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TheImpressiveX@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year ago

On the Internet, what is a dead giveaway that someone is actually a kid?

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On the Internet, what is a dead giveaway that someone is actually a kid?

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TheImpressiveX@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year ago
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  • Wugmeister@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    Extreme/insane positions on everything. Not just one or two insane positions, not just political extremism; when I say everything I mean EVERYTHING. No nuance allowed. And it has to be fully sincere, otherwise you are dealing with a Jreg.

    There are milder versions of this, but I have rarely met a child that didn’t have a strongly held insane belief formed from their limited experiences. My favorite was a kid who told me that eating pasta supports fascism because it comes from Italy, so loving Italian products means you support Mussolini. Pizza is fine, though, because that’s American.

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      I’ll bite. What’s a Jreg?

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        A youtuber who was relatively popular with enlightened centerists around 2019. Links so you can look on and cringe:

        • A video where he regurgitates right-wing talking points directed at his cat in the name of “satire”
        • An actually funny video about top 10 lists
        • The video that made his channel really take off
        • “Should we dehumanize our political opponents?”
        • Man-made satire beyond mortal comprehension.

        He also would attend rallies and spout political gibberist

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          jreg is pretty based i think. His content is satire, for sure. A lot of his recent stuff has been delving into more philosophical shit though.

          Dude literally doxxed himself and asked people to kill him (in lore)

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            I was a big fan of jreg pre-2020, but after giving up mainstream social media I currently believe that only cowards, frauds, and master satirists feel the need to use irony. It’s arrogant to think you are the third, and I dont think Jreg is either. I think he is a coward.

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              ah, i think you should catch up a little bit on jreg then. He’s had a similar story arc lmao.

              He’s “unironically Jregular now”

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          He’s actually leftist I think, and was parodying centrists too

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            If I remember his coming out video, he’s a Democratic Socialist. Which, if the political compass made sense, would be just right of center. But I guess thinking people deserve rights is inherently left-wing to Americans lol

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              He’s Canadian

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                You mean We Have America At Home?

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        jreg is a youtube who (ironically?) claims to be anti-centrist, meaning taking an extreme stance on everything, regardless of which extreme.

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          jreg is a youtube

          Found the adult

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      Uuuuuugh. I remember being so black and white, there wasn’t any middle ground on anything. It was exhausting.

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        I’m just glad I decided to go full moral relativism right away back then. It was a good way to speedrun maturity, although I did maintain some kooky beliefs into early adulthood such as

        • “if you are not multilingual you can’t be a good person, and the more languages you speak the better of a person you are”
        • “The Democratic party is a puppet of the Republican party, and in reality the U.S. is only pretending to be a two-party state”
        • “The age of consent should be 25.”
        • “Evil people can be good functioning members of society, so we shouldn’t discriminate against people who hold evil beliefs as long as they are nice to others.”

        It was exhausting. Opposite reason from you, there was only middle ground, no black and white allowed. But it came from the same mental place. Pride, arrogance, nieveté.

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          Glad we grew out of it.

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      Ha ha that’s hilarious 😂 such a cherry pick too

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      yeah pretty much this. Dealing with one right now, people are funny.

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      This. This is how I pick out if I’m arguing with an adult or not

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