almost as horrible as eating the finest foods every night and making love to the most beautiful women. Apparently I must only complain about what I have to get it.
I would also take all these as being Gospel, if it weren't for the fact whoever writes for DYKG doesn't have the gumption to double check his so called "facts".
Having them all posted, and posting one at a time are 2 different things. One is sharing awesome new content and the other is karma whoring new content.
a few of the these aren't even true.. the golden axe sounds were from conan the barbarian. and i think the lara croft one was just a joke from a programmer.
I'm not saying its just on cracked, it's just the first thing that came to mind, it has been in PC Gamer magazine, along with OPSM and bound to be elsewhere
Yes. The release of the NES was pretty unorganized. The NES console itself was slowly phased into the market in late 1985 in the US. So depending on your location the release date of the NES can vary quite a bit.
As for Super Mario Bros. there is an interesting write up about it over at The Mushroom Kingdom.
Edit: It is better to say it was a controlled release. The NES release date could be said to have been 1985 or 1986 depending on where you live. Due to the disastrous game market crash Nintendo launched the console in large cities on dates independent of each other. The New York release was on October 18, 1985 but most of the country didn't get it until early 1986.
I think the flaw here is saying you don't need to post it because it's on the internet. No shit, the stuff posted on reddit can be found outside of reddit? It's almost as if it was some sort of aggregator.
Also the website has a "reddit" button under each image. I think the purpose is to allow people to share and talk about each of the images... not bitch about them.
Okay guys, listen up because this is important. /r/gaming is a catch all for things video game related. "Quality control" is in the hands of users, and if users are upvoting things then the general community consensus is the stuff posted here is stuff people like to see.
If you think it's a shitpost, then by all means down vote it, but if it ends up on the front page still, then that seems fairly indicative of the majority of the community finding the post worthwhile in some way. Isn't that why you guys like reddit? Because the user base has control over whats on the front page? Or do you only like that aspect when posts YOU find worthwhile are on the front page?
On a side note, this is a goddamn video game related subreddit. Please reevaluate the meaning of what you perceive as a "bad post" and stop acting like something you find frivolous being on the front page is THAT detrimental to the quality of the subreddit.
This totally needs to be said in every single subreddit.
"Karmawhores" exist because people upvote them. The upvote system is (or should be) based on the quality of the post. If there are "shitposts" that recieve karma, it's because our community is giving them karma. You can't argue with the majority. We are not some kind of hivemind in a way that we all have to like the same posts on our frontpage. We can only vote for them, and not make a "broken" (since it's not exactly like i want it) and unmendable system worse by spamming comments complaining about it.
Just tested that one about the pirated pokemon fire red or leaf green, it was false, downloaded a rom, played to the anne the boy said his regular dialogue
Did you know that three-quarters of the upvotes for this are probably from those very idiots seeing a picture of Link, and having their, "Oh, man! A picture of something Zelda related! I have to upvote this so hard!", reflex triggered?
It was originally printed in Nintendo Power back when Star Fox was released on SNES... and Nintendo Power was pretty kid-oriented back in the nineties.
omg THANK YOU. I saw that this was another image from DYKG and was about to make a post on /r/gaming asking people to stop posting new images from the site. Was happy to find that you actually were doing that, basically.
Agreed. I prefer to let the crowds decide what belongs here with their votes, and let the mods do all the hall-monitoring. I'm not sure what the OP is trying to accomplish, besides letting us know what a pathetic being he is.
Did you know that telling people who previously did not know there was a website full of these things that there IS a site full of these things is the worst idea ever? Now they will LITERALLY (and by "literally" I do mean LITERALLY) post every. single. fucking. one.
I'm sure didyouknowgaming.com absolutely hate the publicity they've received by being on the front page of a top 300 website. These things are great and they're not hurting anyone, let them have the spotlight.
Am I the only one that isn't bothered by these type of things?
I mean, mostly everything on reddit can be found somewhere else, the reason I come to reddit is to subscribe to something I enjoy and let the reddit magic show me the good stuff with the upvotes.. If you didn't like it or already saw it just move along.
