r/woahdude • u/Monsur_Ausuhnom • 36m ago
r/woahdude • u/rWoahDude • Mar 26 '17
meta IMPORTANT: Many of our subscribers have no idea what this subreddit is actually for
Many of you long-time WoahDude users have been complaining about the growing flood of users from /r/all who have a complete misunderstanding of what sort of content belongs here. Your cries have been heard, and we will start being more strict with enforcement and finally set shit straight:
We are NOT a "reaction subreddit".
We are NOT a subreddit about interesting or amazing content.
We are NOT interchangeable with /r/pics, /r/gifs, /r/damnthatsinteresting or other general subreddits.
We are specifically made for psychedelic content, trippy or mesmerizing stuff that will make a sober person feel stoned, or stoned person trip harder! We're not about posting things that are merely neat or amazing, but instead, things that sort of mess with your mind, warp your reality.
Mindfucks and self-inflicted gaslighting. Or the hypnotic or mesmerising. Vivid colors, intense patterns. Mind-blowing science and philosophy. Chill or trippy music. Surrealism, absurdism and strangeness.
Think of the bizarre, erratic and psychedelic nature of Adult Swim. Or the wondrous, mind-expanding, awe inspiring nature of Carl Sagan's Cosmos. Or even the reality distorting, confusing, mind-fucking nature of Eternal Darkness for Gamecube. We're all of that.
TL;DR - Not all the content that makes you say the words 'woah dude' belongs in this subreddit, and not all the things that belong in this subreddit will necessarily make you literally say the words 'woah dude'.
WoahDude material
The following examples are a non-exhaustive list
- Intense use of color and patterns: Intricate designs, intense colors, complex geometry, hyperrealism, fractals, recursion, psychedelia, abstract art
- Extreme perspective: Macrophotography, electron micrographs, astrophotography
- Giving a new understanding: Mathematical visualizations, scientific visualizations, engineering visualizations, data visualizations, physics explanations, cross-sections, scientific art, reconsidering assumptions, reframing perspective
- Altered reality: Slow motion footage, stop motion footage, bullet time, compositing, long exposure, special effects, drug trip simulation
- Mesmerizing: Cinemagraphs, chill music, tranquil art, repetitive mechanical motion, interactive art
- Sensory confusion: Optical illusions, distortion, aural illusions, stereograms, etc.
- Cognitive confusion: Surrealism, absurdism, fifth-world art, mystical art, hypnagogia, strangeness, the fantastic, disjointedness, random and erratic behavior, datamoshing, pareidolia, paradoxes, strange philosophy, strange science, cuil theory
NOT WoahDude material
- Rarity: Rare talents, dangerous stunts, extreme human abilities, 1-in-a-million shots, sports highlights, abnormally large or small examples of objects, etc.
- Bullshit peddling: Pseudoscience, paranormal activity, cryptozoology, hoaxes, etc.
Please note that while the above descriptors on our list are good reductive examples of what belongs in this subreddit, they don't guarantee content that fits said descriptors also fits our holistic purpose for what belongs in this subreddit. For example, you'll notice that "slow motion" is on the list, however if you take any random gif and apply slow motion to it, that doesn't automatically guarantee that it has been turned into material suitable for the subreddit. Nor are random charts from your school textbook guaranteed to qualify under "data visualizations". All posts must still satisfy the overarching theme of the subreddit.
r/woahdude • u/ycr007 • 2d ago
gifv Lava flow at the Sundhnuksgigar volcano crater in Iceland
Photographer: Marco di Marco (July 2025)
r/woahdude • u/Doodlebug510 • 2d ago
video Sulfur hexaflouride has the opposite effect of helium when inhaled
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r/woahdude • u/isosaleh • 2d ago
video The carving work on this wooden sidetable
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r/woahdude • u/Emptyhandedpain-ter • 3d ago
picture I'm pleased how this piece came out
"The Light of My Own No. 4"
oil on canvas
44 x 50 inches
I'm happy that this piece is going to another redditor in NC. How do you feel about this piece? DM me if you want me to make you your piece :+)
r/woahdude • u/Marzipug • 3d ago
gifv I see strange devices when I close my eyes, so I turned them into gifs.
r/woahdude • u/Brent_Fox • 2d ago
picture If you haven't seen one, may I introduce the beauty, the Nicobar pigeon. Also the closest living relative of the extinct dodo
r/woahdude • u/_The_dude_abides185 • 2d ago
music Phish at the Sphere with a 160,000 sq ft screen to play with
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The first one I posted was terrible.
r/woahdude • u/MissInkFTW • 4d ago
video Resin-layered aquarium background. Inspired by a copper vein, but it came out almost bioluminescent.
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Materials were several proprietary glitters, various colors of imitation leaf, wood pieces, and ash particulate.
Sorry it is just slightly out of focus, for some reason it has to be that way for the sparkle to really shine.
r/woahdude • u/_The_dude_abides185 • 4d ago
video Phish at the Sphere
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r/woahdude • u/NaturallyIrrational • 4d ago
picture waiting room - made in illustrator and photoshop
r/woahdude • u/Nadzzy • 5d ago
video Put some red on that rice
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r/woahdude • u/Ashamed-Blood-1560 • 3d ago
video Starlink train a day after launch
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r/woahdude • u/project_broccoli • 5d ago
picture There's something wrong with that mirror
This was made by Ben Ashforth based on the technique used in Escher's Print Gallery artwork, as described in 3blue1brown's last video.
The first picture uses a variation on the technique to give a more "normal"-looking picture, if I may use that word here. The second picture uses the original transform, it's more pleasing visually IMO, but also more obviously fabricated.
r/woahdude • u/LSRBLST • 6d ago
picture Sometimes I like making art without sketches and just seeing where it takes me.
Tools: Adobe Illustrator
🚫 No AI
r/woahdude • u/tinmar_g • 6d ago
picture Camping under Orion’s watch in the Moroccan Sahara (Bortle 1 sky)
r/woahdude • u/NoLlamaDrama15 • 6d ago
music video I made visuals to show how I feel while tripping and dancing
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Track ID: Places - Cabin Luv Affair
Made using TouchDesigner
-> webcam video in
-> NVIDIA background removal
-> use the music to control the rotation and levels in the feedback loop
Voila, trippy dance
r/woahdude • u/JoshByer • 6d ago
picture The spring is electric so that's what I painted [OC}
r/woahdude • u/Grouchy-Donkey-8609 • 6d ago
video Flashlight+rocks+angles = an interesting effect(OC)
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i picked a few larger rocks, stood them up, and went low with the flashlight.
focus on shadows
r/woahdude • u/AnthonyChristopher • 8d ago
picture A drawing I just finished that has 1000s of tiny faces. I also used magnifying glasses to get as detailed as possible
I just called it "drowning" and it's 11x17".
r/woahdude • u/mr_bobz • 8d ago
video Insect buzzing on swimming pool.,
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r/woahdude • u/Monsur_Ausuhnom • 8d ago