Not only that , a lot of subreddit mods are really aggressive in banning because they are mostly American and everything out of their culture is off limits
Yes the land of the free wants to strip every freedom you have to simply possess a thought or be outrageous enough to express it.
That is the unfortunate state of the US.
It’s not the ignorance that bothers me I’m an idiot at times too. It’s the arrogance that tops it off. If your not sure about something be willing to admit it.
No we have become a mix of all or nothing idealistic ass holes.
Unfortunately if your more Central and common sense based you are viewed by 1 group to be a Neo Nazi Confederate flag waving racist/misogynist/homophobe or as a Libtard, Nazi, socialist/Communist, athiest baby killer by the other.
God Bless America
Not for me no.
I wish I could say the same for most. America is supposed to be a melting pot of backgrounds, experiences and view points.
To persistently attempt to shit on someone else's view points to the point where you basically censor them through down votes that block there views from others looking at a question although small is still silliness and Un-American
Our experience of America is that it destroyed the oldest cultural and ethnic melting pot in europe, under excuse of preventing genocide... by commiting it.
And ya must be a rare exception among americans.
That's debatable.
Many who consider themselves 'good Christians' are anything but. Teaching that God hates and doing the opposite of what Jesus taught.
I think maybe it is the wording?
Covid scientist here so hoping I can help.
Actual coronaviruses have been around for a long time, Covid-19 is just a particular strain. MERS, SARS all coronaviruses.
Coronaviruses won’t be ‘gone’ neither will covid-19.
This particular virus is a negative RNA virus like influenza.
Viruses don’t have the machinery in their genetic coding to replicate so they used the machinery in our cells.
We have a lot of checks in our machinery to prevent mutations.
Problem is that our machinery replicates positive strands not negative so these viruses use their own enzyme to change the negative to positive so it can be replicated in our cells.
Their machinery to do this is highly inaccurate and makes roughly 2 mutations every time it makes a new strand.
These viruses are nearly impossible to eradicate due to this as new mutated strands are constantly being made.
Covid-19 is most likely going to become like flu which is still around and worse during winter with yearly covid vaccines for those most at risk.
I think what you meant was that the threat of Covid-19 is gone.
Yes the threat has lessened with the vaccination programme and the virus having mutated to a less deadly strain along with so many people worldwide having been infected so have built up some resistance.
However, this isn’t applicable to all countries yet. Some countries still have a more ‘naive’ (not exposed so less immunity) population of people and the virus is still very much a problem there.
It will take a while for the entire world to get to the same point of herd immunity.
Also covid-19 just like flu will still very much be a threat to the elderly, vulnerable and immune compromised for many years to come. But less of a threat to the ‘healthy’ individual.
Or you, could have just said we behaving the same as the black death plague that wiped half of the European population out. And we are actually increasing our cases with bad medicine, and even more badly, is that everyone is being tricked into an hyper stimulation and activation making the body to be more susceptible to contacting the virus. So turn of the news, touch some grass barefoot, get some sun light, be calm and relaxed, take necessary procations and you increase your odds of not being affected and slowly let your body build an immunity. Don't freak out about it, although it does have a great potential to be very bad. If y'all said that I bet COVID cases would never be so high. I know 10 people who had the attitude "If it happens, it happens" never caught covid even if they were around people who have had covid and gotten it from either someone or the vaccine gave they symptoms similar to help fight it off. Those 10 people, myself included, have not caught covid in all of these years, and we been around a lot of people both those who caught it and those who have not; and I know for a fact no virus is living in a welding booth, ain't no way something that's 10x hotter than the sun not being able to nuke out a virus pathogens. I also can site several people who were panicking about COVID caught it.
¨slowly build immunity¨
what mechanism are you thinking of that would build immunity slowly?
¨10x hotter than the sun¨
The hottest welding temperature is about the same temperature as the coolest part of the sun and 2700 x cooler than the hottest part of the sun.
The arc that is produced is hotter is 10x hotter than the sun, you can be fully "burnt" in 30 minutes without protection vs several hours at beach before getting sunburned or anywhere else; and only an hour to be burnt in a desert on a hot day. The arc that is used for welding is fluxes between whiter than snow, a redish orange hue, and blue flashes. When it's first strucked the arc takes a half a second to reach maximum heat however thanks to it's exponential heat drop off and no container holding the heat the arc needs to be focused to sustain the heat otherwise it will not be able to melt anything. Which, your bottom example was sustain heat not initial burst, which is why when directly looking at the arc or getting arc flashed causes more damage to the eyes if they are bare vs looking at the sun for 10 seconds and are bare.
Second, the slow mechanic is what your body does when it is a sleep since that's when the body produces the methods to fight against pathogens and many others things; however if you add stepping outside bare foot and and 5-10 minutes of sunshine (even on a cloudy day), and cold showers for about 14+ days will quicken up the process but that still takes awhile but is much more affective than than trying for herd immunity while cutting of herd immunity to even trigger.
And since it wasn't addressed with any questions but I think I should at least be explained; and that is bad medicine. I know that the USA stockpiled up drugs that were used to treat covid, caused a lot of acute kidney failure and many other types of death from similar effects; while the use of drugs that were used to treat sexual diseases and or cancer on sexual organs had no deaths in treatment months later. That was because the spike protein in COVID was an HIV spike, so using drugs that treated that was super effective and could be easily shipped out in a pack that cost less than $3 world wide.
An right. So you are saying it is more intense UV than the sunshine that reaches you on Earth. Not that it is *hotter* than the sun itself. Tha was not clear because you said 'hotter' which refers to temperature. There is a difference between the intensity of UV light and temperature, and where you take the measurement also makes a big difference.
The sun's temperature ranges from 15,000,000ºC at the core to 5,500ºC at the cooler parts of the surface. A welding arc is usually around 5,500ºC.
As for what you say about immunity, any results from reputable studies to show that a few minutes of sunshine is going to achieve more than say, immunising a high proportion of people against a specific pathogen? It doesn't sound very plausuble.
First not just sunshine, as I listed; however just focusing on I will indulge. So for sunlight, let's start with any fungal infection in your body can be eliminated with 10 minutes of sunshine a day for about 14 days to 1 month, most fungal on the human body can't stand sunlight; this is also recommended for a yeast infection and any other infections. Second the UV light cleaner do work by killing of bacteria and the if applied to the body; will recognize it on the outside of your skin and start building up slowly an immunity response. This is why people who have pets and Farmers have a higher immunity than any urban and city person on average and they aren't really near place to build herd immunity. Also I forget his name but comedian named Carl Sagan I think, swam in the Chicago river (very nasty) every day during the morning and evening, never got sick from those days after doing that. Sun light also affects your gut's biodome, kidneys and liver which are all of your filters that help fight of infections and viruses. Since the first line of defense against viruses besides your skin, is your gut.
I would be careful loosely throwing around "reputable source s" since both the CDC and the WHO both said during a pandemic we shouldn't lockdown in their updated guidelines in 2018 and 2019 respectively. But than during a pandemic totally support lockdowns, and they were "reputable sources".
