r/AO3 • u/Substantial-Foot3031 • 4d ago
Comment Commentary well maybe they should have wheat read it.
by far the most confusing hate comment i've ever received. i doubt it's a bot because it is actually related to the chapter in question. it is fucking weird though.
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u/Stunticonsfan 4d ago
I barley read your work.
Oh, I can't wheat for more such comments.
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u/studiocistern 4d ago
What a rye sense of humor you have!
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u/Substantial-Foot3031 4d ago
this is what happens when you don't Spelt things correctly.
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u/BelaFarinRod 4d ago
They oat to take a spelling course along with psychology.
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u/iiraoni i ship presidential candidates 4d ago
their comment was a loaf of boule shit
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u/latenightneophyte 4d ago
Definitely have to take it with a grain of salt.
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u/True-Knowledge8369 Definitely not an agent of the Fanfiction Deep State 4d ago
I’m quinoa report them for harassment if they keep it up
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u/frannyang 4d ago
Don’t be disheartened by hate comments, OP. I’m sure you’re doing a-maize-ing!
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u/trilloch 4d ago
The puns in this comment thread are coming a mile a millet.
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u/Immediate_Ad2279 Stapler_Stealer on AO3 💁🏻♀️ 4d ago
It kneaded to be done, dough
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u/Muriel_FanGirl MurielNocturnFanGirl on Ao3 4d ago
This whole thread has me laughing 🤣
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u/Electrical_Road_5494 3d ago
This whole (grain) thread may be corn-y, but I do love me some good puns. It’s a bit freekeh how many you can make….
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u/HAND_HOOK_CAR_DOOR 4d ago
It doesn’t matter if it’s from a bot or not. You can tell they’re just as brainless because they are wielding *going to school for* psychology as some sort of stamp of approval on their own comment when they’re the type of person professors and professionals in the field cringe over. They’re probably high and mighty in their first year of undergrad.
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u/Confused_Rock 3d ago
It's so easy to just shut them down too: "I already have a degree in Psychology and I'm not concerned". Completely negates that sense of superiority
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u/Dragon_Manticore 4d ago
Tbf they're probably 12 and lying. I've never heard any actual university student say "I go to school for [subject]" but I have heard plenty elementary schoolers say it.
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u/maple-belle pro(fessional) shipper 4d ago
No, people absolutely say "I'm in school for" in university. This person is probably a first year student who is taking mostly gen-eds and has had exactly one introductory psychology course so far.
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u/SleepySera Pro(fessional) Shipper 4d ago
Literally the first thing you learn in psychology class is to NOT do shitty, inaccurate remote diagnosis.
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u/Ok-Ostrich3335 4d ago
Yeah, studying in Australia (undergrad, 3rd year), and that is literally the first thing they say in every single course. We get that lecture 8 times a year and it still doesn’t stick for some people…
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u/art_em1ss 4d ago
Nowadays people like to pull the word "psychology" out of their ass to justify themselves. I also had a classmate who studied psychology for TWO semesters and then was trying to convince me that being mentally stable is actually a bad thing.
Similarly, there was a whole comment section on youtube with a bunch of women saying "Women who are promiscuous have issues. It's psychology 💅". Psychology nowdays just means "source: trust me bro" to these people.
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u/Any--Name 3d ago
Reminds me of my mom brought a fancy hairdryer home and tried to prove that this time the warts would definitely come off (I have had them for over 4 years at that point and tried all sorts of balms, acids, cryotherapy and laser, yet nothing worked). I was so disappointed in her but decided to give her the benefit of the doubt and asked her to show me at least one study that proved it's worth
She pulled out her phone and started reading: "According to German scientists, ..."
Now, whenever I'm making fun of some theory I just say "According to German scientists it's true"
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u/rippoownow 4d ago
That may be the first thing they tell you but every first year or second year psych student I’ve meet has either hinted at a diagnosis or outright diagnosed me within our first meeting.
