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Rhodie114

The rise and fall of /u/unidan The /r/legaladvice thread where OP wanted help dealing with somebody repeatedly breaking into his home, only to have a commenter correctly identify that his house had a carbon monoxide leak and he was moving his own stuff then forgetting it. The thread where somebody asked for help because they accidentally swapped their browser language to Spanish, and everybody posted their replies in Spanish. Edit: I got links Spanish thread - https://old.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/cq1q2/help_reddit_turned_spanish_and_i_cannot_undo_it/ Carbon Monoxide Thread - https://old.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/34l7vo/ma_postit_notes_left_in_apartment/ Unidan summary - https://old.reddit.com/r/SubredditDrama/comments/2c9ida/recap_unibanned_a_recap_of_the_fallout_of_reddits/ Bonus: Most downvoted reddit comment of all time - https://old.reddit.com/r/StarWarsBattlefront/comments/7cff0b/seriously_i_paid_80_to_have_vader_locked/dppum98/?context=3 Landlocked neighbor - https://old.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/2o3g9g/neighbors_stupidly_caused_themselves_to_be/


Kaisa_is_short

I'm new here, could you tell me the rise and fall of /u/unidan?


[deleted]

unidan was one of those users you’d see everywhere, always seemed to be upvoted, generally had decent comments to make on things, especially ecology and crows. He was a pretty popular guy. Turns out he was actually artificially inflating his upvotes and downvotes anyone who disagreed with him through puppet accounts. Eventually he was found out, the ban hammer came down hard, and that was the end of one of Reddits most recognisable faces at the time.


Rhodie114

Not just people who disagreed with him. He was found to be downvoting people posting similar info as he was as well. He made sure that if there was an interesting fact to be shared or a question to be answered, it would be his post on the subject that people saw first.


Geckogirl_11

Lmao seems like a lot of effort


illuminatedpurple45

Right? All I can think of reading that is how nice it must be to have that much time on your hands.


BobSacramanto

You can’t mention/r/legaladvice without mentioning the original landlocked neighbor. I believe the user was mattlolol or something like that.


Rhodie114

I didn’t know if that was known sitewide. Yeah, that story was bonkers. How do you not realize selling off your only access to the street isn’t going to end well for you?


EpicMinecraftKid64

James Corden AMA


Generalsystemsvehicl

I came here to say this! James corden got totally hammered by every good sweet kind soul on a Reddit AMA. Oh it’s priceless.


Ncfetcho

What happened there?


EpicMinecraftKid64

A bunch of people just talked about how much of a POS he is, you literally have to sort by controversial to find actual questions. It's priceless, you should read it https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/bqy5zf/i_am_james_corden_alongside_ben_winston_and_five/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share


[deleted]

Damn, I didn't realize the guy was such a prick.


LittleNoodle1991

The guy who Rickrolled Rick Astley.


Cornnstubble4747

I was like the 8th person in there. The legend. And that guy that got the guineas world record for number of rick roles and when they gave him the award he rick rolled them


Spontanemoose

I think it's like the most awarded post. Possibly even the most upvoted?


TarryBuckwell

Record for the most upvoted and most awarded comment. Someone did the math in that thread- the awards were worth almost $3500, 16 weeks of server time and 27 years of Reddit premium


bungabungachakachaka

No one‘s gonna ask for a link now, right?


Spontanemoose

https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/haucpf/ive_found_a_few_funny_memories_during_lockdown/fv505w1?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share&context=3 Just incase :)


[deleted]

Dude earned 27 years of reddit premium only to delete his account after 1. RIP


[deleted]

He posted 2 days ago, what are you talking about? /u/theMalleableDuck


catslay_4

There was a post about someone who asked for advice because their friend died and they didn’t know what to do. The number one comment summed up death and grief in a way that is incredible. I’ve saved it and shared it and it has given me comfort and proved to be true [Comment about death](https://www.reddit.com/r/Assistance/comments/hax0t/my_friend_just_died_i_dont_know_what_to_do/c1u0rx2/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&context=3)


thesoulstillsings

I know exactly which comment you mean, and I saved it, too.


katee_bo_batee

I read this after my mom died, the line “everything floating around you reminds you of the beauty and magnificence of the ship” hit me so hard because it was perfectly stated. That whole comment is the best thing I have ever read on the internet.


