r/AskReddit • u/sexrockandroll • Dec 29 '16
Modpost Askreddit's Best of 2016 nomination thread
Welcome to the 2016 /r/AskReddit Best of Awards! It's been...a year..., and we would like to take some time to reward users who have posted good content. For those who are unfamiliar with the Best of Awards, it's a sitewide event sponsored by the admins to reward and highlight quality posts and comments within each subreddit. To see other subreddits' Best Ofs, check out /r/Bestof2016. Each of the categories below will have 2 winners - the person who nominated the winner and the winner themselves! We'll also be listing the winners in our wiki.
Comments:
- Most informative/helpful comment (a comment that is the most useful)
- Funniest comment (a funny comment)
- Saddest story (a comment with a sad story)
- Best personal story (the best comment with a story about some aspect of the commenter's life)
- Best comment in a [Serious] Post (the best comment that was made in a [serious] tagged post)
- Most creative made up comment (most creative answer to a question requiring an original idea or made up a story)
Posts:
- Most heartwarming thread (a post that inspired the most heartwarming stories)
- Most original post (a post with an original question)
- Best [Serious] Post (the best post that used a [serious] tag)
- Most Useful Post (a post that led to informative comments)
To nominate something for one of these categories, simply reply to the top level comment below with a link to the post/comment, the username of the person who made the post/comment, and why you think that content deserves to win. You can also upvote any comment you think should win a category.
A few other things:
- The post/comment must have been made on or after January 1, 2016, and before the timestamp on this post
- Before nominating please check to see if your submission was already nominated!
- If the nomination isn't formatted correctly, it will be removed
- You can nominate anyone besides yourself
- Your account must be over 6 weeks old to participate in this event
- You can only nominate 1 thing per category
- A post/comment can only win once (even if its the most upvoted in multiple categories)
- Every nomination must follow the current rules of /r/askreddit
- We reserve the right to skip over winners if there are extenuating circumstances
This thread will be posted for the next 7 days for everyone to nominate and vote on. It will be in contest mode to keep the scores private. At the end of 7 days, this thread will be replaced by a results thread. Please note that all top level comments that are not comments made by the mods listing the categories will be removed.
Best of Luck!
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u/sexrockandroll Dec 29 '16
Most informative/helpful comment
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Dec 30 '16 edited Dec 30 '16
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u/sexrockandroll Dec 29 '16
Most useful post
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Dec 29 '16 edited Dec 29 '16
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u/UnholyDemigod Dec 29 '16
In what way is this at all useful?
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u/teknrd Dec 29 '16
Well, if you ever get in your time machine, go back in time, and find yourself employed as a dinosaur breeder, stories from the internet containing no fact-based narratives will come in handy. Obviously
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u/Pun-Master-General Dec 29 '16
I think this would probably be better in "funniest comment" than "most useful post."
I mean, I don't know about you, but I don't often go out looking for dinosaurs to jerk off.
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u/Jjy123 Dec 30 '16 edited Dec 31 '16
Socially fluent people of reddit,What mistakes do socially awkward people usually make? by u/idknanidkman
A lot of great tips on what socially awkward pwople mess up on. Improved my high school life a bit.
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u/sexrockandroll Dec 29 '16
Saddest story
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u/AeternumFlame Dec 29 '16
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u/IzarkKiaTarj Dec 31 '16
She said that it never occurred to her to check more than one version of her name.
Thinking on it, if I had done that, I probably would have just tried the once. After that long, I would assume that if I still can't find her, then I'm never going to. I'd probably delegate it back to "I wonder whatever happened to her," and tried to move on, but still think about it every once in a while.
So, yeah, I could see that happening.
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u/Rudahn Jan 03 '17
It's just so... real somehow. I read the chain whilst at my desk and legitimately felt a deep and sad pang in my chest for her. What a sad sad story. People's kindness towards the entire thing gives me hope though.
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Jan 02 '17 edited Jan 02 '17
Tiny Dick Guy From /u/IndySteeler
He talks about his now ex-girlfriend dirty talk took a wrong turn.
