Sympathy for the Devil

Oct 19, 2017 3:14 PM

Last night I stumbled upon a post about a kid who said he was torn up about breaking up with his high school sweetheart. I started to feel sorry for him... At least until I went through his comments. Kid had been trolling his ex's posts calling her a pig.

tl;dr: people are shitty; be selective about who you feel sorry for

Everyone you’ve ever felt sorry for has been an asshole at some point.

8 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 1

I hate sob stories in Imgur, keep it somewhere else. We all have problems.

8 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

I always wonder what people would think of me if they read all my comments, and how that compares to how I actually am

8 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

I feel sorry for People who crave attention and sympathy from strangers on the internet.

8 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

This is not how you use confession bear

8 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 1

I understand where you're coming from. With that said, i feel like there's a difference between feeling sorry and feeling compassionate. ✌

8 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Before reading a sob story, I swipe to the next image. I'm here for laughs. Ain't nobody got time for that.

8 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

This is why I don't post sob stories. You gotta commit if you're gonna be a piece of shit .

8 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

lol...

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Kudos to OP for continuing to offer sympathy at all. Some people respond to one bad experience by giving up entirely.

8 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

You don't have to go through my history to tell.

8 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

It seems that you like calling people whores and bitches , and dissing women with neck beards.

8 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Did they not have sarcasm where you grew up?

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I could ask you the same, because my post was full of

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Shrug. The points mean nothing and my anger or commiseration change nothing for no one. If someone needs attention bad enough to lie, meh.

8 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

I just skip the sob stories.

8 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Can I have some of your spare time?

8 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Buy me a drink, sing me a song, take me as I come 'cause I can't stay long.

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Wow he literally has nothing better to do. At least he could get a dictionary and learn a new word or two. Jesus. No sympathy for him

8 years ago | Likes 16 Dislikes 2

you're a detective. basically

8 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Consulting Detective*

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Ya just like OP goes to children hospitals and makes fun of all the kids with terminal cancer calling them baldies. I've seen him.

8 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

i'm always selective about who i feel sorry for

8 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

I'm downvoted into oblivion for this very reason.

8 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

I feel sorry for people who feel sorry for people.

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Personally, I don't have the emotional capacity to feel bad for strangers on the internet.

8 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 1

Why are you so against giving sympathy? Is your sympathy so coveted? Compassion shouldn't have a price.

8 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

You are right, but emotional fatigue is a thing, especially in the domain of attention whores.

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

But you're not forced to react or reply to anyone's posts. If you're fatigued emotionally, wouldn't you ignore the post?

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Perhaps it depends on the level of fatigue?

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Imgur doesnt have the best people. There are trolls, attention whores, reposters, some - I assume - are good people.

8 years ago | Likes 138 Dislikes 2

Sad!

8 years ago | Likes 21 Dislikes 0

I'd like to think I'm a good person. I mean, my GF tells me I have that great D. So I got that going for me.

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

Loads believing in revenge murder, rape as punishment, and child abuse. It's only getting more vile as time goes by. :(

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Over on Reddit we have great people, the best people. Trust me. Everyone's saying it!

8 years ago | Likes 27 Dislikes 2

Don't you have a country to run Mr. President? Get off imgur.

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

We're going to make a wall, a great big wall on the border with Imgur, and we're going to make Imgur pay for it! It's going to be great.

8 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 2

'I'm gonna install a firewall and they're going to pay for it!'

8 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Yeah, I'm none of those first three things you mentioned. I do most things awkwardly.

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

And you forgot immature babies.

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

So, just like every other walk of life then.

8 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

The internet is worse. In real life, you're not anonymous and when you actually have to look people in the eyes you behave better.

8 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

I had to chuckle at the first part, The internet is worse than real life. Sounds like the begining of a meme :D

8 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Have you SEEN the internet? It's good for the most part, but does tend to bring out the worst in people

8 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

I don't want to sound like the "in my day" person, but it seems to have gotten a lot worse in the last few years.

8 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

CSI: Imgur

8 years ago | Likes 1728 Dislikes 4

Me too.

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I would watch it.

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

please don't fuck cats

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Sneeki breeki people.

8 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Zoom in on that comment section and enhance

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

On the www, sob stories are considered especially heinous. On Imgur, dedicated OPs investigate these felonies, members of an elite squad...

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories. DUN DUN!

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I'd watch it

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

That username though

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8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Thanks to @OP, I see that there are two kinds of story: the sob story and the S.O.B. story.

8 years ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 0

The kid called his ex a pig after he got cheated on for 2 years, and is in highschool, @op is just looking for cheap points.

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Ha!

