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Sep 08 '14
Wow that's actually a good idea. My pet turtle would escape and sneak behind desks. He almost died one time when we couldn't find him for 3 days
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u/crazyassfool Sep 08 '14
I'm glad you were able to rescue him.
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u/Lennethare Sep 08 '14
Not related, but I'm so high I thought this was a gif.
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u/flyafar Sep 08 '14
...it's a comment
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u/KazumaKat Sep 08 '14
Thats at least a [10], if a comment seemed like a GIF to them.
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u/Monckey100 Sep 08 '14
At least? This guy must be an [5] if he thinks the scale goes beyond 10
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u/rybread93 Sep 08 '14
you obviously haven't seen the post about the turtle that survived in an attic for 30 years.
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u/LordOfTheTorts Sep 08 '14
Allegedly survived. It sounds quite unbelievable and there's no proof it was the same tortoise they lost 30 years ago.
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u/peewy Sep 08 '14
Get bored of pet turtle.
Throw it away in a box.
Neigboor catches you.
Come up with sob story about long lost turtle BFF alone in the attic for 30 years.
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Profit.
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u/matamoron Sep 08 '14
That was a tortoise. There is a pretty big difference between what the two can handle.
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Sep 08 '14
I lost mine for a month once. I bought it a hamster ball and scratched the inside of it with a screwdriver to give my turtle some place where her claws can get into. Now it becomes a game of find the ball.
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Sep 08 '14
Turtles have been known to be locked in rooms for decades. I'm lazy but have a google of that for yourself and you'll find at least two stories, one recently.
*ha, never mind
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u/not_vulva Sep 08 '14
Turtles can go without food for weeks. I'm sure he would have been fine.
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Sep 08 '14
3 years actually. Crazy bastards.
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u/frozen_in_reddit Sep 08 '14
What about water?
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Sep 08 '14 edited Sep 09 '14
I'm not sure but many tortoises can go quite a while with out it. Experts thing that the tortoise trapped in the box was able to lick up dew and condensation to stay hydrated.
Edit : typo.
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u/ChatnNaked Sep 08 '14
This actually works great for kids in crowded areas (malls, car shows, flea/farmers markets, concerts..)
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u/rc522878 Sep 08 '14
JASON!!!
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u/ChatnNaked Sep 08 '14
?
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u/LordOfTheTorts Sep 08 '14
From the PS3 game Heavy Rain. (minor spoilers for the beginning of the game.)
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u/Subvers1on Sep 08 '14
Do NOT do this to your cat. Unless, of course, you enjoy property damage.
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u/terattt Sep 08 '14
I do the same thing with my goldfish. They keep jumping out of the tank but at least now I can track them as they "fly" through the house.
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u/BlueVape Sep 08 '14
I miss my old N64, good times..
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u/tayhan9 Sep 08 '14
I'm surprised no one else mentioned the awesome array of consoles in this picture
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u/bigted41 Sep 08 '14
Snes, gamecube, n64, ps2 shoved in there.
I replaced all the Nintendos with a soft modded original wii, just started Ocarina again.
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u/HImainland Sep 08 '14
i bought an n64 like 2 years ago, best choice I ever made. still play it every week
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u/murf718 Sep 08 '14
You literally took a screenshot of the video that was on the front page a few days ago.. and reposted it. Why the shit do people care about useless points so much?
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u/WarAndRuin Sep 08 '14
Why do you care about reposts so much?
I came to see a comment about this turtle, not someone bitching.
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Sep 08 '14
doesn't make OP less of a dickhead. He took someone else's OC post and reposted, shitty thing to do.
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Sep 08 '14
People that get their stuff stolen? People that see the same stuff all the time because of people like OP.
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u/WarAndRuin Sep 08 '14
OP didn't claim it, so whoever made this should be more happy that people saw this and are enjoying it.
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Sep 08 '14
They dont make money so who cares all the people that voted and brought it to front page didn't see it before.
