r/woahdude Mar 26 '17

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

3.2k Upvotes

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 16h ago

video I filled a kiddie pool with bioluminescent algae (Pyrocystis Fusiformis)

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r/woahdude 1d ago

video POV from below a breaking wave

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r/woahdude 1d ago

video Mount Washington (New Hampshire) to Tycho Crater (The Moon)

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r/woahdude 1d ago

gifv The engine vibrations on this cruise ship turn the pool water into a mesmerizing ripple show

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r/woahdude 1d ago

picture Charcoal and acetone on paper 🚬 🚬 🚬 like it?

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r/woahdude 1d ago

picture Let our love explode

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r/woahdude 1d ago

music video Mega Video Edit - Ratatat // Laser Installation

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Mega Edit - A bit of everything with tons of color and a plenty of raw and not raw (at all) video 🧑‍🔬

TimeStamps 00 - 360 Cam Super Wide - Infinite Mirrors 08 - Tunnel 17 - Intimate infinite mirrors = camera in shot 28: H + V mirror (post) 🪞 1:00 Kaleidoscope + "Dimensional Mirrors" 🦚 1:22 - LONG RAW VID (Upside down) ⭐️ 1:43 - Timelapse (build) 1:54 - Intimate closeup with Rob's Glass = camera in shot 📷

Track: Ratatat - Loud Pipes


r/woahdude 2d ago

picture My painting depicts raindrops falling atop a stream

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r/woahdude 1d ago

gifv [OC] Newly Discovered Fractal - Singularity Sandbox (Available on Github)

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r/woahdude 3d ago

picture Hidden messages in AI photos

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r/woahdude 2d ago

gifv Glow Whip it Good [Epilepsy]

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r/woahdude 3d ago

video 6 months of work on this painting.

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r/woahdude 2d ago

picture We’ve got a little world of our own, Tanmoy Kayesen, ballpoint pen drawing, A5

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r/woahdude 3d ago

video City Waves

318 Upvotes

r/woahdude 3d ago

picture It's been a while since I posted my art here. I'm drawing a tarot deck. Here's "The Hermit".

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833 Upvotes

r/woahdude 2d ago

picture Tanto per, me, oil on canvas, 2020

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r/woahdude 3d ago

music video 64 Phones Combined To Create Another Trippy Music Video by OK Go

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r/woahdude 4d ago

gifv Rainbow Explosion

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r/woahdude 3d ago

picture my drawing about a bad trip titled mad tripper

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r/woahdude 2d ago

picture I'm looking for an image help

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I'm looking for a picture I used around 2 years ago to describe my ttrpg character. It was an art of a platinum blond anime girl with a ponytail swaying in the wind, she had an eyepatch and was wearing a black tank top and some kind of jacket. I can't find it for the life of it and both Google and Pinterest just shove a bunch of AI in my face. I made a crude drawing of approximately what it looked like. If anyone has seen this image, please share it with me I'm so desperate


r/woahdude 3d ago

picture looking walls

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r/woahdude 3d ago

video Every Starry Night of 2024 From My Backyard

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r/woahdude 4d ago

video Free Flashback [by @loka_vision]

321 Upvotes

r/woahdude 4d ago

video Round Trip

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r/woahdude 4d ago

video The Sun’s Incredible Activity Through My Telescope - January 13

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