I keep seeing people call all sorts of things that absolutely should not be “rage” inducing rage bait and I’m confused how this term has evolved, what does it mean when something like a dumb question or a slightly censored meme is now “rage bait”? To me rage bait means something explicitly made to make you made, playing the devils advocate or purposefully edgy and polarizing content but that doesn’t seem to be the case anymore. To me it it feels like the way woke just means anything I don’t like, is the other side of the coin rage bait is also anything I don’t like I just don’t happen to be a conservative? Sorry if this post is rage bait, I’m genuinely asking and I have a touch of the ‘tism.

  • The Velour Fog @lemmy.world
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    15 hours ago

    It’s kinda funny that the person you’re trying to convince that you’re genuine has their account labeled as a bot.

    • CultLeader4Hire@lemmy.worldOP
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      10 hours ago

      I wasn’t sure what that was… that’s actually very interesting, decisive and toxic content coming from bots on MY lemmy? I guess it’s true