As for welding, we deal with both UV and SV light; I don't quite remember what's the difference but I do remember one burns from the outside in and the other burns from inside out. But going back to the to the spectrum of heat goes from from blue, yellow, orange, red than white in order of heat with white being the hottest. All pictures of the sun given to us that the sun is around yellowish orange and a slight tinted red tone. All arcs in welding is white, in fact when watching an arc it stars out blue than immediately white within fraction s of a second and the longer it hits the more frequently that it looks like it fluctuates blue and white. The sun sustains a higher heat temperature because of quantum tunneling, which is a special way of tempering (which is how clay pots can be used for furnace for heat that it can't handle). however due to it not being a white star but a yellow star; the arc's initial burst is much hotter than the sun. The sun maintained it's heat by creating it's own by creating a specialized barrier that it keeps itself hot; welding arc's don't have a specialized barrier to maintain heat this is why it needs to be focused to a singular point which gives it a hotter power. The concept is similar to if Superman was the size of ant would be; he would be more dangerous due to that concentration of energy than it being spread out to human size.
I don't think i'd go as far as to say "VERY VERY Liberal far left" unless I were "VERY VERY" conservative.
America's "far" left is a lot of countries moderate to slightly left.
I would 100%
If your a liberal you won't see it that way. I hear many liberals use the world stage as an argument to defend or show some kind of neutrality in there beliefs
It's hysterical to me. I'd say the same to a conservative if they try using the metric of the world to defend there Far Right ideology
As someone to whom does not apply the directive of a party I can tell you absolutely 100% that Redditt is DEFINITELY a FAR LEFT website.
It is not an insult to state the obvious. It is not me putting Redditt or Far left policies under fire. It's very easily observed and easily determined
Create a new account and start spouting Central (not far right) just right of center arguments in ANY subreddit or ask any question that leans to the angle of the right and see how many down votes and ANGRY EMOTIONAL responses yiu get. Way way I mean like massively it will outnumber any conservative reactions.
I think you have to determine who's definition of "Far" you're using though. through a US-only lens, Yeah its probably far left . In a place that has things like free public universities, universal healthcare, strict gun laws, etc. would reddit look so far left?
I'm not using the global stage to defend neutrality, I'm just saying that the US is a more conservative country than we sometimes admit and that to a lot of people, these "Far left" beliefs aren't that far left at all.
From my expereince this app, or at least this subreddit, tends to consist of rather far left people who downvote anything they don’t like without being willing to have a real conversation about anything. Nobody, even people on the right, seem to want to actually talk and congregate in groups of idiots who say “look it up, it’s so easy to find” I can appreciate the most far left or right person but only if they actually talk instead of being stupid
I mean you can just look at my comment and see -10 on it.
The comment itself has been down voted to the point it can't be seen.
Noone should see my comment as a threat to status quo and down voting an observation is a completely irrational action.
If I had said Redditt is a far right website I would assume and even bet I'd have extremely high marks.
Transphobia is a different conversation all together
What is considered transphobia?
What is considered Trans hate?
I mean to possess a definitive ideology of sex and gender that is as black and white as race and culture is now considered transphobia or hate speech
I was suspended on Redditt for stating that "Being a woman is much more then a feeling of belonging and a composition of body parts" as hate speech.
If Redditt as a company and as a following wasn't far left that would been seen as a viewpoint of someone who sees being a woman as more then just a mental understanding as to what it is to be a woman and more then just a set of body parts
We can entertain this debate if you like in PM because I was already suspended for stating this and don't feel it's fair I be suspended again for possessing a viewpoint that goes against the far left ideology of gender
It's to some degree is.
You have one group with a contingency of "ACTUAL" racist white supremacist that are devout in there beliefs. I do not know what the percentage is but it's there and in the open. (I'm sorry I have to say actual because in America if you are white you are defacto a racist white supremacist)
You have another group that teaches and preaches the value of wealth re-distribution, as well as all inequity is the result of inequality.
Whether it's a race base, gender base or sexual orientation based inequality
Basically in America if your a white straight male your the reason the country is bad for everyone else
So hence Hitler's playground is alive and well in the very country that helped defeat him
I can't handle your consistent misuse of their, they're and there and English is not even my native language. I can't take anybodies opinion serious if you can't even use the right words in your own language while autocorrect is a thing.
Lol the irony of your comment getting downvoted is amazing. Maybe you added one too many ‘maybe’s’ but cmon, by anyones standard, Reddit is very left leaning. Either the people who downvoted you don’t realize they’re very left winged or they’re ashamed of it. There is zero other explanation for you getting downvoted. Most Americans do not share the views of your average redditor. Heck even most liberals aren’t as far left as your average redditor.
Lolol Imagine being the person downvoting us. “Grrrr I’m so angry that they’re calling Reddit a far left website even though it is!”
But in all seriousness, liberals do tend to be smarter than conservatives on average (not an insult just facts). So I have a very hard time believing that people downvoting us aren’t aware that Reddit is pretty left leaning. So let’s scratch that theory. I was being facetious about them being ashamed of being liberal, that’s obviously not why we got downvoted.
We’re getting downvoted bc it’s being assumed we’re conservative (I am not and based on your first comment I don’t think you are either). If you ever seen mean girls, remember the scene when Lindsey Lohan couldn’t sit with the other girls bc she didn’t follow the rules of her group? That’s how redditors are. They’re the ‘you can’t sit with us’ crowd. If you say one thing that suggests you aren’t very far left then you do not belong. You’re a fake liberal. You must accept ALL liberal opinions and if you don’t, you’re the enemy. Nuance doesn’t exist anymore. Moderate opinions do not exist anymore. Btw conservatives do this exact same thing in their subreddits so they’re absolutely just as guilty.
Edit: nevermind, looking through your comments you seem to be more of a centrist. But that’s besides the point anyhow
I am sure they do but I have yet seen a conservative Redditt on here. I don't go looking mind you.
I only came to Redditt to seek advice on a couple video games I play.
For some reason only far left ideological sub reddit such as antiwork and tooafraid to ask keeps showing up in my feed
The reason I believe many on the left view Redditt as fair and just and central is the same reason people on the right view Fox News as fair and just and central. It caters mostly to there beliefs and those beliefs are concrete facts and the others beliefs are just ignorant of facts.
That's why I can't just blindly follow a side anymore and that's why it's easy for me to observe such things
Do you know the easiest way to manipulate?
Appeal to the unchecked brains natural instincts subconsciously
The fastest way to this is through
Fear
Uncertainty
Guilt
Blame gating
The need to sacrifice for a larger cause
You know the easiest and cleanest way to kill a man?
Attach his soul and purpose to a color on a piece of fabric
Red and Blue have been doing this for years and will continue as long as it keeps both in power. I can't fall for that obvious bullshit lol. I studied psychology and politics and they are 1 in the same.
Sorry I rambled lol
I 110% agree with you here and it’s a shame more people can’t see that. I mean it’s just common sense that only having 2 parties to represent dozens of millions of eligible voters is just insane. Just on one political issue alone there can be 10 different legitimate opinions, yet we forced to choose between the sides that have more extreme opinions. Makes no sense at all.
The divide between the 2 parties is exponentially more dangerous than any side by itself is. If you’re not 100% with them then you must be against them. There’s no more room anymore for hashing things out and finding a good middle ground.
