[bicijay]

It's one of those reddit stories that i just refuse to believe.

No way a human being can be petty to this level

[sonicanatidae]

Trust me. This is amateur hour when it comes to how petty humans can be.

[Handprint4469]

Of course it's a fake story. It's a tried and true method of farming karma: write the most rage-inducing (read: engaging) story you can possible come up with, post it on r/AMITheAsshole (or similar ragebait subreddit), and just watch the upvotes come.

It's called bait for a reason, and it's why most popular subreddits are not good places to hang out anymore.

[evandena]

To what end? Fake internet points just for the high score? Or are these future scammer accounts building credibility? I just don't understand ragebait, seems like a waste of everyone (including OPs) time, with no tangible reward.

[willsmith72]

It's unbelievable, but unbelievable things happen all the time. This would be far from the craziest thing I'd ever heard as a news story.

[stuff4ben]

Yeah, I've gotten sucked into those stories before too and some are just too fanciful to believe. The AI being trained on Reddit data is going to do more than hallucinate...

[SketchySeaBeast]

I'm wondering if we'll be able to figure out which LLMs are Reddit-trained by asking them for advice around specific memes.

[drewcoo]

Not just petty. It sounds like an awful lot of work for very little result. An actual vengeful person with that level of access could certainly do better.

[shusaku]

I don’t understand how there would be sufficient evidence of this.

[kcplate]

It’s probably fake, but it’s not unbelievable to me that a spurned tech savvy incel type could be this petty. I have seen rejection hate flow for years.

[toxik]

And the victim just silently accepts their ditziness is local to only the office? Sorry but this is almost surely a creative writing exercise. I normally don't comment on these things but they also normally don't show up on HN.