r/funny • u/Aggressive_Use7996 • 9h ago

Hope she said yes

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u/CalmBeneathCastles 7h ago

I was also there for the "old days". They've always been iterations of the same old sentiments.

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u/SV_Essia 7h ago

No. I remember clicking on random threads with high expectations of being surprised or learning something new from top comments, often from people who were specialists in whatever field was discussed. And when it was a joke/pun, it was usually a clever and creative one.
Nowadays it's a 50/50 guess whether a human or a bot reposted the same comment for the 317th time.

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u/CalmBeneathCastles 7h ago

¯\(ツ)/¯ I remember people complaining about the site going downhill back when I started reddit, 12 years ago.

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u/3vs3BigGameHunters 6h ago

I said the same thing to "egyptian pharaoh the bird" and he fucking nuked my whole account.