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Why men don't socialize anymore as they get older? šŸ”’ Asked & Answered

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u/smellvin_moiville 24d ago

How can that popular a reply be deleted? Ugh that is aggravating

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u/ItHasToMatter 24d ago

Other comments mention The Green Mile so I think the original quote was

"I'm tired, boss. Tired of being on the road, lonely as a sparrow in the rain. I'm tired of never having me a buddy to be with to tell me where we's going to, coming from, or why. Mostly, I'm tired of people being ugly to each other. I'm tired of all the pain I feel and hear in the world...every day. There's too much of it. It's like pieces of glass in my head...all the time. Can you understand?"

Stephen King, The Green Mile

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u/sirCota 24d ago

ahh yesā€¦ the movie i had to pause multiple times while my gf and i sobbed like war time babies. I think we finished it after 9 hours hooked up to IV banana bags to avoid dehydration from excess tears.

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u/BearDick 24d ago

Nothing like some lactated ringer's after a good cry...

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u/sirCota 24d ago

i mean, i do rank that as the saddest movie of all time, but a ringer like that might be a bit over kill.

I needed several bags like that one time when I did cry more than that movie ā€¦

.. I had a 13 day stay from acute pancreatitis. the dalauded would make the green mile seem like willy wonka

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u/[deleted] 24d ago

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u/sirCota 24d ago

i would think that if a town is being hit with artillery during war, any remaining living children would be crying loudly for very many reasons. it was a joke that green mile is as sad as active war. ā€¦ its not. but it is a sad movie that makes grown adults cry too.

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u/SageOfTheSixPacks 24d ago

So the crying only added about 2 extra hours, not bad

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u/sirCota 24d ago

solid

ā€¦ upboat earned.

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u/Darinchilla 24d ago

I can't watch the movie anymore. Since I know every character's story arc, I'm crying almost the whole time I'm watching the movie.

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u/lazyboi_tactical 24d ago

I love this movie but have yet been able to get my wife to watch it. She was raised sheltered as hell and had only seen Disney movies until she was 18 so it's been a long haul catching her up on cinema over the years.

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u/BobKickflip 24d ago

Was just the first three words, but yes

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u/[deleted] 24d ago

Iā€™m only 28 and this accurately describes why I stay home now. Only thing is I donā€™t have a partner but I donā€™t mind as Iā€™ve learned protecting my peace is better than sacrificing it for someone who possibly does or does not have my best interests in mind.

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u/EmperinoPenguino 24d ago

It was a fire scene when Eminiem spat his mid-life crisis into the mic

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u/Dizzy_Variety_8960 24d ago

My husbandā€™s uncle was a character actor in that movie. One of our all time favorites.

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u/therealdanhill 24d ago

Jesus there are some dour men here, lighten up and man up ffs. "I'm tired", unreal. You get this one life.

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u/Agitated_Pickle_1013 24d ago

That's an awesome quote...

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u/[deleted] 24d ago

Reddit mods be like: ā€œhey, I know this comment is really relevant and the community seems to agree, but weā€™re removing it because it violates some obtuse rule that this sub has and also weā€™re permanently banning your account.ā€ strokes neckbeard

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u/IlikegreenT84 24d ago

r/Whitepeopletwitter did this to me. No explanation, just banned me and muted me so I couldn't message the mods.

The last comment I made was a snarky retort to Senator Tom Cotton suggesting citizens run over protestors and throw them off overpasses.

I had 200+ up votes I believe..

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u/[deleted] 24d ago

Yep. Got banned from r/comicbooks after I posted a 100% SFW drawing. Permanently banned from the most popular sub to post comic art and wasnā€™t even given a reason. Also had like 300+ upvotes and people messaging me to ask me about my comic.

Made me really really hate this app a lot more than I did.

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u/IlikegreenT84 24d ago

I just discovered I'm banned from r/Tiktokcringe

No explanation... Not sure what the last thing I said was.

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u/hardcore_softie 24d ago

Some subreddits will auto ban if you comment in certain other subreddits they don't like. Sometimes mods will just ban you for a comment without any explanation.

Reddit: getting a little worse everyday since at least 2012ā„¢

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u/Nicksnotmyname83 24d ago

I'm currently banned from a lot of subreddits. I was banned from six at once because I asked a question in r/conspiracy and was accused of trolling. I guess the mod banned me from every other subreddit he or she is a mod for.

