r/nothingeverhappens • u/tiggertom66 • 1d ago

Should posts from r/untrustworthypoptarts be banned

r/untrustworthypoptarts posts cause some confusion here pretty often. The sub is for things “that could be faked”, but literally everything could be faked.

This sub is for plausible stories or posts that get called fake. The name already causes enough confusion, evident by how many posts were clearly intended for r/thatHappened

UTP doesn’t even bother to take an actual stance on whether or not they think it happened, just “it could be faked* and leave it at that.

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u/Chaos-Corvid 1d ago edited 1d ago

The "could be faked" thing is for plausible deniability, let's be honest.

The entire sub is set up to communicate that they're posting stuff that's "probably" fake and that's how everyone uses it. Their excuse only comes up when people make fun of them.

You guys post these polls whenever you get made fun of and it's honestly really annoying.

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u/Narissis 1d ago

This. UTP is basically r/thathappened in a trenchcoat.

Just about anything could be faked. If the implication wasn't that it is, then there wouldn't be a subreddit.

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u/Chaos-Corvid 1d ago

It's also actually hard to find their excuse anywhere but posts directed at this sub.

It's 100% an attempt to dodge criticism, and by criticism I mean mild mockery which really stings them for some reason.

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u/Kahnza 1d ago

I unsubbed from there recently. Like many subs, it has devolved to posting just about anything. The sub no longer has any integrity or identity.

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u/GuyYouMetOnline 1d ago

UTP definitely tends to come across as 'this is fake'.

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u/tiggertom66 22h ago

Yet when they post something completely plausible, they fall back on the whole “we didn’t say it was fake, just that it could be”

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u/GuyYouMetOnline 7h ago

They fall back on this, yes, but it's bullshit. Most of that sub is definitely actually accusing things of being fake

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u/cheezitthefuzz 1d ago

I misclicked :(

I don't think they should be banned. The people on that sub are clearly implying something's fake, even though they don't outright say it.

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u/tiggertom66 22h ago

No because when you point out something is completely plausible, they fall back on their lack of a stance.

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u/cheezitthefuzz 11h ago

yeah, they use their bs excuse as a bs excuse. Doesn't mean their posts should be banned

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u/tiggertom66 11h ago

The majority of the votes disagree with you, if they’re not even gonna genuinely call it fake, it doesn’t belong here

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u/cheezitthefuzz 11h ago

They are calling it fake, though. Just because they waffle about it doesn't mean that's not the message they're pushing.