/u/Unidan

Stats:

A/S/L and do I love where you live?

Relationship Status?

Favorites:

Cats or Dogs?

Tough one. I'm going to have to go with dogs, just because their evolution with humans is incredible. We share so much in common and dogs seem to genuinely love people. That said, I love cats because you can quite literally characterize them as human parasites. They exploit us incredibly well.

Favorite beverage?

I really enjoy cold brewed black coffee. Here's the recipe I use. For the coffee itself, I prefer single source, fair-trade, shade grown Costa Rican coffee beans: fresh ground, of course. Typing that out made me realize what a gigantic snob I am.

I recently made my own coffee-infused bourbon, too! Here it is being served from it's proper container: a glass revolver.

Food?

Too many to choose, so I'm going to think of the two more disparate food items I like. Let's go with slow-cooked corned beef and kumquats.

Favorite Movies/TV Shows?

I'm a gigantic Tarantino fan, and have relatively encyclopedic knowledge of the Simpsons. People will claim to know the Simpsons, but no, seriously, I know the Simpsons. Seriously.

Books?

I love a lot of environmental authors, such as Bill McKibben ("Eaarth"), Derrick Jensen ("Strangely Like War") and even Cormac McCarthy ("The Road"), but I'm also a fan of pop-science books by Mary Roach ("Stiff," "Bonk"). Also, I'm a big fan of The Song of Ice and Fire series, of course. Also also, anything about dystopian futures, so throw 1984 in there, too.

Games?

I play a whole bunch of games with former college friends still as a way to keep in touch! Right now, we've moved from Borderlands 2 back to Minecraft. I recently built an automated machine to continuously rain flaming arrows on my friend's town for fun.

What is your favorite word or expression?

Someone recently made a mistake in my lab and said they "picked a whole bouquet of oopsie-daisies," which made me laugh, so let's say that, instead of trying to find something profound.

My favorite quote is by Jack Handey: "If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all the time, for no good reason."

Miscellanea:

What makes you laugh?

I'm a big proponent of improv comedy. I used to run the comedy group at my university and still perform occasionally with the group or its old members and alumni. We were actually just accepted into the Del Close Marathon in NYC, so if you're in the area, come check us out!

What is your biggest pet peeve?

People chewing with their god damned mouths open. It sounds like a wild baboon with a mouthful of party-poppers to me. Ugh.

What was the best thing about last year?

I finally replaced the compact car I had been driving for nearly a decade. Did you know that new cars have automatic windows? Also, behind the front pair of doors, there's often a second pair of doors for people to use?

What are you looking forward to in the year ahead?

I'm teaching a new course next semester in upper-level ecology! I'm excited to finally teach something that is my main focus. I also just got a pre-proposal accept by the NSF, so I'm hoping that my grant gets fully funded, too!

If you were granted one do-over, what would it be?

I would tell my father to get checked for kidney cancer before it was too late. I think of him every day, and miss him dearly, he died two years ago this May 1st.

A butterfly flaps its wings...

Haha, the one that comes to mind was actually on Reddit! I was procrastinating writing up a manuscript and decided to do an AMA (which is still going on, by the way), the response was so positive that it actually ended up getting picked up by the news! I woke up to my friends texting me and making fun of me. The nearly constant outpouring of support and positivity is so great, I absolutely love it.

It also marks the absolute peak of my ability to procrastinate. I procrastinated so hard that independent news reporters wrote about it.

All things considered what is the most important thing in the world to you?

Aside from my SO, just so I don't give a super cliched answered, I'd say "scope."

Lots of people do their jobs, but rarely take a break to appreciate things, or to stand back and admire something without overthinking things. Even problems, like heartbreak, are incredible to think about from a new perspective. Realizing that there are biological mechanisms, chemicals and neurotransmitters that our bodies have evolved over millions of years to cause physical pain over a lost relationship is amazing, in its own way.

Concerning reddit:

What is the origin or meaning of your user name?

Way back when I first got the internet, pre-AOL, my father and I were on the phone and were prompted to give a "handle" to use on the internet. My dad looked down at the phone he was using, which was a "Uniden" phone, and simply said that. I cleverly changed the "e" to an "a."

Total number of reddit identities you've had?

Just this one!

What do you do when you're not on reddit?

I teach biology classes, do research on wild bird populations and study urban ecosystems. For fun, I go hiking, do comedy shows with friends and cook (I was a cook for years before becoming a biologist). I also love playing around with my camera!

What subreddits, if any, do you moderate. What about these communities do you like?

Haha, the only one I think I have ever started was /r/gonewanton, which is a Victorian spoof of /r/gonewild that I made as a joke. I think people legitimately still post there!

Do you think reddit has changed in the last year or so?

Absolutely. More and more people are using it, so the demographics are becoming a bit more normalized. There's much less of a technical aspect to it, though the remnants of that reddit are still very much visible! A lot of people complain, but I think they just need to take a look into the more specific subs. Personally, I've never had a problem with the influx of new people: it's inevitable when things become popular! If anything, it allows for a whole new set of opinions to flourish and come to light!

Final Question:

Anything to plug/promote/advocate?

Sure! If you like my biology-related posts, feel free to check out my blog: The Ecology!

Also, if you enjoy the videos I post, my YouTube channel has a whole slew of videos, too!

As for things to advocate: I am always behind education. It's a key proponent and driver for nearly everything in society. Be a critical thinker! God, I felt lame saying that.

a Special message from us at Redditor of the Day: "Yes, yes we know. But you came here to see it, so here it is. We hope you stop by again sometime. Good questions, good people, good times. Redditor of the Day."

Grandpawiggly

Stats

Gender?

I am Man. Watch me wiggle. Sometimes frolicsome, sometimes cantankerous, always loving. Reddit is a bad influence; it brings out my mischievous, dirty old man side.

Age?

79 and feelin’ fine.

Relationship Status?

Married to my wonderful wife Effie 58 years this Winter Solstice.

A little piece of advice for any of you young Romeos out there: The Winter Solstice (December 21 or 22) is the longest night of the year. That means your wedding night is the longest night of the year. That means your anniversary will always be the longest night of the year. When you’re young and newly married sometimes you want to spend those first few holidays alone, away from your hectic families. Having your anniversary fall just before Christmas gives you an automatic “Get out of Christmas FREE” card. Use it wisely.

Favorites

Cats or Dogs?

Cats, cats, and more cats. Effie loves cats. We had seven. Sunday was Effie's birthday and she got two more. She wants them to make babies. Lord knows how many we'll end up with.

Favorite beverage?

A tasty and refreshing Coca~Cola Classic in the bottle.

Food?

Sandwiches. Nothing beats a classic American cheeseburger with Mayonnaise! I’m like Wimpy from Popeye, except I prefer cheeseburgers to hamburgers. Also, white beans and rice, seafood gumbo and anything else Effie cooks. I have an insatiable sweet tooth (despite the fact that I have no teeth!). I love ice cream.

Favorite movie?

Motion picture bookends: Citizen Kane and The Dark Knight – two very different films with ultimately the same message: Desperation pushes men to act in self-destructive and chaotic ways. For better or worse, we never end up being the person we thought/hoped/prayed/aspired we would become. And that’s OK with everyone except for us.

The similarities between these two films are quite remarkable. You can’t control chaos anymore than you can control order. The Dark Knight is about controlling chaos; Citizen Kane is about controlling order. Both lead to chaos. Citizen Kane is where we’ve been. The Dark Knight is where we’re headed.

Music?

Classical. I prefer music with no lyrics, especially when I’m reading or writing or redditing. I find it less distracting. I love film scores. I’ve even heard some electronic music that I quite enjoyed.

Book?

I’ve read thousands of books. Nothing has yet to exceed Infinite Jest.

Game?

Scrabble. My knowledge of obscure, archaic words knows no bounds.

What is your favorite word or expression?

Too many to choose from: moxie, blatherskite, scurryfunge (a hasty tidying of the house between the time you see a neighbor and the time he knocks on the door), aichmorhabdophobia (the fear of being beaten with a pointed stick), deipnophobia (fear of dinner conversation), haggersnash (a spiteful person), and many more...

Miscellanea

What makes you laugh?

My wife. She never fails. Her exploits involving the cats provide daily amusement.

What is your biggest pet peeve?

Laziness. Procrastination. Quitting. Bad parenting. Bad grammar. Anti-intellectualism. Trolling. Regarding that last one: It’s one thing if you have nothing to contribute to the conversation, it’s another if you purposely try to spoil it for everyone by derailing the conversation. I believe the end of the internet troll is nigh. If you stop feeding a stray cat, eventually it won't come back.

What general area of your country you live in?

I’ve lived all over but currently in Brookline, Massachusetts, the place where I was born. We never planned on settling here permanently, but it's looking more and more likely.

Do you love it?

I love Brookline. The area hasn’t changed so much over time as the people have.

What was the best thing about 2009?

Becoming a great grandfather.

What are you looking forward to in 2010?

The Misses and I want to travel the country. No phone, no TV, no internet, no technology, no distractions. Except for the wife.

A butterfly flaps its wings... what small thing have you done or said that lead to something disproportionately larger?

This is a rather long story that has to do with a meaningless decision I made when I was a teenager that led to the most surreal series of events in my entire life. If someone is interested I can elaborate in the comments.

All things considered what is the most important thing in the world to you?

Family. Cherishing every moment. Arguing with my wife, laughing and loving her till the very end. Every day is a new adventure.

Concerning Reddit

What is the origin or meaning of your user name?

It’s a nickname I’ve been called for years. It was originally meant to be an insult, much like the cruel nickname neighborhood kids gave Effie: “Grandma Nub.” We have embraced them, especially Effie, she uses hers more than anyone else.

Total number of Reddit identities you’ve had?

I only have one, technically. I’ve been trying to get Effie to reddit for a while. I even created her a username. She has yet to use it herself but I have posted for her in an attempt to turn her on to it. She still doesn’t quite get what Reddit is. She often calls it “that rabbit.” She doesn’t understand why anyone would want to talk to an “crazy old coot with a mayonnaise fetish.” It’s not a fetish. It’s a hobby!

What do you do when you’re not on reddit?

Read, watch TV with the wife (she’s addicted!), take photographs of wildlife and nature, and write my memoirs. My grandson made me a blog for Father’s Day. I could share my memoirs publicly, it’s not like they would ever be published. Effie and I have talked about this at great length. While she agrees with me that some of the stories of our life are worth telling, she just can’t fathom that anyone would be interested. “Who wants to hear you go on and on and on about mayonnaise and puns and mad physicists? You’re not Larry King!”

Do you think reddit has changed in the last year or so?

Lawls yes! On the surface the quality seems to have plunged, and it has to an extent. You have to look harder. Reddit is unique for its migration. What was popular last year may be all but forgotten this year. It’s hard to keep up.

The two best things to ever happen to Reddit are sub-reddits and imgur. The two worst things to ever happen to Reddit are sub-reddits and imgur.

I like Imgur. It’s quick and simple to use, like Reddit. Imgur requires so little effort to upload and share an image that no one seems to think twice about doing so. They’ll often share something they otherwise would not have because it only takes a second. That's why we end up seeing so many screencaps.

The sub-reddits are what makes Reddit so unique. Reddit is a lot like New York City in the way that everyone can find his or her niche. The downside is that sub-reddits lead to exhausting redundancy. There will always be duplicates. For example: Say a bear mauls Oprah on live TV. This is a story likely to pop up in at least these reddits: Reddit.com, News, World News, Entertainment, Television, WTF, Offbeat, Pics and/or Videos (if there are pictures and/or video—lord, let there be!), and even places like AskReddit and Does Anybody Else (DAE just see that bear rip off Oprah’s face? LOL!). All the news organizations (CNN, Reuters, AP, Fox News, MSNBC, ABC, CBS, ect...) cover the story but so do the hundreds of online news outlets and then millions of blogs. Each individual article can be submitted to any applicable reddit. Now you end up with submissions from any of those news sources in every one of the sub-reddits I listed. Then you get dozens of people making self-posts about the over-saturation, which only adds to the problem. With so many duplicates, the conversation is splintered, and it makes it harder for one to reach the front page.

If Reddit has changed, do you think it’s been for the better?

Only time will tell.

Favorite Sub-reddits? Least favorite Sub-reddits?

