Why is it that so many people on Reddit like to smugly slap down the Rage Out card any time someone uses harsh words? The human emotional spectrum covers a lot more ground than just "saccharine" and "devolved into anger".
After whiteys, this is the thing that annoys me most about Reddit.
but /r/fitness is still supposed to be an open community.
No, it isn't.
it's a moderators job to take the high ground.
No, it isn't.
If you believe what you've just written, you ought to resign as a mod. Do the honorable thing.
The sheer amount of self-righteous smug
I can see where the mods are coming from. There are so many people coming into hobby related subs and then asking extremely low effort questions that could be answered by checking the subs sidebar or even just googling.
There is this weird attitude among some users that newbies should be coddled and treated like small children. God forbid anyone ever calls users out for genuinely stupid questions or expects them to do at least SOME research on the topic beforehand. That's usually when somebody comes along and smugly calls you an elitist.
You have no idea how much of that shit we have to deal with on a daily basis. It's the equivalent of "I've tried nothing and I'm all out of ideas"
You also have the hilarious type of person that will tell us that the wiki only applies to everyone else, but they need personalized advice as they are such a special little snowflake.
i asked a question about whether anyone did a combined low-rep+heavy weight routine and high-rep+light weight routine and they were falling over themselves trying to get me to post my routine, just so they could shit on it. it's a pretty worthless sub imo
Honestly that sounds like every post-intermediate powerlifting routine I've seen, as they all combine some heavy weight - low rep work on the main lifts and their variations and then a lot of lower weight, high rep assistance work.
You might be interested in checking out stuff like Sheiko, Westside, GZCL's templates and the Norwegian powerlifting templates that are publicly available as they all incorporate what you are talking about. I think Layne Nortons new program also does this based on some of my lifting friends that use it.
The book "practical programming for strength training" is also a great resource.
Nah dude you just gotta do your Rippetoe SS program and go on the GOMAD diet. It's the perfect combination, anyone telling you otherwise doesn't know what they're doing.
Yeah, what's up with those freaks who don't obssess over fitness and are just casually looking for advice from self professed experts who are too busy wanking over their expertise to actually help out a curious beginner.
If dudes like you knew (or even cared) how much time and effort we (the mods) put into making our resources and community high quality and accessible to even the most inexperienced, non-athletic people who come to r/Fitness, you would understand how fucking stupid this sentiment is.
I've been a regular poster in the new section of /r/fitness for like 4 years on and off at this point. You see literally the same dozen questions that are answered in our wiki over and over and over. But if you tell someone to just use the resources that are already provided to them, they call you an asshole for not spoonfeeding them a perfectly customized answer. It's a drain on resources and attention that could be applied to other posts with unique or interesting questions. The guy asking for help fixing a specific issue with his deadlift sometimes gets lost between the 15 people asking how to get abs for spring break next week.
There's a very good rule to follow when it comes to mod drama:
First, assume the mod is in the right.
Wait a while.
If this isn't the first piece of drama involving that mod, look for proof.
If the proof is convincing, the mod is possibly in the wrong. Or possibly just tired.
Given the massively imbalanced user-to-mod ratio, it is no surprise at all that some users really are shit.
That's not to say there aren't some piece-of-shit mods, too. Or that there's not a quality difference between non-piece-of-shit mods. But user drama will necessarily far outnumber mod drama.
Ahh the fat soft SRDines won't pass up an opportunity to bash the evil fit chads I see. I bet most of them are regulars in the likes of circlebroke and latestagecapitalism with far worse moderation, and they aren't even default subs!
What do you think you're showing me in that screenshot that I can't see already? 75 downvotes is not "an avalanche". I caught more flack for saying that curling in the squat rack isn't a cardinal sin than I have here.
At first I thought SRD was just being their normal cunty selves, but it turns out this r/fitness mod is a monster.
