• bizarroland@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    8 hours ago

    Just recently I was talking about how, if you’re consistently downvoted, it means you’re in a asshole.

    People don’t pile up and downvote kind, well-intentioned people, but they can smell an unwashed asshole from a mile away.

    If you’re getting consistently downvoted for your terrible takes, then you should stop doing what it is that you are doing.

    Also, like, don’t presume my emotional state. I give no fucks about whatever you have to say.

        • Melllvar@startrek.websiteEnglish
          1·
          7 hours ago

          Fair enough. That was an unkind remark on my part, and your comment does demand a more thorough rebuttal.

          The idea that “popular” = “correct” is stupid on its face. Examples predate the internet, abound on the internet, and will continue to arise long after the internet dies. I could go into a white supremacist forum and talk about racial harmony and get downvoted into oblivion, but that wouldn’t make me the asshole. And even if I were the asshole, I wouldn’t be wrong.

          Upvotes do not confer moral rectitude. Downvotes are not damnation. And an opinion is not necessarily valid just because it is held by a majority.

          And I’m sorry for presuming your emotional state. But if you’re not outraged by this, then why are you arguing that people should be outraged by this?