I don’t have many favorites (recommendations?). /Writing is by far the most consistent. /Screenwriting is also high on my list—a testament to the dedication of Millstone99.

AskReddit used to be one of my favorites. Now so many questions range from technical support to a lazy man’s Google.

/Books and /Movies are two others that have become stale. So many people feel the urge to make a post every time they read a book or watch a movie. The recommendation posts are even worse. We don’t know what you like. What makes you think today’s post-apocalyptic novel recommendations are any different than the ones from yesterday or the day before that or the week before that?

Anytime I mention Brookline it's down-voted. So I took it upon myself to create /r/Brookline. The best way to spread the word was to post in /Boston, but again, down-voted.

“Do you really think Brookline needs its own subreddit?”

“Good luck with that.”

“This is seems unnecessary.”

They could have just ignored it instead of down-voting it and preventing others from seeing it. Why should a few get to decide what is or isn’t necessary? I guess that’s just Reddit.

And therein lies Reddit's great flaw: Down-vote. Reddit is more democractic than other sites, but on Election Day you can either cast your vote or stay at home; you don’t get to pluck a vote away.

i_draw_your_comment

Stats:

Sex?

http://i.imgur.com/TIPtOh.jpg

Age?

http://i.imgur.com/tNsd3.jpg

Relationship Status?

http://i.imgur.com/FCozm.jpg

Cats or Dogs?

http://i.imgur.com/6MR01.jpg

Favorites:

Beverage?

http://i.imgur.com/Gh8n3.jpg

Food?

http://i.imgur.com/qaj6w.jpg

Movie?

http://i.imgur.com/lQ5Bg.jpg

Music?

http://i.imgur.com/uGT7A.jpg

Book?

http://i.imgur.com/RJCkU.jpg

Game?

http://i.imgur.com/bmvqt.jpg

What is your favorite word or expression?

http://i.imgur.com/HRnPk.jpg

Miscellanea

What makes you laugh?

http://i.imgur.com/HIWVR.jpg

What is your best feature and what is your worst bug?

http://i.imgur.com/2HtMI.jpg

What is your biggest pet peeve?

http://i.imgur.com/zGNFv.jpg

What general area of your country you live in? Do you love it?

http://i.imgur.com/eGCQF.jpg

What was the best thing about the last year?

http://i.imgur.com/GvGr1.jpg

What are you looking forward to in the next year?

http://i.imgur.com/XOrku.jpg

If you were granted one do-over what would it be?

http://i.imgur.com/1yYG3.jpg

All things considered what is the most important thing in the world to you?

http://i.imgur.com/7yovR.jpg

Sure_Ill_Draw_That

Stats:

A/S/L and do you love where you live?

http://i.imgur.com/jE2ZZ.png

Relationship Status?

http://i.imgur.com/Iycey.png

Favorites:

Cats or Dogs?

http://i.imgur.com/HfO8Y.png

Favorite beverage?

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Food?

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Favorite movies/tv shows?

http://i.imgur.com/zxXLE.png

Music?

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Books?

http://i.imgur.com/2zoBt.png

Games?

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What is your favorite word or expression?

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Miscellanea:

What makes you laugh?

http://i.imgur.com/Ko8gs.png

What is your biggest pet peeve?

http://i.imgur.com/e6S8E.png

What general area of your country you live in?

http://i.imgur.com/CSHJm.png

Do you love it?

http://i.imgur.com/o61SH.png

What was the best thing about the last year?

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What are you looking forward to in the year ahead?

http://i.imgur.com/bGRYm.png

If you were granted one do-over, what would it be?

http://i.imgur.com/7GtuH.png

A butterfly flaps its wings... what small thing have you done or said that lead to something disproportionately larger?

http://i.imgur.com/rDzMi.png

All things considered what is the most important thing in the world to you?

http://i.imgur.com/7XsVl.png

Concerning reddit:

What is the origin or meaning of your user name?

http://i.imgur.com/csNHz.png

Total number of reddit identities you’ve had?

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What is your favorite part of reddit?

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What do you do when you’re not on reddit?

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Do you think reddit has changed in the last year or so?

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If so, do you think it’s been for the better?

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Final Question:

Is there anything you'd like to plug/promote/advocate?

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relevant_rule34

Stats:

A/S/L and do you love where you live?

24, M, CA

Relationship Status?

Single

Favorites:

Cats or Dogs?

Both

Favorite beverage?

Beer

Food?

BBQ

Favorite movies/tv shows?

American Dad

Music?

Radiohead

Books?

The Last Question

Games?

Shadow of the Colossus

What is your favorite word or expression?

"1-2-3-Bukkake"

Miscellanea:

What makes you laugh?

SMBC

What is your biggest pet peeve?

Puns

What was the best thing about the last year?

I bought an Android phone

What are you looking forward to in the year ahead?

My Reddit Birthday

If you were granted one do-over, what would it be?

Nothing

A butterfly flaps its wings... what small thing have you done or said that lead to something disproportionately larger?

The events that led to this post

All things considered what is the most important thing in the world to you?

Helping others

Concerning reddit:

What is the origin or meaning of your user name?

Rule 34

Total number of reddit identities you’ve had?

Two

What reddit's do you moderate?

r/rule34

What is your favorite part of reddit?

The community

What do you do when you’re not on reddit?

Working

Do you think reddit has changed in the last year or so?

Yes

If so, do you think it’s been for the better?

Yes

Final Question:

Is there anything you'd like to plug/promote/advocate?

No link here.

I am just one person, and in no position to provide legal, ethical, medical or psychiatric advice of any kind.

But I want you to know that no matter who you are, you are not alone.

KeyserSosa

[With this in mind, I asked a special favor of avnerd who let me jump the queue on my (having gotten the request in September, criminally overdue) RotD. Thanks to the mods, and, honestly and truly, thanks everyone for making this place the wonderful place it is!]

STATS:

Male or Female?

Male

Age?

I'll be 32 on Nov 8.

Relationship Status?

Married

Job?

Demi-founder (Nov 2005, about five months after the site was founded by spez and kn0thing). Here's a picture of me looking maniacal with the other reddit admins.

I've been at it for five years and you'll note by my other post that this is a special day for me. I've stepped down as an employee at reddit and am going to be starting work at hipmunk.com soon.

FAVORITES:

Cats or Dogs?

I've never had a pet, but since I tend to be chaotic good, I feel like I have more of a dog affinity...

Favorite Beverages?

By sheer volume, coffee.

Food?

Yes, please!

Favorite movie and TV Shows?

BSG before around season three and Deep Space Nine after Sisko grew a beard (and a pair along with it). I also can't get enough Mythbusters and one of my fondest memories of reddit so far was getting a chance to meet Adam Savage a few years ago for our first ever video IAMA.

Music?

OK Go and Franz Ferdinand are high on the list. I'm a child of the 90s though, and I've spent a lot of time programming to Nine Inch Nails.

Book?

I can't pick. I love scifi, and so I'd narrow it down to Dune, The Carpetmakers, and Anathem as my top choices in that genre. For non-scifi, Shogun is high on the list, along with just about everything I've read by Richard Russo (Straight Man is one of the few books not written by Douglas Adams that made me actually laugh out loud whilst reading).

Game?

I've played a lot of WoW in my day and, in the theme of addiction, find myself with a penchant for playing Minecraft somewhere on the border of health. I also have a soft spot for Carcassone and Dominion if we are talking the physical kind of game.

Miscellanea

What makes you laugh?

British comedies and comedians. I have a soft spot for all things Blackadder.

What is your biggest pet peeve?

The fact that, in this day and age, keyboard manufacturers don't take into account that within about 3 months, the keyboard will be gross and borderline uncleanable. Also, is it too much to ask for a little waterproofing (I drink a lot of coffee)? I should be able to stick the sucker in the washing machine without needing to get a new one.

Also, though it is really cool that I just wrote a blog post and I'm going to tweet this, WHERE IS MY FUCKING JET PACK AND IS IT TOO MUCH TO ASK FOR A FLYING CAR!!!

I was also promised a moon base.

What general area of your country do you live in?

San Francisco, CA

What is your favorite word or quote or expression?

Illegitimi non carborundum. That was a hard-wrought lesson that works well afk as well.

Whats important to you:

In order with the best punch line:

• reddit: it goes without saying that I'd have wasted a lot of time around here even if I had never had the chance to work for the site directly. My original career path was in...

• Science. When I started working with Steve and Alexis, I was an experimental physics grad student by day. Reddit was my night job and sleeping played a minor role in the scheduling because that very same year (2005) I met she who is now...

• my wife, who seems to be quite immune to the Effects of Nerd and has no trouble sleeping exposed periodically to the blue glow of a monitor. This we learned early.

Regarding reddit:

How long have you been a redditor?

Five years and 100 days today. In fact, I decided to check and found that I created the 163rd account on the site.

Inspiration of User Name:

The Usual Suspects. I didn't notice the misspelling at first but now I kinda like it and use it everywhere. It is easier to get than the real spelling.

Also, I was one of the first people to start heavily using the site that wasn't (at the time) a close friend of Steve or Alexis. I'm told that until I outed myself, there was a lot of "Who is KeyserSosa!?" questioning going on internally.

Do you have alt accounts?

I've been known to post as reddit and redditads before... Other than that, not really.

What are a some of your favorite reddits?

IAMA never ceases to amaze me. Colbertrally and /r/haiti go without saying as being astonishing and humbling examples of what this site is capable of. SecretSanta is the gift the keeps on giving.

And I have to give a shout out to circlejerk, if only because it has in the past made me oscillate between blinding rage and gut mangling laughter, and because any community that can support a healthy in-house auto-erotic satire squad is a healthy community.

What was the best thing about the last 12 months?

This weekend.

What are you looking forward to in the next 12 months?

New job. New problems and new solutions.

Do you think reddit is changing for the better?

Very much so. We've accomplished a lot of great things just in these last few months, and what we are capable of only seems to be accelerating.

One of the ongoing traditions at reddit is that self post that comes every 3-6 months that says in some form or another "Wow the content around here really has gone to crap!" Having seen about a dozen of these cycles, it seems to be a symptom of the communuty growth. For a long while, 6 months was our doubling period, meaning that the elders are outnumbered by the n00bs every 6 months or so and the content drifts accordingly.

Not to mention there is a little selection bias here. When you created your account, the community probably achieved a point of near-maximal topic compatibility with you in some way. A little topical drift and it is all (relatively) down hill.

Have you had a particularly good or bad experience on reddit?

I think that five years, I wouldn't have predicted that the geeky little link sharing site that I had just started working on with spez and kn0thing (who had founded launched the site not 5 months before) would be responsible for organizing more than a million dollars to charities in 2010 let alone play a role in encouraging a national march on the Mall. [tldr: good.]

That said, I blame you all for about one out of every two hairs that I'm currently losing and a sleep debt that rivals the GDP of a small successful startup. :)

Forthewolfx

Stats:

ASL and do you love where you live?

14(Yeah. I know. Sorry guys)/M/Long Island, NY. Yeah I love it. Nice people( Not good drivers) on the whole, good food, and there is a 7-11 and gamestop in walking distance from my house so I am set.

Relation Ship Status?

Single. How you livin'? Pew Pew.

Favorites:

Cats or Dogs?

Uhh... I have a dog, but he doesnt do very much, and kittens are soooo adorable on the internet(thanks for that reddit), So im going to go with a tie. Is that allowed?

Favorite Beverages?

Dr pepper, Moutain dew, and Dr.Browns Black Cherry soda. Brb going to get some.

Food?

I didn't know this ROTD thing would be so hard. Umm... I love every dessert. And Pizza from L&B in brooklyn is life changing. Also, Oreo caksters are amazing. And I am a ron swanson in my love for steak, and bacon and eggs.

Favorite Movies/Tv Shows?

You shouldn't of asked that. I could go on forever. Monty Python and the holy grail, airplane, Anchorman, Toy story, Despicable me (That was a really good movie). For tv, I love every GOOD( No BBT or Two and a half men) comedy. Community, Parks & Rec, The Office, Bored To Death, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Arrested Development, HWIMYM, Flight Of The Conchords, Louie, SNL, Scrubs, and Breaking bad.

Music?

