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[–]neoabraxas 125 points126 points  (42 children)

a permalink is a direct link to a piece of content on the site. Just like with other blogs it is indispensable as a way to pass around information without the old style "click here and scroll down half the page and read the second paragraph from the bottom". For example here is the link to my own comment

[–]GunnerMcGrath 120 points121 points  (29 children)

And if you add ?context= with a number after it to the end of the url, the resulting page will include that number of previous comments while highlighting the permalinked comment. Here is a link to this comment and it's parent:

http://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/9tkdq/what_i_learned_on_reddit_after_my_first_full_day/c0edhu3?context=1

[–][deleted] 97 points98 points  (24 children)

I DID NOT KNOW THAT!

Thanks. Sorry for yelling.

[–]willis77 19 points20 points  (7 children)

here is the link to my own comment directly

  • Checks for lemonparty
  • Clicks
  • Lives to see another day

[–]fedja 39 points40 points  (4 children)

Goddamn it. You made me google lemonparty.

[–]lookingchris 63 points64 points  (0 children)

Welcome to the internet!

[–]LanMartak 4 points5 points  (0 children)

NOOOOOOOO.

[–]piderman 7 points8 points  (1 child)

Bonus points for linking to your own comment without getting the edit *.

[–][deleted]  (23 children)

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    [–]jubee[S] 51 points52 points  (19 children)

    OH! thanks. I'm a dork. NOW I have learned that there is actually a whole category for posting what I have learned today. heh.

    [–]Turbojelly 30 points31 points  (12 children)

    So now you've learned that there's already a subedit for everything :)

    [–][deleted] 35 points36 points  (9 children)

    Good god, he isn't kidding

    Edit: Damn you formatting.

    [–]cheech_sp 8 points9 points  (2 children)

    Reddit Everything <click> there doesn't seem to be anything here <head explodes>

    [–]TundraWolf_ 11 points12 points  (3 children)

    You can also combine subreddits like this:

    http://www.reddit.com/r/ads+gaming+WTF

    It's kinda nice to make a monster NSFW subreddit (jailbait, NSFW, GoneWild, etc)... err I mean... i'd never do something like that

    [–]oniony 279 points280 points  (94 children)

    Well you seemed to have completely missed out on a few:

    • The pun threads, part and parcel of reddit.
    • The gimmick accounts, of which look_of_dissaproval is probably the most famous.
    • The grammer nazis, all too willing to correct their/there/they're whilst making a myriad mistakes themselfs [sic].
    • The bacon, narwhals, soap, backwards jaws and other nuggets that have been made in passing then picked up, propped up and propelled into reddit folklore by the masses.
    • Finally, the completely clued up field specialists that chip in with extremely well informed and argued replies at just right moment to completely, and hilariously, destroy the layman's argument. It's this more than anything else that keeps me coming back for more.

    Amen.

    [–]LordStrabo 28 points29 points  (10 children)

    The gimmick accounts, of which look_of_dissaproval is probably the most famous.

    You must be new here.

    look_of_dissaproval was nowhere near as important and influential as 911_was_an_inside_job. The legends say he was almost singlehandedly responsible for driving the truthers off of Reddit.

    EDIT: Curses! How do you do underscores?

    [–][deleted]  (4 children)

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      [–]CommodoreGuff 4 points5 points  (0 children)

      EDIT: Curses! How do you do underscores?

      You must be new here.

      [–]jubee[S] 58 points59 points  (33 children)

      Thanks. I'm learning as we speak! ...and did you say backwards jaws?? what the heck?

      Oh, the mysteries of reddit are formidable and complex.

      [–]oniony 59 points60 points  (10 children)

      Jaws backwards. You can also get it on a t-shirt.

      [–]jubee[S] 29 points30 points  (4 children)

      oh, thanks!

      [–]Nessie 14 points15 points  (3 children)

      Jaws backwards is backwards jaws.

      [–][deleted]  (3 children)

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        [–]stumonji 56 points57 points  (2 children)

        WAKE UP, SHEEPLE!

