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    #92
    Tar.Aldarion
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,082 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tar.Aldarion


    seamus wrote: »
    I just read the front page. Funny pictures, interesting science news and great TILs. Not really interested in the discussion.

    The discussion is the ebst bit, they rip apart the stories and actually give you the real science etc. often researchers from the groups themselves are posting. Nowhere is better for actually getting opinions from experts in the field etc.


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    #93
    Hail 2 Da Chimp
    Registered Users Posts: 7,589 ✭✭✭Hail 2 Da Chimp


    I think boards loses out on the fact it doesn't have a down vote button - the amount of thanks-whoring on this site it too damn high!


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    #94
    gaz wac
    Registered Users Posts: 1,330 ✭✭✭gaz wac


    Found Reddit about two years ago... takes up my whole day and evenings !!! love it. Spend alot less time on Boards now

    r/spacedi*cks

    /thread

    Wac [3]


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    #95
    MurdyWurdy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,043 ✭✭✭MurdyWurdy


    Love Reddit but only read it, not signed up. Found some great stuff on it. Also I'm fond if cat pictures so it gives me my fix :)


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    #96
    Dravokivich
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Music Moderators, Politics Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 22,360 CMod ✭✭✭✭Dravokivich


    Hail 2 Da Chimp wrote: »
    I think boards loses out on the fact it doesn't have a down vote button - the amount of thanks-whoring on this site it too damn high!

    Is the Up Vote on Reddit not the same thing? Other than being more showboaty and condescending there, as opposed to trying to be witty here.


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    #97
    --Kaiser--
    Registered Users Posts: 6,461 ✭✭✭--Kaiser--


    A librarian is working away at her desk when she notices that a chicken has come into the library and is patiently waiting in front of the desk.
    When the chicken sees that it has the librarian's attention, it squawks,
    "Book, book, book, BOOK!"

    The librarian complies, putting a couple of books down in front of the chicken.
    The chicken quickly grabs them and disappears.

    The next day, the librarian is again disturbed by the same chicken, who puts the previous day's pile of books down on the desk and again squawks,
    "Book, book, book, BOOK!"

    The librarian shakes her head, wondering what the chicken is doing with these books, but eventually finds some more books for the chicken.
    The chicken disappears.

    The next day, the librarian is once again disturbed by the chicken, who squawks (in a rather irritated fashioon, it seems),
    "Book, book, book, BOOK!"

    By now, the librarian's curiosity has gotten the better of her, so she gets a pile of books for the chicken, and follows the bird when it leaves the library.

    She follows it through the parking lot, down the street for several blocks, and finally into a large park. The chicken disappears into a small grove of trees, and the librarian follows.
    On the other side of the trees is a small marsh. The chicken has stopped on the side of the marsh.
    The librarian, now really curious, hurries over and sees that there is a small frog next to the chicken, examining each book, one at a time. The librarian comes within earshot just in time to hear the frog saying,

    "Reddit, reddit, reddit..."


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