Not whats popular on the radio. I hate that. Except for Adele, I think she can sing. I love the black keys, foo fighters, the strokes, the beatles, Arctic Monkeys, Cage the elephants, Ok Go, Queens of the stone age, The white stripes, Them Crooked Vultures, Wolfmother, and Weezer

Books?

Alot of kids my age hate books. Sucks for them. I love To kill a mockingbird, Harry Potter, Animorphs, Comic Books (They count right?), The book thief, and the outsiders

Games?

Playing skyrim as we speak!! Also have a spot in my heart for Portal, TF2, Batman:Arkham City, Half Life, COD, Beatles Rock Band, and Spyro.

What is your favorite word or expression?

Favorite Word: Nib ( The tip of a pen ). Favorite Expression: If it even means taking a chubby, I will suck it up.

Miscellanea:

What makes you laugh?

Any kind of humor. I have been fond to dark humor lately,which gets me some strange responses and looks.

What is your biggest pet peeve?

Real life annoying facebook girls, reposts, and Nickelback

What was the best thing about the last year?

Discovering Arrested Development (Thanks Reddit!)

What are you looking forward to in the year ahead?

I actually dont know right now. Ill get back to that.

If you were granted one do-over what would it be?

I would add a shirley temple to my favorite beverages.

A butterfly flaps its wings... what small thing have you done or said that lead to something disproportionately larger?

Saying I wanted to be famous on the askreddit thread

Concerning Reddit:

What is the origin or meaning of your user name?

From this jake and amir episode

Total number of reddit identities you’ve had?

I have this account. A short lived novelty Make_it_a_PI_Story. And wholterfoxf, a disguise name i made, some guy found me though. If you scramble the letters you get forthewolfx

What is your favorite part of reddit?

The people. They are awesome.

What do you do when you're not on reddit?

I play alot of instruments. Guitar, Drums, Bass, Piano. I also run. Not well though.

Do you think reddit has changed in the last year or so?

I'm not a long long member of reddit, I've been the lurker for about a year and a half, and a user for about 5 months so I haven't noticed any changes really. Memes come and go.

Final Question:

Is there anything you'd like to plug/promote/advocate?

First of all, I'd like to thank the academy, for offering me the position of Redditor of the day!! Also, I'd life to promote the CF foundation, my cousin has CF and its an awful disease. And if we are supposed to promote stuff then follow me on twitter? @forthewolfx. You don't have to. Thanks guys!!

POLITE_ALLCAPS_GUY

Stats:

A/S/L and do you love where you live?

JUST UNDER THIRTY, MALE, AND BORN AND RAISED IN HOUSTON. LAST TIME I CHECKED, HOUSTON IS PRETTY MUCH THE BALLIN'-EST PLACE ON THE PLANET. WE DEFINITELY KEEP IT TRILL DOWN HERE. LOL!

Relationship Status?

POLITE_ALLCAPS_GIRLFRIEND AND I ARE GETTING MARRIED IN THE SUMMER! SHE'S THE BEST THING IN LIFE.

Favorites:

Cats or Dogs?

DOGS, FOR SURE! I LIKE CATS TOO, BUT I FEEL LIKE I GET LET DOWN BY CATS QUITE A BIT MORE THAN BY DOGS.

Beverage?

BEER! IS THERE ANYTHING BETTER THAN CRACKING OPEN A NICE CRISP MICRO ON A HOT DAY WITH A FEW OF YOUR FRIENDS? I'D WAGER NOT!

Food?

HM; THIS IS A TOUGH CHOICE -- THE TRUE SIGN OF A GREAT QUESTION! I LIVED ACROSS THE BORDER WITH A PREVIOUS LADY FRIEND FOR A COUPLE YEARS, WORKING AT A GRILL, AND THEY HAD SOME OF THE BEST FLAUTAS I'VE EVER HAD. I SUPPOSE I'D HAVE TO GO WITH THOSE!

Movies/TV shows?

CURRENTLY, I'VE BEEN SUPER BUSY, AND SO NOT WATCHING A WHOLE LOT OF TV, BUT I MAKE TIME TO WATCH BREAKING BAD. I THINK IT'S ONE OF THE BETTER SHOWS TO COME ALONG IN RECENT MEMORY; I'M SURE YOU GUYS CAN COME UP WITH BETTER EXAMPLES WITH YOUR COLLECTIVE EXPERTISE, BUT IT'S JUST WHAT POPPED INTO MY MIND! FOR MOVIE, THERE'S TOO MANY GREAT ONES TO PICK. IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT, THOUGH, I'D SUGGEST WATCHING RUBBER! IT'S ABOUT A TIRE THAT KILLS PEOPLE. WATCH IT WITH FRIENDS, INEBRIATED, OR BOTH!

Music?

I'VE GOT TO SAY THAT I HAVE A SOFT SPOT IN MY HEART FOR HOUSTON BANGERS, DESPITE TAKING SOMEWHAT OF AN ISSUE WITH THE OFTEN UNFRIENDLY LYRICS. I PARTICULARLY LIKE FAT PAT. LOTS OF GREAT AFTERNOONS IN THE SUN WITH MY FRIENDS!

Books?

IT HAS BEEN ENTIRELY TOO LONG SINCE I HAVE READ ANYTHING FOR PLEASURE. MOST OF MY TIME IS SPENT READING FOR GRADUATE SCHOOL; BUT I REALLY ENJOY KAFKA -- PERHAPS SURPRISINGLY.

Games?

CRIBBAGE, SHUFFLEBOARD, AND POOL! I RARELY PLAY VIDEO GAMES ANYMORE.

Word or expression?

YOU KNOW, RECENTLY I'VE COME TO ENJOY THE WORD "BUCKAROO."

Miscellanea:

What makes you laugh?

PLEASANT SURPRISES.

What is your biggest pet peeve?

I CAN UNDERSTAND PEOPLE WHO GET UPTIGHT OR ACT RUDE TO OTHER FOLKS WHEN THEY'VE BEEN HAVING A BAD DAY, BUT I ABSOLUTELY CANNOT ABIDE FOLKS WHO TRY TO MAKE OTHERS FEEL BAD OR SMALL BECAUSE IT MAKES THEM FEEL BIG OR IMPORTANT.

What was the best thing about the last year?

UNQUESTIONABLY MY GIRLFRIEND SAYING YES TO MARRYING ME.

What are you looking forward to in the year ahead?

GETTING MARRIED!

If you were granted one do-over, what would it be?

IN 1998, I ACCIDENTALLY HIT A DOG WITH MY CAR DURING MY RAINSTORM. SOMETIMES, OUT OF THE BLUE, I'LL REMEMBER THAT AND JUST FEEL TERRIBLE ABOUT MYSELF FOR AN HOUR OR TWO. I KNOW IT'S SMALL, BUT IT MAKES ME FEEL REALLY SAD PRIMARILY BECAUSE OF HOW UNNECESSARY IT WAS. I WOULD LIKE TO GO BACK AND NOT HIT THAT DOG.

A butterfly flaps its wings... what small thing have you done or said that lead to something disproportionately larger?

I ONCE GAVE A COLLEAGUE A RATHER THOROUGH, BUT I THOUGHT CONSTRUCTIVE, CRITIQUE AFTER A PRESENTATION OF THEIR PAPER, AND THEY ENDED UP DROPPING OUT BEFORE THEY COMPLETED THEIR WRITE-UP. LONG STORY, AND I'M SURE IT MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED ANYWAY, BUT IT STILL FEELS WEIRD BEING THE PRECIPITATING FACTOR.

All things considered what is the most important thing in the world to you?

POLITE_ALLCAPS_GIRLFRIEND.

Concerning reddit:

What is the origin or meaning of your user name?

IT JUST SEEMED TO FIT!

Total number of reddit identities you’ve had?

I THINK FOUR; I TEND TO CHANGE THEM EVERY YEAR OR SO, TO KEEP THINGS FROM GETTING STALE!

What is your favorite part of reddit?

I LIKE WHEN REDDIT SETS ITSELF TO SOLVE PROBLEMS THAT ARE OF A SCALE APPROPRIATE TO ITS CAPABILITIES. YOU KNOW, LIKE WHEN SOMEONE EXPLAINS TO SOMEONE ELSE HOW TO FIX THEIR BROKEN GARBAGE DISPOSAL, OR GIVES GOOD ADVICE ABOUT WHAT TO DO ON A FIRST DATE IN A NEW CITY, OR RESOLVES SOME OTHER MODEST, YET POTENTIALLY TROUBLING PROBLEM.

What do you do when you’re not on reddit?

I'M A GRADUATE STUDENT IN A SOCIOLOGY MASTER'S PROGRAM, AND I WRITE COPY FOR TECHNICAL MANUALS AND TEXTBOOKS. BORING, RIGHT? LOL!

Do you think reddit has changed in the last year or so?

WASN'T IT HERACLITUS WHO ONCE SAID THAT NO MAN EVER STEPS IN THE SAME RIVER TWICE?

If so, do you think it’s been for the better?

I'LL ABSTAIN FROM ANSWERING THIS ONE, EXCEPT TO SAY THAT I'M RATHER SURPRISED BY THE NEW INCHOATE RAGE THAT SEEMS TO TINGE A LOT OF THE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN MODERATORS AND THE REST OF THE USER BASE. AS ON ALL WEBSITES, MODERATORS ALWAYS TAKE A LITTLE FLACK FOR THEIR ACTIONS, WHICH IS RIGHT AND GOOD AND CAN SERVE A SORT OF CORRECTIVE FUNCTION. LATELY, THOUGH, THERE SEEMS TO BE A NEWLY VITRIOLIC ATTITUDE FROM A PORTION OF THE USERBASE THAT REJECTS MODERATION AS SUCH.

Final Question:

Is there anything you'd like to plug/promote/advocate?

FOR SURE! I'D JUST LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT YOU STOP ON BY R/SHITTINGADVICE. I RECENTLY WAS GIVEN CONTROL, AS IT HAD BEEN ABANDONED. I'VE ADDED TWO COMPETENT CO-MODS, AND HAVE FIXED IT UP A LITTLE BIT -- I HAVEN'T BEEN AS ACTIVE AS I'D LIKE, BUT I ENCOURAGE YOU TO STOP BY AND ASK OR ANSWER SOME PRESSING SCATALOGICAL QUERIES!

ProbablyHittingOnYou

Stats:

Sex?

Male

Age?

Twenties

Relationship Status?

Waiting for you to come around...

Cats or Dogs?

Dogs, definitely

Favorites:

Favorite beverage?

Dr. Pepper. I drink it by the gallon.

Food?

Sushi.

Favorite movie/tv show?

The Departed/The Office

Music?

Don't listen to much music. Just the radio, nothing specific.

Book?

I don't know if I have a favorite, but I read voraciously, so I'm always looking for new suggestions.

Game?

Currently playing Borderlands and loving it, but all-time favorite would be Super Smash Brothers.

What is your favorite word or expression?

Winking ;-)

What makes you laugh?

Reddit. Seriously, that's the main reason I come here. I'm a pretty stoic guy in real life, but there's always something on Reddit that can make me bust out laughing.

What is your biggest pet peeve?

Hypocrisy

What was the best thing about the last year?

I adopted a great dog.

What are you looking forward to in the year ahead?

Finding a job!!

If you were granted one do-over, what would it be?

I don't think I would have wasted my time getting a graduate degree. It hasn't opened doors for me the way I thought it would. I should have just gotten work experience.

A butterfly flaps its wings... what small thing have you done or said that lead to something disproportionately larger?

I was drinking with a buddy and talking about general complaints about my apartment, and it inspired him to start a business of finding and furnishing short-term (a month or so) apartments in big cities.

All things considered what is the most important thing in the world to you?

My parents.

What is the origin or meaning of your user name?

It's a blackjack reference....

Concerning reddit:

Total number of reddit identities you’ve had?

This one

What is your favorite part of reddit?

r/bestof

What do you do when you’re not on reddit?

I don't understand the question.

Do you think reddit has changed in the last year or so?

Yes

If so, do you think it’s been for the better?

Hmmm... hard to tell, really. I think parts of it have gotten better, but parts of it have gotten worse. I think the commenting section is a lot less jovial and friendly than it once was, but I think that's just because my experience and perspective changed once I started commenting myself.