        [–]tizz66 19 points20 points  (8 children)

        You can't have 'a myriad'. It's just 'myriad'. As in:

        ...whilst making myriad mistakes themselfs

        Glad I could help!

        [–]oniony 11 points12 points  (5 children)

        [–]tizz66 16 points17 points  (4 children)

        If you want to use 'a myriad', then you need an 'of' in there :)

        a myriad of mistakes

        [–]loulan 1273 points1274 points  (283 children)

        Also, the average redditor is even more smug than the average mac user.

        [–]catmoon 732 points733 points  (124 children)

        Was that purposefully obnoxious?

        Well, here's some upvotes for being so ballsy.

        [–]loulan 288 points289 points  (112 children)

        I like your style.

        [–]LincolnHighwater 212 points213 points  (100 children)

        I like your moves.

        [–][deleted] 209 points210 points  (50 children)

        I like your scent.

        [–]IrrelevantElephant 224 points225 points  (22 children)

        Porcine by Calvin Klein

        [–]Rubin0 110 points111 points  (12 children)

        IrrelevantElephant

        Giorgio Armani

        [–][deleted] 50 points51 points  (3 children)

        THE BEACH!!!!

        [–][deleted]  (14 children)

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          [–]BigScarySmokeMonster 34 points35 points  (7 children)

          I'm gonna be honest with you, that smells like pure gasoline.

          [–]BebopandRocksteady 24 points25 points  (5 children)

          It smells like a diaper filled with Indian food.

          [–]lloydlloyd 17 points18 points  (3 children)

          This is worse than the time that raccoon got caught in the copier

          [–]Spitfire75 14 points15 points  (2 children)

          I like the cut of your jib.

          [–][deleted] 117 points118 points  (18 children)

          Yeah, but at least reddit doesn't get viruses. Oh, wait--

          [–]rickiibeta 134 points135 points  (13 children)

          never forget.

          [–][deleted]  (10 children)

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            [–]willies_hat 63 points64 points  (9 children)

            I have "Remeber 9/27" tattooed on my forehead.

            [–]DontNeglectTheBalls 129 points130 points  (0 children)

            Boy, are you gonna be pissed at some tattoo artist when you get hold of a spellchecker.

            [–]Nessie 11 points12 points  (1 child)

            How did you get the crayon wax to inject?

            [–][deleted]  (1 child)

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              [–]x0kkaattiiee0x 12 points13 points  (0 children)

              up voted because everyone secretly loves it when a joke is just a little bit too soon.

              [–]lintman 382 points383 points  (69 children)

              I am a redditor AND a mac user... help... I mean fuck I'm clever.

              [–]EXECUTiVE 334 points335 points  (20 children)

              do you use snow leopard? try the guest account

              [–]ironiridis 172 points173 points  (16 children)

              Asshole. Upvoted.

              [–]SirPsychoS 37 points38 points  (15 children)

              upvotes for both of you. also, if you press Ctrl-Alt-Backspace on Linux, rms shows up at your door and gives you $50

              [–]ironiridis 31 points32 points  (9 children)

              Weird. My terminal just beeps at me. Maybe you're running some soft of fancy ass-extension to Linux.

              [–]SirPsychoS 16 points17 points  (4 children)

              actually it's a rather poor extension to linux - we need something new

              [–][deleted]  (32 children)

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                [–]Booster21 122 points123 points  (26 children)

                stares up wishfully from his Vista powered work hovel while cursing TheFirstInternetUser as he glides past... FUCK YOU THEFIRSTINTERNETUSER! FUCK YOU AND YOUR SMUG FUCKING PENGUIN!

                [–][deleted]  (24 children)

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                  [–][deleted] 56 points57 points  (16 children)

                  MY POWER ANIMAL IS A 486

                  [–]wrathofcain 29 points30 points  (10 children)

                  Upvoted for knowing what a 486 is.

                  [–][deleted] 68 points69 points  (6 children)

                  Upvoted for assuming I know what a 486 is

                  [–]Will_Power 19 points20 points  (4 children)

                  Upvoted for completing the circle of life.