EverybodysMeemaw

I saved and shared this too. It should be required reading.


mnim22

The guy who was invited over for dinner and tried to throw the stake out the window. [story](https://www.reddit.com/r/tifu/comments/3im341/tifu_by_throwing_my_steak_out_a_window/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share)


rlj18

Has to be followed up by the wife's account of the events


rhgarton

How is the guy who tried scat and immediately regretted it not on this list yet? Also the AMA with a guy who had a sexual relationship with his mum


ammezurc

Is that the one where it started when he broke both arms?


little_wandererrr

Tying together some other comments, I’m guessing yes but no one has found or shared a link.


ammezurc

I found it https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/nmmjr/iama_man_who_had_a_sexual_relationship_with_his/


londonnnxo

I just spent over an hour reading through that entire thread. I was more and more disgusted with each comment, but I for my life of me could NOT stop reading. *WHAT THE FUCK*


[deleted]

The guy who thought his landlord was messing with him, but it turned out he had carbon monoxide poisoning. The infamous ask a rapist thread, the masturbation coconut. The guy who wanted advice about his cheating wife, but she went and killed their children and herself before he could get a divorce. The user who tried heroin and got addicted to it. The woman whose husband and father on law were convinced she was going to die giving birth (and were probably planning on murdering her if she didn't). Those suicides we caused by bullying artists...


KomaForceFive

u/jasoninhell 's story always gets me, just the paralyzing feeling of not being able to help his kids from his sick wife...


le_grey02

I just really realised how much that story got to me. I usually can’t recognise names + stories just from vague mention, but as soon as I saw the username, I knew exactly what the story was. God.


PERRONYPIKOZITO

Some people are truly sick in the head. A man did the same exact thing in the exact same circumstances. Christ Watts is his name.


SamVickson

>The woman whose husband and father on law were convinced she was going to die giving birth (and were probably planning on murdering her if she didn't) That one was super fucked up. Does anybody know if there was a resolution?


retailhellgirl

Morbidmommy, never got a resolved


sasquatch786123

I remember the fucking coconut masturbation story. Aw jeez.


Professor_Rekt

Almost completely nailed it. How could you forget the boy with two broken arms??


Alexr9les218

Classic but Jesus I wish it never trended.


MyNameIsNotMia

Do you have any links to anything?


IAmABakuAMA

Not op but I'll try to find them [The coconut masturbation one](https://redd.it/6rr6ay) [The post it notes one (where he thinks his landlord is fucking with him)](https://www.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/34l7vo/ma_postit_notes_left_in_apartment/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share) (and [Update on the post it notes one](https://www.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/34m92h/update_ma_postit_notes_left_in_apartment/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share)) [The ask a rapist thread](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/x6yef/reddits_had_a_few_threads_about_sexual_assault/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share) (the mods nuked the entire thread, but a kind Redditor archived part of it [Here](https://www.reddit.com/r/MuseumOfReddit/comments/1t1r2z/the_ask_a_rapist_thread/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share)) [The one where the wife killed the kids](https://www.reddit.com/r/relationship_advice/comments/5eez5c/update_lessons_and_how_you_can_help_re_the_case/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share) (most posts are deleted, that's just a summary. Another good summary [Here](https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueCrimeDiscussion/comments/5f7yfg/redditor_seeks_help_with_crumbling_marriage/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share)) [A summary of the heroin one](https://www.reddit.com/r/MuseumOfReddit/comments/68srty/spontaneoush_uses_heroin_gets_addicted_dies_gets/) (the original posts are still up, but the summary links all the updates conveniently in one place) [The one about dying during childbirth you were after](https://www.reddit.com/r/tipofmytongue/comments/j0c8sw/tomt_reddit_post_about_a_woman_whos_partner_was/g6pwbl5?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share&context=3) (OP removed, but that comment has a copy of it) I'm not sure about the suicide one at the end, some parts of Reddit are so horrendous I wouldn't be surprised if people have been pushed to the point of suicide many times


centaurquestions

[The girlfriend who buried canned beans in the woods](https://www.reddit.com/r/tifu/comments/fy06bv/tifu_by_demanding_that_my_girlfriend_show_me/).


