Plus: Charitable Raccoons, Tree of Goats, and European Atlantis! |
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This week, we got busy over on r/upvoted:
We ran the numbers and learned about 1/3 of the US population used Reddit in August. Not only are there as many monthly visitors (worldwide) as there are people in Brazil, but those 202M people conversed with Rob Riggle, Derek Waters (of Drunk History), The Game (in r/Music), and Jeremy Lin (in r/NBA) this week, because… Reddit.
This demonstration of raccoon charity is brought to you by Reddit user TheMightyWaffle, who put a gif down, flipped it, and reversed it.
Remember those Power Ranger walkie-talkie belts, with the microphones that were a little too close to the crotch area? Well, that was user Jgabes625’s favorite childhood toy, so his buddy decided to tease him with a little help from the Green Ranger himself.
After this gif comparing Donald Trump to Charles Manson made the rounds last week, we started spending a lot of time over at the Combined Gifs community. And that’s where we discovered this gif-tastic masterpiece—which includes cameos from SpongeBob, Dumbledore, Timon, Pumbaa, Bill Hader, and one very creepy index finger.
After other firefighters on the team rescued all the humans, user CaptFluffyBunny entered the burning house to save the pets. Read how the brave captain brought one hamster (which everyone believed was dead) back from “hamster heaven.”
This story made me so happy, you rock for saving the little fuzz ball :) |
If you’ve ever wished for a do-over, the new community at Life Reset Button is for you—whether you’re a 35-year-old with a DUI or a survivor of high school bullies.
User Aelegans shared this video with the Awwducational community to teach us just how good at climbing goats really are.
Ever wonder what Europe looked like in 16,000 BC? (Hint: There was a lot more of it.) This map inspired user wadcann to offer an in-depth explanation of what Europe would look like if it hadn’t gone underwater: mammoths would run wild, the Industrial Revolution would’ve been smaller, and Vikings might not have been white.
The Brushy Brushy community believes in the healing power of brushing adorable animals—whether it’s a monkey, turtle, elephant, really enthusiastic cat, or mini-cow.
Andy Weir, author of The Martian (now a motion picture!), stopped by the Books community for an AMA—where he shared how he felt seeing Matt Damon play Weir’s main character, his two biggest sources of inspiration, and how he did his research (it’s probably pretty similar to how we all do research…).
Did you know there’s a town in Ontario called Redditt? If it’s anything like our Reddit, it’s full of many strange and wonderful communities, and millions of very cute cats…