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[–] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 37 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It's that momentum. Once you start going negative, you get pile driven even lower

[–] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 10 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Only if you are really stupid or controversial. In a popular thread you can turn the votes around with subsequent posts or a clarifying edit.

[–] Shady_Shiroe@lemmy.world 20 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I once asked a question, everyone thought I made a bad joke, down voted, I edited it to include that it was genuine curiosity, got down voted even harder and called stupid, my noddle still doesn't compute the situation.

[–] psud@aussie.zone 5 points 11 months ago

Sometimes you start with the person you replied to down voting you because they think you disagreed with them, then others read your comment and up vote it

[–] Tixanou@lemmy.world 24 points 11 months ago (1 children)

A negative downvote is an upvote :v

[–] Shady_Shiroe@lemmy.world 13 points 11 months ago

Reminds me of a poster that said "!False is funny, because it is true"

[–] Unforeseen@sh.itjust.works 17 points 11 months ago

We are always one negative vote away from oblivion

[–] AgentGrimstone@lemmy.world 16 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That one poster brave enough to speak and defend you and single handedly turns the tide.

[–] blanketswithsmallpox@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

Or even better, when they call out the loonies too and go down with you like the violin Titanic scene

[–] Zeroc00l@sh.itjust.works 13 points 11 months ago

Movie is Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993)

[–] Crack0n7uesday@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I completely forgot Dave Chappelle is in that movie until recently.

[–] CaptnKarisma@lemmy.ml 13 points 11 months ago (2 children)
[–] variants@possumpat.io 12 points 11 months ago
[–] ItsAFake@lemmus.org 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

A Jew, in England!?

[–] A_Very_Big_Fan@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Wouldn't one downvote plus one upvote be 1 again

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 10 points 11 months ago

Sure.

The meme's about being at -1 though.

[–] brown567@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago

I think you automatically upvote your own posts/replies

[–] caveman@lemmy.ml 8 points 11 months ago

Who cares about down votes? I'd care if I didn't express my view properly, but sometimes people just disagree

[–] nooneshere@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 11 months ago

Hide votes unless you're keen on worrying about stupid manipulative internet points

[–] humbletightband@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Who cares what intermet strangers think about your comments?

[–] m13@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago

hehe minus one 😈

[–] humbletightband@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Why are you downvoting it??

[–] Pharmacokinetics@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I brought you back to zero. Now hug me.... please :(

[–] psud@aussie.zone 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I returned it to zero after someone moved it off

[–] humbletightband@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 11 months ago

I can see what you are doing. Come here my little (or big, doesn't matter) internet person with a sense of humor