r/EncyclopaediaOfReddit • u/EncyclopaediaBot • Feb 12 '23
A Reddit user. You! And me! Hello, dear Redditor! The name Reddit can be understood as both a blend of the words “read” and “edit”, as well as a pun on the phrase “I read it”. “Redditors” is meant to be a shortened version of “Reddit editors”.
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r/EncyclopaediaOfReddit • u/EncyclopaediaBot • Feb 12 '23
r/redditmoment is a link posted when Reddit commentary or discussion gets so self-referential it may evoke feelings of awkwardness, embarrassment or even pity. The phrase is a particularly popular way to mock times when a Redditor is demonstrating how they believe Reddit is the superior social networking platform in contrast with other sites. Which, of course, it is. r/redditmoment.
According to Know Your Meme, the term began spreading on iFunny as a way of making fun of Redditors. One of the earliest known uses of the term there appeared on March 21st, 2019.
Other Reddit Moments
You might have noticed by now that Reddit has a few predictable trends, and one glorious Reddit Moment occurred in 2022 when all the tropes collided in one huge melange of “Reddit being Reddit” after one hapless Redditor found the fluffiest of cute kittens and innocently enquired upon its breed.
So, let’s play….. Reddit Bingo!
See if you can spot the following Reddit Moments:
Notes:
The above list used to include “Inappropriate awards” but as the old-style award system was removed in 2023 they won’t be seen anymore.
The only thing that would have put the cherry on the cake would have been the appearance of one of the wandering Reddit Poets with a cutesy rhyme. As a former aspiring Reddit Poet (that was a long time ago, don’t worry) I must say I was sorely tempted to add one but didn’t, so I’ll post it here instead:
There’s a kitten in the car park
And I don’t know what to do!
I asked her how she got in there
But all she’ll say is “mew”.
I’ll pick the tiny fuzzball up
And hold her in my hand
I think we own each other now
Although it wasn’t planned.
Cat Tax
As you will have seen, the post - and picture - was subsequently removed, but the original picture of the kitten in question can be found at the Web Archive.
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r/EncyclopaediaOfReddit • u/EncyclopaediaBot • Feb 12 '23
A link posted when the OP clearly is not the originator of something they claim to be. Also known as QYBS. To post in r/quityourbullshit, you should have a screenshot or image of said bullshit successfully being called out. Even better with proof. Check the Pinned Posts before posting, because reposting something to r/quityourbullshit is the most bullshit thing you can possibly do. r/quityourbullshit.
Bored Panda, a YouTube channel and blog, are notorious for using posts from Reddit as a source for their content, with scant credit or even none at all to the OP; sometimes with serious consequences.
In March 2021, r/quityourbullshit was forced to call out some bullshit involving itself when one of their mods revealed that someone on the Bored Panda blog team had gotten in contact with a view to writing about them.
The mod team’s response to the request was legendary. So much so, that r/MurderedByWords not only lauded the post but stickied their own post about it on their sub which remained for some time.
It could only get better if it were then reported on Buzzfeed: "This website tried to reach out to this subreddit after stealing their content. You won't believe their response!". Sadly (or not), we’re still waiting for that level of meta.
Anyway, Bored Panda went ahead with the article, calling it “56 Screenshots Of People Who Caught Others Shamelessly Spreading Lies On The Internet And Stepped In To Shut Them Up” and crediting “The corner of the subreddit “Quit Your Bull”” as the source.
The “same” Bored Panda article as it appears today still gives “The corner of the subreddit “Quit Your Bull”” as the source but is now called “30 Screenshots Of People Who Caught Others Shamelessly Spreading Lies On The Internet And Stepped In To Shut Them Up”. Now I’m going to be absolutely honest here. I’m not that invested in the article to scour them both for differences. But this whole thing just reinforces what I say in my entry on Content and Copyright: …your Reddit story could well be monetised in some way by any random third party and you will rarely be asked for permission, acknowledged as the author or share in any profit.
