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/r/pics/comments/7pul7w/the_family_went_to_maui_but_my_brother_and_i_had/
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"Looks like a pretty chill hang. ",
"It works better when the beers are opened. ",
"True. This was 15 minutes before I was leaving for work, plus I don't drink Heineken, noooooooo way",
"Go to Facebook douchebag.",
"Yikes",
"Forget Maui. ",
"JAMES FRANCO? IT'S ME GAGE",
"MY DUUUUUUUUDE",
"[Also when the beers are actually good.](https://img.memecdn.com/piss-heineken_o_306031.jpg)",
"I'm getting very distinct \"Ferris Bueller's Christmas Vacation\" vibes. At least it looks like Cameron has finally learned to mellow out.",
"HEINEKEN?? FUCK THAT SHIT! PABST BLUE RIBBON!!!",
"St Michael's Church, Fort Walton, Kansas?",
"Uncalled for",
"White trash, in trouble!",
"dude i lived in hawaii for the last 5 years everybody drinks heineken and corona its horrible.\n",
"Random but are you in spokane? lol",
"I was thinking beaded Idubbbz and non-bearded Idubbbz.",
"it's prob a good thing they locked you out of the house",
"I upvoted you for the Heineken hate then downvoted you for the Pabst praise.",
"Ahh the white sand beaches of Malaysia!",
"Are his shorts tight-rolled? Someone never wants to get laid. ",
"Silvah Bullets FTW!",
"You get that elephant button up in Thailand??",
"Spirit of The North!",
"Any HOT TACOS for sale nearby?",
"oh god I tried that beer flavored piss once...\n\ndon't get all the hype except maybe it's cheap...\n\nyeah I'm spoiled by microbreweries",
"Sure did! Nice catch ",
"👌🏼",
"WHAT MOVIE IS THAT FROM?! I’ve been looking for that scene since I saw it on Reddit one time but have never been able to track it down ",
"Blue Velvet",
"House to yourself? That sounds better than a family vacation. ",
"Such an amazing place! Did you make it to Pai??",
"Someone shops at Costco \n\n(TB chairs)",
"I don’t believe so, we went to Koh Phiphi, Koh Samoi, Koh Phangan, and one night in Phuket. Thailand was amazing, I can’t wait to go back ",
"Checked his comment history, he’s somewhere between a troll and an angsty teen who can’t stop commenting on people’s appearances.",
"But *my* basketball all shorts are clearly sexier ",
"A few years ago my PIL told my SIL that they were going to Cancun. She gets all excited and says \"OMG We're going to Cancun\". They just said \"no WE are going to cancun, you get to watch the dogs.\"",
"So they took the bottle opener with then too? That's cold!",
"Those are the best camping/beach chairs. So many pockets and a small cooler taboot. Good choice, friend.",
"did you ever try steinlager? Im a pilsner kinda guy anyways but the steinlager was much better than the heineken and corona piss.",
"a couple of times but I mainly stuck with kona brewing companys big wave golden ale",
"My family is in Costa Rica right now... I should be vacationing with you right now!!"
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The family went to Maui, but my brother and I had to stay home for school. No worries, we’re having our own vacation!!
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/r/pics/comments/7puqpp/spent_30_minutes_looking_for_my_dog/
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"He’s in the bush mate! In the middle down the bottom, go get him.",
"100% my dog couldn't hide here with out running to see me as soon as I walk outside. ",
"You might want to get your dog out of there before the hedge immobilises your dog and dissolves his body for nutrients. "
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Spent 30 minutes looking for my dog
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/r/pics/comments/7puub9/practicing_my_inking/
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"Tracer",
"Nice work, hope your older so you get the reference ",
"https://youtu.be/bEZjHUdrLvE",
"Just realized that's Casey... Grew up to be kinda cool!! Thanks for the nostalgia!! ",
"Cool!",
"epic",
"Needs more red.",
"Came here expecting this...was not disappointed. ",
"This is gross.",
"Nice work! Who drew it?",
"Thanks. Well I did.",
"I don't think you're practicing it - I think you're doing it.",
"It amazes me that people are this good at art. Well done, seriously",
"Your work is beautiful 😍 I’d love to get this tattooed on me somewhere!",
"Aside from the sexual harassment :/ Ben's doing good though!\n\nEdit: upon further inspection, it looks like Ben had a similar incident in 2003... everyone I like is bad :l",
"Beautiful!"
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Practicing my inking
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/r/pics/comments/7puubz/this_sign_is_metal_as_hell/
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"“So you’re saying there’s a chance?”",
"> There's nothing in this cave worth dying for!\n\nThey're hiding something in there.",
"“Meh. I’m sure it’s just to cover their asses.”",
"They keep all the cool shit in that cave, that's why **they** don't want you to go in there. ",
"Is this in all the cenotes or just the one?",
"Ooh a new sub to sub to, thx!",
"I wish more dangerous dive spots had signs like this ",
"Farther not further? ",
"“One time we successfully mated a bulldog with a shih Tzu, we called it a Bullshit”",
"60% of the time, it works every time ",
"Farther for physical distance, further for everything else.",
"I thought the sign said \"Stop preventing your death!\" That were 2 very confusing moments for me.",
"What is cave equipment? ",
"[This is pretty good reason to abide.] (https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/magazine-36097300) Worth the long read.",
"Yeah, a big pile of wetsuits, tanks and skeletons.",
">Any idiot can drown in a bathtub. It takes training to die in a cave.",
"There's a great documentary about this. ",
"While this may be a rule in some style guides, and is a perfectly good rule to use for yourself, it's not actually a universal rule. Historically they come from the same root, and were interchangeable when not describing literal distance. There's been an ebb and flow between the two throughout the last two centuries. Although \"farther\" is more dominant for distance it's not uncommon to see \"further ahead\" \"walk further\" and similar uses. ",
"One of them watched their own friend die when he got stuck and was switching rebreathers. Fuck...\n\n\nMaybe I don't have the spirit of discovery, but I don't see how that can be worth it to anybody.",
"Title?",
"\"Nice set'o'hooters ya got there\"",
"I can't help but read it in Dwight Schrute's voice.",
"Don't remember. I'm sure you could Google from the article details. ",
"\"diving into the unknown\" - It's very interesting but also harrowing",
"Yeah, some of them actually like Everest where the waypoints are like climbers boots with the feet still inside of them.",
"Whaaaat, so you're saying finding Forrester lied to us all this time?",
"Nope. Any diver that can be found in a cave like this would be recovered. These sign's aren't in the hugely difficult to reach caves. They are in the caves most cave divers can get into. Unlike Everest, it is possible to recover bodies.\n\nSome are left deep in extremely challenging caves, but they won't have these signs.",
">Huotarinen seemed to be starting to panic, which meant he risked breathing too fast. Gronqvist gave him a cylinder of gas to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide in his system, but while Huotarinen was switching mouthpieces, he started helplessly swallowing water.\n\nShit, The poor guy panicked.",
"There's a small part of me that feels more compelled to do it after reading that sign.",
"I bet that’s just where the treasure is hidden 😎",
"The Utah cave story is also very tragic - and chilling, as it could happen to most anyone just exploring.\n\nhttp://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=50073473&itype=cmsid",
"Theres something in there. And im gonna find it. ",
"The rust from the fasteners is streaking out towards the edge of the sign. Does that mean the current is pressing into the face of the sign, thereby pressing the divers farther into the cave?",
"I had a friend die in a cave, trying to rescue another diver who ran out of air. \n\ncave diving is very dangerous, don't even think about it without equipment skills and training.\n\n-the story is my buddy and his 3 friends were cave diving in n fla, one got too low on air, so my buddy stayed with him, and the other 2 when for more tanks. by the time the other 2 got back down, they were dead. all were cave dive cert. spare tanks, regs, hand reels, etc. \n\nkick up some silt and you are blacked out, not knowing which way is up. add depth and narcosis, and it can get ugly fast.\n\n",
"Looks safe to me",
"There's a good reason that cavers refer to cave diving as cave dying. /r/caving ",
"Personally I think it'd be more effective to have a list of names and dates of people that had previously died there or in the area.\n\nPeople die on occasion at the beaches near me and reading about it always makes me respect the water a little more.\n\nThough that may be disrespectful to their kin...not sure.",
"But the nice skeleton man is beckoning me to come in.",
"Why would there be signs like this outside of less dangerous caves but no signs infront of the more dangerous ones?\n\n",
"ALL caves are dangerous to dive in. The more difficult ones are usually more difficult to get to, and are less traveled, or not supported by a Cave Diving association like NSSCDS. \n\nWhere as the caves with these signs are the ones that Joe Diver can access. Joe Diver will die in a cave. Joe Cave Diver will not. Joe Diver goes in, dies. Joe Cave Diver brings them out.\n\nIn the end, these signs cost money, and unless there is an agency supporting the cave with above water amenities like benches or change rooms, stairs, and these signs. These are the ones where most divers will go to. The more difficult ones people don't access because its hard.\n\nI believe this sign is in a system in Florida that the access is in a fairly open spring. Anyone can pay their park fees and then go in.",
"For white people ",
"lol, must be!",
"yo wetsuits are expensive. I'm in.",
"No shit, it's the rule I tell people because it's how I think it should be, nerd.",
"I know of one case where a relatively unexplored cave was visited by a skilled team, who on their first dive found the remains of a local sports diver who had disappeared in it years previously.\n\nBut yes, cave divers generally go to great lengths to recover their fallen. Just look at the [Plura rescue](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-36097300).",
"Actually in the cave that this sign is from has bidies of divers they cant find. Its at the entrance of a huge cave system in Florida where at least twice a year some moron dies.",
"What does the back say? ",
"Vortex Springs, FL?",
"Fuck yeah",
"Whimberly, Texas? Jacobs Well?",
"Thank you.",
"Which cave system? I don't believe Eagles Nest has one, which as far as I know is the only one with bodies in it. Ginne, Jug, Devils, the have been mapped and explored completely, bodies are removed.",
"From an article I read on nydailynews they were speaking about a father and son who died and they had a picture of this sign saying they ignored it.",
"They died in Eagles Nest and the bodies were recovered the next day.\n\nThe father was only an Open Water diver, certified to 60 feet in open water, caves are not open water. The son wasn't even certified. They were found at about 300 feet of depth."
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This sign is metal as hell
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/r/pics/comments/7puuev/this_is_private_emmanuel_mensah_who_died_two/
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"He was 28 years old.\n\n> Private Emmanuel Mensah went off to serve in the Army National Guard, but it was back home where he made the ultimate sacrifice.\n\n> Mensah died trying to rescue people from his burning apartment building this week in the Bronx, New York, in the city's deadliest fire in more than 25 years, Mayor Bill de Blasio said.\nAs Mensah's father tells it, he went back into the building twice to rescue neighbors. But he did not make it out alive.\n\n> \"Private Emmanuel Mensah was a first-generation immigrant, a soldier and a New Yorker. He gave his life rescuing his neighbors in the Bronx fire. His heroism exemplifies the best of our city. Rest in peace,\" the mayor said Saturday.\n\nhttp://www.cnn.com/2017/12/30/us/emmanuel-mensah-bronx-fire/index.html\n\n> Emmanuel Mensah was a handsome, strongly built young man in his late 20s who immigrated to the Bronx from Ghana five years ago. He joined the Army National Guard but returned to his apartment on Prospect Avenue in December, after graduating from boot camp with the rank of private first class.\n\n> “He brought four people out,” said his uncle, Twum Bredu, who lives next door. “When he went to bring a fifth person out, the fire caught up with him.”\n\n> Private Mensah was found in Apartment 15, his uncle said, but he lived in Apartment 11, with a friend of his father’s who was at home with his wife and four children.\n\n> Private Mensah, a decorated soldier who had been awarded a medal for marksmanship and was planning to join the military police, got that family to safety, then pulled out four more people, his uncle said, before returning to the building.\n\n> He never emerged; the authorities said he died of smoke inhalation.\n\nhttp://blogafrik.com/u-s-embassy-honors-ghanaian-born-soldier-mensah-died-saving-bronx-inferno-victims/\n\n> US Embassy Ghana @USEmbassyGhana\n\n> For sacrificing his own life to rescue others during the Bronx fire, the U.S. Army has posthumously awarded Private 1st Class Emmanuel Mensah the Soldier's Medal. The Soldier's Medal is the Army's highest award for heroism that occurs outside of combat. \n\nhttps://twitter.com/USEmbassyGhana/status/951021171822260225",
"I'm just waiting for that bowl of oatmeal Huckabee Sanders to defend Donnie on this one.",
"To Valhalla",
"I’m confused. There are indeed shitty countries. And wouldn’t the fact that great people, like this hero, left said country prove the orangelo correct. I mean fuck trump, but this is convoluting the situation. He said counties. I guess since he says so many many gross things, it doesn’t really matter. Just thinking out loud. ",
"Private First Class",
"This really needs to reach front page. \n\nIt's the Toxic Populism that blinds people to the fact that you can never generalise a nationality/race/creed/whatever. We are all human beings.\n\nso sorry for his family's loss.\n",
"Goes to show how these \"shithole\" immigrants care more about our country than our shithole president.",
"What a hero! We didn’t deserve him. Our country has become the shithole.",
"The_donald is already defending this because “it’s true” and “that’s how real Americans talk”. \n\nNo. No it’s not. ",
"What a hero. The president wouldn’t recognize courageous service if it slapped him across the face. ",
"Visit t_d , you will get thousand ...",
"Couldn’t you kept politics out of this. Any way, brave man. ",
"RIP",
"There is no doubt that the man was a hero, but why does everyone keep blasting America? One person does not make America. If people had enough money to travel, they would realize that Sweden, Belgium and Denmark are the only countries that are “better” than America. A better question should be, “why hasn’t twitter suspended Trump’s twitter account in the name of national security?”",
"Okay, let’s break this down. Let’s say Ghana is a shithole for the purposes of argument. Great people do leave it and come here, we know that. Why, then, are we trying to shut down immigration from countries like this? It seems to me like they’re sending their best and brightest, so “but Ghana is a shithole” doesn’t actually make any sense next to “so we shouldn’t let people from Ghana in.”",
"so shithole countries=shithole people. That’s a leap. Fuck this. I wont defend this orangeutan. But, I respectfully agree to disagree.",
"President bone-spurs hasn’t even visited any troops either. So it’s unsurprising to say the least.",
"Shithole president confirmed",
"/u/Go_Habs_Go31, thank you for your submission! Unfortunately, it has been removed for violating the following rule(s):\n\n* Rule IV - Title violates title guidelines.\n\nYour title must directly relate to the event in the picture. \n\nYou can read the full information about our title guidelines at /r/pics/w/titles\n\n\n\n\nFor information regarding this and similar issues please see the [rules](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/about/rules/) and [title guidelines](/r/pics/w/titles). If you have any questions, please feel free to [message the moderators.](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose?to=/r/pics&subject=Question regarding the removal of this submission by /u/Go_Habs_Go31&message=I have a question regarding the removal of this [submission.](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/7puuev/this_is_private_emmanuel_mensah_who_died_two/?context=10\\))",
"Then what was Trump trying to say? Was it supposed to be a sincere question?",
"“Why are we having all these people from shithole countries come here?” Is this quote wrong? Where does he say it produces shit immigrants? \n",
"> Not from Ghana.\n\nOk.\n\n> US Embassy Ghana @USEmbassyGhana\n\n> For sacrificing his own life to rescue others during the Bronx fire, the U.S. Army has posthumously awarded Private 1st Class Emmanuel Mensah the Soldier's Medal. The Soldier's Medal is the Army's highest award for heroism that occurs outside of combat.\n\nhttps://twitter.com/USEmbassyGhana/status/951021171822260225",
"Yeah, but there is nothing quite like seeing someone get up and be paid to do it.",
"Well, I’m actually more concerned about this hero, who recently lost his life, being pigeonholed to fit a narrative. It’s shame-full. And I don’t even know anybody who hates Trump more than me. Nobody. But this soldier deserves some respect. Who even knows his political perspective????",
"Well, I’m actually more concerned about this hero, who recently lost his life, being pigeonholed to fit a narrative. It’s shame-full. And I don’t even know anybody who hates Trump more than me. Nobody. But this soldier deserves some respect. Who even knows his political perspective????",
"You deleted this thread over a title violation? Really dude? ",
"Well, I’m actually more concerned about this hero, who recently lost his life, being pigeonholed to fit a narrative. It’s shame-full. And I don’t even know anybody who hates Trump more than me. Nobody. But this soldier deserves some respect. Who even knows his political perspective????",
"I agree, I don't like attaching political beliefs to those who can no longer contribute their own thoughts on the matter. I just happened to come across your comment chain and wanted to know more about your perspective on something Trump said unrelated to the main picture.",
"It doesn’t really matter what his political perspective was, he was an excellent man that came from a “shithole” country, and what we’re talking about today is whether good people from shithole countries should be allowed in. I’m not going to pretend that every country is wonderful, but what I will tell you is that someone from a shithole country that shows up here under their own steam is a more motivated and effective human being than I am. My parents fucked and had me, that’s my claim to citizenship. Anyone who came here from Ghana worked harder than I did. \n\nIf you’re smart enough to make enough the money to get here and navigate our byzantine immigration system while coming from a so-called shithole, you worked way harder than I did to be an American, and that’s something I think we should respect. At the end of the day, we’re a nation of immigrants. My Swedish great grandfather came here knowing the phrase “cup of coffee” and nothing else in English, and he made something of himself. It’s insane to pull the ladder up just because your folks got to climb it. This is not an ethnostate, this is a country where the Irish and the Italians were viewed as being not properly white, and then the definitions changed. Let them change again, let us not be stuck in the same loops of intolerance that have fucked Americans over for centuries.",
"No shit. "
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This is Private Emmanuel Mensah, who died two weeks ago after rescuing four people from his burning apartment building in the Bronx. He was from Ghana, a country his commander-in-chief thinks produces shithole immigrants
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/r/pics/comments/7puxj3/how_about_some_appreciation_for_this_amazing/
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"who is it?",
"Pass",
"Pink..,singer 🤷🏻♀️",
"Genuinely have no idea who that is.",
"I think it’s Dink ",
"Wish you could Google pictures.",
"Pink",
"/u/polarbearsatemyface, thank you for your submission! Unfortunately, it has been removed for violating the following rule(s):\n\n* Rule IV - Title violates title guidelines.\n\nYour title must directly relate to the event in the picture. \n\nYou can read the full information about our title guidelines at /r/pics/w/titles\n\n\n\n\nFor information regarding this and similar issues please see the [rules](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/about/rules/) and [title guidelines](/r/pics/w/titles). If you have any questions, please feel free to [message the moderators.](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose?to=/r/pics&subject=Question regarding the removal of this submission by /u/polarbearsatemyface&message=I have a question regarding the removal of this [submission.](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/7puxj3/how_about_some_appreciation_for_this_amazing/?context=10\\))"
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How about some appreciation for this amazing human! Beautiful
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/r/pics/comments/7puzfs/mmm_birdmm_birdy_birdy_birdy_betty/
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"Lil cutie",
"But isn't Betty.. A woman's name? ",
"*My finger points*",
"So glad that you guys got it！"
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"Mmm bird...mm birdy, birdy, birdy" -Betty
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"Adventure awaits ",
"Great picture. But all of the sails are furled, so it is not actually sailing.",
"*motorsailing* "
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Sailing into the night
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"Men aren't blonde. ",
"So we can clone him?",
"I wonder if it's John Player the cigarette mogul... ",
"Looks white to me",
"but he was exiled",
"\"Not tonight Josephine, I'm staying in to dye my hair....\""
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The hair of Napoleon Bonaparte
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"Good bot",
"Ask us Indigenous people what we think about his comment.",
"Seriously, what do you think of his comment? \n \nI'm not from the US, so I watch his antics from a distance and have no real way of knowing how his behaviour (or policies) affect the US population.",
"\"... Could might become?\" This has Photoshop written all over it. #FakeNews, lol",
"We destroyed nations to create a nation of freedom how ironic.",
"Quote’s real, “could” is a typo. [here’s the full letter.](https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/04-06-02-0266). ",
"Ok but this dude had slaves.",
"I think he's referring to Washington's quotation here. \n\nIt sounds nice, but American Indians didn't end up enjoying any of that good will. \n\nThough i don't know that it's fair to lay that at Washington's feet. ",
"Half of Americans never wanted him there in the first place. The other half are having an increasingly difficult job pretending the choice was the correct one. As a Republican who never wanted Trump, I'm ready to see his term end.",
"He also said in that letter...\n\n>this Country certainly promises greater advantages, than almost any other, to persons of moderate property, who are determined to be sober, industrious & virtuous members of Society.\n\nWhat Trump and the Republican party are seeking is a system of immigration that is merit based and not based on your origin.\n\nJust because someone is from a country with a literacy rate of 61% doesn't mean they are going to be a better immigrant than someone from The Netherlands. The letter was to a Dutchman.",
"Ever traveled through the Midwest? Theres plenty of room for folks.",
"\"There are too many people in general in the United States, we really don’t have room for any more\".\n\n\n\nJesus, does nobody know how to write basic English anymore.\n\n\n\n\nTo add, compared to most of the world, the United States is almost an empty wilderness. Maybe you should get out a bit more before spouting utter bullshit, you frothing illiterate.\n\n",
"That really isn't true.\n\nThe US has 33 people per square kilometre.\n\nThe UK, for example, has 255. (England has 420!)\n\nGermany has 229.\n\nThe US has *plenty* of room for the population to grow, so long as it grows at a predictable rate.\n\nThere are valid arguments against immigration, but \"there's no room!\" certainly isn't one of them.",
"I don't think you understand what \"appropriate\" means. The founding fathers created the conceptual foundation of a free nation, but left people in bondage and excluded women from power. They stole this nation from indigenous people through murder and deception.\n\nGiven the proper, historical framing of Washington, this isn't achieving the goal of criticizing Trump the way you think it would.",
"We could just say civilized people...",
"Ok, but how does that fit into the conversation??? \n You are displaying classic \"Whataboutism\" and is exactly what Trump and Putin use... great job...",
"England and Germany maybe aren't the best countries to use as examples of \"look, there is tones of space for immigrants\" due to the amount of problems that have arisen from there coming over",
"I'm sure people would be happy to live out in the wilderness in a tent or treehouse, they certainly won't ask for expensive luxuries like running water, flushing toilets and electricity.\n\nPlenty of room for folks yeah but who's willing to pay to build the infrastructure willing to house them? To educated them so in 5-10 years they're able to contribute to the society, if they ever will?",
"How's that?\n\nMuch, much, much more people die in attacks in the US. Your gun crime and murder rates are through the roof.\n\nEDIT: Also, FYI, a slightly higher proportion of the population in the US are immigrants than the UK.",
"Most do.",
"And Jefferson was a racist that would make modern southerns look like kids.\n\nJefferson said that the races (black and white) were to be divided and separate, and in no way shape or form are they to be mixed, they are to have their own nation, in what is now known as Liberia.\n\nWhen Washington said what was in the image, they imagined European settlers, white-skinned people that could assimilate easily with the Judeo-Christian lifestyle of America. He certainly wasn't referring to people in Southern Africa, India, or China at the time and if you say otherwise you need to pop open a history book and read the choice words some of our founding fathers had to say about the \"lesser peoples\".\n\nObviously now in modern America these sentiments are different (except for our president), but to take Washington's words and attempt to use them to further your agenda when Washington himself would never in a million years agree with what you're trying to peddle is just stupid.",
"Your talking about immigration and population density. \n\nLet's not bring the 2nd amendment into this.",
"No I'm not",
"*You're\n\nYes, we are talking about that, and you haven't put forward a proper rebuttal.\n\nHow come killings in Europe count, but killings in the US don't?\n\nBeing gunned down in the US is *far* more likely than being blown up in the UK.",
">Given the proper, historical framing of Washington, this isn't achieving the goal of criticizing Trump the way you think it would. \n\nNot OP, but I'm guessing that's not the goal. I imagine the point is that Trump's supporters are the kind that will jerk themselves off all over the founding fathers when its convenient, yet they don't actually uphold the values they founded this country upon.\n\nPersonally I find the blind allegiance to the founding fathers absurd and a little too doctrinaire, but it doesn't stop the GOP from trying to claim it.",
"you mean like if they didn't commit more violent crimes than native born Americans? oh wait... [they don't commit more violent crimes than native born Americans.](http://www.businessinsider.com/immigrants-commit-less-crime-than-native-born-americans-trump-speech-2017-3/#native-born-americans-are-incarcerated-at-a-much-higher-rate-than-immigrants-1)",
"Calm down. It’s a Washington quote. It’s not silly whataboutism to talk about Washington.",
"Major typo. Seriously, proof read.",
"Does crime only count if someone dies?\nThere is more to crime and social disruption/disturbing the peace than gun violence.\n\nI'm not American. I'm a EU citizen (with an apparent poor grasp of English) and can only say what I have experienced here. Not even media reports, I mean with my own eyes. Effecting my own friends and family.\n\nI feel bad for refugees and people who genuinly want to better themselves. But open boarder policy has not worked for the 'richer' EU countries. It has actually fucked them up pretty bad.\nI don't think cramming people from 3rd world countries into every spare house in the Midwest is an answer to anybodies troubles.",
"Could might.",
"The excuse that I keep seeing is that, because our American values were not literally enshrined in law, that means they don’t matter. Dudes who consider themselves patriots are arguing with the plaque on the Statue of Liberty because it isn’t a law, and instead just a meaningless poem that embodies what at one point represented our ideology. It is sickening, and can only make us sicker.",
"However, were a man like Washington to be born withing the last 40-50 years, I have a feeling that he would be far more compassionate towards mankind's plight than our current president. Remember the time he was born into, the height of British imperialism and subjugation.\nEdit: were, not we're, my apologies.",
"Well, let’s not call it something it isn’t. 2016 saw about a 58% voter turn out, and three million short of half voted for trump. So that’s a little under half of a little under two thirds. He’s less popular than he and his supporters want you to believe. Look at it this way, he recently was posting something about his 45% approval rate, and that was a Rasmussen poll, so he’s gotta take the best fake news available to pretend that less than half of the country likes him. It’s somewhere around a third of people that like him, and if you’re an American who has traveled our great nation for any length of time, “one in three of us is a moron” is a fair assessment.",
"Modal modal modal \nI made you out of clay\nModal modal modal\nCould might be here to stay",
"> What Trump and the Republican party are seeking is a system of immigration that is merit based and not based on your origin.\n\nIs this seriously a lie you think you can get away with ",
"To be fair to a Washington, much of the pain caused to native Americans came from Andrew Jackson’s policies. Much of the pre-Jacksonian damage was unintentional spreading of old world diseases. You can’t really blame that on anyone. At that time it was more like a tsunami or hurricane. A natural disaster due to lack of understanding of natural phenomena. ",
"> one in three of us is a moron\n\nNo argument there. ;)",
"\"Yeah, but no Nig-nogs, ok?\"\n\nD. Trump",
"/u/DaraghJohn, thank you for your submission! Unfortunately, it has been removed for violating the following rule(s):\n\n* Rule I - No pictures with added/superimposed digital elements.\n\n\n\nFor information regarding this and similar issues please see the [rules](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/about/rules/) and [title guidelines](/r/pics/w/titles). If you have any questions, please feel free to [message the moderators.](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose?to=/r/pics&subject=Question regarding the removal of this submission by /u/DaraghJohn&message=I have a question regarding the removal of this [submission.](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/7pv7vm/in_light_of_what_trump_said_this_seems_appropriate/?context=10\\))",
"That is literally exactly their position.\n\nWhat do you think it is?",
"The UK has much lower crime rates than the US, even despite stricter laws and definitions.\n\nMy point was not that bringing lots of immigrants into a country has no negative affects, it can cause/exacerbate all kinds of problems, but it is absolutely wrong to say that the US has no more room, or that the UK is a crime-filled, immigrant-filled hellhole.\n\nThe US has more crime, and much, much, much more mass killings.",
"lol with the fucking travel ban attempts, you’re actually pretending we’re hunting for the best and the brightest? You’re a fucking idiot",
"If you get to the grocery store and get back home without seeing a moron, that’s a crazy outlier. It’s a lot of us, but I wouldn’t say it’s most of us.",
">Civilized\n\n>Americans",
"The voter turnout was actually 55%, which is normal. To put this into perspective the 2008 and 2012 elections saw a 58% and 55% voter turnout. Trump won 46% of the popular vote to Hillary's 48%. As of now his highest approval rating is 46% but approval ratings fluctuate. To put this into perspective Obama's approval rating was 38% for a time.",
"Fair enough.\n\nImmigration aside, I do worry about urban sprawl too. But il find you on a different Post in the future to discuss that :-) ",
"To put this into non-bullshit perspective, trump is the least popular president in modern history, and comparing him to Obama is a joke",
"Yes, yes you are... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism",
"Not nearly as unpopular as the victims of anti-trump hysterics and mass misinformation believe. ",
"That’s completely meaningless. Every number available puts him way the fuck down there, this fantasy you have about the numbers all being fake news is pathetic ",
"Except it's no fantasy. He has the lowest average approval rating FOR THE FIRST YEAR, but it's still higher than the average of some presidents entire terms, and he has an 83% approval rating from Republicans. His approval rating has never reached the lowest and his disapproval rating has never reached the highest either. G.W. Bush's lowest approval rating dropped lower than Trumps lowest and his highest disapproval rating rose higher but he still managed to get an overall higher average approval rating than Obama. It's too early to judge Trump as a president. ",
"“If you totally ignore all the facts that add up to him being unpopular, he’s pretty popular!”\n\nIt’s sad how they got you to give your brain away for free ",
"I never said he was popular you genius. It's sad how easily manipulated you are. "
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"Would’ve been much better either without your legs being in the way, but others may say it would’ve been better without clothes. ",
"Well deserved rest. The view is so rewarding! ",
"You bet! I'll never decline a trip to Colorado in my life. It's so breathtaking.",
"I'm sure I'll visit again next month. It's a great break from NY."