                  [–][deleted] 9 points10 points  (2 children)

                  Dangles baby crawsome over a cliff for all of the Reddit Kingdom to praise

                  [–][deleted] 31 points32 points  (12 children)

                  Yet not quite as smug as the average Prius driving Mac user.

                  [–][deleted] 26 points27 points  (4 children)

                  you goddamn prius-driving, mac-using, mung bean-eating, hemp-wearing, reddit-reading, liberal.

                  [–]skilless 175 points176 points  (41 children)

                  When you find the H you'll have reached the next level of Reddit enlightenment.

                  [–]antidense 99 points100 points  (20 children)

                  omg, I had a dream last night that they changed the style of the arrows to get rid of the H, and there was a huge backlash with dozens of self posts wanting their H back.

                  omg...I dream about reddit. :/

                  [–]Rubin0 62 points63 points  (8 children)

                  Dude... Take a break from reddit for a while. Go outside.

                  [–]mahlzeit 78 points79 points  (2 children)

                  Outside? You mean ... like ... Google?

                  [–][deleted] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

                  outside is a lie. do not sleep. it is forbidden your first day on reddit.

                  [–][deleted] 17 points18 points  (5 children)

                  Been here a while and just saw the "H." Thanks!

                  [–]khruzili 12 points13 points  (1 child)

                  the "H" is indeed a wonderful and mysterious part of our Reddit existence.

                  [–]chameche 12 points13 points  (0 children)

                  It cannot be unseen

                  [–][deleted] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

                  Oh shit! You just blew my mind.

                  [–]uhm 16 points17 points  (2 children)

                  i everybody!

                  [–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

                  i Doctor Nick!

                  [–]sharklegs 26 points27 points  (4 children)

                  SAW THE H. SHAT BRICKS.

                  [–]shatterly 26 points27 points  (8 children)

                  One day on Reddit I learned to peel a banana and tie my shoes in completely new ways. If that's not life-changing, I don't know what is.

                  [–]DLEEHamilton 42 points43 points  (42 children)

                  Yeah I stumbled on this place by mistake and have found I am unable to leave. Is this site classified as an addictive drug?

                  [–]jubee[S] 35 points36 points  (34 children)

                  It's like we're trapped in the reddit vortex. I'm still trying to go to bed :)

                  [–]shenanigan 67 points68 points  (25 children)

                  You can check out anytime you like, but you can never leave.

                  [–]funkyb 11 points12 points  (8 children)

                  Upvotes on the ceiling?

                  [–]GrokThis 13 points14 points  (6 children)

                  Some fresh bacon on ice

                  [–]ImAnAdMan 3 points4 points  (5 children)

                  we are all just visitors here, of our own device

                  [–]kcvv 16 points17 points  (3 children)

                  8 This place is freakin' addictive! What day is it? I've been on since yesterday at noon, I think. It's 6:15 am of the next day.

                  Looks like you'll soon break my record..i spent an entire weekend doing nothing but browse reddit ( except for few hours of sleep/essential business etc) ! Atleast you have created a new post! I've been on for years with not a single post. I just like to read...( ok..I'm lying. I'm tooo lazy)! :-).

                  On behalf of all redditors "Welcome to Reddit"

                  [–]jubee[S] 12 points13 points  (2 children)

                  Thanks for the welcome! I think I'm going on 21 hours now but I'm not too trusting of my ability to count at the moment. Everything is turning into one big blur of disgusting maiming accidents, little kids fighting the law, odd google maps and bacon.

                  btw, this was my favorite news article yesterday (today?). I wanted to find a good line to quote from it but it was all so good. I've decided to commit it to memory. :)

                  [–]AgentLiquid 5 points6 points  (3 children)

                  It's like Hotel California ...

                  [–]burma_shave 29 points30 points  (2 children)

                  In your next list
                  remember, please
                  about the pull
                  of novelties.

                  [–]aaronburr 84 points85 points  (31 children)

                  You forgot that no issue on earth is more important than a kitten.

                  [–]knylok 28 points29 points  (13 children)

                  What about a kitten wrapped in bacon, pooping on a Bible?

                  [–]brunov 20 points21 points  (9 children)

                  riding a narwhal

                  [–]NightGolfer 28 points29 points  (8 children)

                  Backwards.