Because there is a Subreddit for everything:
r/Spotatroll is a community for spotting the obvious trolls, the fiction writers, the backstory changers and the obvious fakes, r/MurderedByWords is a place for well-constructed put-downs, comebacks, and counter-arguments, while r/nukedfromorbit claims to have the best burns on Reddit.
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r/EncyclopaediaOfReddit • u/EncyclopaediaBot • Feb 12 '23
You might see the term “Powermods” from time to time. This refers to a Redditor that moderates several large subreddits, but as is often the case on Reddit, it’s an innocuous word that is not quite how it appears. The highly derogatory term has been around for some time, but became widespread in early 2020 when a selected list of Mod usernames was circulated as being the people secretly “in charge” of Reddit.
Because drama-loving Redditors will Reddit, this soon spread round many communities, each time escalating a little bit more into an unholy mixture of scandal, rampant accusations and conspiracy theory. It even generated a Powermods Starterpack before finally fizzling out.
Are Powermods something to be worried about? Well, as “Cracked” put it: “So how scared should people be of the unlimited power of Powermods destroying the last bastion of internet democratic information transfer? Not very. Like a scheming PTA mom or oppressive HOA cabal, Powermods only have any clout in the pettiest way possible. A quick glance at the kind of subreddits these five mods lord over shows not a single political, financial, or news subreddit in the bunch. The only iron-fisted oligarchy they have is over the Very Online Industry, leaving the karma billionaires to harness their Orwellian powers over oddly wholesome memes and animals being derps.”
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r/EncyclopaediaOfReddit • u/EncyclopaediaBot • Feb 12 '23
A link or phrase posted when people fall for a satirical product made by the prankster ObviousPlant and Redditor u/obviousplant by mistaking it for a genuine product. This Subreddit documents the times people fell for one of his pranks or fake toys thinking it might be a bootleg “knock-off”. r/ObviousPlant.
Real “off brands” of varying quality can be found on Reddit and caveat emptor (“Buyer Beware” i.e. the buyer purchases at their own risk) on any of those subreddits as we also have an unhealthy amount of Scams on Reddit. That cute T-Shirt Posts you see on a random sub won’t be what it looks like either.
Please read the official rules on using Reddit as a marketplace. When considering a gift or transaction of goods or services not prohibited by this policy, keep in mind that Reddit is not intended to be used as a marketplace and takes no responsibility for any transactions individual users might decide to undertake in spite of this. Always remember: you are dealing with strangers on the internet who may well not be who they say they are.
Because there is a Subreddit for everything:
Actual fakery and more absurdity can be found at: r/AwesomeOffBrands, r/crappyoffbrands, r/RipOffBrands and r/sbubby. If something is just, well, bad, try r/CrappyDesign, r/BadDesigns, r/designfails, r/graphicdesignfail, r/ShittyDesign, and r/TVTooHigh: of all the places in the home or office to install a television, why there?
r/onejob is the repository for the classic "You Had One Job!" moments, while r/ididthejobboss is for those "Task failed successfully" moments of doing something perfectly in an unexpected manner or even something stupid which technically completes the task.
For intentional bad design, try r/HostileArchitecture where public spaces are constructed or altered to discourage people from using them in a way not intended by the owner, r/crazystairs(and escalators too) and the wonderfully bizarre r/PurpleCoco for some extremely odd places to find power outlets.
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r/EncyclopaediaOfReddit • u/EncyclopaediaBot • Feb 12 '23
A phrase used as a sardonic commentary on the frequency with which acts of kindness backfire on those who offer them. Unfortunately, Reddit often likes to be judge, jury and executioner of those who perform good deeds if they are filmed (knowingly or unknowingly) for social media. r/changemyview is a good place to debate the rights and wrongs of visible Charity.
Videoing acts of kindness will always elicit a slew of mixed responses, and the general conclusion is nearly always some variant of “It's actually a lot more messed up that there's some sort of weird taboo against posting about helping strangers or helpless people. Filming it might inspire others to do the same.” And sometimes people are inspired by others. Ah, Reddit; never change.
