Why Are Comment Sections So Unhinged?

Someone posts a picture of their dinner and suddenly 400 strangers are arguing about morality, parenting, politics, capitalism, and whether the original poster is a terrible person.

And then there's the other half of us...

We're not commenting. We're just there for the comments.
In this episode of Seriously Sus, we look at what happens to human behavior when we communicate without many of the social cues and consequences that normally keep us in check.

Why do people say things online they'd never say face-to-face? Why does one angry comment attract ten more? Why can a disagreement suddenly become “us vs. them”? Why do people keep arguing long after everyone knows nobody is changing their mind?

And perhaps the most important question: Why are the rest of us sitting there reading the entire thing like it's premium entertainment?

We dig into online disinhibition, social identity, group norms, outrage, social reinforcement, moral grandstanding, pile-ons, and the surprisingly fascinating psychology of reading comments just as much as writing them.

Because the internet didn't invent human irrationality.

It just gave it a comment box.

And apparently unlimited character count.

Unless you're on Twitter.

Then we're back to violence.
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Seriously Sus is hosted by Nanette and Miranda, who deep dive into crime trends, cultural drama, internet chaos, scams, social behavior, and the questionable things humans do when nobody is watching.

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Seriously Sus is a weekly podcast and video series hosted by Nanette and Miranda, two besties doing what we do best: exposing shadiness with a side-eye. The show digs into the stories, claims, and chao sand cultural moments that make people pause and ask, “Wait… is that actually true?”

From true crime cases and questionable media narratives to viral controversies and full‑blown internet chaos, (and maybe even the occasional ghost story because, honestly, we just like spooky stuff), each episode blends humor, skepticism, and the tea. This is real talk, honest opinions, humor with teeth but handled with care. We ask the uncomfortable questions, call out suspicious behavior and laugh so we don’t scream. If it feels suspicious, shady or just straight up wrong, we are going to side-eye it!

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Why Are Comment Sections So Unhinged?

Someone posts a picture of their dinner and suddenly 400 strangers are arguing about morality, parenting, politics, capitalism, and whether the original poster is a terrible person.

And then there's the other half of us...

We're not commenting. We're just there for the comments.
In this episode of Seriously Sus, we look at what happens to human behavior when we communicate without many of the social cues and consequences that normally keep us in check.

Why do people say things online they'd never say face-to-face? Why does one angry comment attract ten more? Why can a disagreement suddenly become “us vs. them”? Why do people keep arguing long after everyone knows nobody is changing their mind?

And perhaps the most important question: Why are the rest of us sitting there reading the entire thing like it's premium entertainment?

We dig into online disinhibition, social identity, group norms, outrage, social reinforcement, moral grandstanding, pile-ons, and the surprisingly fascinating psychology of reading comments just as much as writing them.

Because the internet didn't invent human irrationality.

It just gave it a comment box.

And apparently unlimited character count.

Unless you're on Twitter.

Then we're back to violence.
😂

Seriously Sus is hosted by Nanette and Miranda, who deep dive into crime trends, cultural drama, internet chaos, scams, social behavior, and the questionable things humans do when nobody is watching.

Subscribe, share and please leave us an unhinged comment.
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common sense crimesThe Internet's Greatest Crimes Against Common Sense

Why did you post that???

Seriously. You filmed it. You watched it back. You edited it. You added music. You wrote a caption. And then, somehow, you still thought, "Yep. This should go on the internet."

Welcome to The Internet's Greatest Crimes Against Common Sense.

People have always made questionable decisions. The internet just gave those decisions an audience, a comment section, a reward system, and absolutely no guarantee that anyone will be around to say, "Maybe don't."

In this episode, Nanette and Miranda explore the strange ways the internet can mess with our judgment.

We'll talk TikTok challenges, dangerous social-media behavior, fake screenshots, rage bait, van life, BookTok, online communities, social proof and the psychology behind our increasingly questionable digital decisions.

Because maybe the internet didn't kill common sense. Maybe it just changed the environment in which we use it.

And sometimes the most important question you can ask before doing something online is incredibly simple: "And then what?"

What's the greatest crime against common sense you've ever seen online? Tell us in the comments. We want the weird, the absurd, the baffling and the "you had SO many opportunities to reconsider this" moments.

If you enjoy Seriously Sus, like, follow, subscribe and share the episode with someone who needs to ask themselves "And then what?" a little more often.

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How Did They Fall for That? The Weird Psychology of Getting Scammed

You'd never fall for a scam.You're too smart. Too skeptical. You'd spot the red flags immediately.

Right?

Then how do otherwise intelligent, capable people end up sending strangers millions of dollars, falling in love with people who don't exist, paying fake fees to collect prizes they never won—or buying gold bars because someone told them their computer had been hacked?

How did they fall for that?

That's the question Miranda and Nanette are digging into in this episode of Seriously Sus.

We're not just talking about the scams. We're talking about what happens inside the human brain that makes a scam feel believable in the moment.

Along the way, we're getting into urgency, authority, fear, hope, attachment, confirmation bias, sunk costs, overconfidence, shame—and the bizarre ways our brains try to protect us from admitting we've made a mistake.

Come for the outrageous stories. Stay for the uncomfortable realization that the person most capable of being manipulated by a scammer might not be some gullible stranger.

It might be you.

Seriously Sus is hosted by Miranda and Nanette, exploring crime trends, internet chaos, cultural nonsense, questionable human behavior, and all the things that make us stop and go...Seriously?
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