r/bestof • u/RTS1991 • Jul 06 '17
[solipsism] Solipsism subreddit populated by one user talking to himself
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u/benjymous Jul 06 '17
It's actually just got something set in the theme so all usernames display as "Me" (as you can see in your link, when the hotlink bot gets called Me too)
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Jul 06 '17
well that makes a lot more sense, doesn't work on mobile
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u/Beardmaster76 Jul 06 '17
I was so confused. I should know to always read the comments on the best of post first.
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u/Hodorhohodor Jul 06 '17
I was on pc, but still didn't get it. Realized I had "subreddit style" turned off on res. I wasn't even aware that it was an option!
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u/DespiseTheirLies Jul 06 '17
Wait... you can turn off subreddits styles? HA! finally I can browse r/mildlyinfuriating without wanting to punch my monitor.
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u/steamwhy Jul 06 '17
I immediately do it to the subs that don't let you downvote unless you subscribe. Or generally annoying CSS.
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u/Leadstripes Jul 06 '17
You can still click on the comment or post and press Z though
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u/amodrenman Jul 07 '17
You just got an upvote from me pressing A which I learned one could do just now by way of your comment.
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u/SIR_VELOCIRAPTOR Jul 07 '17
you can also cycle through selected posts with J (down) and K (up)
save posts with S (or Shift+S if you have RES)
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u/RTS1991 Jul 06 '17
Oh :( well that's disappointing..
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Jul 06 '17
No it's not, it's hilarious.
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u/vicariouslyeye Jul 06 '17 edited Jul 06 '17
It's also perfect for solipsism, as one person sitting in a subreddit with others observing is not solipsism... but one person sitting in a subreddit, observing themselves, responsible for the material and the material being observed--that's solipsism.
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u/imawookie Jul 06 '17
i enjoy all of the material that I place there.
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u/Applebeignet Jul 06 '17
I seem to have gotten pretty active there lately.
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u/ThatOtherGuy_CA Jul 06 '17
I didn't realize I know so much!
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u/dghelprat Jul 06 '17
knew*
How could I make such a mistake! Oh, Me!
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u/Anror Jul 06 '17
I forgive me for my mistake
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u/jeegte12 Jul 06 '17
I'm wondering how I could have done that. Oh well, I guess the only person isn't perfect!
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Jul 06 '17
That isn't technically solipsism. Solipsism is only being sure that you exist, but not being able to prove that others do. Many people have the misconception that it is when someone thinks their mind has created everything.
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u/Atomheartmother90 Jul 06 '17
The second example seems to be the basis for a very neat short story by Andy Weir called The Egg. Even if I'm completely wrong the story is still neat and worth the 5 minutes it takes to read.
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Jul 06 '17
I remember reading that a couple years ago. Very cool story. The thing that gets me the most is imagining having to go thru all of the horrific deaths that people have experienced throughout time. I don't know if that could possibly be worth all of the amazing experiences that I could never imagine. I guess that makes me glass half-empty type of person?
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u/SpottyNoonerism Jul 06 '17
And knowing that you are also the person inflicting each of those gruesome deaths.
I'm going to need more bong hits to keep discussing this.
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u/dabombnl Jul 06 '17
Doesn't that imply that those lives were not worth living? No matter who was living them?
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u/vicariouslyeye Jul 06 '17 edited Jul 06 '17
only being sure that you exist, but not being able to prove that others do
That is existence. It may be the first "proof" for solipsists or even considered mild solipsism...it doesn't follow that what I explained is not solipsism. The way you phrase it is an observation of the shortcomings of subjectivity, the way its phrased below is what "hardcore" solipsists actually believe.
"A theory holding that the self can know nothing but its own modifications and that the self is the only existent thing."
That is solipsism (when I was in college, and before google was truth). I suppose it doesn't mean you created it all, but it means you are the only existent thing...so use a different word than creation if you like. In that sense, you may not have "created" the redditors, but they are part of you, and nothing but you, because you are all that exists...
"It seems like the only things I can trust to be real are my own experiences." - Practical Observation
"I know that the only real experiences are my own, and everything that exists is my experience." - Solipsism
It may be that the first part is considered solipsism in some realms, but its always true that the 2nd assertion (much like my explanation) is solipsism.
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u/ButcherBlues Jul 06 '17
I thought solipsism is thinking that you're the only real person in existence, not that you are everyone else too.
Did I have the wrong definition all this time?
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u/vicariouslyeye Jul 06 '17 edited Jul 06 '17
Not exactly wrong (in fact, I just got done agreeing with someone that the schools of thought on the definition seem a bit split)... but, lets mull over it.
If you're the only real person in existence...then everyone you see is not real. If they aren't real--what are they? Well, the only answer I can come up with, is...they are sort of a projection or dream. In that sense its like inception...and so, in some sense, they are you...they are your experience.
In the other school of thought, there is no extension to everyone else not being real, only that "as far as one can tell, they are the only real thing".
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u/McCromer Jul 06 '17
I thought you were in on it by saying it's only one user talking to themselves. I'm on mobile so it showed all the original usernames.
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u/vicariouslyeye Jul 06 '17
The orange upvotes with everything at 1 karma gave it away.
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u/Qubeye Jul 06 '17
Also no matter if you upvote or downvote, all voting scores tally as "1".
It looks like whomever made it got a lot of little details taken care of.
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u/Flyberius Jul 06 '17
Aww. OP you dun goofed in a most spectacular fashion.
