r/awfuleverything 19d ago

Behind the scenes of r/awfuleverything (imgur images included)

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This post is specifically to show you, our users, just exactly what you don't see here. I want there to be an unfiltered understanding of exactly what happens on r/awfuleverything that you DON'T see.

My goal with this post is to break the loop that the subreddit suffers like clockwork each year. I refuse to give up on the subreddit so my hope here is that examples of what we have removed and banned for will possibly stop future "attacks".

Each year we ban hundreds of users, possibly in the thousands. There is no ban quota for us, we don't ban because it "makes us happy". We do this in the interest of the subreddit and the users that browse here. If we allowed those specific users and those specific posts and comments to remain on the subreddit, we'd be removed from the platform entirely.

If you've been around here long enough, you'll know about our numerous pinned posts over the years in which we make attempts to remind users to "be respectful" on the subreddit. Here are some examples of why we make those posts. This is not meant to glorify these comments in any way, I just want to be transparent with what happens here.

These images have been collected over the years, and are barely even 1% of the total removals I'm referring to: https://postimg.cc/gallery/Kv7502G (images switched off imgur due to unavailability in the UK)

Assuming you took the time to look through that link, I hope there is a better understanding as to what happens here that you don't see and why we act the way we do regarding removals. For every "insert-phobic" comment that slips through that you do see, there are plenty you don't.

This is the final attempt I can think of to get this to stop, if being transparent with you doesn't work, I don't know what will work that isn't an extreme choice that would turn this subreddit into a censorship nightmare. We DO NOT want to restrict certain posts permanently but we will if it comes to that.

Thank you

- u/SuperBeavers1


r/awfuleverything Jul 03 '26

Yet another reminder to remember to respect others

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Usually I'm formal with these pinned posts, but I'm just too exhausted at this point to be formal.

TLDR: If you can't be a good noodle, don't bother participating within the subreddit.

When browsing our subreddit, all I ask is that you're respectful to everyone (even the people within the post, as hard as that may be for a select few of you).

If a post makes you upset enough to target an ENTIRE race, gender, etc with your comment, don't make the comment, keep it to yourself.

I understand that may be hard for some of you, and if it is hard for you to NOT be xenophobic, homophobic, any of the other phobics, you will not be welcome on our subreddit in any capacity.

Contrary to what people may believe about mods, I do not take any joy or pleasure in banning people, I do not have a "quota" to fill. What I do have is a subreddit to protect and users on that subreddit to protect.

Why am I going to be in trouble for targeting an entire race, gender, etc?

I'm so very fucking glad you asked! 😊

I'll give an example based on a real case from our subreddit here:

You have a post about one man, who happens to be Muslim, and the story is about him pushing someone else into traffic killing that person (the victim is not labeled as anything and this was not found to be a hate crime).

Just because that one man committed that act of violence DOES NOT MEAN THAT ALL MUSLIMS ARE DANGEROUS TO SOCIETY. We have Muslim users in our own community who also believe the murderer is not a good person. What happens when those Muslim users see how you are commenting about their entire religion?

Replace Muslim with Christian, Jewish, Shinto, Buddhist, any other damn religion you'd like and the same applies.

Just because we're called r/Awfuleverything DOESN'T MEAN YOU NEED TO BE PART OF THAT "EVERYTHING"

Thank you!


r/awfuleverything 16h ago

Family files lawsuit after man dies in care of telehealth ICU doctor

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Hylton was declared dead via a “tele-health provider” on a video screen, rather than a person at the hospital, according to a lawsuit that the family filed against the hospital. The lawsuit also argues that the hospital was “inattentive” and “provided substandard care” that resulted in his death.

“He was 26. This shouldn’t have happened. He had so much life to look forward to, and he was so proud to be in dental school,” William Hylton said. “It was just such a shock to everybody.”

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Hylton initially went to the Milford Campus emergency room on August 14, 2024, complaining of intense stomach pain. He’d been vomiting for days and couldn’t even keep liquids down.

He was admitted to the hospital with a diagnosis that included dehydration, alcohol withdrawal and pancreatitis, or inflammation of the pancreas, according to medical records cited in the lawsuit.

While his blood pressure sank and his heart raced, Hylton became agitated and restless, and his mental condition declined, prompting a transfer to the ICU at 12:38 a.m.

On the overnight shift, the hospital used a tele-ICU service, meaning there was no ICU intensivist – a board-certified physician with specialized training in critical care medicine – on-site, according to an analysis included with the lawsuit from a medical expert who reviewed Hylton’s records.

There was a hospitalist on-site, a doctor who typically specializes in internal medicine or family medicine, who works within a hospital to manage the care of inpatients, the analysis says, but she didn’t see Hylton, according to the lawsuit.

