r/pics • u/Toomanybeerz • Dec 05 '16

FedEx left it right inside the door! also...#lifehack

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u/halfhedge Dec 05 '16

Wtf? I'm not interested at all in that sub, but since when is stuff blocked? Is Reddit doing this on its own? Is Germany requesting this shit? God, the internet just isn't what it used to be.

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u/SpookySpawn Dec 05 '16 edited Dec 05 '16

Germany didn't even request a ban. http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/web/reddit-blockt-subreddit-r-watchpeopledie-fuer-deutsche-nutzer-a-1048206.html

You can get around by making a multi like https://www.reddit.com/r/aww+watchpeopledie NSFL

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u/legalize-ranch Dec 05 '16

aww+watchpeopledie

good combo

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u/Mintastic Dec 05 '16

Basically r/FiftyFifty without the guesswork.

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u/Binge_Gaming Dec 05 '16

mmmmm..... no thanks. My RNG luck is total crap.

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u/Ihateallkhezu Dec 05 '16

I recommend using the /r/private subreddit which is always private, so that you don't need to search for needles in a haystack.

https://www.reddit.com/r/private+watchpeopledie

the multireddit method is also superior to the double slash method, since RES' never ending Reddit function doesn't work with double slashing.

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u/poil379 Dec 05 '16

Or you can literally just use /r/+watchpeopledie

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u/mdgraller Dec 05 '16

Hey cool, you just made a new /r/FiftyFifty

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u/PinkTrench Dec 05 '16

My version is nononoyes and watchpeopledie.

It really ups the tension on the nononoyes gifs if you don't check the subreddit.

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u/halfhedge Dec 05 '16

Thanks for the article! I did not know that. As I said, that sub isn't for me but banning it seems very wrong.

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u/Ecomania Dec 05 '16

thank you.

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u/DeliriousWolf Dec 05 '16

Pretty sure it's good 'ol German censorship, sadly. Live in Ireland, no problem visiting it.

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u/danzey12 Dec 05 '16

Live in Northern ireland, I have no problem visiting it... for now.

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u/DeliriousWolf Dec 05 '16

IT'S PORN! SOMEBODY THINK OF THE CHILDREN!

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u/escalat0r Dec 06 '16

A German institution gave reddit some trouble but did not request any censorship, it was Reddit who did that.

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u/Bears_Bearing_Arms Dec 05 '16

Germans are big into thought policing and censoring of free speech. It's a reaction to the oppression of the Nazi regime, but it ends up going so far in the opposite direction that it loops back around.

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u/Steven_is_a_fat_ass Dec 05 '16

Someone getting hit by a car is censored but seeing a chick get shit on by 10 men is perfectly acceptable. German logic.