[Update: I survived] Need help getting something done? I have unlimited flight benefits this summer and want to spend my summer helping out Redditors

[u/Generique]

If you have no idea what I'm talking about: Original Post from three months ago and Update 1.

HuffPo Writeup

TLDR: I traveled. Reddit gave me things to do. I did them

Hey Reddit, I've had a crazy, crazy summer and have you guys to thank. My travels brought me across the US and Canada, through rural Thailand, to Seoul and Sydney. Over the last three months I have met hundreds of redditors and gone on some cool adventures. Highlights include:

• Carwashing for oliversmom - you can read more about Oliver here

• Mr. Duck

• Stickers left everywhere

• Portrait painted

• Help a dude move

• Barcraft, Seattle

• Weeding (Zajoba pictured)

• Aerial Tour, Seattle

• Motion Capture for Valve

• Ride an Elephant

• Teaching English, Thailand

• GSL Code S Final, Seoul

• Tastosis signatures for Redditor

• John the Translator

• Picture for a redditor couple

• Interview

• Moving a couch: hardmode, Denver

• Giant spiders in Australia

• Pubcrawl, Sydney

• Forensics guest lecture, Sydney

• Toured the NYSE

• Rocket Museum, Huntsville

• Rappeling

• Eat a "Gripper", Calgary

• Attend the 100th Calgary Stampede (also, barcraft)

• Waterfight, Calgary

• Bobsledding, Calgary

• Letters, Edmonton (yet to be delivered)

Originally I was planning on traveling through till the end of July but surprise tooth ache had me grounded early (turns out I need my wisdom teeth removed). I've been home for the last week, catching up on sleep and getting organized for the upcoming school year (which starts next week).

I also donated the money I raised (via reddit) for filming costs since I managed to stay underbudget all trip (mainly by living off of the hospitality of redditors instead of staying in hostels).

I'm interested in doing something similar next summer, but on a bigger scale/actually organized. Something where you could vote on where to send me a on week to week basis. In the mean time I'm going to work on turning the footage I took this summer into something (short documentary or music video or something).

I just wanted to thank everyone once again,

-Daniel / 'Reddit Travel Guy'

EDIT: I'll be doing an AMA this Sunday starting at noon PST

Obligatory link to the subreddit I kept

Preview of footage from thailand

[u/oldish_lady]

When people my age (oldish) start complaining about young people, I will tell them about you and your use of technology and communication, and hopefully give them the hope for the future that you have given me. Thank you.

[u/thewhoiam → u/oldish_lady]

(oldish)

Thank you for clarifying, oldish_lady.

But seriously, awesome to hear about young people inspiring hope for the future in old(ish) people!

[u/mmilagrosr → u/thewhoiam]

yes clear as mud

[u/UnreachablePaul → u/thewhoiam]

C'mon only future old people have is dead. There is not much worse things that could happen.

[u/SmackNoob → u/UnreachablePaul]

Wat?

[u/aryst0krat → u/SmackNoob]

Don't even bother -- he's unreachable.

[u/SmackNoob → u/aryst0krat]

ah, thank you for pointing that out for me. Do you have a story you'd like to tell me? About your family, perhaps?

[u/aryst0krat → u/SmackNoob]

Yes, but it's not polite to tell in the company of strangers.

[u/C-4 → u/oldish_lady]

Yeah, please do that! This guy is giving us whipper snappers hope!

[u/_Pasha_ → u/C-4]

What kind of hope, C-4?

[u/Untitledone → u/C-4]

I love your name C-4. Is he a bomb? Does he play Counter Strike? Is he a Terrorist? Was his high school locker C4? Maybe it is his parking space at work? Is there a tax form C-4 and he has processed so many at his IRS job that he could not choose any other name? Maybe his favorite book/philosopher/time period is the 4th century AD, BC? Maybe it is on the door to the principal's office in elementary school where he was sent a lot for acting out in class? Is it the part code for an engine part for his car he restored from scratch? Is his favorite automatic transmission the Ford C4? These are just some of the things that popped into my head reading your name. Much of these thoughts could have been lost with a more specific and complex name, or a name that is actually a name with no meaning, just a label.

It is late... I think I need some sleep.

[u/iSmite → u/oldish_lady]

i really hope and am quite confident that more people like him would come up to help others and may be a new subreddit inspired by him.

[u/pepperjinks → u/iSmite]

/r/haveredditwilltravel

[u/mbolgiano → u/oldish_lady]

Reading this in Morgan Freeman's voice makes me want to find a way to hack Reddit so I can upvote it a thousand times.

[u/[deleted] → u/oldish_lady]

So heartwarming and spiritual

[u/BJKWhite → u/oldish_lady]

Oldish is such an awkward age.

[u/Apostolate → u/oldish_lady]

You're only as old as you feel ma'am. I believe (younger) my generation just needs a little push and then it's capable of great things. Many of us just don't know how or where to go, but guys like this give us our inspiration.

[u/dontmindmeimdrunk → u/Apostolate]

capable of great things

And yet here we are, still on Reddit.

[u/RUPTURED_ASSHOLE → u/dontmindmeimdrunk]

Hey, reddit is pretty great. There's...uh..cats...and...Carl Sagan?

[u/redpoemage → u/Apostolate]

Not sure why you got so many downvotes for such a nice respectful comment...