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[–]im-done-with-reddit 782 points783 points ago*

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Alright, I'm finally fucking done with reddit for the summer. You fucking stupid ass summer kiddies fucking ruin this place.

This shit was posted yesterday (and the day before). The original was posted several times. Fuckin look for it if you care that much.

Your fucking stupid "when does the narwhal bacon" shit just fucking infuriates me. It's not funny - it's not clever - it's just fucking stupid.

Your stupid rage comics aren't funny, or even done right --- some go on for fucking 20 panels? WTF. If you can't convey a rage in less then 5 panels you fucking fail.

Your memes aren't even memes anymore cause you leaked every single one of them to the fuckin YouTube community, encouraging kids that leave the retarded comments to come here. Fuckin scumbags. And you don't even re-contextualize them correctly - for example, when you chopped IW's nuts off and turned him into a whining bitch.

This whole place has turned into an even bigger circle jerk then ever before. Good posts - original posts - and controversial posts never see the light of day, while stupid ass reposts like this get frontpage converage with 0 fucking upvotes...wtf.

You invade subreddits who sole purpose is to keep you out (truereddit), and fuckin destroy that community with your childish fuckin HURRRDERRPAHURRLOL stupid ass shit.

You think reddit is the original for so much shit, and think you are unique for being the first one to see it so you post shit to your FB wall thinking your cool...fuckin NEWSFLASH, most of reddit's shit has been posted from other sites, including 4chan.

You downvote shit just because you don't agree it or because you simply can't comprehend it, even if it adds alot of the post. Most of you stupid kiddies probably haven't even read the reddiquette.

You fuckin act like this place belongs to you (which some of it does), but you are just a SINGLE member, you are not the whole community. Stop acting like this is some secret fucking club. It's a fucking website.

In short, age of reddit used to be 23 - 35 year olds...and since digg fell, youtube comments pointed kids here, dumbass Omegle chats, and Facebook casuals link here, the age of reddit is now 13-17 and I'm done here unless these kiddies either stfu, gtfo, or grow the fuck up.

[–]tethercat 35 points36 points ago

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It's winter in Australia. They're called "fucking stupid ass winter kiddies" down there.

[–]TheEllimist 10 points11 points ago

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This is much more than a seasonal phenomenon. The eternal September arrived on reddit a long time ago.

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[–]jannington 21 points22 points ago

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/r/videos and /r/politics as well.

[–]Saline_Drip 4 points5 points ago

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/r/gaming as well.

[–]lexy343654 16 points17 points ago

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Just did exactly that.

First time i've been able to happily click and read the links on my front page (without clicking the hide button 20 times) since i joined the site.

[–]peppy70 5 points6 points ago

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All i have left is /scifi /guns and /trees.....

[–]krzymins 1 point2 points ago

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All you need ...

[–]loubandy 4 points5 points ago

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Wait so this wasn't upvoted because of empires strikes cat?

[–]Lancet 9 points10 points ago

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r/wtf too.

[–]FrankReynolds 12 points13 points ago

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/r/politics

/r/atheism

/r/gaming -- THIS ONE IS A MUST UNSUB

/r/pics

/r/funny

/r/reddit.com

/r/wtf

Get rid of those and reddit instantly becomes 842% better.

I pretty much only look at /r/android, /r/baseball, /r/guessthemovie, /r/bestof, and /r/hockey. Reddit has become far more enjoyable.

[–]heuheuheuheuh 5 points6 points ago

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/r/hockey is surprisingly good. It's really hard to find good communities for hockey talk.

[–]RevWaldo 53 points54 points ago

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Son, we live in a world that has subreddits, and those subreddits have to be guarded by men with votes. Who's gonna do it? You? You, Lt. im-done-with-reddit? We have a greater responsibility than you could possibly fathom. You weep for the OPs, and you curse the memes. You have that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing what we know. That those downvoted posts, while tragic, probably saved frontpages. And our existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, saves frontpages. You don't want the truth because deep down in places you don't talk about at parties, you want us on that wall, you need us on that wall. We use words like relevance, repost, upboat. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent defending something. You use them as a punchline. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very freedom that we provide, and then questions the manner in which we provide it. I would rather you just said thank you, and went on your way, Otherwise, I suggest you go to the submit form, and make a post. Either way, I don't give a damn what you think you are entitled to!

[–]1norcal415 14 points15 points ago

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You want the content? You can't handle the content!!!

[–]PrestoEnigma 0 points1 point ago

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YOU'RE GODDAMN RIGHT I UNSUBSCRIBED IT!!!

[–]silentstorm2008 3 points4 points ago

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Context for the 13-17 y/o: A Few Good Men

IMDB

Link 2

[–]dasubergrok 58 points59 points ago*

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No joke. In the last month I have unsubscribed almost every major sub and added more to my filter/ignore list than i have in the previous year combined.

[–]smashism 25 points26 points ago

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r/bicycling is my last bastion of hope at this point.

[–]monolithdigital 7 points8 points ago

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/r/spacedicks for me.

[–]HotforSega 19 points20 points ago

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r/bicycling what's that? I saw picture of people bicycling on the front page I'm sure they would love it!! LOL LOL

All hope is lost till the kids go back to school.

