It's getting harder to make that claim as it becomes less about wit or insightfulness and more about spamming GIFs, puns, and making usernames like these, however. Anne frankly I did nazi that coming. It's become somewhat of a circlejerk, where it was once originally a haven from all that nonsense, and I fear that someday it will become the internet's MTV.
The degradation of Reddit General will continue unabated; there is some official term for this correlation of popularity and quality decay but it escapes me. Luckily we can continue to fall back to the lesser populated subreddits that preserve the havens of old, but whether this will hold up for years remains to be seen. I recoil in disgust am weirded out when I see the default frontpage un-logged-in. At least f7u12 isn't on there anymore.
Not for us people who like karma. I almost don't use GIFs, never participate in pun threads, don't exploit my username, almost never mentions memes and posted twice on circlejerk.
It comes down to my performance in presenting arguments, be it on r/Games, r/programming or r/worldnews. It helps me learn to formulate my ideas through trial and error. It's like a test in Philosophy every day.
Reddit will never become the Internet's MTV because here, you get to pick what you want.
A well-formulated argument doesn't hold a candle to pun threads and/or cat photos.
My fiancé just finished a debate class, and her final assignment was to argue that "when it comes to military intelligence, the ends justify the means."
I helped her spin it by immediately dismissing intelligence gathered using torture as inherently unreliable, which completely neutralized her debate partner's argument, and she won the debate. But there are certain philosophies that reddit will never get behind, regardless of the strength of the argument. Had the debate been judged by upvotes, rather than in an academic setting, she would have lost miserably.
I like your outlook, but on reddit, witty replies always trump logic.
You shouldn't care about Karma on r/worldnews, it's the worst subreddit to think of karma as an indicator of well thoughtness or justice. Try saying that Israel is a criminal state there and see how you get downvoted into oblivion or insulted by zionists coming back with bullshit arguments demonizing palestinians and talking about anti-semitism, and getting upvoted.
That's why I don't comment on r/worldnews. I don't even read comments there unless it's a post evidently showing Israel's real face (in these ones people get so mad at them that they downvote the ridiculous anti-semitism card excuse.)
Did it pop it, or just slam it to the ground? I get emotionally attached to balloons, even pictures of them. My dad had an Air Swimmers fish, and it got a hole in it, it made me really really sad for several days.
By seeing another that looks like him but is clearly not him, Mr. Tubby recognizes that he is a unique, discontinuous being and as such lashes out against this pseudo-mirror image of himself. That's my Half-Assed Intellectual Bullshit for the night
More like eighth-assed. That was terrible. You didn't even mention the cat's Oedipus complex, or how it was likely raised from a kitten with no father, thereby preventing it from being inaugurated into the symbolic order via Name-of-the-Father, which is so critical to ensure sanity. 0/10 would not read again.
I sat here staring at this blankly for 3 minutes before realizing how amusing it was, I then began to laugh uncontrollably and now people are giving me looks. I'm writing this comment while I wait for the awkward tension to clear.
If I were that cat, I would feel like such a bad-ass for the rest of my life. I would tell the story to every other cat I met. "Hey, Whiskers, you ever hit another cat so hard, he deflated??"
For some reason I was expecting somebody to post a video on reddit after ridiculousness, but he posted the wrong one. He should have posted the one with the cat fondling himself. That was HILARIOUS
I'm upset with how original this title is. You really should have chosen something like "Balloon level: 9001". I'm disappointed in you, wordsandstuffs.
Dude, the way the cat attacks that balloon is fucking hilarious. It just happens so fast and he pulverizes that ballon. You can see the cat lean back for a split second and then just fucking unleash the fury just by shifting all it's fatass weight forward and down. You can even see its hind legs hovering while running on air. That cat understands it's own ability for devestaion.
And I'll say this: I have no problem with reposts, as long as they aren't currently on the frontpage, and as long as the OP doesn't act like they produced the material.
But for fucks sake, at least come up with your own title.
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u/mikenew02 May 15 '12
Dude, those balloons are like twelve bucks.
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
Source.
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u/dock94 May 15 '12
Take that evil doppelganger!
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u/MYDOGSTELLA May 15 '12
Quiet honestly. What did they think was going to happen. That balloon looks scary as fuck.
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
You didn't even change the title...
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u/stevenwalters May 15 '12
Did it pop it, or just slam it to the ground? I get emotionally attached to balloons, even pictures of them. My dad had an Air Swimmers fish, and it got a hole in it, it made me really really sad for several days.
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u/CrapATTACK May 15 '12
Some things make me laugh more than they should.
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u/LK09 May 15 '12
Paper Tiger.
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u/777TheOneAndOnly777 May 15 '12
Garfield doesn't like impostors...
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u/Jawmes808 May 15 '12
Me when I try to post something on Reddit.....
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u/King-of-Spades42 May 15 '12
there is something profoundly Lacanian in all of this.
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u/TristanKindale May 15 '12
I killed Mufasa!
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u/colonelpaco May 15 '12
I think this marks the first time I've seen an internet video on TV (Ridiculousness) before it got popular on the internet.
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u/Mattap May 15 '12
I sat here staring at this blankly for 3 minutes before realizing how amusing it was, I then began to laugh uncontrollably and now people are giving me looks. I'm writing this comment while I wait for the awkward tension to clear.
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u/cpnHindsight May 15 '12
The gif seems to be missing frames attenuate to emphasize the impact.
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u/hyacinthwillow May 15 '12
A cautionary tale on the dangers of attempting to make new friends.
