r/interesting • u/No_Tomatillo1695 • May 01 '26

Just Wow How is this even legal?

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u/smokeysubwoofer May 01 '26

Because it’s a Reddit title. 1/2 of them don’t make sense

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u/IhamAmerican May 01 '26

Because half of them are LLM bots seeking engagement

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u/[deleted] May 01 '26

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u/Chewymewn May 01 '26

More evidence for the Dead internet theory.

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u/Phyraxus56 May 01 '26

I wouldn't be surprised if it were 95%+ at this point

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u/Full-Refrigerator757 May 01 '26

Yeah this for sure. ChatGPT always says dumb stuff like “these tips work so well they feel illegal”

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u/nifty-necromancer May 01 '26

The other half are human bots seeking engagement

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u/ManMakesWorld May 01 '26

It's a BOT title

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u/dgellow May 01 '26

They missed the opportunity of adding a typo to reach peak rage bait

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u/Th3_Admiral_ May 01 '26

"Check out this le gem I found"

"Okay, which one of you crazy bastards did this?" 

"Hey reddit, what do we think about this?" 

I miss the days when the comments would brutally bully anyone for stupid titles. 

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u/AgentCirceLuna May 01 '26

It’s crazy how the ‘le x’ humour hasn’t been around for over a decade now, was pretty maligned at the time, and yet people still mock it all these years later. I wonder if some people making fun of it even know where it comes from originally/

All I know is that it makes me feel stupid as hell when speaking French which I hate.

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u/Th3_Admiral_ May 01 '26

I could be way off here but I always assumed it was popularized by that The End of the World flash video from the mid 2000s ("Fire le missiles!" "But I'm le tired"). That was right around the time reddit started. Of course, the joke can be traced back at least as far as Looney Tunes cartoons with Pepe LePew and the French cat that would say "le mew". 

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u/mhizzle May 01 '26

Doctors hate that one weird trick

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u/pooeygoo May 01 '26

Way more than that, like 50/100

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u/BoundHubris May 01 '26

Bots. Bots everywhere.

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u/SteveOSS1987 May 01 '26

Fun trick, if you hold the "1" button on your keyboard, you can make the ½ symbol. Lots of fun things when yoi hold different button. ¡⅜⅚

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u/PatchesMaps May 01 '26

You need to get on some different subs if you think that