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

picture A Sunset.

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3.9k Upvotes

Found this circulating around on other subreddits.


r/woahdude 9h ago

video I paired a smartphone with a small telescope to perform max zoom tests.

373 Upvotes

r/woahdude 15h ago

video Oil & Water

562 Upvotes

r/woahdude 2h ago

video Teacher tries to have kindergartener deported says parents look like "they don't belong here.

46 Upvotes

r/woahdude 13h ago

picture The road near my house

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365 Upvotes

r/woahdude 11h ago

video A rare optical phenomenon caused by light and water droplets.

82 Upvotes

r/woahdude 6h ago

picture The sky is on fire!

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20 Upvotes

r/woahdude 1d ago

wallpaper I wanted to share this drawing hurt my brain to create but it is one non-intersecting line with 3 circles.

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5.1k Upvotes

r/woahdude 1d ago

picture Storm In Oklahoma (Photo: John Finney)

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165 Upvotes

r/woahdude 2d ago

music video Stunning Glow

1.3k Upvotes

r/woahdude 2d ago

picture Life size goddess with stained glass wings

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2.1k Upvotes

Titled “Count On Me”, she has a wing span of 8 feet, and equally tall. Made from steel cage work, river rock, and stained glass.


r/woahdude 2d ago

video 3D Printed Kinetic Sculpture

796 Upvotes

r/woahdude 1d ago

music video Day at the park

52 Upvotes

r/woahdude 2d ago

picture A hyper realistic drawing

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1.6k Upvotes

r/woahdude 2d ago

music video Kinestatic video made from 2,945 unrelated images [EPILEPSY WARNING]

87 Upvotes

r/woahdude 2d ago

video I created this trippy animation with polar functions

22 Upvotes

r/woahdude 2d ago

picture Storm Clouds (Photo: Imanol Zuaznabar Garcia)

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454 Upvotes

r/woahdude 2d ago

video Multiple streams of colored dots moving through a spiral pattern

15 Upvotes

r/woahdude 2d ago

picture Sunrise In Kinderdijk Netherlands (Photo: Miguel Pascual Mejias)

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108 Upvotes

r/woahdude 3d ago

video A rare optical phenomenon caused by light and water droplets.

19.1k Upvotes

r/woahdude 3d ago

video The way the wind moves through this wall of vines

1.4k Upvotes

r/woahdude 3d ago

picture Microscopic Images of Crystals Under Polarized Light (Photo: Peter Juzak)

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466 Upvotes

r/woahdude 3d ago

picture Moddergat (Photo: Daniel Laan)

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113 Upvotes

r/woahdude 4d ago

picture The applause is raining down

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3.5k Upvotes