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n/a SnapshillBot 2017-04-10
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n/a bunch_of_sticks 2017-04-10
There's drama all over the entire thread, this one's just the juiciest.
n/a itoucheditforacookie 2017-04-10
My beautiful contribution
n/a BankGothic 2017-04-10
After whiteys, this is the thing that annoys me most about Reddit.
n/a YHofSuburbia 2017-04-10
Whoa chill out dude, no need to go all psycho here
n/a HostOfTheNightmare 2017-04-10
I hate it when people fly off the handle like that.
n/a Tar-mairon 2017-04-10
Only person who said "psycho" here is you. :-D
n/a i_lick_fedoras 2017-04-10
You posted a smiley face so I know you're not seething with rage behind your keyboard
n/a ThatOtherPromise 2017-04-10
Control your emotions, women
:smug:
n/a xPeryitex 2017-04-10
The sheer amount of self-righteous smug
I can see where the mods are coming from. There are so many people coming into hobby related subs and then asking extremely low effort questions that could be answered by checking the subs sidebar or even just googling.
There is this weird attitude among some users that newbies should be coddled and treated like small children. God forbid anyone ever calls users out for genuinely stupid questions or expects them to do at least SOME research on the topic beforehand. That's usually when somebody comes along and smugly calls you an elitist.
n/a vikingmechanic 2017-04-10
You have no idea how much of that shit we have to deal with on a daily basis. It's the equivalent of "I've tried nothing and I'm all out of ideas"
You also have the hilarious type of person that will tell us that the wiki only applies to everyone else, but they need personalized advice as they are such a special little snowflake.
n/a SRSLovesGawker 2017-04-10
I'll just leave this here.
n/a vikingmechanic 2017-04-10
Well, you're not wrong
n/a SRSLovesGawker 2017-04-10
Aren't we all, though?
Keep it greasy so it'll go down easy.
n/a nomad1c 2017-04-10
i asked a question about whether anyone did a combined low-rep+heavy weight routine and high-rep+light weight routine and they were falling over themselves trying to get me to post my routine, just so they could shit on it. it's a pretty worthless sub imo
n/a vikingmechanic 2017-04-10
Honestly that sounds like every post-intermediate powerlifting routine I've seen, as they all combine some heavy weight - low rep work on the main lifts and their variations and then a lot of lower weight, high rep assistance work.
You might be interested in checking out stuff like Sheiko, Westside, GZCL's templates and the Norwegian powerlifting templates that are publicly available as they all incorporate what you are talking about. I think Layne Nortons new program also does this based on some of my lifting friends that use it.
The book "practical programming for strength training" is also a great resource.
n/a Soulwound 2017-04-10
Nah dude you just gotta do your Rippetoe SS program and go on the GOMAD diet. It's the perfect combination, anyone telling you otherwise doesn't know what they're doing.
n/a nomad1c 2017-04-10
i actually do SS, in keeping with being a nazi
n/a Senator_Chickpea 2017-04-10
Do you even Mensur, bro?
n/a nanonan 2017-04-10
Yeah, what's up with those freaks who don't obssess over fitness and are just casually looking for advice from self professed experts who are too busy wanking over their expertise to actually help out a curious beginner.
n/a vikingmechanic 2017-04-10
Hi! Welcome to Fittit! You're going to love it here. We saw you coming and have collected answers to your questions right here. Welcome!
n/a itoucheditforacookie 2017-04-10
Told you this place is better
n/a vikingmechanic 2017-04-10
The hilariously outraged neckbeards in SRD are much more entertaining though
n/a itoucheditforacookie 2017-04-10
I won't disagree. But, interacting with them would suck away any will left to live.
n/a vikingmechanic 2017-04-10
Fittitors already did that long ago.