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Taking a break after hiking, Denver, CO
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/r/pics/comments/7pvax2/innovative_road/
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"This is the future",
"From \"that's not my job\" to \"it's my hobby\"",
"This would be awesome for r/mildlyinteresting but then they ban you for even thinking about a repost. Because something something. ",
"Why do I think Portland when I see this?",
"I don’t understand why this is necessary. Why not just have the lines end on one side and continue on the other? Seems wasteful. \n\nMaybe I just don’t get it. ",
"Really? What a bunch of jerks. They assume everyone has been following /r/mildlyinteresting since the start of time and they remember every post."
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/r/pics/comments/7pvc3k/an_old_photo_of_young_me_in_hong_kong/
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"Were you living in Hong Kong? Or were you just visiting Hong Kong?",
"Just visiting! I was really fortunate in that my mum won a trip for four of us (my sister, dad, her and I) when I was around 7 or 8. \nI was just old enough to properly remember it and understand partially how cool it was!",
"Does Hogwarts have a fellowship program with another wizarding school in HK?",
"I wish, Ron Weasley was a mere muggle over there... 😝",
"It's a Baller Shot tho man.",
"Thanks dude! ",
"Keep replying, and I'll give you more upvotes.",
"Are you Carson Wentz?",
"negative",
"xxx\n"
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An old photo of young me in Hong Kong
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"No",
"Its \"Pardon me,\"",
"/u/mysleepnumberis420, thank you for your submission! Unfortunately, it has been removed for violating the following rule(s):\n\n* Rule IV - Title violates title guidelines.\n\nYour title must directly relate to the event in the picture. \n\nYou can read the full information about our title guidelines at /r/pics/w/titles\n\n\nVery recent repost - see frontpage \n\n\n\nFor information regarding this and similar issues please see the [rules](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/about/rules/) and [title guidelines](/r/pics/w/titles). If you have any questions, please feel free to [message the moderators.](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose?to=/r/pics&subject=Question regarding the removal of this submission by /u/mysleepnumberis420&message=I have a question regarding the removal of this [submission.](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/7pvecd/excuse_me_do_you_have_any_grey_poupon/?context=10\\))"
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Excuse me, do you have any Grey Poupon?
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"Over 90% are infected as well. And eats poop as a baby. Some of the most dusgusting creatures ever. ",
"Well there goes my plan of fucking a koala",
"Just wear a rubber. ",
"Looks pretty happy about it",
"..off to find a Eucalyptus leaves flavored rubber",
"/u/shwiftyget, thank you for your submission! Unfortunately, it has been removed for violating the following rule(s):\n\n* Rule IV - Title violates title guidelines.\n\nYour title must directly relate to the event in the picture. \n\nYou can read the full information about our title guidelines at /r/pics/w/titles\n\n\n\n\nFor information regarding this and similar issues please see the [rules](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/about/rules/) and [title guidelines](/r/pics/w/titles). If you have any questions, please feel free to [message the moderators.](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose?to=/r/pics&subject=Question regarding the removal of this submission by /u/shwiftyget&message=I have a question regarding the removal of this [submission.](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/7pvfna/has_chlamydia/?context=10\\))",
":(",
"turn that frown upside down..."
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has chlamydia
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"*tortoise",
"It's not a tortoise, and tortoises are turtles",
"We got a swallower "
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X-ray of a turtle carrying eggs
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/r/pics/comments/7pvgtv/this_is_what_a_hardboiled_penguin_egg_looks_like/
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"Think this is an altered repost? Sure I spotted this a day or so ago, vertical format... ",
"I’ll just pop down to Asda and go buy some! Or maybe they sell them in Iceland ........ ",
"Makes you think bout other eggs round the world",
"I feel like someone just took a yolk from a boiled chicken egg, and put it in some clear jelly",
"Looks like something from Dave Chappelle's Cribs. ",
"Aren't almost every post on here, modified reposts? It's the same questions every day on askreddit, same pictures posted, same articles. Nobody searches. ",
"Fuck off Kerry!! ",
"Iceland is pretty far from their range",
"Searching doesn't get you sweet sweet karma",
"Such as polar bear eggs, bet those look weird.",
"According to /u/spartan2470:\n\n> [Here](https://www.flickr.com/photos/709913/3033579322/in/photostream/) is the source of the top image. If you scroll left and right you can see more images of this. Credit to the photographer, [Donald Morrison](https://www.flickr.com/photos/709913/) who took this on November 14, 2008.\n\n\n\n",
"did you hardboil a penguin just for this?",
"Do they sell these? (not that i'd ever eat them but still)",
"Yes, but how do they taste?",
"Ew",
"Has Andrew Zimmern tried these yet?",
"not any more ew than a chicken egg",
"Is this where trump came from?\nA transparent shell filled with orange shit?",
"Where’s the seal bacon?",
"Dammit that's right ",
"Chicken's have been domesticated and bred over centuries so that their eggs don't taste \"gamey\" to us.\n\nA random penguin egg is not very comparable until we've bred them for eggs for a couple of centuries.",
"This is the real question!",
"Nope.",
"The yoke looks darker than I'm used to chickens being.",
"Why",
"Apparently they aren't very tasty. The guy that boiled them says they weren't great and kinda fishy tasting. \nHe also says they make a good meringue. Fishy pavlova anyone? "
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This is what a hard-boiled penguin egg looks like
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"I can imagine the variety of monsters they have under that cabin",
"Looks like home",
"On the way down from Mt Pilatus? Pretty sure, I have the same picture."
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Cabin in the woods
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"This reminded me of Fry's hair from Futurama. ",
"This seems like Sonic the hedgehog to me",
"Looks like an orange Twitter bird flipped over to me",
"New sonic sidekick: Rocket Rooster",
"ha!",
"It looks like Conan's hair",
"But it's red. So we should follow it."
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The horizontally flipped and color negative version of Twitter's logo looks like a cool rooster
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/r/pics/comments/7pvkj6/waiting_for_my_wife_8_week_early_c_section_i_plan/
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"Congrats 🎊🎉🍾 ",
"Good luck with everything! Can I ask why 8 weeks early?",
"Best wishes to all three of you.",
"Hope everything goes well for your wife and little one, congratulations too!",
"Don't be a cunt ",
"Good luck!!!",
"I’m nervous for you. I was 6 weeks early and have had issues my whole life. Wishing your family the best. ",
"you got this! ",
"Thanks everyone ",
"your wife has a beard?",
"Good luck! Make sure you post a photo of the baby when all is well!",
"Funny story. The night I went into labor with my first child, my husband was out drinking with his buddy Brian. They decided Brian wanted to come watch. So I had to drive myself to the hospital. While got checked in and was settling in, Brian promptly passed out on a couch in one of the lounges. So my charming husband decided to have a little fun and told the nurses there was a patient from the 9th floor (the mental ward, not sure how my husband knew that but he did) hiding in the lounge. Hilarity apparently ensued, but by that time my husband was fast asleep on the beanbag chair in my room (\"alternative birthing center\"). He slept through the entire labor. Snoring. I'm not sure where Brian ended up but I don't think they kept him too long. That might not really have happened, either, I was never sure when my husband was telling the truth, and I don't think he was, either. \n\nOK so it's sort of a funny story, right? Sigh. ",
"Lost your way to facebook there mate?",
"It’s amazing being a dad but scary to , every little cough or temperature rise you run round like a headless chicken, get a good thermometer , then tel them you love them every day , peace to your family ",
"Baby was born at 1153 doing great and mum too. Couldn't be happier.!!!!!!!!!!!!!",
"You plan to show your son a picture of a homeless man pretending to be a doctor? ",
"She does this ALL DAY LONG TO EVERYONE WHO POSTS ABOUT KIDS. She's obv barren or no one wants one with her. She posted on my friends page and was tore apart. She hates Facebook cause people know who she is which is why she uses Reddit so she can be a nasty cunt and stay in her safe space. Keyboard warrior, world of warcraft druid wanna be board game club picked on by One too many bullies in highschool with BIG lady balls behind a computer. NOBODY CARES ABOUT YOUR STUPID BIRDS. And we can all see your fat hands and the repetitive comments that you think are so funny. ",
"I love that I made you so mad that you felt the need to post on my other subs. Really, I am flattered. ",
"BLAH BLAH BLAH you're so bent chick don't hide it you know you been crying trying to hold on to them birds. Now run thee to the nunnery. Oh wait... you already there trashbag. I'll keep on you ALL day. You deserve it wannabe cunt",
"Believe what you want mate. I love my life :)",
"BLAH BLAH BLAH na \"mate\". Keep telling yourself that I saw your YouTube video with that chubby hand, waiting for your diabetes to turn type 2, hating yourself not combing your hair, living on this stupid fake ass site where you can attack every picture of a child you can't have, probably child of divorce, no siblings or they stopped letting you see your nieces and nephews after the part time drug use turned into full blown bird flu addiction. Go watch a Disney movie and cry yourself to sleep in your studio apartment with 13 bird cages, single bed electric hot plate and your 1990 poster of Pretty Woman, remember how you treated people Miss Facebook Reddit Police when your on the ugly side of 45 sitting at the penny slots praying to get laid. Keep on bashing photos of beautiful little kids you trash. ",
"Are you projecting some sweetie?",
"Yeah totally. Nice one... you totally got me lol. I just genuinely enjoy tearing you apart knowing you'll eat your feelings later watching Bridget Jones Diary for the 73rd time. Your one sentence response are textbook. And yes I think you should get a cockatiel. It's the only cock you're gonna get sweetie pie. In a fist fight the bigger man walks away after they've knocked someone out. I believe you're down enough pegs for today. Can't wait to chat you up tomorrow you Aussie trash curmudgeon child hater. ",
"I'm sorry you feel the need to speak to random people on the internet like this to make yourself feel better. I'm going to cry myself to sleep on the pile of money I saved by getting abortions rather than having kids I don't want. Take care!",
"Holy shitballs. Thank GOD your 7th level inferno vagina had those abortions because this world doesn't need your demon spawn roaming the earth with decrepit frozen tundras of hate pushing toxic negative entitled rhetoric. Maybe spending 3.99 on a pack of condoms for your slew of class act outback suitors instead of 600 on the devil himself using his vacumn to suck out Rosemarys Baby would be a better idea. ",
"I feel like I need to pay you for the entertainment you've been providing me with this evening.",
"That's so funny I was typing the same thing and the screen told me I had to wait 8 minutes to post again! I think ripping your fat ass apart is more fun then going out tonight with actual humans instead of the SIMS click..I'm having a blast! We're all really enjoying your super smart quips and one liners, then following up with reading your massive accounts of your various shitty birds birthday parties and the photos of your ugly fake Dalmatian and fake daughter in your super awesome virtual SIM life. We especially enjoyed your rant how your ex stole your birds. SAVE THAT SHIT FOR FACEBOOK YOU HYPOCRITE. I've done dropped the mic after my first post, but this is so much fun and I think everybody knows you can't possibly let me have the last word. That wouldn't fly in chess club so keep it coming Aussie cunt. ",
"Do you plan on making sense, ever? Or are you just so unoriginal that you need to keep repeating the same insults, as if saying them more than once is going to make you look cool. Nobody is impressed with your half-assed attempts at being a bully. ",
"HAHA a bully?! You tell people their kids are shit then think your birds are worthy of a million posts and videos?! Are you typing during your \"computer time\", at a mental institution you lunatic? I am HILARIOUS! And you are wayyyy too easy and have made this so much fun! I don't give a flying fuck who's impressed all I care about is that I bother you and I know you. I know you're SAD and ANGRY and I fuckin love it because you are NOT a nice person and you \"mercilessly\", enjoy attacking people according to your words, you enjoy talking about children, bashing those who help the homeless and you are the definition of a hypocrite. YOU darling are the bully. YOU belong on facebook. YOU are nastyyyy. Don't dish shit if you don't like the way it tastes when somebody shoves it right back in your face. ",
"Oh man this is like refreshing. I feel like I've just taken a great run! I'm loving Reddit. Where cowards go to attack children and the homeless behind a computer screen, then decent human beings get to spend the hour ripping them to pieces. This is SO much fun. ",
"Yet I'm not the one losing my shit over something someone said on the internet. You certainly don't see me berating your life do you? The difference between you and I, my dear, is that I don't give a care in the world what you do with your life. You're nothing to me and will be forgotten about tomorrow. I'm done with you princess. \n",
"No honey you are not done. Because you've attacked the wrong people. And now many people read what you did. \"Facebook\", knows what you did and the words you wrote so UH-OHHHH...And YOUR EVIL NASTY WORDS will NOT be forgotten. So we will keep reminding you that you are a bad person until you never make another negative post about little babies ever again... I will be reported and blocked from Reddit, no shit, but you will not be forgotten little dingo. \nToodles! Chat mañana!!"
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Waiting for my Wife 8 week early C section, I plan to show my son this one day (I might be smiling but dam am scared)
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"Creepy",
"Don’t repost original content",
"Interesting [repost] cloud",
"Lol my bad guys I saw this on r/MildlyInteresting and cross posted it here thinking it hadn't been posted here before. A bunch of people said it was a repost so I checked and this picture is three years old. Probably should have checked before posting.",
"Sorry I didn't realize it was a repost ",
"Sorry I didn't realize it was a repost ",
"It’s all right I’ve had a rough day",
"Really? This picture was posted a day ago on Reddit by op. Where did you find it?",
"Well I found this on r/mildlyinteresting, and after seeing all these repost comments I found this picture posted three years ago on r/mildlyinteresting - https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinteresting/comments/2h6qfr/this_cloud_looks_like_a_breaking_wave/",
"Hmm I see. Carry on"
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Interesting cloud
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/r/pics/comments/7pvtec/this_is_my_son_currently_fighting_for_his_life/
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"Have you tried giving him back his pot of gold?",
"What a brave young man, Stay strong!",
"Kid looks like a fighter. Nothing will stop him. Be calm, he will win.",
"Damn thats rough, Good luck mate!",
"Stay strong Matthew! You got this buddy!",
"Try to stay positive! I absolutely go to pieces when one of my children is seriously ill and have needed hospitalisation. ",
"My thoughts goes to your son, and best wishes for a speedy recovery! God bless. ",
"Looks like he is winning, I hope he'll win this battle and all other battles coming to him.",
"i hope he pulls through.",
"Fight on, fella.\n\nBest wishes to you all! ",
"Awww man, I'm so sorry. He looks like a really good kid. He'll be in my prayers. Stay strong.",
"To the front page this goes.",
"He's in one of the absolute best children's hospitals in the world, they will be fighting every inch with you for the absolute best outcome for you all.\n\nStay strong.",
"Sending some positive vibes all the way from Japan. Keep fighting the good fight, little buddy. ",
"Removed. Because lots of you are very nice people yet there are those who are absolutely horrific and some of the pms received where just disgusting.",
"Brave boy, hope he recovers asap :)",
"Your a champ!!! Keep smiling... God bless",
"I'm rooting for you guys. Hang in there. ",
"It's always so sad seeing kids go through so much struggle so early in their lives, but I'm glad they have supportive parents like you by their side. Stay strong, both of you, you can make it through this - if your kid's a fighter, you must be too!",
"I'm glad he's stable now. I want to tell you that my father, now 71 years old, has lived with only one lung since many years before I was born. I was in my 20s before I learned he had even had a lung removed. It's scary now, but your son can and will live a long and beautiful life. ",
"All the best <3 ",
"Hey man, and hey to your little man!\n\nWhat a tough experience you have to go through, but you must go through it! Be strong, all of you!\n\nI wish you'll be out and about with your best friend in no time, I know you will! I don't pray much but I will now.",
"Oh Lord, my heart goes out to your family. ",
"my heart goes out to your family. never give up. fight the good fight and succeed.",
"i'm glad you have health care. ",
"Get well soon!",
"Almost had a grown man crying here on the train into work. I wish you both the best and the speediest recovery for Matthew. You can tell from this one photo that he’s a great son. Stay strong ",
"I am sure he will fight this and win.",
"Good luck to you both! I hope he recovers fully! ",
"Love and best wishes to Matthew from far away Serbia. Be strong. All of you.",
"He looks like a beautiful boy. I wish him all the very best and a speedy recovery. ",
"Good luck! All the best ",
"Keep fighting and get well!",
"... great, dude ",
"What a sweet little face! Hang in there, buddy!! Organ donation is one of the greatest gifts. It gets better, I promise! ",
"All the best wishes to you and your Family!",
"Get better soon buddy",
"Stay strong Matthew and family! You are all in my thoughts and prays!",
"Praying for you guys!!!!",
"That's the look of a winner if I've ever seen one. As a father myself, I can only imagine the worry you must have. Good luck to Matthew and your family -- positive vibes being sent from Canada. ",
"You all going to pull through this, believe it. He's a champion. God bless you all.",
"Good luck! I wish you and your family the best! ",
"Kick cancers ass little dude!",
"Pulmonary Hypertension is a bitch. My brother died of it at age 17, sadly, very quickly. Another kid from my village got it at a similar age. A friend of mine at university has had it since her teens, and she's just spent 2 months lying sick in bed. I started having some weird symptoms in my early 20's, about 6 years ago, and they investigated me up at Papworth, found some evidence that points towards me possibly getting it in the future. And it's supposed to be rare? Sigh.",
"I hope you win little man",
"You guys have all of my best wishes. Stay strong man. ",
"I am a dad as well. Not sure if I would be as courageous as you guys are. My thoughts and prayers are with you today.",
"I can’t imagine your anxiety at this time. From one parent to another, be strong, keep the faith, and look after yourselves. Sending all the positivity and best wishes to you all.",
"Best of luck to Matthew and to your family. He looks like one hell of a fighter, and my best wishes and prayers go to your and your family. Please keep us updated on his progress!",
"Good luck OP, a lot of us have been where you are and we can offer you the best from a place of empathy. Stay strong.",
"He’s such a good looking kid, he’s going to be just fine and be strong and do well. ",
"A brave boy, god bless you and your family.",
"Looks like a tough little fella! Wishing him all the best and a speedy recovery! ",
"Keep up the fight we are cheering you on!",
"Brutal. Wish you all the best.",
"Pink cheeks! Good sign!!!",
"And when he does, he’ll be tougher and stronger because of the fight. ",
"What’s your some name I want to pray for him ? ",
"Godspeed!",
"He looks like a good kid. I wish the best for your family. ",
"Is there anything we, as Redditors can do? Anything at all?",
"He is going to jump right out of it! There is so much good will and love coming his way💙",
"Stay strong Matt and family!!!!!",
"❤️",
"Please take care of yourself as well as you are taking care of your son",
"I’m just gonna post my dying child to reddit so I can get attention instead of being with him ",
"Pope Francis lost a lung as a teenager, and he seems to be doing all right. 81 and counting.",
"I have a 6-y-o son with Down Syndrome who had pulmonary hypertension for his first two months of life. Thankfully, it went away and now he has no signs of it. But the scare was real. Matthew, from my family here in Ohio to you and yours, FIGHT! You've got this, and I would love to see your face on the day when you're all grown up looking back at the memory! ",
"Hey man - good luck. Kids have an amazing ability to fight and fight. I'm sure he's receiving the best medical care. I'll watch out for his update!",
"BIGGER BETTER FASTER STRONGAHHHH",
"I have my first child (SON!!!) coming 03/18/2018. \n\nSeeing posts like these terrify me. There are so many things that could go wrong with kids. First 10 years you have to protect them from literally killing themselves, all while ensuring they are healthy and able to fight infection and diseases and get properly educated and know right from wrong and... so much stuff. \n\nLooks like Matthew is going to rock and roll to a long, happy life! Good Luck, lil dude!",
"Respect out to this kid. Fight hard and enjoy the afterparty. He wont leave this world without a strong fight which he gives it his all!",
"Life is so unfair sometimes. He is beautiful. Keep us updated, you are in my thoughts and prayers. ",
"Matthew",
"He’s going to win this battle and go on to do great things in his life - keep those positive vibes flowin",
"Sending good vibes and prayers y'all's way. You'd be amazed at the power of a bunch of random people caring, and this is definitely the place to find that! Best wishes to you and your family in this hard time.",
"You GO buddy! GO lungs go!",
"Anything we can do to help?",
"Hang in there little buddy!",
"That kid is a winner!",
"Stay strong! You have a bright future ahead of you and plenty of adventures with your family and friends. Sending you my best wishes and hope you'll recover soon!",
"Hope you keep getting better!",
"What causes pulmonary hypertension? Does he technically just have hypertension overall, or was there something wrong with his lungs that caused a blood-pressure at normal levels to act incredibly high in his lungs? Like, were his arteries smaller/thinner than they should have been, leading to the flow to be constricted and making his blood pressure spike in that particular organ?",
"Sending love. ",
"Ok",
"Hope he gets well soon 👍🏻",
"Your empathy and courage all the way from the protection of your keyboard and mother's basement are palpable. ",
"Keep on fighting, little dude. :)",
"What a legend, keep it up. ",
"All the best to you and yours, take care.",
"My brother broke his leg when he was 5. I remember hating the fact he couldn't come home with us everyday when we were visiting him. It broke my heart and ever since I've had a fear of hospitals. Not so much the whole place but the people stuck there. I just wished they could have fun and be with family and friends instead of alone in bed.\n\nI wish you and your family all the best. I hope your other two kids are handling this better than I did with my brother. I hope to hear that your son is healthy and able to go home and has a wonderfully rich life.\n\nAll the best xx",
"And he’s still smiling. Kids are strong and he looks like a fighter. He’ll be glad you took this after he recovers. I’ll be praying for him ",
"You’re kid is going to be fine, never a better time to be sick than today. Stay strong.",
"He looks fighting fit, other than his wrist he looks like he's ready to wrastle over who's turn it is on the iPad next.",
"Good luck to the wee dude looks like a true fighter ",
"Stay strong big guy. I wish you the very best of luck with a swift recovery. You’ll look back on it soon and be glad the storm is over. \n\nDad... I really hope you’re ok. Thinking about it as a father myself. It’s a really tough situation. Stay strong. Keep your son happy and entertained. He looks like a trooper. ",
"Good luck buddy! Keep fighting and smiling!",
"Bless him. l wish him only the best.",
"Beautiful boy. God bless your family ",
"I'm praying for Matthew! Thank you for sharing.",
"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxGRhd_iWuE",
"He gots this!! I’ll say a prayer for Matthew. Keep positive and keep him smiling and he will be ok :) ",
"Going through at tough time with my mother atm; nothing serious as we're used to her being in and out of hospital to the point it doesn't phase as much as it should. But it's a feeling no one should have to get used too. Wishing your boy all the best. ",
"fight on young man! \n\ni wish for you what you wish for yourselves. please keep us posted op",
"All the best from Australia mate ",
"Well-wishes to you and your family",
"Brave Matthew. You’ve got so much to accomplish in this world. Do it all! OP, you must be going through a lot. Keep positive and show your sweet boy each day that tomorrow is exciting because it’s another step to being healthy forever. Hospitals suck. I know this. Make each day fun. You got this! Best wishes!",
"God doesn't hear your prayers if you don't fill the miracle request forms out in legible print with proper spelling.",
"Stay strong kid ✊ ",
"Godspeed on a full recovery!\n",
"I’m not a religious man but I will keep the little fighter in my thoughts. ",
"Best of wishes for your little man!",
"You fail at common decency.",
"LONGER ",
"I don't understand your son is fighting for his life, and you post it to internet? why?",
"I don't think he could be in a better hospital! Work they do at GOSH is amazing! \nHope the little chap can come on here shortly and tell is how he kicked that transplants ass!",
"Little warrior, you got this, and we got you. A single twig may be weak, but a bundle of twigs is strong. I’m spending this morning thinking about you, kiddo, and thinking about your healthy new lung.",
"Doin big things little man! Keep up the good work!!! \n\nEdit: After reading comments I felt compelled to edit. You can do it. Keep fighting the good fight. Sending a million ounces of positivity your way!!",
"Stay strong little man! Thoughts and prayers with you and your family. ",
"Please tell him the whole world believes in him. From Jackson, Michigan to wherever you are. YOU GOT THIS MATTHEW!",
"Hi to Matthew from Canada's Arctic!!! Even from all the way up here we can see how tough he is! :)",
"Hang in there bud",
"Matthew looks like he's in a better mood than I am most mornings. Good job little buddy. ",
"Wishing him all the best.",
"I wish the best for y'all.",
"Good luck, for you + family",
"Having a 7 year old little man myself, I wish all the best for him and you. ",
"Good luck little one. Stay strong.",
"Come in here, dear boy, have a cigar.\nYou're gonna go far, fly high,\nYou're never gonna die,\nYou're gonna make it if you try;\nThey're gonna love you.",
"Prayers sent out to him",
"Going to go home and hug my son until he says \"OK STOP DAD!!\" - he won't know why I do this randomly, but when he's older he might understand.\n",
"Godspeed OP.",
"Ill be praying for your son's speedy recovery. So sorry your family is going through this.",
"I used to work with PAH medications, Matthew will be in my thoughts and prayers. No one deserves to suffer from this terrible disease, nevermind a kid. Anything Reddit can do? I'll try to get a good photo of support for him today.",
"hey you hang in there! You seem like a good parent and we are all here for yoy!",
"Get well little soldier 🤞",
"Stay strong, lad. You’ve got this beaten.",
"I had a lung transplant almost 1 year ago. There can be a lot of issues at the beginning. If you need to talk, hit me up!\n\nI went through some serious complications, but I'm doing great now!",
"Will be praying for your son.",
"Sometimes the best thing to do is give someone your loving support",
"💜💜💜💜💜💜",
"Keep Fighting Matthew! ",
"My son just turned 2 today. I can't even imagine what you guys are going through. Hoping for a full recovery.\n",
"You've got this Matthew! Kick ass little buddy. ",
"Prayers said and sent. Good luck with the rest of life and it's future adventures, You got this Mathew!!!",
"I pity people like you, I really do. \nClearly you have issues, so hopefully one day you will realise that lashing out at others is not the answer.",
"He's a really cute little guy and we're all pulling for him. ",