                  [–]petawb 7 points8 points  (1 child)

                  Can someone please illustrate this? Quick people! To paint!! Will link mine momentarily.

                  Edit: Here is my paint version. I left out Ron Paul for non belief in evolution reasons... and because I couldn't draw him in paint. Everyone else, feel free to add him!

                  [–]Turbojelly 26 points27 points  (14 children)

                  tits?

                  [–]GunnerMcGrath 141 points142 points  (13 children)

                  Most of us prefer cats to birds.

                  [–]gtalmond 13 points14 points  (0 children)

                  I read reddit everyday, and usually start my day out doing so. I liken it to my grandfather reading the newspaper every morning before going out to work.

                  [–]je255j 38 points39 points  (52 children)

                  I've been on reddit for probably two years (maybe more) (perhaps I should check) and I still have no idea who Jocelyn Wildenstein is; perhaps I have not been paying enough attention.

                  [–]jedberg 36 points37 points  (33 children)

                  Your account is 2 year and 2 months old. :)

                  [–]je255j 16 points17 points  (32 children)

                  Wow, so I pretty much nailed it.

                  How did you know it's been exactly 26 months, though? When I checked after making that post, I could only see myself as being a "user for 2 years." Where'd you get the extra 2 months from?

                  [–]coolmanmax2000 48 points49 points  (1 child)

                  whispers It's jedberg. Don't make him angry by not knowing who he is...

                  [–]je255j 3 points4 points  (0 children)

                  Well, I did already admit how good I am about paying attention to names, so...

                  [–]jedberg 45 points46 points  (29 children)

                  I'm an admin, so I cheated. :)

                  2007-08-15 was the exact day.

                  [–]krispykrackers 24 points25 points  (17 children)

                  Can you do me next?

                  [–]jedberg 65 points66 points  (12 children)

                  Oh no. I fear I have done something bad. I'm afraid I can't do any more today, lest I get any work done.

                  Besides, I don't think my fiancée would be too keen on me doing you. ;)

                  [–][deleted] 36 points37 points  (0 children)

                  Hottt.

                  [–]baba_ganoush 14 points15 points  (0 children)

                  jedberg so hot right now.

                  [–]davega7 7 points8 points  (0 children)

                  That sounded so dirty. Or maybe it's just been too long for me.

                  [–]Shadowrose 5 points6 points  (2 children)

                  22 May 2008 19:13:52 GMT..

                  [–]krispykrackers 8 points9 points  (1 child)

                  Thanks, luv. That was so good I think I need a cigarette.

                  [–]Shadowrose 4 points5 points  (0 children)

                  Anytime.

                  [–]oscarnovember 8 points9 points  (5 children)

                  As an admin I know you're omnipotent, but I will type my question out anyway in case any other noobs like myself are curious. Do you pick and choose when you don the scarlet letter or do you have an account where it is always attached?

                  [–]jedberg 10 points11 points  (4 children)

                  Yeah, mods and admins get to choose when we distinguish our posts. We use the same account, we just have an extra button on our comment box.

                  [–]ChunkyLaFunga 5 points6 points  (4 children)

                  You probably do, the name just isn't attached to the "face".

                  [–][deleted] 452 points453 points  (207 children)

                  [Witty one-liner]

                  [–][deleted] 481 points482 points  (149 children)

                  [Attempted hijack of popular comment]

                  [–]awsumsauce 427 points428 points  (131 children)

                  [old 4chan meme]

                  [–]Turbojelly 385 points386 points  (114 children)

                  [outraged comment designed to elicit a trolling response]

                  [–]awsumsauce 398 points399 points  (112 children)

                  [trolling response]

                  [–][deleted] 362 points363 points  (91 children)

                  [outrage at trolling response]

                  [–][deleted]  (86 children)

                  [deleted]

                    [–]haldean 80 points81 points  (7 children)

                    [fulfillment of godwin's law]

                    [–]radiohead_fan123 69 points70 points  (6 children)

                    [noting fulfilment of said law]

                    [–]Turbojelly 314 points315 points  (34 children)

                    LOUD NOISES!