I_RAPE_CATS

Stats:

Age?

18

Sex?

Male.

Where do you live?

I live in Wellington, New Zealand.

Do you love it?

Wellington makes my dick pretty hard. Better than anywhere else I've lived, anyway.

Relationship Status?

I'm single, go figure.

Favorites:

Cats or dogs?

Cats/dogs? Take a wild guess. Come on. Seriously though, dogs.

Beverage?

Beverage? Stout or merlot. Also, iced coffee.

Food?

I fucking love lasagne and sushi.

Favorite movies/TV shows?

I watched the shit out of The Wire. Favourite movies would probably be Fear and Loathing and Pulp Fiction.

Music?

I listen mainly to black metal, death metal, dubstep, DnB, gangsta rap, g funk, and 90's alt rock.

Games?

I'm playing Team Fortress 2 and Diablo 2 at the moment.

Books?

I mainly read fantasy, with Stephen Donaldson being my favourite author.

Miscellanea:

What makes you laugh?

Capslock makes me laugh. Generally immature and puerile things, though.

What is your biggest pet peeve?

What pisses me off is when you're taking a huge shit in a 5 year old's mouth and they throw up directly in your asshole so that when you shit next time, you shit vomit.

What was the best thing about the last year?

Last year? Did absolutely nothing. Just drank heavily and worked. The high point was probably when I was fucking the vacuum cleaner again and my grandad walked in and jerked off in my face.

What are you looking forward to in the year ahead?

This year I'm planning on doing a hospitality course. I don't normally think more than a week ahead of myself though, so I'm not really looking foward to anything.

If you were granted one do-over, what would it be?

If I could redo anything, I'd probably not have drunk so much last night.

A butterfly flaps its wings... what small thing have you done or said that lead to something disproportionately larger?

I haven't done anything particularly significant my whole life. Apart from that one time I made a Reddit submission.

All things considered, what is the most important thing in the world to you?

The most important thing to me would probably be your mother. That, and internets/alcohol/weed/your mother again.

Concerning reddit:

What is the origin or meaning of your user name?

I just chose I_RAPE_CATS as it seemed to go against the grain of the Reddit community. I originally intended it to be a troll account, but my submissions ended up doing pretty well.

Total number of reddit identities you've had?

I've used 4-5 different reddit names, including I_RAPE_EVERYTHING and I_RAPE_SANDWICHES.

What is your favorite part of reddit?

Favourite part of Reddit would have to be /r/pics and /r/funny. Not because of the content, because they're so damn easy to get karma from.

What do you do when you're not on reddit?

What do I do when I'm not on Reddit? Er, I'm not sure if such a time exists. I usually just work, play TF2, and socialise.

Do you think reddit has changed in the last year or so?

I haven't even been on Reddit for a full year, but I suppose it's changed. For example: I can never get my unread messages to load.

If so, do you think it's been for the better?

It might've been for the better, I'm not really the one to answer that, though.

Final Question:

Is there anything you'd like to plug/promote/advocate?

SUBSCRIBE TO SPACEDICKS AND ALTERNATIVEART CUNTS

ALSO I HIGHLY RECOMMEND YOU UPVOTE MY SUBMISSIONS A+++ WOULD RAPE AGAIN

Leisureguy

A/S/L and do you love where you live?

72 years old, male, living in Monterey CA --- a long way from the tiny southern-Oklahoma town where I was raised.

Relationship Status?

Married, with his-and-her apartments. Works fantastically well, but of course no children living at home. But we both enjoy having our own space, and we maintain very different schedules, levels of neatness, soundtracks, and the like, and still see each other wherever we want. A duplex would be ideal, and remains a possibility.

Favorites:

Cats or Dogs?

Definitely cats. We each have one: demure British Blue for me (Megs) and exuberant Maine Coon for her (Molly).

Favorite beverage?

Iced white tea.

Food?

Yes! Love it! Omnivorous pleasure, but now focus on building solid meals using a template I've gradually evolved through trial and error. One favorite food is oven-roasted thick lamb chops, for example.

Favorite movies/tv shows?

Don't watch any TV, but do watch a lot of movies. A couple that spring to mind as recent favorites: The Dam Busters, a two-hour semi-documentary on the technical aspects of a WWII bombing raid, but with lots of the human dimension as well, and the comedy Support Your Local Sheriff, with refreshingly grown-up dialogue. (Support Your Local Gunfighter is a dumbed-down remake with the same plot, not very well done).

Music?

Jazz, mostly: 30's and 40's and 50's. I also enjoy classical music: orchestral works, chamber music, piano and other concerti, and the like.

Books?

Apartment overflows with books---a reader all my life. Lately been reading world history and investigations of how the unconscious works (e.g., Timothy Wilson's Strangers to Ourselves: Discovering the Adaptive Unconscious)

Games?

Primarily the Japanese game Go. I love the way that the handicapping system allows players of disparate abilities and skill levels to play closely fought games without undermining the character of the game.

What is your favorite word or expression?

Slow and steady wins the race.

Miscellanea:

What makes you laugh?

For some reason, this question is difficult. I laugh at quite a few things, but when I look for a general answer, I draw a blank. I do find kitties amusing, because they are so serious, and yet….

What is your biggest pet peeve?

People who possess enormous amounts of unwarranted self-satisfaction, particularly those who express dissatisfaction about everyone else.

What was the best thing about the last year?

Discovering Wicked_Edge, a place where shaving novices can get good guidance and encouragement as they learn to enjoy a morning ritual that previously was a tedious, boring chore.

What are you looking forward to in the year ahead?

Writing a book on what I learned about losing weight. (168.5 lbs this morning, 250 lbs (embarrassing, but true) at my high-water mark, as it were, a couple of years ago.

If you were granted one do-over, what would it be?

Right now, at the forefront of my mind, I would not move my head during the cataract surgery on my left eye earlier this week. It will, I hope, heal up in time, but boy! has it been painful. On a larger scale, I perhaps could have taken a job in the San Francisco Bay area in the early 70's. That may have been quite interesting. But, on the whole, things have worked out and I have no complaints.

A butterfly flaps its wings... what small thing have you done or said that lead to something disproportionately larger?

That one's pretty easy: while a junior in high school, while I was waiting for a friend (a senior) to get ready, I was leafing through recruitment literature various colleges had sent to him. (This would be spring 1956.) One had a photo of a fencing team, and I was mad about Rafael Sabatini's book Scaramouche in which fencing plays a big role. I sent in the card on a whim, got the college catalog and was surprised to see the entire curriculum was built on the very books I wanted to have read (including quite a few of which I was at the time ignorant). So off I went, a boy from a tiny southern-Oklahoma oilfield town, to four years at St. John's College "Great Books" program in Annapolis MD, where among other things I met my first wife, mother of my three children. (I did take up fencing, too, mainly sabre.)

All things considered what is the most important thing in the world to you?

My wife and our families.

Concerning reddit:

What is the origin or meaning of your user name?

I took my username upon retirement.

Total number of reddit identities you’ve had?

One.

What reddit's do you moderate?

None. Not my bag.

What is your favorite part of reddit?

Wicked_Edge and the chance to help double-edged-shaving novices.

What do you do when you’re not on reddit?

Read, watch movies, write, cook.

Do you think reddit has changed in the last year or so?

I've only been really active the past year.

If so, do you think it’s been for the better?

See above.

Final Question:

Is there anything you'd like to plug/promote/advocate?

I wish all guys who shave with multiblade cartridges would at least try using a tradition double-edged safety razor, doing prep with brush and shaving soap or shaving cream. I feel strongly enough about this to have written a book, Leisureguy's Guide to Gourmet Shaving, available as a Kindle edition from all the various Amazons (.com, .uk, .de, .fr. .es, .it), and as hard copy (my own preference) from Amazon.com. Cartridge shavers who try traditional wetshaving with a DE safety razor will be pleasantly astonished. I recently wrote an article on what's happening in this area and why in the on-line blog/publication Sharpologist: Shaving-Tool Innovation & The Weber Razor http://sharpologist.com/2012/01/the-weber-razor.html

NonsensicalAnalogy

Stats

Male or female?

Male... and yes please.

Age?

24

Relationship Status?

Single, not looking, sorry ladies.

Favorites

Cats or Dogs?

Dogs. Yellow labs and golden retreivers are amazing companions.

Favorite beverage?

The Kraken. I found out about this amazing alcohol about 4-5 months ago, and since than I cannot stop drinking it. I cannot recommend this highly enough. Drinking the Kraken is like speaking in tongues to a collection of unopened Pokemon dolls to acquire a new level of belly button fortitude; its AWESOME.

Food?

I especially enjoy california rolls, eel, octopus, and certain types of hamachi sushi. I also enjoy mushroom and green pepper pizza, cream cheese wantons, and lo mein.

Favorite movie?

Equilibrium, Star Wars, Zombieland, Aladdin (Don't judge me), the Hannibal Lecter movies, and The Bone Collector

Music?

Chrono Trigger OST, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Heart, Queen, Aerosmith, Led Zeppelin

Book?

Sphere by Michael Crichton, Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro, the Thrawn Trilogy by Timothy Zahn, Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling, the Lincoln Rhyme novels by Jeffery Deaver

Game?

Chrono Trigger, TF2, Red Dead Redemption, Chrono Tigger, Civilization series, Dead Space, Chrono Trigger, Pokemon, Left 4 Dead 2, Chrono Trigger.

What is your favorite word or expression?

Pulchritude; it means physical beauty, but the word itself to me looks "ugly". It reminds me of 'Patchwerk', which is a undead monstrosity of sewn together body parts from WoW. I just find the word interesting because by looking at it, I would never guess what it meant.

Miscellanea

What is your biggest pet peeve?

Not putting my dvds or games back in their cases when putting something else in. It makes me rage when I find a game of mine out of its case face down on the coutner and find The Curious Case of Benjamin Fucking Button in my PS3. It makes me want to vivisect small children using a scalpel coated in salt and alcohol.

I also absolutely hate demomen and Huntsman snipers in TF2. They are the "spamming classes" who rely on pure luck in order to get kills. They have projectile weapons that they spam in the general direction of the enemy to get kills, which I absolutely abhor. Many people on the reddit servers know of my intense hatred of them.

What general area of your country you live in?

I live in Grand Forks, ND.

Do you love it?

Its humid and hot in the summer, and I am allergic to mosquitoes, but I generally like where I live. I have a lot of friends, most of the people here are nice, and the amount of money I get paid for my job far exceeds my cost of living, which is amazing.

What was the best thing about the last 12 months?

I was able to quit World of Warcraft after over 4 years of playing. I played in the best hardcore raiding guild in the world (as of 3.2), and it drained my life. Quitting WoW opened many doors for me that wouldn't be possible if I was working from 7-3:30 and then again from 6-midnight. I have over 400 days total invested in that game, but good riddance. Being addicted to WoW and it ruining my social life was like sneezing while making out with a hippopotamus; sometimes USB ports don't always have the right voltage.

What are you looking forward to in the next 12 months?

I'm buying a new vehicle and driving down to Chicago to meet people I play TF2 with. Other than that not much, I typically live for the moment.

If you were granted one do-over what would it be?

To not let myself drift away from the person I fell in love with in Lancaster, CA because of stupid video games.

All things considered what is the most important thing in the world to you?

Love, friendship, and Chrono Trigger.

Concerning Reddit

How long did you lurk before signing up?

This is my novelty account that I created after getting the idea from a combination of Bozarking and Family Guy. I love segues and vivid imagery, and people seem to like it, so I keep posting. On my main account, I lurked for about a month before signing up. I was an avid digg user but found stories on digg were just regurgitated from reddit, so I came here and have not gone back.

Total number of reddit identities you’ve had?

Just this novelty account and my main account I use for the gaming and TF2 subreddits- Taelsolos. Stalking my normal account would be like pouring molten Buddha statues into a picture frame so that Arizona became a parliament; I keep my novelty account separate, but am fine with people knowing who I am.

What are some of your favorite subreddits?

Forts, TF2, RUGC_midwest, HeroesofNewerth, Askreddit, Pics, and gaming

What do you do when you’re not on reddit?

I am an avid player of TF2 and HoN. I replay Chrono Trigger at least twice a year.

Do you think reddit has changed in the last year or so? If so, do you think it's been for the better?