Thats why God invented scotch
n/a nmx179 2017-04-10
If moderating a quorum is so gosh darn soul suckingly hard, why don't you stop, and give the job to one of the many people who would gladly take over?
n/a itoucheditforacookie 2017-04-10
He never said the modding did it. It's interacting with the other communities like srd you fuckin illiterate.
n/a itoucheditforacookie 2017-04-10
Then he wouldn't have a good reason to drink scotch
n/a theboozehelps 2017-04-10
You don't need a reason at all.
n/a itoucheditforacookie 2017-04-10
But, it helps
n/a Wraith_GraveSpell 2017-04-10
Paging /u/the_booze_helps
n/a itoucheditforacookie 2017-04-10
But... That's who I was responding to... And, you typed it wrong
n/a dexceit 2017-04-10
Did you know that your "sick gainz" wont save you from the gas chamber?
n/a vikingmechanic 2017-04-10
Now that's just a dirty fucking lie. There is nothing my sick gainz can't save me from.
Except maybe my extremely overinflated ego.
n/a purplespengler 2017-04-10
If dudes like you knew (or even cared) how much time and effort we (the mods) put into making our resources and community high quality and accessible to even the most inexperienced, non-athletic people who come to r/Fitness, you would understand how fucking stupid this sentiment is.
n/a nmx179 2017-04-10
>he's a moderator on the internet
>he does it for free
n/a nanonan 2017-04-10
It's option B.
n/a purplespengler 2017-04-10
E D G Y
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did I do it right
n/a purplespengler 2017-04-10
I created this recently to keep an archive of the best ones:
https://www.reddit.com/r/purplespengler/wiki/butthurt
n/a itoucheditforacookie 2017-04-10
Your own sub spengler! Your own fuckin' sub!
n/a Tar-mairon 2017-04-10
And then there's /u/nankerjphelge who thinks upvotes make someone right.
n/a ManletPrideParade 2017-04-10
I've been a regular poster in the new section of /r/fitness for like 4 years on and off at this point. You see literally the same dozen questions that are answered in our wiki over and over and over. But if you tell someone to just use the resources that are already provided to them, they call you an asshole for not spoonfeeding them a perfectly customized answer. It's a drain on resources and attention that could be applied to other posts with unique or interesting questions. The guy asking for help fixing a specific issue with his deadlift sometimes gets lost between the 15 people asking how to get abs for spring break next week.
n/a o11c 2017-04-10
There's a very good rule to follow when it comes to mod drama:
Given the massively imbalanced user-to-mod ratio, it is no surprise at all that some users really are shit.
That's not to say there aren't some piece-of-shit mods, too. Or that there's not a quality difference between non-piece-of-shit mods. But user drama will necessarily far outnumber mod drama.
n/a SRSLovesGawker 2017-04-10
/u/twisted-teaspoon isn't wrong.
n/a Faked_Beans 2017-04-10
I thought SRD mods were the ones all about calling out people for using reports as superdownvotes.
n/a UncleSamuel 2017-04-10
https://i.imgur.com/xP88tFx.png
Bash away. They're all terrible people except /u/dramamod
-UncleSamuel
n/a i_lick_fedoras 2017-04-10
Ahh the fat soft SRDines won't pass up an opportunity to bash the evil fit chads I see. I bet most of them are regulars in the likes of circlebroke and latestagecapitalism with far worse moderation, and they aren't even default subs!
n/a midairfistfight 2017-04-10
At first I thought SRD was just being their normal cunty selves, but it turns out this r/fitness mod is a monster.
n/a Tar-mairon 2017-04-10
LOL. /u/nankerjphelge thinks that the subscribers of a default subreddit have any idea what the fuck they're talking about.
n/a evannever 2017-04-10
That thread got SRD's heart pumping harder than a half-flight of stairs.
n/a subpoutine 2017-04-10
SRD is the worst.
n/a newcomer_ts 2017-04-10
A sub built around borderline personality disorder is having a problem being accommodating?
Whats next?
T_D having a problem accommodating common sense?
n/a AreYouFuckingHappy 2017-04-10
>(you)
n/a ahbslldud 2017-04-10
/u/Gummy_Venus
https://youtu.be/yLmd0100T9g
n/a westphall 2017-04-10
While we were laughing at retards, Mexicans, and worst of all, Whites, /u/gummy_venus studied the art of the mock.