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Reddit (Aug 2019)
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Get out of the way!!!
41359 upvotes • comment • aug 23, 2019
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Suicidal thinking, severe depression and rates of self-injury among U.S. college students more than doubled over less than a decade. The rate of moderate to severe depression rose from 23.2% in 2007 to 41.1% in 2018, while rates of moderate to severe anxiety rose from 17.9% in 2013 to 34.4% in 2018.
41349 upvotes • comment • aug 29, 2019
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The media: Bernie will raise taxes on everyone to pay for medicare for all. LOUD & CLEAR: The amount you will pay in taxes is LESS than what you already pay in monthly premiums, copays, etc. The majority of people will save money under Medicare for All. #TellTheDamnTruth #Bernie2020 #MedicareForAll
41337 upvotes • comment • aug 20, 2019
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Psilocybin-assisted mindfulness meditation linked to brain connectivity changes and persisting positive effects, suggests a new randomized, double-blind brain scan study. Psilocybin-induced changes in brain connectivity predicted positive changes in attitudes about life, social behavior, and mood.
41333 upvotes • comment • aug 17, 2019
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Jeffrey Epstein’s Victims, Denied a Trial, Vent Their Fury at a Hearing
41316 upvotes • comment • aug 27, 2019
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Saudi Arabia strips American mother of custody for being too Western
41284 upvotes • comment • aug 17, 2019
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What do you strongly suspect but have no proof of?
41268 upvotes • comment • aug 28, 2019
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You get teleported 3 meters to your left. How does that change your life ?
41252 upvotes • comment • aug 02, 2019
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The Latest: Texas officials say 20 dead, 26 hurt in shooting
41220 upvotes • comment • aug 03, 2019
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Police: Connecticut Man Tests His New Guns By Firing Into Park Full Of Kids Playing Softball
41204 upvotes • comment • aug 25, 2019
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My Grandma has original Moon landing printing plates from the Time Magazine cover.
41191 upvotes • comment • aug 14, 2019
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If Spotify just played some excruciating high pitch noise instead of actual ads, more people would buy Spotify Premium
41180 upvotes • comment • aug 14, 2019
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Somebody probably already done this, but I just had to
41178 upvotes • comment • aug 10, 2019
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If Jesus was real
41162 upvotes • comment • aug 15, 2019
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How to get a scientific paper for free
41156 upvotes • comment • aug 20, 2019
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More people should do this
41138 upvotes • comment • aug 27, 2019
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Ancient Japanese preserved tattoo and skin. With all the right paper work you can get your tattooed skin preserved/framed within 18 hours after you die
41095 upvotes • comment • aug 05, 2019
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Video shows Oxford, MS voting machine automatically changing vote to different candidate.
41085 upvotes • comment • aug 27, 2019
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Hooman seat comes with kitten compartment
41072 upvotes • comment • aug 31, 2019
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Brutal but well timed photo of crocodile making a meal out of a tiger fish.
41057 upvotes • comment • aug 22, 2019
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Mass panic in time square caused by a motorcycle backfire sounding like gunshots.
41003 upvotes • comment • aug 07, 2019
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I always enjoyed these kind of pranks in Jackass. Their laughs and general enjoyment is what makes me smile and crack up more than anything else. Also, I miss Ryan Dunn.
40995 upvotes • comment • aug 08, 2019
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That won't EVER be me
40989 upvotes • comment • aug 29, 2019
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Now that's what we called a CHEF
40983 upvotes • comment • aug 11, 2019
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TIFU by not removing my girlfriends phone from my bed.
