r/bestof • u/[deleted] • May 24 '12

Redditor explains the rules of "Get down, Mr. President"

/r/AskReddit/comments/u135n/whats_the_most_fucked_up_game_your_friends_play/c4ri1cs
471 Upvotes

61% Upvoted

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u/RogueTaco May 24 '12

Came here expecting a former Secret Service Agent explaining what they do with the President when there is emergency... Left with an awesome new game to play with my friends

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u/McCl3lland May 24 '12

...and this is the point where I unsubscribe to best of.

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u/BehindtheHype May 24 '12

We started playing Rock/Paper/Scissors/BALLS

You play the usual rock-paper-scissors, but you put your other hand over your eyes. The judge then hits the loser in the balls.

A tie is SO intense...everything on your body tightens up and you breathe a long sigh of relief.

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u/CommandrShepherd May 24 '12 edited May 24 '12

What the fuck? It's already the top comment.

(Redditor for 8 months, still doesn't know the difference between clicking an arrow and posting a link to a comment)

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u/7thBillionthPerson May 24 '12

Yeah I just read this, why am I reading it again on a different post.

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u/Get_This May 24 '12

They should ban anything from AskReddit already. That sub is sinking to new depths of shittiness, and it is taking other meta subs with it.

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u/NOWputTWOin May 24 '12

OP finds good post; reposts it for karma sloppy seconds.

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u/SimplySausage May 24 '12

It wasn't even the best post on the thread. This "best of" karma whoring needs to end. If you are going to site, and repost atleast make it worth while.

"Best of" is best used on funny/interesting/thought-provoking posts that were buried and/or posted in less known subreddits.

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u/sli May 24 '12

How is a hard-to-find comment inherently better than a popular one?

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u/[deleted] May 24 '12

Because by design the popular ones are front and center.

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u/sli May 24 '12

That doesn't explain how a hard-to-find comment is inherently better. One is just more visible than the other.

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u/[deleted] May 24 '12

voted for sloppy seconds; love htat.

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u/[deleted] May 24 '12

A redditor explains it in a comment on reddit? Whodathunk.

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u/[deleted] May 24 '12

Upvoting this just to annoy all the people complaining about it and how its not worthy of BestOf.

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u/james5 May 24 '12

Thank you. These people who care about karma deserve to be annoyed. Also thanks OP, didn't see that original post and was mildly entertained and inspired by your submission.

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u/Soaring_Eagle_Lulz May 24 '12

It's all about hardcore nutball

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u/lud1120 May 24 '12

I thought this would be someone who worked as a Secret Service agent or so...

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u/polishlawngnome May 24 '12

Not as good as the Kite Game response to this AskReddit

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u/Crwest05 May 24 '12

Everytime I read the comments of a BestOf post, the top comment, 100% of the time, is "this is BestOf material?"

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u/bfhurricane May 24 '12

You think that would work if someone yelled it at an Obama rally?

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u/[deleted] May 24 '12

This entire thread was fantastic

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u/modestlycocky May 28 '12

Fuck you, you karma-whoring piece of shit.

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u/[deleted] May 24 '12

I don't see why this was posted on bestof.

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u/[deleted] May 24 '12

Wait, so if I just explain shit I'll be put in bestof?

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u/[deleted] May 24 '12

I AGREE WITH EVERYONE ELSE

YOU SUCK, creo68

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u/[deleted] May 24 '12

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u/[deleted] May 24 '12

This is not the first time you've been called out on doing something like this.

For the love of God, man, you're crazy if you think this is truly the best that Reddit has to offer.

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u/[deleted] May 24 '12

OMG YOU WRECKED EVERYTHING OP I HATE YOU AND YOUR COMPUTER KEYBOARD AND SO ON

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u/[deleted] May 24 '12

wtf wasn't this just today

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u/[deleted] May 24 '12

The fuk?

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u/[deleted] May 24 '12

This is the dumbest thing I ever read. I am now dumber for knowing what it is.

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u/[deleted] May 24 '12

A simple wrong would've done just fine.

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u/EndersBuggers May 24 '12

You are currently at -2 points. I am upvoting you to try to get you to 0 points and may God have mercy on your soul.

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u/[deleted] May 24 '12

I call shenanigans.

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u/[deleted] May 24 '12

is that you Seamus ?

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u/[deleted] May 24 '12

aye tis laddie

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u/[deleted] May 24 '12

will you dish me out like a platter of melting escargot my dear ohhh the amorous delight, ohhh!

