Saw this on Imgur and it definitely applies to me

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SeesawDecent5799@reddit

24/7 on this app. Ill type out some giant paragraph and realize that not only do I not care but I then doubt anyone else will care so it just gets dumped.

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Standard_Addition529@reddit

The number is starting to go up this year. I turned 50, and I just don't care enough about petty shit or other people's stuff anymore. So, I do just stop and delete a lot of stuff now.

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jfellrath@reddit

I sometimes find it cathartic just to type it all out and then erase it.

But yeah, for me it's mostly about not wanting to deal with the responses - whether "me too" or "you're an asshole."

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000solar@reddit

Or I'll type out a response and realize I don't have the emotional energy to deal with the inevitable troll comments

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Possible-Feed-9019@reddit

Fighting people on the internet is not something I enjoy. I have other things I want to do. Joking on the internet though.. all about that.

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AngledAwry@reddit

Remember when that was a thing? When the internet was full of creatives who were finding their communities instead of self-aggrandizing buttheads building a "brand".

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ClimbingAimlessly@reddit

Thank you for the word aggrandizing. I just used aggrandize in the game #last-letter on discord.

Honestly, this is the first time I’ve heard of that word, and I like it.

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squishpitcher@reddit

Do you remember the incredible cinematic gifs that people made a while ago? That was a nice time to be on reddit.

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AngledAwry@reddit

I do...it was a time of great hope...

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AbhorrentBehavior77@reddit

This is to notify you that - I will 100% be pilfering the phrase:

"self-aggrandizing buttheads"

You have been forwarned.🙃

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AngledAwry@reddit

Please do! Drop that bomb on every one you see!

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MysteryMeat603@reddit

You couldn't be more wrong. Cite your sources or don't reply.

/s

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ExtraNoise@reddit

"Are you sure you want to discard your post?"

OHHHH YEAAAH

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Oaken_beard@reddit

Running backwards, bricks rising back into place

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JustSomeGuy_TX@reddit

Perfect visual.

On second thought. Nah

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donnadoctor@reddit

Nah, I’ve got way more important things to be ashamed of

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One_Introduction_217@reddit

Came here to say something similar. "What's the potential level of shit, good or bad, that I'm going to have to deal with if I post/comment on this?"

At the moment, 666 people agree.

It's technically 667, je refuse to break/touch the number.

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So many times. Or I make a random comment that takes off and wake up to dozens of replies in my mailbox, so I just click the notification without looking just so the notification goes away and I don't have to deal with it.

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Rough_Math_1373@reddit

I delete and make new reddit accounts every three months. Apparently I have 36 messages on this account. I wouldn't click that icon if you paid me.

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mental_escape_cabin@reddit

I just straight up turn reply notifications off if I don't have questions that need to be answered or something. There's probably huge chains of people yelling at me all over the place but I'll never know and couldn't care less. I've even been banned from some subs and couldn't be bothered to even read whatever the mod message said. I'm always just like "Wow, some people take reddit very seriously" lmao

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North-Tumbleweed-785@reddit

I go into “fuck, I’ve been noticed” mode and begin anxiety deleting.

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shakeyshake1@reddit

I often type it out and decide that sharing my knowledge on a topic isn’t always fun for me and I know they’ll either ask follow up questions or argue with my correct answer. Either way, I didn’t really want to answer in the first place and I definitely don’t want to have a conversation about it.

One day I typed out two paragraphs and then I just declared “you don’t get to know!” and closed reddit.

Reddit can feel like a job if you let it.

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Dapper_Layer_4409@reddit

Oh yes. And when I do send it I almost always regret it

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GlumpsAlot@reddit

I had just typed out a thoughtful response about abortion on fb and the maga op replied with "fuvk off I'm not reading all that" then deleted his whole shitty comment. Not worth the effort, lol.

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UncagedKestrel@reddit

6 times in the past 24 hours. Which is why I'm thinking it's time to take a Reddit break. I've simply stopped gaf and pretty much just discard going "I don't want to explain this to idiots. Let someone younger do it."

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greywolfau@reddit

This whole post is giving me a feeling of belonging.

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AbhorrentBehavior77@reddit

Same! Ahh...🎵Unity & harmony - It's the way to be!🎶

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Mental-Temporary2703@reddit

I let it rip then don’t reply. I don’t owe you a reply, in this economy?

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AngledAwry@reddit

🤣🤣🤣 I heard that in my neighbors voice and it was so perfect!! If only he had a sense of humor; he'd love this.

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AbhorrentBehavior77@reddit

Luckily, he has you to love it for him!🤭

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ItsMrChristmas@reddit

I just periodically go to my Reddit inbox, Mark all as read, then look at my comments on my profile. If a party has more than 4 updoots I'll bring it up and read responses. Otherwise I didn't bother. Not worth reading through trolls, garden variety dumbasses, sealioning dipshits and idiots saying "source?"

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squishpitcher@reddit

This is 99% of my deleted comments on reddit, honestly. The prevailing belief is that everyone else operates in bad faith, and therefore it's fine to assume the worst and behave terribly in response.

I do not have time for that shit.

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CommonNative@reddit

Exactly. Because ho-my-fucking-gods, no.

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ElectroSpore@reddit

I think this fits me the best... I am ether up for defending my contrary opinion, or I am like.. Naa not right now I don't need the drama.

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frooootloops@reddit

Precisely this!

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therealdebbith@reddit

All the damned time. Glad to see I’m not alone!

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guntheroac@reddit

That or my brain suddenly says “self, nobody cares that you think you’re right, and ya look like an angry old man” And away I go.

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SwampDiamonds@reddit

Exactly

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Ssomersocbr1000@reddit

Yes, and now it's my go-to. I carefully craft my word salad, then delete immediately.

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TheLameness@reddit

That's what happens 5 times a day. At least lol

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ThisisMyiPhone15Acct@reddit

Me basically every time I see a Christian Hate comment.

Like I could clarify what they are not understanding, or show them that it’s an issue in more than just Christianity, but at the end of the day they don’t want to learn, they want to be angry. More power to em

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Tinkerfan57912@reddit

Same

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Past-Direction9145@reddit

Here’s my secret solution to that: turn off reply notifications and don’t go back and look. Just say your piece and move on. That way there is no fake engagement coming your way.

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pdx_via_dtw@reddit

THIS

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EmRuizChamberlain@reddit

Absolutely. The same for me. I genuinely want to engage in real discussions, but the number of times that hasn’t come to fruition is sad.

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machomansavage666@reddit

For me it’s “does this really add to the conversation? “ or “how bad is that joke?” (Usually pretty bad) but usually it’s “I don’t want to continue a potential conversation about this” if I want to say something, I try to say it as succinctly as possible and put it all in one comment. If there’s a lot of room for ambiguity, I’m usually like “nah” and discard

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Skylineviewz@reddit

I made it my new year’s resolution to not argue with people about dumb shit on Reddit. I’ve been 99% compliant. I’m not even a super confrontational guy, but some people on this app man…

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Ambitious_Jelly8783@reddit

Yup.....

