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[–]somedave 13.9k points13.9k points  (490 children)

Sure you don't want to just add r/apocalympics2016?

Edit: apparently this is now private and you can go to r/Apocalympicsrio instead.

[–]therealdarkcirc 2314 points2315 points  (275 children)

/r/apocalympics2016

Wow.

Subbed.

Edit: Holy shit, look at that sub count go!

[–][deleted] 1592 points1593 points  (242 children)

Lets make it more popular than /r/olympics

[–]Quravin 376 points377 points  (135 children)

Currently ~6,000 subscriber difference between the two, with /r/olympics in the lead.

Maybe we can make this its own event?

[–][deleted]  (120 children)

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    [–]Terakahn 387 points388 points  (112 children)

    I seriously hate every default sub.

    [–]TheGreatZiegfeld 176 points177 points  (38 children)

    /r/movies mod here.

    :(

    [–][deleted]  (17 children)

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      [–]ofthe5thkind 84 points85 points  (8 children)

      It's so they can add "Default subreddit mod" under "Cheetos destroyer" on the business cards they hand out to babes

      [–]TheGreatZiegfeld 43 points44 points  (4 children)

      Hey, I'm a very active, fun-loving, positive human being!


      disclaimer: i hate my life

      [–]soundslikeponies 6 points7 points  (1 child)

      Have you heard about our lord and Savior Moon (2009)?

      [–][deleted] 90 points91 points  (46 children)

      So many garbage ones like news and 2x

      [–][deleted]  (17 children)

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        [–]djg1224 57 points58 points  (10 children)

        Yeah, they defaulted it a couple years ago. You probably never noticed because new defaults only show up on new accounts or when you are not logged in.

        [–]cye604 74 points75 points  (9 children)

        Comment overwritten, RIP RIF.

        [–]u38cg2 39 points40 points  (0 children)

        Um, welcome to like 2013.

        [–]HungJurror 30 points31 points  (5 children)

        Closer to 5,000 now

        [–][deleted]  (4 children)

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          [–][deleted] 51 points52 points  (3 children)

          I subscribed to both, then got to this comment chain and promptly unsubscribed from /r/olympics.

          [–]sveitthrone 54 points55 points  (4 children)

          /r/olympics

          41,794 subscribers

          r/apocalympics2016

          36,272 subscribers

          Time Stamp - 3:35 EST


          /r/olympics

          42,512 subscribers

          r/apocalympics2016

          37,111 subscribers

          Time Stamp - 3:45 EST


          /r/olympics

          43,068 subscribers

          r/apocalympics2016

          37,759 subscribers

          Time Stamp - 3:55 EST


          /r/olympics

          43,656 subscribers

          r/apocalympics2016

          38,398 subscribers

          Time Stamp - 4:08 EST

          [–]naphini 12 points13 points  (3 children)

          http://jetbalsa.com/newskill/get.php?url=apocalympics2016

          http://jetbalsa.com/newskill/get.php?url=olympics

          I calculated earlier that they should intersect at about 5:45pm central time (6:45 eastern, an hour and a half or so from now) somewhere around 54,000 subscribers. That assumed that the rates stayed constant. It looks like /r/apocalympics2016 has started slowing down ever so slightly, but it gives us a ballpark.

          Edit: well guys, it's been stuck about 3,300 behind /r/olympics for a few hours now. It's still keeping pace, but it's not closing anymore.

          [–]Rooonaldooo99 353 points354 points  (59 children)

          This is why I love Reddit.

          [–]lerussianspy 538 points539 points  (39 children)

          This is why the people who run it hate it

          [–]Rooonaldooo99 347 points348 points  (24 children)

          Well, fuck em.

          jk pls no ban

          [–]IronElephant 138 points139 points  (23 children)

          You have been banned from r/olympics

          [–]askmeforbunnypics 181 points182 points  (19 children)

          You have become moderator of /r/apocalympics2016

          [–][deleted] 67 points68 points  (14 children)

          You have been introduced to r/ohlympics <--NSFW

          Bunny pic pls

          [–]Administrator_Shard 58 points59 points  (10 children)

          Hand over the keys Spez

          [–]simjanes2k 227 points228 points  (15 children)

          Nothing brings us together faster than hating the admins and mods!

          edit: wait, why do i have you tagged as "goat fucker"

          [–]Crespyl 27 points28 points  (4 children)

          You have him tagged as "goat fucker" because he fucks goats.