The only change I have seen is for the better. reddit can be slow and unresponsive, and might be down sometimes, but I love the site and support it 100%. It gets me through my work day every day without fail. reddit is like an oven; sometimes jelly doughnuts don't have the elasticity to fully circumnavigate boils

• (If you'd like to nominate someone for 'Redditor of the Day,' please message us! All we need is their name and a simple one sentence explanation of why they would be a good Redditor of the Day.)

Sterling_Mace

Stats:

A/S/L and do you love where you live?

88, Sex: Male, Location: St. Pete Beach, Florida...and no I don't love where I live but I can stand it. After all, I could be in a carboard box

Relationship Status?

Widower

Favorites:

Cats or Dogs?

Dogs, by far. Cats are too sneaky and I don't like the box that they piss in.

Favorite beverage?

Crystal Lite (with or without the vodka)

Food?

Steak and French Fries w/ Italian string beans.

Favorite movies/tv shows?

I watch a lot of westerns and crime stuff like Hard Evidence. A good friend of mine sent me this show called Breaking Bad and he needs to send me more. There's this British show that comes on Saturday nights called As Time Goes By on PBS. Those are good ones.

Music?

Swing. Still the best music are the tunes when I was a kid.

Books?

I like authors like John Grishom, Carl Hiaasen and Nick Allen

Games?

Charades, Tanasta and the ever popular Spin the Bottle.

What is your favorite word or expression?

"Cut the crap."

Miscellanea:

What makes you laugh?

All the stuff that's not supposed to be too funny like television commercials...and then I sit there and never chuckle at Leno or Dave Letterman. But I love a good joke. All flavors.

What is your biggest pet peeve?

Unnecessary slow traffic.

What was the best thing about the last year?

My golf game got better.

What are you looking forward to in the year ahead?

Living another year, I guess. You get my age and you're not looking to fall in love or anything. So, yes. I'd like for my book to get out more so that more people can understand about what we did in the Pacific, fighting against the Japanese.

If you were granted one do-over, what would it be?

There's a joke that says "Anything I'd like to do over, I'd do all over you!. Seriously, I'd live in a different part of Florida. This hurricane business gets to you after a while.

A butterfly flaps its wings... what small thing have you done or said that lead to something disproportionately larger?

I looked at my pecker and said, "Gee I thought you were larger! But really the little finicky drawings I did as a kid really steamrolled and turned into an art career, that turned right into a career managing a theater. So I guess you could say that those small doodles really bloomed into something bigger than myself.

All things considered what is the most important thing in the world to you?

That my daughter achieves financial success.

Concerning reddit:

What is the origin or meaning of your user name?

It's my real name. My mother named me Sterling Mace, after some British Navy guy in the Great War, Sterling something-or-other.

Total number of reddit identities you’ve had?

Just the one.

What is your favorite part of reddit?

Writing to people and reading what they say. I don't even have to be a part of the conversation and read some really interesting things. People and what they do are not so surprising, but this reddit brings to the world what woukld otherwise be behind locked doors just a few years ago.

What do you do when you’re not on reddit?

Sleep, eat, write, and all the other stuff you don't usually mention in mixed company. I'm retired, so really I can do anything I damn well please, within the law, that is.

Do you think reddit has changed in the last year or so?

I really wouldn't know, because I have only been on for a few months.

If so, do you think it’s been for the better?

Beats me.

Final Question:

Is there anything you'd like to plug/promote/advocate?

Sure, I'd like to plug my book, "BATTLEGROUND PACIFIC: A Marine Rifleman's Combat Odyssey in K/3/5," which came out from St. Martin's Press in May of this year. If I wrote this thing for me, then I'd be a big nothing and a blowhard. I wrote this book for others, however. First for the guys who didn't make it home from that war, and secondly for all the people who care about them. If you want to know who we are, before we're gone, then please be educated.

, Sterling G Mace

hueypriest

Today is Community Manager Appreciation Day! Please welcome reddit's favorite community manager, hueypriest!

Stats:

Sex?

m

Age?

32

Relationship Status?

Single

Favorites:

Pets?

I have 2 orange cats and a mutt.

Favorite beverages?

Beer

Food?

I always go to a family friend's house for Christmas Eve brunch and they make this cranberry, oatmeal cobbler thing. That'd be my vote if I had to choose one item. I also love pulled pork BBQ, anything Szechuan and good NY pizza.

Favorite movie/tv show?

Fast, Cheap and Out of Control. Really like the new Sherlock series on BBC and of course The Wire.

Music?

Rap, specifically Southern rap, and none of that nerdcore stuff. Hate that with a passion.

Books?

Something Nasty in the Woodshed. Just got into the Nantucket series by S.M. Stirling. Anything by Tim O'Brien or David Halberstam

Games?

Oblivion, Fallout 3, Civ 5, NBA & NCAA 2K-whatever Basketball

What is your favorite word or expression?

My favorite words are Subtle & Ocelot. My favorite expression is to use fuckers as a term of endearment, as in "I miss you fuckers."

Miscellanea:

What makes you laugh?

Nothing makes me laugh like recounting old stories with friends or family.

What is your biggest pet peeve?

When people say "kindly" or "thanks in advance". It takes all my Southern manners and restraint not to lash out when someone uses those in an email or PM asking for something.

What general area of your country you live in?

Brooklyn

Do you love it?

I'm no fan of cold weather and everything is expensive, but yeah I love it.

What was the best thing about the last year?

Hard to choose but it's a close race between Oktoberfest in Munich and the Colbert Rally in DC.

What are you looking forward to in the next year?

I'm going to do a few of those crazy survival schools out in the desert.

A butterfly flaps its wings... what small thing have you done or said that lead to something disproportionately larger?

When I was in college I had bumper stickers printed that said " I'm Not Wearing Any Pants". I probably gave away about 300 over the next few years, and I would always hear stories about friends of friends or someone's dad getting into mischief for having one on their car. Still a bunch out in the wild today causing double takes.

All things considered what is the most important thing in the world to you?

Family

If you had one do-over what would change?

Stay in college longer. I graduated early, and when I look back at it I wonder what the hell I was thinking. It was during the first dot com bubble so it was an exciting time to look for jobs and start projects, but I'd give my pancreas for another year in college these days.

Concerning reddit:

What is the origin or meaning of your user name?

In college I made some extra money by working for a promotional products company selling branded coffee mugs, t-shirts etc around New Orleans, and they would always send random samples. One of those random samples was a name tag for a U.S. Sprint employee "Huey Priest". Some friends and I decided to use these official looking name tags as a rouse to get girls' phone numbers. It was pretty pathetic, but it made people laugh, and was fun. After that I just started using hueypriest as my online alias and have ever since.

Total number of reddit identities you've had?

1

What is your favorite part of reddit?

I love not knowing what is going to be or the front page or behind my orangereds when I wake up in the morning. Participating in this site means each day is choosing what's behind door #2. Also, I love /r/snackexchange.

What do you do when you're not on reddit?

Listen to audiobooks and podcasts, try to exercise some, walk my dog, watch basketball, and think about reddit.

Do you think reddit has changed in the last year or so?

Yes. There's a lot more redditors now, and as admins we're finally at the point (thanks to y'all) where we're not scrambling and worried about the lights being shut off and can finally focus on improving the reddit experience for all, and moving on to "Sinister Phase 2" of reddit.

If so, do you think it's been for the better?

I do. There's even more redditors trying to think of new ways to use the reddit platform, and coming up with and moderating new reddits, or just new stories and answers.

Final question:

Is there anything you'd like to plug/promote/advocate?

If you haven't been to a meetup yet, do yourself a favor and check out /r/meetup or meetup info in your local reddit. I've been to a bunch of them in the US and even one abroad and they are always fun. The vast majority of redditors I have meet (even the crazy NYC ones) are interesting and friendly people, that I'd gladly hang out and drink beer with, even if it weren't related to my job. Go meet them IRL, you won't regret it.

illustratingreddit

Stats

A/S/L and do you love where you live?

28/F/Bay Area I’ve only ever lived in about a 10 mile radius, and I dread the day that I am too poor to continue living here.

Relationship Status?

I file my taxes as single.

Favorites:

Cats or Dogs?

Cats are better for sleeping with and dogs are better for walking with.

Favorite beverage?

Tea. I love tea. I probably drink at least 5 cups a day.

Food?

I love almost all food. California is about to start a Foie Gras ban, so I order it every time I see it in a restaurant now. So fatty. So delicious.

Favorite movies/tv shows?

Princess Bride/Futurama. But not the new episodes of Futurama, those suck.

Music?

Chopin

Books?

Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin and The Kingkiller Chronicles by Patrick Rothfuss

Games?

I love Solitaire. I know it’s lame, but I really love it. It’s the only game I constantly play. I don’t like board games because I become too competitive and then they’re not fun for me anymore. I’m like a child.

What is your favorite word or expression?

I say "Whoa, let's not go crazy" a lot whenever someone suggests something I'm too lazy to do. For example: Me: "I think I will illustrate something from reddit today." Someone: "Yeah! You should make a thread where people can request things!" Me: "Whoa. Let's not go crazy."

Miscellanea:

What makes you laugh?

My own jokes. Seriously. One time at a party, I laughed so hard at a joke I was telling, I pulled a muscle in my side and I could barely move for about a week.

What is your biggest pet peeve?

I’m the kind of person that over-dramatizes every annoyance in my life, so to pick ONE pet peeve as my biggest would be an impossible task. I do hate it when I’m waiting for paint to dry, and I start painting again and I realize that I didn’t wait long enough and I fuck up my paintings. RAGE!

What was the best thing about the last year?

I got offered my first major illustration contract last year!

What are you looking forward to in the year ahead?

A secret project that I will tell reddit about in July. I’m super excited.

If you were granted one do-over, what would it be?

Can it be “my dating life”?

A butterfly flaps its wings... what small thing have you done or said that lead to something disproportionately larger?

Sorry, this is a long one... When I was a kid, I lived at the top of a mountain, and there were often accidents on the highway that lead to our house. Once you got stuck, it could take hours for the accident to clear (the police, tow trucks, ambulances, etc. would have to drive up this curvy road to get to the accident. One day there was a fatality on the highway and everyone just got out of their cars and milled around the road. I pointed out a man to my mother and said that I thought it was our neighbor. My mother spoke to him and she told him about my brother, who was a big nerd. This man ended up hiring my brother to work for his software company. My brother subsequently followed this man through different companies, and ended up at a large corporation. At this company, my brother made some friends and they started their own company together, which eventually sold for almost $30 million. That man I pointed to on the road was not the neighbor I thought it was, and I really just pointed out some random dude. Oops.

Concerning reddit:

What is the origin or meaning of your user name?

I illustrate things on reddit.

Total number of reddit identities you’ve had?

The other one basically gets ignored now.

What is your favorite part of reddit?

Despite what people say, I actually think reddit is a really friendly and supportive community. I’ve been a part of internet communities that are full of jerks. Reddit is a giant ball of love (without being overly stupid) compared to most places.

What do you do when you’re not on reddit?

Paint and do that other job that pays most my bills.

Do you think reddit has changed in the last year or so?

Honestly? Nope. I’ve only been a redditor for a couple years now and it was memes and pet pictures when I joined and it’s memes and pet pictures now!

Final Question:

Is there anything you'd like to plug/promote/advocate?

My tumblr and my etsy store

:) edit - self illustration here!

Gimli_The_Dwarf

Stats:

Sex?

Male

Age?

42 You know, for that particular number, this has been a wholly shitty year.

Relationship Status?

Married (21 years) (Relationship advice available upon request. I can offer advice both towards how to stay married for 21 years, and why you should run screaming into the night at the thought)

Favorites:

Cats or Dogs?

My dog. You can call him "Toaster ears" if you like.

Favorite beverage?

Beer

Food?

Pizza

Favorite movie/tv show?

Currently plowing through all ten seasons of Stargate:SG-1. However, since I'm halfway through season 9, I have to find something else soon.

Music?

Mostly post-grunge or 80s pop

Book?

The Coldfire Trilogy by CS Friedman (I guess I should plug my books here, but I've never actually read any of them)

Game?

GTA4 or Crackdown

What is your favorite word or expression?