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antisocialnetwork77@reddit

Yuuuup.

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mpowell1969@reddit

Exactly how I feel. It’s exhausting so I just don’t.

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Livid-Carpenter130@reddit

I was gonna respond....

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AstoriaRaisedNYmade@reddit

Way too oft

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rocketfromrussia@reddit

If this makes me genexer….

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Ok_Manufacturer6460@reddit

I almost did this here , but it happens a lot

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Technical_Error_3769@reddit

I do that so

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DrySession9968@reddit

All the dang time because

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ramblerdodge@reddit

I dunno, probly

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4strings4ever@reddit

Im a millenial and this happens frequently to me

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Temporary_Staff_83@reddit

All the time. I do feel better typing it out though, just to get it off my chest, then deleting it. No one really cares what I have to say nor do I care to argue with a numbskull evangelical

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915tacomadre@reddit

Yoooooo

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swandundee@reddit

i dont...

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Individual-Ebb-4414@reddit

The wisdom that comes with age

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HamOnTheCob@reddit

Like ten times a day, every day.

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groversnoopyfozzie@reddit

About 75% of the comments I begin writing I just abort halfway through

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Reasonable-Notice448@reddit

Spot on

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Glum-Complex676@reddit

Like… since I woke up, or lifetime?

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Jealous-Review8344@reddit

Most of the time

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im-fantastic@reddit

Lol same, I almost deleted this one when I realized the irony would be lost on everyone else.

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Adventurous_Web_7961@reddit

Millennials feel the same way. . just saying.

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Moist_Rule9623@reddit

As a true pure Gen X’er? Ohhhhhh idk only about 2/3 of the time I write a comment even this……… ahhhhh fuckit all anyway 😂😂😂

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MWH1980@reddit

1 in 4 Twitter topics.

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cgriffin123@reddit

Lots

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ConsciousDisaster870@reddit

I’m a Millennial and I do this all the time

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hellapapa@reddit

Yeah I... ah who cares.

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JustAnIdea3@reddit

At some point I realize that the internet doesn't have enough bandwidth to get what I'm trying to say.

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AnimatronicCouch@reddit

I don’t think it has anything to do with my generation, but I’ve definitely done this multiple times!!

I’ll see something that pisses me off or is wrong, and I’ll write my whole response and delete it. I got the rant out of me, and sometimes that’s enough.

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planenut767@reddit

Answer: Too Many

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loveallcreatures@reddit

Me.

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Longjumping-Air1489@reddit

Oh, so many…

Meh.

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Interesting_Whole_44@reddit

I have a rule where I jerk off first and I still feel the need to post I will….where’s my sock?!?!

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PhotographStrict9964@reddit

This is me at least 3-4 times a day. Especially on political posts, I’ll type this glorious response and then think, “What’s the effing point?” and delete.

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Taupenbeige@reddit

What was the point? The catharsis of getting it off your chest. Really doesn’t matter if anybody saw it or not. ॐ

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_LoudBigVonBeefoven_@reddit

Also it's good to not let the crazies and the bots and the trolls have the only voice.

I like to make comments for the lurkers, I know I'm not going to change crazy people/bots/trolls

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AngledAwry@reddit

You speak for so many...

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paf0@reddit

So many rage filled children that do know history or understand nuance. It's tiresome.

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Idle__Animation@reddit

Can’t even be sure you’re talking to a person anymore. It’s kind of weird—I like the smaller subreddits better because at least you’re talking to a probably not brain dead human being.

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Wayyd@reddit

Smaller subreddits are the only places that haven't been astroturfed to death. You can actually pinpoint when a subreddit becomes too popular to have good content anymore, and it's usually around 100k followers. That's when the bots start coming in and systematically reposting every top post and comment that ever got posted on that sub.

Commenting on political subs with a non-partisan take, or even a not-partisan-enough take will get you purity tested immediately. The lack of nuance on the internet just makes me not want to engage in any serious discussion. That's why I stick to shitposts and humor subs.

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Other_Ad_613@reddit

Typing it out, thinking about it and editing it usually does for me what I need. Without all of the labor of the response to it.

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easterncurrents@reddit

I’m a baby boomer and I’m with you on that one

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mmesuggia@reddit

Every. Damn. Day.

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immutab1e@reddit

Lmfao I thought it was just me. 🤣

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greysonhackett@reddit

I feel like I do that all the.....

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Frequent_Produce_763@reddit

Applies to other generations, too

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OrganizationOk5418@reddit

At least once a week.

We're daft enough to respond to dickheads, but wise enough realise it's fkn pointless.

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SunnyWillow1981@reddit

I did this like 2 minutes ago. 😂

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MitaJoey20@reddit

So many times!! Twice just today.

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harmonicpenguin@reddit

All...the ...

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fknenigma@reddit

Constantly

It just happened again 😕

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Mgmt049@reddit

I do this with work emails and almost everything now

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PlankownerCVN75@reddit

More than I care to admit.

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DabblingOrganizer@reddit

Regularly.

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Edelgeuse@reddit

Kind of amazed you got any responses at all, tbh.

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BoneFelon@reddit

So many. Also applies to work emails.

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Little_Soup8726@reddit

I’ve started to give up on here because I can state facts, provide one or more sources and then be told by some basement dweller that he doesn’t believe the facts because it just doesn’t sound right to him. 🙄

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Ordinary_Awareness71@reddit

This applies 10000% to me! I've lost count of the times I've spent 30+ minutes writing, editing, and re-writing a response to someone (either on a forum or in email) only to say "F it" and hit delete and walk away.

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YorkiesandSneakers@reddit

Twice today already

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chrisbeck1313@reddit

Nice.

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libmom18@reddit

My generation always nails it 😁

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ZestycloseEntry3310@reddit

There have

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Klutzy_Way994@reddit

Just did this 2 minutes ago. Ain’t nobody got time for no trolls.

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mad0gmary@reddit

I totally relate to this. And something else I don't know. Don't feel like finishing

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Hoarknee@reddit

More times than I care to comment on.

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Podwitchers@reddit

This is me like 80% of the time.

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CinnamonLoyalty@reddit

I will start to type a response, but then realize someone has already posted the same thing 😭😭😭

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blue_suavitel@reddit

Meeeeeeeeee hahaha

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Maanzacorian@reddit

that, my friend, is wisdom. Thoughts aren't the problem; it's what we choose to do with them that is.

I have a history of being recklessly verbose and while it's certainly achieved things, it's arguably caused more problems than it was worth.

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BoysenberryQuirky103@reddit

I type and delete more replies than I bother posting.

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Additional_Stress371@reddit

All the time! I got nothing left to give.

