Was this on Reddit? I know there are some communities there that actively reward users with upvotes for ragebaitey content.
Oh you mean all of them?
Yep, reddit content... just thought it was intersting.
I know we are the BetterThanReddit website, but let's not act like Lemmy is immune from this
People probably post ragebait here too, but there's a built-in incentive on Reddit, particularly on subreddits like AITA or the Tenth Dentist, where users are encouraged to up vote the most 'interesting' posts, even if they find it offensive. Maybe the equivalents here also have this policy, but upvotes mean a lot more on Reddit than here---some subreddits require a high amount of karma to post, and posting something that's guaranteed to get passed around and upvoted a ton can get people enough karma to make many more posts, have a buffer in place in case a different comment gets downvoted, or just want a lot of karma for bragging rights. Hell, you can even monetize upvotes now, in some cases.
Here on Lemmy, upvotes mainly just pass your content around for the sake of passing it around. Maybe there's an algorithm that is more likely to push an unrelated post you made to the top, but the benefits for posting ragebait here aren't as many as they are on Reddit.
Gotta be trolling, right? Right?
Well, those pregnancy hormones can bring on some unhinged thought patterns but this is Disney villain levels.
Yeah, the fiancé misspellings give it away, too intentional.
It also seems like they want someone to reply "*fiancé" so people can reply in turn like "out of all the problems you could have with this story..."
It might be, but the wicked step-parent stereotype is unfortunately very grounded in reality.
"AITA"
But yeah, I don't think this is real.
It sounds too extreme to be real.
That said, my mother lost her mother when she was 4 years old. Her mom took her own life, my mom witnessed the aftermath and was already traumatized as hell.
My grandfather remarried and that woman did everything she could to get rid of my mom.
People can become better, and my step grandmother did. She apologized to my mom and owned what she did, and she was pretty good with me and my siblings when we were growing up.
The shit she put my mom through was insane. She told my mom that her mom was in hell burning because she killed herself. My mom and her step siblings got lice at school and she shaved my mom’s head but not theirs (12 years old too, so she got bullied on top of that humiliation), told my mom she looked too much like her mom and was ugly (and honestly, my mother was one of the most beautiful people around. When I was growing up I heard comments constantly, “Bro! Your sister is hot!” “That’s my mom jackass!”)
The list goes on and on. She succeeded in getting rid of my mom when she hit about 13. My mom’s youngest sibling was more than 10 years older than her, so she spent her teens moving around between her older brother and sisters until she married at 16, and has been on her own since.
Yes, the evil stepmother trope certainly exists for a reason. I myself had... well there's plenty of evil to go round. Can I interest you in a chocolate covered pretzel? If this one doesn't ring especially true to me, that's not to say these people don't exist.
Yeah, probably Poe's Law. Probably.
I've known people this vapid, even if it's fake, this has absolutely happened.
Man, is that guy screwed. What a horrible, horrible person. And he's having a kid with her so she's going to be in his life even if he bailed on the marriage (which I hope he did).
I drink a lot. Mostly to forget.
But sometimes I drink so much, I don't remember what I was trying to forget.
Now I remember.
I need a drink.
jokes aside please don't let this shit be real
Bait
100%. People like this exist, but they're rare and they know better than to admit to this shit blatantly.
Are they that rare? And do they really know to keep things like this under wraps? It seems like our social filters have all gone out the window the last eight years.
She can’t spell fiancé correctly despite several attempts and having autocorrect. I think it’s entirely possible that she’s just dumb, selfish and insecure.
Yeah, there's a reason fairytales like "cinderella" exist
Some people shouldn’t have children.
Well that's fairly rage inducing.
Everybody is like "This is totally rage bait!" and while, yes, it probably is, this is more common than you'd think. My step-dad tried everything to get my mom to give me up. And treated me like shit. She stayed with him and had two kids by him, but I grew up being treated like an afterthought by both of them. Now I'm 30 and no contact with my mom, meanwhile he's six feet under. And he deserved it.
Man... excuse my French, but your mother is... I would rather not say it...
he tried everything to give you up except for leaving the fucking relationship apparently.
Comedy writes itself sometimes.
This troll has to be so happy to see their troll post still lives. Let it die.
This is literally the plot to Snow White.
Shit posters are gonna shit post.
You'd think they'd talk about this before she got pregnant.
So the poor guy can escape? Nah gotta chain him before you reveal how horrible you are.
Not enough real world social engineering dating experience leads to this... as it did with me as well.
Is she a telenovela character?
Or maybe a bear or something
This reads like most fake-ass rage bait on reddit. Please tell me Lemmy isn't going to start lapping this shit up too..
My advice is that she get help from a therapist that specializes in cluster B personality disorders. Preferably all of them 'cuz holy fuck.
I like to think "faincé" use pronounced like "fancy".
This is the animal part of the human brain. It is the enemy. In the vast majority of people, it is winning.
Exactly! This is why fairy tales feature wicked step mothers.
The caveman part of my brain says that you're a grugn, bash!
Frankly his decorum is improving.
You hear about these people once in a while but to see one actually write it out for everyone to see is a new low
I don't care if it's ragebait, bluntly, anyone who gets into a relationship with someone who has children, and you're "not the step-parent type".... Break off the relationship and dig a hole. Go lay in it and let the earth retake you. You're more valuable as fertilizer than as a person.
That sounded really really good 👍.
Is this loss?