[–]catcher6250 2 points3 points ago

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Do you think they would like a picture of a cat on a bicycle???

[–]scriptsvcs 1 point2 points ago

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There is a special place in hell... /s

[–]rosconotorigina 1 point2 points ago

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I went to /r/bicycling and it gave me a virus!!!!

[–]bboytriple7 11 points12 points ago

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Wipe the seat off next time.

[–]gospelwut 8 points9 points ago*

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This is why I support the iron fist of /r/netsec. If only /r/starcraft had not tried to form a democracy. The assumption that up/downvotes can filter incorrect content is false. It can filter things by popularity, but popular things can be sensational, devoid of content, inappropriate for that Reddit, factually incorrect, reposts, etc. People who think moderation isn't necessary for a proper reddit are idealists or fools.

Would I would really love to see is "strict" SRs, e.g. /r/gamingstrict where reposts are deleted if made within a certain range (e.g. a few months), posts devoid of content (e.g. a blog that links to another website while adding ZERO commentary), a self-post that says "luz", etc are flat-out deleted. These are all things, as said before, up/downvotes fail to fix.

[–]maceelk 15 points16 points ago

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As a three year member, i would like to see a banning of picture posts on this site, in some form. I love /r/earthporn, has amazing pictures of awesome places. /r/pic's seems like all the /b/ kiddies are running it these days.

Reddit, you're losing your place in my heart as a news source. Seriously

[–]Darus 98 points99 points ago

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No karma for image posts, problem largely solved.

[–]maceelk 10 points11 points ago

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this, plus disable /r/pics by default when users join.

[–]pinguz 0 points1 point ago

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Why would they have to disable it? If someone doesn't like it, they can just unsubscribe and move on with their life.

[–]Manifest 27 points28 points ago

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Cannot upvote this comment enough people. Getting the admins to remove karma for image posts would reduce the image posts that get upvoted to actual quality images (they exist).

[–]Darus 7 points8 points ago*

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Honestly I don't think that's enough. Its that little red box that gives people the attention they want from posting the images. That's the real reward of high karma comments and submissions on reddit.

People who spent too much time on computer (admit it, we all do, me included) getting mass approval, attention and input from others on a topic/image/comment attributed to them.

I don't ever try to repost or karma whore, but i admit I feel some form of pleasure (i just know reddit is going to take this wrong) when i see that i have made a submission that has replies.

So removal of Karma would lessen the amount of low quality submissions, and another good feature is that it would make it much harder for spammers to karma farm in order to have their submissions make it past the filters.

But i don't actually think it'll fix the problem. Although hopefully people will start replying in submissions with [fixed] reposts, just depends how much they like seeing their name on the front page i spose.

However you do generally see text submissions which are original and interesting content, so perhaps im cynical for nothing.

[–]nicolauz 9 points10 points ago

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Every sub-reddit has turned into posts of meme's and 'hey look reddit !' photos.

[–][deleted] 11 points12 points ago

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r/fitness recently banned everything except self posts. No more karma whoring and exceptionally stupid shit. Its making the entire fittit community better as a whole and turning the page from "herpderpheyfittitlookatthis!" to actual intelligent conversation (for the most part). I think all subs should go to this format tbh.

[–]dontal 5 points6 points ago

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so you could say that /fitness underwent a reddit fitness program?

[–]myotheralt 3 points4 points ago

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They did trim

They cut the fat

I'm no good at those. :(

[–]Farkamon 1 point2 points ago

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That's very true. I joined r/loseit last year when it was filled with useful information about what to eat, how to exercise, how to count calories and avoid bad food. I lost about 40 pounds thanks to that information.

Today it's nothing but karmawhoring before/after pics and self-congratulatory stuff like "NSV I didn't eat a whole cake today!" Frankly it's embarrassing.

Reddit has degenerated into Facebook with point totals. I'm doing my best to filter out garbage but one of these days... that's gonna be it.

[–]blmurch 0 points1 point ago

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Someone did start - /r/progresspics, but people still post B4/aftr shots on loseit. One thing that I really do like about seeing all the after shots is realizing that not all skinny people have always been skinny and so they might not be as judgmental about my body as I imagine they are.

[–]binarybandit 0 points1 point ago

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I love the fact that /r/fitness had the balls to do that. I agree, it's so much better now that all the karmawhoring pictures are gone.

[–]absurdlyobfuscated 6 points7 points ago

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kleinbl00 said it best, IMHO. Ideas like that are just one reason he's got an [F] next to his name.

[–]WalletPhoneKeys 5 points6 points ago

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No karma for comments. Like, at all.

[–]nrfx 2 points3 points ago

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Reddit, you're losing your place in my heart as a news source.

FWIW there is nothing stopping you from browsing individual subreddits as their own site. In fact I keep a reddit folder in my bookmark bar for just such occasions when reddit is in super repost summer tard mode.

Its also really easy to go directly to a subreddit in the address bar. Itching for actual news? news.reddit.com, worldnews.reddit.com

What to see whats going on in your neck of the woods? majorcityorstate.reddit.com (texas.reddit.com, houston.reddit.com, chicago.reddit.com, etc.) Easy.

