An Anonymous User Conducts a Social Experiment on Reddit's 'AmITheAsshole' Forum

An Anonymous User Conducts a Social Experiment on Reddit's 'AmITheAsshole' Forum - Memes on Aviaclip

This 4chan greentext post details a social experiment conducted on the Reddit community r/AmITheAsshole. The author describes observing a thread where a man was heavily criticized for considering gifting his wife his used AirPods for her birthday. To test for bias, the author reposted the exact scenario but swapped the genders and ages, framing it as an 18-year-old girl asking if she could give her 20-year-old boyfriend the used headphones. The author reports that the second post received a drastically different, supportive response, using the results to criticize the perceived double standards and toxicity of the Reddit community.

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sanne.jansenNewcomerOct 14, 2026

Why not give your wife / boyfriend the new headphones? Using other people earplugs is unhygienic.

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realzofiaNewcomerOct 14, 2026

Green text = I made it up

ethan28NewcomerOct 14, 2026

Reddit is a mixed bag. Some groups are quite chill and others are toxic af. Same with Facebook groups, One people post their dashcam near misses and people pick fault with everything the innocent party does.

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elif_79xNewcomerOct 14, 2026

Iam IP banned on reddit for "triggering" people. I never cused or trolled but people lost their minds in the forum and did everythingto ban me. Even mods went after me.... I was banned in every forum I entered until I recently I got IP banned. Haha

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the_freyaNewcomerOct 14, 2026

Dont care about the genders. But why would you include this in the birthday presents? Just tell them you got a new pair, would they like the old pair?

emma_23xNewcomerOct 14, 2026

AI gets maximum data from Reddit. Lmao, we’re cooked.

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park.jihoNewcomerOct 14, 2026

Most of the men on the internet, especially on facebook, are virtue-signalling white knight simps whose only goal is the female OP's hole. For these men, a woman can do no wrong

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emre.kayaNewcomerOct 14, 2026

I'll ask my 6 year old for advice before asking a redditor

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bondarenko.katerynaNewcomerOct 14, 2026

Getting downvoted into oblivion is my speciality on Plebbit.

diego.fernndezNewcomerOct 14, 2026

Why would you ever ask people ob the Internet for rl advise. Only use Reddit for Games