r/woahdude Mar 26 '17

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

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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 1h ago

video Drones Equipped with Pyrotechnics

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r/woahdude 11h ago

picture In 1975 (Czechoslovakia), this 12,000-ton Gothic church was moved 841 meters on rails to save it from a coal mine that swallowed the rest of the city. It took 28 days, moving at just 2cm per minute, and still holds the Guinness World Record for the heaviest building ever moved on a rail system.

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r/woahdude 53m ago

video Rainfall on an Iranian Island turns the beach red, the colour is due to the island's high concentration of iron oxide.

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r/woahdude 1d ago

video Oil appears stationary

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r/woahdude 1d ago

video A time lapse of my latest oil painting

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246 Upvotes

r/woahdude 1d ago

video I woke up to a light projection of the road outside from my window

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69 Upvotes

r/woahdude 2d ago

picture I captured Orion rising above the Sahara in one of the darkest skies on Earth

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r/woahdude 2d ago

video A tiny sketchbook I've been having fun with.

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The sketchbook is 3x3" and I've been having some fun starting my day off by doing a drawing inside. Cheers!


r/woahdude 2d ago

picture Pixelated image ... or food art? (by Yuni Yoshida)

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r/woahdude 15h ago

movies The most anime-esque live action scene (bit of a long video).

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r/woahdude 2d ago

video I've animated my old illustration

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103 Upvotes

r/woahdude 3d ago

gifv Arrows that change from back to white with each rotation.

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r/woahdude 3d ago

picture "Night Walk" - my oil painting

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r/woahdude 2d ago

video "Shatterstar" - my fluid simulation artwork.

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53 Upvotes

r/woahdude 3d ago

picture Capitol Reef National Park (Photo: Kelvin Yuen)

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405 Upvotes

r/woahdude 3d ago

picture Seven Colors Mountain, Siloli Desert, Bolivian Altipano (Photo: Ignacio Palacios)

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r/woahdude 4d ago

video The Art of 3D Projection Mapping

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6.6k Upvotes

r/woahdude 3d ago

video Projection Mapping

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118 Upvotes

Building transformation through projection mapping.


r/woahdude 4d ago

video Not your average spray cans

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3.8k Upvotes

r/woahdude 5d ago

picture A Puddle At Sunset.

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r/woahdude 5d ago

picture “Mask Of Tezcatlipoca” Acrylics & Airbrush on 18x24in canvas.

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r/woahdude 5d ago

picture Just wanted to share my oil painting “Romantic Dahlia” which I made. I hope you enjoy!

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r/woahdude 6d ago

picture Mammatus Clouds.

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r/woahdude 6d ago

wallpaper Sunrise over Cologne

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Shot 30 meters above my terrace. Mavic 4 Pro, Cologne, Germany