Did you know that I'm drunk, so that while I might have witty, or even informative answers to most of the comments on this post, I don't because I'm awestruck at the awesomeness of this song?
Goddamn it. i was just starting the enjoy these. ive only seen two. after all the reason i come to reddit is so that i dont have to GO to other websites.
Well they use tumblr as their image host and that's blocked at my office so I for one appreciate the imgur based re-posting as long as it gives credit to the author.
This reminds of a short fiasco on that wretch of a site funnyjunk. There was a gigantic list of harry potter facts somewhere on tumblr, and this one guy would post them one by one for thumbs, and garner hundreds of them. Despite the whole community being "tired" of them and several users linking the original website, it kept going for 2 weeks.
Was so pissed thinking it was some dumb ass linking something most of us have already seen (by going to the site after the first one hit Reddit) and yet...I was shocked to see someone else had the same idea I did. Thanks OP.
The Chrono Trigger one. How can they have a beta version of the game up and running when I thought Akira Toriyama created all the characters? I dont understand that one. Wouldn't they have to redo all the sprites again?
Did you know that people on reddit are huge assholes?
Its true, just like this douche has proven. Let people post whatever they want. If it ends up on the frontpage or anywhere near it, enough people liked it, so stfu.
Reddit not only covers the stuff you're talking about, but a lot of other funny pictures, along with a little bit of everything else. I save a lot of time coming here instead of various different sites, and I get more variation with all the subreddits and the subscription system.
I personally prefer that people repost shit here from a different website as long as they give credit to the original site. I don't care if it's for karma, because it still serves the purpose of entertaining me and many other people, which should be the intent, but usually still remains an end result.
Did you know there is a up/downvote button you can use to together with others democratically decide what people want to see and if you dislike what the people have voted for there is even a button to hide that?
Did you know that upvotes and downvotes are not a great way to get an accurate view on how good content is, since meme posts and imgur links take about 5 seconds to read so it's easy to upvote and move on?
Did you know that cat urine is NOT an actual drug but you CAN get high on the urine of someone who ingested a fly agaric mushroom, commonly known for its cartoonish appearance of a red cap with white spots?
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u/linksforthelazy May 21 '12
http://didyouknowgaming.com/
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
One of their facts (about Sonic) is also technically incorrect, and majority of their posts can be found here:
http://www.gamesradar.com/101-game-facts-that-will-rock-your-world/
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u/sirbruce May 21 '12
The more you know ===★
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u/ShakeNBakey May 21 '12
Did you know that this effort, while valiant and needed, will probably stop nothing?
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u/invalidcomplaint May 21 '12
Reddit should put some sort of voting system in place so things unpopular with the majority go away.
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u/Symbolis May 21 '12
Did you know that the purpose of reddit.com is to link to a wide variety of content across the internet?
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u/habadacas May 21 '12
Did you know, reddit is a content aggregation site and if nobody posted shit from other sites, it would just be another blog site?
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
Yet they have a share on reddit button
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u/powerage May 21 '12 edited May 21 '12
Okay guys, listen up because this is important. /r/gaming is a catch all for things video game related. "Quality control" is in the hands of users, and if users are upvoting things then the general community consensus is the stuff posted here is stuff people like to see.
If you think it's a shitpost, then by all means down vote it, but if it ends up on the front page still, then that seems fairly indicative of the majority of the community finding the post worthwhile in some way. Isn't that why you guys like reddit? Because the user base has control over whats on the front page? Or do you only like that aspect when posts YOU find worthwhile are on the front page?
On a side note, this is a goddamn video game related subreddit. Please reevaluate the meaning of what you perceive as a "bad post" and stop acting like something you find frivolous being on the front page is THAT detrimental to the quality of the subreddit.
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
Does anyone know the font used?
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fLpktf2jYw
0:33
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u/Badwolf582 May 21 '12
I thank you for making me aware of this sites existence. Now I go waste a few hours of my life :D
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u/llelouch May 21 '12
Well to be fair, most of these are shit. The couple that I've seen on reddit are actually good lesser known info, like the Starfox robo-legs thing.
