35 Times Someone In The Reddit Comments Made The Entire Post Worth Reading
I’ve learned more from random people in Reddit comments than I’d probably care to admit. Need to identify a shirt from 17 years ago? Someone knows the guy who printed it. Lose a rental car somewhere near Times Square? Apparently a stranger will just go find it for you.
Meanwhile, I still have unanswered texts from people I know personally.
That’s what makes the best Reddit comments so good. Every once in a while, the right person finds a post and responds with the perfect joke, a ridiculously detailed explanation, or actual help that goes well beyond what anyone expected.
At that point, the original post is basically just the opening act.
1. “Redditor Orders One Month Worth Of Food To Redditor That Was Left With Only Syrup For A Week”
2. “Father Wanted To Know Where His Shirt Was From That He Would Wear On His Daughters Birthday For 17 Years Straight, Then This Happened, It’s Honestly So Heartwarming”
3. “Professor Reply To Student Complain About His Class”
4. “Redditor Forgot Her Passport In A Hotel In Kyoto, Have A Plane To Catch In Tokyo In 6 Hours, U/Oneforkshort Collected It And Delivered In 4”
5. “Subreddit Dedicated To Roasting People Suddenly Refuses To Roast A Guy Who’s Seriously Depressed. Entire Thread Turns Into A Warm Embrace”
6. “Netflix Gets Concerned For Redditor’s Mental Health After They Binged The Office In 5-10 Days”
7. “Stephen Hawking’s Final Reddit Comment. Which Was Guilded. All The Win. Rip Good Sir”
8. “Cyclist Wiped Out By Kangaroo”
9. “U/Sandwiches_are_real Describes The Differences Between Critical Thinking And Conspirational Thinking”
10. “Redditor Uses An Analogy To Explain Why Many Women Don’t Like Being Hit On In Public – ‘You Know How Awkward And Annoying It Is When Someone On The Street Asks You For Money? Imagine If People Bigger And Stronger Than You Asked You For Money On A Semi-Regular Basis, Regardless Of Where You Are.'”
11. “Jungle Jim’s International Market Is The Largest Grocery Store In The Us And Has An Average Shop Time Of 3 Hours”
12. “U/Bowerythrowaway Finds Rental Car Lost In NYC By Redditor’s Father With Early Onset Alzheimer’s”
13. “Phone Box”
14. “Vlc Creator Refused Several Tens Of Millions Of € To Keep The Software Ads Free”
15. “I Dont Think Burr Realized How Much Of A Voice He Became For The Regular American… A Blue Collar Type Hero… To Take Money From The Saudi Government Many Feel Is A Slap In The Face And A Betrayal To His Own Morals And Convictions.”
16. “U/Wavesandsaves Shares The Satire Of The Movie Grease”
17. “John Mcafee Calls Mcafee Anti-Virus One Of The Worst Products On The Planet”
18. “Redditor Hears Voices Coming From His Electric Fan, Thinks He’s Going Crazy. Fellow Redditor Explains It Is Probably Picking Up An Am Radio Signal”
19. “Meat Tooth”
20. “I’m About To Go To Netherlands Next Week(For A Job) In Waalwijk.any Advice?”
21. “In 2024 /U/Diveareyouok Rickrolled Rick Astley In An Ama In Superb Form. It Passed By Almost Unnoticed”
22. “U/John_hudgens Proves That A Supposed 1974 Star Wars Script Is Fake Because Its Cover Page Uses A Font That Wasn’t Invented Until 1980”
23. “U/Hollandaisesunscreen On How Inexperienced Oyster Caterers Turn Deadly”
24. “Op Gives A Hilarious Translation Of Corporate Speak”
25. “Op Posts Pic Of Beloved, Deceased iPod With 10 Years On The Clock And A Sticker From The Band Justice On The Back. A Band Member From Justice Shows Up In The Comments, Offering Op A New iPod”
26. “U/Portarossa Explains ‘What’s Up With’ Kharg Island: It’s Economic Value And Why Recent Events Are Geopolitically Significant”
27. “Jerry Seinfeld Rejects Kesha’s Hug, Several Users Create The Perfect Seinfeld Scene From It”
28. “U/Bingobengo9 Describes Why Doomscrolling Is Far More Dangerous Of A Way To Use Your Time Compared To Other Ways To Spend Your Time We’ve Had In The Past”
29. “Redditor Asks Bill Gates For A New Age Of Empires Game In An Ama Thread. Bill Says He Will Look Into It. One Year Later, Bill Gates Delivers With The Announcement Of Age Of Empires 4!”
30. “Redditor Finds Out That His Google Home Isn’t Giving Him The Inside Temperature, But The Temperature In Side, Turkey”
31. “The Entire Romanian Subreddit Pulls Together And Raises €5000 For A Fellow Student Redditor, To Help Her Mother Get Heart Surgery”
32. “Commenter Explains How Slovenian Dental Work Is Obvious”
33. “Ea Calls Fans ‘Armchair Developers’. Armchair Developer Goes Ahead And Writes Bot To Show How Easy It Is To Farm Credits While Idling In The Game”
34. “U/Paddylandau Explains How To Clean Up And Maintain A Messy Gmail Inbox”
35. “Almost 2 Years Ago, U/Pointing_out_irony Accurately Predicted The Ending Of How I Met Your Mother. They Were Downvoted And Told It Was Nonsense”
