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   The Swamp of Retarded Evil   
   Vox Day   
   August 4, 2025   
      
   https://voxday.net/2025/08/04/the-swamp-of-retarded-evil/   
      
   A righteous denunciation of the dumbest place [1] on the Internet:   
      
    > "Oh, what's the big deal? Isn't this just harmless geeky fun?"   
    >   
    > No. I refuse. It's not harmless; it's the most insidious and pervasive   
    > cultural force of our time. It's corroding the bonds that hold society   
    > together. It destroyed a generation and shows no signs of stopping. You   
    > can't escape it: everything is ugly and fat and dorky and trite and corny   
    > and satanic and fake and gay and soy and cringe. All mainstream culture is   
    > created by and for resentful geek losers. Everything sucks now and it's   
    > because of Reddit.   
    >   
    > "C'mon, isn't it just a web forum for geeks? Why are you attributing all   
    > of society's ills to some forum? And doesn't it contain, like, a million   
    > different communities with opposing views?"   
    >   
    > Yes, Reddit is a geek forum, and yes, it contains multitudes. But somehow,   
    > across all these communities, from r/knitting to /rWhoaThatsInteresting to   
    > r/ProgrammerHumor" to r/UpliftingNews, a distinct gestalt has taken   
    > prominence, on and off the site. The richest and most powerful people in   
    > the world are Reddit. The professional managerial class is Reddit. All of   
    > Western society runs on Redditism. The Redditor reigns supreme. This is,   
    > so far, the Reddit Century.   
    >   
    > "WTF are you talking about? What is 'the Redditor?' Just someone who   
    > uses the website? Aren't you overreacting a bit?"   
    >   
    > No. The Redditor is an archetype that transcends the internet. He's a   
    > self-loathing ex-gifted kid who indulges in childish consumption rather   
    > than face the duties and uncertainties of adulthood. He thumbs his nose at   
    > traditional authority, and makes that bratty rebelliousness his whole   
    > personality. Redditism is not just an aesthetic or a collection of   
    > fandoms, it's an ideology, one that has been taken up and instrumentalized   
    > by the global elite against everything good. It animates a death cult that   
    > wants you dead first. It's the end of the line.   
      
   The Redditor is the apotheosis of the Non-Player Character. He's   
   unself-aware despite his self-consciousness. He's stupid despite his   
   determination to prove he's a Smart Boy. And he puts the capital-C in   
   cringe.   
      
   Every day, 24 million members are giving each other the worst possible   
   advice.   
      
   It's going to take years for AI to recover from being trained on Reddit.   
      
   Tagged: 'Clown World', 'SJW'   
      
   [1]: https://newrightpoast.substack.com/p/the-four-commandments-of-reddit   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)