Anonymous #1 2w

For emphasis

32

Anonymous #2 2w

I mean personally, whenever I run into someone saying something outlandishly, cartoonishly evil, I prefer to think it’s most likely bait, bc I don’t want to lose all faith in humanity. But that’s another problem with rage baiting too, cause a lot of the time you really cannot tell what’s genuine vs what’s bait

1

Anonymous perry_theplatypus 2w

Yeah you can’t tell, which is why I never assume that something is rage bait, a lot of bad things have happened because people don’t take what others say seriously

1

Anonymous #2 2w

Fair enough. But that’s why I think the core problem lies in rage baiting being a thing at all

6

Anonymous perry_theplatypus 2w

That is where I’ll have to disagree. Rage bait is the glue that holds the internet together

1

Anonymous #2 2w

And you are entitled to that opinion my friend

1

Anonymous cheesepussy 2w

There’s also a link between people who fall for rage bait and masochistic tendency’s

1

Anonymous evil_sheep 2w

This actually makes since, a lot of non-white radicalized college women are actually into raceplay

1

Anonymous #2 2w

Sense*

1

Anonymous cheesepussy 2w

Excellent excellent point

6

Anonymous evil_sheep 2w

I respect that. And I do agree that to some degree it can be helpful in testing who can discern bait from reality. I just think that in more recent times there’s been a significant increase relative to any other time in history, and it’s being used as an excuse to say some pretty terrible things bc “it’s just rage bait, you got baited” yk?

1

Anonymous #5 2w

I totally agree with you. Like evil sheep said, it is in essence part of the human condition, and I think in part useful for testing who has the basic intelligence to discern reality from fiction. But what it’s become in today’s world is essentially just a bs get out of jail free card for whatever terrible, hateful shit people want to say

11

Anonymous perry_theplatypus 2w

It’s 100% a get outta jail free card and the “culture” of it is stupid to defend. The commenter who said it’s to “test humans ability to understand what’s real or not” AKA lying. Lying is a natural behavior BUT so is Screaming. Screaming and lying are both behaviors but if you do them in the wrong social contexts, is considered abnormal and sometimes gets you a diagnosis or two. Point is, just cause it’s a human behavior and can be beneficial doesn’t make it appropriate or normal

13

Anonymous #5 2w

A very good point, I agree

1

Anonymous average_train_fan 2w

Yeah no I’m not the other guy, I’ve heard many bad things

6

Anonymous #8 2w

Yeah

1

Anonymous perry_theplatypus 2w

The reason it’s more prevalent is the fact we a the most easy form of communication ever available. Before you would rage bait people in person now with the internet you can rage bait a lot more people

1

Anonymous evil_sheep 2w

You make a great point, that’s absolutely true. The existence of the internet, coupled with today’s political climate, was the recipe for disaster that led to an uptick in rage baiting

1

Anonymous ireallylikepancakes 2w

Exactly. Don’t fix smth that isn’t broken

4