this post was submitted on
173 points (86% like it)
204 up votes 31 down votes

pics

subscribe2,479,852 readers

6,778 users here now

Submit your Halloween pumpkin pics to /r/horror's carving competition!

A place to share interesting photographs and pictures. Feel free to post your own, but please read the rules first (see below), and note that we are not a catch-all for general images (of screenshots, comics, etc.)

Spoiler code

Please mark spoilers like this:
[text here](/spoiler)

Hover over to read.

Rules

  1. No screenshots, or pictures with added or superimposed text. This includes image macros, comics, info-graphics and most diagrams. Text (e.g. a URL) serving to credit the original author is exempt.

  2. No gore or porn. NSFW content must be tagged.

  3. No personal information. This includes anything hosted on Facebook's servers, as they can be traced to the original account holder. Stalking & harassment will not be tolerated.

  4. No solicitation of votes (including "cake day" posts), posts with their sole purpose being to communicate with another redditor, or [FIXED] posts. DAE posts go in /r/DoesAnybodyElse. "Fixed" posts should be added as a comment to the original image.

  5. Submissions must link directly to a specific image file or to an image hosting website with minimal ads. We do not allow blog hosting of images ("blogspam"), but links to albums on image hosting websites are okay. URL shorteners are prohibited.

  • If your submission appears to be filtered but definitely meets the above rules, please send us a message with a link to the comments section of your post (not a direct link to the image). Don't delete it as that just makes the filter hate you!

  • If you come across any rule violations, please report the submission or message the mods and one of us will remove it!

Please also try to come up with original post titles. Submissions that use certain clichés/memes will be automatically tagged with a warning.

Links

If your post doesn't meet the above rules, consider submitting it on one of these other subreddits:

Comics  
/r/comics /r/webcomics
/r/vertical /r/f7u12
/r/ragenovels /r/AdviceAtheists
Image macros Screenshots/text
/r/lolcats /r/screenshots
/r/AdviceAnimals /r/desktops
/r/Demotivational /r/facepalm (Facebook)
/r/reactiongifs /r/DesktopDetective
Wallpaper Animals
/r/wallpaper /r/aww
/r/wallpapers /r/cats
The SFWPorn Network /r/TrollingAnimals
  /r/deadpets
  /r/birdpics
  /r/foxes
Photography Un-moderated pics
/r/photography /r/AnythingGoesPics
/r/photocritique /r/images
/r/HDR
/r/windowshots
/r/PictureChallenge
Misc New reddits
/r/misc /r/britpics
/r/gifs Imaginary Network
/r/dataisbeautiful /r/thennnow
/r/picrequests /r/SpecArt
/r/LookWhoIMet
  /r/timelinecovers
  /r/MemesIRL
  /r/OldSchoolCool
  /r/photoshopbattles

Also check out http://irc.reddit.com

a community for

reddit is a source for what's new and popular online. vote on links that you like or dislike and help decide what's popular, or submit your own! learn more ›

all 27 comments

[–]duhgrateone 14 points15 points ago

later that day in the ocean....dolphins die

[–]wade_station 4 points5 points ago

Such a waste of helium.

[–]logrus101 1 point2 points ago

[–]Crixizix 0 points1 point ago

for the lazy, this means we have a very limited supply of helium, and should be rationing it and not wasting it on balloons.

[–]bigmeat[S] 2 points3 points ago

[–]twistedlightphoto 2 points3 points ago

Too bad that's not in color. I'll bet someone will colorize pretty damn quickly though.

[–]bigmeat[S] 1 point2 points ago

[–]poleethman 2 points3 points ago

Isn't there a helium shortage going on right now?

[–]fubes2000 3 points4 points ago

There's no real shortage yet, but the main sources of helium in the US have been selling it for a fraction of a fraction of what it should really be worth given the critical applications it is currently used for, how much is left, and the fact that there's no feasible way to create/gather more.

IIRC they are government facilities and there's some sort of mandate out that they have to close down operations within the next few years, so they're just trying to get rid of it. There are a few articles out there, and you will 'wtf' several times while you read them.

[–]Digital-Intrusion 2 points3 points ago

So that's where the worlds helium supply went...

[–]reverse_cigol 0 points1 point ago

Didn't they have color cameras in the 1980s?

[–]HalpBogs 1 point2 points ago

The first thought I had was "Who the hell is going pick up all that rubber?"

[–]WiseManZero 1 point2 points ago

To me, that's surprisingly frightening. A giant cloud of thousands of balloons..

What would be more frightening would be if instead of filling all those balloons with helium they fill it with a mixture of air/helium to give the balloons neutral buoyancy.

Just picture it - A giant cloud of balloons flooding through a city street, blotting out the sky. To be enveloped by a mountain of them...

Great, now I have a new phobia.

[–]caracasa -1 points0 points ago

Maybe somebody with unusual high water capacity stole a baloon on that day. :D Free balloon day!

[–]xavier-94 0 points1 point ago

And not a single plane landed that day..

[–]BoogieBot 0 points1 point ago

And that, son, is what Cleveland did with all its fun. Put it into balloons and shipped it to China, they did. Yeeep. Now it's just a cold ghost town of zebra mussels and broken dreams....

[–]Guju_Bot 0 points1 point ago

I see a penis head looking for some sunshine

[–]amontes92 0 points1 point ago

pilots were losing their minds

[–]Cyrino420 0 points1 point ago

pollution.

[–]Brain-Crumbs 1 point2 points ago

And to think in just 50 or so years we will have used up all the worlds resources of helium... Its amazing what things we spent it all on.

[–]overweightanorexic 0 points1 point ago

I watched a documentary on sea birds and their carcases were full of balloons!

[–]jawallis89 -1 points0 points ago

it looks like a penis.

[–]Greasy_Animal 0 points1 point ago

I'm not sure if you know what a penis is

[–]jawallis89 2 points3 points ago

How about now: http://imgur.com/oeXVS

[–]Greasy_Animal 0 points1 point ago

That is one ugly dick

[–]jawallis89 0 points1 point ago

I didn't say it was a pretty one, just that it looked like one.