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[–]soundsof 61 points62 points ago

Unfortunately that gif took 6 seconds to load.

[–]chokfull 8 points9 points ago

Shoulda seen that coming.

[–]harmala 116 points117 points ago

This is not something to be proud of.

[–]escalat0r 9 points10 points ago

LOL IAE DUMB?

UPVOTES IF UR A LAZY 2000kid!11!

[–]Metrobi 10 points11 points ago

Interests:

Books: Lol don't read xD

[–]Grilledcheese2 7 points8 points ago

It's from KFOR news channel. A house was on fire. Sweet brown is her name. My favorite local news channel in Oklahoma!

[–]lethalweapon100 1 point2 points ago

Well...I woke up to go get me a cold pop...then I thought somebody was barbahquin!

[–]UnholyOsiris 216 points217 points ago

You are the cancer killing Reddit.

[–]niton 61 points62 points ago

I'm so glad that you didn't resort to a kitschy meme phrase and instead laid out a well thought out argument to back up your claims.

[–]this_is_not_rage 62 points63 points ago

But if he actually too the time to write a thorough response and make an argument it wouldn't get him anywhere.

By the time he did, some other joke/meme/unrelated comment would have already risen, and the very people upvoting this post (and browsing the comments) would have ignored his comment just because of its length.

It's unfortunate that we have to resort to the "cancer" phrase (I wouldn't consider it a meme) but anything longer or more complicated would be ignored by the very people who flood this website with useless content, thus rendering the statement useless as it would get minimal visibility to those who need to see it. The problem is that the subreddits who need the most help have a voting majority that doesn't understand the need and ignores or downvotes it.

[–]Jman5 9 points10 points ago

tldr

[–]callmelucky 26 points27 points ago

TLDR: IRONY

[–]whiplash000 5 points6 points ago

Everyone's a comedian on reddit... even when people try to he serious...

[–]Cpt_Kirks_Waffles 3 points4 points ago

What's life without laughter

[–]whiplash000 15 points16 points ago

Boring.

What's life when everyone and their mother tries to make a funny at every turn? Annoying.

[–]nml5566 1 point2 points ago

anything longer or more complicated would be ignored by the very people who flood this website with useless content, thus rendering the statement useless as it would get minimal visibility to those who need to see it

If we really want to get serious about the problem, then let's admit something. No amount of name calling, straw-men, well reasoned arguments, ad hominems, etc... are going to change the system. Maybe a few people will stop and think for a second, but the vast majority of people never even see the comments.

The content got this bad because the system favors bad content. RES and embedded content let people vote without even bothering to click the link. Publicly displayed karma lets people obsess over points rather than interesting material, as well as coercing broad consensus and groupthink. It all incentivizes us to be lazy.

But if we're going to blame the OP, don't forget the thousands of votes that got it to the front page in the first place.

[–]mikeyzbizzle 0 points1 point ago

And who exactly decides if it's useless? I was under the impression all opinions and ideas were welcomed.

[–]this_is_not_rage 6 points7 points ago

One could argue about what defines "useless" indefinitely as it's a matter of choice.

In the end, admins decide if content is useless, unless they give their power to the moderators (happens on reddit). Moderators decide if content is useless unless they give their power to users (occasionally). The majority of users don't vote based on quality/content/on-topic discussion/etc, but instead on agreeability, access (imgur.com vs. any other image site), and digestibility.

Take a power user like /u/apostolate or /u/alpharedditor (two recent power users who will most likely continue to rise over the next few months before burning out). Their comments are generally short, unoffensive (to the reddit community), and are close to what everyone else is thinking. These kinds of comments are easy to read and digest so that users immediately know how they feel and vote accordingly. The algorithm for voting on reddit stacks the website to favor this kind of content because of the attitude of its userbase, and it does so for comments and submissions alike. The problem is that these comments and submissions don't add much content or value to the site. Sometimes they make people chuckle, but often, the top posts on reddit exist because they're short and agreeable, something we often (as humans) misrepresent for humor.

Now, you may disagree with me and find those comments/submissions wonderful, I find them useless. This site, which was originally intended as a news and blog link-aggregator has gained its own culture that's been outputting simple content for a couple of years now. Even on news links, I often have to search past jokes and one-liners to find any discussion, and it seems that anything that isn't the popular opinion on the site gets downvoted, hiding it. But the worst part about it is that millions of users all think they're part of some super secret club, so they act the same way in /r/funny and /r/trees as they do in /r/news and /r/askscience, and it's such a large group of users that it spreads so quickly, which is exactly why 4chan refers to this mindset as cancer. I don't find it useless because I don't like it, but because it adds little and hurts what the site was intended for, making it impossible to have a serious aggregator with real discussion and a decent content stream at the same time.

