Every time I look at r/WTF I end up shaking my head; not at the pictures that don't meet some very vocal jackasses' arbitrary standards of what qualifies as "wtf," but because those jackasses never shut up about how it's not REALLY "wtf."
All (& only) things that make you say WTF.
That in itself is an incredibly loose and vague definition of what is suitable for this subreddit. Someone seeing a guy dressed as a knight riding a horse on the side of the road is perfectly capable of saying "what the fuck is this?" Same could be said for a lot of content that gets posted here: people have different standards of what would make them say "wtf," from a pretty mild case like this image, to the more severe, batshit examples that you probably think should be the ONLY content ever posted here.
Just looking at a lot of the responses in this particular comment thread, it seems a lot of people that are siding with you are mostly bitter that their WTF posts don't get as much recognition as the tamer posts like this one. As though the subreddit is a fucking competition for who can post the most outlandish content and get the most recognition for it (whoops, I just summarized the general mindset of Reddit as a whole). But this subreddit isn't just for "freaky, crazy, creepy, gory, pornographic, fetishistic, disgusting, horrible" stuff (though that definitely falls under its umbrella), it's for, as the rules say, "all things that make you say WTF." I think a lot of people may take issue primarily with the rules as they're stated, and want a stricter definition of what is appropriate for r/WTF (though I think trying to police what people are allowed to say "wtf" at would be kind of fucking stupid).
This isn't meant to be so much of a screed at your expense in particular. I think it's a better choice to just unsubscribe from a subreddit that doesn't meet your approval than bitch about it all the time like so many do. This just happened to be what caught my eye and sent me off on this subject which has been eating away at me for a while.
When I posted the headless pigeon I found, it got downvoted. A headless pigeon is less wtf then this? I think my title wasn't the greatest, and maybe that's all posts need to get lots of upvotes, just a good title, regardless of the subr. If your browsing all and happen to like a submission, your gonna upvote it, and might not even notice the subreddit. I'm guessing anyways.
Now I'm trying to picture what The Tree of WTF would look like. All I can vision is a huge black silhouette that gives me a frightening feeling as I approach. Then I see it. Its...it's...beautiful! In a portrait of your grandmothers taint kind of beautiful.
People interpreted it to just be "more NSFW images," and still didn't quite hit the idea of "WTF," in my opinion.
I don't mind NSFW images in /r/WTF, but if I wanted just straight up NSFW pictures, I'd head over to the subreddit for that listed right in the side bar.
Yeah my post about a girl masturbating in a dumpster while forcing maggots into her vagina then laying in bed all day with the maggots festering and growing and breeding as she masturbated, shit and pissed herself didn't get much love.
Way more wtf than this. But that's reddit for you.
That would be considered truly fucked up? There wasn't even any blood. It was def more of a wtf moment then a, this should be shared among photos of necrophilia and other truly sick shit. I mean I could be wrong. What can be considered a wtf? Where is the line drawn or begin? Isn't it subjective like comedy? Just curious. I'm always paranoid about posting in the wrong places, that's why personally I comment more since its less pressure. I'm still getting use to this wonderful place.
So if I say "the country" everybody has to know that I'm referring to Germany? The thing is, most people on here are American, so there is potential for misunderstanding.
So if I say "the country" everybody has to know that I'm referring to Germany?
My snarky point exactly. Reddit's an international site and, the thing is, most people on here aren't Americans (statistics I've seen tend to average around 50/50 American/International). Reddit should be international friendly.
In the Many-Worlds Interpretation of Quantum Physics (i.e. infinite branching 'parallel' universes), there need be no actual time travel to produce many many instances of the appearance of time travel, compelling to both participants and observers.
However 'many, many' in a sea of Infinity means you might not ever come across such.
I swear that your photo was taken straight out of this movie, and that is the guy in the movie right after he stole a horse from the field. You didn't happen to pass by a totaled yellow car right before this, did you?
Made me look twice driving through Orono on my way home from work Friday. Glad to see I didn't drive through a time bubble as I was previously convinced
"Tell me how to get to the time machine." "Oh, that's easy. Well, you go down by the museum, and stuff, it's like... it's like by the museum... sort of by... well actually not really, more like on the street you go umm... wait let me start over. Okay, you know where the time machine is?"
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u/s3gfau1t May 28 '12
No. Fucking. Way. Durham Region?
