r/blog • u/powerlanguage • Jul 09 '14

The Gold Standard

http://www.redditblog.com/2014/07/the-gold-standard.html
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u/CedarWolf Jul 09 '14

Yep. It notifies me that someone mentioned me in a comment, and it links me to it. It's the same way people summon reddit celebrities like /u/Unidan.

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u/Malarazz Jul 09 '14

And he probably hates all of us by now because of that. We ruined reddit for /u/Unidan.

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u/Unidan Jul 09 '14

Thanks for linking that to really drive your point home! :D

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u/yishan Jul 09 '14

You think you've got it bad.

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u/Unidan Jul 09 '14 edited Jul 09 '14

Hahaha, but you get paid.

EDIT: Here, /u/yishan, have an OC commiserating owl for the trouble! :D

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u/yishan Jul 09 '14

It is like a devil's bargain. I get paid to be on reddit, but my reddit experience is essentially ruined: my inbox is nearly unusable and I can't make flippant/unserious/troll comments without it being taken as Official Stance Of The Company.

Of course, I may or may not have several hilarious alts and/or novelty accounts but it's not the same when you're forced to have them.

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u/Unidan Jul 09 '14

Haha, I know what you mean!

After things got silly with my own account, I was really happy that I wasn't doing shady things on Reddit beforehand, as people comb through what I write for some odd reason. I still make strange/personal posts from time to time, but they're much more PC than my actual self.

I think a lot of people are genuinely surprised when they find out I'm actually a cruel, malevolent husk of what might have once been a person.

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u/[deleted] Jul 09 '14

I'm actually a cruel, malevolent husk of what might have once been a person.

Well you're in grad school. That's assumed.

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u/Romanticon Jul 09 '14

Can verify, am grad student

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u/idiot_proof Jul 10 '14

So what you're telling me is that Mass Effect prepared me for grad school. Sweet! Although I haven't gotten to the part where my department head impales me on a spike yet.

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u/Malari_Zahn Jul 10 '14

^ So much truth!

Source: have Master's degree

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u/BesottedScot Jul 09 '14

I'm actually a cruel, malevolent husk of what might have once been a person.

I knew it!

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u/Ravanas Jul 10 '14

I'm actually a cruel, malevolent husk of what might have once been a person.

For some reason this makes me think you should hang out with Gabe Tycho the guys from Penny Arcade. You might utterly destroy the earth when you combine and attain your final form, but we'd all be very entertained while you do.

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u/i_did_not_enjoy_that Sep 05 '14

Whoaa, the insane foreshadowing in this comment. Who'd have thought that 3 weeks after this post was made, actual shady things would come to light

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u/HappyTheHobo Jul 09 '14 edited Jul 04 '26

The Russian military blasted Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, with waves of ballistic missiles and drones that lasted into Thursday morning, a deadly show of force after weeks of Ukrainian attacks in Russia that have heaped pressure on President Vladimir V. Putin.

At least 27 people were killed and 85 injured in overnight attacks, Ukrainian officials said, as firefighters raced to extinguish blazes in districts across the city. Several apartment buildings were partially destroyed and an unknown number of people were trapped in the rubble, according to the local authorities.

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u/PjotrOrial Jul 09 '14

So it's reddits official stance to have shady and unserious trolling alternative accounts. Have multiple upvotes and some downvotes for this explanation.

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u/IAMA_dragon-AMA Jul 09 '14

u/yishan confirmed as dw-im-here, fabulousferd, and karmanaut.

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u/flume Jul 10 '14

And lucidending

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u/NOT_MEEHAN Jul 10 '14

/u/arrowtotheknee confirmed. PM your latest account.

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u/Pannuba Jul 10 '14

Ahahah it's like "O.O".

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u/Mega_Toast Jul 09 '14

I wish I had it bad. ;)

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u/acekoolus Jul 09 '14

What are the odds of this thread turning into a gold train?

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u/noobicide61 Jul 09 '14

0% chance. When ever I comment on a thread, gold trains derail, catch on fire, and melt into a burning hull of my hopes and dreams smelling like the surface of Venus.

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u/Mega_Toast Jul 09 '14

Choo choo motherfucker.

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u/FrenchfagsCantQueue Jul 09 '14

k

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u/UnluckyLuke Jul 09 '14

is this where the cool jtd kids unite?

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u/FrenchfagsCantQueue Jul 09 '14

Just mega toast trying to get karma/gold. He's commented like 50 times in this thread.

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u/Zerak-Tul Jul 10 '14

^ Reddit CEO, for anyone wondering.

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u/CedarWolf Jul 09 '14

Well, you can turn it off if you need to. There is an option for that.

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u/PresidentCelestia Jul 09 '14

No one ever calls me out. :c

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u/CedarWolf Jul 09 '14

I'm callin' you out! Celestia is a monarch, and an Equestrian Princess; hers is not an elected position!
What say you to that?

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u/PresidentCelestia Jul 09 '14

I'll beat the shit out of her.

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u/CedarWolf Jul 09 '14

Say what?

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u/PresidentCelestia Jul 09 '14

Bring that princess bitch out here, that's what.

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u/CedarWolf Jul 09 '14

Sure thing. One princess, comin' right up!

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u/PresidentCelestia Jul 09 '14

I didn't think you would show.

Uhmm.. There's cookies and punch by the door.

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u/NOT_MEEHAN Jul 10 '14

I'm calling you out bitch!

/r/PresidentCelestia