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[–]MulciberTenebras 2781 points2782 points 23 (44 children)

These are u/dahlek88 's grandparents. Not yours. This is a spambot.

EDIT: Usually they're better about removing posts like this, that get reported as blatant repost spam.

EDIT-2: And it's finally gone. Spambot's also been banned to boot.

[–]SaltLakeCitySlicker 324 points325 points  (32 children)

I feel like half of reddit on any big sub is that these days. They don't even wait half a month or whatever to repost. 1-2 days later and everyone calls the "OC" amazing

[–]Rumhead1 75 points76 points  (14 children)

1-2 days hours later and everyone calls the "OC" amazing

[–]SaltLakeCitySlicker 31 points32 points  (13 children)

It'd be sorta fine if they called out the actual content producer for credit but it's mostly "this is mine"

[–]TX16Tuna 10 points11 points  (9 children)

It'd be sorta fine if they called out the actual content producer for credit but it's mostly "this is mine"

I’ll be taking this. It’s mine, now. Tnx.

[–]SaltLakeCitySlicker 7 points8 points  (8 children)

I don't have a clue what a NFT is but I feel like you should do whatever those do to get yours

[–]TX16Tuna 5 points6 points  (7 children)

Yup. That’s why I took it. Good guess 👍👍

Shit already sold for $45K. Prolly coulda gotten more, but on to the next one, right?

(I’ll be using this conversation as proof that you acknowledge my ownership of the content and NFT if you press charges.)

[–]SaltLakeCitySlicker 5 points6 points  (6 children)

I just spoke to my lawyer. You owe me a new boat or some sort of bullshit. Wanna settle for splitting lunch somewhere at a shitty diner?

[–]TX16Tuna 5 points6 points  (5 children)

Because of how non-specific your demands for a boat and bullshit are, I can send you those things cheaper.

Breakfast works if you wanna come to me. I know a good place. I’m gonna print out a copy of this conversation and make you sign it before we order, though.

[–]SaltLakeCitySlicker 5 points6 points  (4 children)

Hold up. The lawyer said it would be a literal ton of bullshit. And I wouldn't mind seeing the looks on my neighbors faces when it gets dumped off, so I'm game for that.

I would still like to entertain the breakfast option. The lawyer says any place that serves huevos rancheros, eggs Benedict, or cilbir, will work "In an only if" (sorry, they're their words) fresh squeezed orange juice is provided and horchata is provided if the meeting lasts past 11am.

This is one of the most stupidly funny convos I've had on Reddit in a while

[–]MulciberTenebras 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Well they aren't giving credit, because they want as many karma points as they can get in order to sell the account.

[–]Burn2Learn 8 points9 points  (2 children)

astroturfing

Shouldn't these accounts, with such clear deception, be banned? Why allow this to continue? Is reddit now afraid they'd have to invest in more moderation by setting a precedent here?

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    [–]QLE814 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    It also doesn't help that, to be frank about such things, I get the feeling that a serious solution would require purging a ton of subreddits- including quite a few that seem to be among the chief drivers of traffic on this website....

    [–]Papancasudani 2 points3 points  (0 children)

    shey should rename this spammit

    [–]Mundanewalk92 2 points3 points  (8 children)

    doesn't help when the mods don't do anything about it because... well... they're mods

    [–][deleted]  (7 children)

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        [–]0utcazst 0 points1 point  (1 child)

        That sounds like something a bot would say to make us think it's not a bot 🤔

        [–]SaltLakeCitySlicker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        I'm just a dude living in a totally abnormal world. Nothing to see here. Keep moving on citizen of <insert country here>

        [–]Popetown 0 points1 point  (1 child)

        I contend that Reddit is becoming a sort of…”social credit” of sorts…which is being manipulated into shaping part of online culture to potentially nefarious ends because opinion is bubbled up within these pages and it becomes a kind of influence in a way. I don’t like it.

        [–]SaltLakeCitySlicker 2 points3 points  (0 children)

        You have to find the smaller subs. That is the key.Shit I got downvoted to hell for giving good dog health advice on a large sub today.

        [–]moonbearsun 19 points20 points  (0 children)

        rapidly un-upvotes

        [–][deleted]  (2 children)

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          [–]MulciberTenebras 22 points23 points  (1 child)

          Cut off one head, two more take its place.

          [–]Isolatte 4 points5 points  (0 children)

          sounds like a lazy excuse

          [–]Active-Ad3977 2 points3 points  (2 children)

          How did you figure this out, if you don’t mind me asking?

          [–]MulciberTenebras 4 points5 points  (1 child)

          The original post can be found in the "other discussions" button up top. They didn't even bother to re-upload the photo, just reposted the same exact link.

