https://www.reddit.com/r/AskOldPeople/comments/1iakve4/elders_of_reddit_what_are_some_differences/
created by paz2023 on 26/01/2025 at 17:43 UTC
2 upvotes, 15 top-level comments (showing 15)
Comment by AutoModerator at 26/01/2025 at 17:43 UTC
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Comment by Eff-Bee-Exx at 26/01/2025 at 20:13 UTC
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I’m not sure what sort of feedback you’re asking about. If it’s relevant to the question, people IRL are much less polarized and much more polite than people on line.
Comment by The1Ylrebmik at 26/01/2025 at 21:56 UTC
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The IRL feedback I have gotten lately is that: I should really watch my sugar because I overdid over the holidays; stay away from energy drinks they are horrible for you; go see Nosferatu it is an amazing looking movie; Jokic is having a great season but so is SGA and he'll get the MVP due to voter fatigue; I focus too much on the past especially when I have a negative filter; and Star Trek Section 31 is horrible.
The online feedback I have gotten lately is that I am an 11 year old, but also a boomer, and an ignorant Nazi troll pedophile incel oligarch douchebag idiot who knows nothing about history politics science philosophy sports movies or how to please a woman. Oh and also Star Trek Section 31 is bad.
Comment by Elegant_Marc_995 at 26/01/2025 at 18:55 UTC
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What am I supposed to be getting feedback on? And from whom?
Comment by [deleted] at 26/01/2025 at 22:41 UTC
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Comment by Professor-genXer at 26/01/2025 at 22:40 UTC
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I don’t ask for feedback online or receive it. I do read and comment in a fashion subreddit but I don’t post /ask for input on my outfits. 🤷🏻♀️
IRL I get informal feedback from my students about how class is going. Periodically I get formal feedback from other professors when I am evaluated.
Comment by forested_morning43 at 27/01/2025 at 10:08 UTC
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I’m old, I don’t have to give AF.
Comment by Anne314 at 27/01/2025 at 13:45 UTC
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Well, no one IRL has ever wished for me to get cancer, unlike a redditor on a food sub.
Comment by Frequent_Skill5723 at 28/01/2025 at 06:43 UTC
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I've been a socialist hippie tree-hugger my entire adult life, so most of society has always treated me like I'm clinically insane.
Comment by Nenoshka at 26/01/2025 at 20:31 UTC
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Feedback on what?
Comment by [deleted] at 27/01/2025 at 10:40 UTC
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Online friends think I’m tall.
Comment by Blues-Daddy at 29/01/2025 at 21:27 UTC
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I find that Reddit tends to offer a thoughtful and measured opinion, whereas real life tends towards more stream of consciousness thought.
Comment by Traditional-Meat-549 at 29/01/2025 at 21:34 UTC
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I feel like everyone talks politics... everywhere. So so sick of it. Most do nothing to change things
Comment by Entire-Garage-1902 at 30/01/2025 at 06:20 UTC
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On Reddit, we have no choice about who we associate with. In our real lives that is not the case. I don’t think it has anything to do with age. I imagine you choose your associates too. So of course the feedback is different. I think most of us filter out unpleasant people in our real lives.
Comment by Moist-Doughnut-5160 at 27/01/2025 at 11:07 UTC
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It doesn’t matter where you are. When you get to be my age you don’t give a flying bat’s ass what anyone thinks. For what it’s worth I refuse to discuss politics with anyone. I refuse to judge people based on their political views. So there you have it.