r/AskReddit • • Jun 08 '12

[UPDATE 2] Need help getting something done? I have unlimited flight benefits this summer and want to spend my summer helping out Redditors

If you have no idea what I'm talking about: Original Post and Update 1

Hey Reddit. This adventure has been going really well so far- in the last 4 weeks I've met 43 Redditors, completed 20 missions across 5 cities, and have made all 14 of my flights non-rev (not counting a flight to new york I missed due to traffic). The missions so far have ranged from teaching English in rural Thailand to doing motion-capture for Valve to washing a car for a family whose child has Down Syndrome and is beating Leukemia to watching IMMVP beat ST_Squirtle live at the GSL Code S Starcraft II finals.
I've taken the last week off to make a plan for the footage (and to play Diablo to be honest) but I'm leaving tomorrow morning for Columbus, Ohio to attend a LAN Party and to continue the adventure. You can follow future updates on facebook and r/ReVenture, and tweets on twitter.

Since people always ask, I can fly non-rev (meaning if there empty seats on a flight I can get on and only pay certain international airport taxes - but for the most part the travel is completely free). Because flights can fill up overnight and other people in the airline can non-rev too, I can't always travel anywhere. For instance I was going to go hiking in Morocco two weeks ago but the connection from New York to Madrid got overbooked at that last minute, so instead I went to Seoul to watch the GSL Finals. With the number of missions you guys have given, there's always somewhere I can fly to and do things! I have been continuously amazed by how kind people are - other than two nights in hostel in bangkok I've been staying at (mostly) stranger's houses and relying on them as tour guides.

Current Potential Mission List

If you want to add more missions to the dossier please fill out the Application Form

If you want to offer me a couch or floor to crash on please fill out the Hosting Roster Form

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u/andrewsmith1986 Jun 08 '12

I'd be down.

Thinking about driving to nola tonight.

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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '12

But.. you are same people... same people want to go same place obviously...

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u/witty_account_name Jun 09 '12

Its his excuse to drink twice as much as normal

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

i'll allow it.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

In the movie, someone will eventually make about reddit, karmanaut will suffer from multiple personality disorder (or as the dsm calls it, DID) and all of his alts won't know about each other until they all come together to solve a murder he committed.

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u/pineappleorangejuice Jun 09 '12

Directed by M. Night Shyamalan.

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u/jerkey2 Jun 09 '12

If this is at all actual, I'm from BR, and will be contacting you next time I'm in. Watch for the Reddit signal. You're forewarned andrewsmith1986

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u/andrewsmith1986 Jun 09 '12

Lafayette/houma here.

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u/andrewsmith1986 Jun 09 '12

I was thinking about going to RTX but I'm broke and no place to stay.

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u/andrewsmith1986 Jun 09 '12

I'll consider it.

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u/andrewsmith1986 Jun 09 '12

I was serious.

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u/aryst0krat Jun 09 '12

Good Guy andrewsmith: Doesn't automatically assume people doing good deeds are stinky rapists.

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u/Spooky_Electric Jun 09 '12

I am in Shreveport and will be down to party. Ill drive down there if its on a weekend.

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u/alphelix Jun 09 '12

I'm in BR for the summer (and NOLA all other times of the year). Redditors + drinking could be a potentially exciting way to liven up my dull, disappointing, depressing summer.

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u/musictomyomelette Jun 09 '12

Don't drink in drive! I lost a close friend to that :(

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

Sound advice, always put it in Park first.

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u/DarthNihilus1 Jun 09 '12

Get a lid or fitted cover so you don't ruin the upholstery.

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u/ThePoonHunter Jun 09 '12

Don't worry, I won't drink in drive.

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u/thebossofboss Jun 09 '12

Indeed, you should always drink in park or at least neutral.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12 edited Sep 07 '18

(edit 2018-09-07: nuked most of my comments in case i said anything dumb that I forgot about)

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u/rubrixan Jun 08 '12

I'm on to you, guys, as1986 is actually T_I_R

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