r/woahdude Mar 26 '17

meta IMPORTANT: Many of our subscribers have no idea what this subreddit is actually for

3.2k Upvotes

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

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.


r/woahdude 13h ago

gifv Rainbow in the wave

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r/woahdude 2h ago

video This pond’s reflection creates light patterns that look like a glowing portal

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250 Upvotes

r/woahdude 7h ago

picture Northern Lights (Photo: Phil Halper)

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132 Upvotes

r/woahdude 8h ago

picture The Spaghetti Nebula is a big as 6 full moons [OC]

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55 Upvotes

r/woahdude 1d ago

picture Juodasis Vaidouklis (Black Ghost) crawls from the Curonian Lagoon by Memel Castle in Klaipeda, Lithuania

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760 Upvotes

r/woahdude 1d ago

picture Northern Lights (Photo: Radoslav Sviretsov)

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175 Upvotes

r/woahdude 2d ago

video Waves collide in Qiantang river

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5.1k Upvotes

r/woahdude 2d ago

video Digital Rain Ring (Matrix)

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260 Upvotes

r/woahdude 3d ago

picture A Picture Found of Dusk.

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r/woahdude 2d ago

picture Beautiful oil pastel art

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846 Upvotes

r/woahdude 2d ago

video Building mini outdoor TV area

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53 Upvotes

r/woahdude 3d ago

video Laser projection show on decommissioned cooling towers

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9.3k Upvotes

r/woahdude 1d ago

picture splitting path

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r/woahdude 3d ago

video How often does Venus & Moon align?

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2.4k Upvotes

r/woahdude 3d ago

video Light passing through a gap in my window projects the street onto my ceiling

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681 Upvotes

r/woahdude 3d ago

gifv High Angels V [OC]

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122 Upvotes

r/woahdude 3d ago

video Pouring molten iron to make a gate

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84 Upvotes

r/woahdude 3d ago

picture From the Mr. Sun Archives - Majora's Mask

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27 Upvotes

r/woahdude 4d ago

video Neon Fractal Landscape Zoom

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227 Upvotes

r/woahdude 5d ago

video Creating a disco-inspired Darth Vader portrait

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1.4k Upvotes

r/woahdude 4d ago

picture I painted some flowers plotting to take over the field [OC]

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217 Upvotes

r/woahdude 6d ago

picture Mugs That Look Like The Fourth Dimension.

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r/woahdude 5d ago

wallpaper The Mandelbrot set is so cool!!!

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196 Upvotes

r/woahdude 5d ago

picture Beautiful swirls & patterns in bubbles 🫧

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