r/woahdude Mar 26 '17

meta IMPORTANT: Many of our subscribers have no idea what this subreddit is actually for

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Many of you long-time WoahDude users have been complaining about the growing flood of users from /r/all who have a complete misunderstanding of what sort of content belongs here. Your cries have been heard, and we will start being more strict with enforcement and finally set shit straight:

  • We are NOT a "reaction subreddit".

  • We are NOT a subreddit about interesting or amazing content.

  • We are NOT interchangeable with /r/pics, /r/gifs, /r/damnthatsinteresting or other general subreddits.

  • We are specifically made for psychedelic content, trippy or mesmerizing stuff that will make a sober person feel stoned, or stoned person trip harder! We're not about posting things that are merely neat or amazing, but instead, things that sort of mess with your mind, warp your reality.

Mindfucks and self-inflicted gaslighting. Or the hypnotic or mesmerising. Vivid colors, intense patterns. Mind-blowing science and philosophy. Chill or trippy music. Surrealism, absurdism and strangeness.

Think of the bizarre, erratic and psychedelic nature of Adult Swim. Or the wondrous, mind-expanding, awe inspiring nature of Carl Sagan's Cosmos. Or even the reality distorting, confusing, mind-fucking nature of Eternal Darkness for Gamecube. We're all of that.

TL;DR - Not all the content that makes you say the words 'woah dude' belongs in this subreddit, and not all the things that belong in this subreddit will necessarily make you literally say the words 'woah dude'.


WoahDude material

The following examples are a non-exhaustive list

NOT WoahDude material

  • Rarity: Rare talents, dangerous stunts, extreme human abilities, 1-in-a-million shots, sports highlights, abnormally large or small examples of objects, etc.
  • Bullshit peddling: Pseudoscience, paranormal activity, cryptozoology, hoaxes, etc.

Please note that while the above descriptors on our list are good reductive examples of what belongs in this subreddit, they don't guarantee content that fits said descriptors also fits our holistic purpose for what belongs in this subreddit. For example, you'll notice that "slow motion" is on the list, however if you take any random gif and apply slow motion to it, that doesn't automatically guarantee that it has been turned into material suitable for the subreddit. Nor are random charts from your school textbook guaranteed to qualify under "data visualizations". All posts must still satisfy the overarching theme of the subreddit.


r/woahdude 1d ago

wallpaper Like a whirling portal of time travel

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2.6k Upvotes

r/woahdude 1d ago

movies Christopher Nolan filming the Inception hallway scene

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639 Upvotes

r/woahdude 1d ago

video The Las Vegas Sphere looks absolutely terrifying displaying the “Mind Flayer”from Stranger Things

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489 Upvotes

r/woahdude 22h ago

picture Hodoos In Northern Mexico. (Photo: Garrett Davis)

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r/woahdude 23h ago

picture My attempt at painting the peaceful sound of waves

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r/woahdude 2d ago

video Trippy table art piece

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6.0k Upvotes

r/woahdude 9h ago

music video This Halloween Light Show is mind blowing!

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r/woahdude 1d ago

video Unreal bathroom

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293 Upvotes

This bathroom is so unreal. I cant believe it even exists.


r/woahdude 2d ago

picture I was flying my drone and it took me a minute to realize this wasn't a giant piano on the ground.

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r/woahdude 2d ago

picture Collective Consciousness, oil painting by me

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r/woahdude 2d ago

video Natural phenomenon of bioluminescent plankton lighting up ocean waves with a glowing blue light : Sea of Stars in Maldives

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130 Upvotes

r/woahdude 2d ago

picture Frost Flower Magic!!

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The 'blooming' season might be over, but it did NOT disappoint!! 😍


r/woahdude 2d ago

picture My imaginary friends

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I wanted to share some of the sculptures I managed to make this year. They’re hand-sculpted from polymer clay and painted with acrylics, with a few additional materials like air-dry clay, wire, paper, resin, and wood. I truly hope you like them!


r/woahdude 2d ago

gifv Posts Like These On tumblr ...

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Posts like this are just made for me. I could stare at these for hours, wondering when we'd get to our destination.


r/woahdude 2d ago

picture Did this Puzzle while I was high yesterday

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r/woahdude 3d ago

video Trippy red beach

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r/woahdude 3d ago

picture Pacex Rocket Exhaust Plume, Sierra Nevada California (Photo: Brandon Yoshizawa, 2019)

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r/woahdude 3d ago

picture The General Electric 70 MeV electron synchrotron, a particle accelerator used for radiation therapy used to treat cancer patients with radiation from 1956 to 1964

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153 Upvotes

r/woahdude 3d ago

video Xmas glasses changes Xmas Lights shape

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64 Upvotes

Glasses my Mother in law got the kids. Pretty fun!


r/woahdude 3d ago

video Drones Equipped with Pyrotechnics

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1.9k Upvotes

r/woahdude 3d ago

picture The "Griswald House" of Rose Hill, KS

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r/woahdude 3d ago

video Rainfall on an Iranian Island turns the beach red, the colour is due to the island's high concentration of iron oxide.

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232 Upvotes

r/woahdude 4d ago

picture In 1975 (Czechoslovakia), this 12,000-ton Gothic church was moved 841 meters on rails to save it from a coal mine that swallowed the rest of the city. It took 28 days, moving at just 2cm per minute, and still holds the Guinness World Record for the heaviest building ever moved on a rail system.

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r/woahdude 5d ago

video Oil appears stationary

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11.5k Upvotes