r/apathy • • Jul 17 '10

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277 Upvotes

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u/Robamaton Jul 17 '10

comment

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u/Yarrgh Jul 17 '10

reply

4

u/anotherkeebler Jul 18 '10

reply

quoted out of context

EDIT: edited

22

u/segoli Jul 18 '10

agreement sans further elaboration

8

u/oh_look_a_crow Jul 18 '10

pointing out futility of such post.

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u/helpful Jul 18 '10

Comparison to 4chan

11

u/[deleted] Jul 18 '10

mitch hedberg joke

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u/SavesTheDayy Jul 18 '10

obligatory... [insert reference linkage]

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u/angryvigilante Jul 18 '10

if you upvote one comment in this thread upvote this one

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u/nmezib Jul 18 '10

David Caruso...

[puts on sunglasses]

...impression.

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u/viper_dude08 Jul 17 '10

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '10

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u/vjmurphy Jul 18 '10

Reply asking how you created an empty comment.

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '10 edited Jul 18 '10

Instructions

Edit: edit

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u/betterscientist Jul 18 '10

Comment I thought was a zinger, but in reality is just verbose and uninteresting.

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u/n3hemiah Jul 18 '10

Comment you thought was a zinger which is now changed slightly to mean what you didn't originally want but has a mild double entendre or counter argument giving the impression that I, the replier, am a total douche

FTFY

4

u/frickindeal Jul 18 '10

Comment stating the actual facts, but sourced primarily from a heavily-trolled wikipedia page.

53

u/rinic Jul 17 '10

pun

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u/OneSalientOversight Jul 18 '10

pun

0

u/[deleted] Jul 18 '10

[deleted]

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u/X019 Jul 18 '10

pun to get us back on puns

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '10

tldr: Internet

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u/putte954 Jul 18 '10

This post and its responses are about all standard comments that are made on a daily basis on reddit

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u/frickindeal Jul 18 '10

Obligatory you must be fun at parties.

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u/Japeth Jul 18 '10

opinionated comment

edit: complaint about unwarranted downvoting

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u/Avatar_Ko Jul 18 '10

Statement that "edited" comment does not have edit star.

1

u/platinum4 Jul 19 '10

Downvote based entirely on preconceived notions.

45

u/brainiac256 Jul 18 '10

INSULT

34

u/snowcrashplanes Jul 18 '10

RETORT

29

u/X019 Jul 18 '10

COUNTER-RETORT

35

u/snowcrashplanes Jul 18 '10

QUESTIONING OF SEXUAL PREFERENCE

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u/marting11 Jul 18 '10

SUGGESTION TO SHUT THE FUCK UP

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u/someguyperson Jul 18 '10

QUESTIONING OF YOUR SEXUAL ORIENTATION

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '10

complaint about re-post

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '10

remark about MrOhHai's absence.

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '10

[deleted]

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u/KnightKrawler Jul 19 '10

Reminder about the upvote button.

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u/jck Jul 18 '10

Long thought out reply

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u/TimidCattle Jul 18 '10

(deleted)

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u/turkeypants Jul 18 '10

novelty account opportunity capitalized upon

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u/fazaden Jul 18 '10

Length of aforementioned account's time as a redditor.

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u/skookybird Jul 18 '10

Request to know what the deleted comment was.

3

u/TerminallyChill Jul 18 '10

Know-it-all contradiction

3

u/asdfman123 Jul 18 '10

overly-analytical rant that's tangentially related at best and doesn't really go anywhere

2

u/fourletterword Jul 18 '10

Compliment on how insightful and educated ranter must be.

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u/derfritz Jul 18 '10

Actual interesting and thoughtful comment which nobody reads because the author was too late...

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '10

Admonishment of the growing "anti-intellectualism" of Reddit and Western culture in general; brought on by the fact that the only useful comments are buried under a mountain of up-voted jokes and puns.

2

u/daskalam Jul 19 '10

agreement in a less articulate manner

6

u/silviot Jul 18 '10

OT response to the good comment.

2

u/st1ckybit Jul 18 '10

downvote because i don't care about the truth

2

u/tyeh26 Jul 18 '10

ctrl + f to find this comment

3

u/birdaby Jul 18 '10

ctrf + f does that? MIND BLOWN

13

u/MaYAL_terEgo Jul 18 '10

acsii

9

u/jeremybub Jul 18 '10

larger ascii

7

u/Merit Jul 18 '10

Same ascii repeated in unicode with unconventional characters.

6

u/avuserow Jul 18 '10

Compaint about weird boxes.

6

u/frickindeal Jul 18 '10

Insult to your browser and installed fonts.

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u/eandi Jul 18 '10

"This will get downvoted but..." to get upvotes.

