These are types of ‘wise’ comments that you’d find on people’s blogs, Tumblr, Facebook, Reddit, etc., that people “should have outgrown by the time they were 14.”
They are proof that there are plenty of people out there who haven’t quite matured yet, but they think that they already know everything there is to know about the world. This lack of humility can be dangerous and help spread misinformation.
The r/im14andthisisdeep community continues to be massively active to this day. At the time of writing, a jaw-dropping 422k internet users visit the group every single week, leaving a whopping 16k weekly contributions.
According to the moderators, the posts you share on the subreddit have to be ‘deep’ but have to avoid topics like politics, religion, shower thoughts, cartoons, caricatures, and boomer humor. What’s more, hilariously, you are not allowed to post about Billie Eilish.
The mod team stresses that, ideally, everyone shares original content that they received or stumbled upon themselves. However, “obviously, that’s not always possible,” so they urge everyone to be “as original as possible.”
Satire, personal information, frequent reposts, self-promotion, spam, bad cropping, video content, incivility, and rude behavior will draw the moderators’ ire, so you’d best avoid those.
Once you’ve upvoted the ‘deepest’ Dunning-Kruger and delusion-fuelled posts in this list, we’d like to hear your insights and all about your experiences.
What are the most awkward things that you have ever said or done, in public or online, that make you laugh and cringe to this day? How do you deal with social embarrassment? Spill the tea in the comments!
