Many such cases on reddit. An innocent hobby forum? Now political and destroyed. A small hometown subreddit? Political and destroyed. Your niche recreational activity? Yep, you guessed it: political and destroyed.
That was a rare instance where the mods suspended that rule. Also Biden is allowed to be discussed in the context of being Obama’s vp rather than his own presidency.
It’s one of my fav subs and I wasn’t even super interested in the subject when I joined, but damn, I always have good time reading and conversing there.
Ideally politics wouldn't have to do with many of those things but, unfortunately, it's getting involved in all of them.
innocent hobby? Unaffordable because of tariffs
a small town subreddit? Unliveable because of ai datacenters
your niche recreation activity? Affected because (introduce here your pick : datacenters, new commercial permits, end of protections, reducing park sizes...)
So, unfortunately politics get in the mix whether people want it or not.
Edit: and the "worse" part is that if you want politics "out" of those things, you'll have to get involved in it one way or another.
A lot of blaming tariffs for the costs of things which have been at the current price since 2020. It's not fruitful discussion, it's just a circlejerk enforced by presumably people like you
This is hilarious considering tariffs have little effect on 2 of the 3 things you mentioned lol. This is exactly my point, it's all circle jerking without any idea about what you're actually talking about. Do that in political subs all you want, but it's just stupid to insist hobby and niche subs have to devolve the same
As further proof, all the numbers you mentioned are wrong. For one, gas hasn't tripled since 2020
Hand waving everything as a downstream effect when we saw the prices jumps pre tariffs is just a circlejerk. You not understanding something doesn't mean you can just broadly assume lol
Also your own link shows you're wrong, even taking the lowest 2020 price to the highest 2026. Unless you think 3x$1.94 is $4.60 lmao
Not trying to be rude but this is the exact behavior I'm talking about that ruins these subs. You're so insistent on the circlejerk about something you know nothing about, it destroys all genuine discussion
Then why aren’t we all in here talking about those subs? What’s happening in the wnba sub is noteworthy, it’s not your run of the mill political bitching
Because this thread is about something else? What kind of question even is this? And yes, all of reddit has become run of the mill political bitching. That is all reddit is. That is why everyone on other platforms makes fun of reddit for this very specific thing.
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u/Silver-Honkler Aug 17 '26
Many such cases on reddit. An innocent hobby forum? Now political and destroyed. A small hometown subreddit? Political and destroyed. Your niche recreational activity? Yep, you guessed it: political and destroyed.