What I love about this is that it's exactly the kind of thing he'd talk about on his show, which would be hilarious and also add more exposure the the whole thing.
This is epic. Trolling level 10. Spez wanted to force them to reopen, so they did, but burned the subreddit. I can't wait for r/gaming to be only about ping pong, or r/videos to be only cat videos.
You can not force a community. And Spez has unintentionally created a community, just one that hates him.
I feel like /r/videos only being cat videos would still make it a worthwhile sub. Make it so that any videos shared that are above 240p are against the rules and subject to be automatically deleted.
The one downside to the writer's strike (that I've so far since there was a lot of content banked) is all the late night comedians' missed opportunities. Of course, I fully support the writers. I hope they get everything they are asking for so that we can get back to watching the amazing stuff they produce!
Edit: John Oliver talking about a Steve Mnuchin clip: "Now, I know it was hard to pay attention to what he was saying, because you were just automatically undressing the guy with your eyes and you do it whenever he opens his mouth. Am I right? I'm definitely right. The guy's a California Ten, He's a smokeshow." https://youtu.be/RKjk0ECXjiQ?t=643
I support the writers strike of course. But sad we won't get a new episode of Last Week Tonight where John has to comment on how he's bringing the sexy back to /r/pics
Ahhh, very good. Excellent loop hole.
It's possible spez will still try and force pics back to it's former popularity but this does follow his rules ...
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Return to normal operations: -2,329 votes
Only allow images of John Oliver looking sexy: 37,331 votes
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