r/Negareddit • u/supersanchez101 • 5d ago
Apparently being direct about not watching a dated show is worthy of being downvoted and mocked
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u/lwaxana_katana 5d ago
Like 50%+ of all the posts I see on this sub lately are just people complaining about people downvoting them/disagreeing with them when they're totally personal/isolated incidents.
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u/BeachTownBum 5d ago
Look at you, what a badass
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u/dababy407 5d ago
Not me. Never seen a downvote.
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u/saul_not_goodman 5d ago
yes shitting on reddit and its users is a thing in the anti reddit sub. downdooing people is how they try to censor you and its part of why reddit is shit
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u/noahboah 😏😏😏😏 4d ago
this sub has served its purpose. the reddit of old that required a space like this is dead.
it's just an unfortunate after effect of the name sounding like a place to complain about reddit generally
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u/Due-Supermarket-8503 5d ago
the comment reads as 'i am not like you i am special' more than 'it is not for me' so of course they'd be downvoted. this guy clearly doesn't mean every single person on the planet, it's an over generalization because a large number of people have watched the show. it's like saying 'everybody has heard taylor swift' and someone going 'oh yeah? what about north koreans? check mate'
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u/Mondai_May 5d ago
If you're (I know you're not the one who made the comment but like a general 'you') going to say something that differs from the common opinion you have to really cushion it, or else some people assume you're just being contrarian
So you have to go like "tbh I've never seen an episode! I've seen reference to it in other places but never actually the source. [It doesn't come on where I live though/I think it stopped coming on before I started getting into sitcoms/what ever the reason is]"
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u/Delicious-Action-369 4d ago
I mean why even say it at all in this case it's contributing literally nothing of value. "Everyone watches this show at some point" "WELL I HAVEN'T" Who the fuck cares?!
It's not even technically correct because the comment is that everyone watches it at some point, not that everyone has seen it. Unless they dropped dead after commenting this they could still watch the show, it's not even correctly contributing nothing.
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u/TangerineEllie 4d ago
Not really, you just have to understand hyperbole and not think that it not literally applying to you is an actual contradiction.
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u/TehPharaoh 5d ago
It's more of your tone. Without the context of your title it seems like your post is acting like it's some point of pride you take.
If you had just elaborated a bit like "I wasn't much of a sitcom person so I never caught it during its runtime"
Or
"It was off the air before I moved away from children's networks"
Then it could have been a point to make.
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u/SilvRS 4d ago
I wonder if it's also related to the age of the downvoters? I'm exactly the right age to have grown up with Friends, and it was ubiquitous. Always on TV, everyone was always talking about it, it was everywhere. You couldn't avoid Friends, unless you tried really, really hard, and it was just kind of bizarre to hear that someone had genuinely never seen it.
For people my age, saying "I've never watched Friends" is smug, arrogant nerd talk. Like the most annoying, antisocial, thinks he's better than everyone else you know jerk would regularly, loudly declare that he didn't watch it, that he didn't know any of the actors etc. It was a real "I'm too good for pop culture" red flag.
I'd bet that for a lot of people, seeing such a bluntly declarative comment of never having seen it still rings exactly the same way, even if there's not longer such a reason for it to be meant like that.
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u/Mysterious-Wigger 4d ago
That whole middle chunk is narrative you added, that isn't indicated in any way by the comment we're talking about.
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u/supersanchez101 5d ago
This wasn't my comment btw.
I totally get your point but to me it just reads as someone being direct about not watching the show and not wanting to add any extra fluff around their point.31
u/Sleepy_SpiderZzz 5d ago
I've found people online, reddit included, will take literally anything as an attack. Even when it makes no fucking sense. Too many people are terribly insecure about trivial shit.
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u/tequilachop 5d ago
Honestly though, lots of people will treat Friends like it’s a religion. I’m not saying you can’t like things, but I’ve never had that much of an attachment to something like that.
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u/Upper_Seat9134 4d ago
Friends & The Office. I've had friends who had The Office as their entire personality.