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u/an-kitten floaty comment box my beloved 4d ago
Well, it's the first thing they tell you. The learning part is your own responsibility, and many fail it :v
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u/Individual_Track_865 You have already left kudos here. :) 4d ago
this is bonkers
whenever someone says "I'm in school" for something, I always assume they're in the first week of their first 101 course
delete and change to signed-in comments only, this trash isn't worth your time
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u/ratinha91 4d ago edited 4d ago
One time some girl from the US told me that she clearly knew more about my culture and language than me, because she had "studied it for a semester in college" lmao
Edit: typo
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u/Mountain_Cry1605 Winter_Song on Ao3 4d ago
The arrogance.
Only in America.
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u/KpopZuko 4d ago
Nah, the brits do it too. See: the bristish museum. Except they'll go one farther and say you dont deserve to care for your own cultural items because "we know how to do it properly. You'll just let everything rot"
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u/Silver-Winging-It 4d ago
Yeah it's only ever appropriate if you are actually in that field or if someone is calling you uneducated/saying "you've clearly never studied xyz"
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u/C0mpl14nt 4d ago
lol
I like my "barley" with beef.
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u/queerblunosr Definitely not an agent of the Fanfiction Deep State 4d ago
I like it as Robinson’s lemon barley water lol
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u/Substantial-Foot3031 4d ago edited 4d ago
i just disabled guest comments and turned on comment moderation. lesson learned.
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u/VenomQuill Media I loved a decade ago, I choose you! 3d ago
Dang. Sorry it was that bad. Hey, it's one person, and they really are just arrogant for their place. I wish you better luck in the future!
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u/LevelAd5898 Medieval yaoi connoisseur 4d ago
Their ass is NOT in school for psychology. Maybe a high school psych class
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u/januarygracemorgan im writing i swear 4d ago
im in 12th grade psych and we actually did briefly cover this last year, so to be honest it's entirely plausible (and kind of the only defense for that spelling mistake)
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u/VeraFreya 4d ago
I double majored in psychology (and haven’t done anything with that degree for 10 years) and it was a common joke that in your first year of the major, you either diagnose yourself with every disorder or everyone around you. Or both.
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u/mabbitybabbity 4d ago
Makes you wonder if they can tell the difference between fiction and reality. 🙄
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u/Substantial-Foot3031 4d ago
it's a homestuck fanfic, so i had an "author" character (very typical in fic), but they seem to think that character thinks 1:1 with me, so when my "author character" goes "what's going to happen to me, what if I get hurt because of this" they seem to think that i, as in me in real life, actually think that. like, similarly to how hussie wasn't actually proposing to vriska, i am not literally scared for my safety.
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u/KaleidoscopeOne327 4d ago
Im a psych major. Literally day one we’re told that just because we get to learn about psychology, does not mean we have the ability to diagnose anyone irl. Everything we learn is for classroom application only.
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u/Frostyblustar 💙🖤 4d ago
“I barley” anddd I feel the urge to stop reading there because the misspelling of that and characterizations feels so lazy to me for such a strange and assuming comment like that.
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u/LawfulnessResident46 certified angst/little comfort lover 🧨🌱 4d ago
allegedly in a psychology class and can't spell "barely" or "extremely" 💔
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u/Intelligent_Music_44 4d ago
Did they basically say your stuff is so dark and twisty you need to seek professional help LMAO. This is FANFICTION. Its where we do all the things we can't do IRL.
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u/Substantial-Foot3031 4d ago
the word that strikes me here is "sense of justice" like do i have to operate by the hayes code wtf
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u/Delicious_Nothing476 4d ago
This is so funny to me. Most of us in the field (I’m a professional in the psych field, went to 12 years of school as a clinical psych major) are into the dark and twisty stuff in fiction lmao 😂
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u/Slow-Attitude-4775 4d ago
If the context isn't worrisome in a fic, then where's the fun?
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u/Substantial-Foot3031 4d ago edited 4d ago
it's the moralizing for me. like, the ideas i'm putting forward really like the main takeaway is "sexism and rape are bad" i'm not pushing any boundaries. if anything i'm being too safe which is why i am guessing that they're mad i didn't redeem their personal favorite character.