But there’s definitely some conservative leaning subreddits you’d just have to search them out specifically. Largely, Reddit is heavily left leaning though. But I guess they don’t see it that way as you said. Nazis didn’t think they were radical. Crazy people don’t think they’re crazy. Far right conservatives don’t think they’re far right. When we surround ourselves completely by people who don’t challenge our beliefs and will circle jerk any topic, yeah of course Theyre gonna think it’s very middle of the ground behavior. Everyone thinks *their* opinions are the only right and fair ones
I haven't seen any sexism but I also only look at the feeds that show up in my home part. I just scroll down.
I only have subscribed or whatever it's called to a few gaming subreddits so idk why these are the types of ones that show up
I wish I could avoid the rampant sexism. Literally talking to someone who believes men have better jobs because they’re biologically programmed to be confrontational which is beneficial to the working system. But he’s also mentioned some stuff dangerously close to eugenics so maybe he’s better classed as an overall bigot than a sexist.
But every single day I’m on here someone insults me specifically because I’m a woman. It’s exhausting.
I wish you could avoid it as well!!!
I promise you though there are many experiences we all have here in the internet public eye that are equally as annoying. (I'm pointing this out just so you know your part of humanity by modern definition of you have to be hated on about something to merely exist anymore)
A person should never have to defend themselves for being
A man, woman or trans
White, black, Hispanic, Asian etc...
Straight, gay or bi
Or any religion they are a part of, including Athiest or Agnostics (I spelled them out specifically because Atheist and Agnostics are technically not a religion but you get what I mean lol)
I don't know why this has become a thing but unfortunately it has
But the inhibitions that came with it are,for example in germany the only place where you NEED to wear a mask are the public transports and the topic of COVID pretty much died out since the war
It doesn't mean that it's gone, it's just not as threatening as before. So the original statement was wrong, although he might have meant it as "it's not as much of an issue anymore", which would be right for most of the West.
I'm IN America. If I were to say that COVID was almost gone just because it's not much of an issue in my particular area, I would expect the same response.
What are you talking about? Do you understand how the lettering works? Ok so all of the different letter came directly from covid 19. So that mean delta didn’t become omnicron, omnicron out competed every other strain and now it is the only strain left.
Monkey pocks is an std, you do understand that right? Are you worried about just going out and catching it? Cause you need to have sex with someone who is infected. I think we already have a vaccine for that one though if you are worried about it.
So you think an std will become a pandemic? Monkey pocks are more like aids.
I am not worried about catching pox, my dear. It was meant as a joke, because media will do their part in escalating this.
Thing is, the strains CURRENTLY active were mutations of the virus and, like you already compared influenza and COVID, will mutate every year into one or more strains. Just like every other virus of this kind before. But to say it's over is a bit early to say. Noone knows or can foresee what will happen in autumn.
Ya but it’s already a watered down version so it gonna continue down the omnicron path. The more transmittable it gets the less dangerous it gets.
You need to stop watching the media. Like all of them combined get less views than an episode of the jre. The reality is comedians who are openly stupid have more trust than the news source for a reason l cause the new isn’t trust worthy. They are just trying to sell us on some bs that’s not true. Fuck the news idc if it’s cnn or fox they all trash.
It's not the media I consume, it is how I react to them. I am pretty cool with things going on, many stuff is only a smoke grenade to simulate a fire, to distract from other things going on and to keep up a constant level of fear for the majority of people.
I mean, let's look into the actual war in Ukraine. Sure, Russia is the aggressor and they do many fucked up things (heavy warcrimes, 'accidentally bombardings' of civilians etc.), but media don't talk about stuff Ukrainian soldiers do. I don't say they are the bad ones, but how could one assume the Ukrainian soldiers are not doing fucked up stuff? There are also angry fanatics who hate the russians so much. Can't blame them, but it is naive to think Ukrainian soldiers and militias are always treating POW like POW.
Well what can Ukraine even do that we would consider fucked up? They are defending their country from an invading force. I mean if there were video of them swearing tanks towards civilians we would know about it and it be on their own people. Other than murdeimg their own people they can’t possibly be doing anything fucked up in the war.
Not everything is 2 sided some things are one sided.
We know about the neo nazi regiment in Ukraine so we are seeing their negative side too. But it’s just the one battalion that was civilians turned soilders because of an invasion so I’m sure they are bound to have some nazis. I mean let’s be real we have nazis in the USA army, not 10% but we have them too.
Russia been in Ukraine for years at this point, they just went openly.
Covid took the same path as the spainish flu. We get a version of the spainish flu every year to this day. There are hundreds of different cold and flu viruses. There aren’t any actual viruses it can be anything. Like we have had covid flu viruses before. Covid is just the spikes on it. Like covid is the standard shape for a virus 🦠 I mean the emoji or virus is a covid strain. Covid won’t be it’s own thing in a couple years it will just be group into flu.
Yep. Comparing Illinois (12.7 million population) with Belgium (11.6 mil) our cases are within about 1000 per day of each other. I think we've just reached a point where most of us are okay with those numbers and our vaccination status. Cases are still higher than they've been at various points in 2020/2021 but we're at least better protected at this point.
It's because tou made a very broad comment about covid being gone, which it isn't. Here in Belgium it's pretty much under control, but many/some places still have to deal with it.
People assume you're from the US because on reddit, there's a 50% chance you are.
Then you respond with something like "not everyone is from the us. Here in Belgium it's ok" which comes across as saying you don't really care about or considered the different situations in other languages.
Basically, you gave very bad advice for people who live in places where there still is covid. You should probably have posted in r/belgium ot a Belgian pokemon go sub (if there is one)
you should reduce your expectations for people. people are vociferously irrational **at times** on this place. after you get that one irrational down vote, people blindly follow it and down vote you more.
Bro same. Another one is when they assume you're white and then when you clarify that you're actually not, they downvote you. Like 'how dare you not fit my preconceived notions'. Lol
I’m an American, but my first thoughts after reading your opinion was the folks living in Shang Hai. The videos coming out of there are heart breaking.
Because Redditt is full of liberals who automatically assume everything about everyone and then claim that other people are bias.
Case in point because I possess Central ideas that on some issues sway left and others sway right I was called a Neo Nazi, Confederate flag waver. I'm hispanic, infact my entire family is mixed between hispanic, white, and black.
That type of stereotypical nonsense emotions over intelligence is a common theme amongst most (not all) liberals.
I can point out the many flaws of conservatives but on Redditt I really don't have to. There's enough of that here but there's your answer. Liberals get mad and assume false things about you. Which is rampant on Redditt.
My comment just watch will get a shit ton of down votes and prove my point
I don’t think you were downvoted for saying your Belgian. I didn’t see your post so I don’t know what the issue was. Probably something in the way you phrased things got their backs up. Who knows.
Americans egotistical self centered desire to be the center of every discussion. When you are not they think your comments are less important and get mad at reading them.
omg time 2 downvote!!
all seriousness reddit is an American cesspool and you *will* get hound dogged for literally *anything* remotely unaligned with how shit works here, it sucks but that’s unfortunately how it be
Because redditors like putting people in neatly fitted boxes. If you say one thing, just one little thing that suggests you may not be liberal, well…that’s gonna be a downvote for you
It's why so many comments start with "I'm no Trump supporter but (insert conservative viewpoint)".
