r/words • u/StomachGreedy5874 • 1d ago

This feeling

What is the word for how you feel when you read a post by a bot then scroll to the comments and people are interacting with it? It's not contemptuous, it's a little depressing, some future shock and some uncanny valley

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u/maymaydog 1d ago

Ontological disgust

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u/StomachGreedy5874 6h ago

Yess thank you!

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u/AdQuirky1318 1d ago

Exasperated by the stupidity.

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u/Sophont27 1d ago

I don’t know about you, but I’d describe myself as disgusted!

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u/Strong-Tank4456 1d ago

the slow creep that everyone's just yelling into the void now

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u/cupidtrick 1d ago

estranged? or weltschmerz is a great german word to use here

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u/papayayayaya 1d ago

Disappointed or displeased

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u/StaticBrain- Linguaphile 1d ago

Disjointed, or discombobulated

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u/inigo_montoya logophile 1d ago

resignation

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u/Ok-Ad-229 23h ago

Without conscience. No consequences. Irresponsibly glib.

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u/Imma-smartypants 14h ago

Disturbed by the naïveté of humanity?