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Created page with "'''Cruel Ragebait''' is a layered form of incendiary behavior that is practiced by people who have hierarchical power over a population who is harmed by their actions. Essentially, it is when someone or a group of people is acting in a way that causes real harm to or violates the rights of others, and they do so while creating a (usually) hyperbolic, pseudo-parody representation of their actions, typically in the form of trolling/ragebait, jokes, memes, or quips. Cruel R..." |
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'''Cruel Ragebait''' is a | '''Cruel Ragebait''' is when a powerful person or group of people that engages in harmful or rights violating actions against less powerful victims use memes, trolling, jokes, or quips to create a pseudo-parody or pseudo-hyperbolic narrative version of their harmful actions. Cruel ragebait is created for the enjoyment of the tyrant and their supporters, who enjoy watching their victims or opposers "fall" for the ragebait version of their actions which are basically just the same thing as their actual actions. In a nutshell, cruel ragebait is a common practice done by people who are widely hated for a good reason. | ||
Examples of cruel-bait include Peter Theil naming his surveillance company "Palantir", Mr Beast saying that he has less money than you, and most of the Whitehouse's current twitter feed. | |||
Cruel-bait is often made with the assistance of generative AI. The two things basically go hand and hand. | |||
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Latest revision as of 19:32, 14 July 2026
Cruel Ragebait is when a powerful person or group of people that engages in harmful or rights violating actions against less powerful victims use memes, trolling, jokes, or quips to create a pseudo-parody or pseudo-hyperbolic narrative version of their harmful actions. Cruel ragebait is created for the enjoyment of the tyrant and their supporters, who enjoy watching their victims or opposers "fall" for the ragebait version of their actions which are basically just the same thing as their actual actions. In a nutshell, cruel ragebait is a common practice done by people who are widely hated for a good reason.
Examples of cruel-bait include Peter Theil naming his surveillance company "Palantir", Mr Beast saying that he has less money than you, and most of the Whitehouse's current twitter feed.
Cruel-bait is often made with the assistance of generative AI. The two things basically go hand and hand.