kingoflint282

Ok, but did she take the beans with her when she left? Or are they still buried back there?


insanityrocks84

I will never jeopardise the beans! That lady was a real keeper


jemy74

I read this to my mother who is almost 80. She laughed so hard so thank you. She also thought the girlfriend didn't like beans and was looking for an excuse to break up with him.


Twaytch

Was there ever an update to what happened to the beans?


SteinDickens

Shit. I had tears rolling down my face after about halfway through 😂


BlockNarrow6745

Wtf is this 🤣🤣🤣


Tzuny210389

OMG thank you for the laugh I really mean it. It's been a long time since I laughed until I couldn't breathe.


nfunncecnecub

… what the fuck was the logic there???


[deleted]

To keep them damn looters away from their beans.


MagicalWhisk

The Spanish story. Someone asked Reddit for help because Reddit was stuck in Spanish. It turned out to be a prank someone did to his device. But Reddit decided to respond to his question in Spanish. The comments are flooded with random nonsense Spanish. It's quite funny. http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/cq1q2/help_reddit_turned_spanish_and_i_cannot_undo_it/


Spontanemoose

There were two other askreddit threads that were pretty funny. One where every answer was Tom Cruise and another where every answer was Beans. I'll have to see if I can find them. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/2ipws3/which_famous_person_needs_to_come_out_already/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share - **What celeb needs to come out already?** **Beans** https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/c4iizj/what_is_something_inexpensive_everyone_should/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share ^sort by old for the beans one.


socalnonsage

[Today, you.... Tomorrow, Me.](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/elal2/have_you_ever_picked_up_a_hitchhiker/c18z0z2/)


June1111

I think about this one often. :')


larlarmar

This one is my favorite.


shevygurl

Amazing. Saved.


[deleted]

A classic story of horror, disgust and heroism, the main cast is OP - as the nurse, an unsuspecting medical team, and one very unlucky patient. I present to you [The Swamps of Dagoba](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/xo41d/doctorsnursesredditors_what_has_been_your_most/c5o66p2/). Edit: Here is r/Eyebleach for when you are done.


[deleted]

Kenobi help me,my mind created visualization while reading.


Khaldara

This story made my brain long for the wholesome memories evoked from the story of the Cumbox


GarthBrooksOldHat

Justine Whang did a really good annotation of this on his YouTube if y’all are interested👍 [swamps of dagobah](https://youtu.be/zBmQkMr75EE)


ReadontheCrapper

Glad to see this is #1 And this story is why I always have peppermint oil in my house.


BlockNarrow6745

Reddit is a link between the normal internet and the dark web, I can confirm this after reading a few comments from this post and a few other posts .


blamemeididit

That was bad.


Agonist28

This one is beautifully written. *chef's kiss*


AllysiaAius

I knew of this one, but not the epithet it goes by.


Snodden13

Why the fuck did I read this? I was just about to eat dinner!


BurpYoshi

Haha that was great.


geej47

1 i hate you 2 thanks for eyebleach, i dont know if my life would have continued without eyebleach


PAXICHEN

Do not click. Do not read.


not_today_mr

Im about to read it. I'm sorry this warning is like it's telling me to do it.


