the mike rowe threads, threads like this one, including the one about delivery drivers returning food to the restaurant if they don't get a tip, the "why don't you lazy zoomers own a house" threads with the real estate listing for the single-wide trailer in Gaylord, MI, they're all posted by the same bots, or by people who are functionally no different than bots
all of these threads are designed to hit a nerve because they involve real issues that affect people's lives (wage stagnation, housing affordability, generational inequalities), but they're designed to lead to absolutely no productive conversation, just a bunch of shit flinging and half truths
granted, some of that is just the nature of /b/, but these threads (and the bot responses, which are harder to spot since the unique poster count is now gone) are intended to be as toxic and unproductive as possible