Protip: When reddit is running really slow, or sometimes even when the frontpage is down, you can usually still get to individual subreddits, and they load MUCH faster when you go to them directly.

Of course you can always build your own front page, or make a news only reddit account with only the subreddits you like for news as your front page.. Personally I like my frontpage busy with tons of crap, because you never know when /r/blueberryjam or /r/taco is going to become relevent again..

Also Reddit Enhancement Suite.

tl;dr Bacon is delicious on white bread with lettuce tomato and mayo.

[–]binarybandit 1 point2 points ago

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Its also really easy to go directly to a subreddit in the address bar. Itching for actual news? news.reddit.com, worldnews.reddit.com

Holy shit, I never knew I could do that. Thanks!

[–]myotheralt 0 points1 point ago

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It is an easier way to link directly than going to www.reddit.com/r/worldnews. It may load faster, but really it just looks neater showing worldnews.reddit.com, though hey go to exactly the same place.

[–]ssddmy 0 points1 point ago

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Thank you for news.reddit.com link. Easier to remember. Like news.google.com. I searched news while editing my front page layout and it came up with a thousand reddits but none simply titled news. World news is nice but also would like to know of non political stuff happening in u.s..

[–]dasubergrok 0 points1 point ago

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imgur was the death of reddit. it made it too simple.

[–]googolplexe 4 points5 points ago

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Go outside and have some fresh air this summer for a change. It can't hurt.

[–]lindberghbaby 0 points1 point ago

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I did the same. It got better but bullshit like this still appears.

[–]Mustkunstn1k 0 points1 point ago

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The problem for me is that I visit r/all because reddit doesn't display half of the posts otherwise (even if I have subscribed to the subreddit) and I have to put up with this fucking shit.

[–]dasubergrok 0 points1 point ago

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the filter function on RES helps with that. Thankfully, the lead paint brigade is fairly easy to predict.

[–]Mustkunstn1k 0 points1 point ago

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Sweet, didn't know you can filter out r/all stuff. This makes things somewhat easier.

[–]RudeDude88 8 points9 points ago

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/r/TrueReddit. /r/Depthhub. Go and find the page with just the big list of subreddits. I unsubscribed from most of the popular pages and now all my subreddits are things I'm actually interested in. Changed the whole experience for me.

[–]cavazos 3 points4 points ago

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I feel those who complain just glorify the default page as if it was a very important reflection of a community, and as a member of it, feel their self-image is being threatened. Why don't you just customize your front page and stop worrying about what the others think or stop seeing reddit with moral criteria? Pick an interest and find its subreddit. More ideas...

http://www.reddit.com/r/science

http://www.reddit.com/r/Foodforthought/

http://www.reddit.com/r/environment

http://www.reddit.com/r/Anticonsumption/

[–]Remmy 3 points4 points ago

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Here's the problem as I see it. When someone new comes to reddit, what they see is the front page. A page full of memes and rage comics. This is why the average age of a redditor has dropped. They find this shit funny and the circle is complete.

[–]RudeDude88 1 point2 points ago

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Some of my favorites: /r/philosophy, /r/psychology, /r/advancedfitness. I also like having subreddits for certain other things I'm interested in; like the subreddits for tv shows and book series. Lots of good discussion there.

[–]TheEllimist 0 points1 point ago

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See, one cannot keep doing that though. You unsubscribe from /r/reddit.com and subscribe to /r/TrueReddit, then TrueReddit becomes a shithole (the "downvote because I disagree with you" assholes have already arrived there, it's only a matter of time before the battle is lost). Then where do you go? The people who actually give a shit about honest discussion keep getting chased around from subreddit to subreddit until they just get tired of the crap and leave the site altogether for greener pastures. Mixing up your subreddit subscriptions is just a stopgap solution.

There's the issue of content topics anyway- what if I want to talk about gaming but don't want all the nostalgia bullshit? Where do I go that actually has subscribers? The same applies to any number of subreddits. You can only have so many subreddits about certain subjects. And then the same problem occurs- it gets more popular and goes to hell. There's no real solution.

[–][deleted] 285 points286 points ago

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Look motherfucker, I've been here for Three years, and this shit has been going on just as long.

More traffic = more people posting things = more stupid shit that gets posted.

We both know the average age isn't 13-17, unsub like you say you do and downvote when you need to. Hell, I bet you don't spend any time in the new queue stopping this shit before it gets frontpaged.

I hate rage comics, I hate narwhals baconing at midnight, but that's not what's ruining reddit. It's people like you thinking you're better than the people who post stuff that they like and you don't.

Just leave reddit, everyone will be happier without you.

[–]GumGuts 40 points41 points ago*

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We're getting angry at each other. That's what's destroying Reddit. I don't remember all this negativity.

[–]McMac 134 points135 points ago

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Shut up, Meg.

[–]Deif 3 points4 points ago

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I don't think either argument is wrong, I think the way reddit is built has become outdated. Some people want funny, some people want informative, some people want controversial. With a community as big as this you can't quantify peoples needs through an up or a down vote (much like Donnie Darko's argument of love and fear) - there's more to stories than that.