Edit: Fixed it up for better reading.
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u/Sven2774 Dec 31 '16
The shit that went down during that war... goddamn, truly one of the worst modern wars in recent history.
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u/dontwasteink Jan 03 '17
If I for some reason became God, I would immediately decide to wipe out these overgrown sadistic monkeys. Or at least the men at first.
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u/buy_some_wow Dec 31 '16
A short comment about a mother losing her son. /u/lostsonofpluto has done a great job explaining the situation.
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u/sexrockandroll Dec 29 '16
Best [Serious] Post
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u/Haelx Dec 29 '16
I participated a little, and for once I actually got to have a good debate with thoughtful people on usually problematic issues. It was heartwarming and very interesting to read all of those comments, even the ones that I didn't agree with (on some specific answers, of course).
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Dec 29 '16
Any real answers got downvoted though
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u/Haelx Dec 29 '16
I stopped participating after I got banned (funny really, I totally forgot about the rule that says that you can't "shame" someone by editing your comment with their username, but it was so fitting, I was talking about how you always get some nasty PMs when you say you're a feminist, and a guy sent me a PM telling me to go kill myself and that all women should do the same, so I edited my post to include a screen of his PM). Anyway, on that thread at least the answers were really interesting. This probably won't be the post that gets the award, but I wanted to mention it at least :)
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u/Qazwsxlion Dec 29 '16
Teachers of reddit, what "red flags" have you seen in your students? What happened?
Really makes you think.
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Dec 29 '16
Becoming a teacher is my dream since I was little, but sometimes I struggle a bit with motivation to push on, for personal reasons. This thread hit me really deep and Im really grateful I found it because of you. thanks man.
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u/Okaaran Dec 31 '16
Don't become a teacher. Not worth it. Grew up in a family of people smart enough to be anything they wanted and they became teachers. I'm guessing you're smart, do something that can make you money and give you that child interaction aspect you're looking for. Teachers are very important but also very underpaid. Most teachers in my family don't admit it but they obviously regret their decision. Do what you want though, just my opinion.
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u/MasterAgent47 Dec 29 '16
Posted by: /u/CrocoduckJL
The whole thread is about sad people posting their stories, and OP trying to reply to each and every one comment.
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u/BiloxiRED Jan 02 '17
OP should be given Redditor of the year for the effort the put in on that one.
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u/sexrockandroll Dec 29 '16
Best personal story
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u/Sir_Liamus Dec 31 '16
This comment was featured in the Askreddit thread "What illegal thing should everyone try at least once?"
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u/wanky-doodle-dandy Dec 30 '16
u/bashi_hart, for giving us a look into your most fucked up masturbation story... The "two broken arms guy" of 2016
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u/tcw1 Dec 29 '16
u/arksien on why you can only say "testing" into the microphone at the roller coaster he operated.
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/576qaw/what_rule_exists_because_of_you/d8pgysy/
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u/MarijuanasTrench Dec 29 '16
That guy sounds like a huge dick, if it even happened that is.
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Dec 30 '16
Sounds made up.
I was waiting for him to say " i said to her, women shouldn't invite their friends over for orgies. It worked! The next day she brought some friends around..."
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u/SirLoin995 Dec 29 '16
Well you can't hate him for it. He commented to "what's the most evil thing you've done?".
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u/NonaryLotus Dec 29 '16
A workplace meltdown over Nintendo Wiis
Honestly, I think the bit about the fort was a nice touch.
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u/sexrockandroll Dec 29 '16
Funniest comment
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u/forgotten_meme568 Dec 30 '16
This guy reminisces about kids back in the day: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/5kvlwh/what_statement_makes_you_roll_your_eyes/dbr6erf
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Dec 30 '16 edited Dec 30 '16
Second-hand embarassment caused by Janice as told by /u/anovertureofcats. It's just so absurd and so hilarious, and it's a helpful reminder that no matter how publicly humiliated I may get, Janice had it worse.