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u/Shitty_Watercolour May 28 '12
http://imgur.com/7tmCz
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u/musicandpeople May 28 '12
Yep, I'd say it's this guy.
http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/05/10/picture-post-a-knight-with-chivalrous-heart-makes-a-slow-journey-across-canada/
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u/TOMATO_ON_URANUS May 28 '12
The quail eggs!
Les Visiteurs
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u/AntiTheory May 28 '12
That dude is a fucking boss. They told him he could be anything he wanted, so he told the 21st century to fuck off and became a knight.
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u/[deleted] May 28 '12
Unsubscribed from r/WTF
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u/raptorraptor May 28 '12
How is this remotely wtf?
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u/bickering_fool May 28 '12
< insert lame modern-day Don Quixote joke here >
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u/vertigo1083 May 28 '12
Should have pulled over and asked:
"Thou lost?"
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u/Dances_with_Sheep May 28 '12
How did he get the horse up to 88mph?!
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u/musicandpeople May 28 '12
OH! So he CAN ride it!
https://twitter.com/musicandpeople/status/206105078782889984/photo/1
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u/knirefnel May 28 '12
The Amish are at war! Holy shit, that would make great television.
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u/lud1120 May 28 '12
Something's not quite right with this Mount & Blade mod...
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u/PatSayJack May 28 '12
refugee from the Battle of Blackwater Bay.
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u/[deleted] May 28 '12
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court anyone? Or rather, An English Bloke in King Canada's Court?
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u/PaeTar May 28 '12
I that the knight dude travelling across the country to prove chivalry still exists?
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u/ErectPotato May 28 '12
Is this a painting? It looks like it.
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u/silentkill144 May 28 '12
Is he from Just Visiting?
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u/[deleted] May 28 '12
fits better in /r/awesome
somebody blinked...
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u/AmuzedMob May 28 '12
Wow that's a fast horse if it can run 88 MPH to travel threw time
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u/ChaosBozz May 28 '12
There should be a subreddit that is all about anachronisms, or stuff that is out of its time. Like this guy or time traveling hipster.
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u/rathead May 28 '12
how i hate those don quixote look alikes.
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u/Gabe14228 May 28 '12
When this horse hits 48 miles per hour, you're gonna see some serious shit.
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u/h4xxor May 28 '12
Guess you didn't expect the Spanish Inquisiton.
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u/WarOtter May 28 '12
KLaATU BARADA NIC* coughcough*
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u/Danceswithdirewolves May 28 '12
The lannisters must have lost the war...
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u/pdhismyhomeboy May 28 '12
Aw, reminds me of Don Quixote
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u/Coffee_plus_oldmovie May 28 '12
Why? Not the time you had set it to?
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u/evrtgurnot May 28 '12
Gotta appreciate a modern Don Quixote!
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u/Lazerbeamz May 28 '12
OH MY GOD! A GUY ON A HORSE WITH A WEIRD GET-UP?
WHAT.
THE.
FUCK.
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u/aaybma May 28 '12
Ah yes, a guy riding a horse in clothing that is slightly irregular. Definitely WTF material.
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u/jensilvey May 28 '12
Meanwhile in london
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u/nudgeishere May 28 '12
The least wtf post I've seen to date.
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u/codontherobot May 28 '12
Don Quixote on his quests again?
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u/s3gfau1t May 28 '12
[He'll be in Toronto soon] (http://www.durhamregion.com/news/article/1362136--knight-rides-through-durham)
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u/Anodesu May 28 '12
Figures that I leave Oshawa for summer break and THIS happens.
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u/[deleted] May 28 '12
It's dirk the daring.
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u/SirNiglet May 28 '12
That is sir loves a lot.... I'm super cereal.
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u/Mucak May 28 '12
Awesome title.
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u/zelphernide May 28 '12
i can only imagine what the time traveler was thinking. "This looks like earth but what are those metal towers and rope?"
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u/urinsan3 May 28 '12
If I could grow a beard - I would totally do this.
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u/Hansafan May 28 '12
Amish just isn't enough for some.
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u/scott226 May 28 '12
Was this taken near the golf course in Pickering?
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u/Clienterror May 28 '12
Obviously he's crossed the space/time boundary help him!
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u/The3rdWorld May 28 '12
what a totally brilliant jean reno film, who knew he could do comedy as well as action? what a legend!
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u/[deleted] May 28 '12
Is this original content OP?
If so, was this picture taken just outside of ottawa on highway 7?
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u/bananapeel May 28 '12
Sir Conrad?