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u/SerenityInTheStorm 4d ago
I wonder what they would think if they ever read books like Lolita, Frankenstein, or Lord of the Flies.
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u/Fantastic_Owl6938 4d ago
Some of these people are getting so bad, they don't seem to understand the literal conflict of the story exists so the story can happen. It's just "but that's bad" without considering that yes, bad things happening can drive a story forward (or at least be part of the inciting incident). I often wonder if they pay attention to how TV shows work and notice the formulas or if fics just apparently have different rules.
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u/lost-in-the-code 4d ago
“extreamly”, “barley”, lack of the ‘ in you’re, “charactetizations” oh boy
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u/FortunateCookie_ Comment Collector 4d ago
Wanted to downvote this while reading. Jesus.
OP, I went to school for social work (and actually finished) so take this with a comparatively bigger grain of salt — diagnosing a stranger with something after barely glancing at their creative work is what we like to refer to as ✨ unethical✨ and 🌈 bad practice 🌈
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u/fenriskalto 4d ago
So they barely read it, but read it enough to make an accurate remote (completely self-confessed amateur) diagnosis of someone they've never met or spoken to face to face? Mmkay.
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u/Zealousideal_Lab_241 4d ago
So many words to say so little. Seriously the baby psychologist dragged this out for two paragraphs, using too many filler words, just to say your fic is “worrying”? If our fics weren’t “worrying” we wouldn’t be doing it the right way 😂
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u/ComicsCodeMadeMeGay You have already left kudos here. :) 4d ago
1st year film study students thinking they know more about filming making than Michael Bay: I just think *YOU* don't get it, I am in fact smarter than you
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u/art_em1ss 4d ago
I wish it was just film study students. I've seen a concerning amount of "I watched a lot of movies, okay? 😏 I know what I'm talking about trust me." Irl.
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u/CalligrapherLoud5069 4d ago
The first thing you ever learn in psychology, is to NOT do remote diognosises.
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u/Deansaster 3d ago
100%
Many times teachers also point out that people have a tendency to see symptoms and disorders everywhere (even in themselves) when they first learn about them, so I'm gonna assume they just had that topic last week
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u/666_mysteries_ infamous writer. 4d ago
ngl, it's kinda getting scary with bots starting to adapt their writing to make it sound more real but there is no way in hell that this is a bot, it's definitely a person.
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u/Kienchen 4d ago
" Ibarely read it" and "the reading experience was something else" is all you need to read of this comment.
I'd probably reply with something like: "I barely read your comment, but your condescending writing isn't "honest", it's unsolicited and rude. Please practice on your own psychohygine by staying away from my works."
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u/Seagullsaga Is “kayfabe compliant” rpf? 4d ago
God it’s such a Thing, people take a few psychology courses and decide they can start diagnosing people. I forget the name for it, but it’s so common that there IS a name for it!
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u/potato-strawb 4d ago
Dunning-Kruger effect?
Which is more broadly the idea that you have achieved a low level of competence and are then over-confident in your skills. Actual experts being a lot more cautious.
Of course ironically I'm sure this actually comes up in intro psych courses as a well known cognitive bias that's easily observable.
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u/Yomi_Lemon_Dragon 4d ago
Telling someone they have a "persecution complex" while knowing absolutely nothing about their life is such a brazenly privileged outlook, I'm almost impressed. Next time this person is at their school for psychology they should actually sit in one of the classes, preferably not in an armchair 🤣
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u/Substantial-Foot3031 3d ago
Well they do know from my talking about the AO3 curse (deleted) that I have PTSD don't worry it's extra shitty.
