Some of us can take being subjected to jokes at our expense and some of us can't. It's as simple as that, and that's what we learned after Redditor jbehr04 asked today's burning question: People who've posted on r/roastme, how did that affect you?
"I honestly got a kick out of it."
I honestly got a kick out of it. I was hoping for something more creative, but most of them went for the low-hanging fruit and said I either looked like Walter White, a thumb or a penis with glasses. It's always interesting to get a look into the minds of what others are thinking when they see you, but ultimately it had no real effect on me.
"It didn't."
It didn't. I liked reading the insults because they were hilarious! I put on there that i was a bisexual janitor with a drinking problem. The best response was "You look like a bisexual janitor with a drinking problem."
I did. Hilarious! My favorite comment was "What will that small town do when their whore is gone?"
"I laughed at a lot of them..."
I laughed at a lot of them, but most of them were just kinda disgusting. Like, most of them weren't roasts, they were just weird sexual comments and gross remarks. Like, I was expecting things that were "funny because it's true". A lot of them weren't even mean, they we're just edgelords getting off on thinking that they we're destroying me with unoriginal remarks.
"My girlfriend on the other hand..."
I posted on RoastMe a couple years ago on a different account. It didn't get a lot of traction and most of the comments were low hanging fruit. Didn't affect me personally at all and forgot about it a day later.
My girlfriend on the other hand...she posted on RoastMe more recently and the post blew up. 5k+ upvotes, thousands of comments. I read most of the thread and it was disgusting. Just pure hatred toward her for no reason. Lots of "jokes" about rape and she got what would be considered death threats on any other page on the internet. Loads of PMs from guys asking for nudes. She didn't expect the thread to blow up like that and just wanted some roasts to laugh about and move on. Instead Reddit went off on her and pretty much ruined her life for a while. I've been a redditor for years but after that I saw the true colors of a lot of the users here.
Also she knows my reddit so if you're reading this, hi honey I love you!
"My classmate posted me..."
GiphyMy classmate posted me and captioned "she thinks she's unroastable" so they'd go extra hard. Most of the replies were just "unf*ckable*" I got a kick out of it for the most part, and a little bit of accidental advice: eyebrows too thick.
Some random guy in my school saw it, stopped me in the hall, asked me about the post, and told me good luck.
I've never really cared what other people say about me, so it wasn't that big of a deal. Really depends on your mental state.
"I had a few people tell me..."
I had a few people tell me I looked like I take it in the arse or something to the effect, was pretty underwhelming, especially since they were right.
"I used to be..."
I used to be 300+ lbs, 8 inch long beard, bald on top, but long on the sides. Yeah, along with some other things that happened, after I posted to r/roastme, I lost weight, shaved on the beard, and kept the rest of my hair short as well. (The biggest comment was something along the lines of looking like a serial pedophile who targets the elderly; i.e. disgusting and too stupid to do things right)
"My confidence..."
My confidence is too high didn't affect me really at all. I wish it blew up so and got better comments. I was hoping for some daggers to the heart, alas
"Mine was hilarious..."
Mine was hilarious, and went kind of viral. There was twitter accounts and Facebook accounts posting screenshots of my picture and the comments. I took it all in jest, the best comment was "wish you would use the wings on your eyeliner to fly the f*ck out of my sight."
"Badly."
Badly. I suppose I learned a lot. It taught me was that I am not as resilient as I thought I was, and that my locus of validation was way more external than I believed.
Most of the insults were pretty generic and unoriginal but the ones that actually 'hit the mark' genuinely upset me. I've since deleted the entire account.
I guess my point is just be certain you are as thick skinned as you tell everyone you are before you post there.
"A lot of people asked..."
A lot of people asked if I was related to Squidward or other insults about my nose. I 100% knew they were coming and tried to come up with comebacks that would get a laugh, but they kept downvoting me for some reason.
My favorite comment was "You look like a Wisconsin 8 but a California 6."
"I'm pretty real..."
I'm pretty real about myself and well aware of how i look. I liked the roast and got some compliments as well. I ended up deleting it because I was in company uniform.
"Most of the insults..."
Most of the insults were just kinda eh, not super creative.
A couple were genuine, well thought out roasts and I thought they were hilarious.
The ones that commented on my appearance I used to improve myself.
I laughed at most of them. They were mostly jokes about my oversized forehead and my baby face. It was all fun and games until one girl told me that to kill myself. Yeah, pretty weird.
"I deleted mine..."
I deleted mine because I didn't want my boyfriend to see it. (He knows my Reddit.) All of them were really boring and just not creative. None made me laugh. I should have thrown in some personal details to make it hurt. I plan to resubmit in the future.
"Someone told me..."
Someone told me if Thanos wanted to get rid of my forehead he'd have to snap twice and I laughed so hard I cried.
"I got a good laugh."
I got a good laugh. But honestly, It got repetitive. Same joke, just explained differently. I got a decent amount of useless internet arrows though.
"Honestly I enjoyed it."