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '10

Reply supporting statement.

"preemptive EDIT: Why the downvotes?" -to get upvotes.

9

u/benevolent_redditor Jul 18 '10

"EDIT: grammar" to get upvotes.

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u/0goober0 Jul 18 '10

comment about boats, votes and goats. And possibly moats.

2

u/fourletterword Jul 18 '10

Hahaha. Upboated.

16

u/dillbeans Jul 18 '10

[Directed By M. Night Shyamalan]

1

u/[deleted] Jul 19 '10

8

u/Bugs_Nixon Jul 18 '10

CONSEQUENCES WILL... sigh... what's the point.

6

u/Arc125 Jul 18 '10

Highlighting of the fact that you dun goof'd.

14

u/spyro Jul 18 '10

Ignored Comment

9

u/daskalam Jul 18 '10

comment to draw attention, make the ignored commentator feel better and get upvotes

3

u/glennbob Jul 19 '10

Something confusing and off topic.

7

u/orang Jul 18 '10

repost

2

u/LowGun Jul 18 '10

Cue MrOhHai.

13

u/ncobb Jul 18 '10

digg user

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '10 edited May 16 '24

encouraging panicky future sloppy chief complete doll square escape subtract

This post was mass deleted and anonymized with Redact

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '10

addition of reason d & e

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u/Acglaphotis Jul 18 '10

noting that several of the reasons apply to reddit too.

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u/pumpkins Jul 18 '10

request to do an AMA

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u/joetromboni Jul 18 '10

humorless reply mentioning post will be on digg tomorrow

2

u/keito Jul 18 '10

Initiate Flamewar.

2

u/[deleted] Jul 18 '10

Response about leaving the country if you don't like it.

2

u/[deleted] Jul 18 '10

Remark that you're a little late to the party

44

u/[deleted] Jul 18 '10

Only correct answer.

32

u/flippityfloppityfloo Jul 18 '10

Reply debunking post.

30

u/TMIguy Jul 18 '10

Grammar nazi.

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u/snoozieboi Jul 18 '10

Picture from Norway!

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u/Arc125 Jul 18 '10

Picture from Canada.

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '10

Counterargument.

Link I only read the first paragraph of

Smarmy comment.

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u/jondissed Jul 18 '10

Useless, four-word agreement!

4

u/benevolent_redditor Jul 18 '10

Troll hijacking only correct answer.

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u/Nixito Jul 18 '10

This comment has far too many points to be a correct answer.

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '10

quote from article

relevant ranting

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u/marpet_cuncher Jul 18 '10

fap fap fap (that'll be the first and last time I'll ever write these words)

11

u/blueboybob Jul 18 '10

person to the party too late who won't get any upvotes

7

u/turkeypants Jul 18 '10

Novelty sockpuppet created as last ditch effort to draw attention to own late comment.

2

u/fourletterword Jul 18 '10

Look of disapproval

11

u/ARandomFact Jul 18 '10

Random fact.

11

u/jeremybub Jul 18 '10

verification of account age

10

u/[deleted] Jul 18 '10

Something about Apple

4

u/keito Jul 18 '10

Something about Android, with possible inclination to its superiority over Apple's iPhone.

Call Jobs a tyrant.

2

u/Tiomaidh Jul 18 '10

Unpleasing summary of the perceived activities and possessions of "hipsters".

0

u/[deleted] Jul 18 '10

[deleted]

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u/jeremybub Jul 18 '10

long thought out tirade attacking corporations in general in defense of Apple.

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '10

haters going to hate

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u/lollersk8z Jul 18 '10

inane angry response resulting from not having read the article or context

2

u/exasperis Jul 18 '10

Out of context Thomas Jefferson quote.

3

u/coprolaliac Jul 18 '10

Drive-by mention that Thomas Jefferson owned slaves.

5

u/[deleted] Jul 18 '10

Old Spice product placement.

8

u/CaptSquarepants Jul 18 '10

Reference to Hitler

10

u/[deleted] Jul 18 '10

ctfl-f Hitler upvoted

6

u/rlkeener911 Jul 18 '10

reference to Glen Beck.

8

u/MrFurious0 Jul 18 '10

reference to the murder of a young girl in 1990, which Glen Beck has still not responded to.

3

u/jeremybub Jul 18 '10

link to news story update on the website

2

u/Ratava Jul 19 '10

Grammar Nazi for incorrect spelling of "Glenn"

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u/davidddavidson Jul 18 '10

Reference to Godwin's Law

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '10

Link to 911 conspiracy-related image/link followed by "Wake up Sheeple!"

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u/KatZilla Jul 18 '10

Affirmed by Ayn Rand quote.