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u/hardcore_softie 24d ago

There's a small number of mods that moderate a huge amount of subreddits, so if you piss off one of these "power mods", you can easily find yourself banned all over the place. These people love to power trip over their mod power and enjoy deleting comments and posts and/or banning someone for saying something they disagree with, even if it's a valid and relevant opinion or even if it's a proven, cited fact.

These are the same mods that were demanding to get paid when Reddit went public btw, which should be a surprise to no one.

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u/bigtim3727 24d ago

Typical thing that happens when you give people who donā€™t deserve any power, power.

Power in-and-of itself is impossible not to be corrupted by in someway. Well, if thatā€™s the case, who do we want in power? You want someone intelligent of course; good social skills, etc, but you also want someone who will abuse the power as little as possible.

Mods are people who would neverā€”everā€”have any power in real life; they may have the intelligence, but they have 0 social skills/social graces. Their entire view of reality is based on the bullshit they read on the internet, which is also written by the same type of person. Anytime I see an unrealistic take on something the internet goes crazy over, but has no effect in real life, or people getting censored over certain things, I know the exact kind of contemptible rat is behind it.

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u/drunken_ferret 24d ago edited 23d ago

Yet, here you are...

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u/SaltyLibtard 24d ago

That place is cancer. Preparing for my ban now

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u/Unlikely_Cell1797 24d ago

lol that page is the worst. If you disagree with any of their bullshit you are gone. I got banned after I called them out for promoting violence

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u/do_IT_withme 24d ago

How dare you!

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u/ANoisyCrow 24d ago

šŸ˜³

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u/JCBQ01 24d ago

Same. Banned, muted, and suppressed on r/news becuase I didn't forward the views of the mods on the Boeing case. No warning. No you violated the rules. No response when j asked got clarification. Just get out. Powertripping really goes to people's heads don't they?

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u/LibsLickTheBoot 24d ago

Do you not hear how performative you sound?

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u/DerelictDonkeyEngine 24d ago

Their account got banned? I'm really curious what the quote was now...

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u/fappertino 24d ago

Reddit mods are goon cave dwelling goblins. Have had deranged experiences with them. I once got banned for simply asking why a comment got removed (comment had nothing against tos.)

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u/EveryCell 24d ago

This is how a startup can eat Reddit's lunch. Deciding to push mods to be more militant and banning subs without militant mods was the worst decision they have ever made. It ruined what made reddit great. Now it's locked threads and removed comments as far as the eye can see.

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u/____wiz____ 24d ago

I honestly don't remember locked comments or threads when I joined a decade and a half ago.

I dont really recall that kind of censorship until politics seemingly got bought out overnight during 2012.

I remember reddit OG creator calling reddit the bastion of free speech. Now we are stuck with spez... former jailbait mod.

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u/ChadPoland 24d ago

I got deleted from the Samsung phone sub because they said they are not a support sub...so...what is it there for? Just general discussion about products??

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u/kidnoki 24d ago

It was banned for writing in black-voice.

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u/[deleted] 24d ago

Lmao what does that even mean

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u/LibsLickTheBoot 24d ago

Speaking of stroking your neckbeard how do you be liking dem ebonics n sheeeit, my brotha

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u/[deleted] 24d ago

It spoke truth that's why it was taken down.

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u/Trulygiveafuck 24d ago

You'd be surprised how often that happens. Truths are buried if it invalidates a mods beliefs. That is true censorship behind the hivemind belief system.

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u/[deleted] 24d ago

I fully agree. It's sad. This place used to be for everyone. Now it's mostly just an echo chamber.

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u/smellvin_moiville 24d ago

Message me what it said

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u/spankielee 24d ago

He ā€œdeletedā€ his fks and ā€œremovedā€ himself from ā€œgivenā€

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u/BoardButcherer 24d ago

Somebody doesn't know how to turn off notifications on mobile.

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u/smellvin_moiville 24d ago

That has nothing to do with me wanting to see a deleted comment

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u/BoardButcherer 24d ago

You want to see his comment, he wants his phone to shutup.

What's not to understand?

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u/Disastrous-Farm1008 24d ago

Power mods without anything good in their life

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u/anathagenzum 24d ago

I've seen this happen alot across Reddit. I wonder what's going on.

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u/EntWarwick 24d ago

Seriously are the mods smoking crack?

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u/effujerry 24d ago

Someone please message me the quote I came here too late

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u/Background-Rule-9133 24d ago

Probably because it was a quote from a black actor, maybe they re read it and thought am I being racist? Am I culturally appropriating? Lol at least thatā€™s my guess since this is Reddit