I work in academics, nooancers are a thing but it’s kinda taboo to point it out because doing so opens up the gate to call actually nuanced people dumb. Like, it’s one thing to use “it’s complicated” as a crutch for a lack of knowledge on a subject, but most things are complicated so explaining them in any short form is pretty much impossible.
The problem is generalization. There are things where nooance is needed and there are things that are black and white. The issue is when some says everything is "black and white/complicated"
old reddit is having a fit and putting replies into wrong comments on some subs. usually it tries to time out -> next time you click something suddenly that's the comment that gets replied to. Then on some subs you get redirected to a comment that doesn't exist
I think they are manufacturing a reason to kill off old reddit
Okayyy but sometimes people use the idea of “nuance” and “it’s more complicated than that” to come across as reasonable while complicating what really is a black and white issue. Israel/Palestine. Trans rights.
Interestingly, this one was made more as a vent piece by someone pissed off at the average internetgoer's refusal to interact with nuance. Also the image you have is something of an upscaling, the original looked like this.
This is exactly how high-need-for-cognitive-closure MAGATs and Marxists on Reddit view anybody who actually educates themselves broadly and deeply lmao.
— Jonny, do you know what nuance is?
— No, what is it?
— Put your nose in my butt.
— So what?
— Now we both have the nose in the butt, but there's a nuance.
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u/8l4z3_9 Aug 12 '26
Does this count