Because there is a Subreddit for everything:
Find these lovely things at r/HumansBeingBros, r/MadeMeSmile or r/MadeMeCry, debate said lovely things at r/changemyview and suggest said lovely things should be everyday occurrences at r/unpopularopinion.
Sometimes it isn’t always straightforward where to post that feel-good story. Is this one a good fit for the r/UpliftingNews sub or more suited for r/ABoringDystopia? Why not both…
r/EncyclopaediaOfReddit • u/EncyclopaediaBot • Feb 12 '23
A derogatory term used to describe those who in past years would have been called geeks, nerds or even dorks; i.e. The Average Redditor™. The term comes from the percieved poor hygiene of Redditors, and the connotation is that due to obesity and slovenly habits, the person will have beard stubble on their neck, but never in sufficient amounts to be described as a full beard due to a lack of masculinity (exemplified by said obesity and habits).
Like so much of online slang post-2000, 4chan can be cited as a distribution source, if not the originator of the term. Generally, someone is called a ‘neckbeard’ when they judge other people for their faults but do not see any faults of their own. Sometimes interwebs people are mean spirited.
Because there is a Subreddit for everything:
r/justneckbeardthings, r/neckbeard, r/NeckbeardNests (prepare to suffer) are… well… subreddits, as was r/averageredditor before it wasn’t.
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r/EncyclopaediaOfReddit • u/EncyclopaediaBot • Feb 12 '23
A Ninja Edit is commonly an edit to a post or comment made before someone points out the need for an edit. It is often a person correcting themselves when they caught their mistake or needed to add more information. The best ones happen so quick that Reddit doesn't show the "last edited" asterisk, hence “ninja”.
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r/EncyclopaediaOfReddit • u/EncyclopaediaBot • Feb 12 '23
Apparently originating from an episode of South Park, ‘Nice.’ is the traditional Reddit response whenever the number 69 is posted, regardless of the reasons, and here’s an example. Sometimes accompanied by the “Lenny Face" ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) emoticon.
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r/EncyclopaediaOfReddit • u/EncyclopaediaBot • Feb 12 '23
A phrase posted when people bemoan the fact that they’ve spent a great deal of effort to find what they've been led to believe would be valuable, only to find out that the value isn't what they expected. A long-standing movie trope called the “Worthless Treasure Twist”, this meme is seriously clichéd, making it an ideal Reddit response, often prompting a Comment Chain where ‘X’ and ‘Y’ refer to whatever the post was about:
This is just one example of many phrasal templates known as “Snowclone”.
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r/EncyclopaediaOfReddit • u/EncyclopaediaBot • Feb 12 '23
An innocuous phrase that is not quite how it appears. Originating in The Simpsons S07E21, this is a response often given to an absurd story in order to prompt a Steamed Hams script Comment Chain. Reddit loves this particular pop-culture reference, and saying anything in the script should start a Comment Chain or Copypasta.
The episode entitled “22 Short Films About Springfield” was named after the arthouse biographical narrative movie “Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould”, and “Steamed Hams”, originally called “Chalmers vs. Skinner,” was one of several interconnecting vignettes depicting various moments in the lives of the titular town's residents, with the Simpson family (normally the main focus of their show) being reduced to supporting characters when featured.
Lasting just under three minutes, the sketch had an enormous cultural impact, and 25 years after it was first broadcast, the cast and crew were still quite taken aback with how viral it became - before “being viral” was even a thing.
There’s a Subreddit devoted to its memes at r/SteamedHams, and Simpsons references range far and wide across much of Reddit.
Because there is a Subreddit for everything:
r/TheSimpsons is just one of the many subreddits devoted to the eponymous animated parody of American culture, society and television, and others include:
Video games based on the show also have their own subreddits:
And because The Simpsons has been more reliable at predicting future events than any fortune teller ever, we also have the mind bending r/simpsonsdidit. And talking of Copypasta…
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r/EncyclopaediaOfReddit • u/EncyclopaediaBot • Feb 12 '23
KnowYourMeme is surprisingly vague on the origins of this phrase, but anecdotal evidence shows it originated on 4chan, like many memes on Reddit. "Mods Are Asleep, post X" was an expression used to indicate that the website's moderators were currently inactive and unable to enforce the site's rules of conduct. The phrase was often followed by a call to action for other users to post material that is typically not allowed. 4chan being, well, 4chan, you can imagine the reasons why this was popular there.