"Little champ looks strong he's got this. Hope you guys are doing well. Keep your head up and be faithful. ",
"That is crazy, like crazy enough to stay looking into the local environment to see if there's any fuckery going on. ",
"kids just wanna play games and have fun even when they're fighting for their life. too much spirit for their little bodies to handle. get him some lego sets",
"You must be fun at parties..",
"Get well soon, Matthew!\nHang in there Wilbert. He's in good hands.",
"Okay. ",
"Hope everything works out. I can’t imaging the pain your feeling seeing him go through this. Father to father if there’s anything we can do just speak up. You got this Matthew.",
"Yeah, I guess so. But c'mon. God obviously isn't withholding any blessings because He just can't find the right kid without a name, no matter what your religion.",
"Hey good luck man I hope everything goes clean but so far it looks like it is! Rooting for him",
"Man forget whatever he's on, get this kid a Switch! ",
"Probably the doctors that are doing most of the fighting though, he seems to be playing video games. ",
"Godspeed, my brother. He's a champ. ",
"That's not funny, man",
"Good luck little bud!! You got this man!",
"Keep fighting big guy!!! You got this!! We’re all rooting for you. Stay strong guys :) ",
"Your son could play a young Link in a Legend of Zelda movie.",
"> He's a good kid never hurt or harmed anyone. He's my best friend.\n\ngod damn, was holding it together until this part. stay strong",
"let your son know that Kris from a little town in BC, Canada is rooting for him. ",
"Get well little dude!",
"Stay strong OP, he is going to survive and he is going to have many more years ahead of him. This will be a story you'll tell to his grandchildren, an anecdote.",
"I wish you the Best of luck",
"Yep hope you get feeling better soon !",
"👌🏻💙💚💛💜",
"Little mf'er looking strong. He's gonna make it. Im so very glad for him and you",
"Praying for your baby boy...may God bless him with a long healthy happy life ❤",
"Praying for him now.",
"Although i’m sure you’re in a rough time i don’t see the need for this to be on /r/pics",
"It’ll be no problem for that warrior.\n\nEdit: don’t worry about the tasteless comments. I hope you receive all the support you could possible need. Stay positive! ",
"kid probably had his appendix removed or something",
"He’s got this! I wish the best for you, your family and most importantly your son. Stay strong ",
"What is the name of these parties? It's super important. Gotta pray on how to find them.",
"I'm so sorry that this was the holiday memories for you and your family. He looks like a warrior, he is going to do just fine. Give him a high five for me when he kicks ass and gets to go home👊",
"And the most important thing for you was to get on Reddit at a time like this?",
"Looks like he'll never help you out, then. Seeing as how you've forgotten your name and all.",
"Your son looks like a young stunner! I wish him nothing but the strongest recovery.\n\nHe's going to make it, especially with you by his side. I'm sure he'll never forget that you were always there for him.",
"To be smiling and have a thumbs up shows that this kid is a fighter. Thoughts are with you are your family. ",
"Couldn't imagine being a father in your place man. Stay strong Matthew! You've got one more stranger from Columbus Ohio rooting for you! ",
"godspeed. keep fighting little angel!!",
"Hang in there Matthew! You are a rockstar!",
"Oh hey! Stay strong.\n\nI have Pulmonary Hypertension. But I’ve never been able to have a lung transplant (I have heart complications too). \n\nMy parents were given a prognosis of 2 years when I was diagnosed (18 months old). I’m 21 now. Im at university. I have pretty much an entirely normal life, aside from taking a few medications per day.\n\nThe lung transplant will give him an independence and an entire world of possibilities he could never comprehend before. \n\nI wish you all the best. The guys and girls at GOSH are the best in the world (I was under Dr Schultznieck and before that, Professor Howorth (sp? For both)) there. He’s in safe hands. \n\nIf you have any questions or just want to chat then just PM me. ",
"Fight on little dude. ",
"Good luck fella get well soon",
"Maybe she wants some support and positive thoughts? ",
"Wee soldier\n\nAll the best to you ",
"Wishing Matthew all the best in his recovery. He looks pretty tough !",
"Best wishes to your son.",
"Keep up the fight little man, I can honestly say your bravery is inspiring ",
"Rocking the mario kart 8, happy racing little dude!",
"Get 'em tiger. You look like a fighter. ",
"Fingers crossed, hope all goes well..",
"I hope he beats this man. He looks strong.",
"Hi mate, just wanted to send some positive thoughts Matthew's way - I have a 3 year old son and can't imagine what you are going through. Know that a random internet stranger in New York is thinking of him.",
"Sending good vibes. That smile of his is really wonderful :)",
"Praying for the little warrior ",
"Ya, I don't mean to sound like an insensitive prick but I agree... ",
"You got this little man! Good luck! 🍀👍 ",
"What that tablet ? It doesn't look like a switch (too big)",
"Stay strong...it will be alright😢",
"Keeping fighting buddy! You got this! ",
"I'm pulling for you, your son, and your entire family. You got this, Matthew!",
"This gave me chills. Best of luck to you and your son. Your family is in my prayers. Stay strong!",
"My heart goes out to you. What a cutie you have there. I pray for a long, full life for him.",
"He looks like a fighter, and a tough kid! He'll pull through, no doubt :) ",
"Poor kid! I hope all goes well for you and your son.",
"Why exploit your child for reddit karma? ",
"God's speed on recovery little man!! You can do it!!!",
"Wow I’m sure that your life is fulfilling and meaningful seeing that you resort to attacking fathers looking for support for them and their child in an extremely difficult time for entertainment. Keep making the world a better place, buddy!",
"Well he looks great. I hope he makes a full recovery. Good luck you all. ",
"Sending love and all the best wishes to him and your family",
"“I lived bitch”",
"What an absolute m8",
"I never get why you people do what you do",
"Maybe he should talk to his family and loved ones, not to thousands of random foreigners online. ",
"Thinking of Matthew",
"One of my closest friends has pulmonary hypertension. She has fought many battles, and currently has been in bed for nearly 2 months, but let me tell you... She is one of the strongest, warmest, kindest, and overall best people I know. She is incredibly brave, and when she can, she lives life to the absolute fullest. She has now graduated University with top marks and has started a job working with the university to help other students and local community. I wish your son the best of luck with this condition, know that I have seen first-hand a bright future for people who suffer from it.",
"Can’t wait to hear how he beat this! ",
"Just sharing some love. I am keeping your son, and you, in my heart today. Y’all are awesome, he’s a fighter, stay strong. Much love. ",
"You forgot the rest of your comment, please proceed",
"Stay strong! Lots of love from Denmark!!",
"I am also trying to understand.",
"He's a lovely kid. He will be ok! Send my love to him from Argentina",
"stay strong!!!",
"Same lol",
"What a beautiful, brave young man! All the best to him and your family. Amazing work they do at hospitals like that. We're all behind you and your brilliant little man. Much love! ",
"My prayers go out to you and your family! ",
"May the force be with you! You got this little man! Stay strong Fam. ",
"My prayers and thpughts are with your boy, you and your family",
"You go buddy, you can do this <3",
"For support, man.",
"Just? JUST ?? WTF is this JUST\n\nyour son isnt \"just\"\n\nhe it THE 7 yr old son, Mathew the legend.",
"Aww, so sweet! He'll have a story to tell his grandchildren later on :)",
"Stay strong, Matthew! Keep that chin up, u/Willbert07!",
"Prayers for total healing going your way!",
"keep fighting! hope you're getting better soon",
"Best of luck to you Matthew!!! Stay strong, stay positive. 🙏",
"Thoughts are with you, Matthew, and your family. ",
"Mixed feelings about using kids for karma",
"I’m sending you good vibes and best wishes, rad looking little dude! Hang in there! Do what your mum tells you!",
"Lots of people in your corner. Keep us posted!",
"Okay.",
"Rooting for you, little man!",
"You are an irresponsible parent for sharing personal details of another person (your son) on the Internet.\n\nThere is this thing called a photo album, which you can use to show pictures of this event to him later.",
"I never understood people who post pics of their children on Facebook etc. But this is even one step beyond that. I wish this kid all the best, just like the literally millions of other children who are fighting against unfair odds at this very moment, but posting this on Reddit is tasteless.\n\n",
"Why karma whore his situation?! You're posting his image to millions of people.\n\nYou're a disturbed parent.\n\nAll the best for your son.",
"He looks like a tough little dude! He’s got this! ",
"Tell him good luck, and warn him that if he plays someone named \"senpai\" on Mario Kart (based in America) not to get too mad. \n\nIt's just a game. ;)",
"My prayers are with him. God bless this kid soon.",
"Okay, but what game is he playing on that thing? It's hard to tell if he's in a tough fight or not.",
"Hope everything ends up well! Good luck",
"He looks like an awesome kid. I wish him all the best.",
"Deleted comment was \"Let's hope he will die slowly and painfully.\" for those wondering.",
"Dear heavenly father, we lift up this precious child to You and ask for Your healing power to permeate through his frail body and return him to radiant health and strength. Relieve all the symptoms of this illness that has invaded this little body – guard him from danger and may he respond to Your healing touch on his life. \n\n🙏🙏🙏🙏",
"Stay hard little man.",
"First thing I thought",
"",
"Keep your heads up, this too shall pass",
"Three of my friend's neighbors from three different houses across the street from his have all died from pancreatic cancer in the last few years. This is in Orange County.",
"With astounding amount of debt afterwards.",
"Prayers and blessings brother.\nStay strong and remember that the Reddit community is here to support.",
"Stay strong ",
"He'll be fine!",
"Go son!",
"Could've just taken the picture without uploading it to the internet. But still, best of luck to you and your son!",
"I know where you're coming from, but if I had a kid going through what OPs is, and he took a real photogenic picture, yeah I'd share it too. It's probably best not to comment on things you don't really care about\n\nedit: well hell folks",
"\"He's my best friend\" got me. My 5 year old son is my best friend. I can't imagine what you're going through mentally. Stay strong you two.",
"Good luck man! Hope everything turns out well and he gets the life he deserves!!",
"Prayers for your sweet boy!!",
"Wow good luck sweetie ",
"Maybe because messages of support and reassurance are supportive and reassuring? ",
"Maybe seeing people wish the best, or just venting brings comfort, people react in different ways on situations like this.",
"I will pray for him.",
"Thank God you you were there to take a picture and plaster it in the Internet for attention. ",
"Absolute best of luck to you, your incredible wife and amazing little fighter. I know my words can't console a single one of the emotions you feel, but please know that we're all pulling for him and every ounce of positivity that I have today is being pushed towards your little man's recovery. Much love brother. Stay strong for your family, keeping pushing through the same way your little man is.",
"Good luck little dude!\n\nStay strong for both of you OP!",
"Also known as none",
"Strong guy. Just stay strong my man.",
"Such a beautiful strong boy. I wish you guys many years of love and hugs. To young for a child to go through that type of a surgery....Bless his soul! He is a miracle!!",
"I'm so sorry, best of luck to you and your son.",
"Best of luck to him & your family.",
"That's the opposite of what I just said.",
"Maybe he wants to show this to his kid, so he can show how nice the world can be, and remind him why it’s worth fighting.\n\nFight on little dude! You can do it!! ",
"Hate to say, for karma whoring",
"Stay strong!",
"*karma\n\nFTFY",
"I am sorry about your kid, but this isn't Facebook. Why are you posting this on /r/pics",
"GOSH is in the UK. ",
"That’s a look of determination, stay strong for him, Matthew has been quite strong thus far!",
"While I never suffered from anything quite like your son, as a person who's had complications with their health as a child I can certainly say the hospital staff treat you like you're their own child. I'm sure he's well looked after and I hope you're able to get some rest and find peace during this time. Stay strong, its what your son needs right now. I wish you the best.",
"Great Ormond Street hospital.\n\nUK, NHS + charity funded.\n\nFree at the point of use healthcare. ",
"Looks like a tough kid, and once he's recovered he'll be that much tougher. My thoughts are with you and your family OP. ",
"https://donate.gosh.org/",
"If that is \"fighting for his life\" then your son is a bigger badass than most of us because that looks like a kid giving no fucks about no damn transplant.\n",
"Oh no, I hope he finds it.",
"Looks like one heck of a strong fighter you got there.! You hold strong too Mom and Dad. This will be a great story for the grandkids some day. ",
"I'm so sorry to read this, I wish him a speedy recovery and I hope that everything turns out ok",
"You can be right and still and be an asshole you know...? ",
"They are our life, our everything. As much as we think we are strong, seeing them suffer is the most devastating thing in life. Keep strong and all the best. Hope he gets better quickly so he can keep on smiling like a champ!",
"He's awesome. Probably stronger than most of us.",
"Stay strong man cub! You got this!",
"Those last sentences just hurts my heart.",
"LUNGer *",
"To you and your wife, hang in there. He's at one of the top children's hospital and they will be taking the best possible care of him. No matter the outcome you are both incredible parents who are providing the best care possible for your son. \nTo Matthew, hey there! I'm just a stranger from across the world but I really hope you're feeling better soon so you can go back home to your wonderful family. Keep fighting little man!",
"Stay strong buddy!",
"This one hits close to home, as I have a 7yo son who's my life. And I'm sure you two warriors can beat this. I'm sorry you are going through it. Really hoping he gets better ASAP.",
"Because what else is he going to do? Do you know,how helpless someone feels in this situation, where there is literally nothing you can do but wait and hope? So you do what you know...you reach out to strangers on the internet for maybe a little contact and sympathy, because otherwise you just have time to sit and think. And believe me, that's not always best.",
"He looks like a trooper, I'm sure he's gonna be just fine!",
"God bless him and gives you the strength to you and your family to go trough this. In a few years from now, you’ll remember these times with a smile when seeing your son becoming a healthy adult. ",
"Yeah, Mario Kart can be rough sometimes. Stay strong buddy!",
"Gonna go out on a limb here and say that he probably doesn’t care much about karma when his son is potentially dying, the support and reassurance from the community is probably more valuable\n\nNot everyone is a karma whoring shitbag",
"Please let us know if there is anyway at all the reddit community can help. I'm praying for you and your wingman. ",
"It’s amazing that the human body can do such amazing things like this.",
"He’s a strong and happy boy, certainly he’ll be okay. Highly hope for my smoking habits be a lesson to learn from his struggles.",
"If it means anything, that look on his face as he looks at you is one of pure love and admiration. Best of luck to you and your family, I hope he pulls through. Take good care of your self. ",
"That's the smile of a winner right there. Best of luck, kiddo.",
"Wow , can't even imagine how you and your family felt then. Really wish you all the best you can have. \nAnd to your son : keep on fighting boy! Everyone is shouting for you here. When you overcome that, not even the sky can limit you.",
"well, GOSH, i hope he gets better",
"I wish you and your family the best !",
"Kid looks like a memer.",
"Hero",
"He's such a beautiful child. Sadly I'm limited to meaningless internet points and comments when your child is like this. He looks like a strong brave kid so I hope he pulls through. Be strong too OP. ",
"Bad muh fuckuh right there.",
"How do we know this is his kid? ",
"Shhh, your facts are upsetting my Just World hypothesis.",
"Be strong and your son will be alright. I also just underwent kidney transplant a month ago. It is a challenging journey to recovery but just keep the faith.",
"Looks like a fighter to me. Little guy should be just fine. I’ll send some good thought too. ",
"Anything for an up vote these days. Internet points get the people going. ",
"Should have never picked up smoking.",
"I bet he’s charming the crap out of all the people working with him -that sweet smile! Way to go, buddy!",
"Wishing young Matthew a swift recovery. All the best my friend. ",
"why's your son comin at me with them gay eyes? \n\nso gentle and mysterious...",
"Wishing you guys all the best❤️",
"Funded by [MOTHER FUCKING PETER PAN.](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Ormond_Street_Hospital#Peter_Pan_copyright)",
"I just stopped what I was doing to pray for him. I am asking God to heal him and restore him to good health. I am praying for strength and peace for your family and for excellent decision making by all the medical professionals involved in his care. I hope he begins to feel much better very quickly. What a nightmare for you!\n",
"Sending prayers for him and ur family",
"Man. I feel so much sympathy for you and your family, because that's truly terrible. But I also want to downvote you because as a dad, your comment is approximately the second last thing I'd want to read if my boy was in the hospital with the disease.",
"Prayers and thoughts with you, to get your best friend back in great working condition. I hope not only he recovers, but the transplant helps him live a very full and long life.",
"Ok",
"Good luck brother, I’m sure your best friend will stick around. I’m sure you’re his best friend too. Prayers.",
"\"Hey I know your everything hurts, but how about a thumbs up so fast can grab some sweet karma\"\n\n\n\n\"Wait...lets shave your head and say you also have cancer!\"",
"Yes. But I could *always* be right and sometimes be an asshole, or I could never be an asshole and not get a chance to point out how childish this conception of God is.\n\nJesus was an asshole lots of times.",
"Stay strong little man. I’m rooting for you and your family.",
"Fuck the Internet if you are looking for support. Go to a local group.",
"hes gonna make it, then hes going to have a great rest of his life",
"\"Honey! Our son is fighting for his life! Let's post it on Reddit and get some internet points!\"",
"Good luck buddy! You can pull through! ",
"My 5 year old's name is Matthew. This really hit home. I wish your son the speediest of recoveries and a healthy life to follow :)",
"Children have unbelievable almost supernatural strength. Prayers and thoughts to you and yours. ",
"I try and imagine what it must be like to be in your shoes and the pain is instantly so I great I have to literally shake my head to clear my mind. Something about being a parent that instantly makes you more selfless than you've ever been. We spend a lot of time growing up and in early adulthood completely consumed with self. I know without a shadow of a doubt if you could trade places with him you would. I wish him the best in his recovery and I wish you the same my friend. ",
"May be some karma points. May be he is looking for some solace or emotional support. I don't know. We can only guess. People post all sort of things, some genuine stuff and some shady stuff.\n\nWhatever may be the case, we can at least wish this kid good luck. ",
"Nah man. In basically the rest of the world they don't bankrupt you for being a human. \n\nThey fix you up, get you out there in the world again. \n\nSounds lovely, right?",
"That smile is one of a conqueror. Helluva kid there.",
"Wish you the best for you and your family. Kid looks like a best friend anybody can have\n",
"Out of curiosity, are you under the impression that pulmonary hypertension is a type of cancer? Or are you hoping that this kid develops cancer so that he can then beat it? I guess a third option would be that you’re from the future and know that he’ll grow up to find a cure for cancer...",
"Best of luck to you and your family hang in there ",
"Look at that little Baus! Get em kid! ",
"What a warrior, we are praying for his quick recovery. ",
"I am praying for your son and yourself. The worst will soon be behind you both. I love you guys. Stay strong man",
"Kick its butt kid! Great smile. ",
"What a cute little guy. Hang in there buddy ( and family). You’ve got this! 💚",
"Stay strong! Y'all got this!! Much love from Mississippi!! ",
"Fight fight little guy! I have a 7yo daughter and won't even pretend to know how it feels to face what you guys are going through. Stay strong and let him see you smile as much as possible.",
"Because free karma",
"Keep fighting buddy!",
"My fiancees aunt had a double lung transplant 24 years ago and has been living with them since! She is now 51 and still fighting! I wish you and your son all the best! He's in good hands.",
"He doesn't have cancer he has [Pulmonary Hypertension](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulmonary_hypertension). Just if you are wondering why people are downvoting you.",
"You got this, kiddo. Be fierce. <3",
"I'll pray for him too. Greetings from Turkey!",
"On what fucking planet do parents think it's okay to post a picture of their child on an online image board that strange adults can look at. Seriously, what the fuck.",
"Prayer is meant to make people feel better. And if it makes people feel better then it is a good thing. ",
"Don't know what else to say than that I hope everything works out. Take care. ",
"Godspeed little Matthew",
"Should probably read the dad’s reply to the top comment. Not that he should have to explain.",
"Keep going lil guy !",
"God speed and a full recovery. ",
"If you do not mind me asking, which group of pulmonary hypertension?",
"Best wishes, get well soon bud",
"\\*hug\\*\n\nThings like this are like shadows in the back of my mind whenever I spend time with my daughter. I don't know what to say. I can't imagine where you are right now. But I wish you and your boy every bit of luck and strength it takes.",
"Stay strong keep pushing forward!",
"Keep up the good work, Buddy! Get well soon!",
"I'm sorry he and your family are going through this. For what it's worth, you're helping me not take things for granted. Best of luck to all of you.",
"Listen to u/You_Minivan\n\nMy grandpa has one lung too and I also knew an older man who lost a lung to underwater welding. \n\nLiving with one lung is totally achievable. I hope the best for yalls son and he seems like he's tough as nails ",
"Hang in there bud! Were rooting for you!",
"Beat wishes ",
"Stay strong for your son and for your family. We're all pulling for you. ",
"Wishing you the best.\n\nKeep us updated.",
"> taking a few medications per day\n\nIs Viagra (sildenafil) among them?",
"As long as you're getting oxygen somehow",
"You got this mathew! Prayers.",
"Best of luck to Matthew but stop being a karma whore.",
"Lord, I pray in the name of your son, Jesus Christ, that you heal this little boy, Matthew - lay your Holy Spirit on his heart and save him for Your Kingdom's Glory. I also pray for Matthew's family, that they are comforted and strengthened through this ordeal, and that they might be brought closer to you! Amen.",
"He’s adorable. Give him hugs for all of us!",
"Out of the thousands, even 5 or 10 people's prayers should make a difference. I don't believe in god, but belief, in people, sharing, the emotions, in a way can harbinger hope, courage and strength into the mind of the op as well as others reading this... and THAT makes a difference!\n\nYou will understand this, when something bad happens to your close ones, and a bunch of people, who don't even know you, who you have and will never see, simple wishes you well, shares your pain and ups your courage with kind words... trust me that can bring a change no fucking god can",
"Even while he's fighting for his life, he's managing to smile <3 We can learn a lot from kids. I hope your little guy pulls through and lives a long, happy life. ",
"Right?! I have never even heard of this complication but your whole damn village has it? Check the water bro lol but in all seriousness stay positive ",
"God Bless, Matthew - stay strong buddy. ",
"Wishing him well and he has the best name on the planet :)",
"Your son in a champion. He'll be right and he needs you to stay strong and fight with him. \n\nKids are tough.",
"Its a picture, isnt it?",
"Ts and Ps for your son",
"Aww, he’s adorable!\nHang in here buddy ( and family)-You’ve got this! 💚",
"What game is he playing? I haven't found anything I enjoy on tablet, yet. \n\nAlso, that kid is adorable!",
"Matthew’s life is impactful. I see his smile, and I read your words about him and my life is warmer, and better, and I am just completely humbled.\n\nI just prayed for Matthew, that his body would accept the lung and fight the other battles it’s facing. That you would walk out of that hospital with him walking by your side. \n\nI also prayed, for your family’s strength, comfort and positively through the challenges you face. \n\nI’m not sure what your beliefs are or if any of this will mean anything to you but I just wanted to do something for you and this is all I have. \n\nI wish I could do more...you have a beautiful son! \n\n\n\n",
"TIL",
"I was a staunch atheist when I was younger because this absurdity was what I was told religion is about.",
"Sending my love to you and your family",
"Hope everything turns out okay! Happy to share a name with such a tough kid. ",
"Godspeed to the little guy.. Let him know my daughter Gracie, who is also 7 is praying for him along with the rest of her 2nd grade classmates!! ",
"That's not the face of a fighter.\n\nThat's the face of a **WINNER**",
"May Light shine upon him and give him strength.",
"But people who post their dying kids on Reddit definitely are",
"God Bless your little boy! What a fighter! ❤️❤️❤️",
"He's a fighter...will be stronger then ever ! All the best !!",
"May you recover soon little sweetie!",
"You're an awesome parent for being there for him in such a big way! And Matthew, I am just blown away by your awesomeness, man! Keep on fighting! We're ALL rooting for you!!!! PS; you've got an awesome smile dude! Keep smiling! :-D\n\n**Edit:** After reading through the comments, wanted to add you guys are **BOTH** amazing parents for handling this so beautifully. And your kids are troopers too!!!! \n\nLots of Love for you all- and sending Hope And Prayers from Sara in New York state. ",
"Photo of kid",
"Well GOSH damn.",
"From a man without a family, I wish you all the luck, love, hope and courage in the world. More important, I wish you and your family a long and fulfilling life in eachother company.",
"Jesus Christ, dude. Can it. This is a devastated parent rationalizing a horrific development threatening their child’s life. It’s an opportunity for them to share their grief and fear and to find some sympathy in a lonely and frightening moment. The real question is why you think this comment is productive. ",
"Went through something similar with my daughter in 2007. She battled through it and I'm sure your son will as well. Stay positive, but know this experience will change you forever, but in a good way. At least for me it did.",
"And podunk New Mexico",
"Looks like a great kid and I wish him all the best. Does he feel OK about his old man publishing this pic for fake internet points? ",
"Good vibes your way!",
":'(... I wish him all the best",
"TGIF boyos! What are y’all doing for the weekend? Anyone down for some taco Tuesday *wink *wink lmao",
"I’ve got a 14 year old boy and 9 year old girl, both healthy. I cannot imagine what you’re going through, but I hope everything works out for you guys and I wish you the best of luck. ",
"Yes. Haha.",
"On what fucking planet do you think it's a good idea to post a picture of your child on an internet image board filled with pornography, weird fetish shit, and wackos to all congregate for strangers to look at? \n\n\n\nSeriously dude. Delete this garbage and keep it on Facebook where you at least kind of know who is looking at pictures of your children.",
"Tell Matthew that he has an awesome name! ",
"Keep strong!!!",
"Children are innocent and are often stronger than the majority of adults walking this earth. My thought and prayers are with him.",
"Hi, OP!\n\nAs a frequent hospital-stayer, I know how tough health issues can be, how people don’t understand it’s so much more than one surgery, or even ten; it’s countless procedures, medications, agony, sickness, waiting, IV’s, PICC lines, central lines, recovery , and so so much more. And I’m an *adult*. Seeing kids go through so much worse, I cannot even imagine what he’s been through and the journey your family has been on throughout this. \n\nI know people really hate the line “my thoughts and prayers are with you” because it sounds empty. So I just want you to know that Matthew *matters to me*, and to please update us on his post-transplant health! I hope you’re also taking care of yourself throughout this, I cannot even begin to imagine what it is like seeing your son go through this, but you’re an incredible parent for being there, being his advocate, and being his strength when he may not have much. ",
"Keep it up! Life will find a way. Best wishes from Germany.",
