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How to defend yourself when your photo is ridiculed on Reddit

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Re: How to defend yourself when your photo is ridiculed on Reddit

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Post by aw3c2 »

ahuth wrote: post #70
aw3c2 wrote: post #23

WARNING: Potentially disturbing image of a skin illness edit: Dear downvoters, I found that image disturbing and wish I had not seen it. I am sorry if this offends the person depicted but it is the truth.

The image is NOT disturbing in the slightest. She looks a little bit different than "normal." Get over it.

The image IS disturbing to me. You cannot project your own feelings on me. She looks very alien, like sun-burnt at a high degree and it made me queasy. I am not ashamed of my weakness here but I wanted to warn others.

Re: How to defend yourself when your photo is ridiculed on Reddit

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Post by transitionality »

ceol wrote: post #103
transitionality wrote: post #81

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It is EXTREMELY disturbing and a TRIGGER WARNING should have been included in the title.

Please, go back to reddit. Your posting history on this website is complete shit.

Please go back to SomethingAwful. Your sexism and hate speech on this website is complete shit.

Re: How to defend yourself when your photo is ridiculed on Reddit

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Post by transitionality »

yen223 wrote: post #104
transitionality wrote: post #98

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I like to summarize all that with: No fat Somalians. People tend not to argue.

Malnourishment can cause bloated stomachs you know.

Yes. This is generally known. Few people will call a stick-thin figure with a bloated stomach fat, though.

Re: How to defend yourself when your photo is ridiculed on Reddit

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Post by transitionality »

PavlovsCat wrote: post #117
transitionality wrote: post #79

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Why do I always seem to be running into the word "shitty" in criticisms or attacks that can't substantiate themselves?

Why do those who can't hack the "exercise left for the reader" never directly ask for help?

It's not the job of your interlocutor to make your argument for you. If you can't make your own argument, you don't have an argument.

Re: How to defend yourself when your photo is ridiculed on Reddit

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Post by transitionality »

cylinder wrote: post #113
transitionality wrote: post #79

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Why do I always seem to be running into the word "shitty" in criticisms or attacks that can't substantiate themselves?

Please explain how my criticism of those people's behavior can't substantiate itself.

Please explain how it does.

Re: How to defend yourself when your photo is ridiculed on Reddit

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Post by ahuth »

corin_ wrote: post #92
transitionality wrote: post #80

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Most of the time, your ridiculous looks are your own damn fault, and deserves ridicule. Yes, this includes fatness.

Fatness is the one I can't stand people getting upset about (as in, upset when people make fun of it). I'm fat, if anyone wants to take the piss then I'm fine with it. Sure, there can be situations out of your control - I, for example, do believe that my genes aren't helpful to my weight based on family members and anecdotal evidence, but at the end of the day if I really cared I'm perfectly aware that I could be ski…

There are a couple reasons I DO have a problem with people making fun of 'fatness.'

1) It's a lot easier to get out of shape and overweight, than it is to get back into shape.

2) Being overweight can cause emotional problems that make it even harder lose weight. Laughing at someone worsens these problems.

Having said this, I guess it's human nature. I find myself at times making fun of people (in my head) for how they dress or look. At least I'm trying to overcome that kind of thing, though. Doesn't seem like most people even recognize shortcomings/try to get better.

Re: How to defend yourself when your photo is ridiculed on Reddit

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Post by PavlovsCat »

transitionality wrote: post #124
PavlovsCat wrote: post #117

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Why do those who can't hack the "exercise left for the reader" never directly ask for help?

It's not the job of your interlocutor to make your argument for you. If you can't make your own argument, you don't have an argument.

You could replace "shitty" with "thoughtless", "callous", "cruel" for example. It's quicker, and more satisfying, to simply use the shorthand "shitty".

Also, what argument? Does the fact that the lady in question did not have anything to defend against, nothing to be ashamed of, really hinge on the exact definition of the shittyness of reddit trolls? Heh. So it's simply a statement. And if you disagree that such behaviour is shitty, make your case. If you don't, I really wonder what we're even talking about here.

Re: How to defend yourself when your photo is ridiculed on Reddit

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Post by transitionality »

ahuth wrote: post #126
corin_ wrote: post #92

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Fatness is the one I can't stand people getting upset about (as in, upset when people make fun of it). I'm fat, if anyone wants to take the piss then I'm fine with it. Sure, there can be situations out of your control - I, for example, do believe that my genes aren't helpful to my weight based on family members and anecdotal evidence, but at the end of the day if I really cared I'm perfectly aware that I could be ski…

There are a couple reasons I DO have a problem with people making fun of 'fatness.' 1) It's a lot easier to get out of shape and overweight, than it is to get back into shape. 2) Being overweight can cause emotional problems that make it even harder lose weight. Laughing at someone worsens these problems. Having said this, I guess it's human nature. I find myself at times making fun of people (in my head) for how the…

It's easier to run any system improperly than properly. This is the case for all systems. It's not unique to the human body, and it's not unique to diet and exercise.

Re: How to defend yourself when your photo is ridiculed on Reddit

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Post by mherkender »

kika wrote: post #119
mherkender wrote: post #118

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I see it a bit differently myself. All online communities seem to end up the same way, people group together based on shared interests, which tends to lead to a false-consensus bias. Ironically, I think much of reddit has fallen victim to this bias, while simultaneously believing reddit is resistant to these kinds of biases because it is free-speech friendly. But in actuality, reddit is generally filled with straight…

IMHO, Reddit is just too big a community, there's no shared interest. Just too many people. I'm speaking about large subreddits like the one discussed here, /politics, etc. Also, there's no problem "seeing" plenty of racists on Reddit or whereever, but I was talking real life.

Size is not diversity, nor does it prevent shared interests.
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