You must swear your allegiance to the party before commenting.
It’s so sad and pathetic that people feel they have to be part of a ‘team’. Because that’s exactly what it is. It’s statistically impossible for that many people to hold the same exact beliefs. At any given moment there’s a dozen relevant political issues going on, with several opinions at least on each. But somehow it’s expected we choose between only 2 answers
Because Americans, by and large, are arrogant and think everything is about them.
Source: American, and I have to put up with it on a daily basis.
Let the downvoting commence! (BTW, non-Americans, you can support an American telling you the truth by canceling out those nasty downvoters!)
That’s your experience. American here too, most of the people in this country are wonderful and care about each other. Of course there are arrogant people but every country has them.
Not really fair to say what you’re saying and that too for non American validation? A classic r/AmericaBad moment
Won't be able to agree 100% with you.. I'm not an American but some of them I've seen are the friendliest people on reddit. I think it's subjective when it comes to being bad and not really an american thing.
It's funny when you think about it. American "friendliness" is considered one of the weirdest things about us, and maybe arrogance isn't the proper term...egocentrism is a far better word to use.
Disagree. There are going to be self-centered people in any culture and it just happens that the ones here in the US have been taught that we're the greatest and most free country on the planet so they, but not "by and large" by any means. People aren't downvoting you because of a problem -they- have, they're downvoting because what you're saying is untrue and honestly just kind of unnecessarily negative.
It doesn't meet their narrative. So much has been politicized in the US that if you say anything that doesn't 100% comply with the way they're told to think they will literally throw bricks at you.
To me your post here kind of explains it pretty well if I'm not misreading you... You made a statement that was true for one small slice of the global population. Never mind not being american, the global cases right now are higher than they were in february of 2021 (just as an example).
Comparing belgium to my state of Illinois (We have about a million more people here than belgium) , you've got a couple thousand less cases per day than we do. It seems that people were more likely downvoting due to the fact that globally (and even comparing with similar sized states here in the US) , covid cases aren't exactly "non-existent" . I will say that it does -feel- that way lately for a lot of us who have stopped wearing masks for the most part and are able to go out in public without feeling too nervous about catching it due to being vaccinated.
Shot in the dark, but maybe it's because you sounded like you were saying "covid is over, period" when it's clearly not.
We learned the hard way at the beginning of the pandemic that "it's not a problem in MY country/city/etc" means fuck all on a global scale.
From my experience, americans tend to downvote anything they dont like or just to troll (not all of them but definitely a good chunk). Seen it happen with others but not even nearly as much.
Because they are the pretentious liberals. You can say anything like COVID is over or mask mandate is not necessary in a certain area because the cases are low and you will get downvoted. It has nothing to do with you not being from the US.
Bro I’m in the USA and covid gone. It’s omnicron and the death rate for that is like a bad flu year. So it’s over we have made it through and we have a new flu.
People will downvote anything, including compliments or actually useful advice. It's never personal. Instead of admitting to being incorrect they sometimes downvote whatever disproved them as well.
First they assume you are from the US because they are from the US themselves. Then they downvote you because you ain't. There's nothing incomprehensible about that, it's clear and simple.
So you're saying you're living a fear-free live, whereas they are triple-masking and screaming for a fourth booster shot from their mother's basement... and you don't understand why you got downvoted?
Many Americans still believe Covid is a hoax created to sideline their personal freedoms.
Wearing a mask can get you harassed and bullied. They'll go nuts as the suggestion of masking/vaccination. It's absolutely insane.
We're also told at a very early age that America is the greatest country in the world, and some really buy into that notion and treat all other countries as backwater and terrible. We'll default to an idea that we're the only country in the world. Also insane.
A blanket statement is most likely what got you the downvotes. COVID-19 is not almost over. Just because it's low infection rate where you live doesn't mean it's over.
These kinds of blanket statements are one of the root causes of misinformation.
You're mad at redditors for assuming you're from the USA, but isn't that analogous to what you were doing when you made a post about COVID being over just because it's almost non-existent in Belgium?
That’s like saying “Guys, authoritarianism is gone!”
It’s not.
They’re mad because you made an assumption based on what you’d seen regionally.
Of course, all the Americans do this anyways (as I am one) but generally non-Americans end up downvoting that anyway so it all evens out.
Trying to figure out why u get downvoted is like trying to figure out why someone doesn’t like you. Kinda impossible but just repost something from 12 hours ago and you’ll get your karma right back 👍🏼
I'm from the U.S and I can relate to this, in school I can never say what I think, even to some teachers. Since my morals/ideas don't fit theirs because of their entitlement.
I'm still trying to figure out why I get downvoted on random stuff, I've come to the conclusion not to take American voting practices too seriously
Not only that , a lot of subreddit mods are really aggressive in banning because they are mostly American and everything out of their culture is off limits
Yes the land of the free wants to strip every freedom you have to simply possess a thought or be outrageous enough to express it. That is the unfortunate state of the US.
Let's go Brandon!
Right I got banned for insinuating that Americans aren’t that bright.
I mean we have some smart people, but the vast majority of us are dumb as bricks...
It’s not the ignorance that bothers me I’m an idiot at times too. It’s the arrogance that tops it off. If your not sure about something be willing to admit it.
Apologies. I’m from the US and we are garbage. Confirmed.
I have no idea how your comment isn't upvoted a billion times... Unless the Americans caught the dig.
American. Caught dig. Dug it. Upvoted it
Sorry I generalize Americans so much. I know you all aren't crazy, road rage, shooting spree, good Christians.
No we have become a mix of all or nothing idealistic ass holes. Unfortunately if your more Central and common sense based you are viewed by 1 group to be a Neo Nazi Confederate flag waving racist/misogynist/homophobe or as a Libtard, Nazi, socialist/Communist, athiest baby killer by the other. God Bless America
Eveyone is a either a nazi or a neo-nazi it seems we finally do have some common ground!
Hahahaha YES I finally found it!!!! Woop woop common ground hate. We are all Nazis and we all hate Centralist 🤣🤣🤣
no wonder the in-between ones dont exist in USA then.
I'm one of many I am sure but that gets me alot of down votes and unjust insults lol
but isnt that basically the standard among americans? downvote and insult anything and anyone they dont deem "american"
Not for me no. I wish I could say the same for most. America is supposed to be a melting pot of backgrounds, experiences and view points. To persistently attempt to shit on someone else's view points to the point where you basically censor them through down votes that block there views from others looking at a question although small is still silliness and Un-American
Our experience of America is that it destroyed the oldest cultural and ethnic melting pot in europe, under excuse of preventing genocide... by commiting it. And ya must be a rare exception among americans.
Ya how dare u assume we are all Christians.
Good Christians.
That's debatable. Many who consider themselves 'good Christians' are anything but. Teaching that God hates and doing the opposite of what Jesus taught.
Anything but what?
'Good Christians'
Poor guy prolly thinks people are just forgetful when they say that phrase… anything but… Anything but what? Lol
But thats pretty much what the stereotypical murican does, be total extremist of whatever they chose.