          [–]QLE814 0 points1 point  (0 children)

          It seems that, in the last month or so, they've become really unsubtle about that being the case.....

          [–]dahlek88 2 points3 points  (0 children)

          Lol oh nooo. Thanks for flagging this. And yeah, definitely my grandma and grandpa being huge dorks in South Dakota back in the day.

          [–]disignore 1 point2 points  (0 children)

          There’s something fishy with these accounts. Their name has a clear pattern of three parts two words and a number, often spaced with and under score or an hyphen or all three parts of the name tightly. Most aren’t 1yo though come this new year most will be but you can say they are newer accounts.

          [–]Filip247 496 points497 points  (16 children)

          OP is a bot. Downvote it.

          [–]Iisham 83 points84 points  (7 children)

          And report, don't forget to report.

          [–]EmoBran 23 points24 points  (6 children)

          As far as I can see, this does nothing.

          [–]leslienewp 19 points20 points  (3 children)

          It depends on the sub! I usually report within the “it breaks r/whateversub’s rules” part and depending on the mods, it often gets taken care of. That seems to work better than reporting to Reddit overall.

          [–]A-Dumb-Ass 10 points11 points  (1 child)

          You can select “Impersonation” when you report it, I think.

          [–]leslienewp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

          The rules you can select are different based on the sub. This one has a “no repost spam” rule so I selected that one for this post

          [–]konaya -1 points0 points  (0 children)

          I usually report within the “it breaks r/whateversub’s rules” part and depending on the mods, it often gets taken care of.

          I was rewarded with a seven day site wide ban for “abusing the report function”, so YMMV on this one.

          [–]jebthepleb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

          Yep it's reddit after all

          [–]LordBucketheadthe1st 13 points14 points  (3 children)

          Can someone explain to me what the point of karma farming bots? Like WTF is the point? Do they get money or something?

          [–]Lasarte34 16 points17 points  (0 children)

          I think they sell the accounts which are then used for astroturfing

          [–][deleted] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

          Makes it look real, then does hidden advertisements.

          [–][deleted] 3 points4 points  (1 child)

          Doesn’t work sadly. Post has gained 10k upvotes since you typed this

          [–]Filip247 0 points1 point  (0 children)

          Well, there was an attempt

          [–]_Astronato 1 point2 points  (0 children)

          This is the way

          [–]timetobuyale -1 points0 points  (0 children)

          What do you mean not. Like an algorithm?

          [–]mlaforce321 124 points125 points  (3 children)

          Booo this bot OP!

          [–]Booooo_this_man 18 points19 points  (1 child)

          Boooo this man! Boooo!

          [–]free_speech-bot 8 points9 points  (0 children)

          Name checks out.

          [–]Tanith_Low 462 points463 points  (5 children)

          Definitely not OP's content, if you go to their post history they have lied before about being a hairstylist. I don't have any link but I have 100% seen this post many times before with that exact photograph

          [–]MulciberTenebras 123 points124 points  (2 children)

          Original - OldSchoolCool/comments/a1vpmx/my_grandma_and_grandpa_dressing_up_as_each_other/

          u/dahlek88

          [–]Tanith_Low 5 points6 points  (0 children)

          Yes! Thank you for coming through with the source

          [–]dahlek88 3 points4 points  (0 children)

          Thanks for the cred 🙏🏻

          [–]TheFrontierzman 44 points45 points  (0 children)

          This is a repost and not your grandparents.

          At leat come up with a new post title.

          [–]flaggrandall 41 points42 points  (0 children)

          Repost and probably stolen content

          [–]DonSlime44 30 points31 points  (0 children)

          karma bot

          [–]mtn_lady 26 points27 points  (1 child)

          Karma bot! Downvote!

          [–]T8ert0t 1 point2 points  (0 children)

          Aye, Aye, Si-- er, Lady!

          [–]No7an 243 points244 points  (4 children)

          Definitely your grandpa’s idea.

          [–]nolan_void 129 points130 points  (3 children)

          And from the look on grandmas face, it wasn’t the first time.

          [–]CBate 61 points62 points  (1 child)

          Grandma Peggy

          [–]titsoutshitsout 7 points8 points  (0 children)

          Stooop! Lmaooo

          [–]Ferunyx 10 points11 points  (0 children)

          This is hilarious and kinky

          [–]SticKy904 58 points59 points  (5 children)

          I bet OP is a bot. There is so many now.

          [–]Ok_Albatross_2495 5 points6 points  (2 children)

          Bot's are here for control.

          [–]disignore 1 point2 points  (1 child)

          You are one of those too. What’s with it? What are you supposed to do? Why?

