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I'm the mom in that viral Giants clip. Let me tell you about my husband

609 points · 241 comments · minimaxir

criddell · 1790442586 · focus · HN ↗
She’s a great writer.
A lot of people owe this family an apology. Here’s a sampling of some of the vile comments left on Reddit.
<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Fauxmoi/comments/1wpll52/clip_of_a_woman_at_the_twins_vs_giants_game_goes/" rel="nofollow">https://www.reddit.com/r/Fauxmoi/comments/1wpll52/clip_of_a_...
1. poly2it · 1790444942 · focus · HN ↗
  Wow, Reddit is horrible. Atrocious behavior. Leave your brains in the anteroom!
  > Whoever sees this and it reminds them of their current relationship, DUMP HIM
  > you can tell by the body language, lack of initiative, and lack of joy and welcome-ness for his woman and baby to be back, everything you need to know.
  > There is a VERY good chance that when he realizes he went viral for being the *Poster Manchild* of taking your spouse for granted, of choosing to act like a parasitic blob
  Modern Reddit provides a simulacrum of commentary. There are posts and people discusing these posts, but nobody understands or wants to know anything about the underlying topic. The lack of comprehension is crucial to the community.
  1. Neywiny · 1790457954 · focus · HN ↗
    I think it's also important to remember that these people are karma farming. When you can get 5k points for "man bad", who wouldn't?
    Doubly reminded of that as I'm watching a DEFCON talk where he cites fake Internet points as a driving motivator. Which is my feeling too but yeah idk the whole thing is missing that "we're real people" thing.

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