yeah it did kind of go from having some legit legendary threads to just endless scroll slop punctuated by reddit trying to recapture the magic of r/place. if you asked me if anything cool happened actually on reddit after 2018,my mind just goes blank.

Wait maybe the inception of 195/196 comes to mind. or I guess the GME circus was a thing that happened. And one time a subbreddit I lurked in collectively became infatuated and got rejected by an entire other subbreddit. that was pretty funny actually.

but none of that was funny like cBat guy or Cup Fucker or Spez being made moderator of Jailbait or the Faces of r/Athiesm or Magic the Crackening

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

if you asked me if anything cool happened actually on reddit after 2018,my mind just goes blank.

wsb kept the magic going. when the guy placed his bets purely on where the dog in his yard shit. the 'guh' moment. the 'oh my gourd' incident. that time someone "bought" several swimming pools worth of oil when its price went negative and then had to "take possession" of said oil.

at least a bit longer. it was really the only sub still committed to "fun" from the before times. of course it blew up and enshittified too. the gourd one though. absolute classic madlad action.

the gourd one:

oh my gourd

top comment:

Bruh, who the fuck puts their life savings in ornamental gourd futures? The fuck is wrong with you?

[–] sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

oooh, I never even heard of those and I am pretty terminally online. gotta look them up. thanks for linking the gourd👍

holy shit he tried to make his investment into instruments. this is amazing

https://www.reddit.com/r/gourds/comments/l0o9za/market_potential_for_gourd_instruments_in_great/