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This is a place to share greentexts and witness the confounding life of Anon. If you're new to the Greentext community, think of it as a sort of zoo with Anon as the main attraction.

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[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 195 points 1 month ago (7 children)

This is remarkably accurate actually, AITA is a dumpster fire. And most of the posts are a work of fiction, I suspect.

[–] StrongHorseWeakNeigh@lemmy.world 79 points 1 month ago (11 children)

Tbf, this greentext could also be a complete fabrication.

[–] fibojoly@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 month ago

But could it also be merry ? Perhaps even jolly? The jury is still out.

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[–] Clent@lemmy.world 22 points 1 month ago

Yeah that subreddit in particular went to shit when the news sites started using the posts to generate content.

[–] Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

AITA and RelationshipAdvice.

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[–] zloubida@lemmy.world 137 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Fake, but even if it was true, the problem would have probably been the age change and not the gender change. Teenage relationships and adult relationships have different rules…

[–] Phoenix3875@lemmy.world 90 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Also, teenagers are poorer, so any gift would carry more weight.

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 41 points 1 month ago (22 children)

Yeah, I have to assume 18 year old women are on average way, way, way poorer than 40 year old men. That’s true regardless of the gender, 40 tends to be a pretty high spot in personal capital.

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[–] therealjcdenton@lemmy.zip 89 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I actually believe this one

[–] stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com 34 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] cheddar@programming.dev 46 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's real, but anon imagined himself as an 18 y/o girl with a boyfriend. Still gay.

[–] stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 1 month ago (2 children)
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[–] Roflmasterbigpimp@lemmy.world 87 points 1 month ago (1 children)

AmITheAsshole is 99% rage bait and fan fiction. "Am I the Asshole for letting my wife only sleep with 8 different guys, while cucking myself and paying everything for her? I'm totally unsure if I'm, in this Ludacris Situation in which I'm clearly being abused, being unreasonable.... PLS BE NICE, GIVE ME ATTENTION! PLS PLS PLS PLS PLS PLS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

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[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 81 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Yes, he'd be an asshole for giving her them as a birthday present, regardless of the fact that he got her other presents as well. Just ask her if she wants them after he gets his new ones.

[–] SuperSaiyanSwag@lemmy.zip 30 points 1 month ago

This is actually what the consensus was in that post, but the 4channer was blinded by his own assumption of “men bAD, gIRls gOoD” rhetoric

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[–] yegambit@lemmy.world 49 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I guess it would be nice to have people think equally of men and women, but I don’t think the better way to do it is to create fake stories on 4chan

[–] Tattorack@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago (2 children)

The story is absolutely fake, however...

It's satirical. It's basically making fun of something that does occur on the subreddit. There is very much a double standard going on over there, and this story is a satire of that.

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[–] Clbull@lemmy.world 45 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

This is actually a real post but I cannot find the genderswapped version. Presumably because the duplicate nature was identified and OOP was banned.

[–] Randomgal@lemmy.ca 29 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Maybe because it sa fake story? Lol

I does have a certain "and then the whole bus clapped" energy to it.

Good thing they left reddit and went to 4chan where they could get away from ultra thirsty guys acting all kinds of crazy over women.

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[–] MBM@lemmings.world 41 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Reddit, well-known for always siding with the woman in the story (?)

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 28 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Some subs do be like that. The crowd changes a lot with subs

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[–] WILSOOON@programming.dev 35 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Thank christ i left reddit for lemmy, this place is so muchnicer and better for my mental health.

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[–] gmtom@lemmy.world 33 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Lmao I've actually done just that before, swapping the genders of a previous post, and people do say the complete opposite even though it's the same situations.

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[–] mortemtyrannis@lemmy.ml 32 points 1 month ago

This green text, like every post on AitA is a work of fiction.

This guy is full of shit, communities on plebbit start with p/

He's talking about reddit

[–] Pacattack57@lemmy.world 32 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

That sub is a circlejerk for white knights and femenists Women are never wrong there.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Also a great place for training bots and gauging responses.

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[–] AlexisFR@jlai.lu 30 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (7 children)

Yeah they just don't act like thus stereotypical over there.

Also, "femoid"?

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[–] Clear@lemmy.blahaj.zone 23 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Fake AF, there isn't any post with reverse genders on the subreddit.

[–] NateNate60@lemmy.world 32 points 1 month ago (2 children)

The AITAH people are nothing if not weirdly observant of what happens on that sub. This would be caught immediately

[–] UnityDevice@startrek.website 17 points 1 month ago

The text is probably made up, but people have done such swap posts several times before and got similarly opposite results. Usually the posts get removed from the sub when someone eventually notices the deception, but you can still read them if you have a link. It's a very toxic sub.

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[–] 2ugly2live@lemmy.world 21 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I do think the age changes it. If it's an 18 year old guy asking about his girlfriend, I also would be like, "hey, that may be a bit much. Old ones are fine." cause they're young. The expectations are lower. If it's an adult woman asking this for her husband, I would say to not give it on their birthday. "Hey, here's my old pair. Happy birthday" may be a bit flippant, but saying, "Hey, I got a new pair, want my old one?" doesn't seem like a bad deal.

Also, we didn't see the post. Maybe the other gifts were also bad. Not saying that AITA isn't a dumpster fire. But he changed the factors and didn't give us all the information.

Edit: I just saw the post. He bought her airpods a few years ago and, with how he's talking, it sounds like he got his around the same time. His wife's are glitching and just generally failing, but his used ones are fine. He says she takes care of them as with the rest of her things. He has the option to get free, new pair. Yeah, that is kind of dickish. "Here's my old headphones that could very well be on their way out as well and have been worn for x years. Please enjoy while I get my brand new set that I've openly told you I don't need. Happy birthday."

If this wasn't her birthday, fine. But on the day? That kind of fucked imo

[–] match@pawb.social 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm gonna go ahead and hope that neither those redditors nor those channers ever find Lemmy

[–] ghen@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 month ago (2 children)

The sucky answer is if lemmy gets popular it'll just be Reddit without the ban lists

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[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Shouldn't have changed the ages, it chanhges the whole thing too much to compare

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[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Thought this would be a joke about how the titles of AITA posts that sound innocent are typically the ones where OP is the asshole. Like "Can I give someone my old headphones?" Yes, obviously. "Wrapped as a gift," um, that feels a little insensitive. Probably just give them unwrapped and don't say it's part of the gift.

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