40951 upvotes • comment • aug 21, 2019
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Teen sues Fresno PD using body cam video of officer punching him multiple times
40918 upvotes • comment • aug 21, 2019
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Aquarium sealabrate sharks
40880 upvotes • comment • aug 02, 2019
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Spongebob gone rogue
40839 upvotes • comment • aug 21, 2019
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Matte black starry nail art
40807 upvotes • comment • aug 31, 2019
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Love my grandma she’s the best
40776 upvotes • comment • aug 04, 2019
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Trump’s fabricated China phone call is ‘a serious escalation of his lying’ which bodes ill for America
40762 upvotes • comment • aug 26, 2019
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Leaked Audio Shows Oil Lobbyist Bragging About Success in Criminalizing Pipeline Protests
40750 upvotes • comment • aug 20, 2019
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Go Lassie and do what I've taught you to do
40735 upvotes • comment • aug 14, 2019
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Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world. -Archimedes
40734 upvotes • comment • aug 15, 2019
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Hand eye coordination
40707 upvotes • comment • aug 25, 2019
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I’m grateful I got put onto Billie Eilish
40703 upvotes • comment • aug 01, 2019
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What do you NEVER fuck with?
40693 upvotes • comment • aug 24, 2019
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Me_irl
40686 upvotes • comment • aug 06, 2019
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So apparently my 12 year old sister got bored and decided to paint all the flowers from Minecraft, whatcha guys think? :D
40674 upvotes • comment • aug 06, 2019
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Two grown adults minding their own business and living their lives?
40669 upvotes • comment • aug 07, 2019
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YoUre REAlly gOnNa PASS
40663 upvotes • comment • aug 31, 2019
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This thing that indicates if the parcel has been excessively tilted during transport
40654 upvotes • comment • aug 07, 2019
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Rolling shutter captures the frisbee in the hand however, the in the shadow the frisbee is out of the hand.
40633 upvotes • comment • aug 01, 2019
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Night witches
40604 upvotes • comment • aug 05, 2019
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This is my bus friend, Mark. He is a disabled veteran and he loves Star Wars. He couldn't wait to show me what he did to his forearm crutches since I last saw him. I had to show everyone here!
40594 upvotes • comment • aug 14, 2019
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John Wick found his new puppy.
40541 upvotes • comment • aug 31, 2019
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Cleveland cop urinated on 12-year-old girl waiting for school bus while recording on cellphone, prosecutors say
40540 upvotes • comment • aug 21, 2019
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Give that man a medal.
40540 upvotes • comment • aug 25, 2019
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Mario Kart VR looks awesome
40532 upvotes • comment • aug 19, 2019
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TIL Spiders don't have muscles in their legs. They extend them using a system of hydraulics powered by their blood pressure. When they die, spiders' legs curl up because the blood pressure is gone.
40527 upvotes • comment • aug 10, 2019
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Do you need a virtual hug? What's wrong?
40520 upvotes • comment • aug 31, 2019
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Man rehabilitates a stork
40510 upvotes • comment • aug 25, 2019
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Shutting down a misogynist
40510 upvotes • comment • aug 03, 2019
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Apparently Twitter is testing out selective censorship of replies. Soon, everyone can have squeaky clean comment threads with no criticism or opposing viewpoints!
40510 upvotes • comment • aug 11, 2019
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The moment of realization
40484 upvotes • comment • aug 01, 2019
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Housing should be a right
40477 upvotes • comment • aug 30, 2019
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Obama criticises Trump rhetoric and compares 'racist ideologies' behind mass shootings to 'followers of Isis' in powerful open letter
40463 upvotes • comment • aug 05, 2019
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Whale I drive a goldfish
40448 upvotes • comment • aug 25, 2019
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What an absolute asshat.
40444 upvotes • comment • aug 09, 2019
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When will mental health or gun control become a legitimate talking point
40416 upvotes • comment • aug 04, 2019
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Who ya callin pinhead
40407 upvotes • comment • aug 15, 2019
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Keep calling him #MoscowMitch: McConnell is finally running scared
40384 upvotes • comment • aug 11, 2019
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Feels great everyone!
40384 upvotes • comment • aug 21, 2019
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That's a great fucking question
40363 upvotes • comment • aug 08, 2019
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TIL The International Potato Center has successfully grown potatoes in a simulated Mars environment. They grew the plants in a CubeSat which mimicked the Martian air pressure and atmosphere, and used saline desert soils analogous to Martian soils as the growing medium.
40355 upvotes • comment • aug 02, 2019
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[Oct. 31, 1992] Me and my brothers in costumes made by my mom.
40347 upvotes • comment • aug 24, 2019
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Trump mocks Shinzo Abe and Moon Jae-in with Asian accent.