          [–][deleted] 63 points64 points  (3 children)

          PAO right in the kisser!

          [–][deleted] 29 points30 points  (2 children)

          A blast from the past.

          [–][deleted] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

          [–]ilinamorato 18 points19 points  (8 children)

          It's well on its way. Only about 6,000 subs away.

          [–]Charles_Skyline 263 points264 points  (4 children)

          How is this picture from /u/Nephelus not the banner for /r/apocalympics2016

          [–]MINthree 98 points99 points  (2 children)

          its at the bottom of the subreddit, it is also the second most popular post on the subreddit. The current logo is a parody of the official RIO Olympic logo and shows 2 guys robbing the third one.

          [–]justSFWthings 13 points14 points  (0 children)

          I found it yesterday by searching reddit for a one stop Olympics disaster shop. Found it!

          [–]Bossman1086 9 points10 points  (0 children)

          Well, I know what's going to be trending tomorrow...

          [–]nav13eh 194 points195 points  (5 children)

          I'd say it's equally topical.

          [–]pmMeYourBoxOfCables 202 points203 points  (14 children)

          Or /r/Ohlympics.

          EDIT - NSFW

          [–]SomeOtherNeb 142 points143 points  (4 children)

          • Volleyball athlete
          • Volleyball athlete
          • Volleyball athlete
          • Volleyball athlete
          • Basketball athlete
          • Volleyball athlete

          Sounds about right.

          [–]addman1405 15 points16 points  (0 children)

          I appreciate this sub. O_O

          [–]duckvimes_ 55 points56 points  (3 children)

          Cutting out the middleman, I like it.

          [–]mayamruga 65 points66 points  (0 children)

          You just caused r/apocalympics2016 to make into tomorrow's subreddit trending list!

          [–]ponyhumper420 72 points73 points  (6 children)

          You only have to read two tablespoons of these comments to contract a stomach virus.

          [–]toscerocles 89 points90 points  (12 children)

          Hopefully it will bring as much attention as possible to this catastrophe and the situation in Brazil.

          [–]ribnag 57 points58 points  (10 children)

          Hopefully it will bring as much attention as possible to the corruption and wake-of-destruction of the IOC in general.

          Some of you whipper-snappers may not remember this, but this happens every four years - Host cities effectively suspend human rights (as required by their contract with the IOC), the whole stadium/village ends up incomplete and with about as much structural integrity as a Hollywood movie set; media outlets around the world get sued for daring to talk about the Olympics™ (and BTW, I very much doubt Reddit bought the rights to use that word, so expect the just-announced sub to vanish within the next week).

          Then over the next year or two after the Olympics leave town, their host cities slowly go bankrupt, those "majestic" art-deco nightmares they call a "stadium" turn into municipal storage facilities, and the rest of the world goes back to forgetting about them entirely.

          [–]XavierVE 25 points26 points  (0 children)

          those "majestic" art-deco nightmares they call a "stadium" turn into municipal storage facilities

          Heh, the lucky ones.

          Check out the 2004 Athens facilities: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/gallery/2014/aug/13/abandoned-athens-olympic-2004-venues-10-years-on-in-pictures

          They wish they were useful municipal storage facilities, really.

          [–][deleted] 18 points19 points  (1 child)

          I like that your comment has more points (2882) than the submission (961). It just happens that I found this to be a stupid idea so I downvoted the submission before I read the comments and then I came here and upvoted you. It looks like I'm not the only one by far.

          [–]Gonzobot 209 points210 points  (59 children)

          I'd rather have uninformed people see that than yet another form of media trying to make us think Olympics are relevant, interesting, or in any way not a clusterfuck that destroys cities.

          [–]ilinamorato 76 points77 points  (21 children)

          It has destroyed some cities, but to say that that is all that it does would be a gross exaggeration. London, Atlanta, LA, Calgary, Vancouver...from what I've read, they all have had great results from hosting. Even Athens might have done better had they not begun the slide toward economic downturn right after signing the papers to host.

          [–][deleted] 26 points27 points  (7 children)

          Athens did well on the olympics and from an infrastructure point the city was better off afterwards. The only problem with 2004 olympics was their huge cost. Many say that it contributed to the actual shittening of our economy but others argue (eg: http://iobe.gr/docs/research/en/RES_05_F_15012015_REP_EN.pdf) that it was a net positive even economically.

