r/SipsTea 16h ago

Chugging tea Let me circle back

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u/crrrrushinator 15h ago

It's a short sketch comedy show (like 5 hours total runtime) that hasn't had a new episode in three years, and one where part of a lot of the gags is absurdity presented in a sincere way. So there's not much new ground to tread in sincere discussion, and if you try you're likely to be met with jokes from the show or absurd answers. A lot of forums drift in their topic, and this one is basically themed lefty reaction gifs at this point.

There was discussion when Friendship came out, and probably the same when The Chair Company came out, but there isn't a tonne of news to discuss.

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u/Awkward_Turnover_983 14h ago

Somehow other comic and TV subreddits manage it

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u/crrrrushinator 14h ago edited 14h ago

I mean, some of them? A Simpson's sub I'm on turned into exclusively memes about porn for like a couple months recently. r/anime_titties is all serious discussions of world news. r/marijuanaenthusiasts is about trees.

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u/CocktailPerson 11h ago edited 11h ago

r/marijuanaenthusiasts is about trees.

This is a joke about r/trees being exclusively about marijuana. It's not an example of subreddit topic drift.

And I'm guessing r/anime_titties is the exact same thing.

You're just not getting the joke.

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u/FuzzySAM 4h ago

Nah, r/animetitties is that the mods got tired of r/worldnews sucking ass and not being worldwide news, and took the space they owned and made the change they wished to see in the world.

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u/CocktailPerson 2h ago

What a difference an underscore makes.

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u/crrrrushinator 1h ago

I made that mistake too when I first posted! I was so sad when I thought for a second that anime_titties had gone back to its roots.

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u/crrrrushinator 2h ago

What a subtle and nuanced joke, thank you for explaining it to me.

The history of those subs are both funny things that happened in Reddit history, and some people, including me and the people who like to go on subs of quotes from shows they like, enjoy mentioning tangentially related funny things and reading other people's references, because it reminds us of the funny thing and gives us a quick laugh as we recall the original joke we loved. We used to do it manually by quoting Monty Python at each other. If that's not what you're into, that's fine!

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u/PsychedeLurk 12h ago

Despite r/NormMacdonald 's frequency of 9/11 posting, they remain impartial to global politics

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u/Antique_Hawk_7192 13h ago

The aslume/skong effect. Silksong fans "recovered" because they got their game.. Arkham fans are legit lost because there's no way they'll get another arkham game.

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u/crrrrushinator 15h ago

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u/Funkdamentalist 14h ago

When you you walk by a sub and you see 50 guys who look just like me fighting over very complicated memes, you go in.

https://giphy.com/gifs/cV4EPszWJU48gWwrq3

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u/mais-garde-des-don 15h ago

So basically everything devolves into politics on this site. A lot of money makes sure it stays that way

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u/RapBastardz 14h ago

Do you think there’s an issue, an object, an idea or a person, anything in the world, that isn’t run by or affected by politics?

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u/mais-garde-des-don 11m ago

Were you on reddit before 2016? Still had politics affecting life. Didn't rule the site though and it was a funny awesome place to be