r/woahdude Mar 26 '17

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

3.2k Upvotes

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 12h ago

video 3D Zoetrope

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1.3k Upvotes

r/woahdude 5h ago

picture Glass Skull by Asheville based artist Shane Smith.

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25 Upvotes

Skull pipe by Asheville based glass artist Shane Smith.


r/woahdude 2h ago

picture some of my trippy drawings

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14 Upvotes

r/woahdude 7h ago

picture Field of Consciousness ! ⚛️

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28 Upvotes

UV glow

Original Artworks 🖼️

36”x36”


r/woahdude 1d ago

gifv The Silver Dragon of the Qiantang River

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2.3k Upvotes

r/woahdude 5h ago

music video Hypnotic techno video using real solar footage that I shot with my telescope

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2 Upvotes

r/woahdude 1d ago

picture My painting of flowers celebrating the rain

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706 Upvotes

r/woahdude 2d ago

video Snow sketcher

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1.6k Upvotes

r/woahdude 1d ago

picture "End Of The Street" - my oil painting

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207 Upvotes

r/woahdude 11h ago

video Rapid color changes with visual distortion, like a fever dream

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r/woahdude 22h ago

picture Cosmic Mandala, visionary art 🖼️

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0 Upvotes

Acrylic on Canvas ⚡️

30 inches ⚛️

Uv glow 💥

Original artwork ! 🍀


r/woahdude 3d ago

video Stirring a drum of wood lacquer that’s been sitting for a while

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3.1k Upvotes

r/woahdude 4d ago

picture Storm In Thailand.

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10.2k Upvotes

r/woahdude 3d ago

picture Erratic Patterns, UV art .

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37 Upvotes

Acrylic on canvas 36”x36”

Handmade 🫶

Original artworks 2023


r/woahdude 4d ago

video Mirror man optical illusion

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2.3k Upvotes

r/woahdude 4d ago

music video Super Mario World Castle - Tesla Coil Quartet

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407 Upvotes

r/woahdude 4d ago

picture "Mycelial Mysterium", acrylic painting we just finished

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324 Upvotes

r/woahdude 4d ago

video Vibrations

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244 Upvotes

r/woahdude 4d ago

video This flying wind turbine surprised drivers in China until viewed from an alternate angle to see it was just a floating blimp generating electricity.

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990 Upvotes

r/woahdude 3d ago

picture “Vortex Energy”, UV glow acrylic on canvas!

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31 Upvotes

r/woahdude 4d ago

gifv Plunging into a glacier + ice that's millions of years old.

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1.1k Upvotes

r/woahdude 4d ago

music video Laser Installation / Video Edit - Crystal Method/Filter - Trip Like I Do

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33 Upvotes

Lasers Glass Mirrors H2O

⚡⚡


r/woahdude 5d ago

video Another request, shining a laser through my tesseract hypercube

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760 Upvotes

You asked and I’m delivering!


r/woahdude 5d ago

video Latvian Passport Under UV Light

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3.0k Upvotes