"What a trooper! Best of luck :) ",
"Sending good vibes your way! Keep it up little man",
"Wow I didn't know lungs could be donated. That is great! ",
"i see mischief in that grin ;)",
"Looks like he is kicking ass! Praying for you reddit fam, sick kids are the toughest thing I have ever faced, I don’t envy you :(",
"I wish you both the very best! Stay strong.\n\nI am a heart recipient going on 19 years!",
"To all the people saying \"*I don't see why this is being posted if he's fighting for his life*\" or to that effect.\n\nImagine being this kid, imagine seeing the hundreds (if not thousands eventually) of messages from people willing his speedy recovery. Imagine being the father and seeing your ill son smile during the darkest time of his life (and probably the fathers too!). \n\nTHERE is your answer why this is here. Don't be such a fucking cynic all the time, let people smile.",
"The hell with friends and loved ones! Only hollow platitudes from total strangers on the internet can console me. ",
"I pray your sweet boy makes it and for you and your family, too. I cannot imagine how difficult this is. You are at a great hospital. They will fight to keep your son alive and to give him a good life. Please be sure to take care of yourself, too. Make sure you eat, get enough rest. He needs to you be strong.",
"This is weird dude",
"[And, I find this both sad and interesting, one of the only companies that ever tried to not pay the royalties to them, was Disney](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/1447493/Disney-quits-Peter-Pan-film-after-row-over-Gt-Ormond-St.html). ",
"No.... it's really not, given your context.\n\nYou can't fill out the apparent \"miracle form\" if you can't remember your name.\n\nStick to your own statements.... sheesh.",
"That's some fine apathy, Lou.",
"I did ... what about it? \n\nThere is not exactly much a patient can do after surgery, other than general following doctor's advice and stay in bed. \n\nFighting implies you are actively doing something to solve the problem, which is clearly outside the capabilities if a 7 year old that required a new lung. It's more like ... waiting for life. ",
"Is there a go fund me? Would love to donate and help in any minor way I can from afar ",
"Found the US american :-) ",
"Luv ya kid",
"As a parent this definitely churns all of my anxieties, and gives me hope at the same time. ",
"How's they baby now? I'm so sorry for what you are going through. Sending positive vibes from California",
"Keep fighting kiddo. My thoughts are with your family.",
"Will it work without a sob title? No? Don't post it on /r/pics",
"Honestly r/pics has officially peaked.",
"Go get em, champ!\n\nGood luck!",
"I second this! I’ve got a friend with one lung since childhood and she just graduated college. No one can tell unless she says something, it might be harder for her to do things that require a lot of cardio power but her daily life is 100% normal. ",
"Good luck to your son! ",
"My own son is just slightly older and I see the same cheeky look in your son's eyes that my own son gives to me.\n\nNo parent should have to go through what you are enduring and I hope with all of my heart that things begin to improve for you and that one day you'll look back on these dark days with a wry smile.",
"Words fail. All energies and wishes to you all. ",
"All I see is a badass",
"Go kid GO!!!\n\nKeep fighting...",
"Dear Matthew: Our prayers for your recovery are with you and with your family. Keep fighting and keep being strong. We wish you a healthy and fulfilling life.",
"Your comment is tasteless, delete your account. ",
"Good luck friends. Kid looks like a fighter. Here's hoping he has a speedy recovery and is back out playing again soon. Best wishes to your family. ",
"Would your son like cards? I'd love to send him a card.",
"Not disagreeing with you but there's ALWAYS someone who has it worse.",
"Wishing your son and family the best.",
"How much is the shipping?",
"Iron man btw.",
"Kid’s a champ, stay strong! ",
"sending good wishes and positivity for full recovery",
"Oh, guess you can't read then. Stick to your Santa God.",
"Keep strong little fella.",
"Wishing you, your son and family lots of love. GOSH is an amazing hospital and you are in good hands.",
"What's to understand? ",
"Look at that smile. That is not the face of a quitter. Im not even worried.",
"...Take your damn upvote...",
"Good luck little buddy !",
"Stay strong Matthew! I wish you a speedy recovery. ❤",
"good luck guys, stay strong",
"Love & Prayers Matthew. You tough son of a gun!",
"Good luck Matthew!! We're sending good vibes from Minnesota!",
"No offense to you or the kid but if he just had a lung transplant then maybe Mario Kart isn't the best idea. ",
"God bless young man! Kick ass !",
"He’s a handsome little dude, OP. Please take some small amount of comfort in knowing that a stranger is sending good vibes your way. I wish your son the speediest of recoveries. ",
"Yeah, those car park charges are pretty crazy ",
"Good luck to your family, and hopefully a speedy recovery for your boy. I can’t imagine the difficulties you’re going through, but I hope only good things come from here on out. ",
"Keep fighting dude!!! You got this!! ",
"Matthew looks great!!\n\nI also have pulmonary hypertension, and I can't imagine how hard it is on you as a parent to see your child deal with it. He looks like a really great guy and I hope his recovery goes very smoothly! I'll be thinking of him and looking for updates.",
"You go man... You can do this...",
"Good luck, bub! You got this!",
"It's nice to see someone that I can agree with. Posting pictures of your sick kid for internet points is just the lowest form of karma whoring IMO.",
"My heart goes out to him. Hope he gets better",
"Stay strong little man! ",
"My dad had lung issues as well. By the time he was tested for a lung transplant his health was already too deteriorated in order to accept a transplant.\n\nWhen we spoke to the doctor's and did our research we saw that lung transplant recipients have a high success rate after surgery. Doctor's are very good at what they do.\n\nKids are very tough, my thoughts are with you and your family. Take care.",
"God has to give the doctors strength, courage and knowledge to help. If you haven't noticed their are plenty of doctors who suck!",
"Hope he pulls through ",
"Keep fighting Matthew, you have a lot to offer this world. Best of luck and much love !",
"Matthew, you’re going to make it. Tell your dad to relax. ",
"Speedy recovery little dude",
"Here's my father, posting to Reddit while I fight for my life. I'm sorry for being mean but responsibility?",
"tell matthew we believe in him!! sending my love and positive energy halfway around the world, you keep your head up too mom & dad he got this!! tell him he has hundreds of new friends all over the world. long live the young king!",
"Mercy and strength to the kid and family alike. ✊",
"I'm glad he's stable. He's got my support and prayers! ",
"Wish him all the luck but really what is the point of this post?",
"Aw, look at him. He looks tough. He can do it.",
"I agree with this! I have lived my whole life (almost 44 years) with only one lung, and was even able to have a successful pregnancy. The body is amazing.",
"No offense but how stupid does one have to be to genuinely not understand support matters when undergoing hardship like this? Are you implying OP could’ve and should’ve used the ten minutes he spent making this post staying with his kid? Who are you to dictate the absolute right way to cope?\n\nYeah sure Reddit upvotes are vain but that doesn’t reduce the sincerity of parental love, and I think it’s fair to say it is a much more empathetic move to choose to believe OP when he said he is posting to document and receive as much mental support as he can, even in the form of internet points.\n\nA seven year old is fighting for life and the could’ve-been at least seven decades more of experiences on the world. As long as it’s not hurting anyone and whatever makes OP feel better let’s just be kind for a second here.\n\nKarma whoring? Not a r/pic post? So what? You aren’t such a decent human being either if you are triggered by someone successfully getting upvotes at the expense of doubting the intensity of grief of someone possibly losing his kid. \n\nEdit: Those who disagree with me by ironically saying nothing but taking away my internet points you see no values but a token of vanity and attention-seeking of, care to elaborate on why the disagreement?",
"‘Look at my son who is sick (and possible in danger of his life). Please give me upvotes’",
"In this picture he looks like any other kid, smiling with a tablet on his lap. We all wish your little guy the best, but I have to say as someone who would like to be a dad one day I really admire your strength. You`re right there in the thick of it every step of the way, I`ll be keeping all of you in my thoughts.",
"> lost a lung as a teenager\n\n> 81 and counting\n\n> I hope he finds it\n\nPretty sure the ship has sailed on that one.",
"I hate to say it, but if you've got such huge things to deal with why are you posting on Reddit? ",
"Get better little dude! Lots of thoughts and good vibes your way.",
"My daughters are 7 and 5... I can't even imagine what your going through... ",
"Hope he has a speedy recovery dude",
"I wish you all the very best! ",
"I'm so sorry your family has to go through this. I do hope he has a speedy recovery. ",
"May the force be with you, young Padavan!",
"He is a brave little man with that smile. He's got this!",
"Prayers. This is sweet :)",
"When he's feeling better, you can tell him what the worst thing about a lung transplant is: coughing up someone else's phlegm.\n\nWe're cheering for you Matthew!\n",
"Keep soldiering on, Matthew! Sending you and your family positive thoughts, vibes, and well-wishes! :)",
"Yeah they could have. And we all have problem of our own to worry about. Maybe that’s why some people feel the need to chime in with a slightly counter-culture comments in relation to this post. Sort of like “I’ve got my own life and problems to worry about, I don’t need some total stranger’s tragic story asp weighing me down.”\n\nBut...this allows a moment to look within. Not to send money or offer prayers, but to see if you feel. I can’t imagine how this parent feels but I can imagine it isn’t good and if they want to post a picture of their son to the internet and tell a story in hopes total strangers send positive messages so they feel people are pulling for them, I’m all for it. \n\nThousands of people will experience horrible tragedies today and almost all of us will never know about them and they will impact our lives none, but Matthew is now a part of us. Matthews story is different. Not because Matthew deserves anything more than any other unfortunate kid, but just because that’s the way it is. So, embrace your new position of caring about Matthew. Embrace it!",
"Hmm sorry but bullshit. \n\nThis is a terrible situation and I genuinely hope the wee guy recovers and is well.\n\nHowever, if this was my son. I would want to spend every damn second with him. Not post his damn picture to Reddit for karma. This website can be a real hive of scum and villainy, and exposing a picture of my sick and dying child like this honestly is fucked. \n\nBut please, forward all memes to my dying 7 year old child. It will really get him through it.\n\n",
"My name is Matthew too. Does my brotherman want anything from Canada?",
"Hang in there! He looks like a super mega fighter! ",
"> pulmonary hypertension \n\nI do not have this condition, but I am a grown man with only 1 working lung. Good luck, hope things get better",
"Which state?",
"Morphine does amazing things",
"I don’t believe in God but I’m praying to anyone who would listen for your son !! He absolutely deserves to live a long happy life ",
"Nice! I have PH as well (probably have had it most of my life, and I'm almost 44 now) and am taking Adcirca/Cialis. Hooray for ED drugs keeping those blood vessels supple!",
"You have a very strong and brave son. Seeing him smile so big considering his situation is awesome. You all will definitely beat this. Prayers. ",
"Godspeed, little dude.",
"Big love to all of you. Stay strong for him bro. ",
"thank god my son is perfectly healthy",
"Lungs are over rated",
"Joining is a great step in the right direction to building Income that will last f",
"Young kid fighting for his life, that's an upvote",
"Get em little guy! The world has so much in store for you!! ❤️",
"Can say this about 90% of the content on this sub now. ",
"Congratulations! ",
"My step son just finished his fourth brain surgery to finally get rid of a tumor. He fought and won and so will your son. Matthew will win this fight!",
"Go Matthew!",
"Hey man. I just came to this app to go to my Fifa video game sub. I never read the stuff on the front page. I just want you to know some random guy in Oklahoma has you, your son and your family in his thoughts. ",
"You got this, kid! I'm rooting for you!",
"Geez man, I truly hope everything goes well. I have three kids and I just can’t imagine. You guys doing alright with everything? Anything you need sent there?",
"Best wishes. Kids are tough as nails. Hel pull through, and this will just be a scrap-book memory one day.",
"If you were to create a GoFundMe, reddit would crush whatever financial burden this has created. Do it and post it here for us to reddit death hug the shit out of.\n\nStay strong young man. You got this.",
"Best wishes!",
"thats the face of a champion, hell be fine dad.",
"*He's my best friend* O-oh jeeze. (;﹏;) I hope he gets well soon OP",
"Looks like he is winning!",
"Haha, yes indeed!",
"My son is my best friend, too. He is 3. When I read that last sentence of your post, I instantly flooded both sides of my face. I cannot imagine the state of constant fear you have to not only feel, but suppress.\n\nI will talk with him tonight about you guys... What do you guys like to do? Where should Redditors send stuff?\n\n",
"My thoughts and prayers are with him! He'll be fine, looks like a strong kid! :) ",
"Here’s a picture of my son on a hospital bed with an iPad. Give me karma",
"I need an update video on r/happy when he has completely recovered and is back to being himself. \n\nI tested up on the last part of him being your best friend. How awesome. I wish him and your family all the best.",
"Keep fighting kiddo. ",
"Keep fighting, little guy. ",
"I've worked as a nurse w both adult and child transplant recipients for 20 years in Toronto Canada. Kids tend to experience the fastest turn arounds both positive and negative, but it's damn frightening. Keep strong and positive. Your face and support are his world! ",
"Wish him the best",
"This is why I have a hard time believing in this idea of an all-knowing god. What kind of being would let this happen to a kid? I have three of my own and it absolutely terrifies me as a parent that bad things happen to children. They are so innocent, beautiful and full of life. A friend of ours recently lost their son and anger is one of those emotions.\n\nYour son looks like a fighter, I know he will pull through. He also looks like a happy young man and I can't wait to hear how he's doing when he gets out of the hospital. Take care, Matthew!",
"He doesnt look like hes fighting, he looks like hes winning. Good luck and many more Christmases to your son. I know it sounds silly, but Im looking at this picture of a strangers kid, and Im hoping for the best to happen to him.",
"He's a fighter if I ever saw one! My hopes and prayers with you!",
"Hope he gets better! Fingers crossed! ",
"It is extremely rare. Wow, I can't believe you've known that many people with PH! Best of luck to you - I hope you stay stable and don't develop it.",
"Fight the good fight, kid. Don't allow anything to stop you.",
"Post via a phone within the same room probably. Not everyone remains within their house with a bag of what, twinkies? ",
"that last sentence... ;(...hoping he makes it out OK",
"I hope that everything works out for you. My son was in the ICU for over 3 weeks due to complications at birth. He was close to not making it at one point also. There is no worse feeling than the helplessness you feel from seeing your innocent kid in the hospital while knowing that there is nothing that you can do other than keeping up hope. So do just that....keep the hope up and make sure he knows that you are there. Good luck and best wishes.",
"Do your research.",
"The test is:\n\nIs it true?\n\nIs it necessary?\n\nIs it kind?\n\nYour first message gets 1/3...\n\nI think you can do better.\n\nMore to your point: Jesus was an asshole sometimes, in service of the greater good. I think you were just trying to be funny, which isn't enough of an imperative to risk being rude or cruel, in this context, you know?\n",
"Gotta get that sweet karma.",
"He isn’t fighting anything. He’s just letting people do their job and you’re trying to get sympathy points. You disgust me. Stop exploiting your child for attention. ",
"I\"m so happy to hear that! My best friend had a double lung transplant a couple of years ago, and also had complications. It was terrifying. I remember writing her emails every day, not knowing if she would ever get to read them. When she finally started to piece together a few brief responses, it was one of the happiest days of my life.\n\nShe's also doing great now, and she looks like an entirely different person. She'd had the cannula since I met her, and now she's free of it and she's put on weight - it's amazing!\n\nMy hear goes out to you and all of your friends and family who were probably as terrified as I was...",
"He looks like the Grinch who stole Christmas",
"This ruined me as well ",
"My thoughts go out to you and your son, he will pull through this! \n\nI was born with CPAM and had to undergo a lung surgery a few years ago. They had removed my bottom right lobe. You're son will be okay, the doctors will fight every inch to make it happen ",
"And win he will.",
"This is pathetic on so many levels. Maybe he should put his phone down and spend more time with his son. Not post pictures of him online. \n\nJesus.. \n\nEdit: word",
"How ? He isn’t doing anything.",
"I hope he's doing okay. Sending love from the r/drugs community",
"Stay strong little bro!",
"Was this written by two people halfway through? From son to best friend.",
"Wishing you strength and resilience during this fight! See you and your son in the winners lounge! ",
"As a father to a young boy myself, I can’t imagine what you and your family are going through. Best wishes and will be praying for a full recovery for your boy. ",
"I'm 6'6\" about 270lbs... I'm crying like a baby and I don't pray nor do I believe in organized religion. That being said, I will pray to all of them today. Hope the best for Matthew and the rest of your family. ",
"Matthew, you're one of the strongest fighter this world has ever seen! good luck little friend.",
"Nice way to farm some upvotes using your sick son!",
"Sending hope and love and all the good thoughts in the world from NYC.",
"What else are you going to do besides just wait and worry.",
"I'm rude because this kindergarten theology legitimately angers me. The original commenter clearly could have prayed without making a show of it too.",
"Pray? God doesn't exist though. ",
"You may have saved him with the lung transplant, but you're killing him with the iPad.",
"I finally figure out how to filter bullshit and along comes some even more baffling narcissism",
"If you require another donor lung, I'd be willing to donate one. Blood type is B positive...if that makes a difference with lung transplants. ",
"Thinking of you and your little man! ",
"Blessings to you and your family bruh. ",
"I pray you guys make it through. C'mon guys you can do it. Please look up.",
"Looks like he is winning",
"Best wishes. My heart goes out to you and your family.",
"I love the idea of a grandma trollin' around Reddit with the username \"dead-fuckin-timmy\"",
"Oh, believe me, I'm an atheist, you just can't admit to being wrong... even when it was SO easy to avoid. \n\nI'm mostly just giving you shit because you don't even care about the topic of the post, and only about yourself and your beliefs. Matthew is a better person than you are.",
"Stay strong Matthew. Thoughts headed your way. ",
"Survive!",
"I hope OP sees these 2 comments <3",
"Best of luck to him.",
"You know what fucks me up? This kid, very young, fighting for his life. I'm only 22, this kid has had a harder life than me easily, and probably most of us already. Idk how he goes through it. I can't believe how tough this kid is. Good on him. I wish all the best to him and his family. \n\nIts easier to fight something you know you are fighting, but this kid. Too young to know whats going on. What a legend. Loce to him amd his family.",
"Southern California ",
"I guess that calls for a little screen time. ",
"Good luck and prayers from Iowa!!",
"Tell your son he is awesome! ",
"No u",
"I’m sorry for all the shitty comments you’re receiving OP. Please be mindful of your comments people, you have absolutely NO IDEA what this family is going through.\nI really hope he makes a speedy recovery. 💝\nEdit: downvotes from said assholes. Are you all happy now? He appears to have deleted his account. I would too if I read half the disgusting responses.",
"That sweeet sweet lung transplant karma is so much sweeeter than that sweet sweet facebook like ",
"...so?",
"Wow exploiting your kid for likes and karma to strangers. What a good father you are. You get enough sympathy yet? ",
"I really wish him and you all the best and Oh boy does he ever remind me of my son. ",
"good luck my heart breaks for the little guy",
"He looks like a winner. He'll overcome this battle. Keep fighting the good fight my dude and get better!",
"I hope things go well. He does look like a fighter.",
"A whopping £0. \n\nBet you feel fucking stupid now huh.\n\nDunce.",
"Does he use the IPad to pass time there often? If so PM me, I want to donate an apple gift card for him to buy a game/ movie/ book or whatever he likes to do on it to pass the time. \n\nHe looks very strong and positive in the picture, I don't know that I could be that strong in that situation but I really hope everything stays stable. ",
"He's fighting it with a smile and with loving parents. He'll definitely win the fight :)",
"Best of luck to you and your family! keep on fighting Matthew we're rooting for you little man!",
"I agree!\n\nEdit: there were literally people saying they wish the kid would die. I don't see how people want this.\n\nEedit: you're just proving the point",
"You can do it buddy! Can’t wait for the follow-up victory pic : )",
"Hope everything is alright!",
"I am sending your kid and your family positive energy!\n\nGod bless him",
"Stay strong . And hoping for the quickest recovery possible ",
"The sob stories are back on /r/pics.",
"Go get’m tiger!",
"“My son is dying. Quick, let me post a picture of him that he can’t really consent to on a site full of strangers that can’t offer me or him any real support”",
"OP: what's his name?\n\nMe: it doesn't matter.\n\nYou: too bad for you that it matters, since you don't know your name!",
"\"Picture of a young boy in hospital\"",
"Heavenly Father wrap your healing arms around this little one and his family.",
"Give him a hug from me and I wish you all a lot of strength 😊 ",
"What color fedora do you wear?",
"Wish him well but this is not facebook.",
"Talk to friends and family. Or a more appropriate subreddit. There are plenty of support subreddits that aren't this one. ",
"He said his reason for posting it is so his son can look back at the picture when he's healed. \n\nI think you can just save the picture on your computer though. That's how I do it at least. ",
"Keep going buddy!",
"Go lions",
"Makes me feel ashamed that as a 22 year old man I hate even getting shots. He is a strong kid :) I hope him the best.\n",
"Sending all in your family some positive energy and best wishes for a speedy recovery.",
"He is so adorable! Stay strong and bless you ❤",
"My mom always tells me to stop smoking cause there are people that hope to have my health.. I won’t smoke another one from here on out.. hope the best for u guys ",
"Tell us WillBert07, the masses of Reddit, what do you need? Where is the gofundme?",
"Stay strong, little man! ",
"What an incredible young man you have there. Wishing him all the best for a speedy recovery and recuperation. I know very little about pulmonary hypertension but I do know that GOSH are absolutely amazing and the absolute best in the world at what they do. They saved my niece's life when things looked very bleak indeed - she's 27 now and you'd never know how I'll she was before she got her new heart as a teenager.\n\nAll the best to you and your family at this stressful (to put it mildly) time. ",
"Hang in there little man! You got this!",
"Hugs to you and him! Stay strong.",
"Stray strong. Hopes he gets better 💕❤️",
"Ok...?",
"Kick some ass little dude!",
"I'll be thinking of your son and your family while he gets better. Stay strong little dude!!!",
"What difference does it make to you? ",
"From one father to another I wish your son a fast recovery and peace for your family. Stay strong OP!",
"You didn't respond to the right person",
"I did too, and I hope a lot of people will pray for him <3",
"Best wishes little man! Praying for a speedy recovery. ",
"Somebody get this kid a Switch. ",
"So the son can look back on this time and be super glad that someone immortalized a picture of him at his absolute worst, without his consent, for hundreds of thousands of people to gawk at.",
"Or maybe he needs support? I can't imagine what he is going through.",
"Heart goes out to you and best wishes for your family. He's a lovely looking boy. Get better!",
"My newborn son is also currently in the hospital (UCSF) after undergoing one planned heart surgery for double outlet right ventricle and severe polmonary stenosis as well as an emergency abdominal surgery (colectomy and appendectomy). We seem to be out of the woods for now, but I'll tell you... one thing I've learned after only being a parent for a few weeks is that these kids are strong. A lot stronger than we think they are. And their strength is infectious and inspiring. All the best to your kiddo and your family during this time. Thinking of you all.",
"I have a son, I cant imagine. All the best",
"This almost brought tears to my eyes, I’ll keep hi, in my prayers, stay strong little man!",
"Best of luck to Matthew, you, and your family. Stay strong.",
"Well, it's not like Disney has a history of spending millions on lobbying for excessive protection of their own copyrights or anything... Right??",
"i bet he-ll become a hearthstone champion and will score so many goals soon!!!",
"Keep on battling, little guy: You got this! \n\nSending hope and well wishes from Colorado. ",
"Stay strong, keep fighting!",
"What actually transpired:\n\nOP: what's his name?\n\nYou: If you can't fill out the miracle request form, he won't answer your prayer!\n\nMe: you're a douchebag. Going by your logic you won't be receiving any miracles.",
"What a happy looking fighter he is! Wishing you all the best ",
"Keep fighting man ! Do not back down and beat it into the ground !",
"I mean, parents bring their kids out in public and strange people look at them there. ",
"Hello from Texas, Matthew! You look like a fighting man :)",
"Everyone is rooting for him and your family. ♥️",
"God bless - I wish the little man a quick and strong recovery! All the best xxxx",
"You got this, kiddo! ",
"I know lung transplants are no joke, but he looks like a fighter. Stay strong mom and dad, we are all rooting for you and him. ",
"Poor baby. Hugs to him and you, OP. ",
"All the best to Matthew and your family... we are all rooting for you!",
"Everyone will die one day, that is reality, can't escape death, and a cigar would just help speed up the process, bad advice man.\n\nGod willing he makes it",
"I love the look on his face man, hes got a cheeky grin and a twinkle in his eye! He looks like he knows he is loved 😊 i wish him all the best",
"He looks like a good kid. He'll make it out just fine! ",
"Hang in there, little man, we're with you.",
"I hope that everything goes well for your little man. I myself have beautiful little girl and cannot fathom what you may be going through. I know I’m just some anonymous name on the internet but I am praying for his recovery. ",
"wow, pimping your dying child out on the internet for karma is a new low to hit this early in the year. I hope the kid recovers ",
"You already took the picture, what does posting it on Reddit have anything to do with him looking back on it? Do you know how pictures work?",
"little warrior¡!! sending love from mexico",
"What do you mean? What can he do to help his kid? You want him to sit and cry about his son not being well? There are so many posts of people overcoming their problems and seeing such posts can actual make you feel better. This can one day be the same for some random stranger who is fighting for their life/kids life. Such small things do matter. Be nice. :) ",
"Believe, be positive and be strong!!",
"My best wishes to him, you, and your family!",
"What do you mean when you say your son is your best friend? As an adult you should have a totally different relationship with a best friend than the one you have with your child. \n\nEDIT: ask a question on reddit, get down votes instead of explanations. Sorry I was raised different from y'all. I'll make sure to never be curious about other's viewpoints",
"Good luck. I have the privilege of working with heart and lung transplants every day. Not in kids though which is a bummer. I’m guessing this pic was taken pre-Op?",
"“[thoughts and prayers...](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=T9SKkd79AjQ)”",
"I hope everything goes well and that there's a full recovery on the horizon <3",
"My son just had a pacemaker installed to his heart over the holidays. I can't imagine what you must be feeling. You both are very strong! Prayers for you and your family. ",
"Brilliant! That is so wonderful that it was available for him!",
"You can do it kiddo!",
"Disney *did* create Peter Pan. /s",
"I’m sorry to hear that, but i love seeing the smile on his face. This guy will fight and become one amazing guy. Best wishes to you all. ",