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Moms-Dildeaux@reddit

90%+

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Burnin_Brass_81@reddit

lol I do it as an early millenial

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Burnin_Brass_81@reddit

And If I do complete it, I get banned from another community

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EightofFortyThree@reddit

I was going to reply to this post, and decided against it. Then I had to post about that, but deleted it. Then I had to post about that. Somewhere in the loop I accidentally pressed "post" and now regret it.

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Broblivious@reddit

It’s important to note that in the interest of the public, I

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Unhappy_Parfait725@reddit

👋👋👋👋👋

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Tiny_Addendum707@reddit

9/10 of them

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spirit_72@reddit

Most of the time, but less often than I'd like.

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kittyBoyLacroix@reddit

Its called wisdom. 99% of these idiots arent worth our time

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badsector-digital@reddit

Yes. That is all.

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trippingmonkeyballs@reddit

Yes, and I will tell you why

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Abject_Book2507@reddit

Almost everyti……

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Sihaya212@reddit

So many times i can’t

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nopeamine7@reddit

All the time. I get close to the end am like "I shouldn't care this much about this"

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ReluctantSentinel@reddit

Every time?

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thebigeljay@reddit

All the tim

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Roklam@reddit

Sometimes I'll read what I wrote and realize the world would definitely be better if no one else sees it.

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warzonexx@reddit

I know what you mean OP, the last time I started to

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FinbarrSaunders69@reddit

It's a definite skill to not reply to things that you either don't agree with or are just outright fucking stupid.

However with age comes wisdom, and wisdom tells you very few people will ever change their mind about anything, even if you have a compelling argument.

Hence it goes back to the old saying "never argue with an idiot on the internet...".

Though I must admit I still have work to do ignoring the crap myself, but I'm getting better!

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cola1016@reddit

The virtue signaling on Reddit is exhausting. You can never just have a conversation and okay if you’re wrong, my bad thanks for correcting me…

Instead they downvote you to hell and shame you to death.

You try to make a joke? You’re offensive, worthless and subhuman. Damn near everything is taken literal.

Those are the two main reasons I do this 😂

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pearlgirl11@reddit

Oh my gosh, yes.

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Opening-Classroom-29@reddit

Why is this specific to gen x

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gerardkimblefarthing@reddit

90%

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WritingGlass9533@reddit

Every

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hourglass_nebula@reddit

This is any human

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Finiouss@reddit

It's legitimately sad how many times this is me.

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infinite_disky@reddit

It's called Survival Instinct.

Do I wanna deal with it? Nah.

Did typing a response add to my life? Nah.

Will I delete it in the morning. Fuck yah.

So nah. I don't respond.

Except to give this advice.

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CydaeaVerbose@reddit

Xennial confirmation, sir. I-... Squints, sighs and-..

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SubstantialAgency2@reddit

I think this applies to most regardless of age

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TollyVonTheDruth@reddit

I have a tendency to draft up a response, proofread it, then say, "You know what? This isn't worth a response," then I delete it.

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RotaryRich@reddit

That, and that my opinion is just going to be lost in a sea of

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Life-Positive-451@reddit

I’m a boomer. I do it all the time.

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denzien@reddit

At least 5x per day on average

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Sttocs@reddit

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theding081@reddit

gif

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m3umax@reddit

More like, I have zero to gain from this exchange and everything to lose (time).

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sum-9@reddit

Yea

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grymmjack@reddit

Yep

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USED_HAM_DEALERSHIP@reddit

All the fucking time.

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robzirrah@reddit

All the time lol

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Stockmarketslumlord@reddit

I can’t even begin to. Oops, lots interest.

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Creepy-Douchebag@reddit

i concur

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LindaBelchie69@reddit

Millennial/Gen z. I do this very frequently

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themodefanatic@reddit

90% of the time

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Starfall_midnight@reddit

All the time.

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ButtersStochChaos@reddit

And just hit back.. Yep, quite often.

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Standard-Fishing-977@reddit

I feel seen.

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EmergencyAd8321@reddit

Guilty as

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Prestigious-Case936@reddit

Too man

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Hallmonitormom@reddit

All the ti-

Meh, Nevermind.

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Rhomega2@reddit

This happens to almost everyone.

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acespacegnome@reddit

Pretty much every ti

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ZeusMcKraken@reddit

Haha about 1/3rd of the time

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examinat@reddit

All the…

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Cedleodub@reddit

all the time...

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MrThouu@reddit

My fav version of this sentiment:

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Shrek1982@reddit

Shit this was me 10 minutes ago in the SpaceX starship catch thread... People arguing over whether Musk should get credit or the engineers. The people arguing that Musk deserves the most credit did the dismissive "they don't and won't ever understand what it is like to run a business" shtick. Meanwhile I have sat as voting member of a corporate board of directors and the musk fellators are fucking nuts.
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And I realized I just typed out my rant here instead of there... oy vey.

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SarahPallorMortis@reddit

It’s better you got it out here than there. We’re not gona get into it with you about it.

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Shrek1982@reddit

Lol, thanks.

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c_r_a_s_i_a_n@reddit

I will now start a grindcore group called Musk Fellator. The font will be indecipherable.

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Ryeballs@reddit

And if it causes problems you can say it’s pronounced like Skeletor

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c_r_a_s_i_a_n@reddit

I think the first requirement of a grindcore band name is that it should be problematic.

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thatscucktastic@reddit

People arguing over whether Musk should get credit or the engineers.

Fun answer: both!! The mechazilla chopsticks were Elon's idea. Go on, call me a fellator lmao.

What does your position on a board have to do with Elon's position as CEO and CTO of spacex? Spacex is a private company and does not answer to a board of directors.

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Shrek1982@reddit

Fun answer: both! The mechazilla chopsticks were Elon's idea. Go on, call me a fellator lmao.

Ok... Cool he had an idea, the bulk of the credit still goes to the people that designed and figured out how to build and implement it. All I am trying to say is that people who lopsidedly give all/most of the credit to Elon are delusional. Yes, he does deserve some but not nearly as much as fanboys tend to give him. Executives should mostly be getting credit for ensuring the company is financially viable and ensuring that their team has the resources to innovate.

What does your position on a board have to do with Elon's position as CEO and CTO of spacex? Spacex is a private company and does not answer to a board of directors.

You know that SpaceX still has a board right? Gwynne Shotwell is the President and COO, Bret Johnsen is the CFO, Brian Gower is the CMO, and so on. They would not have been able to attract the private investments they have without one. Musk can technically overrule the board but it generally would be a bad idea. All that is besides the point though I mentioned it as a point of qualification in regards to the "they don't and won't ever understand what it is like to run a business" thing that some of the fanboys were saying.

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WorryNo181@reddit

SO many times. And, I agree with 90% of the other comments here—it’s just…it’s a lot.

