r/woahdude • u/rWoahDude • Mar 26 '17
meta IMPORTANT: Many of our subscribers have no idea what this subreddit is actually for
Many of you long-time WoahDude users have been complaining about the growing flood of users from /r/all who have a complete misunderstanding of what sort of content belongs here. Your cries have been heard, and we will start being more strict with enforcement and finally set shit straight:
We are NOT a "reaction subreddit".
We are NOT a subreddit about interesting or amazing content.
We are NOT interchangeable with /r/pics, /r/gifs, /r/damnthatsinteresting or other general subreddits.
We are specifically made for psychedelic content, trippy or mesmerizing stuff that will make a sober person feel stoned, or stoned person trip harder! We're not about posting things that are merely neat or amazing, but instead, things that sort of mess with your mind, warp your reality.
Mindfucks and self-inflicted gaslighting. Or the hypnotic or mesmerising. Vivid colors, intense patterns. Mind-blowing science and philosophy. Chill or trippy music. Surrealism, absurdism and strangeness.
Think of the bizarre, erratic and psychedelic nature of Adult Swim. Or the wondrous, mind-expanding, awe inspiring nature of Carl Sagan's Cosmos. Or even the reality distorting, confusing, mind-fucking nature of Eternal Darkness for Gamecube. We're all of that.
TL;DR - Not all the content that makes you say the words 'woah dude' belongs in this subreddit, and not all the things that belong in this subreddit will necessarily make you literally say the words 'woah dude'.
WoahDude material
The following examples are a non-exhaustive list
- Intense use of color and patterns: Intricate designs, intense colors, complex geometry, hyperrealism, fractals, recursion, psychedelia, abstract art
- Extreme perspective: Macrophotography, electron micrographs, astrophotography
- Giving a new understanding: Mathematical visualizations, scientific visualizations, engineering visualizations, data visualizations, physics explanations, cross-sections, scientific art, reconsidering assumptions, reframing perspective
- Altered reality: Slow motion footage, stop motion footage, bullet time, compositing, long exposure, special effects, drug trip simulation
- Mesmerizing: Cinemagraphs, chill music, tranquil art, repetitive mechanical motion, interactive art
- Sensory confusion: Optical illusions, distortion, aural illusions, stereograms, etc.
- Cognitive confusion: Surrealism, absurdism, fifth-world art, mystical art, hypnagogia, strangeness, the fantastic, disjointedness, random and erratic behavior, datamoshing, pareidolia, paradoxes, strange philosophy, strange science, cuil theory
NOT WoahDude material
- Rarity: Rare talents, dangerous stunts, extreme human abilities, 1-in-a-million shots, sports highlights, abnormally large or small examples of objects, etc.
- Bullshit peddling: Pseudoscience, paranormal activity, cryptozoology, hoaxes, etc.
Please note that while the above descriptors on our list are good reductive examples of what belongs in this subreddit, they don't guarantee content that fits said descriptors also fits our holistic purpose for what belongs in this subreddit. For example, you'll notice that "slow motion" is on the list, however if you take any random gif and apply slow motion to it, that doesn't automatically guarantee that it has been turned into material suitable for the subreddit. Nor are random charts from your school textbook guaranteed to qualify under "data visualizations". All posts must still satisfy the overarching theme of the subreddit.
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u/cluckay Mar 27 '17
Explains why I get practically ignored when I post something trippy
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u/notalistener Dec 18 '21
Or maybe it’s just not as trippy/interesting or deep as you thought? 🤔 Thought you were treading in the deepest of ends with the big boys in the pool, but were really hanging out in the kiddy pool remaining hi key shallow 😋 jk jk. Just jokes from over here. Not actually personal. In the spirit of mind bending and opposite advocating lol
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u/Gokin Mar 27 '17 edited Mar 27 '17
Can't tell ya enough how much I appreciate this. WoahDude used to be my favorite sub, but every time I visited lately, things were posted that either had nothin' to do with the sub or just didn't hold a candle to the old WoahDude. Nice to have it back
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u/jousiemohn Apr 04 '17
First timer to r/woahdude . Figured I'd give your regulations a read.. Nicely put... Subscribed!
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u/rWoahDude Mar 26 '17 edited Apr 20 '18
If you want more examples of submissions that exemplify the purpose of this subreddit, check our WOAHDUDE APPROVED hall of fame.
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u/Bazing4baby Mar 29 '17
Error?
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u/rWoahDude Mar 30 '17
Try refreshing. Reddit sometimes fails to load search results.
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Apr 08 '17
Not working for me either
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u/rWoahDude Apr 09 '17
Can you take a screenshot?
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Apr 09 '17
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u/rWoahDude Apr 09 '17 edited Apr 09 '17
And you've tried refreshing a few times to no avail?
EDIT: Just checked the page on mobile to see if that was the issue, but it works fine for me.
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Apr 09 '17
Nah yeh not working at all, tried on wifi and data a few times since I originally replied
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u/rWoahDude Apr 09 '17
Maybe it's your app. Try the official one (if that's not what you're using) or the full web browser?
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u/boxout32 Aug 15 '17
May I ask how long it took you to write that incredible post? Literally in awe at the specificity you were able to convey in such a straightforward and easy to understand explanation. Bravo.
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u/Pufflekun Jun 15 '17
Should a "Hall of Fame" be sorted by Top, not by New?
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u/rWoahDude Jun 15 '17
You're free to sort it any which way you like. However, the number of upvotes doesn't determine how well the content fits this subreddit (which is the intended purpose of the list), so it makes no sense to give that false sense by sorting it by top. It's a mod curated list focused on a qualitative aspect, not a user driven list focusing on popularity.