"Well the lung transplant will go a long way. Plus I'm sure the OP knows exactly how nasty this disease is. I'm an ICU nurse I see a lot of pulmonary hypertension patients. It really doesn't take long to see how bad it is because it's drilled into every patient's head how important it is to stick to the regimen. BUT ON THE BRIGHTER SIDE....there is an exciting advance in the treatment of this disease in the way of an implantable remodulin pump which I hope makes the treatment for patients so much easier!",
"I can’t imagine what you and your family are going through, but he looks and sounds like a tough little dude, and it sounds like he’s got a lotta love surrounding him. Stay strong and keep fighting little buddy",
"Best of luck Kiddo!!! Good to see a big smile on that face regardless of his health issues :) :) ",
"That would be so shamelessly stupid.",
"Hey Matthew, I hope you read this!",
"The support might help them if they are people of faith but you know keep on making a show of your edginess bro",
"Fantastic smile for such a heartbreaking story.",
"He's begging for sympathy in the top comment too",
"I think you're missing something dude. I'm saying your fedora wearing pals are misguided, as are people who believe God's not going to get the message if you don't specifically mention this kid's name.",
"I dont know what to say. So \"insert supportive comment here\". Cant imagine how scary that would be, but stay strong. Many positive internet vibes your way. *wiggles fingers magically*",
"Sending positive vibrations. Hope he'll get healthy soon. ",
"This is pretty humbling. So much so, it makes me feel like a general asshole for getting frustrated about the little things in life around me. and here you are dealing with this.",
"Remember when this sub used to be about cool pics instead of pics of signs and pity parties?",
"[He's also super worried about his sports team.](https://www.reddit.com/r/Everton/comments/7puono/free_talk_friday/dskdhar/) So there's that.",
"I wish him the best!",
"All the best. ",
"You got this, hang in there!",
"Fighting? He’s already won",
"Rofl, then i scrolled back to the picture after your comment! Rofl, upvote",
"Glad to see he is smiling and optimistic before surgery. Im sure this will help him overcome this battle.",
"Best of outcomes to you all. ",
"Take your pity party shit somewhere else, this used to be a nice sub.",
"Matthew, you are a fighter, and you have everything in the world to fight for! You've got this, Matthew, and we've all got your back! You just get better so you can have a great new year with your Dad and the rest of your family. We're praying for you so we can help to make that happen! Fight, sweetie! Fight with everything you've got! We all love you!",
"Hold on tight little boy!",
"He is brave and would definitely make it up. God bless him. ",
"He is a very handsome young man and I can tell he makes you proud!!! Please send our well wishes to him and PLEASE keep us updated!!! You’re both in my prayers!!! ",
"This doesn’t mean anything because it’s just a random comment but boi does he ducking got it in the bag!! Hope you take him out to ice cream once he beats this shit!",
"Damn, there are a lot of really jaded comments on this post. I understand that it is hard to understand why someone would post a picture of their child going through a tough illness to the internet, but maybe they are just looking to vent, or need some support from complete strangers because they're going through a hard time. I mean, it's kinda fucked up if they're just doing it for karma, but why do people just automatically assume that's the case? Is it really that hard to understand that a parent might just want some well-wishes and support? If he's spending 24/7 in the hospital, and the child is sleeping a lot (as is usually the case in the ICU) why the fuck is he not allowed to spend time on Reddit? I don't get why people are so cynical on this website sometimes, it seems like everyone always assumes the worst about other people. It's really kinda sad. ",
"I don't think best friends are defined by a type of relationship. I think it has more to do with how much you love and enjoy someone. ",
"Good luck, buddy. You got this. ",
"Keep fighting Matty Boy! You got this!",
"Why do you think anyone here cares? I certainly don't. GO back to facebook with this personal shit.",
"Be strong Matthew ! ",
"Does not look like he is fighting or strugling. He is happy playing a tablet",
"Tell Facebook",
"That's the face of a winner not a quitter. This badass will kick pulmonary hypertension's ass. \n\nOP: Stay strong my man. You need to be strong and calm/composed for yourself and your family. Take care of yourself. ",
"Sending mad love and encouragement your way, brother. Fight on Matthew! ",
"Winning the fight of his life",
"Breathtaking smile! Best of luck and may his recovery be haste. ",
"He looks like he’s winning!",
"Stay strong my dude..sending prayers your way 🙏🙏🙏",
"He looks like a tough kid! Stay strong Matthew!",
"I wish you and your little guy smooth roads ahead.",
"Tell him Reddit has got his back.",
"My kid is dying, give me internet points.",
"Speaking of car park charges (US btw). I had jury duty during December last year. We still had to pay to park in the District Court parking garage, albeit at a discounted prices but still....I had to tell someone.",
"It warms my heart that he smiles after such serious event! I wish him good luck :)",
"I love you man. I wish nothing but the best for you and your wonderful family.",
"Hi Matthew! I believe that you will pass this struggle successfully...Then you will be a strong guy.My heart is with you.(Father of a 19 months old beauty who has Cf)",
"Hi Matthew! I'm rooting for you from North Carolina in the USA. Sending you swift healing power and much love!!",
"\"I hope your son dies\"\n\nWhat in the world man....",
"Someone always has to post an uninformed healthcare opinion on these posts. Dude's kid is fighting for his life...",
"he looks like one tough kid, i wish you the best of luck!",
"Oh my. I have nothing at all to contribute to this thread, but I hope the absolute best for Matthew, and hope you're holding up ok too. ",
"Man. Ive got two little kids. This hits close to home. Best of luck and hang in there man. ",
"This was before the surgery.. ",
"All the love <3",
"Dear god.. \n\nPlease save Matthew and take this dick (u/ihadanamebutforgot) instead. \n\n\nThanks and regards,\nAn atheist that knows not to beat down well intended harmless act of kindness.\n\n",
"Reddit is probably not the best place to post an image to garner support and reassurance.",
"Stay strong , he is a champ! All the best",
"I didn’t know I was on Facebook.",
">You: If you can't fill out the miracle request form, he won't answer your prayer!\n\nThat was sarcasm my bud. I made that explicit in the next sentence.",
"If he's stable than he's not \"fighting for his life\" what an obnoxious parent being overdramatic for no reason. I've actually seen people REALLY fighting for their lives. He clearly is not in this pic ",
"Wishing your son a speedy and stable recovery!",
"dear pedantic, \nsome people (me included) like a name for themselves to use in the prayer... \ngod has no need.",
"How do you talk about the risk of his own death with a 7-year old?",
"Sending prayers",
"Put your fists up, little man...you got this!",
"So, I kind of get why that stuff could be obnoxious (like, public display of religious virtue or whatever), but, seriously, WHY does it make you angry?\n\nMaybe not the time or place for all that, but...it's kind of a step beyond to actually get riled up about performative religion, you know?\n\nDid you have some really crappy experiences with this kind of thing? I myself grew up in a kind of atheist environment, within a larger community that was sort of casually religious, so I don't really feel any particular way about religion...\n\nJust wondering if maybe your personal experience is informing that strong feeling.\n\nAnyhow. Hope your Friday is a good one.",
"My daughter is coming off of her sildenafil this month (at 2.5 years old)! She had borderline pulmonary hypertension secondary to a heart condition.",
"No, you don't understand. God didn't GIVE him the health issues, he's only helping them to go away.",
"Best wishes!!! Glad your family will stay whole and I hope that fine young man has a speedy recovery! Cheers.",
"I’m still a child myself and I truly wish you guys the best. Obviously random words from a stranger can only mean so much. Seriously though, so many kids go without parents as loving as you. He is so lucky so have you there with him, and he looks tough enough to be out of there in no time. Wish both of you a happy New Year! ",
"I’m sorry",
"Hoping for a speedy recovery.",
"<3\n\nThat's all I can say. As a Father, my heart goes out to you and your son.",
"I like you. Good comment. This little dude is in my thoughts.",
"I’m sorry but my daughter split her head open yesterday. Putting her picture on reddit was the last fucking thing I wanted to do. ",
"OP, every parent on reddit is sending love, hugs, and well-wishes your way!\n\nI bet even a lot of non-parents are too!",
"I wish you all the best best stay strong ",
"I am so sorry that you and your family are going through this. Me and my family will keep you guys in our thoughts and prayers. ",
"We’re all rooting for you out here in Greenport!",
"Second that. Suddenly the shit that was important yesterday is meaningless today without health and family/friends. Stay strong and prayers are with you. \n\nDon’t give up. Don’t ever give up.",
"\"My son is fighting for his life right now? Free karma!!\"",
"Keep the faith. One of my family members had 2 transplants which had complications but were eventually successful.",
"I know that feeling all too well. I'll be thinking of you and your family and hoping for some positive updates!",
"Complete healing upon him in the mighty name of Jesus. ",
"I can see this kid is a fighter, keep going strong my friend.\n",
"You've got this, Matthew! ",
"aw, hope he makes it :(",
"Stay strong little dude!",
"People often seek out a sense of community in a tragedy and parents often post pictures of kids they are proud of, so it's not really that weird.",
"My thoughts are with you and your family. Wishing the little guy the best of luck in recovery! \n\nStay strong. Chin up. Smile. You've got this! ",
"Fight hard kid! You got this!",
"Best wishes for a full recovery!",
"I hope he will be fine ❤❤❤",
"Wishing Matthew a very speedy recovery. May God bless him and your family. Nothing but the best.",
">fighting for his life *after* a lung transplant\n\nwas going to make a joke about the game he's playing thinking the worst was past him. I hope he recovers succesfully",
"Warriors. They fight so that the rest may appreciate how lucky they are. Thank you to your son and all the other soldiers of fate. May they find peace in their struggle ",
"Does anybody here actually think OP gives a fuck about karma? Ever thought about the fact that maybe he/she is just looking for support? Nobody knows the motivation why he posted this and it shouldn't even matter. Bunch of sour fucks getting mad that OP is getting some fake internet points while his/her kid is fighting for his life. \n\n@OP - stay strong!",
"She ok?",
"Stay strong little man.",
"He has the smile of a good kid. Best of luck OP.",
"adorable little man, YOU GOT THIS!!! keep fighting ~ everyone here is supporting you 100% 💖 please show after pics! ",
"You do realize the same could be said about you replying to their comment, right?",
"Did I miss something is he asking for money somewhere?",
"I hope your son has a speedy recovery. I have a 7 year old son as well and cant even imagine being in this situation. Stay strong.",
"I'm with you but I have realized that it makes no sense to adress or criticize OP when it's the people who upvote these posts who are actually to blame. I don't understand why people upvote this unless like 90% of reddit users are bored moms.",
"Hang tough little man! I am sending you positive thoughts/energy. In a few years you won't even remember this crazy adventure. ",
"You got this, little dude",
"Wish you the best man I'm not religious but as a father of 5 ill pray for you and your kid to have a speedy recovery",
"Does the constant sarcasm go over well, usually? You make a good point but it's being lost in the delivery, which is a shame. ",
"Kid doesn't want to talk > ~~talk to family and loved ones~~ > post picture of kid on Reddit. \n\n*scratches head*",
"Yeah, this gets posted every single time something happens, where people wish others well, but I don't understand it. I mean, yeah, if you put it up on your Facebook page to 'cash in' on a shitty situation, then you're obviously an asshole, but honestly I don't see the issue with displaying solidarity for the sake of support. I mean, in this case it's probably nice for a parent with a potentially terminally ill child to get some emotional support from a bunch of people. And instead what they get is a bunch of really cynical people on Reddit basically accusing him of whoring out his sick child for karma, when there's absolutely no reason to suspect that that's the case. I could imagine if I had a sick child, that the support and well-wishes probably feel pretty damn good in a situation such as this, but it seems like people on Reddit would rather believe that it's a karma-grab, and that's pretty disheartening honestly.",
"Stay strong, OP. Matthew looks like a fighter!",
"Stay strong!\nFor most people, the only thing that can beat them is the disappointment about life. Stay hopeful, stay alive.",
"> He’s my best friend.\n\nI can tell you’re a great dad and Matthew knows it.",
"What an adorable child. My wife suffers from PAH. It’s a cruel disease and so hard to understand. Recently, I met a lung transplant success. Her PAH is cured. I pray and hope your experience is as good as hers. PAH is a terrible disease, the new lungs a tremendous gift. So sorry I am that the disease was so aggressive for your baby. Here in the states so many victims can’t afford the expensive medications needed to manage PAH. Thanks for sharing your story. ",
"My heart goes out to you guys and your little fighter!! I seriously hope all goes well and he makes the beat and fastest recovery he can! \n\nOne the best best pieces of advice a councilor gave me to have a little hope in situations like this is \"hope for the best but expect the worse\"\n\nAlso me and plently others in this thread know what it is like, if you ever need to reach out to just vent or talk or anything feel free to send a message",
"Hey would someone mind putting together a go fund me for Matthew?! If nothing else but for toys for Matthew!!! I’ll gladly donate!!! I’m not sure of their financial situation obviously but with a community like Reddit we can make something happen!!!",
"He has that fire in his eyes. When this picture was taking he had already been through a lot, but he was still able to give that look. You're in the best possible place for him and your son is a fighter. I wish you and your family all the best during this very difficult time.",
"😔 you and little Matthew are in me and my families thoughts. Stay strong 💪🏼 ",
"Thinking about you Matty. Hang in there buddy. ",
"Cynical, yes.\nI would not be capable of taking a photo of my kid if i were in OPs stance.\nEven he has the guts to put that his kid can watch the image after he recovers, but what if he doesnt?\nNo one wants that to happen, but honestly do you think the kid will grew up and think, whew family, thanks for the reddit post.",
"I like you too. Bundle of twigs!",
"This isn't Facebook.",
"Keep fighting little man!",
"Best wishes & a speedy recovery. ",
"I know it's just a drop in the bucket of support here but I wish nothing but the very best for your son.",
"Much love little man <3",
"If he's in the ICU 24/7, there's a good chance his kid is sleeping a lot, as is often the case with recovery from serious illness. And so, he's on Reddit to pass the time, probably. There's no reason to suspect he is neglecting his child for the sake of being on Reddit, but for some reason people here are cynical enough that it is their first impulse to believe that is the case. Why is that? ",
"He's adorable. Make sure to keep us updated.",
"Everyone's pulling for you lil man! ",
"he figting for his wae",
"? A best friend 'should' be someone you enjoy spending time with the most.... how can that not be your own kid? \n\n",
"Oh, you appear to have dropped your /s.\n\nHere on Reddit (a land of written sentences, lacking tone inflection) we are forced to use that symbol to signify sarcasm. \n\nAs you didn't, I just assumed you were being an asshole. Which, you still kinda are. \n\nI... I'm quite certain you're still wrong. Have a nice day. ",
"Yeah, there is a big difference between walking down the street with your kid and posting a picture of your kid on an image board filled with porn, fetish shit, and wackos.\n\n\n\nIf O.P. is so open as to share this picture HERE, I'll bet O.P. also posted this to other social media, where a reverse image search could pull up further info on his kid, where he is at, and more information on the kid. I'm sure one could even pull metadata and find the G.P.S. coordinates of where the picture was taken and figuring out which hospital room his kid is in.",
"Lmao funny thing is you’re too much of a pussy to say that in real life but since you have the safety of the internet you think you can make jokes. What a weak person you are 😂 ",
"Stay strong little man 👍🏻",
"Best wishes! Sending strength to him and your family!",
"She is but something always irks me about putting kids on the internet.",
"> He's my best friend.\n\nAs a fellow Dad who feels that way about his own son, my heart goes out to you. Sending light and love your and Matthew's way.",
"Poor guy, he’ll be in my prayers. I hope the little champ makes it through. Get well soon little dude!",
"OP wanted to take a photo of her kid and show him in the future after he recovers as a reminder of his successful recovery. But let's tell the internet. You can accomplish the same thing without telling the internet. Pity post. My girlfriend has a kid with epilepsy and seizures. Child is also wheelchair bound and cannot speak or walk. Do you see me posting pity posts like I am on Facebook to tell the whole world? No. Bring the downvotes you circle jerkers. We too can disagree but of course I am going to get downvoted",
"There are support groups for that. You really think this guy *needs* support from a bunch of random Redditors? Cmon man this is Facebook type shit ",
"#Pray this together with your son, now is the time. \n\nhttp://i.magaimg.net/img/2bsf.jpg",
"+1",
"Keep fighting little man! ",
"Stay strong little one! 😢🖤",
"My son is dying. Upbotes to the left ladies and gentils.",
"Words aren't enough but it's all I have. I would be a wreck without my son who's 15 now And after dealing with somewhat serious issues my self In 2017 it makes me pay more attention to things like this. When we are well, we never think we'll get sick. When it's serious is when we realize how fragile life can be. Best wishes to you and your family....kids shouldn't have to suffer like this.",
"Keep fighting Matthew! You’ve got this! from my family here in Oregon. Please keep us updated OP",
"Yea wtf why would you post this on reddit",
"ehhh... thanks Willbert? ",
"Tell the little homie to stay up. Love from Fresno, CA. Also, teach him about what a G Doc Holiday was.",
"Hey Matthew! Sending all the best to you from Canada!\n\nMy niece was born with dilated cardiomyopathy--basically half of her heart didn't work properly. She had a heart transplant at 5 months old and just celebrated her 1st birthday right before Christmas. She's doing well, and I know that you will too! Good luck buddy, you are a superhero!",
"A fight which he shall win. The force is strong with this one.",
"Just don't.\n\nLet people label their own relationships. They didn't ask for, nor do they need, your input. ",
"Peace and love ",
"A friend usually implies a non familial/sexual relationship. ",
"1 upvote☝️ = 1 prayer 👐 godbless",
"What a dashing lad! Your little guy is going to be back to 100% before you know it! I know it's tough but continue to be his pillar of strength, Dad! He's got this. You've got this. I'm pulling for you! ",
"Ok it takes like 30 seconds to post on Reddit so it's not like he missed out on time with his son.. and maybe he wants some fucking support, I can't imagine what he's going through right now. Get some perspective ",
"He's trying to get karma out of his sick son. Did you read his top comment in this tread? He's begging for sympathy. This is insane, many people fell for this ",
"He's a strong warrior, he'll win my friend!",
"You'd never guess with a smile like that. ",
"He's gonna make it and this is gonna make a great story when he's 105 years old and telling his life story to his great grand kids. ",
"Where's the like button?\n\nOh right this isnt Facebook ",
"If the context makes the entire pic, then yes I would say it doesn’t belong here. Like this post. \n\nBut if you took an amazing picture of a buffalo in Yellowstone National Park right after a massive snowstorm, and titled it “Buffalo, Yellowstone National Park” then it belongs here. \n\nBut then again, what the hell do I know. Pretty much all subs have turned to complete shit lately ",
"Rock on, keep fighting the good fight little man! :D",
"Im a doctor man and nice of you reaching out to this childs dad to help him with queries. As i always say patients are our best teachers.",
"This is something that I wouldn't even post to Facebook for my closest family and friends to see. The people who need to know about it and I'd want supporting him would already be doing that.\n\nThis is just weird...",
"If you were a little boy fighting for your life it would be scary. iPad Is to make the recovery time seem quicker and to take his mind off things. Get out of the here troll ",
"Keep fighting lad!",
"Your son is fat",
"Keep up the fight little man ",
"Your son seems like a great kid! I hope he gets well soon!",
"Good thing you're exploiting your childs illness for Internet points and attention. The only reason I hope he doesn't die is because you'd probably post that too. \n\nGo back to facebook with this kind of content. ",
"He’s got a lot of living to do. Remember, he’s the one who’s gonna give you some grandkids so you can scream at them to get off the lawn you just mowed. They’ll look at you, laugh and run and today “grandpa is funny”. You’ll look at them and say that kids back in your day were more respectful than these 2030s kids. But deep down inside, you know you love them and you just wanna make noise because it’s what old people do to their grandkids.\n\n Your son will come outside to see what the locomotion was and you’ll tell him that he was not this active as a young kid and he’ll ask you if you’ve taken your hbp pills. \n\nYou’ll both talk about the resent signals that scientists have been receiving from another planet. By the time it ends, you’ll have fallen asleep on your hover rocking chair. ",
"Prayers for your son, family, and the doctors working on him.",
"Sending my prayers & all my well wishes! Keep it up little man! ❤️❤️❤️❤️",
"Reddit is with you bud! ",
"Jah bless you your family and all at GOSH they are amazing x",
"This sub is so fucking trash. Fuck you mods. ",
"Wish you and your family the best. His smile is so heart warming 😀",
"Nah, they're not in the USA. Other developed countries actually have health care. ",
"I have a son he's 7 and I couldn't imagine what you're going through. He was born 2.5 months premature. We weren't sure if he would make it. I spent every day in that NICU talking to him and encouraging him to hang on. It gave me a completely new outlook on life. I hope you have blessed life young man.",
"Cool here's some karma hope it helps. ",
"Reddit delivers pizza ",
"My best friend is my dog ",
"I learned to dread Code Blue over the speakers. Such an awful, sick, helpless feeling. All the best to you.",
"Kids are resilient little things.\nJust know that he is going to put his best fight forward.\n\nYou guys will all make it through this. ",
"Hope everything turns out well and he recovers fully.\n\nBest of luck to your son and you.",
"Fat keeps you alive.. At least he's not scrawny :) ",
"God Bless him and will keep him strong, prayers being sent your way! ",
"Oof",
"Best wishes, I hope he gets betters. He is young and that is supposed to be key in these transplants.",
"Stay strong little buddy!! Don’t give up :)",
"I hope your son feels better really soon! ",
"Goodluck Litlle brother. Hope u get well",
"I recently became a father in 2017 at 23. Unexpected and with someone I was not dating nor planned on having a future with. I struggled with the idea of the situation, not wanting to have kids until i was at least 30. That little man has become my best buddy in the world and melts me with a single breath. I was devastated and a wreck when he had gas that was making him uncomfortable. I can only imagine what toll it has taken on you not being able to switch places with him or make the bad go away. I'm sorry and i hope he lives a very long happy life with good health, always driving you nuts and filling your heart with love.",
"Stay strong little buddy, lots of people are rooting for you!",
"Hope he gets out of there ASAP and gets his full health back!",
"He looks like a champion! Here's to a strong recovery! Nothing more valuable to him then his parents support!",
"Thoughts and prayers ",
"Fake internet points",
"That’s exactly what I thought. Personally if I had a family member fighting for their life, I would not be posting their picture on Reddit. ",
"You got it, Matt! 👌",
"Sooo many hugs and all my love are being sent to you and your family - but of course mainly beautiful Matthew. Keep strong buddy. You’ve got this. ",
"You'd be surprised lol",
"He flat-out said the name of the hospital they're at. If someone had bad intentions to molest a sick kid would they wait til one popped up on Reddit, investigate the location, and fly to London? Or would they just walk into their local children's hospital? I understand caution but let's be realistic. ",
"I understand your sentiment, but I also appreciate when random people share their life with me. It's not pleasant but being regularly mindful of mortality enriches my life. It encourages me to live life to its fullest and make tasteful compromises between living in the present and deferring gratification. To each their own.",
"Sending good vibes your way!",
"The kids a champ\n\n",
"Maybe if you prayed to allah none of this would happen to your son. Peace be upon him ",
"I hope your son has a long and beautiful life ahead. Even if he doesn't i hope he leaves with a smile in his face and contention in his heart. Stay strong!",
"I don't really believe in religion or prayers. But I'm sending good vibes your guys' way and hope everything turns out positively!",
"Tell my man that he's got this, and literally the entire world has his back. \n\nAll the best to you and your family in a tough time.",
"Yea because thoughts go so far",
"Why post though? Let him be sick and heal in private",
"All of it",
"My lil man has spent more than his share at Children's hospitals so I know how strong our mini me's are! He's my best friend too but my wife gave me shit and said I better not let our other son hear that he isn't my best friend... Lol. Sending some positive vibes to your family and specifically Matthew!!! Get well soon bud!",
"That's awfully cynical. ",
"Yeah",
"Godspeed, little feller!",
"Best wishes to him, you and your family for his recovery now and in thefuture.",
"Oh my. I hope he recovers well, so both of you keep being best friends for a very long time. He seems like a really nice kid (and you too). Stay strong!",
"You gotta be a heartless fuck to use your poor son for karma whoring, disgusting.",
"Truly spoken like someone with no children and are most likely a child themselves.",
"Best of luck! I hope your son pulls through so you may enjoy happy moments with him for years to come. ",
"GOSH? As in the Great Ormond Street Hospital? Then your son is being looked after by the best people there is. When I was 2 years old, GOSH figured out that I had heart problems and performed open heart surgery on me twice. It's thanks to them that I'm alive today. I know your son will be fine, but I wish him well anyway. Hopefully nothing bad happens in the coming days.",
"I'm not against the prayer or even the doing it publicly. Guess I'm not being very clear, but I'm trying to express my very strong conviction that there is no meaningful information a person can supply to God to make their prayers more effective.",
"Why are people posting stuff like this on the internet? It's your family, your personal life, your intimacy. Why would you want to share that with everyone? If you wanted him to look back at it when he gets better, you could have simply saved the picture on your phone and show it to him...\n\nI really want him to recover, no child in the world should suffer, ever, but sir / madam what you are doing is wrong.",
"This screams 'I don't have kids'",
"Support is needed for those in pain, including his son.",
"Courage and god bless. He looks like a strong lil guy.",
"WhaT do yoU MeaN whEn yOu sAy youR SoN iS yOuR BesT frIend? AS aN AdUlt you shoUlD haVe a tOtalLy DiFfErEnt rElAtiOnsHip WitH A bEst frIend thaN thE oNe You hAve witH YouR ChilD\n\n\n...people, I swear...",
"Keep fighting little man. Bravest person I have seen in a long time",
"Noworries! that lil dude has got this!",
"And here i am smoking my goddamn cigarettes....\nHe can smile still and he means it. I can see it in his eyes and cheeks. \nCougareous little man.\nMy heart goes out to him, you and your family!",
"❤️❤️praying for yall!",
"Yeah, you seem like a really sad person, honestly. What kind of way is that of talking about a parent who might be losing his child? That honestly seems psychopathic. ",
"What a champ! ",
"You are a brave little man!!! You’ve got this!!! ❤️🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻",
"Another sick kid of a random stranger. How refreshing. Don’t post shit like this. Spend that time you are on Reddit making your son a hot meal, cuddling, reading a story, etc. ",