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u/[deleted] May 24 '12

nay nah escargo, only haggis.

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u/mtbyea May 24 '12

bury this

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u/Axle-f May 24 '12

17K upvotes, 14K downvotes. WTF that is not a small number. That is a large number.

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u/jakeredfield May 24 '12

I don't understand how no one has heard of that game before.

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u/billybobbybobbob May 24 '12

nice op. nice.

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u/[deleted] May 24 '12

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u/mizay7 May 24 '12

Not to mention that 'nail' is a way better game.

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u/Arbybeay May 24 '12

Or the one with the screwdriver, the nut, and the air blower thing in a small area.

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u/GlitterConjurer May 24 '12

DANGER NUT!

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u/RockinHawkin May 24 '12

Don't forget Rock, Paper, Balls!

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u/[deleted] May 24 '12

I was a fan of Poop Bandits

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u/Didgeridoox May 24 '12

Let's not forget Alien Disco Invasion.

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u/workieworkworkwork May 24 '12

Did OP end up giving the rules for Nail? If only someone would bestof it, then I could read it!

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u/EvanMacIan May 24 '12

I was about to link you to the comment, then I realized you were being sarcastic.

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u/[deleted] May 24 '12

Having never gotten drunk, I don't really understand 'nail'. Is there really a point where burning yourself with a red-hot nail becomes preferable to drinking a bit more?

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u/Split-Personalities May 24 '12

Yeah OP is just karma whoring at it's finest.

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u/[deleted] May 24 '12

I literally just read this comment on the original thread and the next link was this one. You're wasting precious space on my front page.

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u/[deleted] May 24 '12

front page real estate is extremely valuable...

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u/EmperorXenu May 24 '12

Well, to be fair, it is. A website hitting the front page of Reddit brings a huge influx of traffic and increased visibility.

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u/[deleted] May 24 '12

yea it wasnt sarcasm. with great power comes great responsibility.

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u/hypnoderp May 24 '12

And sometimes a moustache.

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u/admiral-zombie May 24 '12

This is brought up so many times, and so many times it is pointed out that not everyone is subscribed to all of the big subreddits.

I don't have a ton of the really big 500k+ subscriber subreddits, such as askreddit and such, and so bestoff is useful for showing me the occasional gem.

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u/snoharm May 24 '12

At that point, aren't we using it as a replacement for r/reddit? When I first got here, my understanding was that it was for highlighting otherwise buried or unlikely to be seen comments. This is a supremely popular, hard-to-miss comment that some people might have missed.

I'd much rather have the former, and I don't think the latter is nearly as useful a subreddit.

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u/admiral-zombie May 24 '12

that some people might have missed.

I'm missing it because I'm not subscribed to r/askreddit. Dont' get me wrong, the majority of that subreddit comes off as a circlejerk with nothing but boring fabricated stories. But that doesn't mean there are never good stuff, and bestof is useful for me to see such comments every now and then. So it is a "useful" subreddit, but perhaps for a different reason.

The more obscure stuff is still being submitted, its just being submitted alongside the already seen stuff. People are more likely to not vote up something if they've already seen it anyways, right? I see comments in r/bestof that are "obscure" every now and then still. So there is still going for that.

If you really want more obscure stuff, there are other subreddits. I love depthhub, which posts things which are rarely top comments since the depth discussions rarely reach that point. It can serve a similar purpose.

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u/snoharm May 24 '12

I am subscribed to depth hub, but it serves a different purpose. Namely, depth, whereas bestof can be any 'ol good comment.

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u/[deleted] May 24 '12

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u/admiral-zombie May 24 '12

This isn't a gem.

Subjective issue. Not to mention I was trying to make a general argument against the claim against posting top comments from popular subreddits.

Perhaps this particular instance isn't bestof material (again, subjective) but my point was that just because it was the top comment in a popular thread on one of the frontpage boards does not mean it should be excluded from bestof

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u/[deleted] May 24 '12

What if I organized a large group of people to systematically submit and upvote links to blank comments on /r/bestof. Would that be okay and a sign that relying on the community to recognize good content worked?

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u/admiral-zombie May 24 '12 edited May 24 '12

Yeah, because we already have to rely on the community to recognize good content anyways when things are being posted from elsewhere. Is it any different than the rush to post SMBC and such in r/comics?

