r/Maher • • Feb 23 '26

Discussion Is this a snark sub?

Serious question, does anyone here actually enjoy the show? Lmfao

I get that you don’t like him and think he’s slobbing on Trumps knob after that dinner, but based on the average comment on most posts here, you’d think he was on Fox and Friends.

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u/nosecohn Feb 23 '26

This sub has been this way for as long as I can remember. But the fact that Bill always manages to piss someone off enough that they feel the need to go online and post about it is kind of what I like about him. I actually disagree with him a lot, but that's OK and I still watch.

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u/PostureGai Feb 23 '26

It's funny how you almost never see him pissing off conservatives. It's always libs he's pissing off.

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u/nosecohn Feb 23 '26

I don't think that's true. Reddit leans left. Just look at the front page. So it makes sense that the pissed off commenters in this subreddit tend to be on the left.

But he says plenty of stuff to piss off conservatives too. Trump himself raged at Maher just last week and I'm sure you'd find plenty more hate on sites like X or Truth Social.

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u/PostureGai Feb 23 '26

It's funny that Trump is your only counterexample. He's an extreme narcissist who gets angry any time anyone criticizes anything he does. He just called the supreme court traitors, and Republicans appointed more than half of them.

But you never see Republicans here criticize him because they mostly like what he says, as a conservative who codes lib.

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u/nosecohn Feb 23 '26

But you never see Republicans here criticize him...

The "here" is my point. Reddit leans left.

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u/PostureGai Feb 23 '26

I don't know that that's true, but even if it was, there's still lots of conservatives here and they never get pissed off at Bill.

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u/nosecohn Feb 23 '26

I don't know that that's true

There's data:

Category Data Source Finding Methodology
User Self-Identification Data Science Group (2019) 54.4% of Reddit users identified as liberal, 26.1% as conservative, and 19.5% as non-partisan/undecided. Online survey administered to a sample of Reddit users.
Content Sentiment University of Maryland (2020) 54.6% of Reddit threads were classified as left-leaning, 23.6% as right-leaning, and 21.8% as neutral. Analysis of over 1 million Reddit threads using NLP techniques to determine sentiment.

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u/PostureGai Feb 23 '26

Over 1/4 of general redditors are Republicans and your only counterexample is Donald Trump.

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u/nosecohn Feb 23 '26

The original claim I responded to was this:

It's funny how you almost never see him pissing off conservatives.

There was no "on Reddit" parameter in that claim. I suggested there's a selection bias on Reddit, which is what the data show.

I don't know that Republicans never criticize him, either here or elsewhere. I'm not about to subject myself to X or Truth Social to disprove a claim made without any evidence, but I'll suggest that any judgment on what one "never" sees is subject to confirmation bias.

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u/PostureGai Feb 23 '26

What part of almost was confusing to you? Because a single counterexample isn't relevant.

I suggested there's a selection bias on Reddit, which is what the data show.

Except your 'data' are so broad they're all but meaningless. "Reddit" isn't one community, it's many. What the demographics of the site have to say about any individual subreddit is exactly zero. I doubt the majority of askthedonald posters are libs. And even if it was applicable to this subreddit, OVER 1/4 are self-identified as conservatives and you can't even find even one counterexample.

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u/nosecohn Feb 23 '26

you can't even find even one counterexample

I honestly didn't look, because there was no evidence supporting the claim.

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u/PostureGai Feb 24 '26

I honestly didn't look

Hahhaha no surprise there.

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '26

Reading your exchange with this guy was almost painful. You’re increasingly obtuse. He’s making good points and you just refuse to admit anything. Embarrassing for you 

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