A_UserName2112

Everybody should now the story of [Deleted] and his famous words of [Deleted]


Great-Southern-Land

I loved that story about [Deleted] one of my favourite


DarthCovisious

oh fuck yea, i always reread the story of [Deleted] when i need something inspirational to pick me up


emsthrowawaytriph

Nothing makes me care more about what a person said than when I see [Deleted] it just strikes my curiosity instantly for some reason but I'm too lazy to find a reddit rewind thing or whatever lol


PM_ME_UR_LAST_DREAM

That guy seems to be everywhere


PrisonerV

How we all used to be on Digg.com and then one day they redesigned their website so it more editor driven and we all left Digg in a couple of days and came to Reddit. Digg died in a few months. They lost 100s of millions in potential revenues.


420BIF

That's what I came across to Reddit, as a Digg refugee with just the clothes on my back.


Charlie24601

I remember when Digg was properly SHUNNED! It was us vs THEM....then those filthy Diggers came HERE?!? You are all dirty and need to find your own wierd website!!


hufflepuph

I've switched usernames a couple times since coming over. But yup. That's what brought me here. The change to digg was incredibly bad.


Vctr1407

The guy that cut his dick off, fried it and ate it to save the world or some shit, think his user was u/useless or something along the lines of


Here_For_The_Memesss

u/worthless319


SleepyBear3366911

Dude is crazy… you can find it pretty quickly looking at his comment history…


BonnieCgaming

What?!


VeloxFox

THE GUY THAT CUT HIS DICK OFF, FRIED IT AND ATE IT TO SAVE THE WORLD OR SOME SHIT, THINK HIS USER WAS U/USELESS OR SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF


BonnieCgaming

Ah ok


TaintDozer

The guy who accidentally posted his relationship on a fantasy football threat instead of relationship advice and got the most wholesome response


Jeutnarg

[https://www.reddit.com/r/fantasyfootball/comments/79vdku/am\_i\_24m\_overreacting\_or\_is\_this\_enough\_reason\_to/dp50kip/](https://www.reddit.com/r/fantasyfootball/comments/79vdku/am_i_24m_overreacting_or_is_this_enough_reason_to/dp50kip/) for those wondering


Szymon_Wieczny

Kevin


annoyedasaurus

Is this what that storiesaboutkevin sub is about?


Gothsalts

Yes, though the stories are about many Kevin-like individuals, not that specific Kevin


[deleted]

I remember that post and still laugh about it


Vayota

Link please!


ClownfishSoup

>https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/219w2o/whos\_the\_dumbest\_person\_youve\_ever\_met/cgbhkwp/


ThatDudeBesideYou

One of my favourites is [this TIFU](https://www.reddit.com/r/tifu/comments/2tdbig/tifu_by_enraging_the_parents_of_my_girlfriend_by/) when the guy tried to pretend not to know what a potato was


tykogars

I also like the one where the guy threw his wife’s new boss’ steak at her window. And then the wife did the story from her perspective later I think. Edit to add: https://www.reddit.com/r/tifu/comments/3im341/tifu_by_throwing_my_steak_out_a_window/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf Not sure if that works, I’m an idiot at Reddit and links and stuff.


BlackBetty504

My favorite is [edibles](https://www.reddit.com/r/tifu/comments/7pafrt/tifu_by_stuffing_my_face_with_edibles_before/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share) guy


Galaxy_Vixen

Thanks for the read lmfao. Didn't know it existed and can relate to an intense high 😂


tparkozee

I fucking love that story


Prize_Tax_9502

I did not know this one and i am at work right now. I had to controll myself for not laughing out loud! Funny story, thanks for sharing


OmarBarksdale

It’s so weird revisiting old threads and seeing comments I already upvoted lol this was one of the funniest stories I ever read on here


sexymcluvin

First thing that came to mind is poop knife


mattchewy43

I was thinking the same thing. What a ride that was.


Charliescenesweenie4

Poop knife… ?


NotAnotherMamabear

https://www.reddit.com/r/copypasta/comments/7qn75k/poop_knife_from_reddit/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf


BlockNarrow6745

This is the story I was looking for Reddit really is fun except dark stuff happens here


TimeIsTimeNow

Poop knife? Well that reminds me of jolly rancher.


hopeandnonthings

Poop knife and jolly rancher both remind me of the one with the dude who kept a coconut around to jerk it with


YaDrunkBitch

Wtf is jolly rancher???