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epicgrilledchees@reddit

Yes this happens frequ

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justanotherupsguy@reddit

I’m a millennial and do this

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Responsible-Big2044@reddit

All the...

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timthemajestic@reddit

Too often.

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hiirogen@reddit

I do this all the time… then I’ll close Twitter entirely

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Deckard2022@reddit

I mean I sor

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jp5858@reddit

So many times…

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physicsbuddha@reddit

gif

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PickledPiglet@reddit

This happens to all generations.

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yurtfarmer@reddit

Oh, way too…

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Czarcastic013@reddit

Ok yeah, it me

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Pleasant_Expert_1990@reddit

About 50/50

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ExaminationNo9186@reddit

Often.

Then of course tgere the replies i type out, that are well articulated, researched with all sources cited, to find out i am replying to a post that is 10 years old.

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furtyfive@reddit

At least once a day, usually more 😅

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Vivid-Efficiency-984@reddit

Yes

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Eternalm8@reddit

So often, my apathy is constantly in a state of war my compulsion to try and bridge gaps of understanding between myself and others.

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Inside-Doughnut7483@reddit

👋🏾🫤

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zoedbird@reddit

I’m 68, and this is cross-generational.

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Suitabull_Buddy@reddit

All the time!

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TimeLine_DR_Dev@reddit

I do that all the

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Effective-Award-8898@reddit

Well I know there were at least

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veebles89@reddit

cooooonstantly

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Stringbean79@reddit

Many

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scottimandias@reddit

I definitely didn't care enough to count them, but they were numerous

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bananapanqueques@reddit

I thought this was an age thing, not generational. I’m too old for this nonsense.

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No_Throat_3131@reddit

About 50% of thr time

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saturday6789@reddit

3 times in the last hour.

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WeatherStationWindow@reddit

Yep. I'll even go as fast as to

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derek4reals1@reddit

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FlyingAceComics@reddit

I have done this so much, especially in the past few days. I'll start off writing a very well thought-out post, and about halfway through, I think, "fuck it", and close the app.

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laich68@reddit

Often I

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CdnGuy@reddit

I used to love arguing on the internet lol. I think the toxicity of my relationship with my dad was part of that, because after I was out on my own for a while and started healing that changed. One day it was suddenly like, is any of this a worthy use of my time and energy? Very often now I get halfway through a long reply to a convo where I stop, look at the nature of the thread so far and realize two things. One - the people / person involved is too bound up in winning to care about different perspectives, and two - I actually don’t care if someone is wrong.

I’ve noticed too that the longer my reply gets, the more likely it is that I just delete it.

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TheHowlinReeds@reddit

Sometimes, I'll stop midway through and realize "the world just doesn't need me to weigh in on this. I'm out." That or not caring enough to procees.

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MNConcerto@reddit

I'll write a whole response, read it over, then just delete it.

So over it.

A lot of times it is resolved later that day or the next by the person or someone else.

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PerfSynthetic@reddit

Lost count…

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trustbrown@reddit

90% of my Reddit engagement is typing then deleting/swiping back.

Just did it like 20 seconds ago

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Marvos79@reddit

Yeah it happens quite a bit you just sta

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Cyberpunk-Monk@reddit

All the

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Moltar_Returns@reddit

Yes abso-…….

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VorpalSpatula@reddit

I mean, it happens to me sometimes, but... I... uh, never mind.

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FalanorVoRaken@reddit

More and more every day. Because I know if I do y continue until they stop, they will claim the win no matter the topic. I just don’t want to deal with it anymore.

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Melodic_Gur_3517@reddit

Almost every fucking... nevermind.

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Sad_Safety4880@reddit

You're so vain you probably think this post is about you, don't you, don't you.

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AbhorrentBehavior77@reddit

...Forget about me! I'll be alone. Dancing. You know it, baby!

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libmrduckz@reddit

you’re no good

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realestninjaever@reddit

Honestly, nevermind

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toejampotpourri@reddit

I'll give you my 2 cents... Meh, not worth it.

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NedLogan@reddit

I was about to— ah fuck this

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LordChauncyDeschamps@reddit

...

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chocobosocialclub@reddit

Oh well, whatever, nevermind

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Father_Flanigan@reddit

Hello? Hello? Hello? Hoooow Low?

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calbearlupe@reddit

Word.

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poco68@reddit

Your exactly….

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GonnaGoFat@reddit

I’ve done it frequently. Or I start with something in mind but realize I can’t write it out and get the same feeling from the reader so I stop.

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Chele11713@reddit

So many times

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redjohn365@reddit

omg all the ti

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berdulf@reddit

A lot actua

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archliberal@reddit

A BUNCH lately

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Mindless_Jicama8728@reddit

Countless

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Jbowen0020@reddit

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_WillCAD_@reddit

I do it all the t...

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Jbowen0020@reddit

A whole lot lately. I just am so tired of trying to argue with a bunch of psychos where politics are concerned, and that's usually the posts I feel compelled to comment on. I'm also very fearful of the path we're on when you can't reason with either side. So yeah I have composed a lot of posts and said you know what, not worth my energy.

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KapowBlamBoom@reddit

A lo

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YeraFireHazardHarry@reddit

all the freaki...

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Heathislost@reddit

All of them except this one.

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destiny_kane48@reddit

Daily

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Initial-View1177@reddit

.

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Vaultboy80@reddit

So many times, glad it's not just me.

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WreckenTex@reddit

All the time. Lol

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Eastrider1006@reddit

literally 4 times in the last 30 minutes. Man people are fucking stupid, so much that you're just like "why bother"

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Capable_Mud_2127@reddit

Apathy guides my general disposition.

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Manofmanyhats19@reddit

Well I have a lot of thoughts on this. First is this exclusive to a generation? Does this happen with other generations? If it is exclusive to one generation, how much of that is influenced by upb

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grosselisse@reddit

To be fair I think that's nothing to do with our generation, I think that's just maturity.

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SKRIMP-N-GRITZ@reddit

I delete the a majority of comments before posting because I just don’t have the energy for a conversation.

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CaptZombieHero@reddit

All the ti

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CaveJohnson82@reddit

So many times, and on this sub it's usually a variation of "this must be an American thing" lol!

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Intrepid-Nose2434@reddit

I do it all the ti.... 😤

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crayawe@reddit

More than I care to admit

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nathism@reddit

This is me irl, spills into work as well. If I respond to this email or teams I'm going to get roped into more work, should just wait for things to naturally progress.

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Rough-Row8554@reddit

A lot.

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stangAce20@reddit

So often

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DonJeniusTrumpLawyer@reddit

All the time. Sometimes I can’t help myself and end up in a battle that just makes my blood boil. Usually Facebook. I really need to delete that app.

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folic_riboflavin@reddit

oh my goodness, me as well

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jubash@reddit

4 times just today...