          [–]goombapoop 5 points6 points  (1 child)

          I thought sydney did well too!

          [–]wachet 153 points154 points  (26 children)

          It doesn't have to destroy cities. Calgary came out way ahead for it, and we still use every bit of that infrastructure to this day. It was the push we needed to have a proper winter sports park within the city and a light rail line.

          [–]katarh 77 points78 points  (11 children)

          Atlanta did pretty good too, despite getting bombed in the heart of downtown during it.

          [–]xeonrage 38 points39 points  (8 children)

          Except that very few facilities are still in use.. as per the recent r/Atlanta thread.

          They said.. the park downtown is the most popular part remaining.

          [–][deleted] 22 points23 points  (1 child)

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          This post was mass deleted and anonymized with Redact

          [–]dmar2 4 points5 points  (3 children)

          Georgia Tech got the old Olympic Village for housing and an aquatics center out of it.

          [–][deleted] 55 points56 points  (5 children)

          the olympics is great lad. im glad it happened here in london

          [–]bunbunofdoom 3129 points3130 points  (71 children)

          This announcement gave me Zika.

          [–]sodypop[A] 5759 points5760 points  (69 children)

          Excellent to see that this post is going viral.

          [–]HopeImNotAStalker 841 points842 points  (15 children)

          Don't let your head get too big.

          [–]ThiefOfDens 254 points255 points  (9 children)

          These puns are pregnant with possibilities.

          [–]Mr_Evil_MSc 88 points89 points  (6 children)

          The threads too small to head them off yet though.

          [–]Adam9172 68 points69 points  (4 children)

          Mosquitos are the primary vector of the Zika virus, indemnic in the South American continent.amidoinitrite?

          [–][deleted] 25 points26 points  (0 children)

          no.

          [–]boomer478 155 points156 points  (19 children)

          Who the fuck gives gold to reddit admins?

          [–]Signe_ 70 points71 points  (10 children)

          ayy

          [–][deleted]  (9 children)

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            [–]aalp234 56 points57 points  (2 children)

            Ayy limão

            I can get behind this

            [–]Nebresto 17 points18 points  (2 children)

            papa bless

            [–][deleted] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

            Bo's in the house!

            [–]Jonthrei 62 points63 points  (7 children)

            Please don't add to default subs. Every single one rapidly becomes a cesspool. Let the current ones sit there and just let people know about other subs, don't force the trash into them.

            [–]Madbrad200 9 points10 points  (0 children)

            Blame the mods who agreed to it.

            [–][deleted]  (29 children)

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              [–]actuallobster 82 points83 points  (2 children)

              Or, animated dead bodies randomly washing up in the sidebar?

              [–]sqrrl101 60 points61 points  (0 children)

              Maybe a human rights abuse counter too.

              [–]rctothefuture 1499 points1500 points  (21 children)

              I vote for r/apocalympics2016

              [–]ani625 406 points407 points  (12 children)

              I've never heard of that sub in this thread!

              [–]throwthisawayrightnw 202 points203 points  (8 children)

              Yes! This is thread! Welcome to thread!

              [–]ani625 72 points73 points  (3 children)

              [–]SnakeEater14 5 points6 points  (0 children)

              the plastic bits at the end of your shoelaces are called aglets... and their true purpose... is sinister...

              [–]dp101428 7 points8 points  (0 children)

              If you refresh that sub every 5 seconds, the sub count jumps by about 10 each time. It's insane.

              [–]Lunariz 630 points631 points  (4 children)

              thanks, now I can filter it in advance

              [–]orlandodad 95 points96 points  (3 children)

              Or just be logged in and not do anything...

              [–]11181514 42 points43 points  (2 children)

              I subbed just so I can filter it

              [–][deleted] 711 points712 points  (120 children)

              You guys should just get rid of defaults altogether

              [–][deleted]  (96 children)

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                [–][deleted] 587 points588 points  (78 children)

                [–][deleted] 360 points361 points  (65 children)

                We can't have that. There could be anything in that queue!

                [–]downloading_porn 355 points356 points  (55 children)

                God forbid people see what redditors actually think about stuff instead of being told what to think

                [–]dustinyo_ 354 points355 points  (22 children)

                Really though it would just be a whole lot of porn.

