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Comment by AlienRobot

2 days ago

Funny. I want the opposite. I want people to stop posting their opinions on the Internet.

Every time I go to Youtube and I see "the X situation is insane!" I'm like "what is even X? Why are you showing me this?"

The whole social media landscape is engineered toward drama and people arguing over pointless things they have no control over, being controversial all for "engagement." It's pretty depressing.

> I want people to stop posting their opinions on the Internet.

Interesting that you do not feel the need to lead by example.

  • "Yet you participate in society. Curious!"

    https://imgur.com/sl3fXat

    • Ironically this comment is doing the exact thing the comic is criticizing because it is a subtle bastardization of what the comic says.

      The comic is about not criticizing people who want to see improvement in something in which they participate. It isn't saying hypocrisy can't be criticized, just that we shouldn't misidentify hypocrisy. Notice the characters aren't saying that no one should buy an Apple product/car or participate in society. The replies are tangential to their original complaints. In order to see hypocrisy, the replier needs to view any participation as a full fledge endorsement, which is a silly thing to do.

      Meanwhile, OP genuinely is acting hypocritically because they are doing the exact thing they are criticizing, posting an option to the Internet. The original replier is therefore not the one embodying this comic, it's you.

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Sometimes. Sometimes people actually do care about things and wish to express their opinions on it.