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_byetony_@reddit

More each day

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Carrissis@reddit

I go to type replies, then realize I’m an a##hole.

My humor is dark… 😅

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sheistoofondofbooks@reddit

Literally did this on the sub I was reading before this one.

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PartyFactor583@reddit

OMG! So true. Lol!

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medusa_crowley@reddit

If anything, the Gen X folks who are older will reposnd to us the same way to Boomers do: with cocky unearned contempt.

Anyone know why older Gen Xers are like that?

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Holy_Smokesss@reddit

Because generational labels are made up and don't actually tell you much about someone's personality

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Coakis@reddit

I sincerely believe that many boomers were taught that information is some sort of granite rock that doesn't change over eons, that if they were taught it once, it was good enough.

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drDudleyDeeds@reddit

You know why

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medusa_crowley@reddit

It's not applicable to younger Gen X folks, though, that's the thing. I tend to be classified as one, depending on where the generational lines are drawn.

Where did that split happen? Reagan? I'm not joking, I want to hear from people who've thought through this.

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TheGraycat@reddit

Yep. Many is the time I realise that I have neither the energy or the crayons to explain something and just delete the draft.

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AwkwardSquirtles@reddit

This isn't a Gen X trait everyone does this.

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valdus@reddit

Pretty much several times a

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Unicorn_Puppy@reddit

Happens to me all the time.

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thewalletisempty@reddit

Yes.

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systemfrown@reddit

Oh I frequ

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wetterbread@reddit

Thrice today.

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Aanaren@reddit

Prwtty much every time I open Reddit or Facebook.

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NameToUseOnReddit@reddit

I would have responded earlier, but... meh

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Kill_Kayt@reddit

So many times.

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TopKitchen4270@reddit

Slacker. Lol

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Boricua2150@reddit

All the damn…ti..

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Pit-Guitar@reddit

“Don’t Care” always trumps “Don’t Agree”.

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Ok_Employment_7435@reddit

Omg I feel seen…

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Evening-Ad-7042@reddit

Maybe just drop the "as a blank," part because it's everyone.

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StonesFan1@reddit

Hell y

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monsterdaddy4@reddit

So many fucking times. I think at least once a...

Actually, never mind

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The1Ylrebmik@reddit

At least a couple times week.

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elMurpherino@reddit

About 30-40% of the comment I write on Reddit end up not being posted.

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questionablecupcak3@reddit

Only when what I'm responding to is obviously too stupid to understand.

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ijustsailedaway@reddit

As many things as these apps track, I'd really like to know what my count for this is. All those dumb achievement awards that mean nothing. I want to know how many times I took the high route.

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P33KAJ3W@reddit

I do that all the

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Lawfull_carrot@reddit

I want to make a point, but what is the

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No-Tonight-5937@reddit

All the

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MoonGrog@reddit

All the t

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circ-u-la-ted@reddit

Never. I just say "It's genxin' time!" instead.

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Vast_Photograph_6014@reddit

More like you realize the futility of it all. And I do mean all.

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Miersix@reddit

I barely replied to this post.....

This is a common occurrence for me.

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Effin_Kris@reddit

Soooo many times

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wearslocket@reddit

This is the way.

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kangaroojoe512@reddit

Like 80% of th

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Express-Cow190@reddit

The last post I made on FB was July 2023.

My wife tags me in so much stuff I call her my social media manager. 10/10 no regrets about this arrangement.

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Treacherous_Wendy@reddit

I feel this so fucking hard lmaoooooo

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OshetDeadagain@reddit

MY ENTIRE DAY.

I'll start typing, but once I see how many comments there are is usually when I stop. Nobody's reading you repeating the same shit as 647 other people before you.

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mandileigh@reddit

I feel the same way. There’s so much noise online I don’t feel it’s necessary to add to it.

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OshetDeadagain@reddit

The ID posts (I'm on a bunch of them) really send me. Someone asks what animal is this and there are 126 comments of "fox" "it's a fox" "that's a fox" "fantastic Mr. Fox" "fox all day".

There's an upvote button! You agree, just click it and move on! Sure maybe a few duplicates in the first few minutes, but 4 hours later - and sometimes days later! - rolling up to post the 127th "that's a fox" like yours is the absolute authority we've been waiting for. I don't know why but it irritates the hell out of me. We all feel like our input is so valuable (and I include myself!) that we just take up time and space to get that "I'm smart too! I also know it!"

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BigEdsHairMayo@reddit

repeating the same shit as 647 other people before you.

Every hilarious joke I think of is already the top comment.

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OshetDeadagain@reddit

I honestly check to see if something has been said first with search before I bother with my clever comment.

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Littlebouncinparrot@reddit

It keeps happening more and

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ih4teme@reddit

I feel this.

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Eets_Chowdah@reddit

More times than I can remember, I've had a whole comment laid out, and just gone "fuck it" and erased the whole thing

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shrimperialist@reddit

Dear Reddit: This isn’t a Gen X thing, this isn’t a millennial thing, this isn’t an autism thing, this is just a thing that humans do.

I’ve seen all of these groups and others claim that this is something unique and special to them. Just stop.

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RevMageCat@reddit

Guilty as charged.

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Larkfin@reddit

Yep

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Blueprint81@reddit

My 'outrage' is definitely showing itself to be a finite resource.

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swiwwcheese@reddit

Happens more and more often TBH

Also you know when

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Nwsamurai@reddit

Our specific curse is wanting people to know how much we don’t care.

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imhighonpills@reddit

Not exclusive to genxers

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Holiday_Tadpole_7834@reddit

Just now

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firechickenmama@reddit

Every damn day!😂😂

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bestryanever@reddit

For a second I thought “genxer” was a new kind of gender identity and I sighed audibly. Not because don’t want her whole to have an appropriate label for their gender, but just because I can already see myself fucking it up and inadvertently disappointing someone

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PlaneWolf2893@reddit

I just ask myself if it's helpful. Otherwise my reply isn't needed.

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Jewzilla_@reddit

All the damn…

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free112701@reddit

more and more each day that goes by

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Otherwise-Safety-579@reddit

...

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Ordinary_Fact1@reddit

Only once so far today.

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chocochocochococat@reddit

More times than I care to

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digby672@reddit

Just no fkn point anymore.

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BraeCol@reddit

You know...

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BinkertonQBinks@reddit

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jyoungii@reddit

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Only_Salad2621@reddit

Most of the time I just say, Reddit never change and then move on about my business.

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app_generated_name@reddit

All th

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Tricky_Big_8774@reddit

All the time. I'm surprised reddit still warns me I'm discarding my post.

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ThirstyWizard211@reddit

99% of times. Thise being the 1% but now as im typing this....

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HammerTh_1701@reddit

If you re-compress this image one more time, it might actually become unreadable.

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nnnnnnooooo@reddit

All the time.