[–]mikeyzbizzle -1 points0 points ago

Your right man.

[–]Schroedingers_gif -1 points0 points ago

Oooh. Can we call him cancer now? Full circle of blame with no actually meaningful words being used? Please?

[–]DirectCharge 3 points4 points ago

Yeah, I mean seriously. I thought after that post got best'ofd a while ago maybe the content would change, but really it hasn't at all.

[–]stone500 -1 points0 points ago

Pretty sure there's plenty of subreddits if you're looking for something a little more thought-provoking. I'm pretty sure Reddit will somehow survive.

[–]Dean_Peterson -2 points-1 points ago

OP IS LITERALLY WORSE THAN HITLER! AM I DOING IT RIGHT GUYZ??!?

[–]TheFlyingHellfish -1 points0 points ago

Your comment is an example of something on reddit that takes less than "5 seconds to digest".

[–]helix400 22 points23 points ago

A picture that didn't need to be animated? Check

Can't read the person's lips? Check

Had to put a subtitle to explain what was said? Check

[–]skippwhy 23 points24 points ago

You are the enemy who must be rooted out and destroyed.

[–]MauZ97 10 points11 points ago

I've wondered, where and what is this video?

[–]thesircuddles[S] 32 points33 points ago

Original.

Musical version.

I'm partial to the musical version myself.

[–]MauZ97 5 points6 points ago

Thank you for this glorious video!

[–]ShorttStuff 3 points4 points ago

O lord, thank you, Sweet Brown, for making me laugh this morning.

[–]wuzizname 0 points1 point ago

I love that musical remix, I freaking laugh my ass off everytime, and then I find I'm singing the rest of the day!

[–]LatressOnTheMenjay 1 point2 points ago

[–]keith_weaver 1 point2 points ago

I finally get to put a face to the voice! A radio station here drops this audio clip on occasion and it makes me chuckle every time.

[–]batmanmilktruck 1 point2 points ago

no time to read this long insightful article about a very complex situation in the world, heres a emotion provoking picture. NOW THERE IS YOUR OPINION! now back to cat pictures.

[–]tstone11 1 point2 points ago

Reddit: perpetuating ADD since 2006

[–]CTB2108 0 points1 point ago

I do.

I could watch this gif for ages.

[–]hammburgaler 0 points1 point ago

Took too long to load. Didn't see.

[–]magadget 0 points1 point ago

This seems to be the case with each and every imgur link lately...

[–]Blazer73 0 points1 point ago

took longer then 5 seconds to load then watched for way to long

[–]SovereignAxe 0 points1 point ago

This is why I don't spend much time on r/videos.

However, it's even more annoying when someone shows a gif that lasts for a couple of minutes, or a screenshot comic that goes on a for a couple of pages. In that case, if I'm going to spend that much time, I might as well watch the video and have some sound.

[–]Eryan36 0 points1 point ago

Oh shit, it's Sweet Brown. She does a commercial with 1-800-2SellHomes that is genuinely atrocious.

[–]brokendown 2 points3 points ago

And yet you spend hours on here anyway. You're a complete failure at basic logic.

[–]sarcastic_clapper 0 points1 point ago

Love me some Sweet Brown!

[–]teddy_picker 0 points1 point ago

I thought from the thumbnail this image was full of text.. Turns out its just the wall.

[–]Tyforce 0 points1 point ago

I did too :0

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

Me when Reddit tells me im doing something too much and i gotta wait 4minutes.

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[–]lethalweapon100 2 points3 points ago

My jimmies are always rustled.

[–]throwaway13463805 1 point2 points ago

Summer has come.

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[–]potpan0 1 point2 points ago

What, on every summer and off during term time?

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[–]potpan0 1 point2 points ago

I was only joking mate :).

[–]CannedToast -1 points0 points ago

I'm even worse. If it takes more than 2 seconds to load in RES I give up and move on.

[–]TheRedOegeleBoegele -1 points0 points ago

I don't need this, my man has 3 jobs!

[–]vlm5606 -5 points-4 points ago

I love sweet brown!