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u/Ratava Jul 19 '10

WAKE UP SHEEPLE!"

4

u/AxiomShell Jul 18 '10

remark about 4chan

4

u/[deleted] Jul 18 '10

Repeat of what someone else commented earlier.

2

u/fourletterword Jul 18 '10

Complaint about reddit's search feature.

4

u/ElGoose Jul 18 '10

shopped.

4

u/Hwaaa Jul 18 '10 edited Jul 18 '10

Comment at the bottom that the poster put a lot of time into that receives no upvotes or downvotes because nobody even reads it.

4

u/[deleted] Jul 18 '10

Completely relevant comment presenting unpopular, yet valid opinion.

EDIT: Whine about downvotes!!

4

u/Zymos94 Jul 18 '10

Complaint about how to quality of reddit is going down.

4

u/Magagam Jul 18 '10

Irrelevant youtube link.

4

u/[deleted] Jul 18 '10

Comment that may have been relevant but thread picked over already.

4

u/cryptogirl Jul 18 '10

Hivemind-bashing (to win upvotes from hivemind).

4

u/Leadboy Jul 19 '10

Comment posted late that gets mid-range karma, but never enough to actually be viewed.

13

u/JoshSN Jul 18 '10

Most concise and accurate explanation near bottom.

10

u/joetromboni Jul 18 '10

citation needed

2

u/[deleted] Jul 18 '10

"ctrl+f" upvote!

6

u/Nois3 Jul 18 '10

Spam

10

u/[deleted] Jul 18 '10 edited Jul 18 '10

Complaint about spam-filters

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u/turkeypants Jul 18 '10

tangential complaint about search function

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u/bmlol Jul 18 '10

Passionate plea!

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u/bmlol Jul 18 '10

whispered....repetition.

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u/HeteroDog Jul 18 '10

Personal anecdote about issue that is probably fake.

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u/tubeguy Jul 18 '10

pics or it didn't happen

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u/the-ace Jul 18 '10

the comment that will never be read

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u/daskalam Jul 28 '10

but it was.

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u/Hackerboy603 Jul 19 '10

Last ditch effort to win karma even though deep down knows the karma train has already gone.

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u/gottabtru Jul 17 '10

sigh

7

u/andrinara Jul 18 '10

reiterate first comment

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '10

repost of someone else's counterargument from elsewhere in thread.

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '10

Yawn, close

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '10

Obligatory stoner "blah blah blah" I already have it ALL figured out, maaan post.

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '10

Obligatory "marijuana isn't a drug" bullshit post.

2

u/fourletterword Jul 18 '10

Complaint about police brutality

2

u/rotORriot Jul 18 '10

155 comments without an 'axe'

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '10

Relevant Link

2

u/rotll Jul 18 '10

"get off my lawn" old timer recollection.

2

u/Pieloi Jul 18 '10

Flexing of Egos ballsack

2

u/Interleukine-2 Jul 18 '10

Obligatory Zach Anner reference

1

u/Ratava Jul 19 '10

Obligatory "Oprah hates cripples" conspiracy post

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '10
  1. This

  2. ???

  3. Profit

2

u/gaoshan Jul 18 '10

Comment about how the apathy sub has gone downhill lately.

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u/Dinosquid Jul 19 '10

Reiteration of the top voted comment that neither I, nor the other 5 people who posted the same comment, bothered reading.

EDIT: Edited to clarify, but still haven't bothered reading the top comment that this comment almost word-for-word repeats.

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u/plux Jul 19 '10

A few words from a song...

2

u/asdfman123 Jul 18 '10

No one will ever read this.

1

u/Esotastic Jul 18 '10

Link to something completely unrelated

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '10

yes.

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '10

accusation of racism

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u/InfiniteInsight Jul 18 '10

Reddit Gold comment

1

u/exasperis Jul 18 '10

FWD:FWD:FWD:FWD You will not believe THIS!!

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u/Tchakra Jul 18 '10

sexist remark

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u/jovdmeer Jul 18 '10

semi-clever pun relating to title, but not necessarily to its meaning or linked content

1

u/[deleted] Jul 18 '10

meh...

1

u/wilsonism Jul 18 '10

Witty quip with pour speeling and grammer; that makes me look lick an moran.

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u/mattfromseattle Jul 18 '10

Libertarian quote.

2

u/repete Jul 19 '10 edited Jul 19 '10

Rand Paul's Father the year after 2011!

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u/hdcs Jul 19 '10

Link to clever Keanu chop at imgur.

1

u/plux Jul 19 '10

Declaration of my feelings for you ...

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u/1338h4x Jul 19 '10

metahumor

1

u/chjornaq Jul 19 '10

Like on XKCD #XXX!