• Melllvar
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    8 months ago

    That’s not really what they’re saying. Instead, they’re saying that it’s obvious which commenters only read the headline.

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      8 months ago

      Which is due to the headline being phrased in the same way as the commonly used Reddit theme of AITA. It makes it seem as if the OP is asking the question, rather than it being the headline of an editorial.

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        8 months ago

        Or people are just lazy and self-righteous.

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            The concept behind am I the asshole is that even though a title can lead people in one direction the explainition may take you in another. All the people who didn’t read the article and instead made snap judges based off a title… YTA