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[–] 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)

This must have flown right by me, but what was Reddit's attitude?

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    There is at least an entire sub dedicated to hating on pit bulls. I think multiple subs. During its time a few years ago, one specific sub could make it to the top of r/all with 10,000+ upvotes.

    Reddit really doesn't like pit bulls.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    You're in for a treat, as Internet Comment Etiquette with Erik released a video last week, where he actually goes into those REddit dog subs. If you're unfamiliar with this channel, please know it's entirely satire, most of the time. Well worth a watch!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T5NHJq_yeM

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    Yeah they're here too. I think there's a huge overlap in the demographics of reddit, this site, and really the entire Internet - white American dudes over ~35 . I've learned a lot about these people this demographic during my time on the web (mainly from places like reddit)

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  • [+] -13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

    "All pits are violent and will maul any passing child." It was pretty annoying.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I should remind my pitbull of that fact then. He’s super sweet around children, guess he forgot to attack them all this time 🤷‍♂️

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    Not against pits (have a sweet 5 year old brindle boxer-pit mix myself), just was indicating what a lot of redditors basically would basically say whenever the whole idea of pits was brought up, and how I was almost always annoyed by it because it was in the realm of absolutes (pit mixes can be aggressive, but in fairness I've seen a few traditionally easy breeds be super aggressive). Apparently that seems to have been continued on lemmy as well. For reference, I'm talking about someone posting a vid or a pic of a pit mix doing something cute or innocuous and then one of the top comments would be how violent pits are.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    What would you do if your pitbull hurt a child?

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago*

    It would never happen, the same as if I owned any other large breed. I would take extra care with my dog around anyone.

    Note: My girl has never even looked at anything angrily, she will aggressively sniff you though!

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