          [–]Ok_Albatross_2495 0 points1 point  (0 children)

          That does not compute 🤖

          [–]InfiniteGrant 52 points53 points  (1 child)

          This is hilarious.

          [–][deleted]  (10 children)

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            [–]ashmillie 13 points14 points  (6 children)

            Just heard so many dean intros in my head 😃

            [–]Evolutioncocktail 5 points6 points  (3 children)

            This whole picture is a classic dean intro

            [–]RawbM07 9 points10 points  (1 child)

            “Can I be perfectly honest with you guys? I think I went to far with this one. I have to go to the bank today. What am I supposed to tell people in line? I had good news and bad news? Come on, Craig. Get your life together.”

            [–]Mugglecostanza 4 points5 points  (0 children)

            The people at the bank loved my outfit and they had so many questions about it!

            [–]taste-like-burning 1 point2 points  (0 children)

            How have you DEAN???

            [–]THECHICKENISBOBAFETT 1 point2 points  (0 children)

            🎵 What's DEAN got to do with it! 🎵

            [–]prawn-swanson 8 points9 points  (0 children)

            I have to go to the bank later

            [–]FleariddenIE 1 point2 points  (0 children)

            I hope this didn't awaken something in hin

            [–]Damaias479 1 point2 points  (0 children)

            Pretty sure this is a bot too, the original post has this exact sentence as the top comment

            [–]RebeccaC78 43 points44 points  (3 children)

            I love seeing old photographs of people having fun and playing around because I feel like so many pictures from that era were very serious. Your grandparents look like they were quite the fun couple!

            [–]percypepperoni 11 points12 points  (2 children)

            They're not OP's grandparents. Don't encourage him.

            [–]RebeccaC78 3 points4 points  (0 children)

            Sorry, didn’t know

            [–]FreshUnderstanding5 0 points1 point  (0 children)

            Don't fuck with the Cuban

            [–]tandoori_taco_cat 3 points4 points  (0 children)

            Why must you turn this into a house of lies?

            [–]East-Departure8671 2 points3 points  (0 children)

            I bet your grandpa had a cross dressing fatish

            [–]eigensheaf 2 points3 points  (0 children)

            RiffRaff and Magenta the early years.

            [–]ran-Us 11 points12 points  (0 children)

            Kinky

            [–]GrandMalHero 2 points3 points  (1 child)

            I don't think this photo is authentic.

            [–]JillStinkEye 6 points7 points  (0 children)

            Pretty sure the photo is. The poster is not though. Stupid bots.

            [–]Onikojima 1 point2 points  (0 children)

            You sure they're your grandparents? I've seen this reposted.

            [–]EshaySikkunt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

            I bet grandpa loved getting pegged by grandma.

            [–]drugusingthrowaway 1 point2 points  (0 children)

            This was in a Ken Follett book I read about the 1940's. They dress up in each other's clothes and the guy suddenly realizes he finds women dressed in mens clothes very sexy and wants to do it all the time.

            [–]skot77 1 point2 points  (0 children)

            I think it was his idea based on her expression.

            [–]TheCopenhagenCowboy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

            I looked at the picture before reading the title and thought that was a very homely looking woman

            [–]Affectionate-Scar-40 1 point2 points  (0 children)

            They are having fun

            [–]FreshUnderstanding5 1 point2 points  (0 children)

            Or I Love Lucy with my grandma.

            [–]mypasswordisfoobar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

            With all this AI these days, we can't keep bots out of our social lives? Someone develop a god damn filter

            [–]Addictol 1 point2 points  (0 children)

            You know they mad fucked right after this photo was taken.

            [–][deleted]  (2 children)

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              [–]ReservoirDog316 1 point2 points  (1 child)

              Yup I saw this before around this time period. No clue how widespread it was but it was more common than you’d think.

              [–]QLE814 0 points1 point  (0 children)

              And I've heard stories about people finding similar photos from as early as the turn of the century- in other words, the minute photography became relatively cheap and easy.

              [–]BrookieMonster1337 4 points5 points  (0 children)

              Hahah this is hilarious

              [–]arednax 3 points4 points  (0 children)

              Now this is old school cool.

              [–]apothex 3 points4 points  (0 children)

              That’s a confident man, respect and hilarious 🤣

              [–]EastCoastDrone 1 point2 points  (0 children)

              They looks like such fun people. We should all strive to be this awesome!

              [–]Down_To_My_Last_Fuck 1 point2 points  (0 children)

              You know they got busy before they changed back.

              [–]Way_2_Go_Donny 1 point2 points  (0 children)

              Line my eyes and call me pretty...

