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S’pore FB User Got into Global Reddit Thread for All the Wrong Reasons

2021-02-04 , 9:05 am

One sad realisation that all of us come to at some point in our lives is that we’re probably not going to be a famous rock star or movie star.

Fortunately, there now exists a very accessible form of fame which anyone of any age can achieve: internet stardom.

Whether you’ve posted a video that went viral or made a humorous comment that garnered thousands of likes, it feels good to be loved by the online masses.

But these people will also hunt you down and crucify you if you make any mistakes on an online platform, as one local Facebook user recently discovered.

S’pore FB User Got into Global Reddit Thread for the Wrong Reasons

Some are born with common sense, some achieve common sense over time, and others have common sense thrust upon them in a Reddit thread.

Recently, The Straits Times shared a link to one of its articles on Facebook.

The article was titled: “All primary, secondary schools in Singapore to have lifts by 2026.”

Even without reading the article, you’d probably deduce that the purpose of this move was to ensure basic barrier-free accessibility for those with disabilities.

If you came across the article link on ST’s Facebook account, however, you wouldn’t have to make this assumption because of the picture which accompanied the headline.

However, one netizen seemed displeased with the move, and left this comment:

In case you can’t see it, the netizen said:

“Really waste money build lifts at school… should ask students to exercise by using staircases…”

Exercises by Jumping to Conclusions

As another netizen – who wasn’t exactly eagle-eyed as just, eyed, – pointed out, the picture which accompanied the article headline shows a young student in a wheelchair using the lift.

Clearly, most readers would be able to work out that the lifts were for students with disabilities.

But for some reason, this netizen had no clue.

Another netizen, irked by the clueless commenter, said he clearly exercises a lot too, mostly by jumping to conclusions.

S’pore FB User Got into Global Reddit Thread for the Wrong Reasons

Thanks to his lack of basic observational skills, the clueless commenter ended up in a Reddit thread used by Redditors from all over the globe.

Called r/MurderedByWords, the subreddit describes itself as a place for well-constructed put-downs, comebacks, and counter-arguments.

Some commenters in the post were stunned at the depths of idiocy to which the Singaporean commenter descended, while others lamented the fact that Singapore has once again “become famous on the internet for the wrong reasons”.

One user pointed out that students in Singapore are only permitted to use these lifts if they have disabilities.

But what most of them did, was simply enjoy the witty retort.

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S’pore FB User Got into Global Reddit Thread for All the Wrong Reasons

S’pore FB User Got into Global Reddit Thread for the Wrong Reasons

Exercises by Jumping to Conclusions

S’pore FB User Got into Global Reddit Thread for the Wrong Reasons

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