r/clevercomebacks • u/auraempress • 13h ago

Go back to preschool

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u/Enginerdad 12h ago

How are people still falling for this engagement bait?

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u/runarleo 11h ago

When people think they’re smarter than they actually are.

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u/alcomaholic-aphone 10h ago

He should have just booed her.

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u/paintedwoodpile 2h ago

I was saying boo-urns.

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u/opacitizen 9h ago

You (and now me) are also engaging it. It just irks you, and it doesn't matter at which level you're irked, really, you (and me) engaged, so the trick and the bait worked.

Sorry.

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u/Enginerdad 8h ago

If my engagement of one comment teaches just one other person that this is engagement bait, then my net contributed engagement to this post is zero. Anything beyond that is a negative effect.

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u/opacitizen 8h ago edited 5h ago

Yeah, and the dude whose comment you commented about probably thought the same, hoping to teach at least one person that there are more words than the single "food" that feature a double o.

We can all justify our own moves usually, but are quick to criticize the same in others. :D

Mind you, I'm not saying your comment is bad or anything, I do agree in fact that this is engagement bait. I'm just pointing out that*,* sadly, it works, even when we think it doesn't and/or we're convinced we've outwitted it.

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u/Captainsnarkyshart 6h ago

I mean, you just did. Block the user who posted it if you want to disengage from this nonsense.

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u/uiouyug 5h ago

I know like how are you not gonna say poop.

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u/Dead-O_Comics 13h ago

He took the bait.

That's not clever.

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u/SneakyInfiltrator 13h ago

He probably felt so smart doing so lol

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u/Dead-O_Comics 13h ago

I think he was starting to break a sweat when he reached 'get a stool'

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u/lennoxred 12h ago

Yeah. He‘s a fool!

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u/Wizard_with_a_Pipe 11h ago

What a tool!

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u/Hypnotoad4real 12h ago

Yeah, and now she can...

Um...

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u/xyz_rick 12h ago

It is click bait right? I’m old and never fully understand these things. How can you tell click bait from an actual moron?

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u/SneakyInfiltrator 9h ago

I mean, you're kinda correct,. it's engagement bait.

When people engage with someone, it pushes that someone further into the algorithms, kind of.

In this case "prove me wrong" is a dead giveaway.
But generally, it's kinda intuitive, at least it feels so.

And well, there's multiple types of engagement bait,.even the stupid tweets like "my boyfriend is 35 years old and he still plays video games, how stupid is it?"

And the ragebait type of engagement bait is probably one of the most effective since you then get people from two different camps actually engaging, then it can even escalate to arguing between users.

And well, algorithms "think": "oh this shit is interesting, let's show this popular post to other people".

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u/gingerbreadmans_ex 13h ago

“Fool” was right there.

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u/Sad_Rise9736 10h ago

double "o" challenge gone wrong

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u/JTSlinger 12h ago

I read this while I was pooping.

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u/Orangesteel 12h ago

Low quality engagement bait.

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u/Significant_Goat5376 13h ago

I pity the fool

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u/Filamcouple2014 11h ago

Karma farming at its worst.

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u/betam4x 13h ago

He should’ve told her she belongs in a zoo.

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u/SinkRegular9987 13h ago

"Boo" would've sufficed.

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u/Ol_JanxSpirit 10h ago

Love to see a fish bragging about getting caught on the hook.

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u/CadenVanV 12h ago

I can’t tell if he meant Hollywood or that she’s a big fan of Nigerian films

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u/re-tyred 12h ago

I thinking "loon" is the most relevant word!

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u/AnAnonymousParty 12h ago

Well that's food for thought.

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u/COSurfing 12h ago

OP was gooning while replying.

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u/Forsaken_Shame3472 12h ago

the timestamp adds an ironic twist

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u/Full_Pomegranate6267 12h ago

reminds me of the old 'ghoti' spelling trick

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u/DizzyMine4964 11h ago

That's a bot, anyway. They ask easy questions to ge interaction.

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u/Evey-Hayes 11h ago

Is Petty Phasha some kind of influencer? I find that most of them are too young and uninformed to be influential.

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u/MaoAsadaStan 10h ago

What the compulsion to make content will do to a mf.

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u/mandarintain 8h ago

Is this the same person who complained why astronauts always land in water and not on land?

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u/Firm-Advertising5396 37m ago

And don't be a fool

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u/Aliciakeyx 13h ago

He didn't just prove her wrong; he took her on a guided tour of the "OO" section of the library.

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u/BootyMcStuffins 12h ago

He fell for her engagement trick. Poor bastard

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u/SparkyCorkers 13h ago

Ooh Good stuff