Honestly I enjoyed it because it was refreshing to hear people be so upfront. Even though some of the comments stuck in my mind whenever I thought about my appearance, they didn't say anything awful about my skin or hair like they do with most people
"I had fun with it..."
I had fun with it at the time and even made it to the top posts since I was a cancer patient. But then years later people were still randomly messaging me telling me to die, so I'm glad I don't have that account anymore and the post was deleted.
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Experiencing death is a fascinating and frightening idea.
Who doesn't want to know what is waiting for us on the other side?
But so many of us want to know and then come back and live a little longer.
It would be so great to be sure there is something else.
But the whole dying part is not that great, so we'll have to rely on other people's accounts.
Redditor AlaskaStiletto wanted to hear from everyone who has returned to life, so they asked:
"Redditors who have 'died' and come back to life, what did you see?"
Sensations
Happy Good Vibes GIF by Major League SoccerGiphy"My dad's heart stopped when he had a heart attack and he had to be brought back to life. He kept the paper copy of the heart monitor which shows he flatlined. He said he felt an overwhelming sensation of peace, like nothing he had felt before."
PeachesnPain
Recovery
"I had surgical complications in 2010 that caused a great deal of blood loss. As a result, I had extremely low blood pressure and could barely stay awake. I remember feeling like I was surrounded by loved ones who had passed. They were in a circle around me and I knew they were there to guide me onwards. I told them I was not ready to go because my kids needed me and I came back."
"My nurse later said she was afraid she’d find me dead every time she came into the room."
"It took months, and blood transfusions, but I recovered."
good_golly99
Take Me Back
"Overwhelming peace and happiness. A bright airy and floating feeling. I live a very stressful life. Imagine finding out the person you have had a crush on reveals they have the same feelings for you and then you win the lotto later that day - that was the feeling I had."
"I never feared death afterward and am relieved when I hear of people dying after suffering from an illness."
rayrayrayray
Free
The Light Minnie GIF by (G)I-DLEGiphy"I had a heart surgery with near-death experience, for me at least (well the possibility that those effects are caused by morphine is also there) I just saw black and nothing else but it was warm and I had such inner peace, its weird as I sometimes still think about it and wish this feeling of being so light and free again."
TooReDTooHigh
This is why I hate surgery.
You just never know.
Shocked
Giphy"More of a near-death experience. I was electrocuted. I felt like I was in a deep hole looking straight up in the sky. My life flashed before me. Felt sad for my family, but I had a deep sense of peace."
Admirable_Buyer6528
The SOB
"Nursing in the ICU, we’ve had people try to die on us many times during the years, some successfully. One guy stood out to me. His heart stopped. We called a code, are working on him, and suddenly he comes to. We hadn’t vented him yet, so he was able to talk, and he started screaming, 'Don’t let them take me, don’t let them take me, they are coming,' he was scared and yelling."
"Then he yelled a little more, as we tried to calm him down, he screamed, 'No, No,' and gestured towards the end of the bed, and died again. We didn’t get him back. It was seriously creepy. We called his son to tell him the news, and the son said basically, 'Good, he was an SOB.'”
1-cupcake-at-a-time
Colors
"My sister died and said it was extremely peaceful. She said it was very loud like a train station and lots of talking and she was stuck in this area that was like a curtain with lots of beautiful colors (colors that you don’t see in real life according to her) a man told her 'He was sorry, but she had to go back as it wasn’t her time.'"
Hannah_LL7
"I had a really similar experience except I was in an endless garden with flowers that were colors I had never seen before. It was quiet and peaceful and a woman in a dress looked at me, shook her head, and just said 'Not yet.' As I was coming back, it was extremely loud, like everyone in the world was trying to talk all at once. It was all very disorienting but it changed my perspective on life!"
huntokarrr
The Fog
"I was in a gray fog with a girl who looked a lot like a young version of my grandmother (who was still alive) but dressed like a pioneer in the 1800s she didn't say anything but kept pulling me towards an opening in the wall. I kept refusing to go because I was so tired."
"I finally got tired of her nagging and went and that's when I came to. I had bled out during a c-section and my heart could not beat without blood. They had to deliver the baby and sew up the bleeders. refill me with blood before they could restart my heart so, like, at least 12 minutes gone."
Fluffy-Hotel-5184
Through the Walls
"My spouse was dead for a couple of minutes one miserable night. She maintains that she saw nothing, but only heard people talking about her like through a wall. The only thing she remembers for absolute certain was begging an ER nurse that she didn't want to die."
"She's quite alive and well today."
Hot-Refrigerator6583
Well let's all be happy to be alive.
It seems to be all we have.
Trying to lose weight is a struggle understood by many people regardless of size.
The goal of reaching a healthy weight may seem unattainable, but with diet and exercise, it can pay off through persistence and discipline.
Seeing the pounds gradually drop off can also be a great motivator and incentivize people to stay the course.
Those who've achieved their respective weight goals shared their experiences when Redditor apprenti8455 asked:
"People who lost a lot of weight, what surprises you the most now?"
