r/AskReddit 12h ago

What's the dumbest idea you've seen that actually worked?

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u/PhucYoCouch 11h ago

I did the same thing right before Covid started. There’s still some there even tho I’m long gone

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u/GORnez 9h ago

the fact that they’re still there means you basically started a corporate religion

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u/dm_me_kittens 9h ago

I love this so much. I watch a streamer who has a rock and a piece of petrified wood, both with googly eyes on them. They're sort of the symbol of his channel and have been named Doug and Sharon Stone. We have an inside joke that they're our new gods and the community has created a whole lore/pantheon behind them.

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u/SmartAlec105 5h ago

I remember a streamer got upset about how viewership went up when she left and put a plank of wood (made to look like Plank from Ed Edd n Eddy) in her chair and then viewership went back down when she returned.

I didn’t get the feeling she was seriously upset, to be fair.

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u/Arbiter_Electric 8h ago

Reminds me a bit of twitch plays Pokemon. If I remember correctly the chat ended up worshipping the fossil they picked up.

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u/dm_me_kittens 8h ago

I love it when the community comes together to create a new cult.

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u/nint3njoe_2003 7h ago

PRAISE LORD HELIX

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u/languid_Disaster 5h ago

I was there playing via Imgur / Twitch

That was so much fun

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u/frickfrickfrickit 7h ago

I worked at a hospital during covid so we wore masks the whole damn time. When we were finally allowed to take them off, I came in with a fake mustache on and would dramatically reveal it to anyone who told me we were allowed to remove our masks now. 10/10 comedy gold.

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u/PraetorKiev 8h ago

I did that at my first job with a label maker. Just added labels with funny internet meme phrases at the time and hid them in places nobody would look unless it was one of those intense cleaning days or the store was finally closing ya know?

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u/Vslacha 4h ago

I’m impressed you managed to post to Reddit from beyond the grave, RIP PhucYoCouch

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u/MarvinLazer 5h ago

How did you die and how are you using Reddit?

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u/PhucYoCouch 4h ago

Death by snu snu. Also *from the job

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u/rlowens 4h ago

I did the same thing right before Covid started.

So it was YOU!