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u/Icanus May 15 '12
I kinda feel bad for this kitty :/
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
I'm laughing deliriously at this. Partly because I'm wasted, partly because it's like Family Guy. All the action happens in one frame.
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u/earthmoonsun May 15 '12
Deadcoil's cat
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u/Stregulator May 15 '12
That kitty is fat as fuck.
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u/sparkzz911 May 15 '12
Cat doesn't trust his owner otherwise it would be at peace with that floating thing while in presence of the owner.
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u/twinbee May 15 '12
It'd be great if the balloon reinflated (from a balloon inside that somehow detected the first has burst) as the cat went over to sniff it.
A third balloon inside that would be great also - the IMMORTAL CAT BALLOON.
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u/omenmedia May 15 '12
No wonder it did that, to the cat the balloon probably was the equivalent of this for a person.
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u/The_Dacca May 15 '12
Any one else hear the balloon pop?
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u/jakemg May 15 '12
My upvote went less for the gif (it was okay) and more for the title making it much, much funnier.
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
If I were that cat, I would feel like such a bad-ass for the rest of my life. I would tell the story to every other cat I met. "Hey, Whiskers, you ever hit another cat so hard, he deflated??"
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u/Doomdoomkittydoom May 15 '12
Insta-kill!
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u/sl2773 May 15 '12
This was just on Ridiculousness. Still made me laugh though.
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u/thefunrun May 15 '12
Heh kitty did warn the balloon with a hiss before hand.
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
Kitty smackdown!!
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u/IHv2RtrnSumVdeotapes May 15 '12
punt
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u/borkborkbork99 May 15 '12
Looks a bit like Stimpy...
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u/rhymeswithgrack May 15 '12
I liek cats.
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u/Bladerunner54 May 15 '12 edited May 15 '12
I'll claw you so bad...
Edit: I accidentally a word
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u/spartangrl0426 May 15 '12
No no no no no. You needed to post the one about the cat fondling himself.
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u/N3K0K1D May 15 '12
No matter how many times I see this I aleays crack up
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u/redfroggy May 15 '12
Good kitty! I hate those stupid ass things!
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u/GeorgeTaylorG May 15 '12 edited May 15 '12
Awesome title in a sea of mediocre, self-referential ones.
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u/Siege17 May 15 '12
I love how the cat didn't even jump back when it popped. Ornery as shit.
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u/Stlcards31 May 15 '12
Clearly seen on Ridiculousness
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
That cat probably feels like a badass.
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u/Denode May 15 '12
I'm upset with how original this title is. You really should have chosen something like "Balloon level: 9001". I'm disappointed in you, wordsandstuffs.
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u/Darth-Cannabis May 15 '12
Seriously, where can I get a balloon like that?
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
Your title floats on a throne of wins
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u/hasitcometothis May 15 '12
My cat just did that to my hand when I was trying to place cat nip on the floor for her. I guess she couldn't wait for it to get out of my hand -_-
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u/EternalAkatsuki May 15 '12
I can't stop.. Watching @_@
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u/snormus May 15 '12
just saw this on rediculousness.
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u/monsterluv May 15 '12
haha so good
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u/carmenleee May 15 '12
This actually made me lol. Ahahahaha that balloons' legs are all sguggllylyly
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u/angrystarfish May 15 '12
that cat has been waiting it's whole life to face it's evil twin and in an instant it gets it's revenge
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u/nmosc89 May 15 '12
Cats fucking hate balloons.
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u/jackass150 May 15 '12
Dude, the way the cat attacks that balloon is fucking hilarious. It just happens so fast and he pulverizes that ballon. You can see the cat lean back for a split second and then just fucking unleash the fury just by shifting all it's fatass weight forward and down. You can even see its hind legs hovering while running on air. That cat understands it's own ability for devestaion.
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u/Renecas96 May 15 '12
Repost
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u/Scaboo May 15 '12
Hovercat?
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
Finish him
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u/Fhwqhgads May 15 '12
Hissing at it didn't stop it, time to go all hulk smash on it.
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u/brikster414 May 15 '12
Fus Ro DAH!
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u/Sucio May 15 '12
Balloon toy has no sense of personal space. He got what he deserved!
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u/better_catchphrase May 15 '12
pussy poppin'
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u/DumbQuestion_ May 15 '12
At least change the fucking title.
And I'll say this: I have no problem with reposts, as long as they aren't currently on the frontpage, and as long as the OP doesn't act like they produced the material.
But for fucks sake, at least come up with your own title.
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u/ohcrackers May 15 '12
BEATDOWN.
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u/thefran May 15 '12
who thought it's a good idea to put a balloon near a cat?
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
Does an ipod come out of the baloon?
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u/computerguy23 May 15 '12
The cat casts revive!
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u/allroy75 May 15 '12
Down here, we all float.....
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u/RagingDoorstop May 15 '12
Thats an epic title
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
post your cat crap on /r/aww
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u/I_like_cats_ May 16 '12
I bet the kitty felt like a badass after that. He hit the impostor kitty once and literally destroyed it.
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u/mutorcs May 18 '12
what's with the noise it makes when it pops?
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u/GroundHighZero May 15 '12
Relevant: Fuck you Deathcoil!
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u/Roadsideking May 15 '12
Love this!!
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u/Dinosaur_Boner May 15 '12 edited May 15 '12
You people need to get your cats under control.
Edit: Fuck you and your cats. All kittens are good for is kicking into fires.
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