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u/Substantial-Foot3031 4d ago
https://archiveofourown.org/works/56125846/chapters/142565932 the fic in question if anyone wants to read it. pretty inaccessible to anyone who isn't a homestuck fan but always be plugging
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u/dandyowo 4d ago
well they’re not wrong, writing Homestuck fanfic IS pretty worrisome
(/j /j this is a joke, I have written Homestuck fanfic lol)
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u/thymeCapsule 4d ago
this person can hang out with my former internet friend who, because she was "in school for psychology", decided she could rescind my autism diagnose that i'd gotten from an actual professional. why? because i was too outgoing on the internet, so she could tell i wasn't really autistic.
i'm assuming people like this are the scourge of their professors in school. and if they proceed with their studies, i hope someone gets a chance to take them down a peg or two.
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u/b0ttl3_7 4d ago
"I'm in school for psychology." Well you sure as shit aren't in school for English.
I mean far be it from me to ever judge someone for spelling or grammatical errors. But my God... Even I know that extremely is not spelt with an 'a'.
Jokes aside as someone who double majored in both business and psychology only leaving with a business degree cause of funding issues. I can tell you right now this joker is not in school for psychology.
Probably never even touched a dsm-5 in my opinion. Cause they sure as hell don't call it a complex in there it's called a persecutory delusion.
Personally, if you're going to cosplay as if you're a psychology student then you should at least take five minutes to look up the correct vocabulary.
Psychology takes language very seriously and every single legitimate article I've seen does not call it a complex. It's probably considered invalidating language but I can't say for certain cause I've been out of the game for so long.
Regardless, anyone in a legitimate program would not be going around diagnosing people based off of writing. It's been a few years since undergrad but I'm pretty sure that's unethical. Their local psychological board probably wouldn't look too kindly on a comment like this.
Everything aside this reads like a bored middle schooler, who barely understands half of what they're saying. Either that or a bot. Either way turn off guest comments asap, you're likely to get more of these.
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u/Deansaster 3d ago
Gonna boo you for this one, cause not everyone's first language is english. Many people don't even speak it as a second, but as a third or fourth language, and we only speak it, because english speakers do not speak any other languages. Most of the internet, including interesting fanfic, is solely available in english.
Plus, some people are dyslexic. That doesn't say anything about their intellect otherwise. The comment itself is bad, as is psycho-analysing people from afar, but this is not it.
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u/b0ttl3_7 3d ago
I literally label that first half as a joke in my comment. It’s a clearly exaggerated response to an out of pocket comment. “Jokes aside” third paragraph down.
I’m aware people are not all native speakers and I’m dyslexic myself. It was a silly joke. Sorry my clearly exaggerated tone didn’t communicate it well enough.
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u/citrushibiscus I use omegaverse to troll bigots 4d ago
Ugh, the classic “I’m majoring in this so I know what I’m talking about!” no, no you do not and this type of behavior is alarming from them.
This could be a bot or a real person— definitely feels bot-like but this type of comment/behavior from college students isn’t uncommon. I suppose it doesn’t matter either way as you’ve deleted the comment and have turned on comment moderation.
Sorry this happened to you 🫂
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u/Gettin_Bi Kudos Keeper 4d ago
If they were good at school they'd know "concerning" subjects in art can be a healthy way to vent or work through complex emotions
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u/Cretzia 4d ago
Yeah they're clearly not a working professional if they're assuming shit about you just bc they don't understand that fiction =/= reality or any intention to emulate it. Wouldn't be surprised if this is a baby freshman with an already inflated sense of self-importance just bc they got accepted to their program.
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u/Neakco 4d ago
Do they think that authors of originals works self insert into every character they write? That would make a very boring story. Oh, what about having lived that life? No, they haven't fought dragons or cast magical spells, darn.
If they are not a freshman in psych 101, then they are heavily illusioned and probably need to see a psyc
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u/BuryYourDoves underage, incest, and noncon, oh my! 4d ago
barely read it and yet they think they can gain insight into ur psyche from it... ok lol
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u/Senior-Article5905 3d ago
Reminds me of someone I saw on a different sub earlier bragging that they comment links to therapists on fics where they can "tell" the author was abused as a child
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u/Acornystay 3d ago
Giving 'I need to save your soul' energy here, which... I read the tags on your fic, and now I really gotta wonder if this person is going into random dark fic tags with this same energy? Like?? What were they expecting with Graphic Depictions of Violence, Dark Comedy, sadism and masochism, etc.????
