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84 Comments That Were Downvoted To Oblivion For Good Or Completely Random Reasons
While the internet does provide a reasonable amount of “distance” from the consequences of one’s words or actions, it’s still not entirely a free for all. Make a single typo and at least one netizen will take to the comments section. But some folks are much more ambitious when it comes to getting internet users up in arms.
So we’ve collected the best posts from a group dedicated to sharing comments and threads where someone managed to royally tick off the rest of the internet. Get comfortable as you scroll through, upvote your favorites, comment your thoughts and, in the spirit of the list, downvote the ones you think deserve it.
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#1
Downvoted For Being A Nerd
Heffalump 3 hours ago
That is a full sentence in English. Our language allows you to leave the words you are replying to assumed and unsaid. The reply to "Would you stand on one leg now?" is "Why?" (or "No" or "Yes"). You don't have torepeat words and say "Why do you want me to stand on one leg?".
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#2
The Downvotes Are Swarming In
#3
Such A Juicy Story. Man Posts On Aita, Complains About Room Mates Pregnancy Becoming His Problem…turns Out…
Netiquette is basically the unwritten rulebook every internet stranger is expected to memorize the second they create an account, and somehow half the internet still failed the pop quiz. The term itself is a mashup of network and etiquette, and according to Emily Post's (great name) own etiquette guide, the golden rule hasn't changed since forums were black and green text on a black screen: treat people online the way you'd treat them face to face. Simple in theory. Wildly, spectacularly ignored in practice.
Part of the problem is that comment sections strip away everything that normally keeps human conversation civil. No tone of voice, no facial expression, no body language, just naked text that can be read a dozen different ways depending on the reader's mood.
#4
Downvoted For “Correcting” Twitter To X 😂
#5
Wearing Pink Is A Good Way To Start Fights Apparently
Chich the witch 5 hours ago
Several years back I was out on my motorcycle. Pulled into a cafe to grab a bite. I had my jacket off and was wearing a pink tshirt. Young couple comes in and the guy starts giving me grief for the pink T. I didn't say anything, just turned a bit and the GF saw the "Ride for Breast Cancer logo" on it and told him to sit down and shut up.
#6
Guy Writes Sh**ty Vows And Wonders Why His Fiancee Left Him
That's why a genuinely well meaning "just curious why you'd do that" can detonate into a forty reply argument about someone's life choices. Online safety resources point out that this lack of nonverbal cues is exactly why written communication online causes so many more misunderstandings than a conversation would in person.
#7
To Oblivion And Beyond
Space Invader 5 hours ago
Because nothing is of greater concern than the correct english spelling of "bruh". Shakespeare would be ashamed of you!
#8
Found In R/Mildlyinfuriating
#9
Highest Downvote Count Ive Seen
Fransanchez 2 hours ago
We nned more info...what did she get as a present??? Just a barbie?? then is playing favorites.
Then there's the classic all caps meltdown. Typing in full capital letters online has been interpreted as shouting for so long that it's basically internet law at this point, and plenty of people still don't get the memo, showing up to a group chat sounding like they're personally furious at punctuation itself. Combine that with someone who refuses to use a single paragraph break and you've got a comment nobody actually reads all the way through, yet everyone still argues anyway.
#10
On A Post About A Parent Punishing Both Of Their Daughters For One Of Them Disabling Parental Controls
Space Invader 5 hours ago
Oh, they misbehave. They merely go to extra lengths to make sure you don't find out ...
#11
From Aita, This Stepmom Cancelled Her Stepson's Birthday Party Because He Facepalmed [-2k]
#12
That's Kinda Sad Not Gonna Lie
Anonymity is another huge culprit. Hiding behind a username with a cartoon avatar seems to unlock a version of people who would never dream of saying half these things to someone's actual face. Throw in the fact that screenshots exist forever, and that deleting a post doesn't actually delete it from someone's camera roll, and you get an entire genre of viral content built from people who forgot the internet has a memory like an elephant with a grudge.
#13
That's A Lot Of Damage
#15
On A Young People Reddit
Saj 2 hours ago
BP's censoring is laughable. It makes some articles unreadable 🫤.
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Debbie 2 hours ago
This is mean. I prefer proper grammar, I am annoyed by lazing writing but this... It's a "On A Young People Reddit". I can imagine my kids having said that. English isn't our first languase. All those know it alls on YOUNG PEOPLE try writing Dutch then if you go nitpick on someone who tries to keep it decent..
Oversharing ranks right up there too. Somewhere along the way, a chunk of the internet decided that any thought, no matter how private, personal, or frankly none of anyone's business, deserved a public audience. Add unsolicited advice, a stranger explaining someone's own life back to them, or a full blown diagnosis based on three sentences of context, and you've basically built the entire internet argument starter kit.
#16
A Decent Title
#17
From A Post On R/Teenagers
Sarcasm deserves its own mention, mostly because it dies almost instantly in text form. What sounds hilarious out loud can read as genuinely mean when there's no wink, no smirk, no vocal inflection to soften it. A joke that would get a laugh at a dinner table can start a full blown pile on online, complete with people who missed the joke entirely and are now personally offended on behalf of a total stranger.