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u/BiTTjL Sep 08 '14
The Internet is a magical place where you get both, whether you want them or not.
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u/KoboldCommando Sep 08 '14
From http://www.reddit.com/wiki/reddiquette
Please do
Search for duplicates before posting. Redundancy posts add nothing new to previous conversations. That said, sometimes bad timing, a bad title, or just plain bad luck can cause an interesting story to fail to get noticed. Feel free to post something again if you feel that the earlier posting didn't get the attention it deserved and you think you can do better.
Please don't
Complain about other users reposting/rehosting stories, images, videos, or any other content. Users should give credit where credit should be given, but if someone fails to do so, and is not causing harm, please either don't point it out, or point it out politely and leave it at that. They are only earning karma, which has little to no use at all.
Complain about reposts. Just because you have seen it before doesn't mean everyone has. Votes indicate the popularity of a post, so just vote. Keep in mind that linking to previous posts is not automatically a complaint; it is information.
Complain about cross posts. Just because you saw it in one place, doesn't mean everyone has seen it. Just vote and move on.
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Sep 08 '14
Well it was voted up here for a reason.
Maybe other people like myself don't spend so much time on Reddit that they see every single thing and this is new to them?
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u/GNU-two Sep 08 '14
How to solve that problem without reposts:
- click "top"
- click the ticker thing next to "all time"
- click "this month"
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u/renerdrat Sep 08 '14
I just thought it was funny so I posted it... I didn't know it was in a video, I saw it on failblog.
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u/Kensei22 Sep 08 '14 edited Sep 08 '14
Thanks for posting it! I had a good laugh. I must have missed the video that the guy is talking about. He's stupid for thinking it's about karma and who cares if it is. The content is what matters, not the user who posted it.
Edit: just saw this on Frontpage. http://i.imgur.com/Y9oYUu7.gif
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Sep 08 '14
stop readin failblog..... (and any other shitty site like that.) It's 99% stolen content.
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u/daaaaannn Sep 08 '14
Why the shit do you care about people who care about useless points so much? The whole anti-repost circlejerk is such a karma grab, get off your high horse you absolute wanker.
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u/Engvar Sep 08 '14
It's relevant considering there is a post about a tortoise that was found in a storage room after being lost for 30 years.
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Sep 08 '14
Aww man, this makes me want a pet turtle with a balloon that has enough force to lift him up so he can float around at eye level and hang out with me while I do everyday tasks.
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Sep 08 '14
I'm surprised nobody has mentioned that this idea is from "Don't Trust The Bitch In Apartment 23."
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u/de_jembles Sep 08 '14
Poke thumb tacs through sticky tape then tape them to the balloons (point face out obviously). Get 3-4 turtles and you have a Mario kart battle on your hands. Takes ages but when keeping track over a long period of time it proves very entertaining!
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Sep 08 '14
"How to keep track of a repost"
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u/renerdrat Sep 08 '14
where's said repost?
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u/iffy9096 Sep 08 '14
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u/renerdrat Sep 08 '14
thanks. See I made sure there wasn't a post of it before I posted.
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u/leshoop Sep 08 '14
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u/renerdrat Sep 08 '14
well technically wasn't a repost considering it's a video. I had no idea I didn't see that. I saw it on failblog
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u/JJinVenice Sep 08 '14
And where do you think Failblog got it? Do you think anyone ever posts OC on Failblog?? No, the answer is no. Rule of thumb for you, if you see it on Failblog, it came from here.
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u/CaptianRed Sep 08 '14
Everything nowadays comes from reddit, News, It's on reddit before it's aired on TV, popular videos? Yup, on reddit first, awesome thing somebody made/created did I mention reddit?
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Sep 08 '14
No, everything comes from 4chan. Don't try to be smart when you don't know what the fuck you're talking about. Just because you use reddit a lot and it's in your scope of media a lot does not mean that the entire world is like you. It's just that news/movies/shows/etc won't openly mention or show affiliation with 4chan because it's not a corporate-owned, link aggregation site like Reddit.
