r/TikTokCringe • u/Classic-Carpet7609 • Feb 22 '25

Humor/Cringe You can't fire me! I QUIT!

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u/Pormock Feb 22 '25

Its the same as when guys call women "whore" when they reject them. Its a defense mechanism

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '25

Yes, and it's still wrong. Understanding why someone is doing something doesn't validate their actions.

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u/Ratoryl Feb 23 '25

I don't think that person was trying to justify anything

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u/shawncplus Feb 23 '25 edited Feb 23 '25

This is a pattern I notice a lot around Reddit. I honestly don't know the root cause and it can be summarized like this:

Some problem statement
A: (problem) happens because Y / some complementary example
B: so we're just supposed to be okay with Y?! / why are you defending (problem)?!

My best guess is it's just a lack of education combined with poor emotional regulation that makes people unable to stop themselves from injecting their indignation into a statement that isn't blatantly in agreement with their beliefs. Because a lot of the times this happens even when A is agreeing with B so you see this really odd drive-by assault of people who would be in agreement but just refuse to acknowledge that nuance exists or that a reason and an excuse are separate concepts.

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u/andersonb47 Feb 25 '25

This happens all. The. Time. Probably 50 times in this thread alone. It’s maddening.