196byBrainisfineIthink WTF is 196?!?! (...Rule?)I'M SO FUCKING CONFUSEDView original on lemmy.one24Comments7
Th3F4ult social2.blahajspin.lol3Hide 3 replies196 was the spiritual successor or Reddit's r/195. 195 was created because the original mods had a uni apartment with the number 195, and they used to call it "Apartment of awesome", r/196 was created as a "House of awesome" (Or something like that)20
BrainisfineIthink replylemmy.one2Hide 2 repliesOkay, thank you. So what's with things like the (jam) rule? Is that just people piggy backing off other posts?1
ReveredOxygen replysh.itjust.worksPeople title their posts as rule because they're following the singular rule: if you visit 196, you have to post2
BrainisfineIthink replylemmy.one1Hide 1 replyI was on reddit for 12+ years and this entire phenomenon missed me somehow. That's awesome4
196 was the spiritual successor or Reddit's r/195. 195 was created because the original mods had a uni apartment with the number 195, and they used to call it "Apartment of awesome", r/196 was created as a "House of awesome" (Or something like that)
Okay, thank you. So what's with things like the (jam) rule? Is that just people piggy backing off other posts?
rule
People title their posts as rule because they're following the singular rule: if you visit 196, you have to post
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=r%2F196
I was on reddit for 12+ years and this entire phenomenon missed me somehow. That's awesome
Now you're one of us. :3