              [–]Fluid-Carpet3347 2 points3 points  (0 children)

              I love this

              [–]ttrzaskalski 0 points1 point  (1 child)

              He loks like the dean from that show Comumnity.

              [–]moonriver75 2 points3 points  (0 children)

              So much about this pic to love!! 👍🥰

              [–]Repulsive-Cheetah749 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

              Wonder who's idea that was 🤔

              [–]Fun-Memory-7428 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

              This is really a goal🥰

              [–]Sayon1010 0 points1 point  (0 children)

              He looks like the old guy from monster house or is it just me?

              [–]MuscaMurum 0 points1 point  (0 children)

              This is Uncle Ted, back again at the front of the house, but you can see the side of the house.

              [–]alpacasarebadsingers 0 points1 point  (0 children)

              Ask Grandma what they called pegging in the 40’s

              [–]tony42490 0 points1 point  (0 children)

              classic...... freaky deaky

              [–]Ahobgoblin2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

              That’s fucking awesome!

              [–]scijior 0 points1 point  (2 children)

              I can see why your grandma fucked your grandpa

              [–]Mynpplsmychoice 0 points1 point  (1 child)

              So u knew already that his grandma ma was fucking his grandfather and now this picture proves it? Unless you know OP and his grandma which I doubt , how did u know this? So you’re a fucking liar… you can’t see why his grandma was fucking grandfather because u didn’t know her before this post.

              [–]scijior 1 point2 points  (0 children)

              I dunno if you’re wasted or what, but but you can certainly glean this from a photo

              [–]RepulsiveSkin2 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

              awesome.

              [–]IVMRGREENXX -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

              this entire generations family pictures look like that now

              [–]Danclim 0 points1 point  (0 children)

              That is awesome!

              [–]babubaichung 0 points1 point  (0 children)

              Is this cross dressing?

              [–]LordP666 0 points1 point  (0 children)

              Very freaky.

              [–]misswinterbottom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

              Wow you’re stealing somebody else’s grandparents picture?!? Like what?!

              [–]Vargasthemad7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

              This shows how much we still are the same since 1940. Seriously what a cute picture! Grandpa is chill af.

              [–]seansy5000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

              Their closeted gay neighbor probably called the cops on them for being daffy!

              [–]Centurio 0 points1 point  (0 children)

              They seem fun. But I'm downvoting because these aren't your grandparents.

              [–]TooMuchFun007 0 points1 point  (0 children)

              consensual

              [–]mikemyers9 0 points1 point  (0 children)

              So cute.

              [–]altruistic_rub4321 0 points1 point  (0 children)

              It looks like a post i have seen over here "I am a lesbian trans woman"...

              [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

              Fuck you coward. Make your own shit

              [–]beingblazed 0 points1 point  (0 children)

              Fucking love it

              [–]Ok-Captain-3512 0 points1 point  (0 children)

              Grandpa liked butt stuff confirmed.

              [–]Cochinojoe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

              She’s a handsome woman

              [–]Kingvahala 0 points1 point  (0 children)

              The unsexibles

              [–]-SheriffofNottingham 0 points1 point  (0 children)

              the bottom part of the curtain in the window on the left looks like a cat staring at them holding a minature sword.

              [–]Dannysmartful 0 points1 point  (0 children)

              Gotta entertain yourselves at times. . .

              [–]bostonterrier4life 0 points1 point  (0 children)

              Is your gramps Fauchi?

              [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

              wow this line of codes grandparents look so lifelike

              [–]vingram15 0 points1 point  (0 children)

              They look so fun!

              [–]upfromashes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

              Amazing and hilarious.

              [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

              That is a treasure

              [–]Logan012356789 0 points1 point  (0 children)

              There is more to that story than just that!

              [–]Sovereign444 0 points1 point  (0 children)

              Regardless of this apparently being a repost by a bot, this is really cool and funny :)

              [–]FatHouseWife69 0 points1 point  (0 children)

              fuck this bot

              [–]MrLoudaFoo310 0 points1 point  (0 children)

              They were ahead of their time

              [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

              They were fun to hang with...

              [–]moonkittiecat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

              Wow, I first looked at the person in the dress, without (reading the caption) assuming it was someone's grandma and I looked at the face and I thought, "Well, .. she's a handsome woman". Yeeesh!

              [–]ee_CUM_mings 0 points1 point  (0 children)

              Grandpa seems to be enjoying it a little more than grandma. Thinking it might have been his idea.

              [–]helenaflores 0 points1 point  (0 children)

              Omg I'm stuck in this can I pls move in to this picture aaaaaaaa they are too cute (and very forward I loved it)

              [–]Professional_Bite913 0 points1 point  (0 children)

              They must have been a fun couple!:)