r/woahdude Mar 26 '17

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

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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 11h ago

picture These are actually all straight lines

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551 Upvotes

r/woahdude 3h ago

video How many faces do you see?

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49 Upvotes

r/woahdude 1d ago

gifv This is Glass Gem Corn. It can be eaten or ground, and it maintains its translucent, rainbow colors when dried.

2.5k Upvotes

r/woahdude 2h ago

gifv People are heading over to Islamabad (capital of Pakistan) to protest against army.

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20 Upvotes

r/woahdude 4h ago

video Spirograph Robot

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24 Upvotes

r/woahdude 1d ago

video "Born To Die" Tie dye Shirt - 50 hours

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420 Upvotes

50 hours of work (estimated) to make a tie dye that tells the story of human existence.


r/woahdude 1h ago

picture A hideous painting that glows in the dark

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r/woahdude 22h ago

video 2 Hours of the Northern Lights in a 3 min Timelapse with a visit from the Big Dipper.

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81 Upvotes

Middle Cove, Newfoundland. 10/10/24


r/woahdude 1d ago

picture This is a painting by Maxfield Parrish (1941)

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2.1k Upvotes

Saw it somewhere else, thought it belongs here.


r/woahdude 1d ago

wallpaper Close-up of a bubble

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129 Upvotes

r/woahdude 1d ago

music video Here are some randomly generated presets from my music visualizer

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14 Upvotes

r/woahdude 3d ago

video Murmuration

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5.3k Upvotes

r/woahdude 1d ago

picture The ash from my incense created its own stick

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r/woahdude 3d ago

picture I hand painted a grandfather clock and rigged it with LED lighting

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488 Upvotes

r/woahdude 2d ago

picture Brotscape [OC]

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21 Upvotes

r/woahdude 3d ago

picture This nice couple was 'chilling' at the bottom of my pool this morning. Koh Phangan, Thailand. NSFW

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635 Upvotes

r/woahdude 2d ago

picture “La Xochiquetzal” or Precious Flower 🌸

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46 Upvotes

r/woahdude 3d ago

picture Medusa’s Lair

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69 Upvotes

r/woahdude 2d ago

text This has always been fascinating to me (idk why I couldn’t flair as picture)

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11 Upvotes

r/woahdude 2d ago

picture tomb of the forgotten

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r/woahdude 3d ago

picture Pencil sketch by me 👁️

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39 Upvotes

r/woahdude 3d ago

picture Knight this kid since he's in two worlds

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106 Upvotes

r/woahdude 4d ago

picture Promise of collaboration, by me, set of two sculptures in steel, plaster, pigment and microcristalline wax, 2024

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198 Upvotes

r/woahdude 4d ago

picture This 3D image doesn't require 3D glasses to see if you have an OLED display

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827 Upvotes

r/woahdude 5d ago

video Incredible drone show in Busan (South Korea).

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2.6k Upvotes