โฒ 446 โผ What are the bad patterns of Reddit to never repeat on Lemmy? (lemm.ee) submitted 3 years ago by sociablefish@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml 540 comments fedilink hide all child comments A few examples include s*x questions on askreddit, "this" comments, nolife powermods, jokes being more frequent than actual answers
[โ] const_void@lemmy.ml 42 points 3 years ago (8 children) Calling communities "master race" as in /r/pcmasterrace permalink fedilink source hideshow 8 child comments replies: [โ] variouslegumes@reddthat.com 13 points 3 years ago (5 children) Lol everyone should go read the couple of posts on the community / magazine with the same name. Hilarious seeing people so triggered by people pointing out that the name is a bit problematic. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [โ] zygo_histo_morpheus@programming.dev 11 points 3 years ago (4 children) IIRC, it started of as a joke and an explicit nazi reference to make fun of PC gaming fanboys, and then they just embraced it without understanding the context? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [โ] lemillionsocks@beehaw.org 10 points 3 years ago* (1 child) It was supposed to be a shitposting sub and in that context the stupid name makes sense, but it kinda morphed into a pc community that was meme-centric. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [โ] PwnTra1n@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago yeah I thought it was more of a behold the master race type sub permalink fedilink source parent [โ] weew@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) the origin is this exact video: https://youtu.be/P0dXtOVi2yo There was a second factor in its creation that most people have forgotten, involving a power-tripping mod on /r/gaming. People were posting their gaming setups (both consoles and PCs) when one mod decided to ban all pictures of gaming PCs for a very stupid reason. So PCMR got a lot of initial subscribers from leaving the "dirty console peasants" behind, with that mod's stupidity held up as a representative of the console community. Hence the joke, especially the "superiority" jokes. The sub was created specifically because of the joke. It's always been a joke. Who honestly believes that which system you choose to game on is a genetic or racial trait anyways? It's a ridiculously exaggerated take on the "console wars." permalink fedilink source parent [โ] CeruleanRuin@lemmy.one 4 points 3 years ago The usual cycle of edgy jokes. They start off as mocking a group of bad actors, then those same bad actors miss the joke and take on the term for themselves without irony. permalink fedilink source parent [โ] c0c0c0@lemmy.world 8 points 3 years ago "Pcmasterrace" did not start with Reddit. permalink fedilink source parent [โ] CeruleanRuin@lemmy.one 5 points 3 years ago Yeah, that's, uh, kinda problematic, eh? permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] variouslegumes@reddthat.com 13 points 3 years ago (5 children) Lol everyone should go read the couple of posts on the community / magazine with the same name. Hilarious seeing people so triggered by people pointing out that the name is a bit problematic. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [โ] zygo_histo_morpheus@programming.dev 11 points 3 years ago (4 children) IIRC, it started of as a joke and an explicit nazi reference to make fun of PC gaming fanboys, and then they just embraced it without understanding the context? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [โ] lemillionsocks@beehaw.org 10 points 3 years ago* (1 child) It was supposed to be a shitposting sub and in that context the stupid name makes sense, but it kinda morphed into a pc community that was meme-centric. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [โ] PwnTra1n@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago yeah I thought it was more of a behold the master race type sub permalink fedilink source parent [โ] weew@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) the origin is this exact video: https://youtu.be/P0dXtOVi2yo There was a second factor in its creation that most people have forgotten, involving a power-tripping mod on /r/gaming. People were posting their gaming setups (both consoles and PCs) when one mod decided to ban all pictures of gaming PCs for a very stupid reason. So PCMR got a lot of initial subscribers from leaving the "dirty console peasants" behind, with that mod's stupidity held up as a representative of the console community. Hence the joke, especially the "superiority" jokes. The sub was created specifically because of the joke. It's always been a joke. Who honestly believes that which system you choose to game on is a genetic or racial trait anyways? It's a ridiculously exaggerated take on the "console wars." permalink fedilink source parent [โ] CeruleanRuin@lemmy.one 4 points 3 years ago The usual cycle of edgy jokes. They start off as mocking a group of bad actors, then those same bad actors miss the joke and take on the term for themselves without irony. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] zygo_histo_morpheus@programming.dev 11 points 3 years ago (4 children) IIRC, it started of as a joke and an explicit nazi reference to make fun of PC gaming fanboys, and then they just embraced it without understanding the context? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [โ] lemillionsocks@beehaw.org 10 points 3 years ago* (1 child) It was supposed to be a shitposting sub and in that context the stupid name makes sense, but it kinda morphed into a pc community that was meme-centric. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [โ] PwnTra1n@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago yeah I thought it was more of a behold the master race type sub permalink fedilink source parent [โ] weew@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) the origin is this exact video: https://youtu.be/P0dXtOVi2yo There was a second factor in its creation that most people have forgotten, involving a power-tripping mod on /r/gaming. People were posting their gaming setups (both consoles and PCs) when one mod decided to ban all pictures of gaming PCs for a very stupid reason. So PCMR got a lot of initial subscribers from leaving the "dirty console peasants" behind, with that mod's stupidity held up as a representative of the console community. Hence the joke, especially the "superiority" jokes. The sub was created specifically because of the joke. It's always been a joke. Who honestly believes that which system you choose to game on is a genetic or racial trait anyways? It's a ridiculously exaggerated take on the "console wars." permalink fedilink source parent [โ] CeruleanRuin@lemmy.one 4 points 3 years ago The usual cycle of edgy jokes. They start off as mocking a group of bad actors, then those same bad actors miss the joke and take on the term for themselves without irony. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] lemillionsocks@beehaw.org 10 points 3 years ago* (1 child) It was supposed to be a shitposting sub and in that context the stupid name makes sense, but it kinda morphed into a pc community that was meme-centric. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [โ] PwnTra1n@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago yeah I thought it was more of a behold the master race type sub permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] PwnTra1n@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago yeah I thought it was more of a behold the master race type sub permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] weew@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) the origin is this exact video: https://youtu.be/P0dXtOVi2yo There was a second factor in its creation that most people have forgotten, involving a power-tripping mod on /r/gaming. People were posting their gaming setups (both consoles and PCs) when one mod decided to ban all pictures of gaming PCs for a very stupid reason. So PCMR got a lot of initial subscribers from leaving the "dirty console peasants" behind, with that mod's stupidity held up as a representative of the console community. Hence the joke, especially the "superiority" jokes. The sub was created specifically because of the joke. It's always been a joke. Who honestly believes that which system you choose to game on is a genetic or racial trait anyways? It's a ridiculously exaggerated take on the "console wars." permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] CeruleanRuin@lemmy.one 4 points 3 years ago The usual cycle of edgy jokes. They start off as mocking a group of bad actors, then those same bad actors miss the joke and take on the term for themselves without irony. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] c0c0c0@lemmy.world 8 points 3 years ago "Pcmasterrace" did not start with Reddit. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] CeruleanRuin@lemmy.one 5 points 3 years ago Yeah, that's, uh, kinda problematic, eh? permalink fedilink source parent