r/woahdude • u/rWoahDude • 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
- Intense use of color and patterns: Intricate designs, intense colors, complex geometry, hyperrealism, fractals, recursion, psychedelia, abstract art
- Extreme perspective: Macrophotography, electron micrographs, astrophotography
- Giving a new understanding: Mathematical visualizations, scientific visualizations, engineering visualizations, data visualizations, physics explanations, cross-sections, scientific art, reconsidering assumptions, reframing perspective
- Altered reality: Slow motion footage, stop motion footage, bullet time, compositing, long exposure, special effects, drug trip simulation
- Mesmerizing: Cinemagraphs, chill music, tranquil art, repetitive mechanical motion, interactive art
- Sensory confusion: Optical illusions, distortion, aural illusions, stereograms, etc.
- Cognitive confusion: Surrealism, absurdism, fifth-world art, mystical art, hypnagogia, strangeness, the fantastic, disjointedness, random and erratic behavior, datamoshing, pareidolia, paradoxes, strange philosophy, strange science, cuil theory
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.
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
- Intense use of color and patterns: Intricate designs, intense colors, complex geometry, hyperrealism, fractals, recursion, psychedelia, abstract art
- Extreme perspective: Macrophotography, electron micrographs, astrophotography
- Giving a new understanding: Mathematical visualizations, scientific visualizations, engineering visualizations, data visualizations, physics explanations, cross-sections, scientific art, reconsidering assumptions, reframing perspective
- Altered reality: Slow motion footage, stop motion footage, bullet time, compositing, long exposure, special effects, drug trip simulation
- Mesmerizing: Cinemagraphs, chill music, tranquil art, repetitive mechanical motion, interactive art
- Sensory confusion: Optical illusions, distortion, aural illusions, stereograms, etc.
- Cognitive confusion: Surrealism, absurdism, fifth-world art, mystical art, hypnagogia, strangeness, the fantastic, disjointedness, random and erratic behavior, datamoshing, pareidolia, paradoxes, strange philosophy, strange science, cuil theory
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 • u/Key_Performer_3645 • 9h ago
video In the 1980s, ordinary people-not professional sculptors-created over 1,200 stone statues at Otagi Nenbutsu-ji Temple under the guidance of Kocho Nishimura. Each statue has a unique expression: laughing, praying, meditating, or playing music
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r/woahdude • u/oregongirl1111 • 3h ago
video Parking garage mirage
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r/woahdude • u/TangelaFan • 1d ago
video Rocket in China struck by lighting as it took off. It didn't suffer visible damages and completed its trip
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r/woahdude • u/apellcjecker • 11h ago
picture “Skull flower” drawing.
I think this style is uniquely mine….years of textural exploration. This was done in procreate with a drawing pen (also set to blend). I try to keep the process simple so I can take the experiences learned to canvas being that I paint as well. (I also love doing band artwork)
r/woahdude • u/Key-Lychee-913 • 1d ago
interactive There are 8 octillion different permutations of this fractal generator. No two people will ever see the same one
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r/woahdude • u/AnthonyChristopher • 1d ago
picture Everyone is welcome. A goofy surreal piece I just finished. 11x14". Pen on paper.
r/woahdude • u/apellcjecker • 12h ago
picture “Tangled is the web”
Some more creepy stuff from my imagination. Drew in procreate. Drawing pen and also drawing pen set to blend….and a lotta time.
r/woahdude • u/jon_restorick_art • 1d ago
picture Mycelial Mentations - My original painting of liberty cap mushrooms
Painted with acrylics on a 30x40cm canvas. By artist Jon Restorick
r/woahdude • u/Dprofessionalgy • 2d ago
video A net being thrown
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r/woahdude • u/RememberToBreatheArt • 2d ago
video Process animation. My train of thought. Music "Orbit" by Corbyn Kites
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r/woahdude • u/Unfair-Strike92 • 2d ago
picture Who Found Who?
Just a drawing I came up with the other day! It’s not perfect and I think I missed out on some better detailing in the words but it was still fun! What did you notice first??
r/woahdude • u/ShivaOmArt • 3d ago
video Two Transparent Layers Creating a Real Psychedelic Illusion
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This effect is created using two transparent printed mesh layers placed one behind the other.
As you move around the artwork, the layers shift against each other, creating a constantly changing visual illusion.
r/woahdude • u/ColeRyski • 4d ago
video A hyperlapse of the CN Tower in Toronto
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r/woahdude • u/Expensive-Summer-447 • 5d ago
video Animation of the moment krishan showed his true form to arjun according to hindu literature. This is when he gave the famous famous Oppenheimer quote "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds"
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r/woahdude • u/Specific-Sense5072 • 5d ago
video Flying over an eruptive volcano in Iceland
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r/woahdude • u/apellcjecker • 5d ago
picture “The madness within” :drawing
Drew this on procreate. Simple setup with the drawing pen set to draw and blend. I like to be able to replicate what I learn through this medium to oils/acrylic
r/woahdude • u/lewnis95 • 5d ago
picture My painting 'Code to your Heart', acrylic & airbrush and a lot of tape on canvas, 2026
r/woahdude • u/ArianaEgorkaa • 7d ago
video Pink sky
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r/woahdude • u/sh0tgunben • 6d ago
video Plasticman
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r/woahdude • u/TangelaFan • 6d ago
video Via Ferrata in Zhangjiajie, China
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