8 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

WHAAAAAA!

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Crime Scene Imguration

8 years ago | Likes 110 Dislikes 0

@ExtraUpvote

8 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

+1

8 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Okay, where is that double like button when you need it?!?

8 years ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 0

You do what now?

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8 years ago | Likes 121 Dislikes 0

CSI Miami: guilty until proven innocent!

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

YEAHHHHHHHH

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

this scene, except he's chubbier, and is coated in screen glare and nude.

8 years ago | Likes 15 Dislikes 0

Thanks for that lovely picture.

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

YEAAAAAAHH

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8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Two sides to every story... try not to judge based on the first side you hear.

8 years ago | Likes 339 Dislikes 3

Sometimes there actually is enough to go on though.

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Or... Just try not to judge.

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Try not to judge regardless

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

He can still judge a person on how they handle a situation, there is ever a good reason to be a dick.

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Three sides to every story... your side, their side, and what actually happened

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But... but that's un-internettish!

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8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

ugivebadgrammaradvice but ugivegreatlifeadvice

8 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Thanks man! I have a great marker here if you ever want to visit

8 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 1

Understanding is a three edged sword.

8 years ago | Likes 53 Dislikes 1

Your side, their side, and the truth.

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Comprehension is a fork

8 years ago | Likes 39 Dislikes 0

We are all Kosh

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There's 3 sides to every story; his, hers and the truth

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8 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Like angel blades.

8 years ago | Likes 12 Dislikes 0

The supernatural fandom is everywhere

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I've seen that hentai - just too much futa for me to enjoy.

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8 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

There is absolutely no reason any well adjusted person capable of functioning in human society would.

8 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

I'll go ahead and add that anime to my list.

8 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

To be strictly accurate - it's called Angel Blade.

8 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

I don't have a single negative comment. Not bragging.. I've been on here a long time and my 1st account I realized I was a dick.. I changed.

8 years ago | Likes 56 Dislikes 2

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8 years ago (deleted Oct 19, 2017 9:36 PM) | Likes 0 Dislikes 0

Sure. Oh, is this not the one you meant?

8 years ago | Likes 13 Dislikes 0

They say a person's first reaction is instinct. The second is who they really are.

8 years ago | Likes 24 Dislikes 0

Interesting. I’ve never heard that saying before.

8 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

Does this still hold up today?

6 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Or you could just be deleting every comment that gets downvoted...

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Then you must be like the blandest Imgurian alive. KAPOW!

8 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Most of my negative comments are about my hatred for pineapple pizza

8 years ago | Likes 13 Dislikes 2

Not today buddy! Fuck pineapple pizza! +1

8 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 2

PINEAPPLE PIZZA IS GOD! MAY YOU STEP ON A LEGO EVERY MONDAY MORNING YOU DISAPOINTING BALOGNA SANDWICH!

8 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 1

Yeah, exactly, they react just like that! Spot on.

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Lol i legit love pineaqqle pizza tho, not enough to hate non eaters but i lub <3

8 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

whats his username... i want to... pay his upvotes a visit

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Yeah, witch hunts! Mob justice! woo!

8 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 1

That'll teach him!

8 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 1

https://imgur.com/user/plot52 here u go

8 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 3

Did he delete everything?

8 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

I find that weirdly amusing.

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

yep

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

It's one of my latest comments. Should be easy to spot. That's all I'll say.

8 years ago | Likes 19 Dislikes 5

Not that easy now, amusingly. He seems to have taken down his posts, or at least some of them.

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

time to put a dent in his 277 points

8 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 2

ok, works for me

8 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 1

Definitely on his side and wouldn't want to make him feel worse. Why start a witch hunt on him? He sees them everyday and is reminded of it.

8 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 2

Just visited the guys page. Holy shit do not fuck with imgur fans. Looks like everyone went through every one of his posts and Downvoted.

8 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

She cheated on him with his best friend. Maybe that's why he's putting such ugly comments on her posts. I don't condone it but I'm.....

8 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 3

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8 years ago (deleted Oct 21, 2024 11:31 PM) | Likes 0 Dislikes 0

I wouldn't dabble in it though. Sucks for her and him but hes suicidal and just a kid. Too bad his parents can't be notified to get him help

8 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 2

Wow you got me. I didn't investigate as much as I should have then. Sounds like he just was insecure of her cheating without her doing it.

8 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 1

He put two totally different posts about the same subject but different facts. I'm with you now.

8 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 1

as well, which is what I imagine he wanted. You can see on her posts that she hasn't retaliated even once. I don't think his behavior 2/

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is justified. That said, I don't think people should harass him either since he's obviously unstable. 3/3

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