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bugglerop@reddit

Yeah

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AllEncompassingThey@reddit

I feel like this isn't limited to any one generation at all. More of a human experience type thing

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Yuri_Ligotme@reddit

Well actually i think we

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terbenaw@reddit

Millennial, but hell yea this is me.

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GarlicIceKrim@reddit

My policy at work is "over you write something, if it's a heated discussion, walk away and grab a coffee, then read it again when you're back. If you still think it's OK to send, it's probably fine."

You should apply at least that much delay to any post online. Never write and post something if it's written in anger or if it could be asking fuel to a fire. Walk away, take a break, read it again with distance, then post if you're still stavfel by it.

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KnowNothing_JonSnoo@reddit

Every day at least once... doesn't help that I have adhd and engaging in itself is costly.

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writesandthrowsaway@reddit

This but work emails.

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Beefc4kePantyh0se@reddit

Most of the time

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Brother-Algea@reddit

lol!!

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Winter-Metal-9797@reddit

I do this so many ti

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Throwaway7219017@reddit

All the fucking ti

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Haunting-Affect6784@reddit

All the

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Jacobus315@reddit

All the

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void_method@reddit

It's mostly that the people reading my response read at a shamefully poor level and, at best, have a middleschool-level retort.

We're living in Idiocracy (which isn't about eugenics, morons, it's about what happens when standards slip.)

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pregnantandsober@reddit

It's kind of like saying your half of an argument during a shower. I just need to type it all out and get it out of my system, but I really don't want to engage.

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UnwillingHummingbird@reddit

I wildly vacillate between "I have as much of a right to express my opinion as anybody else" and "Nobody gives a shit what I have to say, they'll just ignore it anyway".

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Littlemisskittn@reddit

Yep. Pretty much

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Perfect-Crew-2349@reddit

You'll never truly know how many people do this, because of everyone who will type out a comment and then delete it.

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demonbadger@reddit

All the damn time lol

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sai-tyrus@reddit

🙋

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_Winterlong_@reddit

Like 90% of the time.

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vivahermione@reddit

Yes, my brain is tired. I can't figure out how to solve my own problems. How can I save someone else's?

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TickdoffTank0315@reddit

Frequently.

Sometimes I actually do care enough to comment, but I realize that I don't care enough to enter into a discussion to fully explain my viewpoint and how I arrived at it. So it makes more sense to say nothing.

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agprincess@reddit

As a gen xer how many times have you sneezed?

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rajkaos@reddit

Yeah, I do this sometimes, but usually

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TheEpicGenealogy@reddit

This is

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j_dick@reddit

As a genxer, never. As an old millennial…..Al the time.

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SillyApricot0594@reddit

Imagine how we Boomers react to the Millennials complaining how we took all the good jobs ( we are retired )., and how WE took all the money out of the US economy from 1970 thru today . Many of us never earned more than $30,000 a year.

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NMViking@reddit

I do this on reddit regularly.

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peanuts080176@reddit

Every single

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AngledAwry@reddit

If I hesitate mid-writing I'll suddenly remember I don't care that much. Or at all, if I give another second.

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s4nswht@reddit

Every godamn day

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Additional_Action_84@reddit

I quit reading halfway through...alternative alternative. IYKYK

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DarthBarff@reddit

I’m like, what the fuck do I care? 😆😆

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Sharessa84@reddit

I used to be a keyboard warrior back in my 20s but I eventually realized no one is going to be convinced by an Internet argument and it all just adds to stress, so I stopped. Now I just ignore people with bad opinions.

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Total_Guard2405@reddit

Several times a day. Almost didn't get thru this one.

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Similar_Sale_5136@reddit

Haaaaaaaaaaa.

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marty_moose24@reddit

And then it makes me click discard comment, I don’t like being forced to question myself 😂

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pixienightingale@reddit

Mine is more "yes, I feel strongly but I didn't have the capacity to respond to people right now" - I still care but ... ugh, people

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Kiuku@reddit

I have no idea which gen I am butI do that a lot on Reddit

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QkaHNk4O7b5xW6O5i4zG@reddit

Yeah, I do this too

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Matica-sK@reddit

Daily

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Outside-Enthusiasm30@reddit

Doing it.....

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Padresfan_douchebag@reddit

all the ti....

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Common_Juggernaut724@reddit

All time or just this week?

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Significant-Dog-8166@reddit

well you see…

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IamTheEndOfReddit@reddit

THINK. Is it True, Helpful, Inspiring, Necessary, Kind?

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Kamp13@reddit

Even if I do get it typed out Reddit strikes it half the time I do decide to post. This world isn’t worth participating in.

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LunaMoonBeam10@reddit

Every post but this one

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skoomaking4lyfe@reddit

I pat myself on the back when I do this at the first level of a Reddit argument instead of ten replies deep.

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Debalic@reddit

This far surpasses my actual post count.

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greenlaser73@reddit

The “add comment” box is a mini journal space to work out what I think about a post, and then never share it with anyone.

Desperately trying to think of a way to not post this for the bit, but whatever.

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grandpa5000@reddit

Sometimes, I don’t feel like responding to a loud vocal minority.

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bluemitersaw@reddit

Absolutely.

Let me elaborate...... Uh nevermind

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Original_Ossiss@reddit

For a second, I thought “Genxer” was an umbrella term for people without a binary gender. Got really confused.

Nope, it’s another Gen X shitpost saying “we don’t actually care about things” lol

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Pineapple-Due@reddit

Damn I thought it was just me. I think I've got a ratio of at least 10:1

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Fuzzy_Ferret_Peets@reddit

I started doing this a year ago and just thought I was going nuts.

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Majestic_Course6822@reddit

So much.

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urbanlife78@reddit

So many times, I am surprised I posted this comment

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JimTheSatisfactory@reddit

At least a couple of times per day.

Both online and in real life.

I've developed a real "I don't give a fuck" attitude.

The older I get, the fewer fucks I give.

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warmbeer_ik@reddit

I just did, but came back to write this...you're welcome.

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watchatahookie@reddit

Absolu

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Classic_Mechanic5495@reddit

~~Every day~~

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Father_Flanigan@reddit

I'm honestly surprised this post has so many comments. Would've been way cooler if there were 0 comments.

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Swimming_Bass_9606@reddit

Wow this is just so rele

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BlueJay006@reddit

Yes

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beebsaleebs@reddit

Nearly every AITAH, AIO, two hot takes post ever

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Marwaedristariel@reddit

Same but i’m a millennial/gen z (1998)

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combatinfantryactual@reddit

I do this at least onc....

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captain_trainwreck@reddit

Holy shit am I in this post

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MpowerUS@reddit

As a millennial, I delete half the comments I want to post because I realize I don’t care halfway thru my response. Reddit feels like a lot of posts are just content farming since going public, and something in my brain goes off telling me that the post isn’t genuine and is just for farming content like crazy stories to be republished elsewhere.

