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AskReddit is a popular subreddit on Reddit that allows any user to post interesting questions for anyone to answer, often generating funny discussion threads. These are their stories. 

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socially acceptable online AskReddit awkward screen | every1luvsanunderdog 67 points 16 hours ago "Swipe left" or basically refuse talk someone bc don't find them attractive.

Socially Acceptable Things We Can Do Online, But Not In Real Life

People describe the creepiest glitch in the matrix moments that they experienced | Adventuredepot 82d Removed painting wall during late evening cleaning, put away and returned wall see never before seen painting on same spot, put chill down my spine.

Creepiest Glitch In The Matrix Moments People Experienced

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People are describing surprising things about themselves that sound made up | Kaibethha 17h 1 Award horse threw air child. But wasn't on his back. He grabbed skin my back with his teeth and yeeted .

Surprising Truths About People That Sound Made Up

Lazy people that performed hard jobs in the easiest ways possible | KnowanUKnow• 104d joys being parent. As parent 2 hyperactive boys invented game called steamroller game would lie down across one end bed and kids would start jumping. At some random point would make motor noise and roll across bed. If they didn't jump time would roll right over them. They loved game just invented because wanted lie down few minutes.

Lazy People That Did Hard Jobs The Easiest Ways

AskReddit replies to times people saw instant karma served up | Ihmhi 7y working job where doing 90 hours week but only getting paid 40-45. Boss blew up on over phone, so quit effective end day finished up all my work and he tried sweet talk into staying, but held strong. Turns out he had work 18 hours day next two weeks trying find replacement. Edit: Some additional details so can stop answering same questions over and over again:

Times Instant Karma Was Served

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strange compliment askreddit people funny insult | TomIsonMySide 22 points 8 hours ago bank teller looked at my (super cute) 3 year old son, looked back at back at my son, back at and said wife must be beautiful

People Reveal The Strangest Compliments They've Ever Received

People describe their nicest or most unpleasant encounters with celebs | WatchTheBoom 20h 2 Awards ran into Adam Sandler outside Planet Fitness Brooklyn early 2016. As leaving Planet Fitness looked like he walking made eye contact, so stopped and held door him. He got door and stopped right before he walked through one those fake poses little kids make tell them freeze stood there holding door, plenty confused about five seconds just stood there- him, motionless and standing there holding door.

People's Really Nice Or Horrible Celeb Encounters

AskReddit replies to how Americans feel about switching to the metric system | Thenandonlythen 196d My persuasive speech high school speech class about why should convert, this 20 years ago got good grade but people love multiplying and dividing by 25.4 apparently | CreepiMacaroni 196d S 1 Award bald eagle screech

Americans' Opinions On Switching To The Metric System

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AskReddit thread about multilingual speakers overhearing people that didn't know they understood them | eureka123 1y 3 1 Award Well my great aunt told story she once went into butcher shop she walked butcher talking with customer Russian (which she spoke butcher saw my great aunt walk and told costumer Russian he'd take care this "old hag and then continue conversation. So my great aunt English) asked pounds and pounds cold cuts, all sliced and wrapped all ready, she told him Russian shove up as

Multilinguals' "They Didn't Realize I Understood Them" Stories

People describe those plot holes in movies that they just can't get over | star wars c3po ghostfrog 9h 8 million forms communication and Threepio doesn't speak Jawa?

Gaping Plot Holes In Movies People Can't Get Over

Redditors weird people funny askreddit strange | Moskavo 26 points 5 hours ago Girl who left one those hamster ball things on my doorstep (never told her my address filled with literally hundreds hand written notes, most which had generic uplifting quotes, but some were direct quotes over six months ago. Meaning day met her, she writing down and recording things said anyone thinking this actually romantic and sweet were no way romantically involved just had class together. Things got worse there

People Reveal Their Worst Cases Of 'I Attract Weird People'

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People describe the worst pickup lines that they've ever heard or used | -floatybean 21h Did see mistake Spotify? They didn't have as hot single this day still cringe at .

Worst Pickup Lines Ever Heard/Used

People share their funniest experiences with their brains going on autopilot | axladrian 1y Put my bluetooth headphones freezer charge. Wanted go work with car, but forgot turn engine on stood there 10 minutes trying figure out neighbour even came help and didn't see problem.

Funny Times People's Brains Went On Autopilot

People on AskReddit share their edgy phases that ultimately ended up looking very uncool | applegate910 5h Punch trees 4th grade at recess try and impress my crush fml

"Edgiest" Things People Did That Backfired

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People share various strange things that they believed as kids | Asakopt3r 14h S1 Award Honey Nut Cheerios bee. No word lie thought he real don't know why. Nobody told he real just something accepted my older step-sister told Santa and Tooth Fairy weren't real burst into tears and said Cheerios bee, too?"

Weirdest Things People Believed As Kids

AskReddit replies to people's most ridiculous Tinder horror stories | Geeseinfection 6h 3 Awards This guy asked if would be interested dating his dad.

People's Tinder Horror Stories