BLOG: Why you should be on Reddit!
- John Thoburn
- Jan 29, 2015
- 2 min read
Person of internet interests! Do you find yourself scavenging old Youtube videos in an attempt to engage friends with your outrageously relevant humour?
Have you realiSed for the umpteenth time perhaps 9GAG jump-scares and emotionally charged spoilers devoid of spoiler alerts are not the best things while at work/waiting for lecturers?
Impress your friends with sophisticated-yet-funny anecdotes! Bedazzle them with your sudden worldliness and knowledge! Start reading again… On the internet!
If you’ve heard of Reddit and are an active member of the entertainment/news/social networking service then you know where this is going and have begun to speculate how I’m going to begin to explain its vastness.
Think of it this way: remember that one time you wanted to share that one really cool thing that happened at work but you remember your friends all live miles away from you and never mind your workmates? Reddit lets you do that and encourages discussion through commenting and voting.
That was awful but maybe with this list you will find its use through experience.
You found your alphabet soup (does this still exist) spelt the food you wish you were eating, you were about to cut a fruit up before the sudden realisation that it wasn’t the shape you thought it would be. For all things that make you go, well that was kind of interesting.
Share your most inner, profound, sometimes hilarious contemplations
Ever think of something and wistfully stare into space because you’ve just found a gap in your knowledge, but then you’re all, “yeah but I’m lazy”? Educate yourself with the bare essentials for what you wish to know.
Tips on how to live life like you’re winning it.
Need that little stretch of motivation from that one random stranger for that one thing you really need done? Get motivated!
The people of /r/IAmA heard you like Tyrion Lannister on the Game of Thrones they got him to make a Reddit account to answer and discuss your burning questions! Oddly specific actually happened, https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/22sber/i_am_peter_dinklage_you_probably_know_me_as
These are only a few examples of the countless Reddit pages available. If you’ve thought of it, it probably exists. Enjoy your newfound (assumed) font of knowledge!
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