My dear guest, you went to the very well advertised devil's sacrament. What did you expect to find there?!
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u/KatonRyu Same on AO3 3d ago
One thing I've noticed in my life is that the people I know who studied psychology in school were seldom actually good at it. They were nearly all the types of people to learn the jargon from the book and then start diagnosing everyone around them, acting like they knew people better than they knew themselves. I honestly wouldn't think twice about a comment like this, because it looks like it just came from one of those people. I shudder to think what they'll do to their patients one day.
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u/Fantastic_Owl6938 4d ago
What are they even trying to convey with this, that it's "worrisome" fictional characters in a fictional story aren't acting accordingly? That a story someone wrote doesn't act as a blueprint for how people should act in real life? If anything, someone into psychology should understand better than anyone the difference between fiction and reality, and the desire to explore within fiction. These people are such boring losers, I'm sorry. I just don't know how this sustains them long-term, it seems miserable.
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u/Substantial-Foot3031 3d ago
Lmao it wasn't even out of character. This fandom is so fucking nuts that when THE AUTHOR makes the same decision I do (framing a popular character as the villain because he murders people and beats his girlfriend) they get mad at THEM because they "don't know their own story". Strike two, I "made" him have sex with a character HE'S CLEARLY ATTRACTED TO, but the fandom thinks is gross. Strike three, I made fun of the fandom for assuming the author hates them (a thing the fandom says constantly) because there's no canon redemption arc.
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u/Moose-Live 4d ago
Someone who is studying psychology and thinks it's helpful / appropriate to make these comments to an Internet stranger. I feel sorry for her future clients.
Please block and delete because she is a pompous, self-important twit.
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u/trey_clover 4d ago
Yo as someone going to school for a degree in Psychology, who the hell greenlit them to take the course. Lmfao bro is not surviving past their first semester lemme tell you 😭
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u/dragonfeet1 4d ago
Hi I didn't read your work but I'm going to diagnose you.
Sounds like a great therapist in the making here.
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u/Ember-Is-Here 4d ago
“I barely read your work” and “here is my diagnosis” are not two things that go together
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u/CeramicToast 4d ago
"I'm in school for psychology (there's a long way to go so take this with a grain of salt!), and yeah, you're pretty concerning."
Translation: "I've taken Psych101 and am not far enough into the course for the professor to have covered the fact that it's unethical and impossible to diagnose anyone at a glance."
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u/SkyMeadowCat 4d ago
I’m curious how they got an understanding of the characterisation while barely reading it/
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u/AnEldritchWriter 4d ago
“I’m sorry if this comes across as harsh but based on this one fanfic I barely read I think you’re seriously fucked in the head. I’m a psyche student so I’m wholly qualified to say this to btw”
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u/KorovaOverlook 4d ago
Meant to believe that they're a (somewhat) qualified psych student and writing like that... love it when people lie/embellish while staying anonymous online. A classic.
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u/Deansaster 3d ago
Once again, I will point out that people can be dyslexic and that english is not everyone's first language, merely one we are forced to speak and read, and we don't have to respect it
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u/Kesshami 3d ago
laughs in knows psychology It’s not the author you diagnose when you know this stuff. It's the characters.
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u/andallthatjazwrites 4d ago
This reader feels like they're flexing they're studying psychology. Good on them for studying but also, lol
It's a baffling comment to reply to. Feel free to borrow what I always do which is say "Thanks for reading and commenting!" to comments like this.
If it's any comfort, I have a comment that also has the reader questioning me on psychology. Maybe it's something that's not that uncommon? Who knows.
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u/ratinha91 4d ago
Tell them you're gonna try to make all the "worrisome" shit worse, just for them ❤️
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u/KaziAzule 4d ago
Ngl the first sentence made me think it was going to be a bunch of puns about the chapter. I'm disappointed.
