Oh Reddit...It Was an Interesting Experience

It is once again time to climb down into the basement of the internet. That place you always see people go into, but never come out of. You guessed it, Reddit. I swear, you can wander around that place for hours until before you know it you're reading threads about the evolution of the crayola crayon (guilty).

Worley, Stephen Von. "Velo's Crayola Color Chart, 1903-2010." 1/15/10 via datapointed.net. Licensed for Noncommercial Reuse. 

This is what a true procrastinator finds interesting.

• There are so many crazy arguments on Reddit, it's actually kind of funny. Especially since most people that choose to debate don't have a whole lot of credibility or context for that matter. Probably some of my favorite forums that I found have to do with feminism or gender identity because for some reason those are two psychological debates that people seem to have very strong opinions on (go figure). 

• I have some crazy news for you guys. If you haven't already heard, South African students have been protesting over the crazy increase in tuition that their government is trying to impose. If that isn't bad enough, the mayor is offering a grant to 16 female students if they remain a virgin. That's right, it's 2016 and people are still trying to control what rights a woman has to her own body. This has been a major story that's been circulating through all the social justice/psychology forums and definitely has all my fellow feminists up in arms. 

• Another super crazy story is the Zika virus that's been spreading like wildfire through Latin America, and El Salvador just made it a whole lot worse (in terms of equal rights). Latin American countries have given numerous warnings about the risks of getting pregnant with this virus going around. However, El Salvador over here decided to one-up everyone and declare an actual law that bans being pregnant until 2018. That's right, a law was passed that yet again puts limits on what a woman can or can't do with her body.

• The people in these forums seem to meet at the cross between civil rights and psychology, which makes for very interesting topics. Debating whether or not a certain event has to do with shaping the way an entire culture thinks or dissecting certain government actions from the basis of its psychological effects in the community, can make for a very interesting conversation. This was definitely not the type of political/psychological debate I was expecting that's for sure.