elkaki@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 11 months agoWhat is a quote you see everywhere that you absolutely hate?message-squaremessage-square151fedilinkarrow-up186arrow-down13
arrow-up183arrow-down1message-squareWhat is a quote you see everywhere that you absolutely hate?elkaki@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 11 months agomessage-square151fedilink
minus-squareRai@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up29arrow-down2·11 months agoI don’t see it anymore after leaving the hell that is Reddit, but I saw “Play stupid games, win stupid prizes” multiple times in every thread.
minus-squareTopRamenBinLaden@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up10·11 months agoI haven’t seen “fuck around and find out” since the old Reddit days, either.
minus-squareRai@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 months agoThank goodness for that. Another comment that was posted over and over and over in every thread.
minus-squareFreeman@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up6·11 months agoI mean I get that if used in a context where a person does something with great risk attached and with few and rare good possible outcomes (stupid games). And then they get a bad outcome (stupid prize). For example Jackass-like stunts.
minus-squareRai@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoIt’s just a stupid phrase that I hate, parroted to death multiple times in every Reddit thread ever.
minus-squarePorkRollWobbly@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·11 months agoUsually as a way of being racist, too.
I don’t see it anymore after leaving the hell that is Reddit, but I saw “Play stupid games, win stupid prizes” multiple times in every thread.
I haven’t seen “fuck around and find out” since the old Reddit days, either.
Thank goodness for that. Another comment that was posted over and over and over in every thread.
I mean I get that if used in a context where a person does something with great risk attached and with few and rare good possible outcomes (stupid games). And then they get a bad outcome (stupid prize).
For example Jackass-like stunts.
It’s just a stupid phrase that I hate, parroted to death multiple times in every Reddit thread ever.
Usually as a way of being racist, too.