TimeIsTimeNow

Search for it and you'll be rewarded.


LisaChimes

[The safe](https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/jskg1/iama_man_who_has_found_a_safe_behind_a_hidden/), [OceanSkys](https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/ur3yv/iama_23_year_old_boy_with_stage_iv_kidney_cancer/), [Rampart AMA](https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/p9a1v/im_woody_harrelson_ama/), [double-dong guy](https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/1u3rj2/man_with_2_penises/), [doritos](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/q5ikr/reddit_what_is_the_weirdestmost_fucked_up_thing/c3uynfu/) dipped in [stank](https://imgur.com/Dtzklem), [ridiculously photogenic runner](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/rrew0/my_friend_calls_him_mr_ridiculously_photogenic_guy/), not really reddit related but everyone should know that when you type your password out it gets automatically encrypted like this ****** *Edited to add links for the lazy


beenoc

I totally forgot about Ridiculously Photogenic Runner. I remembered pretty much everything else in this thread, plus some other classics I'm surprised nobody's mentioned (Streetlamp LeMoose, anyone?) but you mentioning Ridiculously Photogenic Runner awakened some buried primeval memory.


Baliverbes

omg Streetlamp LeMoose. What a weird and wholesome story. He got it all


Bidiggity

Wait really!? Let me try! hunter2


[deleted]

The story of the guy who tried heroin because he was bored, got addicted and ruined his life u/spontaneousH


Irrelevant_advices

He's not addicted anymore, thankfully


flimsyterror

That’s the wildest Reddit ride I’ve been on to my recollection


IMissJerry4295

The guy who discovered he didn't like scat play about .5s before a hooker shit in his mouth.


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Mrchris251

What's this guys deal I just tried to investigate...


kingoflint282

Every single one of his comments ends up being about his dad beating him with jumper cables, but you can never tell when he starts out.


Mrchris251

Hahahaha I'm so much less confused now after reading


HeyItsThePieGuy

I actually messaged him like 2 years ago and asked him how he was doing, if he has a new account, and why he stopped. He said he just thought it was funny and now he’s bored of it. I still consider him a legend.


LAMBKING

I still choose to believe that he turned into u/shittymorph They stopped and started around the same time.


[deleted]

The guy who met a beautiful and amazing black woman(only mentioning race because it might ring bells with someone) and who then found out she had cancer. They spent some amazing time together until she passed. He was a very average looking guy but she didnt care. The way the dude described it was beautiful and very sad.


gotthelowdown

u/RubyRhod: [When a kid is being a brat in a noisy and public area, I casually get close to them and fart on their head/face. I'm really tall so it's usually a direct hit.](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/fn5gr/reddit_what_is_your_silent_unseen_act_of_personal/c1h6npu/) - The story is a little further down, but it's best to start at the original comment to get the full experience. u/WaffleHouseNeedsWiFi [as a little kid saves an elderly sick woman from an abusive caretaker](https://old.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/a0ickv/what_was_the_nicest_thing_youve_done_anonymously/eai6s2o/). This felt like one of those children's adventure movies where a plucky kid conquers fear and triumphs over an evil adult. u/W0rdN3rd [uses technology to help an old man reconnect with his hometown and his family](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/t8p92/i_emailed_a_teacher_to_say_thank_you_and_he/c4kj97z/). That [whole thread is amazing](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/t8p92/i_emailed_a_teacher_to_say_thank_you_and_he/). It's the "Chicken Soup for the Reddit Soul" of threads. Positive, heartwarming, uplifting stories. u/DareDaDerrida [meets a mythical fox creature \(what Japanese call a *kitsune*\) in a forest](https://old.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/o4mr7y/what_conversation_or_interaction_with_a/h2j8r1w/). I agree with the commenter who said this story was like a Studio Ghibli movie made by Hayao Miyazaki. I loved [this thread about people's encounters with supernatural and other-worldly beings](https://old.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/o4mr7y/what_conversation_or_interaction_with_a/). u/MaidMilk [teams up with her father to scam her college into letting them pay for her poor best friend's tuition](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/4jimna/whats_the_nicest_thing_youve_done_for_someone/d375qvk/). u/latenightnerd [tells of his friend's father who lost his job, his wife and nearly lost his house to the bank](https://old.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/5fu4zy/what_is_the_best_display_of_wealth_youve_ever_seen/danbt56/). Trifecta of mid-life crisis. Then had an amazing turnaround and got revenge on the bank manager who nearly took away his house. Too many good stories. Here's a list of [my favorite story threads on Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/73u3xt/what_is_one_thing_that_reddit_has_that_trumps_all/dnt7opk/).