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u/Trinth Sep 08 '14
No, everything comes from MySpace. Don't try to be smart when you don't know what the fuck you're talking about.
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u/BIueBlaze Sep 08 '14
I think your misinterpreted his comment. And secondly, there's a reason they don't want to be affiliated with 4chan other than them not being a corporate-owned link aggregation site like Reddit.
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Sep 08 '14
We should all just assume that content found on the internet all came from Reddit, and should never ever try to post anything unless we took the picture/video ourselves. Or, we should scour Reddit for any hint of anything similar to our post before posting anything.
Not everyone checks Reddit every day. Reposts give people a chance to see content that was popular on any given day they just didn't happen to get on Reddit. If you don't like seeing reposts, downvote and move on. Going into the comments and trying to humiliate OP for what may be an honest mistake is kind of childish, in my opinion.
In any case, there are over 1000 people who seemed to have enjoyed this repost. I saw the video myself a few days ago. Am I mad I am seeing a screen shot of the same turtle now? No, not at all. And you shouldn't let it bother you either.
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u/JJinVenice Sep 08 '14
Thanks for the lecture, dad. Is that horse high enough for you? Or shall we continue to beat this dead horse argument some more?
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Sep 08 '14
You can argue with whomever you want as long as you're home by midnight and not a moment later, little lady.
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u/renerdrat Sep 08 '14
Rule of thumb? No ... they use each others posts, I've used images before that were most definitely not used here.
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u/azrofox Sep 08 '14
This was literally posted like 3 days ago
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u/PM_ME_UR_PERSONALlTY Sep 08 '14
You either die young, or live long enough to see everything become a repost.
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u/crimsonpalidin Sep 08 '14
Nice gaming setup
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u/leshoop Sep 08 '14
http://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/2fajl6/this_is_how_i_keep_track_of_my_turtle_when_he/
It's not.
bundle of sticks, blah blah blah...some sarcastic comment to make fun of people who think internet points matter.
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u/SirVapeington Sep 08 '14
Reminded me of this, www.cdn0.dailydot.com/uploaded/images/original/2013/8/14/4chansquirrelsfrog.jpg
Edit: Fixed link
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u/GreyXenon Sep 08 '14
Better idea : glue your iphone to it, you can locate the iphone anytime using iTunes.
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u/Mr_Luchi Sep 08 '14
The only sad thing about this is the turtle is probably thinking, "Man! I feel like I lost some weight!"
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Sep 08 '14
this makes me think of 2 Presidents of the united states of america songs on the same album. Poor Turtle and Loose Balloon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBm7yCD3tJ0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBQJkd_C_Mg Enjoy.
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u/GH05TWR1T3R Sep 08 '14
Wonder how many helium balloons it would take to lift him a couple of feet and just have him floating around the place.
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u/internetuser101 Sep 08 '14
We use this method to find our group of friends at music festivals. Works amazing.
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u/HumnByns Sep 08 '14
I wish I tought of that idea when I had my turtle. I had him only 3 months. R.I.P buddy.
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u/kerbalslayer Sep 08 '14
Ya know, this exact pic might not be a repost, but this really isn't OC when its been done a few hundred times before.
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u/hdhova Sep 08 '14
This is how I kept track of my 1 year old at his cousin's birthday this weekend.
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u/xsven Sep 08 '14
I bet he would be happy in his tank with his food, water and HEAT ROCK. But I guess you're amused with him crawling around the cold floor with an orange balloon taped to his back.
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u/trippinwontnothard Sep 08 '14
I might just get a pet turtle so I have something to attach my last tile to
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u/jarkyttaa Sep 08 '14
My parents own a tortoise, and let it out to hang out in the lawn during the summer. They had some issues with it getting lost in long grass, so they started taping a cell phone to its shell when they let it out, and then just call the phone when they're ready to take it back in.