r/WhyWereWeOkWithThis↗
Look back at shocking things from past decades that we were okay with for some reason — including exploitative TV shows, tabloids, paparazzi, talk shows, and cultural moments that just make you gasp in hindsight! Think ANTM photoshoots, crass tabloid front pages, diet culture, casual sexism and racism, bizarro challenges on TV shows, making light of awful things in movies — hello, Wedding Crashers! We’re a mix of laughing at the ignorance of the past, as well as critiquing it seriously.
108k subscribers170 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. ~6% by known bots)104 authors / mosince 2026
r/WhyWereWeOkWithThis has 108k members. It gets about 170 posts a month from 104 people. Top topics: Age Gap Relationships, Rihanna Updates & News and Celebrity Relationships.
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- Age Gap Relationships2.1%
- Rihanna Updates & News0.6%
- Celebrity Relationships0.6%
- Kids on TikTok0.4%
- Dance Moms0.3%
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- Medium
- NPR
- Yahoo!
- ABC News
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