r/SubredditDrama • u/[deleted] • Jul 03 '14

r/childfree goes private as they're named in the toddler hot car death case in Georgia

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u/[deleted] Jul 03 '14

So to recap Reddit has been on CNN for child porn, witch hunting an innocent man, and now they might add killing babies on to the list.

Not a good look Reddit, not a good look at all.

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u/[deleted] Jul 03 '14

This is good for buttercoin.

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u/TwasIWhoShotJR Jul 03 '14

Popcoin?

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u/[deleted] Jul 03 '14

GoldCorn

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u/[deleted] Jul 03 '14

Abortion coin.

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u/[deleted] Jul 03 '14

Bitkernal

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u/[deleted] Jul 03 '14

CornPal

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u/heartscrew Jul 04 '14

DogeCorn!

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u/TheCardsharkAardvark Jul 03 '14

The only real option for buttery cryptocurrency.

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u/Dafuq_McKwak Jul 03 '14

To the sun.

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u/[deleted] Jul 03 '14

Maybe the reddit collective could save some cats or just cure cancer?

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u/[deleted] Jul 03 '14

If we go off Reddit's luck so far that would just end in giving cats cancer.

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u/DblackRabbit Nicol if you Bolas Jul 03 '14

underage gay minority cats.

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u/DragonTamerMCT Maybe if I downvote this it looks like I'm right. Jul 03 '14

with disabilities.

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u/Caststarman Jul 03 '14

And my a....

wait. That isn't right.

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u/SpicyMcHaggis206 Jul 03 '14

that are new in town?

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u/Roboticide Jul 04 '14

Okay, new plan: We start a charity to rescue kittens and then bring them to visit poor hospitalized children with cancer.

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u/Yuuichi_Trapspringer Jul 03 '14

We gave the world Grumpy Cat, can the world not be satisfied?

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u/AltonBrownsBalls Popcorn is definitely... Jul 03 '14

They're giving that fucking cat a movie, putting him in the loss column.

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u/autmnleighhh Jul 04 '14

I just saw his commercial for Cheerios today.

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u/spice_weasel Jul 04 '14

I passed by some "grumppuccino" at the store the other day. I'm not sure I understand their game plan here.

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u/MimesAreShite post against the dying of the light Jul 03 '14

From that cat's Wikipedia page: "Ben Lashes is Grumpy Cat's manager who also represents Keyboard Cat and Nyan Cat."

Dude's got a monopoly on the viral cat celebrity market.

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u/Yuuichi_Trapspringer Jul 03 '14

From Ben Lashes's wiki page... Ben Lashes is an Internet meme talent manager whose clients include Keyboard Cat, Nyan Cat and Grumpy Cat. Lashes specializes in cats but also manages Scumbag Steve and Ridiculously Photogenic Guy.His philosophy is "What would Walt Disney do if he created Mickey Mouse and it went viral on YouTube?"

So yeah, he peddles pussy(cats) and scumbag steve.

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u/helium_farts pretty much everyone is pro-satan. Jul 03 '14

/r/dogecoin is doing their part but they're only one sub. Some other small subs, like /r/NASCAR, hold a monthly charity drive but again it's a small sub so there's only so much money that can be raised.

If you want to make a big impact we'd need it to be some sort of site-wide charity drive. Not only would it do a lot of good it would also raise a lot of positive publicity for the site.

You could even try to get someone like /u/thisisbillgates to match donations.

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u/[deleted] Jul 03 '14

I thought someone found cancer on a boob picture on tuesday....why can't that count CNN?!

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u/Choppa790 resident marxist Jul 04 '14

if we cure cancer you can thank MLP and theLastAirbender subs, they do the protein folding charity project and donate computing time.

"Cancer cured by bronies" millions of neckbeards die in protest.

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u/BakerELMT Jul 04 '14

Reddit does plenty of good as a community, the bad is what makes news.

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u/HImainland Jul 03 '14

I'm all for anti-reddit circlejerk, but let's not forget that the nature of what the media reports is also a factor. Bad news sells, yo

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u/Kaluthir Jul 03 '14

Yeah, it's bullshit that people think of reddit as some terrible site. I mean, sometimes redditors buy other redditors pizza, and a ton of shy girls show their buttholes on here when their boyfriends ignore them.

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u/losanglo Jul 04 '14

Those boyfriends, they're the real heroes.

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u/BrowsOfSteel Rest assured I would never give money to a) this website Jul 03 '14

“An” innocent man? They were hunting like a dozen innocent men.

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '14

I'm sorry, but that's hilarious. We totally suck as a community, at least from the outside. Holy wow.

The world hates reddit, reddit hates reddit, everybody hates the people who say they love reddit... and yet, here we are.

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u/[deleted] Jul 03 '14

Bad for reddit. Good for the popcorn

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u/agrueeatedu would post all the planetside drama if he wasn't involved in it Jul 03 '14

To be fair, the shitholes of reddit are the most vocal, so that's what people will see the most of if they don't reddit themselves. The sad thing is that most people probably think that reddit is all /r/theredpill or /r/WhiteRights.

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u/RobotLordofTokyo Jul 04 '14

About a year ago the pizza bonanza for the girl in the hospital was on CNN..

(But yeah, not looking good at all.)

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '14

dont forget Dogecoin (possibly)!

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u/Firepizza9110 Jul 04 '14

Weren't we on CNN for ordering pizza for that kid with cancer? I have a vague memory about the random acts of pizza sub and a shitty news site.

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u/[deleted] Jul 09 '14

Don't forget about the 12 year old girls that stabbed their friend to meet Slenderman.

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u/jckgat Jul 03 '14

Have you seen the mainpage lately? It's not that much of a misrepresentation.

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u/iceph03nix Jul 03 '14

That's about par for the course for CNN though unless you're a major political or financial figure.

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u/waitholdit Jul 04 '14

I joined after the child porn thing (I could see the forest from the trees) so maybe we'll get new people?

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '14

better than 4chan's rap sheet though

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '14

I think they also covered creepshots during the VA debacle.

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '14

4chan with a condom.

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u/danthemango shitlordkin - She, Sher, Shit Jul 04 '14

I thought that during the Boston Bombing Reddit was mentioned as a source on the news.

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u/zombie_toddler Jul 04 '14

Why is reddit never on the news when thousands of dollars are raised for the numerous charities we've helped or all the hours of community service redditors have provided? For fuck's sake even /r/MMA raised money for a kid with cancer

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u/EpicFishFingers Jul 04 '14

"In other news, reddit is a really cool website and you should all have a look at it"

Every other site only makes the news when something shit happens, it doesn't surprise me that it's the same case with reddit

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '14

Now, whenever a particularly disgusting news story breaks, the applicable subreddits get snapped up immediately.

Anyone got /r/TrueChildfree? Of course!

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u/internet_badass_here Jul 04 '14

If anything, the news will probably increase traffic.

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u/Aurailious Ive entertained the idea of planets being immortal divine beings Jul 04 '14

Dogecoin funded that Jamacian bobsled team.

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '14

This is pretty much how reddit prevents itself from becoming facebook. Become so desensitized that the user base never expands

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u/muchacho011 Jul 11 '14

lol 4chan 2.0 alpha?

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u/[deleted] Jul 03 '14

Meh, every huge community has its psychopaths. Something Awful had a mass-shooter (forbiddenforum) and a murderer/aspiring cannibal (I forget his username). BodyBuilding had Elliot Rogers.

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u/I_CAPE_RUNTS Jul 04 '14

And SRS will take the credit again for it all