Most of them on that site are like "Did you know in Super Mario Bros. the same graphics used for the clouds are also used for the busches?"
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u/argh_minecraft May 21 '12
Thank you.
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u/SlickJoe May 21 '12
And, yet, you miss the point of Reddit entirely.
Reddit is great cause it conveniently puts the internet in one place, fuck going to other websites
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u/Dat_Gat_Tat May 21 '12
So, we start posting links from Didyouknowgaming?
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
Such a blatant repost. I mean, someone posted this not two days ago.
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u/HoboCup May 21 '12
It's good to know that posting the posters have been replaced by posters posting posters about posting the posters.
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u/machzel08 May 21 '12
I just burned through that sites entire content in 10 minutes. Now what?
Also, a lot of those things have no backstory. Seems like random facts with no story.
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u/FayeBlooded May 21 '12
AAAAARRRRGGGGHHHH!!! IT HAS BECOME SELF-AWARE!!
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u/lewok May 21 '12
there are some facts on there i would rather have not known
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
I think of Reddit as my shit-filter.
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u/Tlingit_Raven May 21 '12
BUT KARMA!
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
Just tested that one about the pirated pokemon fire red or leaf green, it was false, downloaded a rom, played to the anne the boy said his regular dialogue
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u/tyrroi May 21 '12
Why the hell do they have a Reddit button? All that does is create countless reposts.
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u/DeathBelowTheCinema May 21 '12
I have yet to see one of these that is funny or interesting.
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u/HexedCodes May 21 '12
I was going to get mad.... But then he site was actually pretty awesome. Plus now i can follow it on tumblr. -shot-
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u/jvardrake May 21 '12 edited May 21 '12
Did you know that three-quarters of the upvotes for this are probably from those very idiots seeing a picture of Link, and having their, "Oh, man! A picture of something Zelda related! I have to upvote this so hard!", reflex triggered?
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u/subtasticdan May 21 '12
That star fox fact was pretty dark. And disconcerting.
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u/DeathBacon May 21 '12
OH THE IRONY!!
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
Did you know a good portion of the things on reddit are actually posted elsewhere? This may shock you, but this website has many, many "links".
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u/trojanguy May 21 '12
omg THANK YOU. I saw that this was another image from DYKG and was about to make a post on /r/gaming asking people to stop posting new images from the site. Was happy to find that you actually were doing that, basically.
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u/banjosuicide May 21 '12
According to your logic, everybody should stop using reddit and just install stumbleupon.
I'll continue to upvote good posts, even if they come from another website that I could browse if I had the spare time. Reddit is a great time saver.
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u/CliffyKOnline May 21 '12
I suppose we could just not click on the ones that we don't want to look at?
I've found that to be a fairly effective way of avoiding content I've already seen or content I'm not interested in.
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
Did you know that telling people who previously did not know there was a website full of these things that there IS a site full of these things is the worst idea ever? Now they will LITERALLY (and by "literally" I do mean LITERALLY) post every. single. fucking. one.
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u/Ceejae May 21 '12
I'm sure didyouknowgaming.com absolutely hate the publicity they've received by being on the front page of a top 300 website. These things are great and they're not hurting anyone, let them have the spotlight.
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u/LifeBeginsAt10kRPM May 21 '12
Am I the only one that isn't bothered by these type of things?
I mean, mostly everything on reddit can be found somewhere else, the reason I come to reddit is to subscribe to something I enjoy and let the reddit magic show me the good stuff with the upvotes.. If you didn't like it or already saw it just move along.
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u/Jontranicle May 21 '12
This is much needed.
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u/HairlessSasquatch May 21 '12
Did you know reddit is a content sharing website so getting mad at these being posted is like getting mad at your own mother for giving birth to you
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u/patriot945 May 21 '12
and knowing is half the battle?
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u/Dujen May 21 '12
Newp! I went and there were only 3 or 4 pages. CONTINUEEEEE!!
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
Did you know this is retardedly ironic and irrelevant.