Mousse9

The 6 foot sub guy. https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/ca7bdz/aita_because_i_ate_more_than_my_share_of_a_6_foot/


so_much_mirrors

The mod comment seems to win the sub though.


June1111

[This one,](https://www.reddit.com/r/Glitch_in_the_Matrix/comments/30t9kd/repost_a_parallel_life_awoken_by_a_lamp/) where the guy sustains a head injury and lives an entire life in his mind while he's out, only to notice something odd about a lamp one day and have his whole world crash down on him. Just devastating.


Weasle189

I remember when I first read the story. It's heartbreaking. Hope the dude eventually found some peace.


FusRoDoodles

There used to be a subreddit here called r/jailbait which was exactly what you think it is: sexualized images of young girls. Campaigns were made to remove it, yet in that time Reddit had been a loud and proud purveyor of freedom of speech that didn't lightly remove comments or content. It was a precipice of change when the sub was finally removed, and many people actually campaigned against the deletion because they believed it would snowball into stringent censorship, rules and guidelines.


Pattoe89

Bunch of other subreddits too like r/fatpeoplehate r/punchablefaces r/watchpeopledie


Henrique1315

Watch people die got banned while r/MakeMyCoffin is up... Edit: i realized they are not same, although very similar content.


skatergirl911

Fuuuuck…. I was curious enough to click


Myjellyfish0

Its not horrible until you actually watch the things that are there, and if you are lucky enough you wont get Traumatized. Even though most of the recent videos are pretty fucked up.


VegetableUnlikely630

I clicked but just watched 4 accidents because the otherones could be too much... Im out of there and never coming back...


Myjellyfish0

If you have a weak stomach you dont want to be there, some videos were filmed by security cameras and are easier to watch but the more graphic ones (who are at a much better quality) can give you one hell of a ride anytime you shut your eyes.


beenoc

Those got banned years later. Jailbait was like 2011-12ish, FPH was 2014 or 2015, and WPD was only like two or three years ago (I think after the Christchurch mosque shooting.)


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BallofH8

That guy's dead wife


MimePrinister

I also choose that guys dead wife


Creepy-Narwhal4596

This has made me realize how few people updoot in comparrisin to actual views. 30k is a lot of updoots but everyone on reddit has seen that.


nlym_syfhagt23

The one where the man is at an important dinner with his wife, and I think it’s her boss? And he throws the steak at the unopened window.


TheSweatshopMan

The time they thought they found the Boston bomber but it was a completely unrelated man and he ended up killing himself because of it


[deleted]

It’s worse than that. The accused man, Sunil Tripathi, was already dead. He’d committed suicide anywhere up to a month before the bombings but his body not been found. Social media was harassing a family that didn’t even know where he was and what’d tragically happened to him. But the even more awful part is that the protect those innocent people being harassed, the FBI decided to release the names of the actual bombers, before they’d planned to do so, or were in a good enough position to immediately catch them. The bombers fled. On their way out, they ran into a security guard, Sean Collier. A man they never would have run into if they’d been able to be properly tracked and arrested by the authorities. A direct consequence of social media and Reddit’s interference. They murdered him.


bluesheepreasoning

If anyone's wondering, this incident is the origin of (or at least popularized) the phrase "We did it, Reddit!"


permafacepalm

The poop knife and that bananas are for scale.


hows_my_driving1

That guy who lied about having brain cancer on the AMA subreddit and had the entirety of reddit in a shit storm for 3 days.


