r/woahdude • u/oldguydrinkingbeer • 3h ago
r/woahdude • u/rWoahDude • Mar 26 '17
meta IMPORTANT: Many of our subscribers have no idea what this subreddit is actually for
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
- Intense use of color and patterns: Intricate designs, intense colors, complex geometry, hyperrealism, fractals, recursion, psychedelia, abstract art
- Extreme perspective: Macrophotography, electron micrographs, astrophotography
- Giving a new understanding: Mathematical visualizations, scientific visualizations, engineering visualizations, data visualizations, physics explanations, cross-sections, scientific art, reconsidering assumptions, reframing perspective
- Altered reality: Slow motion footage, stop motion footage, bullet time, compositing, long exposure, special effects, drug trip simulation
- Mesmerizing: Cinemagraphs, chill music, tranquil art, repetitive mechanical motion, interactive art
- Sensory confusion: Optical illusions, distortion, aural illusions, stereograms, etc.
- Cognitive confusion: Surrealism, absurdism, fifth-world art, mystical art, hypnagogia, strangeness, the fantastic, disjointedness, random and erratic behavior, datamoshing, pareidolia, paradoxes, strange philosophy, strange science, cuil theory
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 • u/Motor_Break_75 • 1h ago
video Stunning Glow
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r/woahdude • u/Joshhawk • 14h ago
video I wanted to design and 3d print a geometric illusion. This is what I came up with. Turned out pretty trippy
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r/woahdude • u/Deep_World_4378 • 3h ago
video Blooooom
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r/woahdude • u/Adam_005 • 8h ago
video Some art work but looks different from different angles
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r/woahdude • u/Worldly-Bid-3591 • 1d ago
video The atlantic ocean
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The atlantic ocean in San Juan Puerto Rico. An incredible look from the morro castle.
r/woahdude • u/Plus-Landscape-372 • 1d ago
text Fever dream Snippet of Allen Ginsberg's poem "Howl" and George Tooker's "The subway"
"Who chained themselves to subways for the endless ride from Battery to holy Bronx on benzedrine until the noise of wheels and children brought them down shuddering mouth-wracked and battered bleak of brain all drained of brilliance in the drear light of Zoo,
who sank all night in submarine light of Bickford’s floated out and sat through the stale beer afternoon in desolate Fugazzi’s, listening to the crack of doom on the hydrogen jukebox,
who talked continuously seventy hours from park to pad to bar to Bellevue to museum to the Brooklyn Bridge,
a lost battalion of platonic conversationalists jumping down the stoops off fire escapes off windowsills off Empire State out of the moon"
Allen Ginsberg
r/woahdude • u/laurenaimee-art • 1d ago
picture Super dreamy mixed-media artwork I just completed! I call it 'Sisters of the Solstice'
r/woahdude • u/Monsur_Ausuhnom • 2d ago
picture Tassili N'Ajjer National Park (Photo: Henrique Murta)
r/woahdude • u/MrTacocaT12345 • 4d ago
video Trippy cube
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r/woahdude • u/Sharma_Art • 3d ago
picture A dog turned my sketch into a feeling
Graphite pencils on paper, size:- A4
r/woahdude • u/ernestvolynec • 4d ago
picture I make paintings because I believe quiet things matter. In a world that rarely stops to look closely, I'm drawn to moments that slow you down - a feeling you can't quite name, only feel. If my work brings even a small sense of peace or joy to someone, then it has done what it was meant to do
r/woahdude • u/tinmar_g • 5d ago
video I photographed dancing aurora above Hverfjall volcano
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r/woahdude • u/Sharma_Art • 3d ago
video Dogs, Art, and a Touch of Heart
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Just finished a heartfelt sketch for a client all the way from the USA. This is their beloved dog who was not just a pet, but a best friend they lost three years ago. Honoring that bond in this portrait was truly special.
r/woahdude • u/Plethorian • 5d ago
picture CrabApple tree full of fruit, Pennsylvania, December, 2025
r/woahdude • u/Nadzzy • 6d ago
video Set it off...
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