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The Reddit Effect

A state of mind in which content from a relatively short time of origin in the real world, causes the afflicted to believe that the event occurred long before the origin.

This affliction is due to the fact that daily Reddit users are accustomed to constant and updated information. Therefore, if an event occurred a few days ago, it causes the Reddit user to feel that the event happened much longer ago.

This causes the Reddit user to feel that events and or stories occurred in a longer period of time than in reality. Some severe cases can cause a frequent Reddit user to be violent verbally or physically. The best solution is to end the topic or to leave the afflicted alone. There is no cure to this phenomenon although modern medicine is working towards a cure.
A: Hey did you see that post of "x"?
B: Yeah I saw that like two weeks ago.
A: Two weeks ago? Man that feels like forever ago. That is still a relevant topic?
B: Yes. This is the curse of Reddit. The Reddit Effect.
by Terios April 2, 2013
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Reddit is a website with a user base that consist mostly of intelligent people that are unfortunately politically and emotionally retarded.
Hey dear, let's do something really crazy tonight.. how about we bake a 200lb cake in the shape of an alien and post pics of it on reddit.
by Always a realist May 21, 2010
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reddit hug of death

A cutesy phrase that vapid Reddit users like to incessantly comment when a website which has been linked on Reddit.com goes down due to the recent influx of heavy traffic.
User #1: Why is this link not working for me?
User #2: must be the reddit hug of death <3
by MagnaFarce December 9, 2014
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Reddit is a website for youtubers who ran out of ideas.
Youtuber: Man, I have no ideas for videos.
*goes on reddit and reads the posts aloud*
by Bigvoet March 24, 2020
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above Reddit's paygrade

Term used on advice subreddits to indicate that the OP's issue is something that Reddit is wholly unsuited for resolution of and that should really be referred to a lawyer or a therapist.
"The trauma caused by you walking in on your wife getting throat-fucked by a circus clown is really above Reddit's paygrade. You should see a therapist."
by BakedBeanBreville December 24, 2019
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Reverse Redditor

When someone bullies you for not liking Fortnite but is still retarded
michael: JUSTIN, YOU BETTER LIKE FORTNITE OR ELSE ILL KEEP SHITTING ON YOU
Justin: michael, shut the fuck up, youre acting like the cringey 12 year olds you fucking Reverse Redditor
by Crudin June 2, 2020
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Digger user A wishes to see what's going to appear on the front page so Digg user A visits Reddit.
by TheRedditime May 20, 2010
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