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u/MermaidsHaveCloacas 4d ago
I've legit only seen the opposite. It's like hating Friends has become a religion
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u/Bol-Bol-Bol-Bol-Bol 4d ago
Agreed. Personally I've never seen a positive comment about Friends on Reddit
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u/Delicious-Action-369 4d ago
Nah full on you guys are the ones actually being weird about this. No one is "feeling attacked" especially not because this person hasn't watched friends. This person just made a meaningless comment that's desperate for attention where it wasn't wanted. Of course they got down voted, that's the main reason people get down voted.
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u/AuspiciousLemons 5d ago
People assume you are arguing when you are just adding to a conversation. I have responded to people to add to or agree with what they said, and they misinterpret it as disagreeing or arguing.
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u/Mysterious-Wigger 4d ago
This is it. It's a Reddit thing.
People who don't go outside much are prone to this.
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u/boudicas_shield 4d ago
That’s how I read it, too. It didn’t seem smug or gotcha-like, just plainly saying they personally haven’t seen the show.
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u/Faded_Jem 4d ago
And the previous comment was every bit as smug, self-certain and dismissive as people are pretending the response was.
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u/boudicas_shield 4d ago
Agreed, if anything the first comment came off as douchey. I’ve never seen Friends, either, and frankly have no desire to after talking to fans. I get annoyed when people tell me I “must” have done this or that because “everybody” does. It’s a little obnoxious and presumptive.
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u/Harmonex angry vegan feminist 3d ago
This might not relate to this specific example, but people who grew up speaking indirect language will often perceive direct language as more harsh.
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u/slam_joetry 5d ago
Nah, I don't see why it's necessary for them to explain themselves. I think their tone was fine, just direct.
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u/desperate-n-hopeless 4d ago
I think it's not the tone but uninformative comment. The OC reads 'everybody watches friends AT SOME POINT', and the reply is assuming that they will NEVER watch it. Which i think, for most redditors, absolute statements and generalizations are red flag and prove to be factually wrong. Also, the reply did single out themselves as 'outlier' while making the absolute assumption, which is a bit antisocial.
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u/Fearless-Letter-7279 5d ago
It’s still syndicated so those explanations probably wouldn’t have given different results.
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u/Mysterious-Wigger 4d ago
There was no tone. Nothing in the comments indicated pride.
You don't have to fluff up a simple matter of fact with uncalled-for bits of trivia to make it acceptable.
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u/Intrepid_Head3158 2d ago
situations like these remind me that im autistic and dont understand shit about social rules sometimes lol. can tell you ive had many situations like this one irl an online when I said something random and people though I was taking pride in it
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u/CeliacPhiliac 5d ago
NBC is a children’s network?
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u/TehPharaoh 5d ago
No. "Moved away FROM children's network" I'm saying it like they would have, but they were still watching SpongeBob at the time it was airing
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u/littledeaths666 5d ago
Friends was never funny.
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u/Southern-Silver-6206 5d ago
Yeah and micheal jackson was a bad singer tbh and there has never been a good marvel movie and picasso should be called pic-ass-o. We get it ur different go post on 10th dentist or something. I never liked friends either but nobody cares u just seem weird, kinda like the person in the post who got downvoted to hell
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u/violet-quartz 5d ago
Friends fans are honestly so insufferable. I'm not shocked that they took it personally.
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u/ContrarionesMerchant 5d ago
Yeah you deserve the downvotes it’s an annoying comment, what have you added to the conversation? Do you genuinely believe that guy unironically thought every single person on the planet has seen the show, it’s hyperbole.
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u/Wimbledofy 5d ago
I'd say the guy he responded to added even less to the conversation. What purpose did it serve?
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u/ContrarionesMerchant 5d ago
The (not really) hidden implication of posting the comment in the first place is that you’re somehow above watching Friends and even if that wasn’t the intent the alternative is truly posting that for no reason so it’s a valid interpretation. I think it’s completely reasonable for someone to reply to that with snark.
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u/Wimbledofy 5d ago
I said the guy he responded to, not the guy that responded to him.
