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I Love Reading Stupid Comments About Me

10 Jun 2026 · 0 min

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In this brief YouTube monologue, Ramit Sethi confesses that he derives a strange pleasure from reading online comments that criticize him with little knowledge or logic. He describes this attraction as a "mental defect," comparing it to a spa or a massage that he can't get enough of. While acknowledging that many people become angry at such criticism, he explains that he feels a deep need to be understood and enjoys the absurdity of uninformed remarks, highlighting his personal quirk of seeking validation through the very comments that aim to dismiss him.

I think I have a mental defect because whenever people criticize me, but with really stupid criticism, I love it. Like, I can't get enough. Like, some people get angry. They're like, I deeply feel the need to be understood. I love it. Like going in a spa. Some of you get a massage for fun. I read comments of people who don't know what they're talking about. And that seems to be what's happened here with a few of the commenters.