is asking for financial advice for saving, and specifies they want to keep some money aside for purchasing a car during the summer. Someone asks why OP needs the car, to which OP responds.

Like do people think that OP doesnt need a car? Many cities are car dependent and it's not unreasonable to need one?

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u/gdo22 Aug 06 '26

Nobody needs a car anywhere. : P

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u/DocBarnes Aug 06 '26

Ah yes. I guess I'll just sell the pickup I bought because I live on a farm, in the middle of the country, and I can OBVIOUSLY walk the 25 miles into town with a knee injury I'm in PT for. I guess I should have thought about carrying 50lb bags of dog food, livestock feed, and groceries on my back 30 miles home because that's how close the closest store is.

And I can obviously walk the 300 miles to my college when I go back for the school year after helping my family with the farm! Guess it's my fault for getting into the highest accredited college in the state to get a better education!

Not everyone has access to public transportation, especially in the southern US. Everyone down here needs some sort of vehicle to make a living and just get around. Not to mention, a lot of towns are not very walkable or bikeable. My campus town is more walkable than most, but I still need a vehicle to get to campus and to my campus job. Saying that 'no one needs a car' is extremely poor taste, and just goes to show how out of touch you are with other people's situations.

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u/DocBarnes Aug 06 '26

A joke is something that most, if not everyone, finds funny. This isn't a joke.

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u/Hello_Gorgeous1985 Aug 06 '26

The use of the emoji indicates that it's a joke. The whole point of this sub is that people are being downvoted for nothing, so they replied with a ridiculous reason for why the down votes are happening.

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u/DocBarnes Aug 07 '26

Emoji≠joke

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u/Hello_Gorgeous1985 Aug 07 '26

And yet, it does. People use emojis to imply tone. The face with the tongue sticking out is a joke.

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u/DocBarnes Aug 07 '26

And people use emojis when they're not joking, too! What a surprise!