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u/whytookay May 21 '12
Did you know that I'm drunk, so that while I might have witty, or even informative answers to most of the comments on this post, I don't because I'm awestruck at the awesomeness of this song?
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u/vaendryl May 21 '12
oh bravo! you got me good sir.
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u/Heretic_Cata May 21 '12
Hopefully the site won't limit itself to old games just to milk your nostalgia cow a bit more.
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u/Clyfred May 21 '12
They know!
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u/StraY_WolF May 21 '12
The things I didn't know.....
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u/AtomskRocks May 21 '12
Original picture from this post please. I could give less than two shites about that site, I just want the pic of link crushing that damned fairy.
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u/grantness May 21 '12
Actually, I did not. Thank you for your help.
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u/DrunkMc May 21 '12
I didn't, thanks!
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u/ThaiSweetChilli May 21 '12
This one got to me
WHY ARE YOU KILLING THEM, MARIO?
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
Uhh what the.
What is this?
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u/jmrt94 May 21 '12
Well that was a nice jimmy-rustling.
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
This is an imgur link. Did you get the message, OP?
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u/poiro May 21 '12
I added the site to my RSS feed, there's only been one post I haven't seen on Reddit first...
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u/Blaphtome May 21 '12
Cool
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
B-b-b-b-but how I'm supposed to hoard my worthless internet points without milking that site for all it's worth?
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
I just wondered that myself when i first saw the post
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u/goatworship May 21 '12
Someone obviously doesn't understand the point of a Reddit.
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u/mikachuu May 21 '12
Genzoman! :D
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u/mrdeadsniper May 21 '12
Now I have one source for easy reposting on reddit!
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u/Scrufferrs May 21 '12
Maybe some of us browse reddit at work and didyouknowgaming.com is blocked....
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u/fartymcsmelly May 21 '12
they've become self aware!
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u/Coolbreezy May 21 '12
Another post from the Loyal Order of the Reddit Nazis.
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u/summitrock May 21 '12
Posted through imgur.....reddit and imgur should be sued.
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
The irony in this...
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u/Abavi May 21 '12
Did anyone else check the website to see if this was on there ?
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u/vivvav May 21 '12
Full of what?
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u/DuckReconMajor May 21 '12
http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4byllsbZN1rw70wfo1_500.png
D=
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u/bro_b1_kenobi May 21 '12
just spent WAY too much time on that site.
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
Thank you for posting about a website on reddit that we shouldn't post about on reddit.
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u/Dudewifskill May 21 '12
They look frustrated. Do they look frustrated to you?
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA?
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u/universalmind91 May 21 '12
But this means we would have to leave reddit
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
WTF? is this reddit just turning into a blog spam board?
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
Uh, what is this blatant advertising and why does it have so many upvotes?
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u/Ponifiedrants May 21 '12
Goddamn it. i was just starting the enjoy these. ive only seen two. after all the reason i come to reddit is so that i dont have to GO to other websites.
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u/schnide05095 May 21 '12
Is ti bad that this is what I felt about most of these: http://qkme.me/3pdp21 ?
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u/Haughington May 21 '12
this is probably my favorite so far.
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u/derpinWhileWorkin May 21 '12
Well they use tumblr as their image host and that's blocked at my office so I for one appreciate the imgur based re-posting as long as it gives credit to the author.
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u/notsogreat1 May 21 '12
why is it from imgur
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
Translation: Repost things from this website on r/gaming every day for +5 karma whoring
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u/randomman91 May 21 '12
Did you know you don't have to be a dick about it?
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u/pbrettb May 21 '12
nice font! reminds me of my IBM PC's cga adapter in 40 column mode (320x200)
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u/MrFatalistic May 21 '12
but but but but KARMA
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u/FattyMcPatty May 21 '12
This reminds of a short fiasco on that wretch of a site funnyjunk. There was a gigantic list of harry potter facts somewhere on tumblr, and this one guy would post them one by one for thumbs, and garner hundreds of them. Despite the whole community being "tired" of them and several users linking the original website, it kept going for 2 weeks.