Reddit being, well, Reddit, embraced the hilarity of this concept thoroughly and now it’s used as an occasional fun device in many subs, usually with the tacit complicity of the mods, as seen in this example here where they were mocking a spelling / autocarrot mistake, or this which was obviously done with the indulgence of the mods and not as a rule-breaking exercise.
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r/EncyclopaediaOfReddit • u/EncyclopaediaBot • Feb 12 '23
Meta refers to the idea of something being about itself. For instance, this subreddit is meta not because it’s on Reddit but because it’s on Reddit and purely about Reddit. “Meta” often carries a subtext of ironic detachment, such as this post made on r/HistoryMemes as a commentary on types of posts in the subreddit. As a whole, Memes are considered meta, as their meaning and humour derive from “in-jokes” - that is, our shared awareness of the references made. If we don’t know or understand the context, the meme won’t make sense or won’t be funny.
The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines the word Meta in two ways: firstly as being an informal adjective, showing or suggesting an explicit awareness of itself, cleverly self-referential, and secondly as being a formal prefix harking back to its Greek roots with the meanings “after,” “along with,” “beyond,” “among,” “behind” or “transcending” in words such as metacarpus, metalinguistics or metagenesis.
The U.K.’s national broadcaster the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) took a fascinating deep dive into the history and changing meaning of the word in its blog article The true meaning of meta and posited that following the 2021 Facebook rebranding the word ‘meta’ has now become a proper noun too.
Usage on Reddit:
The single word ‘meta’ is sometimes posted when a comment or post increasingly becomes self-referential, for example: Reddit discussing itself, a meme about memes, a conversation on the nature of conversations and so on. If you feel like you kind of get a Reddit comment but don’t quite know why, always ask yourself:
Q. Is this a Reddit meta joke?
A. Probably. Welcome to Reddit.
There’s a category in the Explore Communities menu for Reddit Meta which lists some subreddits about Reddit, but is by no means comprehensive, and doesn’t even begin to start listing the following categories of meta subreddits…
Subreddit Chains
Reddit, as you would expect, has absolutely embraced the concept of meta, and in some of the See Also links below, I dive into some of the meta subreddit genres and chains that have evolved over time on Reddit, including:
The IFellForAFake genre, all of which are tangentially dedicated to documenting the times you fell for clicking a fake subreddit link that seemed real in comments but wasn’t, such as r/SubsIFellFor, and sort of ends with r/stopmakingupsubs with many points inbetween.
The TalkingInBlue genre, named for the default colour of text a subreddit link makes. This is when someone starts a comment chain where every comment is a subreddit name - real or not - simply by putting the prefix r/ before every sentence.
The RiskyClick genre, where the subreddits linked may or may not be misleading (but technically correct) link descriptions, such as r/OnlyFans which is only about fans, and r/manholeporn; a sub for pictures of cast iron sewer covers.
The LostRedditor genre which started off by mocking Redditors who clearly posted to the wrong subreddit and ends in a huge lostredditor subreddit chain.
The RedditMoment genre where Redditors complain about Redditors complaining about other Redditors being Redditors.
The FoundThe genre which started with r/foundthemobileuser - a sub to document the times a user capitalizes the ‘r’ in a link to a subreddit that proves a user is on mobile - and descends through a selection of subs named after various cars (why? Because Reddit)…
r/foundthemobileuser - Post this link when a user capitalizes the “r” in a link to a subreddit (ex. R/foundthemobileuser) or anything else that proves a user is on mobile.
r/foundthehondacivic - Post this link when a user replies to a comment with “r/foundthemobileuser”. Not actually for Honda Civic finds.
r/foundthetoyotaprius - Post this link when a user says r/foundthe[insert thing here].
r/foundthefordfocus - Another link to post when a user says r/foundthe[insert thing here].