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brokendoorknob85@reddit

The most Gen X trait is claiming that you don't talk about being gen X that much

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Substantial-Use95@reddit

As an early millennial, I’d say about half of the posts I respond to

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MaxFffort@reddit

Quite often rea…

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r007r@reddit

r/meIRL

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nilocrram@reddit

yeah, in fact just the other...

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LoverboyQQ@reddit

This happens to me in real life. Was at the grocery store and they was really busy. Guy opens up a register right in front of me so I’m within two feet of the isle and a guy steps in front of me and stands whistling for his parents to come on. They are like 40 feet away and still shopping. One guy in an isle over says I wouldn’t have let that go. I spoke up really loud that he or his parents wasn’t worth going to jail for.

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Phyth_LL_ment@reddit

ALL. THE. TIME.

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Difficult-Ad3042@reddit

evidence by this post, a lot but not enough

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EternalSunshineClem@reddit

Lol ok good, not just me

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hatesbiology84@reddit

Every…

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honeybadger1984@reddit

Many Reddit responses, for sure. It’s just fake internet points and doesn’t matter.

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BuckyD1000@reddit

For every comment I post, I probably abandoned 5 others.

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Southern-Formal-1818@reddit

Damn near every tim

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tvlsok@reddit

I do that all the……. Whatever.

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high_everyone@reddit

My ADHD would complete every post and respond to every reply, (part of me still does when it comes to helping others with advice on the internet), but I took up smoking weed years ago and that guy doesn't complete all his thoughts compared to ADHD guy.

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YouNecessary7436@reddit

9 times out of 10

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Lebowski304@reddit

https://i.redd.it/ca18kwnngjud1.gif

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ScruffyGrouch@reddit

Too many times. I dunno if it's the GenXer in me, the ADHD or a combination of both. Happens with high frequency on Reddit more than other platforms tho.

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AHorseNamedPhil@reddit

I do this all the time. Or realize what I'm posting in reply is too mean.

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fnkymonky1776@reddit

gif

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ThxIHateItHere@reddit

Absolutely nobody should have commented to this 😂

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cosmic-lemur@reddit

Gen Z here, I do this on the daily!

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LuisMataPop@reddit

When you understand that your being manipulated by te algorithms to get mad or overly joy and it just wants to squiz even more engagement from you

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dad831@reddit

I do it all the

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Cutthechitchata-hole@reddit

Yep.

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Ting_Brennan@reddit

omg never has post spoke to me more

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AwayCartographer9527@reddit

Every damn

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Expensive_Fennel_88@reddit

🤔 I'm done

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notgreatthanks@reddit

Oh for sure. I’ll have my well thought out and proof-read post ready to send and think to myself, “You’re not special, someone else has definitely thought of and said this. They probably have 26 upvotes by now.” So I discard the post, scroll through the replies and find the post saying what I was thinking and give them their 27th upvote.

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WanderingArtist_77@reddit

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UbiquitousRiffing@reddit

Or I realize, “no one else cares what I have to say anyway.”

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HealthyPresence2207@reddit

Nothing like writing a thoughtful response only to realize before submitting that you are just getting baited/trolled since no one can realistically hold that opinion. And now we have the LLMs in the mix

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Friendly_Fire069@reddit

I know what y

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richempire@reddit

Yup

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albauer2@reddit

Totally.

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coffee_and-cats@reddit

Oft

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TrustmeImaDJ@reddit

Many,many,many ti

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timothypjr@reddit

It happens all. . . Nvmd.

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barleyhogg1@reddit

All the

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Key_Painting_8974@reddit

Same. Like now, I was going to site an experience I had, but decided I don't really care anymore about this topic /s

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MarcusTheSarcastic@reddit

Well over 50%

Better question: how many of you read this post, considered responding, realized while reaching for the keyboard that you didn’t care, then realized that was exactly what they wanted and thus found the energy to post?

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Nondscript_Usr@reddit

Pretty of

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mydeadface@reddit

Sometimes I delete if I'm not sure I'm using the right "there, their or they're"

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SeanReillyEsq@reddit

All the

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RealNews5396@reddit

came here to. whatever

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tinaalbanyny@reddit

Every. Fucking. Day

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Effective_Corner694@reddit

More than … fuck it

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pentagon@reddit

imagine thinking this is because you were born in a certain decade

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ephpeeveedeez@reddit

I cared enough to respond because this is absolutely true.

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PinSufficient5748@reddit

I thought this was just a ME problem! I feel so validated...

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lucifer4you@reddit

I don't think this is a generational thing.

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TapRevolutionary5022@reddit

I did that this morning

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Llamaandedamame@reddit

Constantly.

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virtuallyaway@reddit

The people who do this aren’t commenting in this thread hahaha

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Plane_Ad_8675309@reddit

So often it’s not even funny

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Past-Direction9145@reddit

Given how my responses are very anti establishment, anti nazi, organized religion, capitalism, billionaire, and a hundred other things I have a problem with in todays world, me shutting up for once does myself a favor along with everyone else for the most part.

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JaxxisR@reddit

This happens to me more than I care to...

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Trbochckn@reddit

Yes

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Alarming_Holiday_322@reddit

Wow it’s totally just gen X that does this you guys are so quirky

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Ecstatic_Act4988@reddit

All the time

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Emergency-Explorer-6@reddit

Just about everyday

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is_that_optional@reddit

I send about 10% of everything I write. Most of the time because I don´t want to have a whole ass conversation about something.

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pdx_via_dtw@reddit

all.the.time.

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statistacktic@reddit

A lot

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Oaken_beard@reddit

Oh, daily

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jooseizloose@reddit

Almost every, single..

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rob_hanlon@reddit

It’s so wild how many people attack each other in comments. Like out of nowhere. I like reading YouTube comments, but like, people are just fucking mean. I dont get it.

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entingmat2@reddit

Describes me to a t. I'll spend lots of time typing a well-thought out response, only

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Aeredor@reddit

all the t

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lost_horizons@reddit

You mean it’s not just me? I feel so validated, sometimes I just feel like I

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Cotford@reddit

Well…

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AntiRepresentation@reddit

I wish genxers would do this more in real life too.

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Satellites_In_Orbit@reddit

Really happy to hear this is a Gen X trait. For every comment I do post there are 5 or so that I backed out of. Did not know this was a common thing.

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guyincognito121@reddit

Is this actually generation specific?

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doned_mest_up@reddit

Or you’re out a thoughtful, 3-sentence response, and realize that you accidentally just spelled “upvote button”.

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LemonPartyW0rldTour@reddit

I never finish anyth-

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sparklark79@reddit

... ya...

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Secure-Force-9387@reddit

multiple times a day...

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SquarePegRoundWorld@reddit

I usually hear this in my mind when I hit that point.