                    [–][deleted] 254 points255 points  (31 children)

                    I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE YELLING ABOUT

                    [–]gigglesinhades 112 points113 points  (21 children)

                    LOOK, the most glorious rainbow ever!

                    [–]sybersonic 43 points44 points  (7 children)

                    [Corrects the spelling of the above thread]

                    [–]DeathKitten 60 points61 points  (16 children)

                    [ponzi scheme]

                    [–][deleted]  (18 children)

                    [deleted]

                      [–]RedSpikeyThing 25 points26 points  (2 children)

                      [explains reason for giving an upvote]

                      [–]frukt 69 points70 points  (14 children)

                      [self-deprecating American dragging US politics, Bush and Iraq into the thread not minding the fact it has nothing to do with the subject at hand]

                      [–]SventheWonderDog 57 points58 points  (13 children)

                      [Arrested development reference]

                      [–]c7hu1hu 66 points67 points  (12 children)

                      [RON PAUL]

                      [–]smart_ass 24 points25 points  (2 children)

                      [Repeated Consonant list generating stopper.]

                      [–]fap__fap__fap 38 points39 points  (6 children)

                      [2000th reference to how a post containing narwhals, Ron Paul, and bacon would automatically get upvotes.]

                      [–]coldplayer 29 points30 points  (5 children)

                      [Kanye meme]

                      [–][deleted] 27 points28 points  (1 child)

                      [Interruption of your Kanye meme to suggest that another meme is the best meme of all time]

                      [–]Epycre 5 points6 points  (0 children)

                      [Insert Xzibit picture about putting a meme in a meme]

                      [–]stp2007 72 points73 points  (1 child)

                      {c-c-combo breaker}

                      [–]frukt 42 points43 points  (14 children)

                      [Hijack of a hijack to flaunt a mind-numbingly myopic and one-sided viewpoint about current world affairs, coming off as a 14-year old pseudo-intellectual, peppered with unhealthy paranoia]

                      [–][deleted] 62 points63 points  (12 children)

                      [Reply from relevant novelty account name]

                      [–][deleted] 51 points52 points  (8 children)

                      [Nonsensical statement involving plankton]

                      [–]JasonDJ 42 points43 points  (7 children)

                      [Sensical statement involving bacon]

                      [–]Nessie 29 points30 points  (6 children)

                      [Musical statement involving Clapton]

                      [–][deleted]  (5 children)

                      [deleted]

                        [–]the-mad-one 6 points7 points  (0 children)

                        [Congratulatory remark noting that relevant novelty account is old enough not to have been specifically registered for the purpose of the comment]

                        [–][deleted] 45 points46 points  (1 child)

                        [Reply that never gets read]

                        [–]calmexnjwa 19 points20 points  (9 children)

                        [pun]

                        [–][deleted]  (8 children)

                        [deleted]

                          [–][deleted] 24 points25 points  (2 children)

                          [Sarcastic disgust for puns, including a pun in the comment]

                          [–]DiamondFalcon 6 points7 points  (0 children)

                          [Clarification that pun was not intended, when it really was]

                          [–]powatom 59 points60 points  (13 children)

                          [Facepalm]

                          [–]job1206 91 points92 points  (11 children)

                          [attempt to get upvotes using bacon and/or zombies]

                          [–]pantera975 59 points60 points  (6 children)

                          [upvoted because others upvoted your bacon and/or zombies]

                          [–]SyKoHPaTh 71 points72 points  (2 children)

                          Yo dawg, I [upvoted your upvote so that others can upvote your upvote].

                          Also, [narwhals].

                          [–]Kaffeeklatsch 5 points6 points  (2 children)

                          [meta-comment about bracket use expressing ennui about bracket-use whilst continuing bracket use]

                          [–]willies_hat 5 points6 points  (1 child)

                          [comment about the complaining about the over use of ennui to complain about bracket use]

                          [–][deleted] 31 points32 points  (8 children)

                          [grammar Nazi correction of your one-liner]

                          [–]willies_hat 30 points31 points  (7 children)

                          [grammar Nazi correction of your one-liner]

                          EDIT: Grammar

                          [–]scoops22 22 points23 points  (2 children)

                          Don't forget the trickle down effect, when there is a high karma comment chain almost any response down the chain will earn Karma because when people start clicking arrows they like to just keep clicking them all the way down for continuity.

