Anonymous #1 23w

For emphasis

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Anonymous #2 23w

I mean personally, whenever I run into someone saying something outlandishly, cartoonishly evil, I prefer to think it’s most likely bait, bc I don’t want to lose all faith in humanity. But that’s another problem with rage baiting too, cause a lot of the time you really cannot tell what’s genuine vs what’s bait

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Anonymous perry_theplatypus 23w

Yeah you can’t tell, which is why I never assume that something is rage bait, a lot of bad things have happened because people don’t take what others say seriously

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Anonymous #2 23w

Fair enough. But that’s why I think the core problem lies in rage baiting being a thing at all

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Anonymous perry_theplatypus 23w

That is where I’ll have to disagree. Rage bait is the glue that holds the internet together

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Anonymous #2 23w

And you are entitled to that opinion my friend

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Anonymous cheesepussy 23w

There’s also a link between people who fall for rage bait and masochistic tendency’s

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Anonymous evil_sheep 23w

This actually makes since, a lot of non-white radicalized college women are actually into raceplay

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Anonymous #2 23w

Sense*

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Anonymous cheesepussy 23w

Excellent excellent point

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Anonymous evil_sheep 23w

I respect that. And I do agree that to some degree it can be helpful in testing who can discern bait from reality. I just think that in more recent times there’s been a significant increase relative to any other time in history, and it’s being used as an excuse to say some pretty terrible things bc “it’s just rage bait, you got baited” yk?

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Anonymous average_train_fan 23w

Yeah no I’m not the other guy, I’ve heard many bad things

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Anonymous #8 23w

Yeah

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Anonymous perry_theplatypus 23w

The reason it’s more prevalent is the fact we a the most easy form of communication ever available. Before you would rage bait people in person now with the internet you can rage bait a lot more people

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Anonymous evil_sheep 23w

You make a great point, that’s absolutely true. The existence of the internet, coupled with today’s political climate, was the recipe for disaster that led to an uptick in rage baiting

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Anonymous ireallylikepancakes 23w

Exactly. Don’t fix smth that isn’t broken

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