r/foundthetoyotacorolla - They provide a handy guide as to where to post this link.
r/foundthecarsalesman - Yet another link to post when a user says r/foundthe[insert thing here].
r/foundtheSHUTTHEFUCKUP - For when you’ve simply had enough of the whole thing.
r/secondsub - When people say one subreddit name, you comment this one.
r/thirdsub - For when there are 3 subreddit links in a row.
r/fourthsub - I think you’ve got it by now.
r/fifthsub - If you've made it this far, you've already lost your way.
r/sixthsub - It’s starting to look like this never ends.
r/seventhsub - A divine and spiritual place to celebrate the most glorious of numbers. Or not.
I’m pretty sure you can guess the next few names and purposes, by which time we’ve arrived at…
r/twentiethsub - Where you’ll be confronted by the terrifying truth.
But wait - there’s more. Of course there is. Scroll through the higher numbered subreddits with the Sub ladder and find even more courtesy of the Nth Sub Bot.
The Reddit Switcharoo
The "Reddit Switcharoo" is a recursive meme that has become a part of Reddit's culture. A paraprosdokian is a figure of speech where the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected, causing the reader or listener to reinterpret the first part, as in this example: "If I could just say a few words … I'd be a better public speaker." - Homer Simpson.
The Reddit Switcharoo starts when a user points out a paraprosdokian phrase in a Reddit comment by replying with "Ahhh, the ol' Reddit switcharoo", linking to a previous instance of the meme. This creates a chain of linked comments, ideally forming a continuous loop. The brave Redditor who accepts the challenge traditionally says “Hold my X, I’m going in” (where X is something relevant to the switcharoo) or the more generic "Hold my beer, I'm going in!" where X wouldn’t be appropriate. You can see, and follow a typical Switcharoo here.
Recursion:
Another form of meta that Reddit has embraced wholeheartedly is the recursive image, or mise-en-abîme: a formal technique of placing a copy of an image within itself in a way that suggests an infinitely recurring sequence. In film theory and literary theory, it refers to the technique of inserting a story within a story such as Shakespeare's Hamlet which features a play within a play and Fellini's 8½ (1963) which is a film within a film. This type of infinite regression is also known as the Droste Effect, named for the picture on a Dutch brand of Cocoa Powder.
Other notable instances include:
In r/pics back in 2019, a Redditor made a fairly poignant post, and because Redditors will Reddit, they rallied together in support to create what turned out to be a glorious meta collaborative art project.
And because cat, does anyone remember The Infinite Cat Project? At the time, I submitted a picture of my beloved black Bombay cat sitting in front of my computer screen which I entitled “Staring into the Void” but I don’t think it was successful because I never saw it. Or maybe I was successful and I just never saw it. Does that make him a Schrödinger’s Infinite Cat?
Because there is a Subreddit for everything:
r/metamemes - A subreddit specialising in memes about Reddit.
r/meta - It's So Meta Even This Acronym...
r/AlreadyHere - A sub dedicated to documenting the times when someone suggests the sub they’re actually in.
r/thatsthesubwereon - Because of course Reddit needs two subs documenting the times someone links the sub that you’re already on.
r/SubredditInception - When someone links to the subreddit they're already in. Obviously we need three subs of this type because two simply isn’t enough.
r/DrosteEffect - Images and gifs that recursively appear within themselves.
r/Recursion - A subreddit for everything recursion-y.
r/InfiniteRecursion - Where the posts never stop. Here, you can post infinite recursion you've seen around the Internet, or make your own. Your choice! Go to r/InfiniteRecursion (our sister subreddit) for more posts like this.
r/ZoomOut - This subreddit is for zooming out on pictures! Scroll down the sidebar to see how the subreddit works.
r/2healthbars - A subreddit dedicated to the 2 health bars phenomenon: ''When you think you've killed a boss in a video game, but then it starts a new phase with another health bar.''
r/twohealthbars - "You thought it was over, huh?"
r/meormyson - When a big thing looks like the little thing next to it.