"OP, I wish your child the best and this is nothing more than one of the most if not the most painful things to have to go through, but I don’t understand the thought process behind posting this on Reddit. ",
"Probably not the best video to post since it starts with him saying “speaking of dead people”. Just a thought. ",
"Very nice post! Keep it up!",
"Why does Reddit need to know?",
"Get well soon !",
"He’s beautiful and he will make it. God bless.",
"No the kid is currently \"fighting for life after a lung tranaplant\" the photo is from before. OP commented in another post. No one looks this good fighting a post transplant infection... he's a really sick kid. the dad wants him to see all the likes after he gets better and posted a photo of him when he was doing better rather than one of him looking very sick.",
"Nah dude. I was pretty clear about not *actually* believing there are pieces of paper you need to fill out and mail to God. Good argument though.",
"Wishing your family all the best :-)",
"Your son is in my prayers. What a fighter!",
"Kids of my own and this really puts things into perspective. He's the definition of a champion. ",
"everybody on reddit is a bot except you",
"Your little dude looks like he's made of sterner stuff, @OP. I raise my glass to him. Keep fighting, my little man.",
"Thats a fighter if I ever saw one :)",
"Go little buddy go! You can do this!",
"Good luck brother",
"Sincerest wishes for his recovery.",
"Bless you and your son! Sending positive energy his way....",
"Im usually a pretty morbid and cynical person, but for some reason, your post really touched my heart. I’m terribly sorry your beautiful son has to experience such a massive struggle at such a young age. I truly hope he recovers fast and well and gets to live as normal of a life as possible. He looks like a heart warming personality. Thank you for putting this out to the world. Please keep us updated on his progress. ",
"Insha'Allah he will get better, go to school. Grow up healthy and have some girlfriends and friends. Insha'Allah.",
"Look at that smile! That's a tough little fella!",
"Good luck Matthew, keep on keeping on.",
"Hang in there, little man. You got this!",
"My support goes to you!",
"Best of luck to your son. May he live a strong and happy life, thanks to you.",
"I get the feeling you're pretty young. According to your logic, even someone's own spouse or brother can't be someone's best friend? This is not how life works. \n\n",
"Get well little dude. I wear a pulmonary disease bracelet everyday, hoping to gain more awareness. It is a matter close to my heart. You will be in my thoughts.\n\nEdit: Who downvotes well wishes?",
"I’m not sure if you are religious but I am praying for you and your son anyway. Best of luck and I hope he gets better with all my heart ",
"... yet you took the time to come here and reply?",
"stfu",
"Lots of love to him",
"Youre gonna get dowmvoted for saying \"bring the downvotes you circlejerkers\" lol. Not the other stuff you said... ",
"Your son has got this! I can tell by the picture he isn't a quitter! Hope he recovers quickly!",
"May God give him strength and you the power to be the best parent you can be for him.",
"So what's the over/under on that one?",
"I truly hope everything goes well. This place is mostly atheists but you got one motherfucker out here who’s praying for you!",
"Best of luck to you and yours, stay strong",
"nothing like exploiting kids for karma on the internet 👌",
"Why assume he's exploiting his child for Reddit karma? Why not assume that he is a concerned parent, who is spending hours in the ICU next to his sleeping kid, who needs some reassurance and support? I mean, why just assume the absolute worst about a person without anything to support your hypothesis? ",
"He'll be okay. He looks like a fighter, not in the delinquent sense, but in the fighting for what he believes in kinda way. He's in my prayers. ",
"u/Willbert07 - my best friend’s son had a heart transplant at 13 months old, I’ve “been there” from the outside but can’t imagine what you’re going through right now. Stay strong for your little buddy! Also, when the time is right, check out the [Children’s Organ Transplant Association ](http://cota.org/), they are an amazing group that I witnessed first hand do a lot of great work in terms of helping my friend’s financial / logistical needs after their son had his transplant. I have no affiliation with COTA, but can’t say enough good things about them. Best wishes for a fast recovery!!",
"I’m sure he’ll be okay, I’ll keep him in my prayers. Big hugs from Italy!",
"You got this buddy!",
"Someone that young, I'm sure he'll pull through just fine. Kids bounce back from a lot of things really well. My girlfriend was given less than two months to live when she was a baby (she has a heart condition), and she's almost 24 now.\nFor someone fighting for his life, he has such a lovely smile, you can just tell he's being very resilient and brave. He looks like a little Peter Pan, he's adorable!",
"You are stupid, he can lose weight. You on the other hand....",
"Wishing you a speed recovery Matthew! That's the name of my older brother and my best friend who I lost back in college... you wear it well! ",
"I always hate when I go to the doctor and some random PA (usually attractive 20's something female) is running through my list of meds and they get to Adcirca. They always say Cialis and I always assume they think I have ED.",
"God speed",
"Stay strong my friend. Sending tons of love, thoughts, and prayers to you and your family.",
"Let’s go, Matthew!! With him fighting and you in his corner, I doubt anything can best him. Here’s to a speedy recovery champion. ",
"But this kid looks like a real strong fighter, I don't feel worry about him. ",
"I wish you and your family the best and hope that everything will work out!",
"He looks like. A tough little guy. You got this Matthew!",
"I'm sorry he and your family are going through this. For what it's worth, you're helping me not take things for granted. Best of luck to all of you.",
"It is my most fervent prayer that this brave young man fully recover and live a long and happy life of love and joy. Godspeed, you wonderful boy. ",
"Looks like he is winning",
"Sending this strong little guy my thoughts and prayers! Keep kicking cancer’s butt!",
"Your son rocks. I have no idea how they have so much strength in such small packages but the attitude this picture presents is spectacular. ",
"Kiss ass, little man! You can do it! ",
"Well looks like I’m leaving home now, no no, I don’t want to die young.",
"Nice job Dad. This picture alone will probably gain him some ground with the ladies when he grows into a strapping young man, which I'm sure he will!",
"You are so wrong.",
"> He's a good kid never hurt or harmed anyone. He's my best friend.\n\nWHO IS CUTTING ONIONS NEAR ME?",
"Best of luck to you. His resemblance to my 8 year old, Abraham, struck my heart. I will keep Mathew in our prayers and send positive energy to you and him. Stay strong and optimistic. ",
"[Non shitty-mobile link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Ormond_Street_Hospital#Peter_Pan_copyright)",
"I think (hope!) you meant “kick” ass. ",
"Give him a fist bump from me.",
"Tell him monsters do love milk...... Prayers to you guys",
"My heart is open for you and that beautiful boy. Hoping he gets to look back on this photo 80 years from now.",
"Is this not Facebook? I couldn't tell",
"One upvoet = one prayer\n\nDon't scroll past without a like",
"Hang in there Matthew!",
"Sending good thoughts your way.",
"Years later, Matt's going to look back on this and want all the important questions answered, so...\n\nWhat's he playing on that tablet?",
"Might as well get some Karma right?",
"Stay strong! I hope he has a speedy recovery! :)",
"Instant tears after this and OP's comment. I'm wishing the best to OP and his best friend. ",
"My prayers are with him and your family ",
"“Bring the downvotes you circlejerkers” - Very Brave Man who’s parent comment is already over a hundred upvotes. ",
"Grief will do strange things to you. I feel if he wanted prayers (and is a Christian), a different subreddit like /r/Christianity would be more suitable. If he didn't, and only wanted support, maybe he should have posted to /r/daddit.",
"I don’t know if you’ll see this, but I just wanted you to know, for whatever it’s worth, that my thoughts are with you. My son has Cystic Fibrosis and spends time in the hospital as well. He spent three months in the NICU after birth with two surgeries, and had abdominal surgery last July (he’s 16 now). Watching your child hurt and suffer is the most difficult thing in the world and, as you said, is something I too wouldn’t wish on my worst enemy. \n\nStay as strong as you can, and keep helping your son fight. He, and your entire family will be in my thoughts, and just know that you have at least one guy in South Carolina rooting like hell for you. ",
"I hope that tough boy makes it through this. It’s unfair he has to go through this so early in life, but once he makes it past this he will be ready for any challenge. You’re also his best friend so you need to stay strong for him too ",
"I still wonder why I haven’t unsubbed yet.",
"That last sentence brought me to tears. Best of luck to you both. Keep fighting.",
"Tell Matthew we love him ",
"Aww. Good luck little guy.",
"You can see how happy he is that you are so proud of him and you are standing by his side throughout this bump in the road.",
"Your son is a badass. I workout daily, eat right, and studied hard in school just to try and be half the badass your son is. Excited for him to recover and make the rest of us look bad! Going to go hug my son now. ",
"Keep fighting little man world need people like you ! Hopes and prayers from South Carolina!",
"As a chronical lifelong kidneypatient myself, i am feeling this so much. This guy is a true hero. Wishing you from all of my heart all the best.",
"I feel you. Someone up the thread said it already, but I think that this is more just an issue of it not being the right time/place to throw that critique out.\n\nWhatevs. We don't need to beat this one to death. I see that you meant no harm. Take care, man.",
"You kidding? \n\nYou haven’t seen the random charity cases that‘ve come about from someone getting a lot of publicity on Reddit or equivalent?\n\nBetween one guy getting all his dental work covered free, hospital worker(s) in 3rd world countries getting new equipment via crowdfunding, etc etc\n\nBetter chance of having an anonymous redditor swoop in to save you than hitting the lottery nowadays.",
"Go buy as many copies of Peter Pan as you can.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_and_Wendy#United_Kingdom\n\nhttps://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1/260-5756215-3784435?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=peter+and+wendy",
"This is actually kinda disgusting, _this_ is what you do for meaningless internet points?",
"God Bless you and your family. Prayers sent",
"I think thoughts can goes so far. ",
"He looks like a fighter! I'll keep your family in my thoughts.\n\nIf you ever feel you need some support head over to /r/daddit it's an excellent community!",
"That is a fighter right there!",
"Keep fighting lad! Go Tyson on that Illness!!",
"Hope you're feeling better today Matthew, and even better tomorrow, and then better the tomorrow after tomorrow...!",
"Glad you're taking the time to farm for Karma instead of spending time with your son.",
"Your son looks like a bad ass.",
"My best friend had the same disease, went in for heart and lungs but didn't survive the procedure. I'm happy to hear your son is making progress. \n\nhttps://youtu.be/O7BFh0Rl_Vo",
"Kid looks looks strong enuff to pull the ears off a gundark",
"That’s the risk one takes when posting to the massive cesspool that is reddit. Now if op was sharing this photo with Facebook to friends and loved ones he might get a more resounding positive response ",
"He should have least posted to the right subreddit. What an inconsiderate prick. \n\nWhatever the case, I know that right now is the appropriate time to lecture him on internet etiquette and question his motives.",
"How do you know how much time does he spend with his child?, you remind me of the radicalism",
"Sending good vibes to you and your family young man. Stay strong ",
"Maybe the dude was sitting in the hospital during overnight hours and couldn't sleep? Don't speculate too hard, it'll just make you cynical in life, and no one likes cynicism. ",
"Stay strong Matthew. ",
"I can’t even imagine what you are going through. Prayers for you and your son. ",
"Stay strong !!! Our prayers are with u and your family on a full recovery!",
"Sending all of our love and very best wishes from North Carolina! ",
"So sorry for all you guys are going through right now. Stay strong, tens of thousands of people around world are thinking of your struggle. Massive hugs.",
"> I'm a doctor man\n\nI'm a patient man and I was really impatient before I went inpatient. ",
"I wish him all the best, a fast recovery and a beautiful, long and happy life!!!",
"You got this, buddy!",
"Hold Fast! This kid is gonna make it!",
"God bless him. I wish you all the prayers and hope for a full recovery. ",
"God bless your son. Sending good vibes and wishes for a speedy recovery. He looks like a champ and will fight through it! ",
"Hang in there little buddy. ",
"Why are you posting this dumbass?",
"I know youd take it all from him if you could. Hope he recovers well! God bless",
"Wishing him a speedy recovery. I hope this thread helps you cope with the situation. I know all too well what it's like trying to get little slivers of comfort in any place you can - even in the cesspool that is reddit =)\n\nMy thoughts are with you, your family, and if course with your son. I'll hug mine a little tighter today and hope you can do the same with him very soon.",
"Much love.",
"Best of luck to you, your family and your son especially. I hope he pulls through this and survives without to many hardships or suffering.",
"God bless you, your son and all your loved ones through this tough time. I will say many prayers for your boy.",
"Good luck, buddy \nBe strong and all will be good ",
"Because OP is a dumbass.",
"maybe hes going through the roughest time of his life and needed to vent, do not always be so fast to judge people",
"Sending positive vibes!",
"Well I think it’s important than I can use my (positive) experience to help others in a situation I can sympathise with. ",
"TIL there’s a universal way of coping with possibly losing your kid.",
"Yeah, my cat (who just passed away, sadly) was my best friend. Doesn’t matter that she wasn’t human, or that this guy’s kid isn’t an adult. If my heart and brain say, “This is my best friend,” and I’m not harming anyone with actions associated with that label, then who cares?",
"So brave! ",
"Sending positive thoughts to Matthew. You got this little guy! ",
"Good luck kiddo, keep up the good fight. \n\nStick on the ice and yer head up. ",
"It’ll be ok man! I was going through the same thing when I got my kidney transplant. I had to be resurrected twice. If it’s any consolation your son hopefully shouldn’t remember this I know I don’t. Idk if you’re religious but I’ll definitely be praying for your kid.",
"GL Buddy!",
"OP. Go fuck yourself. Pls.",
"I have a disabled friend and we make jokes like this all the time.\n",
"Such a lovely boy.... I wish you and your son good life good luck! ",
"Keep it up, kid! ",
"I hope he will made it and kicked death in his face but STOP POSTING this on the internet. Are you so so worried about becoming a little bit fame that you do such stupid things. I hope ill never see you in my life. I will break every bone in your body. Useless brick.",
"Please let this be a joke",
"More child sob stories on the front page. Joy.",
"And he can still play Mario Kart, what a guy",
"I wish him the best, please recover and see all these nice messages just for you Matthew :) !!!",
"He's a trooper. Long as he keeps that smile up nothing can stop him. Best wishes to you and him! ",
"Keep strong dude. I hope it goes as well as it can for you all.",
"To maybe receive hope and positive thoughts from other people during the most desperate and trying time in someones life? The world is a better place because your ignorance is in it.... ",
"I hope everything goes well OP. I’ll be keeping y’all in my thoughts today at work.",
"Love",
"You've got this buddy! Hang in there and never stop fighting. <3",
"The truth has been spoken!",
"I honestly just saw a kid in a hospital bed and thus an opportunity to leave a (so I thought) fail-safe karma grab comment. It usually works, but I guess they can't all be winners. \n\n ",
"I honestly hate it when people like you post pictures of their children in situations like this for karma. I mean yeah I hope he’s ok but you don’t need to exploit him for internet points. ",
"I am so sorry. He will be well soon. Stay strong.",
"Stay strong Matt! Wish you guys the best!",
"Brave little dude! Glad he's on the mend.",
"RemindMe! 5 days",
"I'm glad some people are pointing this out. Social media has turned people into such attention-seeking fame whores that someone posting their dying child for \"likes\" has become normalized",
"It's lyrics from a pink floyd song (not that I see what they have to do with anything)",
"Aww little lamb. He will be okay, he’s in a great hospital and more importantly, he’s a fighter!",
"Keep up the good fight u lil soldier youll get there 🙄😉😎🤠😄✌🤘👍👊👊",
"Even if you aren’t religious why the hell would you downvote something like this?",
"I understand posting to Facebook, your Facebook friends are probably people you know and care about in real life. I don’t see a problem with posting there to inform your friends and to ask for support or prayers. Posting to a mostly anonymous site where you don’t know any of the people seeing it on the other hand...",
"Seriously though how hypocritical are these people by accusing someone of seeking attention through internet points by prioritizing internet etiquette over supporting a fellow human being? What the fuck? \n\n“Oh shit he is abusing this sub to seek fake internet attention, what a slave to the internet! Does he not know karma whoring is vain and upvotes aren’t real? Wait but he is actually getting so many internet points and attention, so watch the much more woken and not-vain me calling out your violation of MY internet rules even when your kid is dying in real life!”",
"He looks strong and you sound strong and ready. Matthew you can't see my smile for you but it's on my face",
"Best luck to you and your kiddo. Keep us updated?\n\nHe looks pink, so I assume that's a pretty good sign for a lung transplant? Like he's not greyish or anything. ",
"Preferably to Facebook this goes...",
"Hope everything works out for you guys.",
"Wish him all the best, my son stayed in a hospital several months right after birth for heart problem so I know what it's like (but honestly I don't understand this desire to put everything public on internet)",
"He won't die until he finds it.",
"Fight hard, little dude!! Please have him do an AMA when he's healthy enough!!",
"Hope ya pull through little dude!",
"Stay strong young man ",
"If his son died he should feel like a total fuckwit for posting this. He's turning his little sick kid into a karma farm at the expense of his dignity.",
"I’d never heard of this disease before, this was informative. Sending you and your brave son positive energy for a strong and swift recovery 💕",
"You got this Matthew!! Stay strong ",
"Sweet looking child, life's not fair.",
"Good luck with your recovery! Mario Kart and positivity is the best medicine for anything. You've got this. \\m/ \\m/",
"Tell that to the various \"power Redditors\" who now have jobs based on how good they are at getting bullshit upvoted.",
"God bless you Matthew!!!",
"Oh my, he's so cute. All the best, buddy. 👍",
"Little guy - stay strong, brother. Life is paved with challenges but you look like a champ who can conquer them all. Stay strong for yourself, stay strong for your mother, stay strong for your family and friends! \n\nHope I’ll have a chance to challenge you for the race soon! ",
"If it's any consolation, they definitely have the time to care! Also they should know that vasodilators are multi-purpose, and if they don't, they're dummies and you shouldn't care about impressing dummies!",
"<3",
"Well we all know that reasoning is bullshit. He wants support and reassurance. ",
"Facebook comes to mind.",
"Stay strong. These days/months/years will define your son and family forever. You're all so much stronger than you know and an inspiration to those of us lucky enough to not be going through what you are. \n",
"Don't give up little man!",
"Prayers for you and your family.",
"That too.",
"Wishing you all the best, stay strong!",
"I know right? I was recently diagnosed with ulcerative colitis which is a chronic disease I will have my whole life.\n\nHowever it is not fatal, just very very annoying. Seeing posts like this really make me stop feeling sorry for myself and realise how much worse things could be.",
"Get well soon buddy!!!",
"!redditsilver",
"Smiling while hes doing it... What a hard little guy. You should be proud.",
"Take a moment and consider the math. Average age for first time mom's in North America (I know I'm making assumptions) is roughly 25. If we go strictly by averages, this grandma is 57. Just the other day though I met a new grandma who was 39. Had her daughter at 16, daughter had her son at 23. She'll only be 46 when he's 7.\n\nWhile OP's username may very likely be a reference to one of /u/poem_for_your_sprog's top rated poems, it made me think of South Park. South Park debuted 1997. A little over 20 years ago. The creators are currently 46 and 48. This isn't really relevant beyond providing a frame of reference for the passing of time and the fact that 2003 wasn't a couple of years ago anymore and most grandmas with 7 year old grandsons probably aren't 75 like you may be picturing. \n\nEdit: I should add, this lady may very well be 75, and that would also be completely reasonable. I was just rambling for the sake of a thought exercise :)",
"Stay positive and keep your head up he will be fine. ",
"he is fighting for his life and you let him play MARIO KART?!?!?!?! everyone just gives up on life after playing mario kart\n\n(i know its probably just a youtube video)",
"Absolute best wishes to you and your child. Not too much of a religious man but I'm gonna throw a shot out to big guy just in case. I hope to see a follow up of your son running around",
"Why do you think he became Pope?\n\nPope Francis: \"Ey, big G guy. I been working so hard for you, preaching peace and love. Where's that lung I lost so many years ago?\"\n\nGod: \"HAVE YOU TRIED LOOKING UNDER THE CHAISE LOUNGE IN THE LIVING ROOM?\"",
"No I know that and I considered that option but it's just that Reddit doesn't seem the best place for it. This would be better for Facebook or something",
"Best wishes to you all. Keep fighting!",
"Since always, every two days we get some pic of a very sick rando.",
"First thing that comes to mind when your child is dying is to post it on Reddit for some karma.",
"And people in hell, mi praying for a swift recovery!!",
"Best wishes. Sending out prayers, good feelings, and happiness for your family into the universe. ",
"Agreed. It is hands down the best place to work. ",
"What the fuck is up with all the salty assholes in here? Dude almost lost his son and just wanted to share a picture. ",
"Best of luck to Matthew, you, and the rest of your family. ",
"Good luck and all the best. \nLiving with a condition since I was young. I sort of feel your pain. (Can’t imagine the life impact of a transplant however, and I’ve never been “fighting for my life” shall we say) \nChildren that suffers illnesses are such an inspiration and something to always cherish. No one is better at keepin and staying positive than those children. Hold him close and enjoy all the time you can - I also hope that is for a long long time ahead. ",
"I'm lucky enough to have 3 boys. I'm gonna hug them extra hard today.",
"Thoughts and prayers and upvotes. ",
"He looks like a fine kid, and he’s lucky to have a devoted father! My siblings and I grew up in hospitals because our brother was born disabled. It’s by no means a foregone conclusion that every child has parents that care as much as you clearly do. Here’s to a full and happy recovery! ",
"Best wishes from Pune, India to this heroic young man. Stay strong!",
"wait but how is he playing mario kart on a tablet? that's not a switch right?",
"Or maybe you're projecting because *you* care about karma, whereas OP is turning to this community for support, and you're the kind of person who would give him shit for it. Sleep tight. ",
"That kid looks like he's tough as nails.",
"I don't usually post to stuff like this, and I had no idea what PH was before this post, but I'm wishing Matthew the best!! Keep fighting Matthew! ",
"Sounds like he is doing ok. . .looks like he is in a good mood. . .have an upvote",
"Eh, what's so bad about asking and giving people support. At best it raises awareness of pulmonary hypertension. Live and let live I say",
"Life is the best victory you can win, keep fighting soldier.",
"It always renews my faith in humanity when I see such great outpouring of love from total strangers to a total stranger. Although it’s a tough and sad situation, all of these great comments have got to fill the OP and his family with hope and strength. ",
"He's going to win the fight no doubt ",
"\"Yeah just let me get some quick karma out of my dying son\"",
"Good luck little dude! Get better soon so you can play tons of cool games! ",
"Facebook is what you're after.",
"Best of luck to your boy, tough kid. \nAnd here my ungrateful self fills his lungs with crap that shouldn't be there. He's gonna have a bright future ahead of him; defying death is a good life skill to pickup that young!",
"Hey Matthew, keep fighting, you got this! All the best from Germany!",
"My heart breaks for you. Best wishes and much love to you ",
"Of all the posts you could troll, why did your cold, heartless soul choose this one?\n\nWebster defines friend as “one attached to another by affection or esteem.” Children, parents, pets, etc. are completely legitimate best friends. Your definition of friend makes me think you did/will have some very confusing high school years.",
"Come on Matthew - we are with you, rooting for you and wishing you strength and a good recovery. Matthew's family - sending you love, hugs and all the strength you can get to help him. x",
"Stay strong little buddy!",
"I kind of assumed it was the tablet part in a cool case? Maybe he's just watching youtubes of mario kart? Either way, dude's a fan :)",
"Keeping him in my thoughts, hoping for the very best ♡",
"Exactly. Situations like this are awful in part because of all the tense waiting. Hospitals are horrible places to spend time. I don't blame OP at all for reaching out, and I'm pretty disgusted that some people are reacting so cruelly. ",
"Thinking of you guys, so proud of that kid. What an impression he has already effortlessly made on all of us, just through a picture. He was obviously made to change the world. Not an easy thing to do, even by those who try with all they have. ",
"One Heart\n\nOne Beat\n\nOne Love\n\nEach One\n\nTeach One.",
"Pretty heartless... it’s hard to explain how amazing these children are without meeting one. So I somewhat get your angle. ",
"I am happy Matthew has made it far, I wish him the best of luck, Though, I am sure he has enough luck with a parent like you. Godspeed, and I wish you all luck.",
"Be the hammer little dude",
"I also see your a cancerman...",
"He says in another comment that the photo is from weeks ago and that his son is *currently* fighting for his life after his heart stopped. ",
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"Stay strong! Your son will recover and do great things for the world.",
"I hope your son has a speedy recovery. ",
"Feel better Matthew!! You got this!!",
"As a fellow father I wish him and you the best. Reading your story maybe me cry like a baby, he looks like my son. Like others have said in this post he is in the best place he could be right now. Stay strong my fellow father! ",
"Yes, because he has all kinds of time to find a \"local group\" right now. ",
"delet this",
"holding positive thoughts for Matthew and his family today. may this soon be a memory of something Matthew overcame. ",
"most relaxed fight for life I have ever seen. ",
"Looks stronger than most men I've known. Good job",
"From Florida I'm rooting for Matthew to have a speedy recovery, as well as you and your family getting some much needed relief. Stay strong!",
"Thanks Gram.",
"My brother has stage 4 brain cancer. Has had surgery three times. I couldn't imagine posting a pic of him after surgery trying to get karma. It's pathetic. ",
"r/pic is the answer!",
"Sure, but his is also a parent who likely knows the type of fuckos on Reddit and still posted a picture of his sick and dying child. If they want to \"share their grief and fear to find some sympathy\" he should do in it in a local group. But I can't stop him, you can't stop the fuckos by telling them to \"can it\" so fuck me right?",
"Then why post it to r/pics and not r/parenting or r/transplants? Because r/pics is where you go to karma whore.",
"He will recover! Believe.",
"bad bot",
"You'd probably give him shit for going after likes. ",
"Thank ya, Padre.",
"My point exactly. ",
"Good luck little dude! Me and the lady send our love! ",
"A bunch of strangers are cheering you on Matthew! Get it, buddy!",
"strijder",
"Goodluck champ!",
"You gave me goosebumps, friend!\n\nI wish you and him the absolute best. Stay strong, both of you!\n\nMuch love from Canada. ",
"Keep your chin up buddy! I had a heart transplant at 14 years old, now I'm 33, almost at 20 yr anny! It gets better...way better...just keep truckin",
"Wishing the best for Matthew. Hes a strong kid and everything will turn out alright. Keep both your heads up high!",
"My sister had a double lung transplant and heart bypass surgeries. Stay strong. I’m rooting for you! ",