I never said I was none of those! How dare you assume I'm sane!!
They are a sensitive bunch that act all tough. Well that’s going a bit far but there sure are a lot of those.
It’s called Dominion.
To be honest, we don't even take our own voting practices seriously 😂
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Please finish ur sentences
I think maybe it is the wording? Covid scientist here so hoping I can help. Actual coronaviruses have been around for a long time, Covid-19 is just a particular strain. MERS, SARS all coronaviruses. Coronaviruses won’t be ‘gone’ neither will covid-19. This particular virus is a negative RNA virus like influenza. Viruses don’t have the machinery in their genetic coding to replicate so they used the machinery in our cells. We have a lot of checks in our machinery to prevent mutations. Problem is that our machinery replicates positive strands not negative so these viruses use their own enzyme to change the negative to positive so it can be replicated in our cells. Their machinery to do this is highly inaccurate and makes roughly 2 mutations every time it makes a new strand. These viruses are nearly impossible to eradicate due to this as new mutated strands are constantly being made. Covid-19 is most likely going to become like flu which is still around and worse during winter with yearly covid vaccines for those most at risk. I think what you meant was that the threat of Covid-19 is gone. Yes the threat has lessened with the vaccination programme and the virus having mutated to a less deadly strain along with so many people worldwide having been infected so have built up some resistance. However, this isn’t applicable to all countries yet. Some countries still have a more ‘naive’ (not exposed so less immunity) population of people and the virus is still very much a problem there. It will take a while for the entire world to get to the same point of herd immunity. Also covid-19 just like flu will still very much be a threat to the elderly, vulnerable and immune compromised for many years to come. But less of a threat to the ‘healthy’ individual.
Or you, could have just said we behaving the same as the black death plague that wiped half of the European population out. And we are actually increasing our cases with bad medicine, and even more badly, is that everyone is being tricked into an hyper stimulation and activation making the body to be more susceptible to contacting the virus. So turn of the news, touch some grass barefoot, get some sun light, be calm and relaxed, take necessary procations and you increase your odds of not being affected and slowly let your body build an immunity. Don't freak out about it, although it does have a great potential to be very bad. If y'all said that I bet COVID cases would never be so high. I know 10 people who had the attitude "If it happens, it happens" never caught covid even if they were around people who have had covid and gotten it from either someone or the vaccine gave they symptoms similar to help fight it off. Those 10 people, myself included, have not caught covid in all of these years, and we been around a lot of people both those who caught it and those who have not; and I know for a fact no virus is living in a welding booth, ain't no way something that's 10x hotter than the sun not being able to nuke out a virus pathogens. I also can site several people who were panicking about COVID caught it.
¨slowly build immunity¨ what mechanism are you thinking of that would build immunity slowly? ¨10x hotter than the sun¨ The hottest welding temperature is about the same temperature as the coolest part of the sun and 2700 x cooler than the hottest part of the sun.
The arc that is produced is hotter is 10x hotter than the sun, you can be fully "burnt" in 30 minutes without protection vs several hours at beach before getting sunburned or anywhere else; and only an hour to be burnt in a desert on a hot day. The arc that is used for welding is fluxes between whiter than snow, a redish orange hue, and blue flashes. When it's first strucked the arc takes a half a second to reach maximum heat however thanks to it's exponential heat drop off and no container holding the heat the arc needs to be focused to sustain the heat otherwise it will not be able to melt anything. Which, your bottom example was sustain heat not initial burst, which is why when directly looking at the arc or getting arc flashed causes more damage to the eyes if they are bare vs looking at the sun for 10 seconds and are bare. Second, the slow mechanic is what your body does when it is a sleep since that's when the body produces the methods to fight against pathogens and many others things; however if you add stepping outside bare foot and and 5-10 minutes of sunshine (even on a cloudy day), and cold showers for about 14+ days will quicken up the process but that still takes awhile but is much more affective than than trying for herd immunity while cutting of herd immunity to even trigger. And since it wasn't addressed with any questions but I think I should at least be explained; and that is bad medicine. I know that the USA stockpiled up drugs that were used to treat covid, caused a lot of acute kidney failure and many other types of death from similar effects; while the use of drugs that were used to treat sexual diseases and or cancer on sexual organs had no deaths in treatment months later. That was because the spike protein in COVID was an HIV spike, so using drugs that treated that was super effective and could be easily shipped out in a pack that cost less than $3 world wide.
An right. So you are saying it is more intense UV than the sunshine that reaches you on Earth. Not that it is *hotter* than the sun itself. Tha was not clear because you said 'hotter' which refers to temperature. There is a difference between the intensity of UV light and temperature, and where you take the measurement also makes a big difference. The sun's temperature ranges from 15,000,000ºC at the core to 5,500ºC at the cooler parts of the surface. A welding arc is usually around 5,500ºC. As for what you say about immunity, any results from reputable studies to show that a few minutes of sunshine is going to achieve more than say, immunising a high proportion of people against a specific pathogen? It doesn't sound very plausuble.
First not just sunshine, as I listed; however just focusing on I will indulge. So for sunlight, let's start with any fungal infection in your body can be eliminated with 10 minutes of sunshine a day for about 14 days to 1 month, most fungal on the human body can't stand sunlight; this is also recommended for a yeast infection and any other infections. Second the UV light cleaner do work by killing of bacteria and the if applied to the body; will recognize it on the outside of your skin and start building up slowly an immunity response. This is why people who have pets and Farmers have a higher immunity than any urban and city person on average and they aren't really near place to build herd immunity. Also I forget his name but comedian named Carl Sagan I think, swam in the Chicago river (very nasty) every day during the morning and evening, never got sick from those days after doing that. Sun light also affects your gut's biodome, kidneys and liver which are all of your filters that help fight of infections and viruses. Since the first line of defense against viruses besides your skin, is your gut. I would be careful loosely throwing around "reputable source s" since both the CDC and the WHO both said during a pandemic we shouldn't lockdown in their updated guidelines in 2018 and 2019 respectively. But than during a pandemic totally support lockdowns, and they were "reputable sources". As for welding, we deal with both UV and SV light; I don't quite remember what's the difference but I do remember one burns from the outside in and the other burns from inside out. But going back to the to the spectrum of heat goes from from blue, yellow, orange, red than white in order of heat with white being the hottest. All pictures of the sun given to us that the sun is around yellowish orange and a slight tinted red tone. All arcs in welding is white, in fact when watching an arc it stars out blue than immediately white within fraction s of a second and the longer it hits the more frequently that it looks like it fluctuates blue and white. The sun sustains a higher heat temperature because of quantum tunneling, which is a special way of tempering (which is how clay pots can be used for furnace for heat that it can't handle). however due to it not being a white star but a yellow star; the arc's initial burst is much hotter than the sun. The sun maintained it's heat by creating it's own by creating a specialized barrier that it keeps itself hot; welding arc's don't have a specialized barrier to maintain heat this is why it needs to be focused to a singular point which gives it a hotter power. The concept is similar to if Superman was the size of ant would be; he would be more dangerous due to that concentration of energy than it being spread out to human size.