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full_of_ghosts@reddit

All the frickin' time.

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VisibleCoat995@reddit

All the time!

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hdhsnjsn@reddit

Nobody cares what I

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bjgrem01@reddit

Yeah I do this and half the time i just

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ReddLordofIt@reddit

Happens to me at least everytime I

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Nate101378@reddit

Daily

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fooboohoo@reddit

Hourly

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mrsmushroom@reddit

I'm the worst person to add to the text chain.

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Worried_Plankton3262@reddit

Why would anyone think this was specifically a gen x thing?

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dwreckhatesyou@reddit

At least once a day.

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jussumguy123@reddit

Everyday

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DoctorWaluigiTime@reddit

Don't have to be a Gen Xer for this.

Just a person realizing it's not worth the time sometimes.

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Substantial-Dingo-64@reddit

Constantly. I almost threw this away a second ago.

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TigerMcPherson@reddit

Or that no one cares what I have to say about it anyway. Moving on.

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noronto@reddit

I do this all the time, usually when I realize the person I am responding to is too stupid to understand.

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pussy_embargo@reddit

I usually just don't respond. Suck for the people that replied to me, but it's their fault for caring

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QuickMartyr@reddit

All th

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poetic_chicken@reddit

Everyo

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mrlosteruk@reddit

This!

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Green_Somewhere1758@reddit

I'm surprised for two reasons: (1) how much I actually do this IRL and (2) how come you know about it. I will take longer if someone has a genuine question about the past.

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kosmokatX@reddit

Ha, I don't even start commenting. My emotional energy is too low all the time. I just nod or shake my head, knowing I "could" comment.

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ZeppelinJ0@reddit

This has been posted to reddit since reddit started, it's not a GenX thing

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Drslappybags@reddit

I do this all th

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Low_Combination5627@reddit

All the time.

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pardonyourmess@reddit

so many ti

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TheJohnnyBranMuffins@reddit

Dail…..

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IamTroyOfTroy@reddit

Sooo many times! Or I'll often post and be like fuck it I don't actually want to have this discussion, and then delete. Which sometimes I'm like damn now they're going to think I said something stupid or got down-voted until deleting, but then I remember that I dont care and go on about my day.

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Serg_Molotov@reddit

Happens way to often

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RaNdomMSPPro@reddit

More than onc…. Never mind

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BetterAd7552@reddit

Definitely. It’s become worse having to think about how inevitably some twat will be offended.

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ImaFugginDragonYo@reddit

There are so many times here I'll have a conversation and completely ignore when anyone who isn't the person I'm replying to. Won't even read their comments. If I wanted to talk with them, I'd have talked to them.

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Riply-Believe@reddit

If nothing else, it does help me explore how or why I believe something to be true.

But...yeah... a whole lot of deleting. That's part of the reason I do so much upvoting. "Yeah. What they said right here. No need to repeat it.

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R0ck_Slide@reddit

As a Xennial....

Nopes out

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WishieWashie12@reddit

I'll hear Bo Burnham pop into my head asking if anyone can shut the fuck up, and back out of my comment.

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InStilettosForMiles@reddit

All the time, but it's more because the readers won't care, not because I don't care.

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The_dungeoneer@reddit

Basically my life.

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SaveusJebus@reddit

Don't care enough or just don't want to deal with the shitstorm your comment would create... either or.

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Fantomex305@reddit

Happens all the time on here. Sometimes I want to say someth...nvm

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1025puceguy@reddit

Well I ……. Never mind

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Coakis@reddit

Plenty, given it I know that'll be downvoted or disputed by some moron who has no experience with anything in the conversation, meaning I'll have to put more effort into proving him wrong with actual numbers and visual proof. Fuck that.

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Zestyclose_Ad2224@reddit

Yeah. I just have this to say. If you

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FrebTheRat@reddit

The best is when I write half a response, get a notification, switch apps, then come back and my draft is gone. Too apathetic to rewrite that line and a half I started.

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RelaxYourself@reddit

All the time. I think it's therapeutic to write it out what you want to say then delete it.

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darwinvsjc@reddit

Ha! You're absolutely rig.......

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Odd-Improvement-1980@reddit

Probably 2/3rds or more of the time

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hombre_bu@reddit

All of th….

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WorryNew3661@reddit

I used to really get into the arguments, but now when I'm typing a response I think about whether I want to reply to the responses to that and I almost always delete it. Who has the energy?

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ASK_ABT_MY_USERNAME@reddit

~~Imagine thinking this applies exclusively to genx 😅~~

Nm

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Twisted_Sister_78@reddit

More than I can count…

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theflush1980@reddit

I had this with Pokemon Go when it blew up in popularity. The first pokemon in the app is at your own location, the next is a couple hundred meters from your location, and while I was putting on my shoes I thought “what the fuck am I doing, I’m not going to do this shit” and I deleted the app.

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Steadfast00@reddit

Many times …. Haha. Almost did it now

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Phoniceau@reddit

Yes, but gen x, but yes.

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kristosnikos@reddit

I do this at least several times a day across multiple platforms. I’ll type the whole thing out and realize, ‘man this is way too much information about myself’ or ‘I don’t feel like arguing with strangers on the internet right now’. Then I’ll just close the app out and go do something else.

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Raymouse-555@reddit

Well...I.... ooh.....newer mind.

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Enough_Structure_95@reddit

Sooo many ti

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Thelichemaster@reddit

Plenty

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KeoniDm@reddit

Often! A lot of times, it’s brain fog. I can’t seem to find….oh forget it.

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DnbagwellT@reddit

My goodness. Ya'll are my people. Daily! Daily I want to call someone out for being stupid or just wrong. Then I think "nah it takes too much energy to check spelling and proper punctuation." Then it's what if I'm wrong then I will be the stupid one and I will get downvoted, which btw my autocorrect does not recognize so I have to type it 3 times, then I say eff it all, not worthit, yes I saw that I'm tired of typing now, what was my point? Crap. Whateve...post

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RobLetsgo@reddit

I am a millennial and I do this quiet often.

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lhx555@reddit

No. I finish and polish it. And don’t send it.

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morbidscreams@reddit

I did that 3 times today. 🤣

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miltonwadd@reddit

Lol, my reddit account is 13 years old, and I've only really been active in the past 2-3 years because I couldn't be arsed.

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TheWrongOwl@reddit

If I had to cou

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No_Zombie2021@reddit

On average, something like…

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Eastern-Fun1842@reddit

Y'know, I

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sauvandrew@reddit

More and more often.

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Aspence22@reddit

gif

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tskewl@reddit

All the damn time

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Balance916@reddit

like literally right at this very

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slainte99@reddit

Bonus points if you keep a running word doc filled with all the overlong, incomplete comments you never posted, just in case you change your mind, or so you'll feel like the effort was not wasted, but really you'll definitely never look at them again.

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