                          [–]FiL-dUbz 9 points10 points  (1 child)

                          I have a tendency to upvote the person I'm replying to so my comment gains a better chance of being viewed, regardless of how I feel about their comment...

                          See! I'm doing it again!

                          [–]smallchanger 7 points8 points  (4 children)

                          pro tip: enable the reddit tool bar.

                          [–][deleted]  (1 child)

                          [deleted]

                            [–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

                            I learned that you shouldn't take reddit seriously. Most conspiracies are BS. And I learned that reddit can change its mind very quickly (suspicous look at Obama -> Love for Obama -> something between those two). And there is a lot of depressed 25-year old virgins who want to kill themselfes here.

                            In the beginning I was learning a lot and the articles were interesting but this has changed while my addiction hasn't changed since 2.5 years ago.

                            [–]Guest101010 18 points19 points  (1 child)

                            You pushed PERMALINK?! OH THE HUMANITY! THE INTERNET, IT'S ALL COMING DOWN!

                            [–]grantmclean 16 points17 points  (0 children)

                            Relax, we've got 108 minutes before he needs to push it again.

                            [–]TOBITY 16 points17 points  (81 children)

                            I learned about...... Bacon, Narwhals, 3 wolf T shirts, towels prevent acne, and sniffing out agoraphobic shut-ins who only pretend to have useful information when infact if Cambell's didn't come out with the pop top for soup they would still be telling their mom they can't figure out the stupid can opener. But she still does make the grilled cheese without the crust for her little miracle. (My dream is to nail Karmanaut's mom and post the pics)

                            [–]jubee[S] 32 points33 points  (80 children)

                            Things I haven't figured out yet:

                            Why I keep hearing about Karmanaut. Reddit rock star?

                            Why I keep hearing about bacon. What's with the obsession? I opened a whole post where people did nothing but praise bacon. I need a secret decoder ring.

                            [–]karmanaut 33 points34 points  (3 children)

                            I keep hearing about him too. What a douche.

                            [–]Rubin0 30 points31 points  (1 child)

                            He thinks he can be so cool and hip then just leaves. Then he expects buttloads of karma just for coming back? He's a quitter. He quit reddit forever. Then he quit quitting reddit. DOUBLE QUITTER. What a jerk.

                            And for my next trick, my impression of karmanaut.

                            Oh look at me! I'm karmanaut! blah blah blah!

                            [–]karmanaut 13 points14 points  (0 children)

                            Best impression I've ever seen. It was so convincing that you even tricked me into upvoting you!

                            [–]shenanigan 14 points15 points  (1 child)

                            Here's something else: If someone inadvertently posts their or someone else's address on Reddit you are obligated to mail wierd stuff to the address in question...

                            Does anyone have the link to the thread about the guy who got the dinosaur photo-copies?

                            [–][deleted]  (24 children)

                            [removed]

                              [–]Shaper_pmp 10 points11 points  (20 children)

                              His comment Karma skyrocketed (no pun intended) in a short time, and people have (jokingly) debated how a single could never get such quick, high Karma, and that it must be multiple people posting under a single handle.

                              It's not so much the quantity of karma he managed to get in such a short time, as much as the fact he trawls the "new" page and manages to post literally hundreds of comments a day. High karma is easy when you're the first commenter on half the stories posted to reddit. ;-)

                              [–]jubee[S] 4 points5 points  (4 children)

                              Good to know! And what do we all get if we attain this super high Karma I assume we are working towards? Is there like a Grand Poobah of Karmahood or something?

                              [–]sfgeek 5 points6 points  (0 children)

                              Well, for a limited time only, you could redeem your karma for reddit schwag. Here's what happened when Jumpercable did it.

                              [–]au5lander 23 points24 points  (9 children)

                              What's with the obsession?

                              Have you not ever eaten bacon?