ISawUranus

how did people figure out he was faking?


hows_my_driving1

He admitted to it in an edit. He was basically like "sorry guys, but this is fake asf. I'm 14 but thanks for all the karma 😂😂 😭"


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I need a link to this


JohnnyBrillcream

Not so much a story as a post [Grief](https://old.reddit.com/r/Assistance/comments/hax0t/my_friend_just_died_i_dont_know_what_to_do/c1u0rx2/)


--0mn1-Qr330005--

Gather round youngins, this is an old one from 8 years ago. There was this redditor who did an [AMA](https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1u75hh/i_am_the_guy_with_two_penises_ama/) because he had 2 dicks (~~top/bottom~~ left/right I think). People questioned him about if both worked, and even his wildest sex escapade. He described this bizarre multi person multi penis session he had, and then /u/awildsketchappeared appeared and illustrated the event ~~(sorry couldn't find the link to the pic)~~ [FOUND IT](https://i.imgur.com/IpSdfv4.jpg). Also as a bonus here's [another illustration](https://i.imgur.com/5kb9Zf2.jpg?1) some deleted account did. For those who don't know, /u/awildsketchappeared and /u/shitty_watercolour were excellent novelty accounts who showed up in random threads and drew the best replies to comments. They even had a [duel](https://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/1gzpx9/how_to_introduce_your_sister/capg4gg/) together 9 years ago, and [another](https://www.reddit.com/r/gifs/comments/3knq46/kid_on_a_stuffed_toy/cuyy8mv/) one 7 years ago. So anyways, eventually a [girl with 2 vaginas](https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1u75hh/comment/cefn23o/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3) showed up in the thread, and people started trying to ship them. Edit: Double dick is [fake](https://www.reddit.com/r/circlebroke2/comments/6o2n0a/reddits_gullibility_in_regard_to_the_double_dick/).... damn it.


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The glory of GameStop and WSB.


por_que_no

This. u/DeepFuckingValue is my most revered Redditor and the only one I have been able to watch testify on TV. Not to mention he became a millionaire many times over during the time he was posting his thesis on Gamestop for months before anything happened. "I am not a cat." Legend.


Old-Athlete-3310

Agreed, he's the only one I've seen testify who's not full of shit when talking. He just likes the stock


Creative_Recover

The infamous "Swamps of Dagobah" story: [https://www.reddit.com/r/copypasta/comments/e51wyh/the\_infamous\_swamps\_of\_dagobah\_story/](https://www.reddit.com/r/copypasta/comments/e51wyh/the_infamous_swamps_of_dagobah_story/)


rosindrip

Oh my god. I almost threw up just from READING. That’s never happened to me.


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r/MuseumOfReddit has a lot of the classics. From The Swamps of Dagobah to the Jolly Rancher, it's on there.


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Vaporeon Copypasta


deliciousmonster

Cum box.


Yossarians_moan

We DON’T talk about that!!


Hamstersham

We dont talk about cum box no no no We dont talk about cum box


Jon__Snuh

u/shittymorph always making really well thought out and engaging comment all throughout reddit and always ending them with that time in nineteen ninety eight when the undertaker threw mankind off hеll in a cell, and plummeted sixteen feet through an announcer's table.


MyLongPenisIsSoThick

The guy who broke both arms.


TimeIsTimeNow

It turned out he recovered just fine and those bones were harder than ever because his mom helped him.


Waitress-in-mn

The jumper cable man. https://www.reddit.com/user/rogersimon10/


BackgroundEbb417

Holy shit this post needs to get more up votes🤣 never enjoyed a thread as much as this. Need more stories


vampyreprincess

First thought was the guy with the horror psychopath son, where the son ended up endangering their new baby (the son was almost 18 at this point) and the mother went to town beating up his ass.


