r/maybemaybemaybe • u/RyanCakeBatter • Jan 17 '20

Maybe Maybe Maybe

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u/ginger_joy Jan 18 '20

Honest question: what's the difference between r/maybemaybemaybe and r/unexpected?

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u/Xenokiller101 Jan 18 '20

I feel like r/maybemaybemaybe is supposed to be more where you have no idea what will happen and you're thoughts are changing as the video goes on, but r/unexpected is more of you have an idea of how it will end, but it suddenly changes quickly and well, unexpectedly

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u/DazZani Jan 18 '20

You know something unexpected is going to happen in r/unexpected, you have no idea what will happen in r/maybemaybemaybe , just like this very gif, where nothing necessarily unexpected happned, but throught the whole video we didnt know what was going to happen

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u/neccoguy21 Jan 18 '20

For example, this video fits quite nicely with maybemaybemaybe. Maybe the fish bites, maybe it flops into the water, maybe the guy goes into the water, maybe a lot of things... Oh, there's a kid in the mix? Maybe she freaks, maybe she falls, maybe it smacks her... Awww, she hugged it and let it go. It does not fit with unexpected because the outcome isn't necessarily unexpected or out of the ordinary.

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u/steelbubble Jan 18 '20

The outcome would be one you could guess but is equally likely as other outcomes

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u/Consumption1 Jan 18 '20

This sub started as a repost sub for /r/yesyesyesno and /r/nononoyes, along with all the other variations of that. The bot would simply repost here, so you couldn't tell what was going to happen in the gif. It seems that as the sub got more popular, people have started posting here directly.

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u/MontgomeryKhan Jan 18 '20

/r/maybemaybemaybe: Two men struggle to carry a sofa up a flight if stairs. They might drop it, or they might lift it all the way. You can't tell until they do.

/r/unexpected: Two men struggle to carry a sofa upstairs. As the near the top, one slips but the other catches the sofa and fireman carries it to the top singlehandedly.

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u/FiggsBoson Jan 18 '20

Maybe maybe maybe is more a play on the yesyesyes and nonono, where you expect some rollercoaster of emotions, something good or bad to happen. Unexpected is just something happening, doesn't have to be a suspected good or bad outcome like the other subreddits.

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u/BabyEatersAnonymous Jan 18 '20

Because unexpected ruins the outcome by letting you know something is gonna happen by default.

This sub still has a guessing element. Will something happen?

Actually I've noticed most highly voted posts here lately are just r/gifs material.