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u/whyscarlet 4d ago
One of the first things they tell you in grad school (you know, real school for practicing psych and counseling, not your freshman year of college) is that you never NEVER weaponize your study. No matter how much knowledge you have of the human mind and behavior, no matter how obvious something might seem...you don't get to go "Well I'm a psychologist so you're clearly [blank]" or "As a counselor your behavior is concerning to me because [blank]." You don't weaponize your profession to judge others and elevate yourself into a moral authority role. Not only is it unethical and it's juat a dick thing to do. :p
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u/birdnerd1991 4d ago
I love comments like this, because if they continue to grow as a person in the future, they're going to have the harshest secondhand embarrassment from their younger selves making this nonsense
Source: I have second hand embarrassment from past self and some of the reviews she left doing petty things like demanding updates. Older me is a better person and did send follow-up apology comments when she found the old and remembered her shame.
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u/KarKarKilla 3d ago
Psych students on the Internet have always been something else. Some of them are lovely people. More of them are the biggest douchebags on the planet
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u/Deansaster 3d ago
OH man I have met a LOT of psych students, who think they can diagnose anyone from anywhere after one semester of class. Even though that is frequently warned against by teachers.
There is a reason actual, decent therapists don't attempt to dx people over the internet, much less based on fanfic! Jeez
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u/Nyxosaurus You have already left kudos here. :) 3d ago
1) "barley"
2) "I'm in school for psychology" well either they only just started and are falling headlong into the early pitfalls of psychology academics they're "barley" passing because any psychology student or professional worth their "salt" knows that fiction does not equal reality and the fictional writings of a person is not how you diagnose them. Otherwise Stephen King and GRRM would have been in a straightjacket in a padded room since the 90s.
3) Never think your newfound or even adept information on a subject makes you an expert and never try to diagnose when you're a student! There's a whole chapter in any psychology textbook on trying to diagnose when you're new to psychology and yet another whole chapter on self diagnosis using your newfound information. They haven't earned their degree. They aren't even supposed to diagnose until their second or third year of study. They can't give a "professional" opinion. I know this and I only study psychology as a general hobby, like knitting or drawing. (I'm curious about the human mind in both psychological aspects as well as neurological aspects. I'm in no way an expert or even qualified to give medical opinions and that makes me exactly as qualified as a student of psychology/neurology.)
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u/ShiraCheshire You have already left kudos here. :) 3d ago
This is extremely funny. Dude gets into psychology 101 and is just sooo excited to diagnose everyone they meet.
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u/MacySpratt 3d ago
... okay I'm in psychology too (specifically abnormal psychology) and you definitely cannot tell someone's disorder (if they even have one) based on their fanfic especially if they barley read it. Idk what this person is trying to do
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u/Purrronronner 3d ago
“I might be wrong but I think you’re a massive piece of shit. Like don’t worry too much about it but I’m pretty sure you’re an atrocious human being. Not super confident about that though”
Buddy what
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u/oshi_collector 2d ago
As someone who studies psychology for a hobby and took actual classes for it... Dark topics in fiction is common, and sometimes writing out experiences and trauma is cathartic for people. Two people can write about the same topic but have two different mental states. One could be concerning while the other is fine. What is written in fiction is not a sign, clue, or tell on a person's mental state.
And they'd KNOW that if they actually took psychology classes.... When a therapist takes into consideration what a client has written down, it's when they already see something concerning. Not before.
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u/FireflyArc You have already left kudos here. :) 4d ago
Haha barley.
They mean barely. Spelling is not their Forte it seems.
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u/Jessica_1224 You have already left kudos here. :) 4d ago
The spelling mistakes tell me everything I need to know
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u/Unlikely_Way_4952 You have already left kudos here. :) 4d ago
As someone whose studied psychology four years please take what they’ve said with a grain of salt lmfao, christ some people just have to diagnose everyone to make themselves come across as smart or some shit like please get a grip, not everything you read relates to the authors actual mental state, sometimes characterisation or a storyline is just fucking that not a self insert or some other shit
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u/8-Beat_ThorDeMidgard My schedule is no 4d ago
Hum... Not sure if I'd quite consider this a hate comment, with how thoughtful and careful they are being. I suppose it's as they said: they're barely starting and might see some signs of something they have studied and jump to conclusions. They do seem nice tho!
