Damn it, I was just about to make a post about this. The reddit island saga is in my opinion the funniest story of this site yet, because it proves how genuinely retarded the average redditor truly is. I will summarize what the video says and back it up with sources:
So, their "plan" is to find an island and build a society populated only by redditors on it. Sounds hilariously stupid already, right? But trust them, this time they are super serious about it. And it totally wouldnt end up like when r/redditisland [
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a] tried the exact same thing 10 years ago with no results except those of this revealing poll:
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The following post, made by none other than a 600k karma, 100+ reddit gold receiver and confirmed mask wearer on r/memes [
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a] kicked it off. So, in the May of 2021, r/Reddit_Island [
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a] was created because time is a flat fucking circle.
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Quickly this idea spread like wildfire on reddit, with the subreddit growing to 25k users within less than a month. Memes were made, flags were being created, allegedly one guy even made an anthem (although I cant find the source of that). However, there was a problem. There was no funding. And, as they found out, buying an island was mor expensive than their parents' allowance money. For some godforsaken reason one of the moderators claimed that Elon Musk DMed him and refused to elaborate on that [
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a], but otherwise there was no hope.
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People unironically believed this
In fact, no one had any idea what island to even move to. Pitcairn Island was the most popular choice (
I sure wonder why), but there were no actual plans that weren't just larping. That is, until one day a user came forward with a miracle. He claimed to be the son of a wealthy cuban who planned to gift the island to the reddit users (who obviously need it more), and in return he only needed a few thousand dollars in legal fees to make it work. I do not have archives so take these screenshots from the youtube video:
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After he received 700 dollars in donations he posted this:
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In conclusion, this once again shows how reddit gets enlightened by its own intelligence. The idea alone, combined with them losing money to a nigerian prince tier scam is something not even CHAZ, the Tranch, Jonestown or any other leftist exclave could replicate.