What are the legends of Reddit everyone here should know?

my favorite novelty account was a guy named poorly_timed_gimly and he would bust into threads yelling "AND MY AXE" after someone had died or a really sad story had been told.

Comment by do_a_barrelRoll at 07/10/2014 at 14:26 UTC

2269 upvotes, 3 direct replies

It used to be that if you posted about Tesla in /r/Technology, that it would never get seen.

This ended up being true, and someone revealed that /r/Technology mods were filtering certain keywords with the Automoderator, "Tesla" being one of those keywords.

Comment by BdaysWasTheWorstDays at 07/10/2014 at 14:37 UTC

1947 upvotes, 5 direct replies

DoubleDickDude

http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1u75hh/i_am_the_guy_with_two_penises_ama

Comment by Godninja at 07/10/2014 at 14:40 UTC*

2334 upvotes, 5 direct replies

Streetlamp Le Moose,[1] whose creator died 2 years ago

1: http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/jlao6/so_my_wife_just_agreed_to_name_our_unborn_son/c2d21qe

Edit: for those who have a sick curiosity or want a sombering subreddit, /r/deadredditors

Comment by PM_to_be_Rated at 07/10/2014 at 21:16 UTC

750 upvotes, 3 direct replies

Maybe not legend status, but this is interesting

Comment by devilwarier9 at 07/10/2014 at 18:14 UTC

1612 upvotes, 4 direct replies

Geraffes are so dumb[1] aka *long horses*.

1: http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/8aqjh/awww_this_is_just_too_sad_pic/c08pp5z

Comment by mjrice at 07/10/2014 at 18:44 UTC

626 upvotes, 2 direct replies

The Saga of the Science Based 100% Dragon MMO

Comment by [deleted] at 07/10/2014 at 15:07 UTC

3446 upvotes, 3 direct replies

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Comment by [deleted] at 07/10/2014 at 14:48 UTC

1691 upvotes, 4 direct replies

/r/johncena

/r/potatosalad

Comment by [deleted] at 07/10/2014 at 16:19 UTC*

3604 upvotes, 4 direct replies

The origin of "The narwhal bacons at Midnight"...or, why Reddit should never cross into Meatspace.

A long time ago in a Reddit far far away, there was a popular user name Saydrah on a layover in Denver. Saydrah posted a thread[1] right here in AskReddit, wondering if there was anyone around who might like to have a drink or do something to pass the time.

1: http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/98mm8/hey_reddit_im_redditing_from_the_denver/

This brought about a thread in which an apparent "need" was uncovered: The need to identify redditors in The Real World.

/u/FreakinWolfy came up with the idea in question...that the new phrase for identifying yourself as a redditor would be "The narwhal bacons at midnight".

For about 5 minutes, this was a novelty that was amusing and creative. After that, it turned in on itself and became the epitome of Reddit-inspired cringe.

These days, you're likely to encounter a torrent of downvotes if you bring it up in any non-ironic fashion.

Comment by [deleted] at 07/10/2014 at 18:36 UTC

733 upvotes, 5 direct replies

The guy who claimed he was sleeping with a closeted Republican congressman who was vehemently anti-gay. He was going to announce who the congressman was, but never did.

Comment by BigRpp at 07/10/2014 at 14:53 UTC

3678 upvotes, 3 direct replies

The war between awildsketchappeared and shittywatercolor!

Comment by [deleted] at 07/10/2014 at 14:44 UTC

2893 upvotes, 6 direct replies

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Comment by veganzombeh at 07/10/2014 at 15:28 UTC*

3114 upvotes, 4 direct replies

The legend of the safe.

Edit: Here's[1] the album of the safe being opened, for anyone who was looking for it.

1: http://imgur.com/a/ELiFe

Edit 2: And here's[2] the original post about the safe.

2: https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/1aenk5/a_friend_of_mine_moved_into_a_former_drug_house/

Comment by Smeeee at 07/10/2014 at 15:01 UTC

2291 upvotes, 5 direct replies

/u/dw-im-here

The most wonderful troll to have ever existed. RIP.

https://i.imgur.com/elGWIx2.jpg

Comment by skonaz1111 at 07/10/2014 at 15:14 UTC

2012 upvotes, 4 direct replies

Kevin

Comment by deathproof6 at 07/10/2014 at 15:12 UTC

1146 upvotes, 6 direct replies

I've been waiting for a thread like this!

In /r/cars I think, Some guy asked a serious question about how long he could run the ac/vents/heater, etc with the recirculated air button on before he ran out of air and had to roll down the windows to get fresh air back in!

Funny as a concept but even funnier because he was dead serious. His parents had told him the using the recirculated air setting would eventually use up all the oxygen in the car and they would die. Why they told him this, I don't remember but the fact that he believed it from childhood through adulthood is amazing.

Everyone thought it was a joke but he kept commenting that he was serious and wanted to know the answer.

Maybe not Reddit legendary but definitely /r/cars legendary!

In all it's glory!

Comment by phlobbit at 07/10/2014 at 16:13 UTC

447 upvotes, 2 direct replies

/u/violentacrez was the first reddit controversy I seen, years ago, before I started using it. Controversial because he appeared to be quite a dodgy chap, but also capable of spotting/banning extremely dodgy people.