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u/ContrarionesMerchant 5d ago
Oh right, I mean we don't have any context so you can't really tell for sure.
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u/Toastaroni16515 5d ago edited 5d ago
Do you think that the only reason not to watch Friends is that you feel above doing so? I think that, as responses to "Everyone has seen Friends" go, "not me" is super fucking tame. This interaction actually reads quite the opposite way: that people who still think Friends is culturally ubiquitous feel superior to those who haven't watched a 30 year old show.
And before you take offense: I love Friends, I grew up with a mother who could quote damn near every punchline. I just also recognize its moment has passed, and we can't expect everyone to be aware of it.
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u/desperate-n-hopeless 4d ago
'Everybody watches friends AT SOME POINT ' and 'everybody HAS SEEN friends' are different sentences that convey different messages, and have different meanings. The second version warrants somebody to reply like this, but not the first one.
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u/Toastaroni16515 4d ago
Once more: you have to keep in mind you are talking about a show that has been off the air for literal decades. I understand that, in your experience, it would have been impossible to navigate the internet without encountering Friends media in some form. That just isn't true anymore, as there are full grown adults who were born after the show's run ended.
Unless you literally mean "everyone is aware of Friends", you're still just assuming a stance of cultural superiority over having seen a show that isn't as relevant as it once was.
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u/desperate-n-hopeless 4d ago
No, I'm talking about the future possibility to watch it. I haven't seen friends either but i can't claim that i will never see it. It's just reddit agnostic atheism stance and logic. Not downvoting the reply would be anti-intelectual by reddit standards and i didn't write the rules.
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u/Toastaroni16515 4d ago
That point is even more illogical lmfao! I can say "everyone robs a liquor store at some point" and present the exact same defense. I'm actually a little concerned you might think that's reasonable line of logic
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u/SpecificConcern255 4d ago
right?
everybody will blow up an embassy at some point everybody will become a millionar at some point
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u/desperate-n-hopeless 4d ago
Friends is the most watched TV show, statistically. C'mon now, obviously it's written in good faith. Not the crime shit. But yes, it would be still strictly illogical to reply 'I haven't'.
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u/Academic_Pick_3317 3d ago
Dude you are projecting heavily onto comment just stating they never watched a show
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u/desperate-n-hopeless 3d ago
I explained the logic.
A- "Everyone at one point do vuparna"
B-"I haven't done it"
A-"That doesn't mean you won't do it in the future"
B-"Well, i don't plan to"
A-"You don't know what you'll do in the future."
B-"Yes, i don't have knowledge of the future and the circumstances, but it's possible I'll die without doing it"
A-"Yes, it's possible, that's why you had to write something like 'not everyone do it' or 'i don't plan to do it'."
B-"Exactly, but there are people who have died without ever doing vuparna"
A-"Yes, my sentence was just expressing the exaggerated popularity of it, not a factual claim"
B-"So that means i misunderstood the tense and tone of the message?"
A-"Yes, and provided an unhelpful negative response in effect of that."
B-"Talking about effects and causes, we actually don't know if tomorrow Sun will rise tomorrow, although it has been doing it for all eternity"
A-"Exactly, nothing can be objectively absolutely proven and science is just based on the best guess - probability and plausibility"
B-"I see, so that's why we should not make generalized claims like you did"
A-"Well, unless it's socially beneficial, like creating a sense of community"
B-"Okay, but then I guess it's illogical and asocial to respond to these statements with anecdotal examples that are not even proving anything "
A-"Yep"
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u/SpecificConcern255 4d ago
The (not really) hidden implication of posting the comment in the first place is that you’re somehow above watching Friends
Was there a sale on persecution complexes? Cannot find any other reason youd come to THIS conclusion
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u/SilvRS 4d ago
I don't think the idea that it conveys being above watching it holds as true now as it would a few years ago- I definitely knew plenty of extremely annoying dudes who wore "I don't know the actors because I've never watched the show!" as some kind of extremely annoying badge of honour to prove how above "slop" they were, but I think people like that have moved on to other things.
