Quit Your Bullshit

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About

Quit Your Bullshit, or /r/QuitYourBullshit, refers to a forum on Reddit in which people post pictures and stories of people being accused of lying on the internet.

History

On August 19th, 2013, Redditor^[1] GreenMagine shared a Facebook conversation in which someone is accused of lying about their engagement. The post received more than 3,000 points (96% upvoted) and 400 comments a little over six years.

That day, Redditor^[2] menderslan responded to the post, stating that they "wish there was a whole subreddit for this, like /r/quityourbullshit or something." Redditor Doxep responded by saying that they launched the /r/QuitYourBullshit subreddit (conversation shown below).^[3]

On March 24th, 2017, the subreddit received one of its earliest popular posts when Redditor^[4] TheCocksmith shared a post by Arnold Schwarzenegger responding to a troll who criticized the Special Olympics. Within three years, the post received more than 41,000 points (93% upvoted) and 950 comments (shown below, left).

Later that year, the Redditor^[5] EdenBlade47 shared what would become the subreddit's most popular post as of October 2019. Within two years, the post received more than 99,000 points (94% upvoted) and 3,800 comments (shown below, right).

On October 2nd, 2019, Redditor^[6] the42potato shared a post about "inktober". Within 24 hours, the post received more than 18,000 points (98% upvoted) and 220 comments (shown below).

In six years, the subreddit has garnered more than 1.2 million subscribers.