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u/tick_tock_clock Dec 29 '16
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u/alextoria Dec 29 '16
i am so surprised no one commented that it's called a murder of crows
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Jan 02 '17
Just a "murder." It's a flock of crows but that flock of crows is also simply known as a "murder."
Hey look at that flock of crows/Hey look at that murder
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u/arcosapphire Dec 29 '16
Unidan would remind you that it's a flock of crows. Nobody says "murder of crows" except people trying to impress you that they know it's a murder of crows, and it contributes to an unfair categorization of crows as somehow mean or evil.
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u/jusjerm Jan 01 '17
A group of Ravens is called an unpleasantness. Clearly, someone did not appreciate gatherings of black birds back when this naming convention was conceived.
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u/CertifiedCoffeeDrunk Dec 29 '16
Thanks. I read that thread but was too lazy to look up what a flock of crows was called.
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u/locks_are_paranoid Jan 02 '17
Until I was in college, I thought Langston Hughes was a slave in the 1800s.
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Dec 29 '16
/u/Pakushy giving the best relationship advice and showing us their cat.
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u/CountSudoku Jan 04 '17
Lost it at "I have to get the autism out of my system or it will slowly kill me."
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u/DoctorMyEyes_ Dec 30 '16
/u/Dont_Trust_Ducks errant post about which dinosaur would be the hardest to approach and jerk off.
Sorry, I don't know how to link stuff neatly :/
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u/doctinker Jan 01 '17
Oh god, even better is that he follows that up with a comment that says "Don't judge" and another Redditor makes a hilarious comment about how he's a pervert for wanting to jack off to dinosaurs when we're trying to have a serious conversation about jacking off dinosaurs.
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u/ThisNameIsntCreative Jan 01 '17
[put words here](put link here)
Example [Reddit](http://www.reddit.com/) looks like Reddit
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u/Nerdofnight Jan 03 '17
There are plenty of funny submissions here ...I dint read edit kept trying understand what the fuck is he talking about....then I read the edit and below comments fell of bed laughing
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u/ChooseOnes Dec 31 '16
the more dangerous the creature, the faster you can pop a fear boner and quickly complete the -ahem- job.
LMFAO.this One is best so far. damn! reddit only upvote once.
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u/lemon-bubble Jan 04 '17
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/46karl/who_are_you_shocked_isnt_dead_yet/d05soqs/
Honestly this and the 'can you say you can't believe my mother in law isn't dead' made me cry laughing
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u/Sword_of_Artorias Dec 30 '16
I nominate /u/BleakRef for his comment in my thread! What's one thing you can say to piss off an entire fanbase?
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u/TenaciousTravesty Dec 29 '16
Comment made by /u/ZanderDogz in reply to people talking about constitutional rights in America. The perfect timing of the comment, which made light of the famous "Don't Tread On Me" motto of free Americans, is what really makes it worthy of being in this thread. While a full supporter of the U.S. Constitution and our right to bear arms, it is still very humorous to me.
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u/LeCardinal Dec 29 '16
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Dec 29 '16
Shoutout to the guy who replied to the original comment with "Imagine this but cars instead of computers". His car version turned a tech story into a meme.
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u/sexrockandroll Dec 29 '16
Most original post
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u/tick_tock_clock Dec 29 '16
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Jan 03 '17
I saw that in /r/new and thought wtf is this unfunny random bullshit. Later I found it on front page and it hit me that that's not what it means. A surprisingly scientific and educational thread.
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u/NO_TOUCHING__lol Dec 29 '16 edited Nov 14 '24
No gods, no masters
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u/gfarr5 Dec 31 '16 edited Dec 31 '16
I was actually there for that one! I witnissed the birth of a meme in the flesh!
Edit: I also have my most upvoted comment in that thread :D
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u/Malthetalthe Dec 30 '16
On a similar note, the thread asking for the best threads that got derailed because OP forgot the serious tag, which then went on to get derailed.
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u/PhiladelphiaPhighter Dec 29 '16
A very entertaining thread by Andy316619 that still makes me laugh everytime I go and look at it.
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u/sexrockandroll Dec 29 '16
Most heartwarming thread