So really it's time for a combination of Slashdot style voting on reddit in a way that's user friendly and can be filtered. That way users don't get bothered by people who hate what they like. I've thought about this for a while and the UI would need a huge overhaul, but I think it would calm people down and segregate the community into a more manageable size so that we don't annoy each other.

[–]IOIOOIIOIO 8 points9 points ago*

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n-dimensional voting.

Let people tag posts as anything they want. "Up", "Down", "Left", "Right", "Informative", "Interesting", "Funny", "Controversial", "LOLcat", "Politics", "Miscategorized", et al. Doesn't matter.

Client-side processes a user-defined weight given to tags (default: 0 though perhaps "Up" is 1 and "Down" is -1) to determine how results are displayed.

You want funny LOLcats? Up the weight on those tags. You don't want political circlejerk? Put them in the negatives.

[–]Deif 4 points5 points ago

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Sub-votes for sub-reddits! I love it.

[–]RedShirtedAss 26 points27 points ago

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So? We're just supposed to give up on the subreddits and say fuck it? I've been on here for several years and the quality of subreddits has never been this low. I don't give a shit about the frontpage, we have karma and if people like something they're allowed to upvote it. What grinds my gears is the influx of these idiots into the subreddits, where meaningful discussion has basically turned into idiocy.

Rage comics and stupid memes is what is ruining reddit. Fine, if there are subreddits for them then they should stay there. But if I'm reading an article about Rwanda and the top comment is about cats, followed by 100 comments in a giant circlejerk, then that is what is ruining reddit. Not people like im-done-with-reddit.

[–]bravetarget 14 points15 points ago

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Not to mention, he states "Stop acting like this is some secret fucking club." When half of his post is conveying just that: don't act like it's a secret club, but keep youtube, digg members, and anyone under the age of 23 out. Also if they do come here they better read the secret club rules -- err I mean reddiquette. The hypocrisy discredits him completely.

[–]jcanci 10 points11 points ago

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To be fair, the narwhale at midnight thing is really, really fucking stupid.

[–]stinkem 11 points12 points ago

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Some people are better. I don't have a problem with this concept. And 25-35 year olds are generally better than teenagers.

[–]misnamed 2 points3 points ago

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[–]drmoroe30 0 points1 point ago

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That just blew some of my mind.

[–]misnamed 0 points1 point ago

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possibly ear drum, too

[–]Torin050 38 points39 points ago

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I like you.

[–]OtisDElevator 2 points3 points ago

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I suppose I'd better get out there and VOTE then.*


*Also applies to voting in elections. Vote, before you bitch about how bad those in power are.

[–]monolithdigital 1 point2 points ago

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easier solution. Get RES, ban imgur and qckme.me/qickmeme.

99% solved.

[–]scriptsvcs 2 points3 points ago

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Unsub from reddit.com, subscribe to those subreddits that float your boat. Use RES and filter out the imgur.com posts... and it's back to high quality.

Spend some time on NEW and downvote crap and upvote quality.

[–]ProZaKk 3 points4 points ago

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Quickmeme, yes

Imgur, no

Imgur was created by a redditor, for redditors

It's not so much Imgurs fault, but the users, Imgur is just the tool

[–]Luriker 3 points4 points ago

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Maybe it's the mood from RevWaldo's post that I'm still running off of, but mother fucking upvote2

[–]jayd16 4 points5 points ago

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Hell, I bet you don't spend any time in the new queue stopping this shit before it gets frontpaged.

If he's complaining about the front page, he couldn't handle the new queue.

[–]cptn_Belfort29 2 points3 points ago

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Thank. you.

[–]PerfectlyDarkTails 2 points3 points ago

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Also there will be users that wouldn't have seen it before anyway. Not everyone is on reddit everyday... I might be wrong?

[–]PaladinZ06 -1 points0 points ago

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Aside from the pointless tough-guy name-calling, I'm in total agreement.

[–]agator2 1 point2 points ago

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I think you are the reason that this place sucks so much. NO ONE wants to fix the shit that reddit has become. I have been here for over 2 years (different account) and it has gotten worse and worse.

STOP allowing this shit that is covering reddit. 4chan has become significantly more respectable than this place. The toxicity and immaturity of the reddit environment is ridiculous. If you don't see the problem with reddit than that's because you are part of the problem.

[–]RedShirtedAss 1 point2 points ago

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Case in point: Your comment = -5 downvotes while Torin050's comment "I like you" received 24 points. Upvoting is not supposed to be based on preference but through adding to the discussion, but it seems everyone here has forgotten that. I don't spend much time on reddit (15 min max per day) but from what I've seen, everything has gone way downhill. The quality of posts in subreddits have been terrible recently. Hopefully its just a summer thing, but if it isn't its time to jump ship.

[–]70x7 42 points43 points ago

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Why did you create a throwaway to say all that? Just asking

[–]tiny_mars_humans 76 points77 points ago

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Because he didn't want everyone to see that he was actually only member of reddit for like 6 months.

[–]de4hbys4 2 points3 points ago

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first, why would that matter? you don't need an account to browse. i've been here since the summer of 2006... before we were treated like children and were all given "awards" for stupid shit. if i knew how much my badges would influence people i wouldn't have deleted so many of my accounts.