#19
Guy Apparently Never Had A Childhood
And of course, there's the constant tug of war between free speech and just being kind of a nuisance about it. Plenty of people treat every comment section as a debate stage, showing up uninvited to correct grammar, relitigate old arguments, or drop a hot take nobody asked for. It's the kind of behavior most guides to online conduct warn against, right alongside the classic advice to just take heated arguments offline before they spiral completely out of control.
#22
On A Post About A Man Finally Opening Up Emotionally To His Girlfriend
None of this is exactly rocket science. Most netiquette guides boil down to the same handful of ideas. Think before posting. Remember there's a real person on the other end. And maybe don't say something online that wouldn't survive being said to someone's actual face. Yet every single day, somebody somewhere decides those rules are optional, and the rest of the internet is more than happy to let them know exactly how that decision landed.
#27
Made A AI Frieren Post, Gets Downvoted In Comment
#28
Not To Sure About, You Recon It Was Deserved Or Not
#29
They Did Not Like That Fact
#33
What An Ahole
#34
Being Nice To A Woman Doesn’t Make You A Simp
#35
Daily Reminder That People Like This Exist And Have Rights
#36
On A Post About An Older Male Basically Being A Massive Creep
#37
On A Dutch Subreddit
Nicole Weymann 2 hours ago
For those interested I'm about 97% sure it translates to "Oh, no, the man used a UNO reverse card"
#38
Most Real Reddit Story
#39
I Guess People Must Like Biden Then
#40
Pit Bulls And Redditors
Keyndoriel
It's all from r/banpitbulls , most of whom genuinely want to euthanize the entire breed.
Edit here's r/pitbullhate for more proof of degeneration.
#44
On A Post About Op's Husband Spreading Her N*des To Highschool Friends, Facebook Friends, Popular Subreddits
#51
Context: Guy Refused To Give His Sweatshirt To A Woman Wearing A Bikini
In the original post, a woman in a skimpy costume (OP described it as a bikini) came over to OP's house with some friends. OP didn't know her. While waiting for her friends, the woman asked to borrow a sweatshirt because she was cold and OP refused.
#53
On A Post About Ab*sive Parents
#55
Imagine Bringing Up An Unrelated Topic Where It Doesn’t Even Belong
Fransanchez 2 hours ago
Going to get downvoted to next century, but..... The thing about vegetarians/vegans about k*****g animals, well, you're k*****g plants. The difference is that you don't hear them scream, but they are living organisms, so they do suffer and d ie. Din't get me wrong, I have no problem with your choices, but stop trying to guilt trip me for my food, are you not enjoying that tofu you are eating?? So leave me alone, I don't tell you what to eat, so let me eat what I want. A bit off topic, but a question that crossed my mind, do vegans drive cars???? And if so, you realize they run on dinosaur juice, right???? And before you say electric, those have only been mass produced and road worthy for a few years( fun fact, they've been around for 200 years, give or take)
#62
Trash Any Animal On Reddit, End Up In Oblivion
Debbie 1 hour ago
Not only in Poland. In the Netherlands we also have a "mossel monitor". The clams are refreshed often (daily?). Sometimes "low tech" works faster than high tech. Clams are delicate - if something is off about the water they close, faster then tech can detect is. When they close, inlet of the water is closed as well and testing commences.
#66
Original Post Was Op Posting Injuries In Hospital After An Altercation With A Homeless Person (Tw Gun Violence)
#68
No U
#72
Someone Posted A Halloween Costume On Jake And Amy (From Brooklyn Nine-Nine) "Worst Date Ever"
#77
On A Mobile Game Subreddit
#84
Apparently A Male Isn’t A Man
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Bored Jellyfish 6 hours ago
Surely there’s better pickings to be mined from the internet than… whatever this was?
Multa Nocte (she/her 8647) 4 hours ago
I was pretty much lost looking through these, although I did leave with a distinct sense of unease and discomfort. It is possible these might have made more sense with more context. On the other hand, it didn't seem like there was a lot of intellect involved in most of these. Please feel free to spare us another article like this one.
Auntriarch 1 hour ago
The best thing about this is that it made me want to go and do the ironing
Joe Publique 48 minutes ago
"The internet causes village idiots to form entire villages made up only of village idiots who have no idea they are village idiots" - Vlad Vexler
Janissary35680 55 minutes ago
TIL: What "Karma" means on Reddit and that it's a tradable commodity.
Slop Generator 1 hour ago
These felt like eavesdropping on multiple conversations I was never meant to hear. No context, no clue, just secondhand embarrassment.
Bored Jellyfish 6 hours ago
Surely there’s better pickings to be mined from the internet than… whatever this was?
Multa Nocte (she/her 8647) 4 hours ago
I was pretty much lost looking through these, although I did leave with a distinct sense of unease and discomfort. It is possible these might have made more sense with more context. On the other hand, it didn't seem like there was a lot of intellect involved in most of these. Please feel free to spare us another article like this one.
Auntriarch 1 hour ago
The best thing about this is that it made me want to go and do the ironing
Joe Publique 48 minutes ago
"The internet causes village idiots to form entire villages made up only of village idiots who have no idea they are village idiots" - Vlad Vexler
Janissary35680 55 minutes ago
TIL: What "Karma" means on Reddit and that it's a tradable commodity.
Slop Generator 1 hour ago
These felt like eavesdropping on multiple conversations I was never meant to hear. No context, no clue, just secondhand embarrassment.
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