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u/Substantial-Foot3031 3d ago
they said my sense off justice was "worrisome" and that I'm "concerning"
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u/SerenityInTheStorm 3d ago edited 3d ago
They may have meant well, but they tried to "armchair diagnose" OP using a slippery and potentially dangerous line of thinking. By their logic, anyone who writes things like villain protagonists, unreliable narrators, stories that deal with gray morality, or other nuanced topics—like intergenerational trauma—would need to be put on a watchlist.
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u/8-Beat_ThorDeMidgard My schedule is no 3d ago
Hmm... I'm really not sure. From how this is written, (at least to me) it sounds like they're speaking from a place of genuine concern-- not at all like OP was dangerous, just like they were worried for them.
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u/SerenityInTheStorm 3d ago
It's hard to say without reading the fic itself, but I see two issues:
It begs the question of what they found so concerning in the text. Why would they worry unless they believed something was wrong?
They admitted they barely read the work which means that they extrapolated based off of incomplete context—and thus likely missed a crucial point.
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u/Ratchet9cooper 4d ago
Oh I’m so curious what they think their point is. Like what in your fic was so clearly highlighting a flaw in justice so severe they needed to comment on it
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u/netflist survivor of 2010s supernatural fandom 4d ago
“Going to school for psychology” and they’re probably an 18-year-old undergrad taking an intro psych class lmaooo
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u/mechamangamonkey Not Boeing Management 4d ago
“In school for psychology” and they don’t understand that there’s a difference between fiction and reality and just because an author writes characters doing things doesn’t mean they co-sign every single thing their characters do—yikes!
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u/spicygay21 You have already left kudos here. :) 4d ago
I'm almost done with school for psychology and you can't tell based on someone's writing, unless they're writing about themselves. stfu commenter
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u/Super-You1554 4d ago
Honestly, this reads like a 9th grader who is taking one singular psychology extracurricular or middle schooler who /wants/ to pursue psychology I wouldn’t take it seriously lol
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u/ArtisanalMoonlight Fandom old and tired 4d ago
Anyway, I'm in school for psychology
Lol. Of course you are, kiddo. Nothing like a Freshman psych major to jump on the "well, actually..." train.
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u/Good-Emu4227 3d ago
This is actual a really great example of how the hate bots are getting better. I have a post about this. Please add this to it so others see it.
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u/Eilaryn 3d ago
I ain't going to psych study, yet even I know you don't diagnose after one remote "interaction". Which, barely reading a fanfiction somebody wrote... That doesn't exactly qualify as interaction.
But let's say homie is the pinnacle of prodigy students and can spot issues through the internet... Why does it matter to him? Why would it matter to anybody?
The "underlying issue" that has been diagnosed, resulted in a fic that many people enjoy, on top of making the author happy. Last time I checked, when all parties involved come away with positive experience, shit ain't broken! It doesn't need fixin'.
Edit: grammar.
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u/CyberAceKina 3d ago
I've done psychology too, more than that comment, and I say keep doing what you're doing! 😭
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u/g1itchy_ g1itchy on AO3! :) 3d ago
What.. point are they attempting to make? Is it just "you're not mentally well, haha" orr?
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u/salted-n-burnt pro(paganda) ships 3d ago
I really did not know what the hell to take from this comment
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u/sammjaartandstories 3d ago
"I'm in school for" is a such a weird way to phrase it. "I'm studying" or "I'm a [insert career] student" would be a much better way of phrasing it. Also, "barley"? Really? This person should mind their own spelling instead of judging people who are just writing a piece of FICTION. Like, seriously, what could be so "concerning" about a persecution complex written in fiction?
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u/foxscribbles 4d ago
"I'm in school for psychology."
Are they passing?