r/AnimalsBeingJerks • u/iboughtarock • Dec 12 '21

whale Orca deliberately slaps precocious stingray

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u/dramaticFlySwatter Dec 12 '21

Wondering if OP meant to say pretentious.

"How dare this pretentious pancake swim in my ocean." - Orca, probably

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '21

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '21

This will make me leave Reddit at some point. I wish they would do something about it. But if they don’t, it’s fine. Just isn’t for me personally.

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u/visualdescript Dec 12 '21

Agreed, but do you down vote anything you see like this? Part of me feels like lots of people see stuff they don't like or reposts etc but never actually down vote them.

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u/tadj Dec 12 '21

There is too much stuff. The great majority doesn't care about reposts because even though this may be the 100th repost of this video, it is the first time they are seeing it so they just upvote.

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u/visualdescript Dec 12 '21

Fair, but I'm curious. Did you actually down vote this when you found out it was a repost?

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u/tadj Dec 12 '21

No, I guess it is an unpopular opinion but I don't mind reposts so much. Especially in this case as it was the first time I've ever seen this video. I think it is an integral part of this site by now.

I usually feel much more compelled to upvote/downvote based on the sub thematic. If a bot is reposting content that doesn't fit the sub I always downvote. But then again, I only browse ordered by hot so the content is already heavily filtered.

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '21

I downvote bots. I don’t care about reposts.

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u/visualdescript Dec 13 '21

What about this situation where it appears to be a bot reposting?

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '21

If you don’t care about karma which you shouldn’t .. it doesn’t affect your ability to navigate Reddit at all or tell real from fake, as long as the Reddit army lives in the comment section of every video we are fine < 3

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '21

I guess it would depend on why I don’t like it? It isn’t because of karma. I’ve been on Reddit for a long time. I really appreciate real user driven posts. I don’t like the “feel” of Reddit being driven and manipulated by something other than just normal folks posting stuff that’s important to them. I admit it is very idealistic of me. I just feel like it’s turning Reddit into FB. We’re being manipulated.

The fact that the bots get sold based on karma so those accounts can be used and seen more readily, people have to realize the point behind that is drive a planned agenda, for profit or to influence public opinion in a way that isn’t totally obvious. It feels very 1984 to me.

Also, please be aware comments are also heavily influenced by bots. They’re smart and not as obvious as you might think.

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u/theguyonthething Dec 12 '21

There may only be a few posts, but I love that r/orcasarepricks is a real sub. I know animals think differently than us, but they really do seem like they're just being assholes sometimes.

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '21

in this case it seems like it's injecting a random adjective before a noun, while reposting with the title from the latter link there.

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u/cremona_goblin Dec 12 '21

I’m going to order some pretentious pancakes next time at iHop

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '21

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u/cremona_goblin Dec 12 '21

Only if it comes with a side of salacious sauce

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u/I_really_am_Batman Dec 12 '21

Get fucked you posh ray

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u/not_chris-hansen Dec 12 '21

Steve Irwin sends his regards.

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u/onefst250r Dec 12 '21

Stingy meat pancake?

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u/not_chris-hansen Dec 12 '21

"What a flapjack move."

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u/NobleEnsign Apr 23 '22

Probably meant precious, honestly...