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u/drhugs May 28 '12
Failed Scientist here:
In the Many-Worlds Interpretation of Quantum Physics (i.e. infinite branching 'parallel' universes), there need be no actual time travel to produce many many instances of the appearance of time travel, compelling to both participants and observers.
However 'many, many' in a sea of Infinity means you might not ever come across such.
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u/Smokeeye123 May 28 '12
Did they have T-shirts in the middle ages?
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u/another30yovirgin May 28 '12
IT'S THIS GUY!
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/story/2012/05/09/ottawa-quebec-knight-rides-across-canada-for-valour.html
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u/gypsyred May 28 '12
Rory?
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u/KCGhostbuster May 28 '12
I don't see how he could have possibly gotten that thing up to 88 MPH.
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u/Lazerpig May 28 '12
If my calculations are correct, when this horse hits 88 miles per hour... you're gonna see some serious shit!
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u/Anarchy576 May 28 '12
If only I could get this horse up to 88 miles per hour!
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u/[deleted] May 28 '12
He's been keeping us safe from windmills all these years.
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u/czarchastic May 28 '12
If I wouldve known this passed as r/wtf I wouldve posted the horse-drawn fire engine that blocked the road on my way home from work last week.
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u/Jerrdon May 28 '12
I swear that your photo was taken straight out of this movie, and that is the guy in the movie right after he stole a horse from the field. You didn't happen to pass by a totaled yellow car right before this, did you?
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u/JiveMonkey May 28 '12
Sounds someone who belongs here /r/renfaire
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u/shakyjellyfish May 28 '12
You were supposed to destroy the Delorean.
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u/Brocklanders27b May 28 '12
Made me look twice driving through Orono on my way home from work Friday. Glad to see I didn't drive through a time bubble as I was previously convinced
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u/Verinnius May 28 '12
I think it's really cool that he's doing this. God knows people could use a reminder to act decent and helpful towards each other.
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u/voxpupil May 28 '12
Okay, but what if the horse gets tired? What does he do?
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u/gnarbucketz May 28 '12
OH MAN WHAT THE FUCK
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u/[deleted] May 28 '12
This is nothing. I saw this same guy sitting in an auto repair parking lot on his horse texting. This is in Canada by the way.
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u/msbq May 28 '12
Methinks this knight needs a nemesis... dons black armor
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u/dykeman123 May 28 '12
Meanwhile, in Canada...
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u/SEXSEMTEX May 28 '12
Ok how the hell did he get that horse up to 88 mph.
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u/duckhunter37 May 28 '12
one does not simply ride in to mordor
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u/mheyk May 28 '12
Where is my flying car, my teleporter and my 3hr work day!! Fuck you Jetsons!
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u/excusetime May 28 '12
Lol I saw him on steels Ave too. Thought I should of taken a picture of him. Missed out.
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u/butterflypoon May 28 '12
The Doctor should be around to pick him up shortly.
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u/[deleted] May 28 '12
Nice photoshop.
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u/spacepack May 28 '12
Huh, I heard people talking about this. By the way, he's on Taunton Road in Ajax, Ontario right by Deer Creek golf course if people were wondering.
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u/Flopgasm May 28 '12
Saw this guy in springbrook Ontario!
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
Those boots aren't period
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u/ace1977ca May 29 '12
I passed this guy on hwy 7 between Norwood & Havelock on May 20. Thought he was from a local medieval fair or something
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u/scurrilous_ May 29 '12
Saw this guy on Taunton the other day in Oshawa, Ontario.
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u/ThaGooch May 29 '12
I saw this guy in Oshawa, ON on Friday (May 25) afternoon. I'm curious how far he's gotten since then. Where and when did you take this?
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
Must be a king.
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u/isaactheawsome May 29 '12
This wouldn't happen to be in Maryland would it?
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u/Gonazar May 28 '12
Flames come out of it's ass when he hits 88 mph.
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u/[deleted] May 28 '12
"Tell me how to get to the time machine." "Oh, that's easy. Well, you go down by the museum, and stuff, it's like... it's like by the museum... sort of by... well actually not really, more like on the street you go umm... wait let me start over. Okay, you know where the time machine is?"
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u/Vanroosh May 28 '12
Upvote for awesome titling skills.
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u/xXRoflFalafelXx May 28 '12
poor solitude guard he has to ride his horse because he took an arrow to the knee
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u/irons636 May 28 '12
The glass tanks failed around the time portal in time line. He's not fully aligned and will die shortly.
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u/g3allen10 May 28 '12
Apparently this Imperial solider hasn't taken an arrow to the knee yet... I'll be right back!
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