"You deleted your comment though, so it seems like you realize it was pretty shitty. As for gullible, maybe I tend to assume the best about people if I have no indication of the contrary, but I wouldn't say gullible. However, I can imagine that spending hours upon hours in the ICU with your sick child might depress you, and so it's not hard to imagine that you might seek to Reddit for some support. Instead you get cynical people such as you, accusing him of whoring out his sick child for karma. That's really sad. ",
"Let me know how you handle every other situation in life so we can be more like you please. ",
"You go kid !! Hope he gets well to live a long and happy life :)",
"Reddit is the least social platform. I don't know this kid, I don't know OP, and I'm sure that there are lots of some stories that deserve an upvote. But not here. That's not what this sub is for. Facebook is a good place for this. It's tasteless asking for sympathy from internet strangers. \n\nAlso, the picture isn't great. It's not well composed, it's poorly exposed. This isn't photography. ",
"Keep fighting, buddy!",
"Nah mayne, don't lower yourself like that",
"Good luck bruh!",
"This is a beautiful human being that deserves to live the best life possible.",
"Hey man. Can't imagine what you are going through. I have a 5 year old son and he is my best friend too. All the luck to you my friend, stay strong!",
"Best of luck to your son and your family. He will get through this. Stay strong.",
"Wish you all the best!",
"My heart goes out to you and your family, I hope all works out, good thoughts and wishes from my family to your's, you son looks like a really good kid!",
"Did you know that they've even tried using ED drugs to treat depression?\n\nIt didn't work, though. It only made things harder.",
"r/gatekeeping is leaking",
"As a new dad myself, I just wanted to send my thoughts and prayers out to you and Matthew. He looks like an incredibly tough and determined little guy. \n\nPlease let Matthew know he has a lot of friends on his side.",
"God bless him and your family sending my love your way Matthew ",
"Jesus, you are a better man/woman than me to be this positive. I wouldn't be able to hold it together. Good on you. I hope everything works out. Sending you Metta from my meditation seat for whatever that's worth. ",
"Your reply is beautiful. You give hope and that is most precious.",
"Where are the boxing gloves? The opponent? ",
"he ain't dying tho\n\n",
"Yeah, but it's a shame that it's like that. I mean, it's not like it harms anyone on /r/pics that a guy posted an image hoping to get some support. Instead what you get is people accusing him of karma whoring his sick child. That's really fucked up. It wouldn't kill people to not be jaded, cynical assholes, but I understand that that's the general tendency on Reddit. ",
"My intentions were not to scorn the OP I'm just saying it would be different if he had said \"hey this happened to my son recently of you would like to help please follow the link to a donation page\". But they just posted it for the upvotes, how are upvotes going to help this kid?",
"I see that you're* not a grammar man",
"I find it kind of disgusting. They’re posting this picture on Reddit just because they want karma/upvotes. ",
"When people empathize with you it helps you cope with things. It is psychology.",
"Which is the exact reason sob stories like this don't belong in this sub. Nothing against the kid, hope all is well, but dollars and hours and wisdom will help this kid more than upvotes. ",
"I’m glad to hear you’re living a normal life, I wish you a long and healthy life in your future. But I also wanted to comment because I appreciate your use of the parentheses within a parentheses and ending it properly, it always looks nice when done right",
"Keep on fighting little man! You've got this! ",
"I hope you get everything and more from life. Stay strong little man 💪🏻",
"I wish for your sons healthy return from this. Last month I went through a pulmonary embolism, and required 3 open heart surgeries, and there were complications when I was still asleep. I have recovered, and I know your son will recover too.\n\nPlease keep me informed on his status, I will be pulling for him.",
"I see that you're not a punctuation man.",
"He reminds me of a young Chase Crawford. Good luck young man!",
"So your first thought was to share this to strangers on reddit for karma?\n\nCool parenting.",
"Pulling for the little guy. I’m a father, and can’t even imagine how daunting this is.",
"I wish him and you all the luck in the world! Best of wishes to the whole family. Your son is strong and I hope he knows all of Reddit is rooting for him.",
"Hell yea little dude we love you, hugs and best wishes from all of reddit",
"Cant believe people farm karma with a dying son.",
"He's just expressing that he loves his son more than anyone else. Now is not the time for a lecture. It is time for compassion and empathy.",
"This kid has the face of a kid who’s too strong for his own good. He’ll definitely recover in no time :) ",
"He looks strong, I’m sure he will get through this. ",
"Give ‘em hell, Matthew",
"Love your heart and your nick. Yay! Red!",
"Sending love from England x",
"Everyone needs to calm the fuck down and stop taking this website so god damn seriously. Who cares why he posted it. Who cares what subreddit it is. This is a real human going through a troubling experience, and it doesn't really matter if it's for karma/support or whatever. I'm so sad to see that someone says their child is fighting for their life and everyone is getting all upset about subreddits and karma, like that even matters at all. That shit is all fake, this is real. \n\nThis is a late comment so it might go largely unread but if OP is reading, I genuinely am wishing the best for you, for my broken down car on the side of this highway I'm on. Stay strong, he will as well. ",
"Having a kid go through a medical crisis is like walking through a tunnel where people hit you with shovels. I'm so sorry for what is likely the worst thing that will ever happen to you. The best therapy for your family is watching him live through it and thrive. Best of luck!",
"I wish him all the best. As a parent of a young daughter, it hits a special nerve with me when I see kids are sick. I imagine the dread I would feel if my child was enduring a life-threatening illness. I hope it never happens and I hope your son lives a long and happy life. \n",
"With you man, my little cousin had a heart transplant at age 7. He's 12 now and super strong, wishing you and your son all the best ",
"Give ‘em hell, buddy. ",
"turn that frown upside down...",
"Talk to people, like, the people who you know and can do more for you than upvote shit. Like... Facebook. Instagram. This is just tasteless on r/pics\n\nAlso, you could post to a more appropriate sub here on Reddit. ",
"This man posted this on Reddit because he had literally no idea how to cope with the situation he was in, and this for a moment made him feel like he was doing something. It's not tasteless. He's sharing something he's going through right now. He's looking for some support, and the vast majority of humans above understand that and are providing empathy. Maybe in the future try that? ",
"Because, this is incredibly bad form. Why go to reddit to “share this post so he can see it”? Like take the picture and move on. ",
"Good luck to you and Matthew. My dad had a lung transplant when I was a child and I will always be greatful for the extra time it gave us. I hope you have many more years together too.",
">Complications following the procedure.\n\nI thought the same thing tbh. Just make sure to read OP comments in the thread of posts like this ",
"I wish your son the best and that he recovers fully, but I find it kind of disgusting that a parent would take this picture just so they can post it on Reddit, and most likely Facebook as well, just to get upvotes/Reddit gold and sympathy from strangers. \n\nYou’re using your son’s illness to satisfy your own needs. Do you think your son cares about reddit karma right now or getting likes on facebook? I’m thinking he cares more about surviving and staying healthy. You should probably do the same. I bet you wouldn’t have even posted this picture if users didn’t get karma/upvotes and gold. \n\nJust know that even though this post has received a lot of upvotes, they’re from people who are just scrolling by and hitting upvote, most people frown upon using kids, especially your own sick child, for fake internet points just because you want to make yourself feel better by making it to the front page. In the future, If something goes wrong with your son and his transplant and he needs medical attention, please call 911 first before taking a picture of him or a selfie of yourself with him in the background. ",
"I hope he will get better soon, but I don't understand parents who expose their children to the public. Does it give you strength in this situation when you get fake internet points? What is the purpose of this? Give him his privacy, so he can get better.",
"This is what I was thinking. He is fighting for his life and his dad whores him out for gold and karma basically. And people don't think to question this. We're gonna get downvoted probably, and look at the stuff that's getting upvoted. \n\nI'm not salty about karma, just seriously how can people not think? \"Fighting for his life.\" \"I know, I'll post him on reddit.\"",
"Because this is a private matter. Be with your family.",
"Why not keep your ridiculous accusations to yourself? ",
"I guess you could say this\n***sunglasses***\nTakes your breath away",
"YOU GOT THIS BUDDY! Keep on fighting my friend <3\nBest wishes all the way from Washington D.C.! ",
"When my daughter had a tumor at age 10 I found that the people who work at children's hospitals have a quality that IMO sets them at the top of the medical community in commitment and overall excellence. I'm sure your son is getting the best care possible. ",
"Hang in there guys! You both seem like awesome people and the world needs both of you! Here’s to a speedy recover and a long and healthy life for the both of you!",
"Shhhh the parent is in clear need of kar... support and shit.",
"I see that you're a pedantic man.",
"Yeah, it's the kind of asshole that has a point. Quite rare.",
"Am I supposed to care because I don't ",
"This Reddit stranger is sending you love. I’m also a parent and feel your pain. Please keep us updated! ",
"Has time to check back and reply to comments and gold...",
"Does insurance cover that since it isn't for boomer reasons?",
"I can't remember the last time I got a r/pics in my front page and it wasn't cancer or weight-loss.\n\nIs there any alternative sub? Good pics without the charity? ",
"The first days after a transplant can be terrifying! ENORMOUS hugs to you and your family!",
"You got this buddy! Stay strong and think positive! We are all pulling for you.",
"Not on r/pics. Upvotes do less than dollars, hours, and wisdom, none of which exist here. This is a photography sub. If this picture had no caption, it wouldn't have taken off. \n\nAlso, he's literally dying, and mom wants Reddit upvotes? Tasteless. \n\nNothing against the kid; I wish the best to him. I just don't care to see him on a sub for great photos. ",
"Nah I typed in \"friend\" on google and read the first definition on the page :v",
"Can you imagine how completely out of touch one has to be to think that a father who's facing a serious crisis cares about karma, and is posting for that reason?",
"And you're exploiting him for karma....cool...",
"Stay strong!",
"Truuu",
"Count me in.",
"Because it's being posted now, without clear reason other than exposure, during his fight. THERE is your reason. ",
"I feel the same. ",
"Hang on there little one! ",
"Go for it kid, it worth it!",
"Yeah, I agree with you. While I certainly hate the whole \"1 = 1 prayer\" bullshit that is/was popular on Facebook, this is not that. ",
"I understand that, which is why I asked the person who commented on OPs post, I didn't ask OP himself",
"I wish you and your son all the best. I hope he recovers as soon as possible.\n\n",
"As a father, I wish you and your son the best.",
"What a beautiful boy! Thank you for sharing! ",
"From parent to parent my heart goes out to you.",
"What kind of toys does he like? I'd love to send him something to help make his journey a little easier if you're ok with that. PM me if you're interested!",
"In a time of hardship and little man still has a smile on his face for his parents. Always great to see. It's stories like these that make me realize any problem I have isn't worth shit. Hoping you guys the best! ",
"Really? ",
"TIL that my dog, who has congestive heart failure, is taking viagra. LOL",
"this is my son, LOOK AT HIM AND GIVE ME POINTS NOW PLS I NEED THEM RN",
"Why'd you had to force this unnessecey suffering on the poor kid",
"I really wish him all the best and GOSH are amazing! My son is due his third brain surgery there in the next couple of months and he has always been so incredibly well looked after.",
"Hopefully when your son pulls though, you thank him for all the pitty upvotes and gold stars you received because of him ",
"Reddit is the least social platform. Everything is judged harshly because there is no context. This leads to the most spectacular content rising to the top (usually) to the detriment of someone who maybe has a compelling story. Reddit won't get you any money, wisdom, or work; only upvotes. Facebook or Instagram is better for something sentimental like this. That way people you care about can care about you. ",
"My son had a lung transplant in March of 2016 due to PH, we lost him this last November. I really your son makes it.",
"Sending major ninja-style vibes from our house to the whole family. Y'all can do this!",
"Good luck buddy\n",
"Hey man, as a father of a 2 year old I cannot imagine anything like this happening to my boy. However, I do understand how resilient and tough these little boogers are. Like you said, he's a fighter and he's tough - he's going to make it and you two will be sharing laughs again in no time!\n\nWishing you the best!",
"Send him my admiration! ",
"Sorry for the offtopicness.\n\nWasn't there a subreddit for cool, interesting pictures that aren't context dependant from the post title?\n\nIf I hadn't read the title this would be a boring picture of any kid smiling in a hospital, I'm looking for a subreddit that features pictures that are amazing or interesting per se. If then after seeing it I want to know more I can check the comments.\n\nPlease don't take this as a personal attack, I don't know where else to ask this.\n\nI wish you the best to OP and may his kid recovers quickly. I just don't find this picture interesting.",
"Some people see this as weird, but maybe having people saying they are here for support actually helps? \n\nGlad he's smiling, that's a big thing when in the hospital! ",
"Do people need karma this bad?",
"besides 35k people",
"This young man is a beast! ",
"Your son looks like a really cool kid, I hope he gets better soon.\n",
"You didn’t ask an innocent question. You took a heartwarming post from someone looking for empathy and compassion, and picked one sentence to critique him on. The sentence immediately following your question is you telling him the correct way to have a best friend.",
"He has great game choice",
"He looks like he can pack a punch, don't worry!\n\nHaave faith, he'll win!\n",
"Fucking hell with this (sub)Reddit. Go ahead, send your loves and supports. See where this goes. \n\nYou're no different than those Facebook posts with captions like \"1 like = 1 prayer\". Or maybe you are the people who endorsed those. ",
"Keep it up!!!!",
"Thumbs up, I wish you guys the best of luck",
"Looks like a little ass kicker. I think you guys will be alright.",
"I asked the commenter not OP. And looking back on my comment I see that it has a condescending tone. That sentence was aimed at showing him was I was taught",
"***Yes.*** That's why the subreddit is named \"pics\".",
"Please keep us updated. Best of luck to you all. You sound like a good Dad.",
"I wish the best for y'all.\n\n",
"Even when you masturbate?",
"Your son's got a lot of life and fight in him!!!!! He looks strong. My best wishes for a healthy and long lasting recovery.",
"I’m British, but yes my fathers’ private medical insurance covers it too. ",
"Hang in there, little guy! ✊🏻",
"Thoughts and prayers for your boy! What a strong little man! Keep fighting buddy! ",
"Yes, you are right. But the point i was making is he is probably in a state of panic and needed to vent (he prob posted to fb as well). For all i know i would do the same thing, i may even start talking to random people, which is not normal either, but when you are going through a crisis everything doesn't always make sense. ",
"You'd probably give him shit for playing the sympathy card.\n\nThat said, I don't know about the rest of you but I don't add total strangers to my friend list on Facebook. Only people I got are actual friends and family. And friends are family. ",
"Why assume the worst automatically? Because Facebook and Instagram are for people who want to follow your personal sorry. Reddit is totally impersonal. It's the least social media. There's nothing to be gained other than karma for a post like this. It's tasteless exploitation for attention, because it really can't be anything else on this platform. \n\nAlso, this sub is for photography. Maybe there's a more appropriate sub with a tighter community that this story would fit better in, but this isn't it. \n\nThat being said, I hope this kid does well. Nothing against him. ",
"Your child is sick. I hope he feels better. My Friday is more thoughtful and fulfilling for having seen this. Please accept and enjoy my internet upvote of recognition for me having vicariously experienced a portion of your family's hurt!",
"Because Karma",
"Kids are amazing, after all he's been through he's still able to smile. Good luck. ",
"Wishing you a speedy recovery little dude!!",
"Little bro looks tough! \nFrom one transplant family to another, good luck, fight hard, and take your meds. He'll be better than ever before you know it. Much love!",
"I hope the next pic you send us is one of you walking Matthew out of the hospital. I wish you strength and courage and I wish speedy healing and recovery for your son. ",
"Get well soon little man!",
"Can't really add anything interesting to the conversation but want to express my humble support.\n\nSomething tells me you have a pretty tough kid right there. I bet you both will be thinking about these last few months in 10 or 15 years with relief in your hearts.\n\nStay strong, guys! ",
"Get better soon bud!",
"I wish him a thorough recovery. You're a good parent. ",
"... is this satire?",
"Be a warrior little dood! ",
"He's probably doing a lot better than the other guy who got his shitty lung",
"Hang in there Buddy! From Jacksonville, FLA!",
"I’m sorry to hear this. I can see he looks like a very determined young man. Keep fighting little buddy! Sending love from Canada.",
"Best of luck mate, hope he pulls through. ",
"Hopefully one day soon he's instead fighting for his right to party.",
"Grief and terror manifest themselves all kinds of ways. Also his son is probably in and out of procedures leaving his father with his own dark thoughts and smartphone. I'm sure he just needs some emotional support to keep from travelling to the depths of dispair.",
"Look at it this way, this poor boy has had the transplant those people probably didn't. Has the help those people probably didn't. So when he pulls through, the dad will be able to look at the comment as a sign of just how strong his boy is.\n\nAs a mom, I know what you mean. But I can understand the comments point too. It was meant to show the OP that his son isn't alone, which can mean a lot to someone suffering. When my dad died of a rare form a leukemia, I was torn. It wasn't until I learned about others who had had it, who had either pulled through or didn't, that I began to feel better. It wasn't just a freak coincidence or bad luck. *It had happened to others.* And it helped me feel less overwhelmed about it all. Maybe OP will take solace in knowing that his isn't alone.",
"Yeah, if only there was a way to avoid all these internet strangers judging you... /s",
"what you said is pretty interesting if you ask me.",
"He looks like a champ",
"Fuckin *trooper*, thats what he is.",
"But no thoughts? Disgusting. ",
"I don't understand how posting this on reddit makes any sense, but I hope he pulls through",
"I didn’t ask what you thought though so why are you replying to my comment?",
"If the state of California would stop declaring that everything causes cancer then they'd stop getting cancer. ",
"This is a pretty good example of why this pay doesn't belong here. Sympathy on Reddit is pretty thin and meaningless. ",
"Do you realize how much of a neckbeard you sound like when you talk about humans like you're not one of them? ",
"For some reason im not amused",
"Right back at cha little dude. ",
"i know that you meant well, but do you really think that first sentence of your comment is what OP wants to hear now?",
"Your son is gonna decimate those complications, my dude. I may not believe in god, but I'll throw some prayers your way, just in case. I wish my best to you, your family, and especially your son. ",
"You know, i have to agree with you there. I come to reddit to get away from the facebook bullshit.",
"fuck ya, he's going to conquer that shit. \n\nnot even worried, he's got this.",
"Excuse the fuck out of you. Even if he is exploiting his kid, you can’t say that a little boy isn’t fighting anything when you know nothing about his situation. ",
"eh he will be okay",
"The difference a good doctor can make! I wonder what the other doctor thought after.",
"I posted a pic of a kid w cancer who’s from my area and he was asking for people to send him letters so I posted it here to get more eyes on it and mods said i was just trying to get karma, but this is okay? what are internet likes gonna do for this kid?",
"Aww... get well soon lad!",
"I think people are being a little harsh on this comment. I don't think he was trying to imply that op doesn't love his kid more than anyone in the world. I'm assuming he meant that some people literally treat their kids like a friend instead of their child, essentially spoiling him and doing more long term harm than good. That being said, I don't think that's what OP meant to imply and even if he did, it's probably in poor taste to make a stand at a time like this.",
"Can't imagine what you all are going through. Stay strong and positive, even if it is hard! He's in super capable hands so you did all that is possible. Wish your kid a swift recovery. And hat tip to the organ doner and his/her family.",
"Possibly OP is looking for support. Reddit is a huge forum, there are bound to be people with similar stories that turned out successfully and can ease OP's anxiety a little bit about what they and their child are going through. ",
"Keep kicking butt Matthew. You deserve the world bud! We'll be waiting for you when you get out HEALTHY!",
"So when you get an organ transplanted, they grow with you? Do they have to be from a donor your age (so that they will grow simultaneously)?\n\nGood luck little man!",
"Picky pharmacist...technically he is taking Revatio. I'll leave now",
"I wish your son the best in his recovery, but we know you didn’t post this to Reddit for your son so he could look back on it after he recovers. You did a selfish thing and posted it for yourself. \n\nYou can take pictures without posting them to a social media website and your son will still be able to see it. Pictures don’t disappear and lose all meaning if you keep them on your phone. I have pictures on my camera roll from years ago that I never posted to Facebook/Reddit and they still have a lot of meaning to me. ",
"Thanks to all the people who have offered support but I will be removing this due to people complaining trolling. ",
"Good luck Matthew!",
"> He's my best friend.\n\nI really hope you told him that...",
"I'm a dad whose son at 7 seemed to have a brain tumor, and my fear of losing him almost killed me. He came out fine, and is now 35. I hope the Universe gives you and your son the same result. A bad time, followed by years of normality. ",
"🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 throwin it up for your boy from Oakland, CA 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼",
"As someone who's depressed, this got me interested and then bamboozled :s",
"Do you really think that OP has any thought of karma whoring? Really? Try some kindness and if it’s not nice don’t say it. ",
"I just heard on the radio yesterday that Viagra was first created to treat heart issues but then they realized that it helped with ED. It's so interesting to see it used in other capacities.",
"Stay brave little one, sending wishes for recovery and a long heathy life❣️💕🙂",
"Let me know if you find it",
"you got this man",
"Stay strong little dude! ",
"You and Matthew are my heroes today. I have a son who went through a harrowing brain surgery procedure, nowhere as involved or intricate or scary as what Matthew is going through now, but I know what's it's like to be a parent just trying to deal with everything. Remain upbeat, keep everyone here on Reddit updated and here's to Matthew's complete recovery!",
"You saved this picture to your computer?",
"Thoughts and prayers thoughts and prayers \"Princess Carolin voice\"",
"My prayers are with you guys. Stay strong. ",
"He looks like a champ to me! He'll be just fine!",
"Or \"I don't have friends.\"",
"Hoping for a speedy recovery!",
"is this GOSH? : http://www.gosh.nhs.uk/\nIs there any assistance I can send? do you need a Pizza or something?\n",
"I'm terribly sorry to hear that. My SO lost her sister and more recently her father to pulmonary hypertension. I believe her sister was one of the first to have a lung transplant. Unfortunately, the medications had not been developed as much as they are today. I am very happy that your son is doing well, best of luck to you both!",
"He's just looking for support and the strength to carry himself, his son, and his family through this. While I don't agree with posting a kids pics here, I understand as we went through some major medical issues with our daughter.\n\nSometimes, actually most of the time, it's best to look below the surface as to what someone's true motivation is. Often times it will be shallow, but it can also be a soft cry for help. Looking for someone or a lot of someones to say it will be ok. ",
"What? Misleading title, OP. All I see in this picture is one *badass motherfucker*.\n\nHope all goes well, man.",
"Sorry about your loss. My heart in kitty form passed away six months ago, so I understand completely. <3",
"Great, but this isn't your personal fucking facebook.",
"This is my thought. Imagine being in a hospital room with your dying kid and snapping a picture to post on reddit for random people to see. Its disgusting imho",
"I hope he’ll be fine,my best wishes ! Much love from Germany ",
"Why is this downvoted?",
"Thanks man, you phrased it a bit more elegantly than I could. I might've taken The commenter too literally as well. Best friend in their usage just means they love their kids a lot, and not that the kid is literally their best friend.",
"Or he liked the picture of his kid and liked his kid in general, so he posted the pic online so he could share it. \n\nI'd never share it online myself though.",
"Hang in there buddy! You are in our prayers! ",
"I think whether or not it's tasteless depends on what the kid wants. Maybe it will help him feel better to see hundreds of comments wishing him support. Maybe he'll feel famous for a day. Who knows. ",
"Wishing you the best from Chicago. Go kick this things ass!",
"If you can’t see what’s tasteless and immoral with exploiting your sick/dying child by posting a picture to Reddit for fake internet points, then something is seriously wrong with you. ",
"Kids a tough guy, you can tell that right off the bat. He'll pull through, I have no doubt. ",
"But not before you exploit your son for the most karma you can get right? ",
"Please take care of yourself. That is the one regret I have while sitting bedside after my mom’s lung transplant. \nDealing with hospital staff took my extra energy. Self Care he needs you! ",
"Kisses and best wishes to him!!! <3",
"You're not wrong. But at least I'm not the kind of asshole that exposes my child to all these assholes. Assholes like me. ",
"I really hope it all goes well. All the best for your family and son.",
"Prayers and well wishes for your son. I have been there, waiting and watching helplessly. Hang in there. Take care of yourself. He's going to need you when he recovers. God bless.",
"Maybe, just maybe, this parent believes in a god of some sort and they want some prayers. And they're certainly getting an earnestly sincere one from me. I pray to Jesus Christ and no other that their son survives them and lives to give them grandchildren.",
"You can't have it both ways from me, Reddit. One week morbid jokes are high fashion, the next I can't make a teeny joke without backlash from the do gooders.\n\nPick a side!\n\nEdit - also I am very good at this game and was actually queuing up for a match when I read this post. Stranger things have happened.",
"Hey I don’t believe in god for shit, but this guy is clearly just trying to wish the kid his best. These assholes gotta relax and take people at face value.",
"Best of luck to your little trooper, hoping for a speedy recovery so he can get back to just being a kid :)",
"Is that an Amazon Fire Kids tablet? I ask as I was wondering if that would be a good gift to get for children in hospitals? I try to buy stuff for them each christmas and was seriously considering getting a bunch of them, for a charity near me, but I don't really know how they work, whether they require much connectivity, or an extensive account set up, etc... Would be great if someone could reply to this. Thanks.",
"All the best to him and you!",
"Id give him mine if i could 😢",
"Stay strong and I wish you the best!",
"Went through this as a kid also. Almost 50 and still going with a normal quality of life! This is awesome!",
