Comments on: Reddit User Calls Girlfriend a Bitch on Reddit, Can’t Understand Why She Hates Reddit (and Him)

By: Thomas

Thomas — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:20:50 +0000

http://www.okcupid.com/profile/LinuxFreeOrDie/

Listed as "single"

Hmmm.....

p.s. the furious and hyperactive Reddit nerds who just flocked to this thread to unleash their pent up rage (borne from sexual frustration?) are cracking me up. Thanks for a good laugh dudes.

By: lern2reed

lern2reed — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 03:08:45 +0000

hay the "The you’re-actually-a-cute-and-sensitive-guy solution" you quote was actually directed at another user, not Linuxbro/the girlfriend-pisser-offer?

By: Nico

Nico — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 01:58:55 +0000

Dear Reddit Users: Relax the articles just a joke. Why so serious?

Douche bags.

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Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:58:10 +0000

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By: Castrating Feminazi

Castrating Feminazi — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 21:32:51 +0000

I find it funny that the herd of reddit readers here are SO OFFENDED that you clearly JUST DON'T GET their obviously superior sense of humor. Sorry dudes, maybe you're just not the original, incisive, hilariously irreverent folks you think you are. But hey, go ahead and express your nerdly outrage and inside jokes that make you feel like you belong somewhere. That's kind of amusing, I guess.

By: L

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:41:37 +0000

I just got a bingo reading this comment thread! Thanks, Reddit Defenders! Couldn't have done it without the dozens of iterations of "It's just a joke!" and "You're overreacting!" I do think someone's overreacting, though, but it's not Amanda.

By: snobographer

snobographer — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 16:15:42 +0000

I'm quite confused as to how referring to someone who uses misogynistic slurs as a misogynist is being a hypocrite and exhibiting double standards.

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By: Coleman

Coleman — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 18:16:32 +0000

LinuxFreeOrDie chose...poorly

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36WEn-9zs1U&feature=related

By: Kat

Kat — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:17:11 +0000

Dude people from Reddit are touchy.

By: stilesjp

stilesjp — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 13:52:06 +0000

Seriously. Bacon soap!

By: penaus

penaus — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 12:39:54 +0000

As others have already mentioned, here is the current top comment from the thread: "You could stop being an asshole."
I hope nobody reads you comments.

By: Unknown

Unknown — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 11:01:14 +0000

I'm sure your thought process to post this crap had something to do with being able to take thousands of hits from Reddit.

By: hxj

hxj — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 09:37:16 +0000

Really? You took the time to write this? This is just a glorified reddit comment with your useless opinion. The whole scenario was a joke and it's being taken way too seriously. Calling for sexual equality while simultaneously participating in this dry-humored assault on reddit, accusing people of being 'misogynistic douchebags' for making light-hearted jokes does not make me care about your shitty opinion and it surely does not advance gender equality.

Aren't there more pressing issues to worry about than this trivial case on reddit?

By: anon

anon — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 08:51:00 +0000

Wow Amanda, why don't you take your double standards and blatant hypocrisy and do the tiniest little bit of research before you blast some guy you don't even know on the internet. I don't even care abut linuxfreeordie, I just want to see if you can come down here off your high horse for a moment or two and take a look at yourself. Don't bother replying to me because I only came to this site from that evil, misogynistic, ridiculousness that is reddit and never plan on visiting "the sexist" (christ, the double standard makes me want to vomit) again. BTW the narwhal bacons at midnight.

By: REDDIT

REDDIT — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 07:20:48 +0000

I AM ANGRY! GIVE ME BACON! AND A FEMALE CANINE!

By: DesignIsIn

DesignIsIn — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 06:18:33 +0000

Keep in mind that the narwhal bacons at midnight.

By: TheMainer

TheMainer — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 04:48:49 +0000

What a catch!

By: babab2

babab2 — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 04:23:05 +0000

I love how you pull all of these examples that point to reddit's userbase being misogynistic douchebags, yet you ignore the second highest ranked comment which advises LinuxFreeOrDie to "stop being an asshole."

Come on. How about you try and do some real journalism (wait, this is a blog which means you can slant things whichever way you want, right?) instead of being biased and irrational?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 03:36:07 +0000

Core Mohler, you have a lot to learn about the internet. For example, the fact your are such a terrible person is revealed through google:

http://www.google.com/search?q=linuxfreeordie

See, I get your facebook, your okcupid, your reddit, and this gem of an article. I encourage you not to date any girls familiar with the internet.

Protip: Google never forgets.

By: Ray

Ray — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 03:08:14 +0000

Uh, the "cute-and-sensitive-guy" comment? Yeah, it wasn't actually addressed to LinuxFreeOrDie. As would be pretty obvious if you had actually bothered to read it, or its immediate context.

Top marks for hard-hitting journalism.

By: Merit

Merit — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 02:31:55 +0000

I wish I could down-mod this article.

By: stilesjp

stilesjp — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 02:07:53 +0000

There are clearly not enough plugs for bacon scented soap in this blog entry.

By: Nee

Nee — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 01:57:02 +0000

You selectively quoted in your post, splicing out several sentences proving that a commenter was joking, and thus taking the poster out of context. That's the equivalent of calling Obama a Nazi for liking laws.

One also must remember that, while we say many things anonymously in a large mob, there are few people who actually believe the common trends a 'society' believes to be popular.

However, as this is a blog post and an op/ed column, you are entitled to your own opinion.

By: sonofahadouken

sonofahadouken — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 01:39:48 +0000

LinuxFreeOrDie will continue to have girl trouble if he whines n bitches online like a little kid, then shows his gf comments like "bitch" to be taken as a joke.
Time to unplug little boy, I dare you to try going 1 day without a keyboard n mouse down ur pants.

By: binarysolo

binarysolo — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 00:06:53 +0000

Wow, interesting how news spreads.

Well, thanks for the article -- my housemate (one of the parties involved) was particularly surprised at how this made web news given this incident happened nary a day ago. And glad you could provide a sensible counterpoint to the ridiculousness that is Reddit. :)

By: Amanda Hess

Amanda Hess — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 23:54:56 +0000

binarysolo, Don't know either---I'm actually not even on Reddit. Someone came across it and tipped me.

By: binarysolo

binarysolo — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 23:36:07 +0000

Hey Amanda,

Are you acqainted with either of the two people in the incident? Am curious how this bit of drama made web blog fodder...

By: Amanda Hess

Amanda Hess — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 20:40:39 +0000

@Former Staffer --- I'm sorry!

@mindy --- I'm really sorry.

By: Former Staffer

Former Staffer — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 20:37:11 +0000

LOL. There went my joke...to a typo. I tried. Couple of times down blog too. Oh well.

By: Amanda Hess

Amanda Hess — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 20:31:50 +0000

Um ... it's actually this English major who misspelled that one. And yes, I just looked up how to spell "misspelled."

By: mindy

mindy — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 20:31:48 +0000

This totally needs a trigger warning for nerds/nerd girlfriends. I've been the subject of an internet thread or two before, and it is not an enjoyable event. I've been down-modded on slashdot so many times or called funny because I'm female, or asked if I had boobs big enough "to go with" my brain, that I don't even go to the site anymore, much less log in.

By: Former Staffer

Former Staffer — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 20:22:39 +0000

What's supper pissed? Is it pissed because he was late for the supper she cooked for him...I know, I know...it was intentional.

How about because for being such a techie geek he still can't spell?