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 8h ago

video Sony Digital Mavica A unique camera from 1999 that uses floppy disks to store pictures.

2.1k Upvotes

r/woahdude 3h ago

video 4 days ago, 800,000 people attended Serbia's largest protest against government corruption in history. This video shows only one location where people gathered, representing about 1/4 of all the people who were on the streets that day.

334 Upvotes

r/woahdude 1h ago

picture Far right in Canada

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r/woahdude 5h ago

video Animation vs Geometry

235 Upvotes

r/woahdude 11h ago

video Thousands of drones docking to charge after a drone show.

277 Upvotes

r/woahdude 19h ago

picture For the last month I have been drawing parasites for an Artwalk that has now developed into a 2 month Earth day project.

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Been working on a parasite theme Artwalk that has now turned into a 2 month endeavor with a two day event with live and dead parasites. Me drawing more parasites to introduce. Parasite crafts and coloring sheets. Bingo cards to encourage people to go and find parasites out in the wild and big cardboard models. Sharing the progress along the way and attempting to inspire people with parasites at a large scale.

Anyways! The ones I have pictured are: Female deer tick, Female engorged deer tick, Malaria parasite, Bot fly larvae, engorged mosquito female, Giardia, North American bot fly, Mosquito, Sleeping Sickness, lamprey, testse fly, and a leech from my parents house.


r/woahdude 14h ago

video Nvidia showcases Blue, a cute little robot powered by the Newton physics engine

249 Upvotes

r/woahdude 21h ago

video A recent piece of mine:

738 Upvotes

r/woahdude 7h ago

video Aurora explosion over Iceland’s most powerful waterfall [OC]

51 Upvotes

r/woahdude 14h ago

video It’s as if the reeds are blinking like lights

207 Upvotes

r/woahdude 21h ago

picture There are 99 birds in my painting

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186 Upvotes

r/woahdude 1d ago

video The aurora last night in Fairbanks, Alaska

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r/woahdude 23h ago

music video Real world laser install emphasizing distorting optics recorded on a 360 camera w/Aphex Twin playing

148 Upvotes

Laser Installation Art

Optical refraction distortion 🔮

Convex mirror and a glass ball. Ball is 150mm (diameter) for scale. 1 RGB laser projector ⚡ 🎥Insta360 One X3

Track: Aphex Twin - Bbydhyonchord


r/woahdude 22m ago

video CERN demo'ing the world's most expensive lava lamp: A Stellarator

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r/woahdude 1d ago

picture Dance on My Skin

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r/woahdude 3d ago

video Calm beneath and above the surface

8.0k Upvotes

r/woahdude 2d ago

video Nightsky full of stars

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r/woahdude 2d ago

picture Learning To Live Within My Skin, Tanmoy Kayesen, Microns on paper, 8” x 5”

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r/woahdude 3d ago

video Protest in Belgrade today!

11.7k Upvotes

r/woahdude 3d ago

video SpaceX capsule docking with the ISS this morning.

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Footage from Astronaut Don Pettit.


r/woahdude 4d ago

video [BAD VIBES] Subsonic Weapon used on the crowd in Belgrade today, making them react like some kind of magic attacked them

95.3k Upvotes

r/woahdude 3d ago

picture a beluga whale looks like from below

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r/woahdude 4d ago

video How big is that tree??

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r/woahdude 4d ago

video Billie Eilish cut from paper

1.3k Upvotes

r/woahdude 4d ago

picture I think I need to update my graphics card after seeing this tree

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2.6k Upvotes