everybody on ilx complains about reddit

And yeah, that imgur link is funny because, while being literally about tacking on a picture of Nicholas Cage to something, the context of the situation makes it hilarious.

i've never seen that nicolas cage image before.

the nyu email was lol

The Nicholas Cage thing is an example because it is done so often it is many times not-so-funny.

http://allthingsd.com/files/2012/02/YOU_DONT_SAY.png

exactly. it's as if many people can't comprehend that things become less funny once you've already seen them. yet I still see Grumpycat all over facebook.

the lifecycle of most things on reddit, like zelda shields

haha yes the infantile video game nostalgia culture is bound to expire ANY DAY NOW just wait

*waits forever*

yeah I used to think that t-shirts and hats with Mario 3 powerups on them were kinda neat until I realized that pretty much everyone had them

look guys i made super mario out of fruit rollups, upvote plz

haha yes the infantile video game nostalgia culture is bound to expire ANY DAY NOW just wait

*waits forever*

― ⚓ (elmo argonaut), Tuesday, June 25, 2013 3:06 PM (2 minutes ago)

My example was a tad more specific on purpose, clearly that won't stop. Talking about the cheapest uses of memes merely as references "you've heard of this general meme right? lol"

Wait, I thought the You Don't Say guy was a Big Bang Theory reference. Shows you what I know.

for the 50,0000,0000,000,00,000 times that meme has been used not many people have seen the movie it originated from (Vampire's Kiss)

bazinga.

http://www.electroink.co.uk/uploads/1/0/2/7/10272451/6488382_orig.jpg

okay no

http://2brokegirls.wikia.com/wiki/File:Max_Tattoo.jpg

^2 Broke Girls

...googled that without expecting results...

http://2brokegirls.wikia.com/wiki/File:Max_Tattoo.jpg

show me that fruit roll up mario plz

i used to dislike reddit but then it turned out they have a large enough posting population that they have active forums for all kinds of things we can't really support on ilx. it makes a nice supplementary forum for really niche interests.

i used to dislike reddit but then it turned out they have a large enough posting population that they have active forums for all kinds of things we can't really support on ilx.

this is an odd way to say this

like syntactically?

ya

oh wait ok i understand you now

i misunderstood 'things we can't really support on ilx' as a reference to like all the gross sexist/racist/etc subreddits

like for instance they have more geopolitical chatter than we do here, also more ppl from countries that aren't the US/UK/Canada. also they have an active forum just to discuss netrunner lcg. also other stuff that interests me that i want to discuss but ilx posting base is too small.

yeah, like--lol example but--there aren't a lot of places i can go to argue about bakunin

is that one of those weird Japanese fetish things they talk about on Reddit?

fuuuuuuuu

hahaha

two girls one bakunin

girl is born free but everywhere she is in cups

i dont know where this came from or if its a parody or what

http://i.imgur.com/5I50SGK.png

that's... pretty dry for a parody.

i just don't want it to be real

still like /r/quebec even if the only thing we can agree on is talk about political issues of the day

imagine if you only knew one good "english" board, well to me it's this thing

http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/1htjq8/what_was_reddits_lowest_moment/

A "worst of ILX" thread would be pretty lengthy but whatever would the top entry would be, it wouldn't even approach "sending rape threats to an intern over a Jurassic Park jeep."

That's for sure. But the communities are also not quite comparable due to a whole lot of factors that start with the difference in size.

this is such an impressive graphic

http://i.imgur.com/Jt2BGi6.jpg

i think i mentioned it upthread but ungoing theorizing the awfulness of reddit is a big part of that community. there are popular boards made for that.
http://www.reddit.com/r/circlebroke/comments/15s60l/anatomy_of_a_circlejerk_or_a_grand_unified_theory/

http://www.reddit.com/r/circlebroke/comments/12ccm9/the_notquite_comprehensive_guide_to_reddit/

http://www.reddit.com/r/circlebroke/comments/vqy9y/dear_circlebrokers_what_changes_would_you_make_to/

http://www.reddit.com/r/TheoryOfReddit/comments/l8id4/did_digg_make_us_the_dumb_how_have_reddit/

http://www.reddit.com/r/TheoryOfReddit/comments/15goza/is_reddit_experiencing_a_brain_drain_of_sorts_or/

http://www.reddit.com/r/TheoryOfReddit/comments/q0dof/as_a_black_man_i_think_reddit_has_a_race_problem/

I just posted the link because it is on the front page atm. It definitely is a recurring conversation.

That's for sure. But the communities are also not quite comparable due to a whole lot of factors that start with the difference in size.

I don't think AOL on its worst day ever doxxed and made rape threats on as much of a perennial basis as reddit.

^^^

you've got doxx

I don't think AOL on its worst day ever doxxed and made rape threats on as much of a perennial basis as reddit.

― pplains, Monday, July 8, 2013 11:00 AM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Probably a better comparison. Now we can just talk demographics.

phew

Reminds me of SomethingAwful's "How Would YOU Be a Terrorist?" Threads that had all kinds of clever ideas that a non-American wouldnt think of re: vulnerabilities. When people said "you know, pointing out how unguarded xyz water supply is because, idk, your friends dad works there, its r stupid" the site would get really defensive and said it was good that these ideas were aired, so that people knew how to defend from these attacks. The "Ask a rapist" threads on reddit seem similarly horrible. Magnifying the small chance that good can come from rapists letting people know how it works because of mid 00s "information wants to be free!!" Internet logic

wait, "'Ask a rapist' threads"??????????????

[–] flapjackstheZebra 710 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) I feel like the Boston Bombing incident brought about the two extremes of Reddit; the circle-jerk mob-mentality side, and then the enormous brother-in-arms, we're-a-huge-family network side of it. Those live updates and cross-referencing that many users contributed to? That was the only way that many people were getting information about Boston and their friends/family. That group of Koreans that posted on here looking for their backpacks and what to do next? These were amazing examples of some of the great things Reddit can do. edit: The fact that the Korean thing was fake somehow eluded me. I must have missed that part. oops.

Xpost i followed the "what is reddits lowest moment" thread

There's a subreddit called "beatingwomen" that's still up as well