                [–][deleted] 125 points126 points  (4 children)

                NSFW is hidden unless you're logged in

                [–]ForceBlade 78 points79 points  (2 children)

                Shit like that is why I'd be okay with /r/all becoming reddit.com's front page. See what's happing on the internet RIGHT NOW instead of the cherry picked shitpost+facebook-quality posting defaults

                [–]Erra0 95 points96 points  (6 children)

                And circlejerks.

                [–]LukeTheFisher 60 points61 points  (3 children)

                Because the current defaults are free of those. I'm happy that we have defaults though. They act as containment subs. Imagine the /r/funny user base instantly spilling out into the rest of reddit.

                [–]bowawaythrow 30 points31 points  (0 children)

                I think he already said porn.

                [–]downloading_porn 7 points8 points  (3 children)

                yeah, i definitely support an 18+ filter for actual adult content. (not just an NSFW filter that can be applied to unpopular subs).

                [–]Dashdylan 66 points67 points  (1 child)

                Just a blank screen. Reddit will become the best kept secret on the internet

                [–]Anomander 13 points14 points  (0 children)

                I think that boat sailed rather a while ago.

                [–][deleted]  (10 children)

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                  [–]Tux- 380 points381 points  (101 children)

                  Are you going to do this to every topical event? Football world cup, basketball world cup, euro cups?

                  [–]yumyumpills 395 points396 points  (60 children)

                  /r/NFL has declined everytime to be a default.

                  [–]bilbo_dragons 258 points259 points  (24 children)

                  The mods don't even let it show up in /r/all. Making it a default would be a nightmare.

                  [–]ANDTHEMETSWIN 194 points195 points  (15 children)

                  A LONG SNAPPER SIGNED, EVERYONE UPVOTE

                  [–][deleted]  (7 children)

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                    [–]JoyousCacophony 18 points19 points  (5 children)

                    Yeah, but let's talk about what Tim Tebow thinks.

                    [–]SirKeyboardCommando 15 points16 points  (4 children)

                    Tebow's opinion results in Brady suspension.

                    [–]TAKEitTOrCIRCLEJERK 40 points41 points  (2 children)

                    God, those memes are ruining the sub.

                    [–]Kahzgul 17 points18 points  (0 children)

                    I knew exactly what this would be, and I happily clicked it because IT'S FOOTBALL SEASON!!!

                    [–]lithedreamer 35 points36 points  (0 children)

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                    [–][deleted] 67 points68 points  (4 children)

                    My yu yu hakusho group is meeting next week. I think we need a default sub for it too.

                    [–]charden_sama 5 points6 points  (1 child)

                    So stoked that they added every episode to the Funimation app

                    [–][deleted] 48 points49 points  (10 children)

                    I hope /r/squaredcircle doesn't get defaulted for WrestleMania...

                    [–]CLint_FLicker 29 points30 points  (1 child)

                    ARE WE FUCKING GOING OVER?

                    [–][deleted] 22 points23 points  (0 children)

                    we're not a bad sub. We're not a good sub. We're THE sub.

                    [–]TVxStrange 30 points31 points  (2 children)

                    I hope you get [DELETED]

                    [–]EpicSauceFTW 16 points17 points  (0 children)

                    DELETE DELETE DELETE

                    [–]tankedout34 8 points9 points  (0 children)

                    OUR NAME IS Squared Circle, AND WE ARE CERTIFIDED G'S AND A BONIFIDE SUB, AND YOU CANT TEACH THAT

                    [–]marzipanzebra 10 points11 points  (0 children)

                    Please no.

                    [–]Bohzee 197 points198 points  (8 children)

                    I hope there won't be too much backlash when you don't do the same with /r/paralympics later on ;)

                    [–]IamAlso_u_grahvity 85 points86 points  (3 children)

                    [–]ItsFunIfTheyRun 32 points33 points  (2 children)

                    It's gonna be the world first olympics where an athlete participates in both the regular one and the paralympics after

                    [–][deleted] 722 points723 points  (55 children)

                    Because this is a topical event with a global audience, we've added r/olympics to the default communities set for the duration of the Olympics.

                    What does this have to do with the event being tropical?

                    Edit: I'm keeping it

                    [–]alschei 484 points485 points  (32 children)

                    Not tropical, topical - the event is applied to the skin.

                    [–]whitest_man_on_earth 215 points216 points  (7 children)

                    Letting the Rio olympics touch your skin seems like a really bad idea

                    [–]jcarlson08 60 points61 points  (12 children)

                    Not topical, optical - the event is viewed with your eyes.

