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'''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. | '''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. | 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. | ||
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.
