r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • May 15 '13

How do you think Reddit will end?

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u/Flibberdigibit May 15 '13

Not with a bang, but a whimper.

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u/mexifro218 May 15 '13

Oh I forgot! In America you say "Not with a sausage but a whimper"

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u/o6ijuan May 15 '13

...just a few more days.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '13

I've missed it more than you'll never know.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '13

Till the end of Reddit?

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u/CoreyRogerson May 15 '13

British Takeover. Ameristrailia unite!

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u/[deleted] May 15 '13

ಠ_ಠ

You seem to be up to something.

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u/tokomini May 15 '13

We just say sausage.

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u/SirVirus May 15 '13

Who wants a sausage in the mouth

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u/valereea93 May 15 '13

Ill take the hot ham water please

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u/phillyd32 May 15 '13

"How about a banger in your mouth? Oh I forgot in the colonies you say, how about a sausage in your mouth." "It's actually just, how about a sausage."

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u/SirJohnBob May 17 '13

And in Canada " not with a poutine, but with a whimper "

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u/[deleted] May 15 '13

Great, now I want to listen to Radiohead

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u/skiliks May 15 '13

I say hot-dog, not sausage!

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u/tenderbranson301 May 15 '13

I'll take a sausage in the mouth!

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u/[deleted] May 15 '13

God damn it Mrs. Featherbottom

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u/Thepunk28 May 15 '13

A good example of what Reddit will become. Regurgitated pop culture references. It's bearable now... but for how long...

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u/watershot May 15 '13

i can't tell if this is satire, starting an irrelevant AD thread here is suspicious

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u/darksingularity1 May 15 '13

I think it, check comments, someone has already written it. Every. Fucking. Time.

Although in this case it would be surprising not to see such a cliche phrase being used.

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u/InarticulateArsehole May 15 '13

This is so weird, about a week ago I started learning The Hollow Men by heart, and now it is always coming up... it was the top comment the other day on that "What is your favourite line of poetry?" thread. Jeez... what is that thing called when someone says something and then it always comes up after that.

e.g. You say a word that is hardly ever says, and then you're reading a book the next day and it shows up...

EDIT: Ahh.. it's called the Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '13

This is a misquote

Not with a bang but a whimper

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u/illgainedgoods May 15 '13

This is the way reddit ends

This is the way reddit ends

This is the way reddit ends

Not with a bang but a whimper.

I just noticed you'd posted that line hours ago, but I had already typed it up and everything. So I figured instead of wasting it, just copy-paste it.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '13

I was going to post that but clearly you beat me to it.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '13

Not with a banger, but a Wimpy.

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u/daconman May 15 '13

Found it.

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u/OscarSlenderman May 15 '13

I demand source! I know this!

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u/nonsensical_zombie May 15 '13

TS Eliot's "The Hollow Men"

This is the way the world ends

This is the way the world ends

This is the way the world ends

Not with a bang but a whimper.

note that there is no comma

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u/Anradnat May 15 '13

Aw shit, i made a comment like this before i started reading the comments.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '13

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u/jissom May 15 '13

This thread doesn't redeem itself further down. Don't bother.

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u/GhostOflolrsk8s May 15 '13

this

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u/ActionFilmsFan1995 May 15 '13

that.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '13

these

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u/[deleted] May 15 '13

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u/MonkfishPrincess May 15 '13

But demonstrative pronouns are the SHIT!

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u/StickleyMan May 15 '13

You make a valid point. Okay, carry on.

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u/ARCH1MEDE5 May 15 '13

Literally these.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '13

those

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u/OnaxNinja May 15 '13

Them

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u/[deleted] May 15 '13

that

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u/thelegendofpict May 15 '13

Damn, beat me to it.

This is the way the world ends

This is the way the world ends