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What are the bad patterns of Reddit to never repeat on Lemmy? (lemm.ee)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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A few examples include s*x questions on askreddit, "this" comments, nolife powermods, jokes being more frequent than actual answers

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[โ€“] 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?

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  • [โ€“] 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."

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