"If you're out on that wire, you might as well dance!" (After recent events including being unemployed for so long, I am reconsidering my favorite quote)

Miscellanea:

What makes you laugh?

A good running joke (meme). Although I'm seriously tired of the axe thing.

What is your biggest pet peeve?

People who stereotype others (i.e. "Because you are criticizing [politician] then you must be [opposing party], and have every belief they do!")

What general area of your country you live in?

DCish

Do you love it?

It's home. Has its issues.

What was the best thing about the last year?

That it's over.

What are you looking forward to in the year ahead?

Forgetting last year.

If You Were Granted One Do-over, What Would It Be?

Not being unemployed for so long.

A butterfly flaps its wings... what small thing have you done or said that lead to something disproportionately larger?

Honestly, no idea. This makes me sad.

All things considered what is the most important thing in the world to you?

My family

Concerning reddit:

What is the origin or meaning of your user name?

I don't know, honestly. Bunch of words I picked at random

Total number of reddit identities you’ve had?

Three major ones. Handful of other novelty accounts.

What is your favorite part of reddit?

Comments

What do you do when you’re not on reddit? "Not on reddit"?

I'm not sure I understand the question.

Do you think reddit has changed in the last year or so?

No. Well, maybe a bit more whining that reddit isn't like it used to be...

Final Question:

Is there anything you'd like to plug/promote/advocate?

My blog, which is just starting up: http://philo.typepad.com/with-all-due-respect/ The topics in the near future will be mostly business/business intelligence related. But as I build up an audience I'll also write some essays similar to the stuff I post on reddit.

A personal request - I'm recovering from a long stint of unemployment, so if you see anything of interest in the book lists:

Non technical books for IT folks,Gimli's books

Now's the time to buy, preferably via the Amazon Associates links (if you're in the US). And, of course, if you could turn AdBlocker off on my site, every little bit helps.

Okay, now I have to go take a shower. With my axe.

MediumPace

Stats:

Sex?

Male

Age?

Young at heart

Relationship Status?

Married to reddit

Favorites:

Cats or Dogs?

As an Asian I've found that both cats and dogs can be great with the right ingredients
of love, caring and affection.

Favorite beverage?

Pepsi. When I was a boy we would reuse the bottle. I'd stick the empty bottle in my rear
basket and peddle by bike to the local grocer, where they would fill it back up.

Food?

Sausages, cucumbers, bananas, popsicles, and basically anything that reminds me of Dick
Cheney's daughter's fight for equal rights. I also like nuts and oysters.

Movie/tv show?

I'm a big time Jay Leno fan. That man is just a gift to the world. IMHO he blows Conan
out of the water. For movies I like any and all independent films because I'm stuck up
here in Nor Cal at the moment, and that's all the local theaters are playing.

Music?

I love all the musicians on American Idol. Watching that show makes me want to throw up
my hands into the air and just dance, dance, dance. I also like Adam Sandler's music.

Book?

The last book I read was "World on Fire" by Amy Chua. She write about how spreading
democracy to regions of the world which aren't ready for it goes bad. For a quick buck,
a lot of oligarchies will sell out their fellow countrymen. Never goes over well.

Game?

I like old school FPS like Halo 2. All of these CoD guys forget their roots. Real men
only play FPS. That's what being a true gamer is. Play Internet Reversi on WinXP
and try not to fall asleep.

Miscellanea:

What makes you laugh?

Memes and are the purest form of comedy, whether in post of comment. I find it terrible
when people complain about how unfunny they are. They just don't get it. It's uncreative
negative responses that cause their comments to be downvoted. They are a cancer here
on reddit.

What is your biggest pet peeve?

People who feel the need to lie. Why can't everyone just be honest all the time? I'm not
one to force my personal belief system onto others. Do I always tell the truth? Well, no
one likes a liar, so yes. So I'll just try to lead by example.

What general area of your country do you live in?

I live in Southern California, where there is always something to do and the woman are easy
going. However I do tend to travel a lot. I love meeting new people who let me come inside
of their world for a moment. I've seen Old Faithful blow, I've been leid by Hawaiian hula girls,
and I've seen the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. I'd encourage anyone to go around the world
if they had the means to do so.

Do you love it?

Socal is great! You can do things here, you can't do anywhere else. Like get really high
up into Big Bear and go skiing in the morning, then head out to the beach, get your Sex
Wax out, wax down your board and hit the surf, all in the same day.

What was the best thing about the last year?

The best part of 2010 was rekindling my love affair with art and literature. Specifically my own
list of "things to read" has finally shrunk, and I've been viewing more diversified art. On reddit
there is so much to look at, I'm surprised I have time to do other things.

What are you looking forward to in the year ahead?

I'm going to be taking a ski trip to Aspen, Colorado. I'm going to whoosh the living shit out of
those mountains. I can hardly even remember the last time I was there. Everyone on reddit
is going to hear about this trip, because you know I'll find an excuse to write about it.

If You Were Granted One Do-over, What Would It Be?

I don't feel sorry for anything I've ever done.

A butterfly flaps its wings... what small thing have you done or said that lead to something disproportionately larger?

This has happened to me so many times in my life I don't know which story to tell. I'm lying
here in my bed trying to think of the best one. I once gave this homeless man some coke
cans so he could recycle them. Instead of always begging for money, I got him addicted
to the idea of working for money. I've lost touch since, but the last I heard he was dead
set on getting his life back on track. I'm always trying to make the world a better place.

All things considered what is the most important thing in the world to you?

Learning more about others through reddit is most important. Honestly, upvotes and karma,
are nice and all, but I like taking time to read others stories and sharing my own. My E-penis,
is not going to impress anyone IRL, so there is no point in even trying to grow one.

Concerning reddit:

What is the origin or meaning of your user name?

It's actually a name I just got stuck with during my brief time in a Counter Terrorist squad
playing CS. I used to take my sweet ass time defusing those bombs.

Total number of reddit identities you’ve had?

Just one. Why would anyone who always tells the truth need more than one? A bunch
of others may need them because of their shameful behavior here, but not me. All bullshit
accounts can easily be spotted by redditors anyways.

What is your favorite part of reddit?

It's a tie between /r/politics and /r/atheism. I just laugh at mindless idiots who blindly follow
whatever Fox news tells them. And don't get me started about religious people. Their faith,
without any scientific data to back it up is a joke. The people in those two subreddits are
great at having rational discussions that aren't downvote-fests. A prefect example of this
is when anyone mentions "god" , they are allowed to speak and not auto-downvoted.

What do you do when you’re not on reddit?

I have an active social life and also a job that takes up a lot of my time. I think of reddit
as a place to visit only when I am not tied up with other commitments. I talk about reddit
very little IRL since most of people I interact with don't know of it. "I wish I were on reddit
right now" I say to myself, whenever I encounter anything interesting enough to share.

Do you think reddit has changed in the last year or so?

I think it's just human nature to believe that all things used to be better. The hive has gotten
a lot bigger with the growing popularity of reddit and the demise of Digg. Even more juvenile
subreddits have seen an increase in viewership. Unfortunately for me, my target audience is
a more mature crowd. I wouldn't say that a lot of people are "too dumb to understand me.",
but there is a subtext to most of my comments that some folks might not get.

If so, do you think it’s been for the better?

I think it's great having a larger variety of people to communicate with. It makes easier for me
to reach out to others I wouldn't normally cross paths with IRL. To keep this shit going all day
and night, the reddit staff has been doing a great job keeping this site up and running.

Final Question:

Is there anything you'd like to plug/promote/advocate?

This discussion between me, archaicclass, and a few other redditors was beyond awesome.
I think more people should read it. Extra points if you can find the hidden penis.

OldHippie

STATS:

Male or female?

Male, although my wife says I've been a woman in several past lives and that's why I'm in tune with both parts of my being as well as both halves of my brain.

Age?

I'm in my late 50s physically, but I generally feel like I'm somewhere between 19 to 34 or so. I mean...I lived through (and actually do remember a lot of) the 60s, but that only makes me feel old if I sit there and do the math.

Relationship Status?

Married for 32 years to a very unique woman...through better and worse. I have two great sons: one who shares all my ups and downs and such, and one who doesn't even know I'm a medical marijuana user.

FAVORITES

Cats or Dogs?

Cats. Cats! I love them all madly and kiss their furry little heads. They are very anciENT and wise, yet even the oldest can become like a kitten in an instant...an ability more humans should learn to cultivate. And a cat's purr always makes me smile with pure joy. It's the true sound of love.

Favorite beverage?

I love good clean water with everything (in the summer, I sometimes go wild and drink seltzer). For special occasions, a good single malt Scotch, Remy Martin, or Mississippi Mud beer. But the best drink in the world is a NYC coffee ice cream soda.

Food?

I'm very partial to most Asian cuisine, especially great sushi/sashimi. Also Mexican, BBQ, hamburgers (with ketchup, onion, and relish as God intended). And of course the major food groups: bacon, Nutella, and raisins. Oh, and the other night I had some Turkish rose jelly OMG.

Favorite movie and tv shows?

Movies: Star Wars (the original, Han shot first), anything by Kubrick, Independence Day. Also weird/cult movies like The Holy Mountain, Pink Flamingos, Rocky Horror, and especially Buckaroo Banzai.
TV: Current favorites include NCIS, Leverage, Burn Notice, The Walking Dead (which all film/video/acting students should watch), Two And A Half Men, The Big Bang Theory, Sherlock and especially Doctor Who.

Music?

I'm a child of the 60s, and I'm still stuck there. Jimi Hendrix, Country Joe and the Fish, Jefferson Airplane, Ten Years After, Cream, Traffic, and anything by the late great Mike Bloomfield.

Book?

I had to give away my copy of Mindbridge because I would read it over and over compulsively, just to feel the rush at the end.

Game?

I grew up with the original text Adventure, and I never really got into gaming as it exists now. I really liked Descent and Terminal Velocity, but the only thing that really grabbed me emotionally was Castle Wolfenstein. I just loved killing Nazis!

Strain of cannabis?

I use Sour Diesel every day to help me get in the right frame of mind for work. Sativas FTW!

What is your favorite word or quote or expression?

Well, on /r/trees I often sign off with "Nugs and hugs!" (and sometimes the other way around if necessary).

What's one thing you'd like everyone to know?

Medical marijuana isn't a joke...it's real medicine, and in small doses it can help many mental and physical conditions without even getting you high. Too many people are focused on "people getting high on pot OMG" when they could be looking at "what substance is actually less toxic than water, but has the potential to heal millions of people around the world safely?"

MISCELLANEA:

What makes you laugh?

The one thing that consistENTly gets me to ROTFL is British off-the-wall comedy: Monty Python, The IT Crowd, The Mighty Boosh.

What is your biggest pet peeve?

Hypocrisy in general. The people who "love thy neighbor" (as long as they fit the proper demographic mold), the "war on drugs" by people who drink alcohol and smoke cigarettes and are fine with 100,000 people a year dying in the US from "safe" prescription drugs, and most especially the politicians who always claim to be serving their constituents but are only out for themselves and their cronies, and damn the public, the future, and the Constitution. Gideon Tucker said it best: "No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session."

What general area of your country you live in?

Northern California.

Do you love it?

Oh, it's wonderful! Unless you worry about the state deficit, which luckily is not my problem, other than being a taxpayer. But thank Goddess for Prop. 215!

What was the best thing about the last 12 months?

Discovering that "medical marijuana" was not the oxymoron that I had previously thought it was. And that happened by using it to cure a decade-long depression in just two weeks.

What are you looking forward to in the next 12 months?

I'm hoping to use my experience and knowledge to get a gig writing for a pro-cannabis magazine and/or website.

A butterfly flaps its wings... what small thing have you done or said that led to something disproportionately larger?

I once wrote a letter to the editor of a computer newspaper and that started my career as a writer.

All things considered what is the most important thing in the world to you?

Happiness. For years, I struggled emotionally, spiritually, and physically, and finally became...content, and that's nothing to sneeze at. But happiness is even better.

CONCERNING REDDIT:

What is the origin or meaning of your user name?

I had been reading /r/trees for awhile and felt like everyone there seemed to be under 25 and into rap or dubstep; it made me feel like an old hippie.

Total number of reddit identities you’ve had?