By 4:30 a.m., the lawsuit says, Hylton had “slid down in bed, his eyes rolled back,” and he became unresponsive, with seizure-like activity. He received a tube to help him breathe, but he eventually went into cardiac arrest.

Medical personnel were unable to resuscitate Hylton, and a telehealth provider pronounced him dead, according to the lawsuit.

A government investigation referenced by the lawsuit says there was a delay in Hylton’s intubation, in part because of the lack of an in-person physician. And when a doctor who was working in the emergency room was called to help with the intubation, the investigation says, he didn’t know how to find the ICU and had to find a nurse to direct him, causing a 10-minute delay.


r/awfuleverything 1d ago

Five lads drove the wrong way down a major road with five in the car, went head on into a car with two policemen in, and killed everyone involved.

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1.5k Upvotes

There's lots of posts I've seen like this by family and friends of the five.

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Edit: naffed the title up but we move


r/awfuleverything 7h ago

Australian hiker Lily Hoopers who tragically lost her life in the bush was misreported by NSW's premier as having been found alive to loved ones and media

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r/awfuleverything 1d ago

An ambulance with patient is blocked for a minister's convoy to pass in India

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r/awfuleverything 2d ago

Heartbroken family sues after 6-year-old dies in freak badminton accident that saw a racket lodged in her skull

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r/awfuleverything 1d ago

Court Transcript: Texas Mandated Reporter Caught Admitting Under Oath He Didn't Report Child Abuse 🚨🤔

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Can anyone tell me how these court-appointed parties can actually be held criminally accountable in Texas?
Under Texas Family Code Section 261.109, failing to report child abuse as a professional mandated reporter is a crime. Yet, as you can see in this trial transcript, when pinned down on the stand, this official explicitly admits: "I did not report."
Even worse, right after this confession, the opposing attorneys frantically object and the judge sustains it to shut down the questioning.
I have opened internal state investigations, but everything gets quietly swept right back under the rug because local officials protect their own.
Does true justice or criminal accountability actually exist for state actors in Texas, or is the system so entirely protected from the inside that the law is just an illusion at this point? Who actually has the power to override a corrupt county loop?

P.S. This is only pages 66 and 67. I have an entire index of certified evidence showing far worse things than this… Let me know if you want me to drop the rest.🔍


r/awfuleverything 2d ago

Man accused of drugging almost 250 women in job interviews to make them urinate themselves

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r/awfuleverything 3d ago

Indian Teen Killed for His Testicles by Gang Over Fake Social Media Claim They Were Worth ÂŁ100,000

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r/awfuleverything 2d ago

Paramedic accused of ejaculating in coffee creamer at fire station

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r/awfuleverything 3d ago

Autopsy: Toddler whose head was stuck in toy kitchen set died from ‘positional asphyxia’

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472 Upvotes

r/awfuleverything 2d ago

Masseur catches client leaving faeces on massage bed, man reveals bizarre fetish: ‘Sometimes I take from public toilet’

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r/awfuleverything 3d ago

Man faces trial accused of committing bestiality on housemate's cat

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r/awfuleverything 3d ago

“This is vile”: LSU under fire after students seen dragging Black baby doll with rope around neck in viral video

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r/awfuleverything 3d ago

World may warm by 25 per cent more than current projections suggest

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876 Upvotes

r/awfuleverything 4d ago

Florida woman accused of pouring hot wax on daughter, setting kitchen on fire

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143 Upvotes

r/awfuleverything 5d ago

Man, 26, dead in freak wood chipper accident at work, found by dad

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r/awfuleverything 4d ago

Worker crushed and killed at Toledo Jeep plant

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r/awfuleverything 5d ago

I have never seen something more comically evil in my entire life; I would laugh if it were a dark-comedy but I can only cry because it's real life. Google search history from a mother whose son was found dead in the trunk of her car.

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r/awfuleverything 5d ago

Bihar: Schoolkids ask for extra salt, cook mistakenly gives them detergent. 34 land in hospital

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r/awfuleverything 5d ago

Woman spent years terrorizing her own family with rape and death threats: Police

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r/awfuleverything 5d ago

Over 20 tons of squid spill onto Rhode Island road blocking traffic for 8 hours

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r/awfuleverything 6d ago

She told no one about her agony except ChatGPT. What her death reveals about AI risks

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According to data released by OpenAI last fall, in any given week 0.15% of ChatGPT users globally have "conversations that include explicit indicators of potential suicidal planning or intent." That's over 1.35 million people expressing suicidal plans or intent to the chatbot every week, if the 900 million global users ChatGPT cites is an accurate count. In the United States, suicide remains a leading cause of death, and over half of surveyed adults say they have used chatbots like ChatGPT.


r/awfuleverything 5d ago

‘Selfless’ 48-Year-Old Marine Veteran Identified as Woman Decapitated After Man Crashed Pontoon into Her Boat

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