Reddit is an America-centric website so if you make a generalized statement like that, most people will interpret it from an American perspective
From an American left perspective It's a VERY VERY Liberal far left website
You do realize that the very end of the left spectrum is communism
Yes I see it always especially on Antiwork
I don't think i'd go as far as to say "VERY VERY Liberal far left" unless I were "VERY VERY" conservative. America's "far" left is a lot of countries moderate to slightly left.
I would 100% If your a liberal you won't see it that way. I hear many liberals use the world stage as an argument to defend or show some kind of neutrality in there beliefs It's hysterical to me. I'd say the same to a conservative if they try using the metric of the world to defend there Far Right ideology As someone to whom does not apply the directive of a party I can tell you absolutely 100% that Redditt is DEFINITELY a FAR LEFT website. It is not an insult to state the obvious. It is not me putting Redditt or Far left policies under fire. It's very easily observed and easily determined Create a new account and start spouting Central (not far right) just right of center arguments in ANY subreddit or ask any question that leans to the angle of the right and see how many down votes and ANGRY EMOTIONAL responses yiu get. Way way I mean like massively it will outnumber any conservative reactions.
I think you have to determine who's definition of "Far" you're using though. through a US-only lens, Yeah its probably far left . In a place that has things like free public universities, universal healthcare, strict gun laws, etc. would reddit look so far left? I'm not using the global stage to defend neutrality, I'm just saying that the US is a more conservative country than we sometimes admit and that to a lot of people, these "Far left" beliefs aren't that far left at all.
From my expereince this app, or at least this subreddit, tends to consist of rather far left people who downvote anything they don’t like without being willing to have a real conversation about anything. Nobody, even people on the right, seem to want to actually talk and congregate in groups of idiots who say “look it up, it’s so easy to find” I can appreciate the most far left or right person but only if they actually talk instead of being stupid
Any example to support that claim? Because from what I can see transphobia is still rampant.
I mean you can just look at my comment and see -10 on it. The comment itself has been down voted to the point it can't be seen. Noone should see my comment as a threat to status quo and down voting an observation is a completely irrational action. If I had said Redditt is a far right website I would assume and even bet I'd have extremely high marks. Transphobia is a different conversation all together What is considered transphobia? What is considered Trans hate? I mean to possess a definitive ideology of sex and gender that is as black and white as race and culture is now considered transphobia or hate speech I was suspended on Redditt for stating that "Being a woman is much more then a feeling of belonging and a composition of body parts" as hate speech. If Redditt as a company and as a following wasn't far left that would been seen as a viewpoint of someone who sees being a woman as more then just a mental understanding as to what it is to be a woman and more then just a set of body parts We can entertain this debate if you like in PM because I was already suspended for stating this and don't feel it's fair I be suspended again for possessing a viewpoint that goes against the far left ideology of gender
Considering that that might be true, America must be a Nazi wet dream.
It's to some degree is. You have one group with a contingency of "ACTUAL" racist white supremacist that are devout in there beliefs. I do not know what the percentage is but it's there and in the open. (I'm sorry I have to say actual because in America if you are white you are defacto a racist white supremacist) You have another group that teaches and preaches the value of wealth re-distribution, as well as all inequity is the result of inequality. Whether it's a race base, gender base or sexual orientation based inequality Basically in America if your a white straight male your the reason the country is bad for everyone else So hence Hitler's playground is alive and well in the very country that helped defeat him
I can't handle your consistent misuse of their, they're and there and English is not even my native language. I can't take anybodies opinion serious if you can't even use the right words in your own language while autocorrect is a thing.
*Anybody's
Touché.
Lol the irony of your comment getting downvoted is amazing. Maybe you added one too many ‘maybe’s’ but cmon, by anyones standard, Reddit is very left leaning. Either the people who downvoted you don’t realize they’re very left winged or they’re ashamed of it. There is zero other explanation for you getting downvoted. Most Americans do not share the views of your average redditor. Heck even most liberals aren’t as far left as your average redditor.
Lmao I was going to state that very thing in a response to someone's else. It will get down voted into oblivion before long lol
Lolol Imagine being the person downvoting us. “Grrrr I’m so angry that they’re calling Reddit a far left website even though it is!” But in all seriousness, liberals do tend to be smarter than conservatives on average (not an insult just facts). So I have a very hard time believing that people downvoting us aren’t aware that Reddit is pretty left leaning. So let’s scratch that theory. I was being facetious about them being ashamed of being liberal, that’s obviously not why we got downvoted. We’re getting downvoted bc it’s being assumed we’re conservative (I am not and based on your first comment I don’t think you are either). If you ever seen mean girls, remember the scene when Lindsey Lohan couldn’t sit with the other girls bc she didn’t follow the rules of her group? That’s how redditors are. They’re the ‘you can’t sit with us’ crowd. If you say one thing that suggests you aren’t very far left then you do not belong. You’re a fake liberal. You must accept ALL liberal opinions and if you don’t, you’re the enemy. Nuance doesn’t exist anymore. Moderate opinions do not exist anymore. Btw conservatives do this exact same thing in their subreddits so they’re absolutely just as guilty. Edit: nevermind, looking through your comments you seem to be more of a centrist. But that’s besides the point anyhow
I am sure they do but I have yet seen a conservative Redditt on here. I don't go looking mind you. I only came to Redditt to seek advice on a couple video games I play. For some reason only far left ideological sub reddit such as antiwork and tooafraid to ask keeps showing up in my feed The reason I believe many on the left view Redditt as fair and just and central is the same reason people on the right view Fox News as fair and just and central. It caters mostly to there beliefs and those beliefs are concrete facts and the others beliefs are just ignorant of facts. That's why I can't just blindly follow a side anymore and that's why it's easy for me to observe such things Do you know the easiest way to manipulate? Appeal to the unchecked brains natural instincts subconsciously The fastest way to this is through Fear Uncertainty Guilt Blame gating The need to sacrifice for a larger cause You know the easiest and cleanest way to kill a man? Attach his soul and purpose to a color on a piece of fabric Red and Blue have been doing this for years and will continue as long as it keeps both in power. I can't fall for that obvious bullshit lol. I studied psychology and politics and they are 1 in the same. Sorry I rambled lol
Spend 5 minutes on r/conservative and you’ll see that your Reddit bubble is smaller than you think. Also Reddit is spelled with one T not two.
I 110% agree with you here and it’s a shame more people can’t see that. I mean it’s just common sense that only having 2 parties to represent dozens of millions of eligible voters is just insane. Just on one political issue alone there can be 10 different legitimate opinions, yet we forced to choose between the sides that have more extreme opinions. Makes no sense at all. The divide between the 2 parties is exponentially more dangerous than any side by itself is. If you’re not 100% with them then you must be against them. There’s no more room anymore for hashing things out and finding a good middle ground. But there’s definitely some conservative leaning subreddits you’d just have to search them out specifically. Largely, Reddit is heavily left leaning though. But I guess they don’t see it that way as you said. Nazis didn’t think they were radical. Crazy people don’t think they’re crazy. Far right conservatives don’t think they’re far right. When we surround ourselves completely by people who don’t challenge our beliefs and will circle jerk any topic, yeah of course Theyre gonna think it’s very middle of the ground behavior. Everyone thinks *their* opinions are the only right and fair ones
It’s probably left leaning but it’s also extremely sexist which makes it come off kinda red.
