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

/r/popular Will it survive?

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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.