Redditors didn't see these coming.
Shiver Me Timbers
"I’m always cold now!"
– Telrom_1
"I had a coworker lose over 130 pounds five or six years ago. I’ve never seen him without a jacket on since."
– r7ndom
"140 lbs lost here starting just before COVID, I feel like that little old lady that's always cold, damn this top comment was on point lmao."
– mr_remy
Drawing Concern
"I lost 100 pounds over a year and a half but since I’m old(70’s) it seems few people comment on it because (I think) they think I’m wasting away from some terminal illness."
– dee-fondy
"Congrats on the weight loss! It’s honestly a real accomplishment 🙂"
"Working in oncology, I can never comment on someone’s weight loss unless I specifically know it was on purpose, regardless of their age. I think it kind of ruffles feathers at times, but like I don’t want to congratulate someone for having cancer or something. It’s a weird place to be in."
– LizardofDeath
Unleashing Insults
"I remember when I lost the first big chunk of weight (around 50 lbs) it was like it gave some people license to talk sh*t about the 'old' me. Old coworkers, friends, made a lot of not just negative, but harsh comments about what I used to look like. One person I met after the big loss saw a picture of me prior and said, 'Wow, we wouldn’t even be friends!'”
"It wasn’t extremely common, but I was a little alarmed by some of the attention. My weight has been up and down since then, but every time I gain a little it gets me a little down thinking about those things people said."
– alanamablamaspama
Not Everything Goes After Losing Weight
"The loose skin is a bit unexpected."
– KeltarCentauri
"I haven’t experienced it myself, but surgery to remove skin takes a long time to recover. Longer than bariatric surgery and usually isn’t covered by insurance unless you have both."
– KatMagic1977
"It definitely does take a long time to recover. My Dad dropped a little over 200 pounds a few years back and decided to go through with skin removal surgery to deal with the excess. His procedure was extensive, as in he had skin taken from just about every part of his body excluding his head, and he went through hell for weeks in recovery, and he was bedridden for a lot of it."
– Jaew96
These Redditors shared their pleasantly surprising experiences.
Shopping
"I can buy clothes in any store I want."
– WaySavvyD
"When I lost weight I was dying to go find cute, smaller clothes and I really struggled. As someone who had always been restricted to one or two stores that catered to plus-sized clothing, a full mall of shops with items in my size was daunting. Too many options and not enough knowledge of brands that were good vs cheap. I usually went home pretty frustrated."
– ganache98012
No More Symptoms
"Lost about 80 pounds in the past year and a half, biggest thing that I’ve noticed that I haven’t seen mentioned on here yet is my acid reflux and heartburn are basically gone. I used to be popping tums every couple hours and now they just sit in the medicine cabinet collecting dust."
– colleennicole93
Expanding Capabilities
"I'm all for not judging people by their appearance and I recognise that there are unhealthy, unachievable beauty standards, but one thing that is undeniable is that I can just do stuff now. Just stamina and flexibility alone are worth it, appearance is tertiary at best."
– Ramblonius
People Change Their Tune
"How much nicer people are to you."
"My feet weren't 'wide' they were 'fat.'"
– LiZZygsu
"Have to agree. Lost 220 lbs, people make eye contact and hold open doors and stuff"
"And on the foot thing, I also lost a full shoe size numerically and also wear regular width now 😅"
– awholedamngarden
It's gonna take some getting used to.
Bones Everywhere
"Having bones. Collarbones, wrist bones, knee bones, hip bones, ribs. I have so many bones sticking out everywhere and it’s weird as hell."
– Princess-Pancake-97
"I noticed the shadow of my ribs the other day and it threw me, there’s a whole skeleton in here."
– bekastrange
Knee Pillow
"Right?! And they’re so … pointy! Now I get why people sleep with pillows between their legs - the knee bones laying on top of each other (side sleeper here) is weird and jarring."
– snic2030
"I lost only 40 pounds within the last year or so. I’m struggling to relate to most of these comments as I feel like I just 'slimmed down' rather than dropped a ton. But wow, the pillow between the knees at night. YES! I can relate to this. I think a lot of my weight was in my thighs. I never needed to do this up until recently."
– Strongbad23
More Mobility
"I’ve lost 100 lbs since 2020. It’s a collection of little things that surprise me. For at least 10 years I couldn’t put on socks, or tie my shoes. I couldn’t bend over and pick something up. I couldn’t climb a ladder to fix something. Simple things like that I can do now that fascinate me."
"Edit: Some additional little things are sitting in a chair with arms, sitting in a booth in a restaurant, being able to shop in a normal store AND not needing to buy the biggest size there, being able to easily wipe my butt, and looking down and being able to see my penis."
– dma1965
People making significant changes, whether for mental or physical health, can surely find a newfound perspective on life.
But they can also discover different issues they never saw coming.
That being said, overcoming any challenge in life is laudable, especially if it leads to gaining confidence and ditching insecurities.