[–][deleted] 15 points16 points ago

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because he isn't done with reddit, this is just more herpderp nonsense.

[–]EggzOverEazy 23 points24 points ago

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"herpderp" is nonsense.

[–]Starrfx642 7 points8 points ago

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Sometimes I think Reddit could present a very interesting study towards the microcosm of the attititude of politics in America, or America in general.

I'm pretty sure Reddit really isn't all that bad now, nor was it as great as this guy says it was 'back in the day.'

The same thing happens when people discuss the US.

'Our founding fathers..'

'I'm leaving America to go live in Canada..'

'Our society is falling apart...'

And on and on.

The point is, I'm pretty sure there will always be dissenters. The past will always look quite rosy, and the present will always feel like the end of the world.

My advice?...Well I guess I don't have any.

[–]webby_mc_webberson -1 points0 points ago

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Just to note, reddit is much bigger than the US.

[–]Starrfx642 0 points1 point ago

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I'm know. But I live in the US, so it wouldn't make much sense for me to compare Reddit to Belgium, would it?

[–]webby_mc_webberson 1 point2 points ago

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Belgium wouldn't even compare itself to Belgium, my friend.

[–]Starrfx642 0 points1 point ago

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Touche.

[–]Mantipath 0 points1 point ago

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This is a flawed notion. I hear it often and grit my teeth. The flaw is that sometimes things do get worse. Things fall apart.

Did people complain that Rome had lost its glory? Sure. And it fell. Egypt? Florence? Tsarist Russia? All past their prime.

Only people who claim that nothing will change are wrong.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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really? I thought it meant something completely different.

[–]anexanhume 0 points1 point ago

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Beginning of new cycnical, jaded novelty account that 'quits' everytime a repost or dumb post hits the front page.

[–]Zopo 6 points7 points ago

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ok, let me go to /b/ and see what riveting material i come back with.

thread 1: copypasta

2: Minecraft

3: Pictures of tobacco pipes

4: Ponies

5: somone pretending to be moot

6: somone enticing CP

7: dubs thread

8: spam

9: laugh you lose

10: cake pictures

11: boxxy

12: posting ending in X decides what i do

13: What Happens when you die

14: more dubs rolling

BOY SURE GLAD I WANT TO 4CHAN

[–]agator2 1 point2 points ago

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but in 4chan you are entering a conversation contained in its own right (especially /co/,/v/ and the rest[not /b/]). If you get a few threads you can spend a day with a handful of people.

reddit has turned into an image and a one liner pertaining that image. IT IS FUCKING DUMB.

[–]Starrfx642 13 points14 points ago

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It'd be funny if the OP was some 80 year old man.

[–]tethercat 5 points6 points ago

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And get off his lawn!

[–]CaptainMeowMeow 5 points6 points ago

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everyone has internet now, no matter where you go, it'll be like this.

[–]solen-skiner 5 points6 points ago

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I know, right? I miss the internet of the 90s.. Except the <blink> tags, midi's on webpages, horrible misuse of gif animations and seizureinducing colorschemes, unending disorganized pages...

[–]chedabob 2 points3 points ago

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Don't let the door hit you on the way out.

[–]katyn 3 points4 points ago

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I thought it was funny.

[–]Hallo457 9 points10 points ago

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YOU RUINED MY CLUBHOUSE.

Yes, "When does the narwhal bacon" is stupid, but everyone agrees. It is fucking stupid and I have yet to see someone use it in a sincere context.

As for the other stuff, yep. Pretty much correct. Go to /r/circlejerk, and enjoy laughing at reddit because yes, it isn't as intelligent as it used to be, but you can still enjoy it on the way down. Oh, and motherfuckers don't read reddiquette because it isn't enforced. If it was, this place would get cleaned up real quick. I must also point out you are breaking reddiquette by complaining about reposts too.

Finally, the downfall of /r/truereddit was that it advertised itself. People should not have mentioned it, and it would have stayed under wraps for a lot longer. It wanted to get noticed, and it did.

[–]Ziminrax 23 points24 points ago

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I had not seen this gif, it made me chuckle, even if it's been posted before there's most likely someone that hasn't seen it.

I also came here when Digg fell, I am not a child.

I also follow the reddiquette.

[–]deletethisacc 8 points9 points ago

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To understand his rage, browse new and downvote every repost you see. The sheer amount of reposts will leave a man raged.

[–][deleted] 9 points10 points ago

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Dear god. I'll never downvote a knights of new post again.

[–]Poraro 4 points5 points ago

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Why would I care? Just look over the reposts and there'll be posts you haven't seen.

Goddamn it isn't that hard.

[–]SeanLOSL -2 points-1 points ago

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Reposts to yourself, sure. If it gets enough votes to front page, ignore it.

[–]desquibnt 3 points4 points ago

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I like how the second half completely contradicts everything in the first half.

[–]SemiVetteGrondspin 5 points6 points ago

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Too many "true" redditors reacted too long along the lines of "just ignore the crap and focus on the good stuff" And now it's too late.

Now it is just impossible to find the good content anymore. Most of the newcomers up/downvote the wrong way.

Too much crap, too many students... dammit even highschool kids are coming here now.

It's time to seek a new home...

