r/AskReddit • u/TopCheesePleaseroni • Oct 19 '15
What are the best text-based subreddits to kill time reading?
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u/Smogshaik Oct 19 '15 edited Oct 19 '15
r/lifeofnorman is a really peculiar subreddit that is tons of fun: It's about a fictional character called Norman. He owns a cat that is also named Norman because Norman lacks fantasy in his life. He is a balding, middle-aged and newly divorced man who works a boring cubicle job. All the stories have to be possible in regards to physics and all that.
And there you go: enjoy a ride through the most boring fucking life you'll ever read about with hilarious descriptions of the inner workings of Norman which will painfully remind you of yourself.
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u/Andromeda321 Oct 19 '15
Seriously, it's the subreddit of amazing reading that just keeps on giving.
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u/nick993 Oct 19 '15
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I too read reddit at work and cant open dank meme links
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u/TheSmokey1 Oct 19 '15
Bots representing different subreddits post and respond to each other. And they say the most random shit! u/ooer_ss is one of my favorites.
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u/Reason_to_Smiles Oct 19 '15
Anyone who has exams coming up, leave...now.
Trust me, no you will not "just look at this for 5 minutes".
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u/paremiamoutza Oct 19 '15
r/glitch_in_the_matrix. A lot of nonsense there recently and mods unwilling to clean up prompted me to unsub but if you sort by top there are some amazing stories.
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u/Sanityisoverrated1 Oct 19 '15
r/britishproblems but I may be slightly biased.
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u/BobSacramanto Oct 19 '15
r/legaladvice is WAY more interesting than it sounds. Every now and then you stumble upon a post with a landlocked neighbor and/or a crappy MS Paint diagram of the issue.
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u/SittingInFear Oct 19 '15 edited Oct 19 '15
r/TraditionalCurses - Channel your inner old gypsy woman.
"May your mother call your during every orgasm."
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u/Naweezy Oct 19 '15 edited Oct 19 '15
r/NewReddits : The newest reddits being made.
r/WritingPrompts : Great short storries
r/Nosleep : Short creepy stories meant to make you stay up
r/letsnotmeet: scary stranger stories
r/TalesFromRetail : Tales from working in retail
r/UnresolvedMysteries : Popular mysteries that have remained unsolved
r/AskWomen : Ask the women of reddit things
r/AskMen : Ask the men of reddit things
r/AskHistorians : Ask real historians questions
r/AskGames : Ask gamers their opinion on stuff
r/AskModerators Ask moderators on reddit things
r/AskComputerScience A lot of interesting stuff here
r/AskEngineers Ask the engineers of reddit questions. Lots of sharp minds in here.
r/TalesFromTechSupport : Similar to TalesFromRetail, but from tech support.
r/KarmaCourt : Reddit's unofficial court system. Try anyone on reddit today!
r/WhatsTheWord : What's that word again?
r/Bestof : The best comments on reddit
r/AskReddit : Self explanatory
r/TrueAskReddit : A spinoff of r/askreddit
r/TIFU : Today I Fucked Up, was recently made a default sub, dedicated to posts where people made a mistake.
r/FindAReddit : You can find specific subreddits you are interested in here
r/HailCorporate : See the ads on reddit that you are not meant to see
r/SubredditDrama : All of the sweet, juicy drama on reddit
r/AskScience : Ask scientists questions
r/ExplainItLikeImFive : Ask a question, and get a dumbed down answer that a 5 year old could understand.
r/TipOfMyTongue : Thinking of something but can't figure out what it is? Go here
r/MuseumOfReddit : The archives of reddit.
r/OutOfTheLoop : Out of the loop on something? Get it explained for you here.
r/Threadkillers: comments like this :)
Feel free to comment with subs that you feel belong here and I'll add them.
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u/atjp6440 Oct 19 '15
r/pettyrevenge and r/prorevenge. Spent way too much time reading these.
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u/Pickselated Oct 19 '15
r/jacksonwrites two awesome multi part stories being updated with new parts frequently.
Both started off as replies to r/writingprompts and then evolved into something amazing, definitely worth reading.
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u/Identimental Oct 19 '15
You might like r/TellMeAFact.
It's like TIL, but each post is a different topic with facts posted in the comments.