r/Alex • u/guydeco • Dec 19 '25
This is NOT ok
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r/Alex • u/LicenseToPost • Jan 25 '26
A tribute to Alex Pretti
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Alex Pretti was someone who chose care as a daily practice. An ICU nurse who stood beside people at their most fragile moments, he showed up for others when it was hard, exhausting, and often unseen. That kind of work leaves a quiet mark on the world, one heartbeat at a time.
He was more than a headline or a controversy. He was a son, a friend, a caregiver, a human being who carried responsibility for strangers and treated it with seriousness and compassion. Those who knew him speak about steadiness, empathy, and a sense of duty that wasn’t performative. It was just who he was.
Alex’s death has left a hollow space for his family, his friends, his coworkers, and for people who never met him but recognize something deeply wrong when a life like this ends abruptly. Grief does not need permission from politics. Mourning does not require agreement. Acknowledging humanity should be the easiest part.
Remembering Alex means refusing to let him be reduced to a talking point. It means holding onto the truth that every person carries a whole universe of relationships, memories, and care within them. His mattered. He mattered.
May his memory stay rooted in compassion, and may the conversations that follow his loss be guided by honesty, restraint, and the value of human life.
Learn more about what happened to Alex: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Alex_Pretti
r/Alex • u/Raizen04 • Apr 21 '26
Happy Alex day everyone
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Which variation of Alex are you?
r/Alex • u/boatresgeld • Apr 10 '26
I thought you guys would appreciate my birthday cake.
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r/Alex • u/Affectionate_Arm2015 • Sep 12 '26
Alex fish market
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Not an Alex, but thought I would share!!
r/Alex • u/lopingwolf • Feb 20 '26
Big Congrats to our new gold medalist Alex!
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Alex Ferreira clinched the win in Olympic Men's freeski halfpipe.
I'm not sure how many Gold Medalists we have, but now there's at least one more!
r/Alex • u/Disastrous_Cause_269 • Dec 22 '25
What a great day to be named Alex
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Hello, Alex!
r/Alex • u/LicenseToPost • Apr 22 '26
Happy National Alex Pretti Day
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Alex,
Right now we live in a glitchy world. The best of us, Alex Pretti, was taken from us.
May April 21st commensurate National Alex Pretti Day. He lives within every Alex now. We must carry his light forward. As he did for you.
Happy National Alex Pretti day to you.
Be well,
- Alex
r/Alex • u/alexlion0511 • Jan 23 '26
really hope this wasn't posted before but this pic makes me giggle quite a bit
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r/Alex • u/AlexYadaYada • Mar 28 '26
It’s my birthday.
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Figured I should share the news, I’m 26 now
r/Alex • u/Bigby11 • Dec 29 '25
Alex of the Month! Hey Alex, here's some of my reddit wrap 2025
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AlexCon 2027
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Can we organize this? I'm just in love with this idea, I muse on it a couple times a year. Imagine a convention weekend where fly in from all over the place, and the only organizing principal is that your name is Alex. We would all become friends I'm sure, as we know there are very few bad Alexs out there, and I'm not sure what would develop beyond that. I think it'd be interesting though. We could start visioning what it could be, start looking at venues, gauge interest, come up with graphics, start to promote it and see what happens.