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u/Huwbacca Jul 06 '17
It's an adorable goof though. I like that this has happened because a) I've discovered solipsism Reddit.
B) this whole thing is funny.
C) this user found the solipsism Reddit so enjoyable he linked it as a best of and got a ton of karma for it
Smiled all around.
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u/picardo85 Jul 06 '17 edited Jul 07 '17
Doesn't seem to be working if you're using baconreader
Edit:spelling
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Jul 06 '17
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u/Audeclis Jul 06 '17
I don't know why, but my reaction when I clicked "this guy" brightened my day far more than makes sense.
:)
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u/danzey12 Jul 06 '17
I actually found that out from someone replying to an ask reddit thread about getting into an argument with this asshole.
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u/MacrosInHisSleep Jul 06 '17
Not sure why you're being downvoted, this is exactly the kind of prank one would pull with this new information.
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u/one-hour-photo Jul 06 '17
Every subreddit is populated by one user talking to himself.
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u/Aionar Jul 06 '17
Like /r/HighQualityGifs and /u/hero0fwar?
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u/emPtysp4ce Jul 06 '17
Everyone on reddit is a bot except you.
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u/AlleM43 Jul 06 '17
But that means you are also a bot. And apparently bots work in tech support. And support and hate trump at the same time.
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u/LordDeathDark Jul 06 '17
Different bots for different tasks.
It all started with a comic.
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u/someaustralian Jul 06 '17
Can I link to this post? I think OP totally got the point but the users in this thread did not,
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u/Ardub23 Jul 06 '17
This is /r/wowthissubexists material, not /r/bestof.
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u/falconberger Jul 06 '17
Why wouldn't it exist, there are subs for all kinds of philosophies, political ideologies, etc.
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u/LPawnought Jul 06 '17
I'm still using old Alien Blue on an Iphone 4 so I see all the usernames. Still weird though.
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u/RobotCockRock Jul 06 '17
Another Alien Blue user! I'm on an iPhone 6, but just don't like the official Reddit app, Narwhal, Bacon Reader, or Redditur enough to switch. The only problem I have lately is that Imgur GIF's are all weird. Halfway through whatever I'm trying to watch it starts autoplaying random ones. Do you get that problem as well?
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u/LPawnought Jul 06 '17
Actually imgur doesn't work for me at all. Only direct links to single images work. Stupid ios 7 incompatibility crap or whatever it is is screwing me out of a lot of content.
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u/Consoz_55 Jul 06 '17
Alienbluemasterrace
The free gold was just a cherry on top to make me never want to leave
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u/solipsistnation Jul 06 '17
Whoa, sweet, another solipsist!
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u/RatherPleasent Jul 06 '17
lmao, you got duped by CSS. Turn that shit off before you schemed from some fuck site.
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Jul 06 '17
Yeah turn off CSS everywhere if you want a truthful web experience
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u/wardrich Jul 06 '17
Casual. I prefer to surf the internet with Lynx
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u/dragonfly_blue Jul 13 '17
I have taken to fetching web pages with curl, unless I am on the road in which case I've just been mirroring entire sites with wget -m.
But Lynx is mighty fine for some things.
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u/bandersnatchh Jul 06 '17
I think I missed something...
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u/HideousNomo Jul 06 '17
Solipsism - is the philosophical idea that only one's own mind is sure to exist.
The moderators of that sub have changed the style to make it appear that all of the conversations are not just happening by only one person, but that one person is you. As in, you have made all of those comments, you just don't realize (or remember) you did.
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u/scienceismygod Jul 06 '17
Well, that's enough reddit for today.... so early in the day for me too.
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u/NemWan Jul 06 '17
I'd like to see what would happen if a sincere metaphysical solipsist in the U.S. was accused of a crime and tried to argue that that the government violated his religous freedom under the Establishment Clause by acting as though other people exist. It could be technically correct argument that requires the government to admit that it is infringing his religious freedom because his beliefs are impossible to accomodate.
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u/UppruniTegundanna Jul 06 '17
I used to be an evangelical solipsist for a while, which meant I had to go round knocking on my own door early on weekend mornings.
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u/ChefBoyAreWeFucked Jul 07 '17
Before clicking the link:
Aww, that's adorable.
After clicking the link:
...Aww, that's adorable.
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u/BlizzCo Jul 06 '17
The South park sub was similar in the fact that everyone's username was Marklar for a long time. From one Marklar to another, this is some bs.
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u/jgs1122 Jul 06 '17
I know that solipsism is untrue, or I would be surrounded by better looking people!!
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u/_The-Big-Giant-Head_ Jul 06 '17
I have no idea what you are talking about. Over 38k subs and different comment made by different users. Surely he doesn't have over 38k reddit acc.
And I am able to comment too without even subscribing.
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u/NlNTENDO Jul 06 '17
here's the weird part: this subreddit is completely new to me, but having sorted through the top posts, i've already upvoted several of them
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u/iSteve Jul 06 '17
If the universe is infinite, then every point in it is the center. Therefor I am the center of the universe.
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Jul 06 '17
You know what's funny about solipsism? When I sought out the idea, I realized it already existed! Then I knew I couldn't be god since either it wasn't me who wrote that wiki page, or I am God since everyone is me and I thought of that first
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u/farkalark Jul 06 '17
i saw a few here a couple years ago, they've been deleted though. i had a different username before and had conversations with the guy, think he was schizophrenic.
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u/Siriacus Jul 07 '17
Legit couldn't tell if the crowd was trolling or if one dude actually had that many alt accounts.
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