[–]ProZaKk 0 points1 point ago

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dammit even highschool kids are coming here now.

I joined last year when I was in school and there wasn't this much shit going on

[–]photoddgrapher 1 point2 points ago

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I agree with you. It's amazing what stupid shit gets upvoted around here and what doesn't. 90% of it is not clever or funny and mostly can be attributed to dipshits and dipshits with 50+ fake accounts upvoting themselves. Reddit has definitely become the retarded cousin of funnyjunk, or collegehumor sites.

[–]Metal-Phoenix 1 point2 points ago

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Much anger in this one. Much like his father is he.

Seriously though, just had this conversation at a reddit meetup today.

[–]Hindu_Wardrobe 1 point2 points ago

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It's funny because this describes reddit even before the 'summerfags' invaded.

I'm a 5 year club member, I should know.

[–]dhvl2712 1 point2 points ago

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Stay for the porn.

[–]Nebulaoblivion 1 point2 points ago

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I like how you're giving up reddit, but you decided to make a throwaway account out of fear of damaging your karma.

[–]rotORriot 1 point2 points ago

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I've crunched the numbers, analyzed the data and consulted every totem on the pole. And you're correct. This influx of reposts, whoring, stupid fucking shit everyday that's not insightful, informative or important wasn't this prevalent until Digg disassembled.

[–]v4-digg-refugee 1 point2 points ago

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I got a chuckle because the Star Wars guys were shooting lasers at the cat.

[–]impablomations 5 points6 points ago*

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Unlike some of the entitled whinging neckbeards on here, I and others haven't seen this gif before. We don't live 24/7 on Reddit, only staggering into the sunlight from the basement when the cheeto/mountain dew supply has run dry.

I liked the gif, if it's a repost then so fucking what - if you know what the post is and have seen it already, then you can move your eyes the 30 or so fucking pixels down to the next post.

You fuckin act like this place belongs to you, but you are just a SINGLE member, you are not the whole community. Stop acting like this is some secret fucking club. It's a fucking website.

Maybe you should heed your own advice?

[–]coredump 4 points5 points ago

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HURRRDERRPAHURRLOL

[–]pandemic1444 4 points5 points ago

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It's a fucking website.

That right there.

[–]mcneely11 3 points4 points ago

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Reddit has always been like this in the year and a half I've been here. The only thing that has changed recently is that there are more people like you complaining. Let it go.

[–]getoffmyreddit 2 points3 points ago

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Seriously Reddit. There are a few good subreddits but this place is rapidly turning into a circle-jerk for people who think 15 year olds are funny.

I miss it being a circle-jerk for people who thought 22 year olds were funny.

[–]jkeffer 1 point2 points ago

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I couldn't have put it better myself. If only there was a way to banish people who acted like this. I have coworkers that have discovered Reddit and drive me fucking NUTS with the overuse of memes. Every five minutes someone applies a saying completely out of context. Just yesterday, sitting in my cube I heard someone complain that they had hit their funny bone on a filing cabinet. One of said offenders said "Problem? U mad bro?" I saw red.

[–]CuntBagFaceJerk 1 point2 points ago

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This should have been posted on /r/gifs ...if only mods had the ability to move posts.

[–]roguerpi 0 points1 point ago

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That was where I posted it when I brought it to reddit for the first time. :)

Didn't get me nearly the audience. :\

[–]SirHerpOfDerp 1 point2 points ago

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Blame it on the teenagers and you're four-fifths right.

Has anyone else gotten tired of the frontpage being saturated with left-wing political sensationalism? Before I go any further, know that I'm a left-leaning centrist, and that I can't help but be fired up by stuff like this. However, I get the feeling places like r/Politics and to a lesser extent Reddit in general consist mainly of leftist-20-something-college students agreeing with each other in an endless circlejerk.

I would prefer to see an original, creative, well-written, and/or insightful post that disagrees with my viewpoint than a rambling, fallacious, hyped one that does.

Another thing: Reddit would like to think of itself as an accepting place, no? Then I would be saddened to find that Redditors would be prejudiced against other Redditors simply on the basis of age. Don't downvote a comic because the author is ostensibly under 18. Downvote if it defies the Reddiquette, karma-whores, doesn't 'work', or any other valid reason. In short, judge a post not by its author, but by the post itself.

[–]binarybandit 0 points1 point ago

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I'm a Republican and every time I disagree with something political, I get downvoted by the reddit liberal horde and called ignorant, stupid, etc. It doesn't even have to be in /r/politics (which I don't go to), it's in all the political crap that spills over to /r/pics or TrueReddit or /askreddit. I hate the fact that conservatives on here need to keep their mouths shut or risk getting insulted. The only real sanctuaries are /r/guns and /r/military, and that's only because those are things that conservatives view favorably.

tl;dr Fuck the liberal hordes on here for driving us conservatives into seclusion.

[–]Mustkunstn1k 1 point2 points ago

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Truer words have never been spoken.

[–]roguerpi 3 points4 points ago

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Fucking hell.