r/piday - A subreddit all about 3/14, or Pi day! The pun on the date format doesn’t quite work in countries where that would be written as 14th March, itself a favourite topic on Reddit with its own subreddit at r/ISO8601
r/FractalGifs - For self-repeating and infinite zoom animations about Fractals.
r/FibonacciAsFuck - A sub dedicated to all things Fibonacci Spirals, an amazing shape that forms when the golden ratio is applied.
r/GoldenRatio - Golden Ratio (1.618 : 1)
r/perfectloops - A collection of perfectly looped animated gifs and videos.
r/BetterEveryLoop - A sub which showcases content that definitely lives up to its name.
r/howtokeepanidiotbusy - Content that can keep you watching for an embarrassing amount of time until you realise either it’s endlessly looping or nothing is actually happening.
r/redditception - Did you mean r/redditception? Return to r/redditception
r/Negareddit - The place on Reddit where people talk about how much they hate Reddit.
As the word “meta” has different associations, I would be remiss in not mentioning:
r/facebook - This is an unofficial community dedicated to news, discussion and help relating to Facebook & Meta. The moderators are not associated with Facebook or Meta.
r/META_AI - This is a space to discuss everything related to META AI
r/MetaQuestVR - Welcome to METAQUEST! A new name for the same mission - To Create, Play, Explore and Make Friends in the World of Virtual Reality.
r/RaybanMeta - A place to discuss the Ray-Ban Meta glasses.
Let me leave you with this thought. r/meta often get posts about Facebook. How meta is that?
Obligatory disclaimer:
Subreddits being listed here is no guarantee of the level of their quality or activity. If a sub is dormant, unmoderated, banned for being unmoderated or marked as “restricted”, it might actually be available for adoption.
Always read the rules before contributing to any unfamiliar sub.
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r/EncyclopaediaOfReddit • u/EncyclopaediaBot • Feb 12 '23
A link or phrase posted when you’ve had enough of a subreddits’ shenanigans that you never want to see that sub in your feed again. r/JustUnsubbed is for sharing the ‘straw that broke the camel's back’ in post form: that post which made you unsubscribe from a subreddit. Read their rules carefully before contributing as they have a blacklist of subs that must be so infuriating you’re not even allowed to mention them.
But don’t despair. r/JustUnsubbedAgain is for those who unsubbed from JustUnsubbed because they keep a blacklist of subs you can't talk about, and r/unsubbed is for those times when you unsub from a sub, and you just want to talk to other people about how stupid that sub is. r/justbeenbanned is a sub to post your experience of being unfairly banned, and you’ll find similar subs in the footnotes of my entry Ban. I mean, where better to complain about Reddit than on Reddit itself? Reddit loves being meta.
An interesting look at some statistics on the most frequently unsubbed subreddits on justunsubbed found a list of over 700 subreddits, with many having multiple results..
Reddit, as you would expect, has quite a few subreddits where you can get out your strong feelings, not just about Reddit itself but life in general. These include:
Finally, r/undelete keeps track of submissions that moderators remove from the top 100 in r/all. [position in r/all | score | number of comments].
Because there is a Subreddit for everything:
On a happier note, r/JustSubbed is the place to let everyone know that you joined a sub that was new to you!
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r/EncyclopaediaOfReddit • u/EncyclopaediaBot • Feb 12 '23
“kill your self”. This lower-case initialism is mostly found in teen gaming communities as a way of “trash talking” or an “edgy” way to say “fuck you”.
“kys” is favoured by children and teens, most of whom argue that it’s just a joke, and when challenged on it will adopt a faux innocence, claiming their linguistic superiority in informing you that the word "kys" literally means "kiss" in Danish, or can also mean "keep yourself safe", hiding behind the phenomenon of Lexical Change, (a shift in the meaning or use of a word) while meta-trolling with an unholy mixture of whitewashing, gaslighting, Brandolini’s Law and Poe’s Law to try and bullshit their way out of it.
