ApyteleAug 4, 2023

What did you actually learn from reddit?

https://sh.itjust.works/post/2191792

What did you actually learn from reddit? - sh.itjust.works

I’ll share mine first. I had a psych patient one night pile shitty toilet paper next to his toilet overnight. Normally my psych nurse brain would consider this a symptom of disorganized psychosis, EXCEPT! I remembered an aita post about a conflict between a western OP and his middle eastern roomate trying to figure out why their roommate put their shitty toilet paper in the trash. Turns out many middle eastern toilets can’t handle toilet paper. Oh and inpatient psychiatry doesn’t provide freestanding hard plastic trashcans (turns out they make great clubs). We gave him one of our freestanding paper bag trashcans and problem solved. TL;DR; Reddit expanded my cultural knowledge enough to differentiate disorganized psychotic behaviors from a genuine cultural difference. Thanks reddit! Anyone have any similar examples of positive exchanges of knowledge or culture using reddit?

Show threadestutweh
  • Get a carbon monoxide detector
  • I should have broken both arms when I was a teenager
  • Poop knife
    • Aug 4, 2023 at 8:50amWeb
    Show threadsettolokiAug 4, 2023
    You actually wish you were in a position where your mum would give you a hand job?
    Show threadKecessaAug 4, 2023
    Just a hand job? 🤔
    Show threadInteresting_Test_814Aug 4, 2023

    Get a carbon monoxide detector

    Why do I know the exact post you’re thinking of when you say that ?

    Show threadOverfedRaccoon 🦝Aug 4, 2023
    Because the idea of gradually slipping into psychosis as you question if someone else is leaving you notes as carbon monoxide slowly kills you is pretty terrifying and likely something most people didn’t think about beforehand.
    Show threadPyroAug 4, 2023
    No coconut?
    Show threadsomedaysoonAug 4, 2023
    No Jolly Rancher?
    Show threadLokoschadeAug 4, 2023
    What is the broken arms thing a reference to?
    Show threadDoctorWhookahAug 4, 2023
    Reddit lore of a teenager who broke both arms and was unable to rub one out as a result. Frustration sets in so mom helps him out with a handy and that turns into a full on sexual relationship.
    Show threadSanguineParAug 4, 2023
    There’s a Lemmy community dedicated to preserving this sort of stuff - commenting here so I can return when I get the link.
    Show threadLokoschadeAug 5, 2023
    Oh no…ok I actually know that story too. Aw man what has the internet done to me…
    Show threadUnknownQuantityAug 4, 2023
    What’s a poop knife?
    Show threadMannivuAug 4, 2023
    knowyourmeme.com/memes/poop-knife
    Poop Knife | Know Your Meme

    Poopknife refers to the jokes made about a story posted to the /r/confessions subreddit in which a man tells of how he discovered that not every household

    Know Your Meme
    Show threadUnknownQuantityAug 6, 2023
    What?! Why would you need to cut up fecal matter? Cut the shit man!
    Show threadDubious_FartAug 4, 2023
    Someone wants to be a momma’s boy.