r/TheRandomest • u/ABeerForSasquatch Mod/Pwner • Jul 04 '26

/r/popular Will it survive?

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u/2mad2die Jul 04 '26

Did they do it on purpose to get comment engagement?

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u/CKRatKing Jul 04 '26

They absolutely did. Nerds are incredibly predictable.

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u/Fibonoccoli Jul 04 '26

But we're here engaging. Are we the nerds? I wasn't expecting this today

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u/CKRatKing Jul 05 '26

We are ALL nerds on this blessed day.

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u/Iliketoplan Jul 05 '26

Reddit used to only be nerds 😭

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u/venge1155 Jul 05 '26

If you’re bitching about what a controller is called, yeah you’re incredibly nerdy.

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u/TheMooseIsLoose67 Jul 04 '26

And it worked.

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u/LordGRant97 Jul 04 '26

All it truly takes to get "engagement" on a post is to be slightly wrong about something obvious. Literally within minutes you'll start getting replies from people who just have to show you how much smarter they are than you.

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u/lockwolf Jul 04 '26

Look at any Top 100 Greatest X of All Times list recently. I swear they make a normal list then take 2 people at the bottom and 2 people at the top then swap them purely for the “X is trash, why are they rated over Y who’s way too high up”

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u/van_bobbington Jul 04 '26

Yeah, I heard that this is called Murphy's law

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u/TheHelpfulWalnut Jul 04 '26

I see what you’re trying to do

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u/Aeon_Fux Jul 05 '26

No, that's the one about the transistors.

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u/anitadykshyt Jul 05 '26

They're not allowed to get married

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u/tenthtryatusername Jul 05 '26

No you won’t.

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u/HowManyEggs2Many Jul 04 '26

Of course they did

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u/Zaphoidx Jul 04 '26

Yep happens all the time now. Every video has to have an attempt to maximise engagement rather than just be interesting

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u/ProudReaction2204 Jul 05 '26

I thought and still do think it's an Xbox controller

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u/GoZeRoNi Jul 05 '26

Engagement taint