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 1d ago

picture Two Become One - I painted the vision I had that resulted in me proposing to my wife!

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This is acrylic on wood, 36”x48”


r/woahdude 1d ago

picture I painted a strawberry sunrise

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r/woahdude 1d ago

picture a collection of my psychedelic drawings

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r/woahdude 1d ago

picture 'Liberty Caps' - my latest painting. Acrylic on canvas by Jon Restorick

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20x20cm


r/woahdude 1d ago

video You think it's a nat geo moment til

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r/woahdude 8h ago

video Realization and Derealization: A Painting and Unpainting at SuperSonic Speed

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r/woahdude 2d ago

video The bird and the umbrellas stumped me

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r/woahdude 3d ago

video Acrylic paint droplets’ interactions under magnification

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Credit to Rus Khasanov


r/woahdude 3d ago

picture Acrylic painting collaboration I made with a fellow artist

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I painted the right side and the wizard and my friend (goes by Infinite Horizon Art) painted the left! We've been friends for years and felt our art styles would synchronize and make a unique painting. We call it Primordial Paradigm.


r/woahdude 2d ago

video Galaxy in my coffee cup

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r/woahdude 4d ago

gifv Another mini sketchbook tour

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Mostly pen and ink


r/woahdude 4d ago

movies Koyaanisqatsi: Life out of Balance (1983) in reverse

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r/woahdude 5d ago

picture “Home Grown”- my latest oil painting for my friends out there [OC]

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I’m not gonna lie, the circle sesh is an underrated bonding ritual and a classic slice of American subculture. Hell, it was practically a rite of passage in my neighborhood. Passing one around meant time well spent hanging with your buddies- clowning around, getting into shenanigans, and growing up together. Thanks for looking :)


r/woahdude 5d ago

picture I've painted branches

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r/woahdude 6d ago

picture Rainbow Cataclysm, (Photo: Jeremy Janus)

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r/woahdude 6d ago

picture Just finished my biggest painting yet, enjoy!

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Acrylic paint on canvas using brushes. Titled "Ascension"


r/woahdude 6d ago

picture A Picture Found of A Mammatus Cloud.

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r/woahdude 5d ago

picture Finished sketch

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r/woahdude 8d ago

video Lightsaber twirl

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r/woahdude 8d ago

picture Golden Retriever portrait made using oil pastels and colored pencils

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Oil pastels and colored pencils on 40x50cm Pastelmat


r/woahdude 8d ago

picture Cotton-candy Mammatus Clouds

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r/woahdude 8d ago

picture The mandarin dragonet (Synchiropis splendidus)- they use their large pelvic fins to "walk" along the sea floor

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r/woahdude 9d ago

video Wheat meets Dust Devil

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r/woahdude 8d ago

music video Night Mail - W.H. Auden - 1936

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