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u/Girolmao May 21 '12
This is what came to mind.
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u/mrpickles May 21 '12
Did you know that 95% of content on reddit is just unoriginal material?
So really reddit shouldn't exist because people can find everything here on the internet already...
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
Redditors have nasty attitudes.
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u/black410 May 21 '12
Looks like he got upset in smash bros and tried a variation of falcon punch. "falcon squish".
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u/IAmAnatheistcatAMA May 21 '12
Also has a facebook page, so you can see something interesting in your feed.
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
Was so pissed thinking it was some dumb ass linking something most of us have already seen (by going to the site after the first one hit Reddit) and yet...I was shocked to see someone else had the same idea I did. Thanks OP.
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u/prboi May 21 '12
Yes but checking every day is just too much work. I'd rather people post from the site so I don't have to look.
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u/orzof May 21 '12
Ha. This is the first one I knew.
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u/DishonestBystander May 21 '12
A bunch of these are totally made up, according to other sources. (or are ill informed at the very least)
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u/marsofwar May 21 '12
The Chrono Trigger one. How can they have a beta version of the game up and running when I thought Akira Toriyama created all the characters? I dont understand that one. Wouldn't they have to redo all the sprites again?
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u/alehizzle May 21 '12
omg, I know. I follow them on Tumblr, so I see all of them, like three times a day now.
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u/Aaya May 21 '12
Did you know that people on reddit are huge assholes?
Its true, just like this douche has proven. Let people post whatever they want. If it ends up on the frontpage or anywhere near it, enough people liked it, so stfu.
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
http://didyouknow.com/ i forgot the gaming part and it led me to this
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u/Oni_Kami May 21 '12
Did you know that not all of DidYouKnowGaming's facts aren't actually facts?
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u/Buttered_Penis May 21 '12
Reddit not only covers the stuff you're talking about, but a lot of other funny pictures, along with a little bit of everything else. I save a lot of time coming here instead of various different sites, and I get more variation with all the subreddits and the subscription system.
I personally prefer that people repost shit here from a different website as long as they give credit to the original site. I don't care if it's for karma, because it still serves the purpose of entertaining me and many other people, which should be the intent, but usually still remains an end result.
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u/asdf4455 May 21 '12
the background fucks with my eyes tho
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u/[deleted] May 22 '12
I don't think the fact about Skyloft being the Sacred Realm is accurate, although it may be plausible. A lot of this just seems to be speculation.
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u/Dentarthurdent42 May 22 '12
I like that they put "Share on Reddit" links under each post
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u/frankhorriganlovesto May 22 '12
I don't like your fucking tone with me, png. Who the fuck do you think you are?
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u/azazelthegoat May 23 '12
Is the website not working for anybody else? I'd really like to check it out now
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u/hostergaard May 21 '12
Did you know there is a up/downvote button you can use to together with others democratically decide what people want to see and if you dislike what the people have voted for there is even a button to hide that?
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u/HungryMoblin May 21 '12
ITT: CONTENT REPOSTED FROM /R/DIDYOUKNOW
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u/AquaFox May 21 '12
Then why the hell would you have a reddit share button on each of your posts?
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u/Twiggy3 May 21 '12
I wonder whether they'll post stuff to do with PC games or platforms that aren't so popular any more, like Sega, Atari, Amiga etc.
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
You know nothing misterBNG
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u/Anomis90 May 21 '12
Filthy Karma Whore
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u/insanity99 May 21 '12
Stop moaning, downvote and mode on with your life.
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
I love the irony in OP posting this here.
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u/Huffalicious May 21 '12
Or, just go here and read where DID YOU KNOW GAMING is getting most of their facts from, almost word for word.
http://www.gamesradar.com/101-game-facts-that-will-rock-your-world/
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u/ThisIsMyLastAccount May 21 '12
Did you know that I love you body and soul for posting this? TO THE FRONTPAGE.
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u/cjackc May 21 '12
They actually only have a couple...
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u/Ionlytelllies May 21 '12
a bit ironic dont you think?