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The subreddit allows users to solicit and express opinions about the appropriateness of the actions of people in specific scenarios — especially the actions of the person reporting about the situation. The subreddit was created in by photographer and dog rescuer Marc Beaulac to determine if he had been inappropriately mansplaining in a debate with female coworkers about the temperature of their office. By July , it had 1 million members, which it dubs "potential assholes". A Twitter account used to repost a curated selection of the posts, until it stopped doing so on 5 January Any user typically from a single-use account referred to as a throwaway [1] can make a post, beginning with "AITA", asking if they're an asshole for what they did in a situation they were involved in. Some posts, such as the December thread about an orange tabby named Jorts , are shared on other social media platforms, eg Twitter. This Internet-related article is a stub.

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Any user typically from a single-use account referred to as a throwaway [1] can make a post, r/aita, beginning with "AITA", asking if they're an asshole for what they did in a situation they were involved in. According to Hirsh, it's nice for people to have a r/aita — especially one that's r/aita and separate from r/aita actual people they're having a conflict with — to "try and figure out, 'OK, r/aita, this is good, r/aita, this is bad. Related Stories Social media gets teens hooked while feeding aggression and impulsivity, and researchers think they know why Reddit is facing a major protest from its own moderators.

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Every day, people leave their quandaries on the Reddit website — asking others to judge whether they were in the wrong. As religion wanes, are we crowdsourcing our ethics? This was a 6ft-long party sub from a local deli, with loaves of bread braided together to make one super-sandwich — nearly twice the standard width, and loaded with fillings. It would have comfortably fed 20 to 25 people, and there were far fewer coming over to watch the fight. But the host had not accounted for Alan. While the group was distracted by the TV, he ate more than half the sandwich by himself. The next day Alan awoke to angry texts telling him that he had embarrassed himself.

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But even in the most trying of times we finds ways to persevere and cope — often, with humor. It is the perfect place for people to escape their worries by reading about other people's. In it, people post describing scenarios — often difficult, shocking, and hilarious — that they've been involved in, and ask readers whether they were "an a--hole" for responding as they did. The submissions range from goofy, to tender, to completely unbelievable. From stealing ducks from children to a boyfriend placing sheets on all furniture when his girlfriend is on her period , the subreddit bears witness to the best, the worst, and the most bizarre of humanity. But for our first narrator, they come with the added annoyance of a humiliating boyfriend who doesn't seem to trust — or understand — period products like tampons and pads.

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But it left him wondering if maybe he was in the wrong. Hidden categories: Use dmy dates from October Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata Articles containing potentially dated statements from October All articles containing potentially dated statements Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia All stub articles. By July , it had 1 million members, which it dubs "potential assholes". A Twitter account used to repost a curated selection of the posts, until it stopped doing so on 5 January Any user typically from a single-use account referred to as a throwaway [1] can make a post, beginning with "AITA", asking if they're an asshole for what they did in a situation they were involved in. June 8, ; 10 years ago [2]. Archived from the original on 9 December In , the subscriber count sat below , Retrieved 30 January In , Marc Beaulac was facing a dilemma at work: there was an office conflict brewing over the thermostat, between the men who wanted it turned down and the women who wanted it higher. According to the most recent data available on Subreddit Stats , it generates an average of 43 posts and more than 2, comments each day. Reddit users skew younger , are predominantly male and are mostly in the United States, according to data gathered by Statista. Retrieved 26 April

The subreddit allows users to solicit and express opinions about the appropriateness of the actions of people in specific scenarios — especially the actions of the person reporting about the situation. The subreddit was created in by photographer and dog rescuer Marc Beaulac to determine if he had been inappropriately mansplaining in a debate with female coworkers about the temperature of their office.

The Guardian. Asking for an opinion from a large group of people can help mute the "simple, silly" biases held by some individuals, says Regina Rini, a philosophy professor who holds the Canada Research Chair in social reasoning at York University. For some observers, this popularity and endurance is thanks, in part, to a shift toward a more ambiguous sense of morality in our culture. Subreddit Stats cites changes Reddit recently made to third-party access to its content as the the reason for its out-of-date data. As for what posts are most popular in the subreddit, Beaulac, the creator, says he thinks the vast majority of subscribers are looking for high drama, what he calls the "train wreck factor. In , Marc Beaulac was facing a dilemma at work: there was an office conflict brewing over the thermostat, between the men who wanted it turned down and the women who wanted it higher. Reddit users skew younger , are predominantly male and are mostly in the United States, according to data gathered by Statista. Any user typically from a single-use account referred to as a throwaway [1] can make a post, beginning with "AITA", asking if they're an asshole for what they did in a situation they were involved in. By July , it had 1 million members, which it dubs "potential assholes". Clarifications An earlier version of this story cited out-of-date figures from the fan-run Subreddit Stats website. By the beginning of , it had surpassed 1. How a Reddit forum posed the defining question of our age". The subreddit allows users to solicit and express opinions about the appropriateness of the actions of people in specific scenarios — especially the actions of the person reporting about the situation.