I submitted this as original content, on behalf of the guy who created it:

http://www.reddit.com/r/gifs/comments/ipock/echo_station_3t8_we_have_spotted_imperial_walkers/

Got half the karma. :\

This shit is whack, yo! :D

[–]ProZaKk 1 point2 points ago

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If it helps at all, you've got my upvote

[–]roguerpi 0 points1 point ago

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... yaay.

;)

[–]SnackPatrol 1 point2 points ago

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It's true, I spent an hour and a half on a fucking well-thought out post with fucking 4 YEARS of fucking experience behind it (it was a TF2 post on what I thought a lot of people's common misconceptions were), and stupid fucking assholes downvoted it because they didn't agree with it or were too prideful to admit they were wrong. Fuck this stupid-ass website, honestly. Fucking dumbasses downvote EVERYTHING. It's such a snide, negative, spiteful thing to do downvoting, in my entire year and a half here I've probably only downvoted like 3 or 4 things, and upvoted hundreds. FUCK THIS FUCKING WEBSITE I'M JUST AS MAD AS HE IS AND I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANYMORE, FUCK ALL YOU STUPID PRETENTIOUS PSEUDO-INTELLECTUAL HOLIER-THAN THOU MOTHERFUCKERS SUCK MY FUCKING LARGE-ASS INFECTED WHITEBRED CHODE OF A COCK FUUUUUUCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK

[–]simohayha 0 points1 point ago

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FYI it has been my observation over my years on reddit, that people who complain about getting down votes get down voted more. I read your post and you weren't helping out your case by telling people to suck your dick for down voting you. In all likelihood you were down voted because you gave an emotional reaction to it and people love seeing a nerd with an opinion pissed off.

[–]SnackPatrol 0 points1 point ago

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Wrong. If you read the COMMENTS you would have read that I was getting downvoted BEFORE I made any sort of edit calling people assholes, so yeah, sorry, you're wrong. I know you like to think that it's because I was telling people to suck my dick, but sorry I was being nothing but polite, and trying to be helpful and there we go, downvotes. It's absolutely 100% because people don't want to admit they're wrong. Also you're just a fuckin dick, nerd with an opinion? Eat my shit dude you don't fucking know me. So yeah sorry man, you're wrong here. I was being nothing but polite till people started the lame downvote train.

[–]IMAROBOTLOL 0 points1 point ago

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I love you. <3

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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I fuckin act like this place belongs to me (which none of it does), but I am just a SINGLE member with a throwaway account, I am not the whole community. I should stop acting like this is some secret fucking club. It's a fucking website.

Here, I fixed part of it for you.

[–]babiesloveboobies 2 points3 points ago

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You fucking stupid ass summer kiddies fucking

WTF. If you can't convey a rage in less then 5 panels you fucking fail.

your childish fuckin HURRRDERRPAHURRLOL stupid ass shit.

the age of reddit is now 13-17 and I'm done here unless these kiddies either stfu, gtfo, or grow the fuck up.

Not sure if trolling...

[–]thenwhat 2 points3 points ago*

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Cool story bro. Problem is, this is the first time I saw this. If it hadn't made the front page, I would have missed it.

Would have liked to see the original, though.

[–]ltjboy03 0 points1 point ago

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think you are unique for being the first one to see it so you post shit to your FB wall thinking your cool...

Well I feel like a douchebag.

[–]Sanderlebau 0 points1 point ago

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I'm fine with reposts, and everything else on your list, BUT THIS WAS POSTED YESTERDAY! we should be able to flag posts with "this is a repost from yesterday"

[–]DasKalk 0 points1 point ago

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[–]d0zad0za 0 points1 point ago

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I forgot about the whole thing with Digg.... Fuck. me.

[–]princessbunny 0 points1 point ago

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Oh god I am so turned on right now.

[–]W1nd 0 points1 point ago

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subscribe to r/truereddit

[–]badvegan39 0 points1 point ago

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Agreed..... the amount of unique content has dwindled

[–]Awesomator 0 points1 point ago

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Wow. If you were really done with Reddit you would of posted this on your main account. You didn't though because you aren't actually quitting and tomorrow you are going to start posting again like this never happened. I am sick of shit like, "when does the narwhal bacon" but far more sick of this attention whoring bullshit. It is people like you who are ruining discussion by bitching about shit. If you don't like whats on the front page go to new and help good topics be seen or stfu. If not you should ACTUALLY quit Reddit.

[–]Darus 0 points1 point ago

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I came here to bitch about how the fuck a gif of a cat made it to my front page. I unsubscribed from so many subreddits because of this kind of shit. I love you.

[–]AtomicBunker 1 point2 points ago

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Get mad over the fact people starve to death every day. Or anything that is actually an issue. I doubt you ever put as many words toward something worthy. Instead, a cat being shot by blasters is reposted and it sets you off. Good job. You sir as an assclown.

[–]Amendmen7 -3 points-2 points ago

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Is it even possible that you're an adult? This is the most whiny, entitled comment I've read in a long time.

Grow the fuck up and have fun doing whatever you choose to do without trying to shit on everybody else.

[–]boiker 2 points3 points ago

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I'm guessing Young adult, but I think his points are valid.

[–]Toeknee818 2 points3 points ago

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Rather than butch and complain for such a TL&DR, why the heck don't you just post the original's link(if you care so damn much) for those of us who are a little more casual with reddit so we can upvote the original poster? If you don't care enough to do that, sit down, shut up and enjoy the damn ride!