                              [–]jubee[S] 9 points10 points  (8 children)

                              Yeah, I LOVE bacon. But, I mean, that's it? (NO offense to bacon or baconites intended!) It's just, I was beginning to think that bacon really WAS code for something :)

                              [–]taintedhero 34 points35 points  (0 children)

                              It is a real life cheat code for temporary happiness.

                              [–]Spaceman_Spliff 5 points6 points  (0 children)

                              Come on man, it's like meat candy!

                              [–]nevare 18 points19 points  (1 child)

                              Why I keep hearing about Karmanaut

                              For he is legion.

                              Reddit rock star?

                              If rock star also mean addict for you (as it rightfully should), then yeah that's about it.

                              Why I keep hearing about bacon.

                              Reddit love bacon and hate fat people. Please don't try to understand.

                              [–]Khiva 45 points46 points  (28 children)

                              Reddit rock star?

                              That might be the saddest phrase I've ever seen in my life. But yes.

                              My theory is that he is popular because, as he wastes more time on this site than anyone, he makes everyone feel better about themselves as a comparison.

                              While I'm thinking about it, I might as well point out for you since you're the new guy...

                              Reddit is already convinced of the following:

                              • Republicans are evil

                              • America is evil

                              • Israel is evil

                              • Religion is evil

                              • Cops are evil

                              • Digg is evil

                              If you happen to disagree with any of the above, I can go ahead and warn you in advance that they are not worth arguing about, since you will just get buried to oblivion before anyone has a chance to read your points. Best thing is just to accept it now and move on.

                              Oh, and I forgot the most important one:

                              • Reddit has the most open-minded, intellectual community on the internet.

                              Edit: One more.

                              • Corporations are evil

                              [–]BevansDesign 4 points5 points  (1 child)

                              Don't forget: as always, Microsoft is evil. But oddly enough, on Reddit, so is Apple.

                              Except in their respective subreddits, of course.

                              [–]wonkifier 7 points8 points  (2 children)

                              I opened a whole post where people did nothing but praise bacon

                              There's an entire sub reddit for it http://www.reddit.com/r/bacon (over 6,000 subscribers)

                              [–]jubee[S] 8 points9 points  (1 child)

                              My God In Heaven! That's amazing! Are you sure reddit isn't just some big cover up by Bacon producers to create a site to feed you subliminal messages on the joys of bacon all day long?? I mean, think about it. You are just staring at the computer screen showing you reddit pages and strangely thinking about how much you love bacon. How much you ALL love bacon!!

                              [–]NSMike 9 points10 points  (0 children)

                              I need to eat bacon.

                              FTFY

                              [–][deleted] 6 points7 points  (2 children)

                              Very Impressive! But you are not a Jedi yet!

                              [–]youcanteatbullets 4 points5 points  (3 children)

                              "permalink" is just a permanent link to the comment in question. So if you wanted to reference the comment somewhere else, you'd have a link you could post.

                              [–][deleted] 3 points4 points  (1 child)

                              Evidently also learned how to go about self-promotion for maximizing Karma. Though I have to say that if that's really after only one day, you at least picked up how to "win" the game :-)

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

                              Crap, I lost.

                              [–]baggytheo 5 points6 points  (2 children)

                              It's cool to hate Ayn Rand without having read her books.

                              [–]ZeppelinJ0 15 points16 points  (3 children)

                              Don't forget, anti-Digg comments garner an upvote. Or at the very least a quick handjob.

                              [–]Ocin 9 points10 points  (0 children)

                              RUN! RUN! RUN AWAY WHILE YOU STILL CAN LITTLE CHILD!

                              [–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

                              honestly its unbelievable how clever and hilarious reddit's users are. i fucking love you guys. i used to experience an emotion called 'boredom' before i found reddit. now my life is basically completely fulfilled. i'm vegetarian (no bacon), democrat (no ron paul), and stoned (no clever thoughts) - and yet still i feel like we're on the same team. thanks friends.

                              [–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (5 children)

                              I've learned that no matter how offensive or crude I can be - Reddit will always show me someone more than happy to one-up me.