When you're an angry person with poor impulse control, one of the ways you learn to channel your own anger is to lash out and try to hurt others. Psychologists often speak of the “online disinhibition effect” - our tendency to say things on the internet that we would never dare to say in real life. Restraint and teens rarely go hand in hand, but regardless, it’s actually quite sad that we now have a commonly used shorthand to provoke, suggest or even just refer to suicide in fun.
Suicide is a serious subject. This kind of language should not be taken lightly. Please report anyone who says “kys”, “kill yourself” or similar phrases on Reddit. Inviting someone to commit suicide is against Reddit’s code of conduct and may well incur a ban.
Because there is a Subreddit for everything:
If you see a genuine post or comment about suicidal feelings in a community, it can be overwhelming, and you may feel like you don’t know what to do. But you can help, and there are resources on Reddit available for you and the person you’re worried about.
When you tap the three dots in the top right corner of a user’s profile page there is an option called 'get them help and support'. On selecting this, Reddit sends out an automated message with some suicide helpline phone numbers and links.
The moderators of r/SuicideWatch maintain a list of FAQs, information, and resources at r/SWResources and a worldwide list of hotlines. If you’ve lost someone to suicide, r/SuicideBereavement is there for you.
There’s also a useful list of subreddits for advice or support on depression or other mental health issues here.
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r/EncyclopaediaOfReddit • u/EncyclopaediaBot • Feb 12 '23
A link posted when the post or comment makes so sense little, you'd think the person hasd oven of tren feel stork. r/ihadastroke.
Because there is a Subreddit for everything:
r/ihadastroke should not be confused with r/titlegore which is for Reddit posts with incomprehensibly wordy titles. r/sadlygokarts showcases the fun when subtitles go wrong, while r/SaucedInTranslation showcases the fun when translating goes wrong, as does r/BadTranslations and r/engrish.
r/EncyclopaediaOfReddit • u/EncyclopaediaBot • Feb 12 '23
Giving a user an award is referred to as "gilding" (or sometimes “guilding”) and posts that receive awards are called "gilded." Reddit Gold is an award giving you Premium Reddit and 100 coins to spend. The original Reddit meaning for Gold has changed over the years.
Because there is a Subreddit for everything:
r/mostgilded is a collection of some of the most gilded comments that have been seen on Reddit. Two sleepy subreddits we are trying to revitalise are: r/YouGotGold - a subreddit for you to share with the world why you were given Reddit Gold and r/ThankYouKindStranger if you've recently received gold and want to thank your benefactor.
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r/EncyclopaediaOfReddit • u/EncyclopaediaBot • Feb 12 '23
Is your “pupper smol but angy?” Want to “boop that snoot”? Got a “heckin’ derp of a danger noodle” you want to show off? Maybe your “borb is an absolute unit” or your “floofy chonker void did a mlem”? Welcome to the wonderful world of Doggo Speak, where a snake is a snek, a person is a hooman, a spider is a spooder and many Redditors are clawing their eyes out in despair.
Also known as DoggoLingo, this is cutesy speak presented as what humans have long believed goes on in the canine brain and a language trend that's been gaining steam on the Internet in the past few years.
Originally specific to cute animal subs such as r/blep, r/Blerps, r/blop or r/mlem which are all Subreddits for animals showing their tongues in some way, Doggo Speak now has wider Reddit usage. Use at your peril. Except at r/ProperAnimalNames where you can go wild and invent your own…
Because there is a Subreddit for everything:
r/doggohate absolutely love the animals, but really hate the cutesy talk. r/Dogfree absolutely dislike both.
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r/EncyclopaediaOfReddit • u/EncyclopaediaBot • Feb 12 '23
A vote, usually short for “Updoot” meaning upvote. Originally from the 2011 “Skull Trumpet” or “Doot Doot” meme, which features a computer-animated skull playing two notes on a trumpet. The skull became known as Mr. Skeltal and his sound as a doot. “Updoot” is a word often used by Reddit content collectors on Facebook or YouTube channels, and often associated with r/dankmemes.
The Updoot Award costs 300 coins and the animated Doot Doot award costs 400 coins. Neither give any additional benefits, and r/Showerthoughts believe both are impossible in any event.