[–]Whalen 0 points1 point ago

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A more mature, open minded and profound person would simply set up the appropriate filters/subscriptions etc. and put in the extra clicks' worth needed to find those links they pine for to help them feel like they are more mature, open-minded and profound than the rest of society.

[–]platotld 0 points1 point ago

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when does the empire cat bacon?

[–]flippityfloppityfloo 30 points31 points ago

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Why would the Rebel Alliance fire at an innocent cat?

[–]EsquilaxHortensis 30 points31 points ago

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It's an Imperial sympathizer.

[–][deleted] 5 points6 points ago

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They had bad felines about it.

[–]tethercat 0 points1 point ago

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Oh. Oh, well done. Indeed.

[–]zenslapped 0 points1 point ago

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It only looks like a cat - it's really a baby Wampa

[–]EOTWAWKI 13 points14 points ago

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Cat is dodging better than George Bush in a shoe storm.

[–][deleted] 39 points40 points ago

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George Bush is a lot of things, but you know what he is not? A man slow enough to get hit by a shoe. Goddamn that dodge was legit.

[–][deleted] 19 points20 points ago

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Those fucking throws were legit. They must both practice in their spare time.

[–]slappyblonzella 8 points9 points ago

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I like after how Bush dodges the first shoe, he has a little grin on his face. He's probably thinking, "Fuck yeah! Not a real weapon!"

[–]zoopdoop 1 point2 points ago

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I love how he still had time to pick up and throw the second shoe before someone was able to stop him.

[–]btnheazy03 1 point2 points ago

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Fuck dodging, I'll catch that shit with my hands, samurai-style

[–]zenslapped 5 points6 points ago

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Especially since that guy could throw like a pro - spot on both tries. Too bad all that skill didn't pay off

[–]theseleadsalts 0 points1 point ago

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Every time I see it, I think of this.

[–]bubba_shubba 8 points9 points ago

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can we see the original? I want to see what that cat was so freaked out about

[–]mwalker_nz 2 points3 points ago

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[–]safety_otter 3 points4 points ago

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[–]BantamBasher135 1 point2 points ago

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Never shows it. Cat's just a spaz cat.

[–]tetrishg 4 points5 points ago

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Is that a CAT-CAT ?

[–]KidNoise 1 point2 points ago

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r/pics

[–]dillpiccolol 10 points11 points ago

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WELL TECHINICALLY THIS IS THE REBEL ALLIANCE SO THIS IS NOT THE EMPIRE STRIKING A CAT

[–]ModernDog 0 points1 point ago

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Thank you. Now I can enjoy this video more.

[–]dillpiccolol 0 points1 point ago

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You're welcome, Citizen! Carry on.

[–]RoyalGecko 6 points7 points ago

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Why the fuck is this the top post on the frontpage?

[–]metabeing 3 points4 points ago

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[–]anal_grape 0 points1 point ago

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Holy shit! A gif with sound!

[–]Shocking 0 points1 point ago

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ytmnd.com = The original gif with sound

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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i'm upset that someone ruined a scene from star wars by doing this to it

[–]LettersFromTheSky 0 points1 point ago

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I laughed, this is pretty good.

[–]Catch22af 0 points1 point ago

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This represents perfectly what it's like for me to flirt with girls, I always miss the pussy.

[–]Whalen 0 points1 point ago

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[–]greendalek 0 points1 point ago

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Already used this punchline a few years back:

http://petervintonjr.com/ESB/LOLESB_1.html

[–]billiarddaddy 0 points1 point ago

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Repost. Reddit should have an age limit or an age indicator so I can filter you fucking shit heads out.

[–]vernorama 0 points1 point ago

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Who keeps downvoting all of the comments that are a counter-point to the rant by "im-done-with-reddit"? I think it is totally fine if he wants to whine like a baby on a throwaway account.. BUT-- all the people downvoting dissent on his rant must not realize that it is exactly this kind of "I know what is best, I was here first" attitude that is bad for a public place like reddit.

[–]Beanchilla 0 points1 point ago

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Catooine... they're on Catooine

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[–]zgh5002 16 points17 points ago

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forgot to add posted yesterday.

[–]Mechakoopa 0 points1 point ago

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Sorry, I was working yesterday. I didn't realize elitism was only for the unemployed.

[–]zgh5002 1 point2 points ago

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It's not elitism. This was on the top of the front page yesterday. It's one thing when it's a week, its ridiculous when it's a matter of hours.

[–]btnheazy03 1 point2 points ago

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oh, reddit. it feels like I don't know you anymore

[–]tripper311 -1 points0 points ago

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Where is the original?

[–]meadlegoth -2 points-1 points ago

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Probably one of the funniest gifs I've seen in a while.

[–]Damaband41 5 points6 points ago

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That's why he should have posted it to r/gifs

[–]70x7 -3 points-2 points ago

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Wow, I know I've seen this before. O yeah that's right, it was posted yesterday!

[–]Ozzie_O 0 points1 point ago

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[–]gluteal_cleft 0 points1 point ago

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Why does kitty not return fire with laser eyes?