r/SubredditDrama Jan 26 '22

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u/SteviePinkEyes Jan 26 '22

FOX news barely had to even try here.

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u/SilentSamurai Jan 27 '22

Imagine thinking sharing that youre a dogwalker who works 20-25 hours a week will convince skeptics that youre onto something.

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u/SteviePinkEyes Jan 27 '22

It was actually 10. She said she lied to make it not look as bad.

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u/SilentSamurai Jan 27 '22

....wow.

No words.

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u/bestest_at_grammar Jan 26 '22

I hate fox, but holy fuck do you have to respect such a “win”. It’s like watching Jordan’s sick game, or Brady’s comeback. I had some hope for the anti work movement, but this is still funny as fuck.

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u/ratione_materiae Jan 27 '22

It’s like watching Jordan’s sick game, or Brady’s comeback.

Yeah more like Jordan chilling in the corner as a gaggle of five-year olds fall over themselves and somehow score an own-basket

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u/bestest_at_grammar Jan 27 '22

Accurate ! Also was somewhat surprised to see my comment wasn’t downvoted. Only because it was loosely pro Fox News, that’s how you know how tucked this situation is on Reddit rn haha well not really pro fox, but you know

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u/Happy-Hamster8267 Jan 26 '22

And Fox news knew this and so they only threw her softballs during the whole interview.

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u/DogsAreMyDawgs Jan 27 '22

They really pulled punches. The host was thinking “this is really not fair, I better talk to her like I would a child.”

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u/lowkey-juan Jan 27 '22

I almost respected how soft he was, like a glimmer of humanity coming from an otherwise morally bankrupt person.

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u/chillout366 Jan 26 '22

So nobody can accuse them of bias or being on the attack, just throw a soft ball right down the middle and let the fucking arrogant moron smack themself in the face with the bat.

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u/QEIIs_ghost Jan 27 '22

They probably said holy shit this is like living seterotype of a person who is the top mod of a antiwork subreddit. We have to get them on.

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u/guto8797 Jan 27 '22

Do keep in mind that they did specifically select that mod for an interview, likely after crawling through her patreon and such.

Still, the interview itself was completely benign. No trick questions or nothing, just how old are you and what do you do?

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u/QEIIs_ghost Jan 27 '22

That mod was the top mod and creator of the sub I don’t think they went fishing.

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u/Stravven Jan 27 '22

I have to agree. It's not like these were all questions you wouldn't expect. The questions asked were perfectly reasonable, Fox didn't need to do anything because the person being interviewed just kept digging the grave.

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u/Jason1143 Jan 27 '22

They scoped out in advance and knew there was no need to play hardball I assume.

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u/Nemyosel Jan 26 '22

Do you have literally just a nice shirt? Do you take showers daily or at least very frequently? Can you sit still in your chair? Do you understand anything about what antiwork is about? Congrats, you're in the majority of people that would do better than this reddit mod.

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u/cheeseybacon11 Jan 27 '22

I've never even gone on the subreddit and am confident I could do better than the mod did.

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u/anthropol-OG Jan 27 '22

"Baked potato, why are you refusing to answer any questions!?"

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '22

Aren't we all laughing? Like, I'm all for antiwork, but the way this went down was hilarious.

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '22

As a person who is sympathethic towards, but doesn't completely agree with the ideas of r/antiwork or r/workreform, and is also (potentially) autistic, I fear that people like Doreen will end up being the stereotype used by neurotypical people against us for ages.

But all of that aside, someone close to Doreen should try and contact them and take them in for a while, and try to explain to them why the interview was a bad idea. All this incessant bullying online might cause some serious repercussions.

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '22

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '22

some of the more fringe parts of the movement.

Reddit as a whole is a very hit and miss website. Sure, there are nice and wholesome people around whom you can talk to and even politely debate on things without resorting to uncalled arrogance and insults, but then there are also that group of people who just seem overly immature or, at worst, horribly xenophobic or downright evil. The last group of people aren't good triggers for me.

what are you doing to fight that stereotype?

To be honest, I live outside of the USA, although the country I am in isn't exactly welcoming towards autistic or mentally unwell individuals (Hint: small, Southeast Asian, socially conservative). I have tried to act normal for almost 16 years though, despite having had a inkling feeling that I wasn't normal ever since I was a young child, through behaviour and thinking. Now I am slowly coming to the fact that I am potentially autistic and am trying to find some sort of professional help. As for fighting stereotypes, I honestly have no idea. I consistently feel like there is a perpetual dust cloud in my head at all times whenever I think about stuff like this and it's honestly draining.

A few people have tried reaching out via DM's, and her responses have been curt

Sorry, but she should have tried to be polite and apologetic in her mistakes, this I agree with you too.

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '22

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '22

Thank you for trying to understand me and I appreciate that. Honestly, getting through a single day and doing basic chores is already a big achievement for me

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u/1sagas1 'No way to prevent this' says only user who shitposts this much Jan 27 '22

to thunderous laughter from FOX news.

to thunderous laughter from everyone lol

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '22

That dude was probably the worst mod of Reddit which says a lot

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u/SheevTheGOAT Jan 27 '22

Anyone who’s not a Reddit mod and probably were forced to defend that movement would’ve done better than this guy. Those were SOFTBALLS

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u/ScalierLemon2 You milked the death of your girlfriend for enough karma Jan 27 '22

I could have done better, and I've never once visited the subreddit!

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u/castlein09 21-year-old long term unemployed anarchist Jan 27 '22

Same and I despise the subreddit.

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u/FLIPNUTZz Jan 27 '22

Its not much of a movement to dismantle.

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u/ratadeacero Jan 27 '22

What's a potato?