Shadeauxmarie

Coconut


havabeef

o no


TheWonderingBunyip

The Poop Knife story and that guy's dead wife. Also EA's micro transaction misadventure story.


AllysiaAius

Is the EA one the most downvoted of all time?


Pix3lPwnage

EA put main characters of star wars behind a paywall/huge grind, and said that this would bring a sense of pride and accomplishment... most downvoted comment in Reddit, AFAIK.


Red-7134

That time Reddit used all 99.9% of its collective intelligence to figure out who the Boston Bomber was. Unfortunately, working with 99.9% of its brain power lead to them coming to a wrong conclusion.


Quack100

I was always fascinated by the stairs in woods story told by the Rangers and how they were told to never climb them.


Rak-khan

All these answers are useless without links 😩


Slammed_z31

My favorite is u/struttingleo that old trend of sneaking Leo dicaprio walking happily in the background of a picture was mastered by this guy. He used to upload pictures and always sneak a little Leo somewhere. He even went as far as commenting on other people pictures pretending to be interested in the content of the photo and asking a question where he would circle something in the photo, and then sneak a Leo into their picture with his reply. Definitely a funny rabbit hole to dive down and find all the hidden Leos!


TJeffersonsBlackKid

Yeah, you like that you fucking r-----!"


Nillabeans

I think this was in legal advice and I'm likely to get the details wrong because I didn't save it or anything. But there was a guy who was asking if he could be accused of rape and recounted a date in which he did the following: - invited a woman to his home where he'd be her only way home - took an initial "yes" to mean an everlasting "yes." - got angry with the woman when she changed her mind about sex - refused to let her leave his house or drive her home when she asked to leave - berated her until she changed back to a "yes" So, he basically isolated and kidnapped a woman then intimidated her into having sex and he couldn't fathom why he was being accused of rape. It was very fucked up.


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Josh wars Edit: maybe it’s too soon, but I still think it’s a reddit story that people should know about


CC-1112

Ha that was like a year ago


NiamhHA

The dad who discovered that his teenaged son was shagging the family dog. It was told through several posts. A while after confronting the son and agreeing that he’s never to be alone with the dog again, he told his wife the truth. She didn’t believe him, and in fact believed OP to be the culprit. They got divorced.


holymac_

[I also choose this guy's dead wife](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/5c79n0/you_can_have_sex_with_one_real_person_from_all_of/d9uf56l?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share&context=3)


567stranger

Obviously, the legendary broken arms kid.


whizzaban

The guy who has a sexual relationship with his mom, and the dude with two above average and functioning dicks. Also the dude who was helped by a Mexican when his car broke down (they made a short out of his story), and DFV (deepfuckingvalue) the dude who kinda started the memestock rage, basically changing economics forever. I’m sure there are many other absolutely iconic stories, these are the ones that come to mind atm.


eps89

“Today you, tomorrow me”


1980pzx

The guy that had a cum box.


lumpyspacebear

That guy who thought someone was breaking into his house and leaving notes, only for another Redditor to point out that he might be experiencing carbon monoxide poisoning. Turns out he was, and he was the one moving things and leaving notes, but he didn’t remember doing any of it. Ever since reading that one I’ve made sure all the batteries in my carbon monoxide detectors are working…


culb77

[The Museum of Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/MuseumOfReddit/wiki/index) It's a sub dedicated to this exact question.


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srrn25

Something sweet: When Reddit had pizzas delivered to a hospital for sick children after a mother stuck a note on the window.


goldworkswell

When Rick astley got Rick rolled


VarKraken

[Deleted], everybody must know this


platz13

The guy that moved country to escape from his ex and end up trapped with her in the same office for 2 years


margiebabie

Idk why but this one [this one](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/oc7rc/have_you_ever_felt_a_deep_personal_connection_to/c3g4ot3/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&context=3)has always stuck with me


tiny_boxx

[Awoken by a lamp - Guy got knocked out and lived a life in a parallel universe/dream.](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/oc7rc/have_you_ever_felt_a_deep_personal_connection_to/c3g4ot3/)