elkaki ( elkaki@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 3 years agoWhat is a quote you see everywhere that you absolutely hate?message-squaremessage-square128linkfedilinkarrow-up181
arrow-up181message-squareWhat is a quote you see everywhere that you absolutely hate?elkaki ( elkaki@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 3 years agomessage-square128linkfedilink
minus-squareRai ( Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) linkfedilinkarrow-up27·3 years agoI don’t see it anymore after leaving the hell that is Reddit, but I saw “Play stupid games, win stupid prizes” multiple times in every thread.
minus-squareFreeman ( Freeman@feddit.de ) linkfedilinkarrow-up5·3 years agoI mean I get that if used in a context where a person does something with great risk attached and with few and rare good possible outcomes (stupid games). And then they get a bad outcome (stupid prize). For example Jackass-like stunts.
minus-squareRai ( Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) linkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 years agoIt’s just a stupid phrase that I hate, parroted to death multiple times in every Reddit thread ever.
minus-squarePorkRollWobbly ( ComradePorkRoll@lemmy.ml ) linkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 years agoUsually as a way of being racist, too.
I don’t see it anymore after leaving the hell that is Reddit, but I saw “Play stupid games, win stupid prizes” multiple times in every thread.
I mean I get that if used in a context where a person does something with great risk attached and with few and rare good possible outcomes (stupid games). And then they get a bad outcome (stupid prize).
For example Jackass-like stunts.
It’s just a stupid phrase that I hate, parroted to death multiple times in every Reddit thread ever.
Usually as a way of being racist, too.