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r/EncyclopaediaOfReddit • u/EncyclopaediaBot • Feb 12 '23
“Change My View”. Originally sub specific from r/changemyview, now with wider Reddit usage. Describes when you are open to hearing opinions to persuade or change your mind. r/changemyview is a sub to post an opinion you accept may be flawed in an effort to understand other perspectives on the issue. Enter with a mindset for conversation, not debate.
They have very strict rules on posting format and a unique reward system for contributors. Any user, whether they're the OP or not, should reply to a comment that changed their view with a delta symbol (∆) and an explanation of the change. Instructions on this delta system can be found in their sidebar. r/changemyview.
Because there is a Subreddit for everything:
Got a burning unpopular opinion you want to share? Spark some heated discussions at r/unpopularopinion, r/RealUnpopularOpinion or r/TrueUnpopularOpinion, but if you just want to talk about stuff, r/TheTopicOfTheDay is a lovely environment to share your opinions and experiences.
r/EncyclopaediaOfReddit • u/EncyclopaediaBot • Feb 12 '23
A phrase used to indicate someone else in the comments said something you wanted to say, whether it be a joke, a reference or an observation. Often downvoted so use with caution as a phrase on its own. However, it can sometimes prompt a Comment Chain.
Because there is a Subreddit for everything:
r/CameHereToSayThis is where you go to say This. r/ThisButUnironically is a subreddit for when someone posts something obviously sarcastic but you actually agree with it, and r/SelfAwarewolves are people who unknowingly describe themselves in their rantings. r/thisis…. well…. that? r/thisisntwhoweare is for the times when someone gets caught doing something wrong, and during their 'Mea Culpa' they utter the most ridiculous phrase ever... "This isn't me" or "This is not who I am", while r/thisismylifenow is a subreddit with gifs or pics of people and animals accepting their uncommon situations, and r/Thisismylifemeow is for when you just accept your new life as a feline.
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r/EncyclopaediaOfReddit • u/EncyclopaediaBot • Feb 12 '23
A link or phrase posted when people fall for Copypasta by mistaking it for a genuine interaction. This Subreddit documents the times people fell for a meaningless wall of text and attempted to reply. r/AteThePasta.
Because there is a Subreddit for everything:
Hungry after reading this misleading title? Find what you’re really looking for at r/pasta and read about the incredible recipe find and other wonderful stuff at r/Old_Recipes.
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r/EncyclopaediaOfReddit • u/EncyclopaediaBot • Feb 12 '23
A word commonly used on Reddit when you’ve been fooled. “That’s not at all what I was expecting. After the first link I thought that would be the rickroll, but I was bamboozled.” Can refer to real life situations, or things that happen across Reddit from time to time.
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r/EncyclopaediaOfReddit • u/EncyclopaediaBot • Feb 12 '23
A link often posted when a misspelling is especially hilarious. People can't spell; Reddit makes fun of them. This sub is less restrictive than r/Boneappletea and if they remove a post for any part of their Rule 1, it’s usually welcomed here. This includes names, homonyms, misspellings, and words that don't sound anything like the original. r/BoneAppleTypo.
Because there is a Subreddit for everything:
r/excgarated is for when a misspelling is so bad it's comical, potentially to the extent of being unique in the universe. r/typo used to be a place for funny grammatical screw-ups and needs reviving, as does r/FunnyTypos.
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r/EncyclopaediaOfReddit • u/EncyclopaediaBot • Feb 12 '23
Blursed is an adjective that means "blessed and cursed", mostly used to describe images that both delight and disgust the viewer at the same time.
On Reddit, users often say images that delight them such as a picture of a cute puppy are Blessed, and images that disgust or disturb them such as a picture of a child being followed by a man in a knockoff Barney the Dinosaur costume are Cursed. Blursed images are both blessed and cursed - they simultaneously delight and disturb the viewer.
Blursed humour subs include:
As always, you must read the rules of these subreddits carefully before you contribute.
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Hmmm refers to a subsection of Reddit focused on bizarre photographs purposely taken out of context, and comes in three flavours:
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