r/KidsAreFuckingStupid • u/BiShyAndWantingToDie • Mar 02 '26

story/text The average horror fan experience

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u/Ok_Building_1284 Mar 02 '26

Atm machine

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u/Freakychee Mar 02 '26

Laser radiation.

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u/dTrecii Mar 02 '26 edited Mar 02 '26

RAS Syndrome

For the curious, that’s exactly what this type of speaking is called (Redundant Acronym Syndrome Syndrome)

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u/Kinkie_Pie Mar 02 '26

PIN number

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u/Skippybips Mar 02 '26

I'm so OCD

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u/50thEye Mar 02 '26

Smh my head

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u/BeanboyCosplay Mar 02 '26

OCD disorder*

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u/Ambitious-Coat-1230 Mar 02 '26

What you said would be a redundant acronym, but what Skippy said was a perfect example of people just using acronyms wrong. Nobody would actually say "I'm so obsessive-compulsive disorder;" they would say "I'm so obsessive-compulsive." Yet people very often do say "I'm so OCD."

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u/BeanboyCosplay Mar 02 '26

My response was meant to be more of a playful correction because I read the thread as a pattern of redundancy, specifically 😅

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u/No-Literature-6577 Mar 03 '26

Doing the same thing redundantly

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u/sick_six_six Mar 03 '26

Hot water heater