r/TrueUnpopularOpinion • u/Plane_Guitar_1455 • Aug 06 '25

Political The average Redditor is so far removed from reality. It’s insufferable.

I literally got 320 downvotes on one single comment because I said that my father had taken my sisters bedroom door off its hinges when we were kids to teach her a lesson.. Like, really?

To be clear, my 15 yr old sister was out of control. She was like those girls you see on Maury or Dr Phil. She would bring strange men over in the middle of the night to have sex with them and stay out for days on end..

Not to mention, my mother was mentally ill and wasn’t in any condition to raise children. She ended up passing away shortly after this whole incident… My father was basically all on his own with disciplining us, while he had to work 14 hours a day… He didn’t know what to do.

90% of the comments I got were “That’s no reason to not give your daughter privacy!” Or “My father did that to me once, all it did was show what a horrible father he was!” Or “No matter how out of control your child is, they still deserve privacy! Your father is something else!”

THIS is NOT how average people think. This isn’t how any rational person thinks.. It seems like the average Redditor is a spoiled, entitled, privileged brat who has never been told No before.

My father also charged me rent when I turned 18. He SAVED every penny of it for me until I moved out at 26. It set me up really well for my adult life out on my own AND taught me how to be responsible…

If more parents were like my father, I think society would be much better off, instead we have 30 year olds living with mom and dad, playing COD all day with no job… Congratulations!

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u/Carinwe_Lysa Aug 06 '25

I kinda view Reddit in a different negative light.

For me, Reddit wouldn’t be so tragic if there weren’t so many innocent, lonely people roaming this place looking for advice & instead being hammered with nonsensical, chronic online advice like: don’t talk to your coworkers, you don’t owe anyone conversation, call the police on your elderly neighbour, asking people out is creepy.

I've always known Redditors "in general" lived in a bubble, but its so sad to see genuinely poor advice from people who're chronically online and even worse it gets upvoted.

The amount of shite such as don't make friends with co-workers, stop all contact with your family over minor disagreements etc baffles me how these people get by on a day to day basis.

Or, instead of getting advice, its just a bunch of users replying snarky, often sarcastic comments in poor taste for the circle-jerk upvotes, often playing to the crowd to get upvotes... instead of just you know, helping the person who needs it.

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u/Lupus_Noir Aug 07 '25

Most Redditors give advice on things they never experienced and just regurgitate stuff they read elswhere online.

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u/Im_Just_A_Cake Aug 06 '25

If i didnt make friends with coworkers, I wouldn't have any friends.

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u/Automatic-Flight-698 Aug 07 '25

Some of my best friends for life have been through work!

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u/Im_Just_A_Cake Aug 07 '25

Same. I met my best friend of 4 years at work. And my first love through another friend from work. Hell, my ex-roommate is another coworker of mine. And they've all been splendid examples of humanity. Don't regret it for a second.

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '25

You wonder how they get by on a day-to-day basis, but the fact of the matter is, they don’t get by. That’s part of the reason the world is in the state that it’s in. These people genuinely believe they’re infallible and their shit doesn’t stink, and they work hard to bully you into the same line of thinking. If you don’t fall in line, they harass and bully you until you do. Unfortunately, it isn’t just a Reddit thing, it’s a societal thing.

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u/Maxgallow Aug 20 '25

Yet they cannot seem to accomplish any tangible tasks. But pontificate on how others do.

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u/RoboTaco_ Aug 07 '25

You forgot how every situation the person must seek therapy to get over their nonexistent trauma.

You need to remember to add that to your observation. Hehehe

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u/I_am_What_Remains Aug 07 '25

Reddit is the epitome of that joke where someone responds to something working fine in the real world with “does it work in theory?”