Just two. I fled Digg for reddit about a year ago, but I don't fit the standard reddit mold and I was never totally comfortable until I found /r/trees and became myself again.

What is your favorite part of reddit?

/r/trees, obviously, and I enjoy all the other trees-related subreddits, but /r/WTF never disappoints.

What do you do when you’re not on reddit?

I've been a free-lance writer and editor for many years, and that's still how I make a living. I like to invENT and improve things and hook them together. I've always had the hacker mENTality and I've built everything from computers to home electronics to my own guitar amplifiers.

How has reddit changed in the last year or so?

We've absorbed a lot of the Digg fallout, and for awhile things felt a bit...dirty. But reddit has a real feeling of community; I feel like a part of reddit and a part of something good, while Digg was just another place to go. And reddit feels more positive in general lately.

FINAL QUESTION:

Is there anything you'd like to plug/promote/advocate?

Americans For Safe Access are working to help this country learn how cannabis can improve the lives of sick people, while NORML is trying to make marijuana legal for all consenting adults. More people should know about Weedit.org, which is /r/trees' own non-profit that we hope will launch some real-life results. Past that, I'd like to point people to my blog, Beyond Chronic, where I talk about everything from recipes to activism to using cannabis safely and effectively.

[kickme444] (http://www.reddit.com/user/kickme444/)

A/S/L and do you love where you live?

I am 38 (wtf, seriously that is way old), male and live in a town in the bay area of California called Alameda. I seriously love where I live! Alameda is a little town right next to Oakland, so we have big cities and stuff, but the only way to get to alameda is over a little bridge or through a tunnel, so we don't get very much traffic. The town used to have a naval base and that was probably the town's hay day, so now the town is kind of stuck somewhere in the 1950s. We have one of the biggest 4th of July parades here which I plan to get redditgifts into this year. Want to come march the parade with us? (seriously)

Relationship Status?

I have been married to [5days] (http://www.reddit.com/user/5days) since 1995. We are best friends and shit. We work together, we watch TV together at night, we have a cool life.

Favorites:

Cats or Dogs?

I love cats. Seriously, I really love cats. We have 3 cats right now - "Monkey" is a fat old russian blue, "Lucky Lou" is a seriously pompous tuxedo cat who I want to love me so bad but really he could give a shit, "Ringo" is a super rad tabby who likes to sit on me and sleep while I watch TV and he likes to sleep in my dirty clothes at night next to my bed. My cat's are my buddies.

Now, about dogs - I hate them. I hate dogs for a few reasons -- dogs are unpredictable and want to bite me at all times. People like to think their dogs are perfect, so they take them for walks without a leash and then I come walking by and their dog decides to either jump on me or bite me and I get super pissed and yell at the dog and the stupid fucking owner. Seriously, if you walk your dog without a leash you suck. Secondly, dogs take huge shits on everything.

Favorite beverage?

There's no clear cut answer to this, but here are a few of my favorites:

• Milk (I love nonfat milk)

• Diet Coke

• An Old Fashioned

• Coffee

Drinks that I hate that people find weird:

• Beer

• Wine

Food?

Mexican. I can eat Mexican all day and night. Also, I have been to every state in the US multiple times and can say that there are only a very small handful of states that have decent Mexican food. Here they are:

• California (I prefer northern California Mexican food to southern, but southern has some good stuff too)

• Arizona

• New Mexico

• Texas

If you don't live in one of these states or Mexico, chances are you don't know good Mexican food. (yes, i know there are exceptions, like red iguana in SLC)

Favorite movies/tv shows?

TV is my main form of escapism these days so I have a lot of favorites, some are straight forward and some are peculiar.

Straight Forward:

• Northern exposure is one of my all time favorites.

• Twin peaks (the first season and parts of the 2nd season)

• The wire

• Top Chef

• Homeland

• Boardwalk Empire

• Dexter

• Arrested Development of course (we watch this in bed right before we go to sleep almost every night. I highly recommend this)

Peculiar:

• Rachael Ray

• Martha Stewart

• The OC

• 90210

• Family Feud

• tv shows that you used to watch during the day when you were home sick from school

Music?

These days I'm listening to a lot of Christmas music which is kind of a weird obsession of mine for a month a year, but other than that here are some of my favorites:

• Morrissey, I am obsessed with Morrissey and have been for a good 20 years or so.

• Scratch Acid

• Jesus Lizard

• The Beatles

• Fugazi

• Nomeansno

• The shins

• Passion Pit

I came up as a punk, was in a few bands like Black Cat Music (this is the new romance, one foot in the grave, hands in the estuary) and the criminals (never been caught) and spent a lot of time on the road touring and seeing the country. I still kind of consider myself an artist and hold this time in my life very close to my heart. Sometimes it makes me sad that I spend all day and night staring at a computer screen, but oh well … life changes.

Books?

I don't get to do as much reading as I'd like, but I really like Haruki Murakami. I also seem to read a lot of O'Reilly computer books :(

Games?

I'm not much of a gamer but my favorite games are anything Mario related. I love the whole nintendo thing.

What is your favorite word or expression?

5days and I really swear quite a bit. These days I have way more hated words than loved words. Right now my LEAST favorite word is "worried", "concerned" is a close 2nd.

Miscellanea:

What makes you laugh?

I find humor in a lot of things. I love dark humor, there is very little that offends me. That being said, I find myself having to watch what I say because I think what I find funny offends most people. I also find a lot of humor in small things like r/awww, my kids and their crazy idiosyncrasies.

What is your biggest pet peeve?

I'd have to say that my biggest pet peeve is people who sign up for redditgifts and don't read the rules. It probably takes about 1 minute to read through [our rules] (http://redditgifts.com/basic-rules/) and understand the basics of redditgifts, but still, people don't do it. This is very frustrating and is the biggest waste of our time on a day to day basis.

What was the best thing about the last year?

I'd have to say that the best thing about the last year was redditgifts being acquired by reddit. This was a really big thing for me and 5days for a bunch of reasons, but the biggest reason is that we get to do what we love full time. After being in numerous programming jobs for the last 15 years or whatever, I value working on redditgifts SO very highly. It is the first thing I have ever created on a computer that a lot of people use and love (I hope). I spend just about all of my time either working on redditgifts or thinking about redditgifts and reddit. I think there are great things coming in the next few years and I'm so excited to be a part of them.

What are you looking forward to in the year ahead?

In the next year I'm looking forward to a lot, but a lot is unknown as well. Our family is considering a move to Salt Lake City where the cost of living is a lot lower. This is a scary thing, but I'm excited about the possibilities as well. I'm excited for the first part of the year where I have some time to sit down and figure out what the coming year will bring for redditgifts. I know there will be a lot of gift exchanges and meetups but past that, there is a blank canvas and a platform that I think we can do a lot of good with. If anyone has ideas for what we should do with redditgifts, now is the time to speak up!

If you were granted one do-over, what would it be?

About 10 years or so I made a bunch of decisions that really fucked myself and my family up. After the birth of our first child I became hell bent on figuring out who my birth family was. In the coming months I would move my family to a different state and uproot us in what would become a devastating experience that I will probably never get over. This was the biggest mistake of my life, hands down.

A butterfly flaps its wings... what small thing have you done or said that lead to something disproportionately larger?

Oh god, this one is pretty easy for me to answer. A little over 2 years ago I was sitting at my desk, thinking about the upcoming holidays and at the fleeting thought of what a reddit secret santa might look like. In the span of about 5 minutes I created r/secretsanta and came up with a few base ideas and posted a thread to askreddit that would completely change my life. A whole bunch of things have fallen into place since then and we wouldn't be where we are now had any one of them not worked out, but that first thread is really what started everything, BTW I can't find that thread right now. Fucking crazy.

All things considered what is the most important thing in the world to you?

Hands down my wife and two children. I don't need much else. One of our favorite things to do is to go out of town and stay in a small hotel room, watch TV and just hang out together. THAT is all I need to be happy.

Concerning reddit:

What is the origin or meaning of your user name?

There's no good story here. I signed up for a yahoo email address probably about 12 years ago and needed a name. I have no clue why but kickme444 ended up being my name and it just stuck.

Total number of reddit identities you’ve had?

This is the only one.

What reddit's do you moderate?

I moderate r/secretsanta and r/alameda.

What is your favorite part of reddit?

My favorite thing about reddit is the community. I love the things that reddit does as a community and will do everything in my power to make that stronger and better.

What do you do when you’re not on reddit?

huh?

Do you think reddit has changed in the last year or so?

Everything changes always. Of course it has … who cares.

If so, do you think it’s been for the better?

I dunno, it's just like life. Certain things get worse and certain things get better. To expect anything in life, on the web or not, to stay the same is just stupid. If you want something to be different than it is, take the initiative and make them better. This year in r/secretsanta has been cool because a small handful of redditors took the initiative and made our subreddit a better place. They are now moderators and doing so on a daily basis … that is how reddit should work.

Final Question:

Is there anything you'd like to plug/promote/advocate?

I dunno, I love listening to people's ideas. I don't always respond to every email I get or every comment posted but I read every single idea that is posted. I am particularly interested in hearing peoples ideas for how we can take what we've created in r/secretsanta and redditgifts and use it to change the world (more than we have) for the better. I want to help people, I want to make the world a better place and I think we can do that using what we have in front of us. All we need is some ideas and I will put the time and effort in to make them happen. So please, give me some ideas!

I will be available to answer questions tomorrow (12/20) from 10am PST to 6pm PST with a 30 - 45 minute break sometime around 11am when I have to do a TV interview. I will continue to answer questions after that but less predictably.

kn0thing

Stats:

Sex:

Male

Age:

27

Relationship Status?

Complicated.

Cats or Dogs?

I go either way

Favorites

Favorite Beverage?

Tap water! Trappist brews and red wine.

Food?

Sushi & pancakes - never together.

Movie?

Aliens, Inglourious Basterds, Fight Club, Matrix, Donnie Brasco... damn, you wanted a movie (singular) didn't you?

Music?

Metallica, NIN, and all the other the other rock bands I was listening to in the 90s. Stones, too.

Book?

Impossible. Best nonfiction I've read lately is White Man's Burden. Go read it now. I know I published xkcd: volume 0, but I'm really more of a nonfiction kinda guy.

Game?

Quake 2 CTF/RocketArena/ActionQuake

What is your favorite word or expression?

Changes often, but presently is: "that rings my bell" as a replacement for "that stirs my cocoa" and an alternative to "you can't cage a tiger."

What makes you laugh?

Satire, dark humor, and silly things.

What is your best feature and what is your worst bug?

Best feature: I can do fun things with my eyebrows. My worst bug: I'm obsessive about work. That sounds like a crappy job interview answer, but it's true, I'm constantly working to try and enjoy the slower moments of life more (w/o thinking about all the other stuff I could be doing).

What is your biggest pet peeve?

Saying that you're "starving" when you're really just wicked hungry. There's an Onion article about this somewhere...

What general area of your country you live in? Do you love it?

MidAtlantic, USA. I'm between Maryland (where I grew up) and New York City (where I'm hoping to live). I love living in the latter and love seeing my dad & childhood friends in the former.

What was the best thing about the last year?

Volunteering for 3 months in Armenia as a kiva fellow!

What are you looking forward to in the next year?

Whatever life is serving.

If you were granted one do-over what would it be?

Making sure all founders stock has vesting. Heh.

All things considered what is the most important thing in the world to you?

My father & my [F]riends (the capital "F" is for 'bail me out of jail' friends).

How did you come up with your user name?

kn0thing = king nothing (Metallica song). It's a handle I've used since highschool in online FPS/RTS matches. Don't hate.

How long did you lurk before signing up?

Not very long ;) spez and I were the first 2 redditors.

Total number of reddit identities you’ve had?

Too many to keep track of. When we started reddit, we had to bug our friends into using it, but supplement their activity with our own (using other usernames). I don't use any of them anymore, though. While I never used them for astroturfing, I did use them to occasionally say things I wouldn't feel it's responsible to say in my capacity as co-founder :) Good luck finding them.

What are some of your favorite subreddits?

/r/TLDR, /r/gaming, /r/wtf, /r/iama, /r/aww

What do you do when you’re not on reddit?

Gmail if I'm still on an Internet-enabled device. If not, and I'm alone, I'm probably reading.