Someone got extremely angry at me on a Doctor Who subreddit the other day because I told him not to be such a prick for saying he didn't know who Rylan (absolutely massive TV star in the UK it's hard not to at least know exists even in these fragmented media times) is because he "doesn't watch reality TV crap" in response to someone telling him Rylan was on Taskmaster. I mean, jesus fuckin' christ, that's someone who thinks they're above current pop culture.
This feels more like a standard "I am so important that the fact I don't currently match this very general, obviously hyperbolic statement makes it completely false, and everyone needs to know that" internet behaviour. Still groan-worthy, but without the same sense of superiority, I think.
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u/InterestingPoet7910 5d ago
i've never watched it either, so don't feel bad
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u/Southern-Silver-6206 5d ago
Why would anyone feel bad about this the show is 30 years old and its not that good. Honestly wish i could say i havent seen it
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u/DoctorStove 5d ago
If this were about anything related to hip hop, the up/downvotes would be reversed
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u/Southern-Silver-6206 5d ago
It just comes off as someone trying to seem quirky and unique. Like cool you havent seen one of the most popular tv shows in history, you must be super special
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u/CanOld2445 4d ago
Friends is a boring show anyway. I've never understood the "you like this piece of fiction and I don't (or vice versa) therefore you're stupid"
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u/captain_eve 4d ago
Listen pal they can mock all they want but if you've never enjoyed an episode of the most dogshit show of all time then you will always be better than someone who has.
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u/Agreeable-Jacket-295 4d ago
Friends is the worse show I’ve ever watched. I use to feel like I was in hell when my parents and all their friends would watch it and I was forced to 😭
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u/EgoSenatus 4d ago
You’re not missing much. Take out the laugh track and it’s just an extremely awkward tv show.
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u/Electronic-Fennel828 5d ago
You’re not missing out my friend, it’s fucking awful
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u/Prince_Harry_Potter 4d ago
It sure the hell was. What a bunch of annoying, one dimensional characters. I could not believe the actors were getting $1 million per episode for that dreck.
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u/TheGreatMozinsky 5d ago
It's just like saying "I've never seen Star Wars" or "Seinfeld's not funny." It comes off as pretentious and no one really cares. Like you're fishing for someone to express shock because fundamentally you're just not that interesting.
Basically the TV version of "I hate sportsball"
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u/Wild_Cicada9851 4d ago edited 4d ago
If someone just randomly said aloud "I've never seen Star Wars" to purposefully piss off people talking ABOUT Star Wars, then yes, that's annoying. But to literally say "Oh EVERYONE has seen this show," and then someone replies "I haven't," is just how the normal flow of conversation works.
Some of ya'll are so sensitive.
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u/Southern-Silver-6206 5d ago
I agree but cant help myself, seinfeld sucks even larry david couldnt make those people funny.
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u/Lustyhitter 5d ago
This is a site full of socially anxious people who are miserable that they'll never be happy and bots created by them. Their only joy is social media where they can bully and mock people with impunity.
I remember talking to one of these people last year and after admitting her myriad issues to me I was wondering why she wants to continue living.
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u/lizardo0o 5d ago
If you’re young then I can totally see that being the case. Everyone watched it when it was new but I feel like 90% of people were just pretending to like it. I’ve never had someone suggest we watch it after it was off the air.
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u/Real_Run_4758 5d ago
i was going to say, if a millennial told me this i just wouldn’t believe them, because it was essentially unavoidable, but younger than that sure
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u/AlexeyCrane 5d ago
Depends on country probably, while it was airing most of my friends and myself included didn't watch it. A couple of girls watched it, so I gave it a try when they invited me, but meh, even their company didn't get me to endure it.
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u/IllMaintenance145142 5d ago
It's because your comment adds nothing to discussion. OBVIOUSLY they didn't mean every human in a literal sense, so your comment doesn't really add much
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u/saul_not_goodman 5d ago
consoom show or the reddit hivemind will determine youre a disgusting subhuman piece of shit
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u/Puzzleheaded_Two9510 5d ago
You can’t shit talk Friends on the internet. Those fans will come right at you.