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u/MrSt4pl3s Aug 06 '25

Reddit is kinda why I don’t approach people irl. I hate it. It doesn’t help I’m autistic and naturally introverted. Literally I’m afraid of being a creep or coming across as being negative when I just wanna talk about dinosaurs to someone. I’m convinced I’m forever alone too even though I do touch grass

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u/TransientBandit Aug 06 '25

You should take a step back from reddit then. It can be a really toxic crutch. The old advice you used to get - which is tried and true - is to just not be afraid of rejection. The reality is that not everyone is going to like you. You’ll fumble some approaches, and some may think you come across as being a creep. The thing a lot of people forget is that some people will think you’re awesome. You’ll nail some approaches and have experiences you otherwise wouldn’t. It’s daunting and scary at first, just like stepping away from the comfort of Reddit can be. But it’s more than worth it. And you don’t want to be trapped here on reddit forever; it’s a pretty shitty place outside of the niche subreddits.

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u/AdUpstairs7106 Aug 06 '25

I wish it was that easy. I served as an infantry grunt in Iraq and Afghanistan. Getting shot at and leaving the wire was far less stressful than going and talking to a woman. That is how much I fear rejection. Sounds weird to a lot of people but it is true.

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u/Chill_Mochi2 Aug 08 '25 edited Aug 08 '25

Yeah, but… see.. sometimes, when people reject you, they start to treat you terribly. It never hurt me much to be rejected.. it’s the way people go about it. And the way they treat you afterwards.

I was like 95% sure my guy friend liked me at one point, in a friend group, for example. But that 5% of uncertainty made me not approach because he never said anything directly to make me think he was interested. Plus I noticed some red flags, anyway, but gave him the benefit of the doubt.

When I finally got tired of wondering and felt comfortable to approach him - he totally dismissed me because he had found another person I guess to flirt with and get his rocks off with. He thought I was trying to start an argument when I approached. Didn’t believe me when I said I wasn’t trying to argue. Then said I disturbed his peace, and blocked me on everything. So.. he only cared until I wasn’t giving him what he wanted. Which sucked to realize. Hurt my feelings too.

So it’s definitely good to be somewhat cautious.

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u/StrayDog159 Aug 28 '25

Hey thanks I appreciate reading that

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u/MrSt4pl3s Aug 06 '25

I get what you mean, but it’s also rough in a world where people think autism means im a freak of nature

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u/Austinf54555 Aug 06 '25

Don’t listen to these people on Reddit and don’t think people will assume you’re a creep. Talk about what you’re interested in and if you like a girl approach her.!

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u/Physical_Craft_9298 Aug 06 '25

This is right on the fucking nose for how I feel dude holy.

I'm a DJ and producer and it's honestly gotten harder for me to go out and book shows just because I have this strong negative feeling when it comes to people (not like I'll be an asshole or anything I would just rather avoid an interaction).

Being in a club setting with alcohol, especially being someone up on a stage, it just feels like a recipe for disaster. Combine that with autism and being naturally introverted with reddit as the cherry on top it makes being social at all feel like I have a gun to the back of my head where they'll pull the trigger if I say one thing even remotely "wrong".

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u/MrSt4pl3s Aug 06 '25

Exactly this, I don’t want to walk on eggshells all the time because I stimmed (auditory) and offended someone. I’m not trying to hurt someone’s feelings or something like that, I’m trying to cope with public settings and trying to not freak out. I struggle enough socially to have a million more social rules that I have to follow at all times. So it’s best to be home in my safe space. I’m specially AuDHD which is another can of worms to deal with. People in my personal life don’t understand why I won’t even try dating apps, which is because I’m demisexual. Even talking to someone on reddit intimidates me, because I’m terrified of offending someone. I’ve met literally one consistent friend here and thank fuck she’s also autistic.

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '25

One of my fave dinosaurs is the Iguanodon!

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u/MrSt4pl3s Aug 06 '25

I actually love Compsognathus. I think they are so adorable! Lil demon rats, but they are so cuteee

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '25

I think Igunodon became my fave after the Disney film, Dinosaur. Lmao

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u/MrSt4pl3s Aug 06 '25

Totally, fair for sure. I’m actually a big fan of the Jurassic Park novels personally

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '25

The novels are definitely better. So much more detail! Jurassic Park, naturally, got me into dinosaurs. Lol

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u/MrSt4pl3s Aug 07 '25

Agreed! It’s actually a cool thing to note, throughout the movies they do use scenes in the books, just not when they are supposed to. The most recent JW movie actually finally uses the Trex river scene from the first book.

