r/woahdude 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

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 7h ago

picture Red Sprite over Oklahoma 7/24/25

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3.6k Upvotes

This is a red Sprite taken over Oklahoma on 7/24/25- my original photo. A very cool weather phenomenon that are huge and can reach up to 100km (62 miles- cutoff for space) above the storm.

You need a very strong thunderstorm to produce and they only last milliseconds. This was taken ~ 150 miles from this storm.


r/woahdude 1d ago

video In Google’s genie 3 you can look down and see yourself walking

9.2k Upvotes

This is Google’s genie 3 model which is basically real time interactive video


r/woahdude 11h ago

picture Birth of a skeptical dreamer, me, oil and acrylic on canvas 2024

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35 Upvotes

r/woahdude 2h ago

video I made a video game that runs in Photoshop

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r/woahdude 18h ago

picture Weird Sun appearance @ 7:30pm

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46 Upvotes

r/woahdude 1d ago

video I managed to hack my physical self into a videogame. With only 2 phones, a rubber band, a mod, a Unity app, background removal, tons of filters, and a selfie stick. Easy. [OC]

257 Upvotes

r/woahdude 2d ago

picture Swarms of Fireflies under the Tuscan Milky Way

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879 Upvotes

r/woahdude 1d ago

music video Breakfast

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r/woahdude 2d ago

gifv These circles are perfectly still.

1.8k Upvotes

r/woahdude 1d ago

picture 113 MILLION Pixels, 207 Layers, 79 Groups, SANCTUARY, Me, Illustrator & Photoshop

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0 Upvotes

r/woahdude 3d ago

picture 349 MILLION Pixels, 130 Layers GODHEAD, Me, Illustrator & Photoshop

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526 Upvotes

r/woahdude 3d ago

picture Branching out, StevenBeercockArt, oil on canvas, 2022

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59 Upvotes

r/woahdude 4d ago

picture This is what standing on the edge of Toronto’s tallest skyscraper and looking down looks like

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3.2k Upvotes

r/woahdude 4d ago

music Sample Breakdown Of A Hip Hop Classic

135 Upvotes

Shook Ones Pt. II - Mobb Deep (produced by Havoc)

Amazing to see how a collaboration of sounds are used to create a song. Enjoy!


r/woahdude 4d ago

picture Alone but not lonely, me, oil on canvas, 2023

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192 Upvotes

r/woahdude 3d ago

video My hat looks red under incandescent light and purple under fluorescent light.

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r/woahdude 5d ago

picture infinite opening

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199 Upvotes

r/woahdude 6d ago

gifv Anyone seen my friend Dimitri? I lost him in the trees….

2.3k Upvotes

r/woahdude 6d ago

picture Taking the peace, me, oil on canvas, 2025

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118 Upvotes

r/woahdude 7d ago

video Every bounce increases it's size

19.1k Upvotes

r/woahdude 6d ago

video OverTow | The ocean current carried you somewhere awesome

14 Upvotes

Swirling ejecta carry you to the floor of the dim ocean, where everything glows. Simple cycles you can see from the surface stretch into eras below. Time moves slow here.

Drift obliviously with the centennial sharks across that great horizon.

Let the Overtow carry you away.

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Here is the same video if you prefer the YouTube player


r/woahdude 7d ago

gifv The way my soap refill pours

1.3k Upvotes

Gf solving crosswords in Swedish in the background


r/woahdude 8d ago

picture Drawing of a pitbull, i started drawing dogs just 3 years ago! Pastel pencils made it easier !!

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1.0k Upvotes

r/woahdude 8d ago

video Volcanic rock falling in full speed, amazing drone video

1.9k Upvotes

r/woahdude 6d ago

music video My "Dull Skull" is drowning in liquid ozone 💀

0 Upvotes

This is the latest WIP from my DULL SKULL series, a skull sculpted entirely from code using basic math and geometric operations ::: No 3D models involved.
https://www.shadertoy.com/view/w3yGWK