#next to nobody that my mom interacts with in this rural texan town has a clue what she is talking about | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

quaranmine · 7 months ago

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unintended consequence of introducing my mom to reddit in 2019 is that 5 years later she is 10x more of a redditor than anyone i know now, and also has zero concept of the general reputation of reddit among normal people. everybody stares blankly when this woman in her 60s starts talking about this post she saw on reddit. she brings it up CONSTANTLY. like nearly every conversation. i'm like mom please. these people only know reddit as the incel site, if they know what it is at all

#not saying there aren't older people on reddit but like #let's all be real the general demographic of reddit is 30 y/o men and every time i go on the popular tab i'm reminded of this #next to nobody that my mom interacts with in this rural texan town has a clue what she is talking about #but the confidence with which she cites it #at least she isnt into conspiracies #actuall i'll ammend. she is into conspiracies. but she's into mocking them #which on it's own is a little....i've had to tell her to dial back because she's always bringing up whatever stupid thing she saw online #like she is more chronically online than i am when it comes to what stupid maga people believe. because she hates them #and i'm happy she hates them instead of supports them #but i'm also like mom pls you cannot bring up vaccine conspiracies in normal company everyone thinks you are insane #i SEE their looks as she talks but she doesnt 😭#it's like people will be having a normal conversation about real world things and she will derail into unhinged chronically online stuff #like mom pls everyone else is happily living normal lives offline you are confusing and scaring them LOL

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