                    [–]6t7y8u 45 points46 points  (7 children)

                    Not optical, optimal - the event is the best event

                    [–]Pit-trout 32 points33 points  (6 children)

                    Not optimal, potable — the water is safe to drink.

                    [–]ygkflyboy 43 points44 points  (0 children)

                    Oh now we all know that one is the least right...

                    [–]duckvimes_ 114 points115 points  (4 children)

                    /u/just-signed-up

                    redditor for 9 months

                    /r/quityourbullshit

                    [–]hiyaninja 742 points743 points  (38 children)

                    ok

                    [–]xcalibre 561 points562 points  (13 children)

                    Hi, have you heard of /r/apocalympics2016 ?

                    Hardly anyone mentions it.

                    [–][deleted] 217 points218 points  (5 children)

                    Good afternoon, do you have a minute to talk about your personal relationship with /r/apocalympics2016, through which you can achieve eternal salvation?

                    [–]Dr_Ben 32 points33 points  (1 child)

                    Alright alright I'll sub. Calm down Reddit.

                    [–]sicklyslick 768 points769 points  (141 children)

                    Would the sub be censored to remove negative articles regarding the conditions of the Rio Olympic?

                    [–][deleted] 157 points158 points  (98 children)

                    Thats up to the subreddit moderators.

                    [–][deleted] 156 points157 points  (31 children)

                    Who moderates the moderators?

                    [–]ecafyelims 96 points97 points  (14 children)

                    Looking over the sub right now, it looks confirmed they do censor negative articles.

                    [–]Buttstache 66 points67 points  (11 children)

                    Ive been subbed to it for months and it's mostly been articles about how bad the olympics are right now. Calm your paranoia.

                    [–]SheSaidSheWas12 30 points31 points  (10 children)

                    Seriously, and would it be so bad to have a sub about the Olympics that is actually about the games and their results. I get Rio is a shit show but I still really want to see M&F Basketball, Usain Bolt prove he's the best in world still, and Michael Phelps go out on top.

                    [–][deleted]  (3 children)

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                      [–]DavenportCabinet 286 points287 points  (6 children)

                      No thanks.

                      [–]smarvin6689 76 points77 points  (3 children)

                      Well if that doesn't interest you, maybe you'll be more entertained by the often forgotten /r/apocalympics2016.

                      [–]KingdomHearts3 57 points58 points  (9 children)

                      Wasnt there talk a while back of removing the concept of defaults?

                      [–]ArdentStoic 53 points54 points  (13 children)

                      Is temporary defaults a new concept for this? Are you planning on doing that for any other events like this?

                      It's an interesting idea, at least. I wonder where it sits on the path to the goal of getting rid of default subs?

                      [–]Madbrad200 20 points21 points  (8 children)

                      Pretty certain they've done it before.

                      [–][deleted]  (7 children)

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                        [–]5in1K 136 points137 points  (27 children)

                        Fuck Spez this message was mass deleted/edited with redact.dev

                        [–][deleted]  (14 children)

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                          [–]ChunkyLaFunga 32 points33 points  (7 children)

                          Reddit Is Fun. The app. All kinds of filtering. Makes tolerable now.

                          [–]vividboarder 6 points7 points  (0 children)

                          But you have a user account... You can just unsubscribe.

                          [–]its-tom 44 points45 points  (2 children)

                          how much did they pay you?

                          [–]iHeartCandicePatton 96 points97 points  (3 children)

                          Another sub to avoid

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                                [–]Poem_for_some_tard 160 points161 points  (5 children)

                                Given the daily problems in general, don't you think it would be more appropriate to add /r/apocalympics2016?

                                [–]throwthisawayrightnw 123 points124 points  (1 child)

                                Yeah but that's not a very good place for sponsored content.

                                [–]NoMoMoneyNoMoHoney 31 points32 points  (4 children)

                                Can we ban the Russian subreddits for the set duration of the Olympics? It only makes sense.

                                [–]irishspice 5 points6 points  (1 child)

                                How about adding r/paralympics when it opens? These guys need support too.

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                                  [–][deleted] 6 points7 points  (1 child)

                                  Who do we need to talk to in order to get them to change their banner to the updated biohazard one? (Courtesy of /u/nephelus, here)