40345 upvotes • comment • aug 11, 2019
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Thanos' pride and joy...
40326 upvotes • comment • aug 11, 2019
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Pickachu surprise attack
40320 upvotes • comment • aug 22, 2019
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Got my new best friend today and didn’t even realize it was International Dog Day. Reddit, meet Milo
40313 upvotes • comment • aug 26, 2019
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🔥 A black panther with a normal spotted cub 🔥
40303 upvotes • comment • aug 02, 2019
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This does put a smile on my face
40299 upvotes • comment • aug 17, 2019
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This is America
40261 upvotes • comment • aug 04, 2019
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Thanks Reddit, for selling away our freedom of speech for a few measly bucks.
40251 upvotes • comment • aug 20, 2019
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[IMAGE] You can do it :)
40236 upvotes • comment • aug 19, 2019
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TIL that several months before Russell Crowe won the Oscar for Gladiator, the FBI warned him that the al-Qaeda were planning to kidnap him as part of a “cultural destabilization plot”. For nearly two years, the FBI guarded Crowe in public and refused to give him any details about the threat.
40173 upvotes • comment • aug 11, 2019
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Spot the difference, Neil.
40163 upvotes • comment • aug 04, 2019
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Your salary is your company's monthly subscription fee of you.
40139 upvotes • comment • aug 14, 2019
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Building paint is the same as the sky almost!
40118 upvotes • comment • aug 02, 2019
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Disney Employee has a freak out over little girl’s adorable BB-8 outfit
40106 upvotes • comment • aug 09, 2019
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Boy Scouts of America have a 'pedophile epidemic' and are hiding hundreds in its ranks, lawyers claim
40099 upvotes • comment • aug 06, 2019
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Cursed baggy
40099 upvotes • comment • aug 24, 2019
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He just felt like running
40081 upvotes • comment • aug 28, 2019
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Prepare to die, edition
40080 upvotes • comment • aug 20, 2019
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Farmer streaming his job with a drone
40064 upvotes • comment • aug 24, 2019
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Just finished! How does everyone else set up their Cory in the House displays?
40063 upvotes • comment • aug 24, 2019
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Practicing their routine
40049 upvotes • comment • aug 31, 2019
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In 2009, fast food chains were boasting that their burger patties were made with 100% beef. In 2019, they are proudly advertising burger patties that are 0% beef.
40044 upvotes • comment • aug 27, 2019
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Looks like their engagement photo
40024 upvotes • comment • aug 04, 2019
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Anyone else?
40022 upvotes • comment • aug 05, 2019
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Bees dead Brazil: More than half a billion, 500 million, honey bees dropped dead in Brazil within 3 months — and environmentalists are worried
40012 upvotes • comment • aug 20, 2019
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TIL Chevy Chase is one of the most hated people in Hollywood. He once accused Terry Sweeny of having AIDS because he was gay, openly mocked Robert Downey Jr's father, told Kevin Smith that he invented everything funny and told a female SNL writer to give him a handjob during a meeting
39999 upvotes • comment • aug 11, 2019
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Mural of the Statue of Liberty being arrested by ICE in downtown Las Vegas.
39992 upvotes • comment • aug 23, 2019
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Kitten and good boy become bestest friends
39991 upvotes • comment • aug 18, 2019
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This is pretty cool from Visual Capitalist! The biggest employer in each state of the USA.
39975 upvotes • comment • aug 13, 2019
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MoviePass Changed Some Users’ Passwords on Purpose So They Couldn’t Use the Service
39951 upvotes • comment • aug 08, 2019
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What America needs more of right now
39907 upvotes • comment • aug 12, 2019
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Take Two CEO telling it like it is: "Blaming entertainment is irresponsible. Moreover, it is highly disrespectful to the victims and their families. The fact is entertainment is consumed world-wide...but gun violence is uniquely American."
39900 upvotes • comment • aug 05, 2019
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Round one.. fight!
39859 upvotes • comment • aug 28, 2019
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I took this photo in Copenhagen. It was selected by National Geographic as one of the"daily dozen".
39845 upvotes • comment • aug 06, 2019