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Saws that can sense flesh, beer-soaked sweet potato fries, ask the transgender community anything, drunk Swedish etymology, and more. |
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Saws that can sense flesh, beer-soaked sweet potato fries, ask the transgender community anything, drunk Swedish etymology, and more. |
The button ended this week.
After 1,008,316 presses, the experiment is over. It started as a simple April Fool’s prank, but it turned into something far bigger than any of us could have imagined. We interviewed two of the members of team reddit who were behind this massive phenomenon, and you’ll hear them in an upcoming episode of the Upvoted podcast.
There was a lot more going on this week (as you’ll see below), but one of my favorites was a photo of this “canopy formation” from the r/skydiving community. If you’re counting, that’s 81 people making art while falling down to earth.
We even learned about a new community called r/AmItheAsshole, for all those times when you needed to be sure that you weren’t being an asshole, or to get the perspective of the other person. Great pick, r/subredditoftheday (also a great place to discover new reddit communities).
Basically, humans can be pretty awesome. (Unless you’re one of those non-pressers. 59s for life!)
In fact, one redditor, I_Lase_You, created a modified hair straightener so that another redditor, who’s a quadriplegic, could straighten her hair again. Yet another kind gesture from one stranger to another, made possible by the internet.
These are the things that make us proud to work at reddit. And as we approach our 10-year anniversary, one of the ways we’d like to look back is by hearing from you, dear redditor, about what your favorite thing is about reddit.
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davidsoor also posted this gallery of 28 fascinating images on all different topics that we found, well, pretty damn interesting.
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New running segment: drunk Swedish etymology. I’d read it. |
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“have any of you guys read any Hindu mythology? Seriously, it’s as good if not better then the ancient Greek stuff” Dear lord yes, I’d rate The Mahabharata alongside Game of Thrones |
It started as an April Fool’s prank, but it became so much more than that. In fact, the button helped one redditor with MS get a wheelchair, helped another get engaged, and helped another get sober.
There’s also a slight chance it may have destroyed a marriage.
It also spawned a huge number of religions, sects, militaristic and political affiliations, and more—and even wars between the various factions. [Editor’s note, not Alexis: HAIL, ALL YE NON-PRESSERS! We have won at last!] Around 200 subreddits were created based on The Button, as well as dozens of apps, extensions, and analytical tools.
And now it’s over.
What does it all mean? What were these last two months for? r/theoryofreddit shares their final thoughts.
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You’re a woman, Harry! |
With Caitlyn Jenner’s debut on the cover of Vanity Fair this week, transgender issues have been brought to the forefront again, so we decided this was a great time to highlight some of our great transgender communities on reddit.
r/asktransgender is a place where anyone can ask anything about the being transgender, from advice on how to proceed with dating a girl you just found out is transgender or helping your FtM child come out to their siblings to hearing their reactions to Caitlyn Jenner’s cover photo. It’s also a great place for people who are transitioning to connect with other people who’ve been there before them and ask questions, like this person who did an AMA after gender reassignment surgery.
When JustGimmeSomeTruth posted a photo he had found of his grandfather to r/OldSchoolCool, he didn’t expect he would get to learn all about his grandfather, whom he had never actually known, from the grandchild of his grandfather’s best friend, as well as receive tons more pictures of him.
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Dude. DUDE. I just got off the phone with my grandfather, and both of our heads are exploding. My grandfather (WO Mays) and your grandfather (WO Northcutt) were best friends. My grandfather accompanied your grandfather’s body back to Illinois. |
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This is going to make my mom’s day/week/year. She never knew her father and barely even had a picture of him for years. |
P.S.In case you’re in search of your new favorite TV show, r/askreddit recently talked about the best shows that had them hooked right from the pilot. And one of the writers of Better Off Ted even showed up to join in the conversation.
Gathenhielm