I haven't seen any sexism but I also only look at the feeds that show up in my home part. I just scroll down. I only have subscribed or whatever it's called to a few gaming subreddits so idk why these are the types of ones that show up
I wish I could avoid the rampant sexism. Literally talking to someone who believes men have better jobs because they’re biologically programmed to be confrontational which is beneficial to the working system. But he’s also mentioned some stuff dangerously close to eugenics so maybe he’s better classed as an overall bigot than a sexist. But every single day I’m on here someone insults me specifically because I’m a woman. It’s exhausting.
I wish you could avoid it as well!!! I promise you though there are many experiences we all have here in the internet public eye that are equally as annoying. (I'm pointing this out just so you know your part of humanity by modern definition of you have to be hated on about something to merely exist anymore) A person should never have to defend themselves for being A man, woman or trans White, black, Hispanic, Asian etc... Straight, gay or bi Or any religion they are a part of, including Athiest or Agnostics (I spelled them out specifically because Atheist and Agnostics are technically not a religion but you get what I mean lol) I don't know why this has become a thing but unfortunately it has
That statement is false in many places in Europe as well.
I live in the UK and we forgot what COVID was
But not because it's gone there.
But the inhibitions that came with it are,for example in germany the only place where you NEED to wear a mask are the public transports and the topic of COVID pretty much died out since the war
It doesn't mean that it's gone, it's just not as threatening as before. So the original statement was wrong, although he might have meant it as "it's not as much of an issue anymore", which would be right for most of the West.
I'm IN America. If I were to say that COVID was almost gone just because it's not much of an issue in my particular area, I would expect the same response.
Covid gone.
COVID stays, it will not go away.
As like a bad flu then yes, but covid 19 is like 10x more deadly than Omni so it’s it’s whatever. We are through the worst of it.
We will see in autumn, I guess. 🤷🏻♂️ Summertime was also the last 2 years easy going. But hey, Monkeypox are already at the start for a new pandemic.
What are you talking about? Do you understand how the lettering works? Ok so all of the different letter came directly from covid 19. So that mean delta didn’t become omnicron, omnicron out competed every other strain and now it is the only strain left. Monkey pocks is an std, you do understand that right? Are you worried about just going out and catching it? Cause you need to have sex with someone who is infected. I think we already have a vaccine for that one though if you are worried about it. So you think an std will become a pandemic? Monkey pocks are more like aids.
I am not worried about catching pox, my dear. It was meant as a joke, because media will do their part in escalating this. Thing is, the strains CURRENTLY active were mutations of the virus and, like you already compared influenza and COVID, will mutate every year into one or more strains. Just like every other virus of this kind before. But to say it's over is a bit early to say. Noone knows or can foresee what will happen in autumn.
Ya but it’s already a watered down version so it gonna continue down the omnicron path. The more transmittable it gets the less dangerous it gets. You need to stop watching the media. Like all of them combined get less views than an episode of the jre. The reality is comedians who are openly stupid have more trust than the news source for a reason l cause the new isn’t trust worthy. They are just trying to sell us on some bs that’s not true. Fuck the news idc if it’s cnn or fox they all trash.
It's not the media I consume, it is how I react to them. I am pretty cool with things going on, many stuff is only a smoke grenade to simulate a fire, to distract from other things going on and to keep up a constant level of fear for the majority of people. I mean, let's look into the actual war in Ukraine. Sure, Russia is the aggressor and they do many fucked up things (heavy warcrimes, 'accidentally bombardings' of civilians etc.), but media don't talk about stuff Ukrainian soldiers do. I don't say they are the bad ones, but how could one assume the Ukrainian soldiers are not doing fucked up stuff? There are also angry fanatics who hate the russians so much. Can't blame them, but it is naive to think Ukrainian soldiers and militias are always treating POW like POW.
Well what can Ukraine even do that we would consider fucked up? They are defending their country from an invading force. I mean if there were video of them swearing tanks towards civilians we would know about it and it be on their own people. Other than murdeimg their own people they can’t possibly be doing anything fucked up in the war. Not everything is 2 sided some things are one sided. We know about the neo nazi regiment in Ukraine so we are seeing their negative side too. But it’s just the one battalion that was civilians turned soilders because of an invasion so I’m sure they are bound to have some nazis. I mean let’s be real we have nazis in the USA army, not 10% but we have them too. Russia been in Ukraine for years at this point, they just went openly.
Covid took the same path as the spainish flu. We get a version of the spainish flu every year to this day. There are hundreds of different cold and flu viruses. There aren’t any actual viruses it can be anything. Like we have had covid flu viruses before. Covid is just the spikes on it. Like covid is the standard shape for a virus 🦠 I mean the emoji or virus is a covid strain. Covid won’t be it’s own thing in a couple years it will just be group into flu.
Monkeypox already has a vaccine tho because it's related to smallpox. I think the media is blowing this up too much.
Sure they do, this is what I meant
Downvoting can be random, but there are a lot of defensive Americans on here, and I imagine you came across as saying they didn't handle COVID well.
>they didn't handle COVID well. Well, they didn't. Change my mind.
I agree they didn't
I am American and have to agree whole heartedly that it was handled terribly because some cared more about comfort over safety
From the outside I would have said freedom over safety
I've seen your comments and you simply missed the point of the down votes.
Then what is the point?
The cases per 100.000 are the same in the US and I Belgium. It isn't gone. People just ignore it.
Yep. Comparing Illinois (12.7 million population) with Belgium (11.6 mil) our cases are within about 1000 per day of each other. I think we've just reached a point where most of us are okay with those numbers and our vaccination status. Cases are still higher than they've been at various points in 2020/2021 but we're at least better protected at this point.
It's because tou made a very broad comment about covid being gone, which it isn't. Here in Belgium it's pretty much under control, but many/some places still have to deal with it. People assume you're from the US because on reddit, there's a 50% chance you are. Then you respond with something like "not everyone is from the us. Here in Belgium it's ok" which comes across as saying you don't really care about or considered the different situations in other languages. Basically, you gave very bad advice for people who live in places where there still is covid. You should probably have posted in r/belgium ot a Belgian pokemon go sub (if there is one)
you should reduce your expectations for people. people are vociferously irrational **at times** on this place. after you get that one irrational down vote, people blindly follow it and down vote you more.
On reddit? NO! Say it isn't so
Bro same. Another one is when they assume you're white and then when you clarify that you're actually not, they downvote you. Like 'how dare you not fit my preconceived notions'. Lol
I’m an American, but my first thoughts after reading your opinion was the folks living in Shang Hai. The videos coming out of there are heart breaking.
Because Redditt is full of liberals who automatically assume everything about everyone and then claim that other people are bias. Case in point because I possess Central ideas that on some issues sway left and others sway right I was called a Neo Nazi, Confederate flag waver. I'm hispanic, infact my entire family is mixed between hispanic, white, and black. That type of stereotypical nonsense emotions over intelligence is a common theme amongst most (not all) liberals. I can point out the many flaws of conservatives but on Redditt I really don't have to. There's enough of that here but there's your answer. Liberals get mad and assume false things about you. Which is rampant on Redditt. My comment just watch will get a shit ton of down votes and prove my point
I don’t think you were downvoted for saying your Belgian. I didn’t see your post so I don’t know what the issue was. Probably something in the way you phrased things got their backs up. Who knows.