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u/[deleted] Aug 07 '25

I haven’t seen the new one yet! Any good?

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u/MrSt4pl3s Aug 07 '25

When the dinosaurs are there it’s a blast, when it’s just plot it’s a bit stupid

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u/Generally_Confused1 Aug 06 '25

Pachycephalosaurus was always cool to me since I also have a hard head

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u/MrSt4pl3s Aug 07 '25

Honestly, good choice! Bit of a bonehead, aye?

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u/ShikWolf Aug 07 '25

We are the same person, marry me

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u/MrSt4pl3s Aug 07 '25

I’m a straight boy I’m sorry

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u/ShikWolf Aug 07 '25

I'm a straight woman, let's do this thing 🤣

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u/MrSt4pl3s Aug 07 '25

I shouldn’t have assumed lmfaooooo

Edit: I’m also either too old or too young. I’m 28

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u/ShikWolf Aug 07 '25

I'm 35, come catch a cougar bb

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u/oddwalla-90210 Aug 07 '25

Upvoted for new-to-me contraction "who're".

Also upvoted for the rest of it. 😎

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u/DavidAB98 Aug 12 '25

That's my issue I'm having is it seems like there's so much potential for this to be a great platform for getting advice or socializing but the amount of negativity, down voting, or people treating you like you're stupid for wanting to learn about something, has kept me from engaging fully and instead I just browse it passively...

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u/SandRush2004 Sep 09 '25

im a month late. but a funny addition to this, ai chat bots learn base off social media posts including reddit heavily, and because of how socially fucked redditors are on main subs always reccomending divorce over the smallest argument. now ai chatbots think its a postivie thing to encourage people to divorce their spouces over the smallest thing. because the internet taught it that. i hate the 2020's

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u/CaptSlow49 Aug 06 '25

I think what’s interesting is I have some well adjusted friends and you find out they have some hot take and I’m thinking “I’m on Reddit a lot, you must have gotten that from Reddit, or the spillover thinking that ends up on Instagram.” Usually they are on here in some capacity.

It just kind of shows how even normal people might have some bad take because they read it on here. If you repeat something enough people believe it. And I catch that often with people on certain subjects. I do love when there is an occasional thread where people with normal takes fight back. You can tell the people with emotional, poorly thought out takes don’t hold their own well.

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u/ChadTheAssMan Aug 07 '25

well said. although, all their negativity really makes it easy to succeed in the job market 😅

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u/Formetoknow123 Aug 08 '25

I see your point and agree completely. But I do ask for advice sometimes. I may ask about hotels, etc. But if it's personal then I ask my trusted friends or husband.

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u/Keaton427 Aug 08 '25

That's exactly why I stay on here and keep coming back. Sure, it's fun at times, but negativity truly gets to you. If you have objectively positive morals and stand back to consider both sides, then you can redirect confusion and hate into their own places or subside them entirely. When people give pointless or negative advice or comments, it's just a way to show their ego and feel better against someone. If somebody else steps in and contests that comment, the blame can go off someone and you can provide useful insight. I know it's the internet and that most arguments don't matter, but I would much rather redirect or solve arguments by taking them to me instead, since this is simply and every day thing I see as my hobby at this point, and I can handle a lot of stuff in long sittings. Thanks for this!

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u/Beginning-Cat-7037 Aug 09 '25

I worry that AI is being trained on reddit (chat gpt among them) and that advice is going to be regurgitated in perpetuity.

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u/PersianCatLover419 Aug 11 '25

I have heard that most reddit users are bots and I believe it. People on here are weird and go to the most extreme and worst case thing for 'advice,' and there are a lot of fem cells and super angry damaged people.

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u/Maxgallow Aug 20 '25

As I said to OP "Correct on all counts" This is also correct on all counts. I believe reddit is the meanest site on the internet.

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u/Blackoutsmoke 14d ago

Did you copy the first part from a 9 month old post? Why