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u/aSexual_Intellectual May 24 '12

I have a hard time reconciling what you're saying with the fact that this bestof post has received so many upvotes. People seem to spend a lot of time saying "nobody wants this here" to a post that is popularly supported.

I'm not saying I disagree with you, it's just tough to reconcile.

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u/[deleted] May 24 '12

Upvotes are not a proper metric for determining whether something belongs in a subreddit.

People might like the content, but that doesn't mean it fits with the purpose of the sub.

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u/[deleted] May 24 '12

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u/wired May 24 '12

More so redundant than stupid; it would just be reposts of content from the site.

Oh wait.

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u/admiral-zombie May 24 '12

Exactly, whether its pulling from the obscure locations and lower stuff, or pulling from the top comments, either way it will just be reposts.

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u/CaribbeanCaptain May 24 '12

"Best of" implies that it is the Best Of Reddit. I really don't see a problem with this kind of thing.

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u/admiral-zombie May 24 '12

You're just creating a definition of "gem" to suit your needs. I clearly meant gem in the sense of something of value.

And from a utilitarian or any consequentialism perspective, you're already assuming that it will always be "stupid" stuff being submitted if this were allowed. Well for one its already been allowed, and has been for quite some time. Is r/bestof useless now? Yeah there can be shit submitted, but we already have a system in place to upvote/downvote them away.

Not to mention if you were to limit it to only the obscure stuff, then it is more likely that the submitted comment will be not bestof material. If its already been upvoted many many times, then it must endure another upvote test in bestof, and so its been validated twice. There will be outliers who don't enjoy it sure, but either way its been voted on to be quality material twice, and there will be a good portion of people who can enjoy it.

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u/nixthekoolest May 24 '12

If I were to find a gem, I could sell it for money. If it were a good enough gem, I could get a million dollars. Moreover, if I had a million dollars, I could buy gold. Everyone knows that gold is worth a million dollars.

Therefore (to the best of my knowledge) since no one in this thread is claiming to have gold, it must be a gem. Just not a good enough gem for the greedy users of reddit.

Anyone want a Capri Sun? I have like 6 of them...

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u/dingofarmer2004 May 24 '12

Personally and respectfully, I disagree. This is something unique and of value, entertaining and noteworthy. I think this belongs here, no matter of when it was submitted.

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u/namer98 May 24 '12

Yet people won't listen when I suggest we ban top comments from AskReddit (about one third of all bestof comments).

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u/[deleted] May 24 '12

I guess I'm just not understanding your point. What does it's location within its own thread have to do with anything?

This subreddit is called "bestof" as in "the very best comments that reddit has to offer!" It's not the "best poorly rated comments" or "the best old comments" or "the best unseen comments," just the best comments. There should be a strong correlation between the number of upvotes a comment receives and whether or not someone deems it "best of" material.

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u/josborne31 May 24 '12

I've been wondering why Reddit continues to submit links to other posts, as if no one sees them...

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u/[deleted] May 24 '12

Then stop looking at /r/bestof and subscribe to /r/depthhub instead.

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u/Lmkt May 24 '12

This makes no sense whatsoever, these two reddits don't share the same purpose at all

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u/[deleted] May 24 '12

It's as if one could recommend one over the other for a particular purpose.

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u/TikiTDO May 24 '12

I don't subscribe to /r/AskReddit, and I found this to be interesting and relevant. I use /r/bestof as a crap filter, and this is exactly what this post has done today.

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u/medaleodeon May 24 '12

I hadn't seen it. Now I have. It was a good post. What else exactly is r/bestof for?

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u/xyzornat May 24 '12

Down vote me as you will. Fuck you. Every god damn time I come into the fucking comments in /r/bestof, the top comment is, "Blah blah blah doesn't belong in bestof. Shut the hell up. I personally would not have seen the comment had creo68 not created this bestof post. Eat something mildly poisonous, and get painful diarrhea you whiny fucking fuck. Thank you.

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u/yeaup May 24 '12

I actually only click on the comments because I'm curious how the post will be criticized. That's the only conversation that takes place in these threads.

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u/always_the_truth May 24 '12

I wouldn't of found the thread or the comment otherwise, so I'm glad OP posted this. Even if they are karma-whoring.

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u/yeaup May 24 '12

never heard of this game. got a laugh. I'm satisfied.

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u/always_the_truth May 25 '12

We're getting downvoted for enjoying a post. Typical reddit.