Tell the best experience or interaction you had on Reddit, and the worst one.

The best for me would be when r/egg_irl helped me realize I was in fact, not cis. Or when r/aspiememes helped me comprehend that my psychologist at the time was wrong. The worst one would be every single time I had to deal with powertriping mods or when I had to fight the rampant transphobia in the platform.

  • Nepenthe
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    2 years ago

    Oh yeah, the stalking happened to me too. I’d made the Unforgivable Mistake of saying forced breeding was a kink I found very uncomfortable because the attraction seemed to stem from control, and even cited a guy’s comment saying his attraction to it was control.

    With the specific, stressed concession that none of us choose our kinks or I wouldn’t have chosen mine either. He’s free to it just like I am. But “forced pregnancy is hot” is fucking creepy to say out loud in the current political atmosphere of the US.

    Apparently, someone didn’t like that, because they spent over a week following me around from post to post and trying to smear me whenever I commented, regardless of context. To little effect other than making me link and rehash my same exact explanatory post, because I wouldn’t have said what I didn’t believe.

    After several days of failed harassment without getting the weeping public apology they were hoping for, they seemed to fizzle out. I think the sloppily attempted gradeschool bullying would have had to be a powerlessness in their real life, so the whole thing was more laughable than upsetting. But I hope they land a good therapist before dating anyone. That kind of stuff seeps into everything.

    • @edgarallenpwn
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      12 years ago

      Out of all the things to be so upset it with that’s a strange one. Why not just move on and fap to your fetish instead of chasing someone around yelling about it. I can get being vigilant about calling out hateful stuff, but to track someone because of the porn you watch is just weird.