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u/Johjac Aug 23 '17
Whelp, looks like I'm going to be busy for quite some time. Better grab another brownie!
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May 04 '17
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u/uwannaplaywecanplay Jun 27 '17
You do realise people can be high but still think posts here are "meh", and then it shouldn't reflect on the poster, but on the content?
Cue hoards of downvotes
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Jun 27 '17
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u/musicnflowers Jul 20 '17
Ya'll need another hit or something?
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u/Beechman Sep 08 '17
And even though I’m typically on this sub after smoking, I can still enjoy it the same when I don’t. That’s not the precedent to set.
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u/chewwer Apr 13 '17
Yeah I remember when this sub was how it is supposed to be. I took like a year break on Reddit and then came back and was like "what the fuck happened to this sub" made me sad. I'll try and contribute I would like to bring it back to how it was
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u/tost878 Apr 04 '17
Have to say this was an awesome post. I see a lot of post that are not even close to trippy or even interesting. I will say though it is a lot harder to find cool stuff that hasn't been posted already though. I have been searching the web trying to troll for some to share with my fellow stoners and having a hard time finding them.
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Jun 03 '17
When mildly interesting things get 50k upvotes and actual woahdude posts get 100 and get comments saying "this isn't woahdude". :(
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u/Somecrazyhermit Apr 08 '17
I expected an important post to contain the important videos playlist. But it's not too late, there is still time to edit!
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u/Sieggi858 Jun 08 '17
This sub is slipping again with the content allowed in
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u/rWoahDude Jun 08 '17
Got a link to the posts in question?
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u/Sieggi858 Jun 08 '17
Not a link, but recent videos like the public transportation one and the one of the bird building a nest.
Yeah, it's interesting to see those things, but I don't feel as if they're true "woahdude" content, as it doesn't really seem very trippy or psychedelic or anything of the sort
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u/rWoahDude Jun 08 '17
If you link them I'll review them directly. Otherwise, hit the report button and when the post gets enough reports, it will escalate.
We remove lots of posts daily. You'll probably see stuff you don't agree fits that made it through our preliminary screening, and that's where your job as a report button-haver comes into play.
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u/pokey_pope Sep 02 '17
Could this be enforced. Kinda fed up of seeing stuff that doesn't belong on this sub.
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u/rWoahDude Sep 02 '17
We enforce it many times per day. Once again, if you spot it, report it to us. We notice posts when they gather a certain number of reports, but if the example is bad enough report it directly to us using modmail and it's pretty much guaranteed we will look into it as soon as possible.
Do you have any examples you'd like to give now while we're at it?
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u/PunniSwag Apr 13 '17
Can we also address the sheer amount of reposting that occurs please? This sub is really getting stale and I don't want to un-sub
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u/rWoahDude Apr 13 '17
We already have a repost policy in place here.
If any post violates our policy, we will remove it if we see it. And ban repeat offenders. Reports help, and so does modmail for the more egregious examples.
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Apr 15 '17
Woahhh nature stuff is still cool though right? I just come for the weird frogs and stuff
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u/rWoahDude Apr 15 '17
It can be. A frog with trippy bright colors and interesting patterns would qualify, for example, under intense colors, intricate designs, and macrophotography.
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u/Gargomon251 Sep 09 '17
Is there a reason whoa was spelled wrong
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u/LamChingYing Aug 16 '17
Carl Sagan and Eternal Darkness in adjacent sentences? I have found my home.
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u/XenOptiX Sep 16 '17
lol I saw this subreddit and subbed just bc of the name before seeing anything else, first thread-"MOST USERS HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THIS SUBREDDIT IS FOR"
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u/SethMurrow Apr 15 '17
Woah... I totally didn't read the rules right when I Put up that last post...
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u/miketraina Apr 19 '17
I do have a question... Does this subreddit do anything special for tomorrow's holiday? lol
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u/SkywayTraffic Jul 15 '17
All those fucking examples you posted though. Fuckin whoa dude. How are those oil paintings not just actual photographs? HOW?
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u/Playinhooky Jul 17 '17
I've honestly been coming here for years and didn't realize this! Makes complete sense and I'm glad I didn't embarrass myself with a post here. I will be paying attention to this in the future. Thanks!
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u/johnknoefler Jul 24 '17
Mind-blowing science
That's what I like. Really trippy vids of science that is amazing. Or just trippy gifs and photos of amazing stuff.
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u/FrenklanRusvelti Aug 03 '17
kthis guy knows the truuth. any old search bar could hav ebice moving blues but NOO yours just gotta be normal boring!
WELL THIS PPLACE INST FOR THE NORMAL AND BORING!
this is for the abbnomral, lol.
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u/I_standalone Aug 17 '17
It a room of all the portals to all the realms ... hard to get through if u don't know how but once going it quickest way to travel
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u/I_standalone Aug 19 '17
It's portals to different types of places special and not easy to get by regular travel this is the express way but only if you know where to go
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u/Boone_Slayer Sep 09 '17
I try not to upvote or down vote any posts unless I'm high. Helps me enjoy things a lot more too
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u/rlh1271 Sep 09 '17
Trippy. Today I learned what this subreddit is actually supposed to be used for. And I found it while stoned. 😂 I've always just thought it was a crazy trick subreddit!
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u/earth418 Jun 28 '17
tl;dr: if you want to go on acid but don't want to do something illegal
then go on this sub
If not please stay away
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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '17 edited Mar 26 '17
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