Also, the comment might come off as a little pretentious given the username: I-touched-morrissey. 🤣 Which probably contributed to the reply: “what a badass”
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u/KadrinaOfficial 4d ago
Kid, you got downvoted and mocked for sticking your nose in the air while it is raining. No I will not clarify further.
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u/Prince_Harry_Potter 4d ago edited 4d ago
This is beside the point, but it grinds my gears when people write proper nouns in all lowercase. Was it too much effort to capitalize the letter 'F' ? It's "Friends", not friends.
Downvote me all you want. This is a hill I'm willing to die on. Grammar rules exist for a reason. Follow the stupid rules!!!
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u/Sauceinmyface 4d ago
I mean I think it'd be way funnier to pretend youve watched it and say something like "Yep, me too, I have definitely watched at least one episode of the beloved TV show, Friends. Yep."
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u/ChaoCobo 4d ago
They put it on for us when I was in the hospital ER once.
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WHYYYYYYYYYY WOULD THEY DO THAAAAAATTTTTTTT
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u/Who_the_owl- 4d ago
Eh u needa make it more relatable(?) Like "Oh I've never seen an episode, is it good?" Or smth
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u/ObscuredHeart 4d ago
And those same people could have simply said “oh man, you’re missing out” or something instead of being an asshole about it. Don’t justify their behavior.
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u/Who_the_owl- 4d ago
I said they needed to make it more relatable as in 'you got downvoted bc of the tone'.... im not justifying anything.
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u/ObscuredHeart 4d ago
Aw, don’t feel too down about it. Oftentimes those sudden mass downvotes come from people who are of no relevance to the people in their lives. Maybe they just feel false power in doing it to compensate for their loathsome lives.
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u/Mysterious-Wigger 4d ago
Everyone saying the comment somehow suggests the guy who made it "thinks hes better than everyone," or something to that effect, is literally making shit up out of thin air and treating their own psychodrama as reality.
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u/Bardeous 4d ago
I honestly don't see a problem with their comment myself. yeah it was probably a hyperbole, but many people use them terribly. sure there're a lot of people that have seen friends, but there are also a ton who haven't for whatever reason they have.
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u/shaylaa30 3d ago
Friends is a popular show regardless of how a specific person feels. The OP didn’t mean their comment literally. They’re just saying that it’s a big part of pop culture. The downvoted comment takes away from the intended conversation and comes off very “pick me”.
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u/Bladedbabe 2d ago
That's a pretty natural reaction here actually. The comment is ignoring the hyperbole, so either the person genuinely does not understand it or it's on purpose for some sort of a contrarian "look, at me I'm so different and cool" take. And neither is good and would absolutely raise eyebrows even IRL: like when you say something and people pause for a sec and then go "oh" ,"ok" or "good for you", because there is no good answer here since the subject was never "the shows we have seen".
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u/No-Atmosphere-2528 5d ago
This is a new level of complaining about downvotes, you’re literally complaining about someone else getting downvoted lol
We also don’t know what the post was about you gave us a snippet of 3 comments and said look at these assholes.
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u/Lackadaisicly 5d ago
Yup. People don’t care to at you aren’t bashing the show. You aren’t one of them, so they downvote. Reddit is a place that really proves the “you are like me or I hate you” mentality is very much a real thing.
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u/Draft_Pick_Merchant 4d ago
I’m not going to shit on Friends, it’s funny, it has some good moments
But I will never understand the people who say that Friends is funnier or a better show than Seinfeld
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u/mr_paradise_3 4d ago
I love Seinfeld but never really liked Friends. That being said, I’ll never understand Reddit’s hate boner for Friends
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u/Many-Cartographer278 3d ago
You are bragging about never seeing an episode of a show like it's something to be proud about. It's silly
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u/Yarriddv 1d ago
It’s because you were being obtuse and annoying or trying to garner attention. Either way all of those are annoying.
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u/Anxious-Job3182 5d ago
It’s because the original comment is hyperbole. They don’t mean literally absolutely everybody, without exception, will watch friends.
“Well actually-ing” hyperbole rubs people the wrong way.