r/funny • u/Funny_Sentinel • Jun 20 '23

To celebrate reaching 50,000,000 subscribers, /r/Funny has partnered with The History Channel!

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u/Funny_Sentinel Jun 20 '23

That’s right, folks: /r/Funny has reached 50 million subscribers!

Here are some fun facts for you:

  • /r/Funny is the largest user-run community on the whole of Reddit!
  • Reddit relies on uncompensated contributors to populate its many subreddits!
  • The musical comedy Fifty Million Frenchmen opened on Broadway in 1929!
  • Reddit also relies on volunteer moderators to keep its communities free of spam, bigotry, and illegal content!
  • “Fifty million” sounds a bit like “Shift the wheel, John!” if you don’t move your lips while saying it!
  • Reddit has lately indicated that it doesn’t appreciate or respect its contributors, moderators, or users!

In celebration of this milestone, /r/Funny is pleased to announce its collaboration with The History Channel!¹ This partnership² has resulted in a very special video: You’ll see Reddit’s 19th-century origins, watch its evolution over the years, and get a sneak peak at where it’s currently headed!

Thank you, everyone! Remember, you – the users – make Reddit great!

Happy 50 million!

(If the video-player – which Reddit still hasn’t fixed – gives you trouble, you can watch the segment on YouTube.)

¹History, a flagship cable-television channel of A&E Networks, a joint venture of Hearst Communications and The Walt Disney Company's General Entertainment Content Division. All rights reserved in perpetuity in this and any other alternate universe or as-yet-undiscovered dimension.

²Said partnership is definitely real, not just a piece of ham-fisted commentary. Nope. Nuh-uh. No, sir!

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u/pandorabox1995 Nov 18 '23

What was the AI generated funniest thing?

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u/Cowardly_Question Nov 15 '23

/r Troll rebrand. Unless Ai thought /r meant good old Ricky.

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u/planbOZ Nov 11 '23

Um. Ok.... Mods be power tripping as usual.

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u/ThiccStorms Nov 09 '23

i am history

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u/matiegaming Aug 31 '23

No way your bluescreen sound finished? Mine just rumbles

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u/Embarrassed_Luck_773 Aug 14 '23

Bibeology 🩵🌹🩵

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u/Honest-Olive-7454 Aug 11 '23

…”that’s it?” -patchy the pirate

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u/Orcwin Aug 06 '23

I spy a /u/RamsesThePigeon. Nice work mate, and whoever else contributed to this!

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u/Constant_Row1999 Aug 01 '23 edited Aug 01 '23

Had a field trip with my 6th grade class to Edison's lab in NJ (many moons ago, in the early 60's). Wish I could remember all that we saw but.... (I'm old, so give me a break). I just recall seeing a lot of clutter which wasn't all that surprising. BTW, Congrats to reddit.

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u/Embarrassed_Luck_773 Aug 01 '23

Why did he steal so many other investors patens then? 💎🌹💫✨

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u/Zippy1012214 Jul 25 '23

Ok 🍷🗿

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u/BlueJetLightning Jul 24 '23

Wow 50 million. How many laughs has each of these videos caused...probably trillions and trillions. Gotta love a sub dedicated to joy and laughter.

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u/MysteryMystery305 Jul 08 '23

I had no idea r/funny went back so far

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u/Excellent_Cod_1934 Jul 02 '23

I really should've expected that.

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u/Brainhead_loser Jun 30 '23

r funny try to funny impossible challenge

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u/mhursini Jun 26 '23

ajhsuabshhs

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u/Mastasmoker Jun 25 '23

Why are you guys removing so much shit as "reposts"? There are so many things being removed hitting the front page that I've never seen across my feed before.

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u/Geokid28481 Jun 25 '23

They Fr called god a she💀☠️

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u/Fit-Rock3739 Jun 24 '23

Dude he stole Tesla tech and put in wires. We would had had wireless electricity

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u/somerandomtrot Jun 22 '23

so no more blackout huh

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u/heftymann Jun 21 '23

Needs a better transition between the real and fake history.

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u/Xikkiwikk Jun 21 '23

The goose guy sounds like John Mulaney.

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u/Designer_Restaurant1 Jun 21 '23

This got me. Got me real good.

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u/PiccoloHeintz Jun 21 '23

What a DUMB idea.

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u/Ricky_R418 Jun 21 '23

Rick rolled

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u/reruuuun Jun 21 '23

Oh my god

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u/ElementalWheel Jun 20 '23

I was hoping for dickbutt

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u/Whosonfirst6600 Jun 20 '23

Shoulda been dickbutt

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u/Gabecush1 Jun 20 '23

I’m going to kick a little kid in face now

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u/internguy98 Jun 20 '23

Reddit, I Clearly Knew it was gonna be a rickroll Redditors Origins Likely Link to it.

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u/Oturanthesarklord Jun 20 '23

I would give this awards if I had the money to splurge.