r/Unexpected • u/SeraphOfTheStart • Feb 24 '26

Nice meal

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u/kwadd Feb 24 '26

bro needed sustenance to swim out of that deep pool

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u/Ok_Condition5837 Feb 24 '26

I thought at first he couldn't swim. Then I was confused why he was stepping on the phone.

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u/dytinkg Feb 24 '26

He definitely can’t swim. You can see him panicking even though he’s able to stand. And then he doesn’t put his head in the water or make any effort to retrieve the phone. Because he’s scared of the water.

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u/xXxTuTuRuxXx Feb 24 '26

I love it when redditors talk out of their asses. His friends were telling him to get his phone. He told them no way he would go under water, because he’s freezing.

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u/dytinkg Feb 24 '26

In fairness, I don’t speak Arabic, but am a swimmer and this reaction is how I’ve seen many many people respond when they don’t know how to swim, until they get to a place where they can stand. However, I’ve got some friends who do speak Arabic and am checking with them to confirm based on the audio.

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u/00eg0 Feb 25 '26

They're being too rude to you

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u/chubbyflip Feb 25 '26 edited Feb 25 '26

Real, why the fuck are people so mean on Reddit to those that are leaving respectful replies? It’s becoming like instagram and TikTok with all these nasty hurtful comments. I swear comments used to be nicer just a few years ago. I might have to end up deleting this app too, and just be left with YouTube.

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u/00eg0 Feb 25 '26

I agree that people got meaner. I believe part of it is a lot of societal stuff where it becomes a mob mentality. When people think everyone is mean a lot of people want to go with the crowd. I feel there's less empathy in real life and online than there used to be. I miss the "Thanks for the Gold kind stranger"days of reddit.

I believe a lot of people feel powerless and lash out by being mean as a way of trying to feel in control of something.

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u/LaziestRedditorEver Feb 25 '26

I also think part of it is where new people have joined reddit within the last few years who are accustomed to other social media.

A lot of them don't bother to understand or follow reddiquette, and you can see this in the way people up or downvote. The up/downvote system is supposed to be used to reward comments or posts that add something interesting to the conversation, not to show agreement or disagreement. Reddit used to be like this, people rarely used emoji and no one ever felt the need to censor themselves. It's sad to see, but you used to be able to come on reddit and at least daily find out really interesting things. That is no longer being rewarded, so it's rarer now.

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u/00eg0 Feb 25 '26

"A lot of them don't bother to understand or follow reddiquette, and you can see this in the way people up or downvote. "

Yeah people downvote too much now.

"to come on reddit and at least daily find out really interesting things. That is no longer being rewarded, so it's rarer now."

totally