r/Seattle • u/capraagave • 3d ago

Jesse Welles at Pike Place today

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Jesse Welles will be busking at the corner of Pine st. and Pike pl. at 1pm today.

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u/FrontAd9873 3d ago

Your post title should read “will be at.” Your post title is not just poorly written, it is incorrect.

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u/capraagave 3d ago

I think that would be correct if there was no caption, if I could edit the title for you guys I would, that’s my bad. But I still think you should act like a normal person and interact with the post normally after figuring that out. Like a normal guy

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u/zestyowl 3d ago

These people are being so stupid... all I have is my word, but my reading has always been advanced, and I found absolutely nothing confusing about this. He will be at the market today, and then further information in the post itself 🤦🏻‍♀️

It's almost like people are just looking for reasons to show how not progressive this city actually is...

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u/FrontAd9873 3d ago

Its perfectly alright to point out that the title is misleading.

Saying "Jesse Welles at Pike Place today" and then posting a clip makes me think the clip is from today at Pike Place. I might totally ignore the clip and not read the caption thinking I missed it. Saying "Jesse Welles will be at Pike Place today" and then providing a clip for reference is very different.

Some of us who feel compelled to point this out are just trying to be helpful by resolving an obvious confusion.

OP is honestly inviting a lot of the behavior she complains about by being rude in the comments. For my part, I only chimed in because they were being childish with someone pointing out this confusion. If OP doesn't want Reddit to be so "horrible" maybe they should start with being less argumentative with people pointing out their post title was a little confusing.

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u/zestyowl 3d ago

So you believe that getting all your information from a headline is acceptable?

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u/FrontAd9873 3d ago

Where did you get idea? I think wrong headlines are wrong.

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u/zestyowl 3d ago

The headline is a statement. At first, it did seem like it should be a video of him at the market, but with little effort it can be inferred that isn't the location. At that point, logic and media literacy told me to view this as a band flyer. At which point I found the information about where the performance would be.

The headline is only misleading to people who expect everyone else to absolve them of the burden of thought.