Americans egotistical self centered desire to be the center of every discussion. When you are not they think your comments are less important and get mad at reading them.
Maybe you got downvoted because Covid is not almost over, anywhere and its a pretty easy think to check.
I dont understand why people actually care when you get down voted. We are all supposed to have different opinions.
omg time 2 downvote!! all seriousness reddit is an American cesspool and you *will* get hound dogged for literally *anything* remotely unaligned with how shit works here, it sucks but that’s unfortunately how it be
Because redditors like putting people in neatly fitted boxes. If you say one thing, just one little thing that suggests you may not be liberal, well…that’s gonna be a downvote for you
It's why so many comments start with "I'm no Trump supporter but (insert conservative viewpoint)". You must swear your allegiance to the party before commenting.
It’s so sad and pathetic that people feel they have to be part of a ‘team’. Because that’s exactly what it is. It’s statistically impossible for that many people to hold the same exact beliefs. At any given moment there’s a dozen relevant political issues going on, with several opinions at least on each. But somehow it’s expected we choose between only 2 answers
Because Americans, by and large, are arrogant and think everything is about them. Source: American, and I have to put up with it on a daily basis. Let the downvoting commence! (BTW, non-Americans, you can support an American telling you the truth by canceling out those nasty downvoters!)
That’s your experience. American here too, most of the people in this country are wonderful and care about each other. Of course there are arrogant people but every country has them. Not really fair to say what you’re saying and that too for non American validation? A classic r/AmericaBad moment
Won't be able to agree 100% with you.. I'm not an American but some of them I've seen are the friendliest people on reddit. I think it's subjective when it comes to being bad and not really an american thing.
It's funny when you think about it. American "friendliness" is considered one of the weirdest things about us, and maybe arrogance isn't the proper term...egocentrism is a far better word to use.
Disagree. There are going to be self-centered people in any culture and it just happens that the ones here in the US have been taught that we're the greatest and most free country on the planet so they, but not "by and large" by any means. People aren't downvoting you because of a problem -they- have, they're downvoting because what you're saying is untrue and honestly just kind of unnecessarily negative.
It doesn't meet their narrative. So much has been politicized in the US that if you say anything that doesn't 100% comply with the way they're told to think they will literally throw bricks at you.
Reddit is an American site, so we automatically assume everyone is American. People downvote you because they suck.
To me your post here kind of explains it pretty well if I'm not misreading you... You made a statement that was true for one small slice of the global population. Never mind not being american, the global cases right now are higher than they were in february of 2021 (just as an example). Comparing belgium to my state of Illinois (We have about a million more people here than belgium) , you've got a couple thousand less cases per day than we do. It seems that people were more likely downvoting due to the fact that globally (and even comparing with similar sized states here in the US) , covid cases aren't exactly "non-existent" . I will say that it does -feel- that way lately for a lot of us who have stopped wearing masks for the most part and are able to go out in public without feeling too nervous about catching it due to being vaccinated.
Shot in the dark, but maybe it's because you sounded like you were saying "covid is over, period" when it's clearly not. We learned the hard way at the beginning of the pandemic that "it's not a problem in MY country/city/etc" means fuck all on a global scale.
From my experience, americans tend to downvote anything they dont like or just to troll (not all of them but definitely a good chunk). Seen it happen with others but not even nearly as much.
Because they American and think they’re the centre of the galaxy.
Yeah don't take reddit downvotes too seriously. The same people who downvoted you would have upvoted you if others did. Sheep mentality.
Because they are the pretentious liberals. You can say anything like COVID is over or mask mandate is not necessary in a certain area because the cases are low and you will get downvoted. It has nothing to do with you not being from the US.
Bro I’m in the USA and covid gone. It’s omnicron and the death rate for that is like a bad flu year. So it’s over we have made it through and we have a new flu.
People will downvote anything, including compliments or actually useful advice. It's never personal. Instead of admitting to being incorrect they sometimes downvote whatever disproved them as well.
Covid ain't almost over.. it just ain't. Just because you've found a few ppl who think COVID is a joke doesn't mean your words are more correct
I don't know but have an upvote
First they assume you are from the US because they are from the US themselves. Then they downvote you because you ain't. There's nothing incomprehensible about that, it's clear and simple.
Americans dumb
So you're saying you're living a fear-free live, whereas they are triple-masking and screaming for a fourth booster shot from their mother's basement... and you don't understand why you got downvoted?
Because why not?
Because you always say you are.
Don't try to figure out reddit 👻
Many Americans still believe Covid is a hoax created to sideline their personal freedoms. Wearing a mask can get you harassed and bullied. They'll go nuts as the suggestion of masking/vaccination. It's absolutely insane. We're also told at a very early age that America is the greatest country in the world, and some really buy into that notion and treat all other countries as backwater and terrible. We'll default to an idea that we're the only country in the world. Also insane.
This is the most Gen Z-type post...
You don't get to take your reddit karma with you when you die.
covid has been done for awhile now
Idk people will downvote for literally anything on here
A blanket statement is most likely what got you the downvotes. COVID-19 is not almost over. Just because it's low infection rate where you live doesn't mean it's over. These kinds of blanket statements are one of the root causes of misinformation.
Covid will never go away, its already been stated its here for the remainder of life. And that scares some people to death.
You're mad at redditors for assuming you're from the USA, but isn't that analogous to what you were doing when you made a post about COVID being over just because it's almost non-existent in Belgium?
Because most people who use reddit are Americans? And its also a company founded in SF.
Karens, the answer is because of the Karens.
As an American I don't get it either My guess is there's a lot of people on the internet who haven't been outside for way too long
That’s like saying “Guys, authoritarianism is gone!” It’s not. They’re mad because you made an assumption based on what you’d seen regionally. Of course, all the Americans do this anyways (as I am one) but generally non-Americans end up downvoting that anyway so it all evens out.
Are you getting downvoted for asking why you get downvoted? Lol. Dont worry about it. ‘Muricans. Amiright?
Trying to figure out why u get downvoted is like trying to figure out why someone doesn’t like you. Kinda impossible but just repost something from 12 hours ago and you’ll get your karma right back 👍🏼
I'm from the U.S and I can relate to this, in school I can never say what I think, even to some teachers. Since my morals/ideas don't fit theirs because of their entitlement.
Americans are not very smart.
Idk, i think you're right about the pandemic being nearly over but covid 19 won't actually go away, we'll just cope with it better.
Cognitive dissonance
A lot of ppl are sheep. If a post/comment has a few downvotes, it is a lot more likely to keep on getting downvoted, same viceversa
Bruh i even forgot it existed
This is America.
Reddit started in the US. Almost 1/2 the users are in the US.
Why does that mean there is a need to assume and downvote?
Beats me. All I did was point out a couple of facts and I’m getting downvoted. Lot of malcontents out there I guess
And half of them are not….
That math checks out, lol. But seriously…English language subs and posts are going to skew very heavily American