Stuff like memes from people you think are wrong politically, cartoons you don’t find funny, etc etc. Why help the things you hate spread?

  • AeroLemming@lemm.eeEnglish
    51·
    11 months ago

    I’m not aware of communities like that on Lemmy, but Reddit’s got r/terriblefacebookmemes, a bunch of subs with the format r/shit____say(s), r/therightcantmeme, etc. They’re unambiguously posting the content because they don’t like it and want everyone to hate on it with them.

    • Pratai@lemmy.ca
      33·
      11 months ago

      They don’t want people to hate on them, they want people to laugh at them. Those subs are for calling out the stupidity of shit other people say-

      • AeroLemming@lemm.eeEnglish
        2·
        11 months ago

        Well, laughing at something in the way you described is kind of just a different way of hating on it, is it not? Even the way you phrased, “…calling out the stupidity of shit other people say,” suggests a strong dislike of the statements showcased on those subs.

        • Rhoeri@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          11 months ago

          To chime in, there’s many things I think are stupid without hating them. But then again; I’m an adult and can differentiate between the two.

          For instance:

          Anime. I think it’s dumb. But I have no hate for it whatsoever. Hate is an emotion. I don’t reserve emotional states for things I think are dumb.