Do you think reddit has changed in the last year or so? If so, do you think it’s been for the better?

Yes, but mostly because they got rid of that dead weight (me and Steve) back in October. I also believe that while the reddit frontpage will continue to regress to the mean -- becoming more and more average as the site becomes more and more popular -- there are still plenty of great subreddits to be found. The communities in many of them remind me of reddit in its early days.

When he is able to provide verifiable proof that he is who he says he is we'll re-post it.
**Edit: since there's a link to the banned post in this thread we're going to put it back up with a disclaimer at the top. **

sezzme

sezzme's Christmas Wishlist!!!

Prelude:

Why are the many questions in this particular ROTD thread different than usual?

Because you are dealing with lil' ol' ME here. ;)

I love to be creative. I love innovation. I love process improvement. I like seeing if I can add a new, more useful and positive creative twist to the usual things. I like seeing how I might be able to inspire other people to think in neat, innovative, new ways regarding the situation at hand.

I asked the mods if I could re-do this questionnaire MY way. They granted me full reign to do whatever I wish. I hope the result here is something that people would especially want to read. And by the way... THANKS everyone!.

The standard ROTD questionnaire has a 9500 character limit. My finished questionnaire ended up just a tad longer than that. So I created a blog just for this thread to link my longer answers from here to there.

I also have a blank youtube channel ready to go. Expect not much to be there in that youtube channel early in the day, but maybe a few new, interesting things will be uploaded there by the time the day is over. Also I intend for some of the sparser blog entries to become more and more detailed as the day goes on.

Why do you think that you got nominated for Redditor of The Day?

My reply to this is here

Stats:

Age?

"I'm not old, I'm just calendar-challenged!" (OK, at least old enough to barely remember the 70s, sheesh.)

Gender:

I am a straight female who tends to love practical things which are normally associated with what guys are into, such as building stuff with various tools, disregarding makeup and fashion, being a geek, having an inborn talent for mechanical thinking skills and having a serious passion for science and tech. I also have been a bit of a creative artist in various arts/crafts mediums, so it all still balances out.

Do you love where you live?:

Yup.

Relationship Status?

"Taken."

Favorites:

Cats or Dogs?

Birds, birds, birds, birds. If I had a pet bird, I'd name it "Faraday." (RFC 1149, FTW!) ;)

Favorite movies/tv shows?

I like learning why something is scientifically, technically or historically awesome. If a TV show does that, I'm all over it. Discovery Channel, History channel, TLC, Science channel, that sort of thing.

I don't have access to cable or dish TV anymore, (can't afford it) so I really miss watching this neat stuff. I try to watch what I can online, but sadly my old laptop is pretty iffy, so I can't watch as much science/tech video as I wish I could.

Music?

Music gets me in treble sometimes.

Radio stations?

I love the local public radio station. NPR rules. However, if they are talking about anything political, I usually switch to the classical music station.

Books?

I read 'em..

What's your favorite sound effect?

I love the magic whistling sounds made by the wings of mourning doves whenever they take flight.

Miscellanea:

If you could create your own national holiday, what would be it's name and what would it celebrate?

Every holiday of the year all at once, as hilariously incongruous as possible.

So you have breast cancer. How do you cope with that situation from day to day?

Truth be told, I often get extremely overwhelmed and lose my sense of positive life too easily nowadays. I also deal with fatigue and nerve damage from the chemo. For some strange reason, telling myself “there's a black hole at the core of many galaxies” is a mind-trick that can help me feel a little bit better. I'm not sure why that helps.

I have also found that at my lowest points, I can sometimes get myself back to a healthier emotional level by cheering up other people. Their positive reaction reflects right back, helping me to honestly feel a bit better. In person, I do this by using my crazy, troll-free sense of humor on random folks if I am out and about.

I also try attempting small acts of “paying it forward” if or whenever possible. Sharing something creative which I made with my hands is also pretty cool. Online, I try to be helpful by offering hopefully smart ideas to help people who are worried about some personal issue.

I don't think I can ever achieve total escape velocity away from that metaphorical black hole. However by trying to make the world around me at least a tiny bit better in whatever small ways I can... this often helps me towards not completely losing all of my light to that ever-present gravity well.

Two redditors, monkey death knife fight, personal thunder dome, comfy chair, etc. etc. etc....?

I have already had enough encounters with knives, scalpels, sutures, scars, etc. for one lifetime. I don't like horror stories, scenarios, movies or pitting people against each other. So if some random thunderdome was given to me, I'd say thanks and then sell it to some random Burning Man attendee. Then I'd use the funds to buy meds and pay some extremely overdue medical bills.

What makes you laugh?

Geek humor in general. XKCD rocks. I love-love-LOVE it when someone tells a geek joke that's at some highly-educated tech/science level - and to my own surprise and delight, I actually GET IT (despite never getting to become anything resembling a degreed academic or an engineer.) If the joke has to be explained to me, that's OK, it means I get to learn some unique new sci-tech thing which is pretty awesome too.

What is your biggest pet peeve?

Over the years, I have observed that peeves don't make very good pets. Especially big ones. Having them around causes a bunch of stress and they tend to be rather expensive to feed. Also if you let a pair or more of them alone together, the damn things can end up breeding like rabbits.

What was the best thing about the last year?

I survived another year despite breast cancer. I slowly got back to walking around normally again (YAY!) after nerve damage from the chemo really screwed up my abilty to move. I don't take the simple act of walking for granted anymore.

What are you looking forward to in the year ahead?

Just staying alive, at least. I'm hoping for some kind of miracle to happen where I get a whole year of peace with no worries about bills, where food is coming from, etc.... I would get to no longer worry, just rest and think and heal. In that context, I could rebuild a new life.

If you were granted one do-over, what would it be?

Cancer is a very harsh sensei, but the deep, wonderful, positive insights and sense of wisdom on life that one gets from going through it are unbelievably priceless. If I could do it again, I'd get those deeper insights granted to me from day one without having to get seriously sick first.

If you could have THE most awesome shout-out ever on your behalf, what would it consist of?

Wishful thinking here, but what the heck..

All things considered what is the most important thing in the world to you?

Surviving cancer long enough to maybe get my life stabilized, perhaps finally go for some of those dreams I was talking about earlier.. One can only hope.

Concerning reddit:

What is the origin or meaning of your user name?

I have an old friend who had a funny habit when he'd get near a door when his hands were full. If he wanted you to open the door for him, he'd yell "Open, sez me!" (Riffing off the old phrase "open sesame" of course.) Turns out it's an old Popeye quote. My name is in honor of that old friend.

What do you do when you’re not on reddit?

There's a life outside Reddit?

What creative ideas might you have for making our ROTD subreddit more interesting?

[I hope some of these musings can be somehow useful.

Final Question:

Is there anything you'd like to plug/promote/advocate?

I am in the middle of a starting new project, handcrafting custom-made brooches and pendants. My focus is mainly on astronomy themes. I've also in the middle of inventing a Reddit nametag thingy that I think you guys might like. Click here for details.

I hope to have more and more interesting pics of my handcrafted works uploaded there before the end of this ROTD thread. It's difficult because I'm still short on some raw materials I need, but I keep on keeping on however I can. Keep checking that link for updated info throughout the day. Also check out my personal subreddit to see what's been fascinating me lately. :)

violentacrez

Is there a man whose username is more synonymous with porn on reddit? I assure you there is not.

Stats:

Sex?

Male

Age?

47

Relationship Status?

Just got married last Christmas. Hopefully, I got it right this time. Three kids that I claim; a step-daughter from my first marriage (and a granddaughter who just turned two!), a son from my first marriage, and a step-son from my second marriage.

Cats or Dogs?

Cats, although I've owned dogs before, and my wife has two. I prefer self-sufficient, quiet animals to spastic bark machines that have to be walked and bathed, and crap in the yard. Before I got married, I had 4 cats in a 900-square-foot apartment. Now, we have 6 cats and two dogs in the house, and we're looking at getting a cockatiel to replace mine that died last summer. I miss Polly.

Favorites:

Favorite Beverage?

Ozarka, beer, mezcal

Food?

Down home country food, like Mom used to make.

Movie?

Fifth Element, sci-fi, things with nekkid hot chicks

Music?

Pretty eclectic. Rock, ska, reggae, blues, bluegrass, C&W, instrumental folk, techno, R&B. I'm currently on a Massive Attack bender.

Book?

Scifi/fantasy. I don't care for the huge tomes that publishers pressure authors to write these days. I grew up with 100 page novels I could read in a sitting.

Game?

I grew up in the 70s playing arcade games, and my eye-hand coordination has never been able to make the switch to thumb-based controllers, so I haven't played any "twitch" games in a long time. Last time I had fun playing PC games were the Myst games and The Neverhood. I do enjoy webgames, though they're usually pretty simple.

What is your favorite word or expression?

I love words in general. I am very fond of the expressions my father used when I was growing up, like "got the ass with someone" when you're mad at them, or "Looks like her face caught on fire and somebody put it out with a rake."

Miscellanea

What is your biggest pet peeve?

Laziness, that manifests in so many areas: too lazy to spell or punctuate properly, too lazy to get in the lane appropriate for your driving speed, etc.

What general area of your country you live in? Do you love it?

I've been in Dallas since '97, but I'm from Charleston, SC. I do like the South. I grew up in the woods, and my ideal retirement would be the Pacific Northwest somewhere.

What was the best thing about 2009?

Getting married (to the right girl, this time!)

What are you looking forward to in 2010?

Getting our boys graduated from high school and into college. Breaking 10,000 subscribers in /r/jailbait.

If you were granted one do-over what would it be?

I would have read to my son more when he was young, instead of letting him watch the idiot box.

All things considered what is the most important thing in the world to you?

My family (and my job, only because it supports them).

Concerning reddit:

How long did you lurk before signing up?

Not long. I signed up with an identifiable name at first, then deleted it pretty quickly and took ViolentAcres when I realized that trolls were welcome on Reddit.

Total number of reddit identities you’ve had?

ViolentAcres, HoLeeFuck, and this one (although I have over 30 novelty/one-off accounts).

What are some of your favorite subreddits?

Well, mine, of course; I've created dozens, and shepherded many others into some form of success. Nothing's broken 10,000 subscribers yet; that's my next goal. As for others, I like OneParagraph, comics, webgames, redditoroftheday, help, modhelp, lgbt, science, scifi, linguistics, wtf & offbeat.

What do you do when you’re not on reddit?

Family stuff, chores, cleaning up and culling my 40-year collection of miscellaneous crap, Okinawan karate, play with the cats, my job, walk the dogs, spend money I don't have, the missus, work on my Reddit blog (which probably doesn't count as not being on Reddit).

Do you think reddit has changed in the last year or so? If so, do you think it’s been for the better?

Well, when the founders retired, the admin team improved 9000%. The level of communication has improved dramatically since October 2009. Otherwise, the biggest change is just that it's gotten so much larger. There are a huge number of new users in the last year, and I miss some of the old trolls, like HappyOfficeWorker. Now there was a troll. Of course, childish trolling like mine doesn't help matters.

For everyone who's offered to help you have my sincere thanks but, without going into the details of why, r/redditoroftheday has come to an end.

It might seem to some, at first glance, that we just need to get a few new mods and then continue on as we were. But the truth is – without anutensil, slapchopsuey and kerrianneta it just wouldn’t be the same. shawdowmic7 might not have been as visible as the others but his contributions to r/redditoroftheday were significant and the countless hours he and pigferret put into making the work flow easier deserve credit they never got but should have.

For the last month I have been largely absent and it was only through the herculean effort of slapchopsuey as well as the efforts of kerrianetta, anutensil, pigferret, shadowmic7 and mbrutsch that rotd continued.

To continue without them would dishonor the time, effort and heart they put into r/redditoroftheday. We have one more redditor to feature on Monday and I hope you’ll join us and take the opportunity to get to know a little more about him.

In a related matter, I’d like to encourage you to thank the moderators who serve your favorite reddits and take a few minutes to consider what we can we to publicly recognize the everyday work of moderators.

For those of you who have been redditors of the day I’d like to thank you for letting us get to know more about you - it’s been an absolute pleasure.

Edit: the response to the above was completely unexpected. I'm going to take a little time to think about all of the offers to help and will get back to everyone as I can.