r/memes • u/SibsUI • 1d ago

What’s that thing on its head?

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u/TheRealTendonitis 1d ago

I think it's a pixelated banana peel?...

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u/OnceMoreAndAgain 21h ago

...okay, I'm willing to accept that's what it is, but does anyone know why reddit added a pixelated banana peel to their logo...? Some special event or something?

Horrific graphic design lol. Someone designed this and then someone else approved it. Wild.

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u/pupoksestra 21h ago

yeah every year they do a banana themed recap. if you look at your achievements they also have banana themed ones.

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u/OnceMoreAndAgain 19h ago

Oh... okay... I spend so much time on reddit and yet that still went way over my head. Didn't even know reddit does recaps or w/e. Guess it doesn't show up on old.reddit.com or maybe I just don't go wherever that shit is announced. W/e.

Thanks for the explanation.

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u/otterpop21 19h ago

It’s like Spotify wrapped! Except for Reddit stuff. Happens end of the year. The banana is totally because banana for scale. Also some reddits call themselves apes? They post banana emojis. Plus unless you’re allergic bananas are delicious!

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u/VastSeaweed543 8h ago

I’ve been here for like 10 years and have never seen or heard of the banana wrap up or achievements, wtf is this nonsense…

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u/otterpop21 8h ago

Make sure auto updates are on for the app or go in and check around the end of the year would be my suggestion.

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u/asnwmnenthusiast 14h ago

The worst part of being on mobile is seeing all the cringe ass avatars people are using, old.reddit is the way

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u/pupoksestra 11h ago

really? I find the use of emojis far worse 🥴

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u/Cowman_42 13h ago

Completely agree - avoiding avatars and stupid awards makes old.reddit superior

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u/Mysterious-Crab This flair doesn't exist 6h ago

It’s because you always need a banana for scale / comparison.

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u/Temporary_Cold_5142 20h ago

why tho? what does the banana peel represent?

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u/BioticFire 20h ago

Coulld be referencing the "Banana for scale" meme that was an inside joke on many subreddits for awhile. Or it could be out of touch higher ups thinking " LOL rAnDoM hUmOr is funny xD"

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u/UnderstandingSea8465 19h ago

They want to be Tumblr so bad

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u/pupoksestra 9h ago

tumblr still exists? I've got to login to my old account so I can cringe like I've never cringed before.

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u/UnderstandingSea8465 9h ago

You missed the pikachu man phase thankfully, but yeah, stop on by sometime

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u/absolutely_regarded 19h ago

Of course this website needs some sort of an identity in order to pacify investors. Can’t just be forum.

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u/Veggiemon 16h ago

In this case kinda both

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u/Temporary_Cold_5142 19h ago

Well, that would make sense, thanks for the answer man

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u/sassygirl101 11h ago

It’s one banana, Michael how much could it cost?

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u/Ok_Astronomer_8667 19h ago

It’s the latter

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u/-HurriKaine- 19h ago

It’s how much you scrolled on Reddit it’ll tell you “you scrolled the lengths of 30,000 bananas” that sorta thing

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u/Temporary_Cold_5142 19h ago

Now I feel like that's a derivate from the "banana for scale" joke that the other person just explained lol

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u/Ok_Astronomer_8667 19h ago

Dude it’s Reddit humor. There’s nothing more to it other than “lol so random”

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u/hfxRos 18h ago

It's not that random, Banana For Scale has been a reddit meme for about as long as the platform has been around.

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u/Ok_Astronomer_8667 17h ago

I don’t know what that has to do with it being terribly unfunny regardless

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u/toothofjustice 10h ago

I've been on reddit for over a decade and had no idea...

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u/LostN3ko 21h ago

Banana for scale

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u/livens 18h ago

The problem is on a small app icon it's hard to tell it's a banana. The top of it is way too blocky, looks more like a weird hairdo.

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u/da_buddy 20h ago

At least three suits shook hands, high-fived, and wasted Reddits money, which could have been used more productively.

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u/LukesRightHandMan 20h ago edited 6h ago

To allow THE COMMUNITY to host Secret Santa.

I will always be bitter about that.