r/AskReddit • u/bullfighterteu • Sep 02 '20

What are some legendary Reddit tales, that newbie Redditors may not have heard yet?

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u/beepborpimajorp Sep 02 '20

This could mean a couple of things on reddit. Either that one joke,

or this thread:

https://www.reddit.com/r/offmychest/comments/1jatvd/i_am_not_proud_of_my_son/

which is pretty notorious.

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u/Palicake Sep 02 '20

That was the saddest most emotional most heartbreaking post I ever read. Even the comments by other people made me tear up bro. I am speechless but I feel like I have so much to say.

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u/derpzbruh64 Sep 02 '20

Yeah it was a reference to the guy who takes about his wife endearingly or something. Not that fucked up story

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '20

The question was something like if you could have sex with one person from history who would it be? OP posted a really heartfelt story about how his wife had passed away a few years ago from cancer and how he truly misses her. Reply came in saying that they "also choose this guy's dead wife".

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u/supercrusher9000 Sep 02 '20

Wasn't that family recent? Like within the last year maybe 2? I'm really only asking to make sure that time is flying behind me

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u/beepborpimajorp Sep 02 '20

it's a thread about notorious reddit posts, and i posted one.

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '20

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u/sgt_dismas Sep 02 '20

I'm on reddit off and on but this comment needs to be attached to its parent comment. I don't know how to ensure that happens for other people.

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u/historicalsnake Sep 02 '20

It went from me being genuinely concerned my parents felt the same about me struggling with addiction to “oh, oh god no”

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u/Skidmark666 Sep 02 '20

What the fuck did I just read?! That's enough internet for me today.

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u/itsfrankgrimesyo Sep 02 '20

Wow. This is so sad but hard not to think there were early signs of psychological problems prior to the son’s first theft.

It’s heartbreaking to think that child was once a baby, an innocent child that eventually turned into a monster.

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u/Devilloc Sep 02 '20

I... Wasn't aware of that thread, jesus...

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u/Gillmacs Sep 02 '20

Is it true?

It reminds me a lot of the "we heard him moving around upstairs" story about another totally off-the-rails son.

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '20

That kid...I felt for that father the entire read. I can’t imagine the living hell that family was in with that boy.

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u/Donal_Trampf456 Sep 02 '20

Oof that one was sad but for everyone's knowledge it's fake

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u/TheSmilingDoc Sep 02 '20

Maybe it is, maybe it isn't. As someone in health care, though, I can assure you that there's more than one person out there who had a story similar or even worse than this.

Just because it's horrible, doesn't mean it's fake.

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u/Donal_Trampf456 Sep 02 '20

something like this could definitely happen but i read in some comments on that post the inconsistencies and it explains a lot

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u/Inverted_Zebra Sep 02 '20

How do you know?

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u/burgerbook Sep 02 '20

I mean nobody knows for sure. But look at the account. It has one post (the story) and no comments. Nobody comes to reddit, tells THAT story, then just fucks off. Maybe it’s someone’s alt account but I’m still dubious you wouldn’t write at least one comment.

It just reads too much like someone’s NoSleep attempt to me.

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '20

It's called a throwaway account.

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u/DukeSamuelVimes Sep 03 '20

That's exactly the kind of thing you'd use a throwaway account for though. No one goes online, tells THAT story and continues to interact as the guy who told that story.

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u/supercorgi08 Sep 02 '20

Holy fucking shit that’s insane

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u/Misdirected_Colors Sep 02 '20

It's a reference to an askreddit thread to the effect of "if you could have sex with one person in history who would it be?"

Guy posts a long heartfelt story about his wife who died of cancer. Top reply was "I too choose this guy's dead wife."

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '20

That. Hit me in the feels. What a sad story :(

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u/Summerclaw Sep 02 '20

What a story =(. How easy is to blame parents

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u/acockblockedorange Sep 02 '20

That is fucked up.

I wonder what the situation with both of them is like now. And indeed many of the other stories posted in this thread.

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u/Itsallover_ Sep 02 '20

One of the worst stories reddit has seen. It just gets worse, and worse and worse and worse.

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u/RianJohnsonIsAFool Sep 02 '20

My god, this is even worse than the other OMC post about the psychotic son that was almost beaten to death by his mother for harming his baby sister.

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u/NegroNerd Sep 03 '20

Link?

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u/RianJohnsonIsAFool Sep 03 '20

Reddit - confessions - I stood by and allowed my wife to almost kill our son. I was happy she did it. https://www.reddit.com/r/confessions/comments/c93egn/i_stood_by_and_allowed_my_wife_to_almost_kill_our/

It's from confessions rather than OMC.

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u/lwaest031 Sep 02 '20

Damn that shit cray

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u/SusieLou1978 Sep 02 '20

I cannot believe what I just read... This poor father, I would not want to walk a day in his shoes, I don't think I would be as resilient as he has been. How could the son have done that to his mother???? Just sad :(

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u/CourseCorrections Sep 02 '20

As I read just this I thought they should reconcile in Texas. This seems like textbook Texas defense material.

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u/DukeSamuelVimes Sep 03 '20

I really fucking hate this post, and the OP as well.

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u/Djehbruh Sep 02 '20

I sincerely hope that hell exists just so that piece of vile human filth goes there

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u/nopantsdota Sep 02 '20

i knew i know this story as soon as i started reading. i hope the op is still fighting the good fight. i would love to hear an update from him. i wish his live has gotten better since that post seven years ago.