"Wishing your son a speedy recovery and a long life!",
"Rooting for your little dude, and you!!",
"My Father is a lung transplant recipient (some derivative of pulmonary fibrosis), so I get a sense of how difficult this can be, but stay strong, and most importantly, do everything your doctors say and do it to the letter. Break no rules and your family and your son will have the best chance at a long, healthy, and happy life. \n\nPlus you get a pretty sick scar to show off so that's nice. ",
"Fighting hard... with his iPad cartoons",
"And that group is probably at the hospital.",
"He’s precious :) You got this sweet boy! ",
"I want you to know how much your post means to me. \n\nThis is the first time I’ve really talked to anyone about this...I am 32 and last year I was diagnosed with pulmonary hypertension. I remember sitting there in the hospital bed alone after they told me, googling on my phone this disease and reading that it apparently just kills everyone within three years. \n\nI sat there in that stupid bed so angry and scared and I didn’t know what to do and every day since I’ve been afraid to go to sleep because I didn’t know if I’d wake up. I didn’t know who would watch my poor dog if I died. \n\nThe doctor I go to tells me I’m doing well and that I’m not dying and that I’ll have a normal life. But I couldn’t bring myself to believe him. \n\nI know this is all scattered...I’m a mess right now. I just was so convinced that I was going to die that I really spent 2017 arranging for it. I’ve been selling most of my stuff and done my best to arrange debt being paid off and my life insurance and my will. I moved into an apartment last September and I haven’t bought a couch because I don’t want to make any decisions anymore. \n\nSeeing you sort of nonchalantly say that you’ve had it your whole life and are doing fine is the first amount of any hope I’ve felt in a year. It means everything to me. I was afraid to ask anyone or look it up anymore because it gives me so much anxiety. This is the first moment that I’ve actually felt like maybe I’ll be ok. Thank you. \n\n\n**Edit** I didn’t think this would get any sort of attention so I wanted to thank everyone for their replies and messages of support. Today feels like a step in the right direction to maybe at least hoping for a future. Also, gotta get that “thanks stranger for Reddit gold” part in there, too! ",
"The smile says it all. Keep fighting little man!!!!",
"Or karma. ",
"Because OP is selfish and knows he/she will get a lot of karma and possibly Reddit gold for exploiting their child’s illness. ",
"Tell that to the multiple people who go to the top posting done my *insert illness here* treatment! With just a pic of them sitting in a chair. Like don’t get me wrong they are probably doing it for the nice messages, and i don’t see anything wrong with that.... but not on this sub",
"Wishing your son a healthy recovery. ☺Stay strong, eat well, rest up. It's important for you and the rest of your family to take care of yourselves. ",
"People who post this on facebook are just as pathetic.",
"You got this little man! ",
"Haha touché",
"To each their own. It's not wrong to post. Just personal preference I guess :)",
"Thanks. ",
"Go Kid! ",
"Keep pushing buddy! Sending love your way! ❤️❤️",
"What's his condition called?",
"well to be fair it is a lot about prayer. But as an atheist myself I still find some good things about religion. ",
"Keep fighting little man!!",
"This conversation is meaningful",
"I feel like this happens with a lot of drugs. Similar to how finasteride was originally created to treat prostate issues, but then they realized it also helped balding men retain what hair they had, and even grow some new hair for some people.",
"That was supposed to be a joke? I thought you were just being Spergy and creepy",
"While I agree with you I think you give a parent going through this shit a pass on posting something like this.\n",
"But this is /r/pics\n\naka /r/postanuninterestingphotowithasappybackstoryinthetitle",
"I'm just some guy on the internet, but I hope with all my hopes that your son pulls through :)",
"He said why. Because his child is fighting for his life and he wants to have this post to show his son when he son recovers. This pic is hope. The family has little control over anything now, in regard to their child’s overall outcome. They can affect the surrounding energy though, emotionally, spiritually or however you want to classify it. They can go all out. The parents need the strength of a thousand—hell, a million— people right now to stay strong for their son, as well 2 other children watching their brother go through this intense situation. Reddit has some amazing people, it’s a great place to reach out. ",
"give me attention and free karma. Happy for your son but why are you posting this ",
"Tell that kid to keep kicking ass! ",
"Also, and maybe this is in poor taste, but this kid doesn't even appear to be fighting *that hard*. He's on a tablet. Fuck, I'm fighting *at least* as hard as he is right now and I haven't even showered for the day. ",
"There are other, more mature ways to look for support. Even if you think the internet is a right place to do so. \n\nIf you think I am not empathic, then you didn’t read my post very well. ",
"ITT: \"Aww that's so wonderful. Keep fighting. I love seeing these great posts\"\n\nALSO ITT: \"I don't get why we need to see this. This isn't Facebook blah blah blah\"\n\nOk, what people don't understand is that this also helps others stay strong to fight and more relevant is the fact the OP didn't post this having in mind the approval of those who view it. He posted it because he was proud of his son and wanted to share it to the world .... is that really so bad? If you think it isn't appropriate for this subreddit, go cry to the mods. Or maybe try commenting angry messages on the internet. That always seems to be gloriously fun :)",
">fetish shit\n\nPlease, tell me more about this. ",
"What's the thought process behind this pic? \n\nI wouldn't want to share this publicly with random people in general and this guy is doing it just say say he's fighting for his life? \n\nI'd say he's exploiting the kid but he isn't asking for anything besides attention.\n\nI'm just asking objectively. Open to others feedback. ",
"I'm thinking of you and your son, Matthew, as you all go through this process. I work on a heart and lung transplant ICU and this is definitely a rough time. Keep those smiles on and those eyes on the future. This is so challenging but keeping a positive mentality everyday will help. ❤️ Matthew seems like such a sweet boy and I'm happy he got this opportunity at life. \nMost recently a transplant recipient got to go home and ring our bell to signify the hard work/dedication put in and the start of a new life. Their departing words were: \"Now let's get this thing going! :)\".\nThe hope and joy of looking towards the prosperous future overshadowed the long, enduring hardships of past.",
"“I can’t believe my poor little son is fighting for his life...wait! This is a perfect opportunity for me to take a picture of him and post it to Reddit! Son, I know you’re in a lot of pain and this is a very difficult time in your life, but can you sit up and smile so I can take your picture?”",
"Nobody cares about your opinion if people care or not. ",
"From one father to another, sending positive thoughts your way. Hope your family pulls through everything fine!",
"You realize the irony of giving your unsolicited personal opinion on the uselessness of giving unsolicited personal opinions though, right?",
"God bless him",
"Why did you feel the need to post this on Reddit? What did your son say about that?",
"r/nocontextpics",
"What's wrong with you? ",
"Hang in the little dude!",
"I didn’t think your comment was out of line. People are really overreacting ",
"You’re getting downvotes because you really shouldn’t tell someone else how to define a relationship you’re not a part of or know anything about. It’s not up to you to decide how someone else labels their relationship. Had you left off the statement after the question, I bet you wouldn’t receive the downvotes. \n\nAs for your question, I can’t really answer it as I don’t have children myself. I will say that my relationship with my parents is very strong, as they treat me like an adult and an individual instead of as their child. I chat with them about stuff I do with my friends, and I enjoy spending time with them, so I don’t think it’s out of the realm of possibility to label them best friends. \n\nPlus, I remember as a little kid it felt like I worshipped the ground my parents walked on. I think it would be difficult to not form a strong bond like that when you’re pretty much the center of the child’s world. ",
"You said that [5 hours ago](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/7pvtec/this_is_my_son_currently_fighting_for_his_life/dskeea5/)\n\nActually, 5 hours ago you said you already removed it. You're literally exploiting your critically ill child for karma. You're terrible.",
"\"I'm gonna have a dead son soon, but let me post this to reddit so I'll at least have some karma\".",
"That is a nice sentiment an all but death will probably do the trick though.",
"or maybe he need/wants some support or words of encouragement from people in a hard time of need?",
"So that we can support him in spirit!",
"Christ, that subreddit is full of some embarrassingly edgy people. \n\nCongratulations to them for stealing their grandma's facebook posts to make fun of her with strangers.",
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"What will prayers do?",
"Who would want support from anonymous strangers?",
"He looks strong and happy, I’ll be praying for him and your family!",
"You really think that? I see a parent who wants as much support for their child as possible and who is raising awareness about transplants.",
"Because for all you know, the kid might read the comments here and they might make him happy, or maybe OP himself needs some support. We don't know what they both have been through.",
"Neat?",
"Because they're one of those people, obviously lol.",
"Keep the good fight going, young man. ",
"the fuck is he playing on that lil tablet right there",
"You got this champ! Fight hard for your family",
"Now that's going a bit far I think. Fighting isn't about the immediate struggle; I'm sure this kid isn't doing so well. I just don't care very much. ",
"Pretty shitty how people want to slam this dude for posting this. Maybe he just wants to hear some kind words? Maybe that would help with the pain of what he’s going through. I’m sure half the people talking shit on here don’t have kids, probably far as shit with nothing better to do than pick fights with someone dealing with a huge experience that we should all be thankful we aren’t having to deal with. Reddit makes me sick, this whole community has gone to complete shit. ",
"I wish him and you all the best of luck from Ireland.\n",
"Get better little buddy!",
" I’m routing for you. ",
"Stay strong, kiddo.",
"Bull.",
"This post gives me an idea. My 91 year old grandma fell the other night and had to be rushed to the ER. She’s in bad shape and this could be it for her, but I should probably go and take a picture of her or even a selfie and post it to Reddit. I know my grandma would love to get karma and possibly some Reddit gold while she’s on the brink of death!\n\nThanks OP! You’ve shown me that posting a picture of a dying loved one truly is the best medicine!",
"Molta sort company!\n",
"Yeah, and apparently so do a lot of other people. Kinda suspicious that he deleted his most upvoted comment begging for sympathy.",
"Just tell them you have to keep up with the demand somehow. ",
"Thats not how downvoting works though. Your supposed to downvote offtopic stuff, not things you disagree with.",
"Honestly kind of sick that you would post this ",
"I had a double lung transplant 9.5 years ago because of cystic fibrosis. Post transplant life isn't always easy but it's absolutely worth it. ",
"You are right. OP might just want support and so he posted it on Reddit. I get people might not like it or think it is stupid, but so what? Just move on. Is it really worth making someone feel guilty who is going through literally the most stressful and heart wrenching thing that one could possibly go through? They should get off their high horse. ",
"Post this to /r/daddit \n\nA lot less hate there",
"Hmm. I guess r/pics still hasn't changed. It's supposed to be about good photos, not a cellphone photo with a heartwarming story.",
"\"fighting for his life\"\n\nsitting up, smiling, normal clothes... he looks like he's going home in a few hours",
"Yeah, or at least post it on a more specific sub Reddit, if one exists where people can choose to look at pictures of dying people. I mean with the upvote percentage what it is, he can't be getting very many positive vibes in his in box right now. ",
"He looks really vital for a kiddo that just got a lung transplant. Best of luck!",
"Yeah, what is the goal by giving me a picture of your kid in a hospital bed with a sob story? I don't know you or your kid, or even where you are from. This is incredibly tasteless.",
"on my death bed I am going to have someone post a nice picture like this of me. Ill rack up a shitload of karma, say \"nice\" and just die. ",
"Damn what does the pope need with 81 lungs? Is he of irken origin?",
"Good luck and stay strong!",
"Keep your spirits up. I work in lung transplant (not an MD, I work on the organ recovery side for a hospital) and as tough as it is to see, the reality is that it will get better. Take it day by day, make sure you’re using all of the available resources, especially the social worker, they can help way more than you’d think. Might also be worth seeing if the hospital has support groups for transplant, I know ours does, and we’ve actually had other recipients go and see patients that are still in the hospital to show them how much better they can get. \n \nAs proof that things get better maybe this story can offer some comfort. We had a young man that we admitted months ago now (end of summer) for an autoimmune condition. His body suddenly rejected his lungs and he progressed from being happy and healthy to needing a lung transplant in about 2 months time. By the time he was transferred to our hospital he was placed on ECMO (machine that works as both heart and lungs) and he was kept on that for 2-3 months. When we listed him he was highly sensitized (meaning almost any lungs we put in him were going to reject) and was getting worse. After a month or two of being at the top of our list, we found lungs that werent perfect but it was his only shot. It was an incredibly risky operation, he ended up being on ECMO for another month, and was on the ventilator for just as long if not a little longer. He also went into acute rejection almost immediately after transplant since we werent able to find a perfect match. For the first month after we transplanted him I was terrified he was going to die. However, he slowly got better and after 3 months of recovery in our hospital he went home last week. Not to rehab or anhthing, he was discharged to home from the ICU. Its truly amazing. \n\nLung transplant is an incredibly complicated thing, there are a million things that can go wrong. In fact, there will definitely be more complications ahead but its important you guys keep fighting for everyone’s sake. I’ll be thinking about you guys, please keep us updated on your son’s condition. ",
"I don't understand how this is interesting at all. Who give a shit that some random kid is sick? ",
"That kid just went through surgery and has a smile on his face. That's a fighter that's going to win and win hard. Best wishes to him and his family.",
"I mean I think op is a sad weirdo looking for attention in all the wrong ways but p sure it only took them roughly 30 seconds to snap a photo and post it on reddit",
"The fact that op already deleted his comment and that it's in this sub screams that they want karma and attention. There are plenty of places on Reddit to find actual support, posting to /r/pics with a sob story isn't where you find it.",
"I see stuff like this and I admire your family's strength. Stay strong.",
"I'm a dad, and I've had my son in the hospital for emergency surgery for a life threatening condition. The specifics don't matter, not comparing... The lessons I learned I hope help.\n\nYou can't determine the outcome, if your child lives or dies. Be careful not to assume the responsibility for the outcome, in your heart, because it's both natural as a parent and devistating if the outcome is bad.\n\nInstead, remember to be present and there and live in the moment with your boy. Be proactive to help him and make his journey as gentle as possible, and remember that no matter what happens, no matter what hurts or how bad, the important thing is your boy knows that you are there with him, that he is loved and wanted and cared for. Own the process as much as you can, not the result, because you can control your part of the process and the outcome is out of your hands. \n\nI was also surprised in the hospital and after how many times he needed (but didn't know how to even ask) me to explain to him what happened and was happening. I was shocked at how he kept trying to understand what he had done wrong to cause his illness, repeatedly looking for how it was his fault. It's really important, and a really hard concept for anyone... especially a child... to get that sometimes things in our bodies can go wrong and would have done so no matter what you did or didn't do. When he finally got it (a month or so after coming home) it was visibly a weight off his shoulders. \n\nI hope your boy comes through hale and hearty he's cute as a button and looks like a trooper! \n\nOh, and remember that you get to have all the emotions: fear, love, anger too. When you are caregiving you tend to lock those away because they don't help in the moment, but they are there! My son recovered, and I thought everything was peachy keen until the drive home... I was following my wife in my car as she drive him home from the hospital and I just about crashed into them as I lost my g*d mind because all those feelings suddenly emerged all at once. Unsafe at any speed. \n\nGood luck! \n",
"Exactly. He is looking for support. Many people have gone through terrible things and Reddit is a place to reach out. It can be a great support group. I've seen it countless times.\n\nNo need to ridicule OP during literally the worst time in his life. The kid is as old as my son. This is terrible",
"God bless him ",
"Keep rocking and being awesome, little man!",
"Yah, regardless of personal beliefs it is clearly only meant as good will. ",
"Then why in /r/pics instead of the numerous support subs that exist? They posted it here because it's a default sub and they want the attention, not for legitimate support from strangers that just see a kid in a hospital bed.",
"I hope all this karma works just as efficiently as facebook thoughts and prayers.",
"Just prayed for him, May God bless him and your family. I’ll keep praying for him!",
"That's not true at all. I've had a double lung transplant and I can tell you there is a lot more you do than just laying in bed. They're Constantly getting you out of bed to move around, constant test, xray, doing the breathing exercises, etc. It's not just lay there at heal. If you just lay there you probably won't make it. ",
"You fucking derps, he's posting because sometimes you find others that have gone through the same thing on the big wide interwebs. Support groups and shit. \n\nThis kid just needs a lung transplant. Most of you need a life transplant, that no one is willing to give. Go back under your bridge. ",
"Sometimes people post things on reddit for reasons other than karma.\n\nAnd why wouldn't people post things on facebook? Facebook is literally about their lives, and lots of people post for support and to get in contact with family members...",
"He looks like a fighter! Cutie! From one Mom to another <3 hugs",
"I'm convinced that all people are aholes to everyone except their immediate circle of friends UNLESS there is a catalyst that moves them to be kind or perform some act of kindness. Sorry you are dealing with that and best wishes to you and your son!!!!!",
"He looks like a fighter, be strong 'lil man!",
"Shallow....and pedantic?",
"Congratulations, you played yourself.",
"Awful post that people will down vote you for sat because sick child. ",
"Good vibes all the way from Austin Texas ",
"That’s what your family is for and I’m sure the kid is getting tons of support from his actual loved ones, friends and hospital staff. OP getting upvotes and 100+ comments saying “Hope he recovers!” and basically the same thing isn’t doing anything for the kid. In fact, I bet Reddit karma is the very last thing in his mind as he’s fighting for his life, but apparently it’s important to OP. ",
"I think it's more about, at any point does anyone even ask the kid if he is okay with this?\n\nDoes the young child in his current state understand to the full extent what it means to be posted online? Does he understand that it is primarily strangers that will see this ? \n\nFor all we know the father explained \"I'm posting this so people can see that you are strong and to inspire other folks with sick children!\" Okay that's something I can get behind especially if the kid is down with it.\n\nBut it could also be \"hey smile for a pic for family :) \" and then he posts it online ....\n\nIdk its not 100% bad it's just that we need to stop and think sometimes before doing this shit and way too many people don't and just post away without thinking of repercussions. ",
"Because 42k upvotes.... Meh. ",
"Do you think a 7 year old cares about random people on the internet, especially when he is strongly sedated and fighting for his life? I think his family and friends are important to him right now.\nAnd raising awareness? Come on.",
"Is this the same kid that shroud sent a package to? ",
"So you’re upset that someone is posting their son on the internet, and you post it to the internet?? Why?? \n\nBecause one of our greatest needs is to share our stories. It’s essential to human survival. ",
"Because, on Reddit, many people would rather take time out of their day to get on their soapbox and preach stupid things as opposed to being a decent human being and just understand OP is looking for some support in his darkest hour. ",
"For a guy who claims like you care “I wish this kid the best” you don’t sound like you care. “there are millions of others” Like that makes other people’s suffering trivial",
"Not sure I understand all the hate in here, which is surprising because usually Im the jaded asshole in the thread. \n\nKid looks happy so surgery was probably successful. Kids father is probably really happy it went well and proud of his son for fighting through it. He posts to reddit because hes proud... Whats the problem? Its not like his son is puking blood while his dad is posting it for karma at that very moment. Maybe theres something I dont know about lung transplants (are they a death sentence or something?), or maybe (and far more likely), you guys are just miserable fucks. 90% of reddit is karma whoring. Its interesting to see the times when people choose to be sensitive about it. ",
"Just fyi, your lungs are in the *inside* of your body, so there wouldn’t be many visible symptoms",
"Someone get this kid a switch!",
"Metal af ",
"That’s my point. Of course the parent/OP loves their son, but you can take pictures and not post them to Reddit and they’ll still mean the same to the family. ",
"Good for you, you are so much better than everyone else. Thank you for taking the time out of your day to convince us! 👏👏👏",
"The guy is going through some tough times and some of us cope with that in different ways. The reddit community can be a great support system and has been there for me through some rough times. Sometimes sharing your story isn't all about karma and internet points. ",
"Hope he's OK, hope you don't use your son for free internet points again.",
"Possibly. But if this is indeed his son, then I don't think karma was in his mind. \n\nHowever if this is fake, fuck him.",
"The guy is going through some tough times and some of us cope with that in different ways. The reddit community can be a great support system and has been there for me through some rough times. Sometimes sharing your story isn't all about karma and internet points. ",
"God bless you, and your son. You are in my prayers this morning, and thanking God already for his recovery, well being, and growth!",
"Do you think a 7 year old wants you to be mean to his dad?",
"what did he say",
"1 upvote = 1 life support",
"when i was sick this helped me so much he looks cute\n\nhttp://www.erisale.com/?locale=en&bookId=203&pageNo=265#content.en.203.265",
"Best of luck to you and your son, but I agree that maybe posting this on Reddit wasn’t the best thing ",
"So sorry something real has interrupted your daily intake of brainless memes and mental masturbation.",
"And this is you, currently exploiting his suffering for some sweet karma. ",
"Not here to convince anyone. Some people agree and that is fine. Some people disagree. That is fine. People can upvote or downvote me or any comment they wish. Just here dropping my opinion just like everyone else. Yeah my post may offend others but meh. Just the same old stuff on Reddit but a different day.",
"As the dad of a six year old boy - I feel you, man. I'm so sorry you have to go through this; it's my own worst nightmare. All the best, stay strong, hold on to him, help him through. Hope he pulls through.",
"I’m hoping for the best, keep on posting.",
"Karma is (apparently) a hell of a drug.",
"*Thoughts and prayers*",
"Washington State! ",
"Keep it up little man. You can do it!! Sending prayers his way.",
"He can do it! I'm rooting for him too!",
"Uh, I came within inches of dying from traumatic injuries in November, and neither me or my family thought \"hey, we should post this to reddit so tens of thousands of strangers can see me at my worst\". My family had to sit in a room with a chaplain for upwards of six hours not even knowing if I was alive or what my injuries actually were. They sure as hell didn't think posting a sob story to tens of thousands of strangers was the best thing to do while I wasn't in a state to consent about it.",
"I can't think of a single picture in the world that doesn't have meaning/merit given an accompanying context. \n\nThe fact that we know this poor kid is fighting his life is exactly why the picture resonates with so many people.",
"posts like this make me hate reddit",
"Fight on little man !! ",
"Exactly. It’s painfully obvious that OP just thought of posting it here because they knew they would get a ton of upvotes and sympathy. I’m sure they’re the same type of person that uses other people’s misfortunes/illnesses and makes statuses on Facebook so they get likes. \n\nLike the people who post “My friend Jennifer just found out she might have cancer. Oh my god, this is horrible! I don’t want to lose my best friend.” And then the girl who actually is ill hasn’t even made a status acknowledging the possibility of cancer. I’ve seen it a lot and /r/pics is always filled with sob stories like this",
"Right? \n\nI give ~5-10 years asshole kids will sue their asshole parents for using their image without their consent to enrish themselves.",
"/r/photography",
"They do add anti lead chemicals to the water. Very general, but reverse osmosis might help people. ",
"Sorry to hear that, however did you not consider anything like that before posting? You’re sharing a very personal issue with tens of thousands of people.",
"Jesus.\n\nThe best way to make the word \"cancer\" even worse is to put \"pancreatic\" in front of it. That or \"pediatric.\"",
"What the fuck? Overreaction much? The kid's more likely to be touched by his uncle than a random stranger. ",
"Way to exploit your sick child for fake internet points",
"Get 'em, little friend! ",
"Because this is /r/pics and not /r/parenting or /r/transplants or the many other communities online that can actually offer genuine support. ",
"That's a tough looking kid. \n\nStay strong over there. ",
"Glad to hear that then.",
"Give him some books, eventually he will get bored enough to read them lol.",
"Looks like he's winning",
"Or maybe its for emotional support? ",
"OP isn't sharing his story. He's sharing a picture.",
"Blimey! You got me, ol' chap!",
"Empathy check, humans have it, and others gain energy from it. When this process happens the person with stress, the one who feels s bit beaten down gets lifted up by other's support. ",
"Thoughts and prayers do nothing but clog the internet tubes. \n\nYou want to make a difference or help out, get off your ass and volunteer or donate money. ",
"Fuck those people. ",
"If we are posting sob medical stories with uninteresting pics for karma, maybe I should post the picture of me after my lung surgery back in early December.",
"All the best to him. Positive vibes buddy!!!",
"whenever I feel down I look to the internet for support in the form of sweet, sweet reddit karma\n\n/s\n\nI get that OP may not have been doing this for the upvotes, but I'm a cynic. Sue me.",
"Noo... :(",
"Hang in there buddy!",
"Aww what a cutie!! I hope he has a long and happy life!\nMakes my heart hurt that little one have to suffer.",
"I think he put it pretty unartfully but as a parent, being a parent should always be the first thing. A parent sets boundaries and teaches and a friend can't always do those things. Your child is not a mini-you you can just have fun with always and forever. I think it matters less when your child is really young but as they get older, the roles need to be defined more distinctly.",
"Probably because there's a less than low chance of death after a transplant and so this seems like, \"My kid has a good chance of dying, please give me karma!\"",
"😂 ",
"Sort this one by controversial",
"Stay strong buddy, cheers!",
"Well.. what are you looking for? This pic doesn’t break any of the subs rules. Put what you’re looking for in the search bar and I’m sure you’ll find a sub dedicated to what you like.",
"Such an awesome smile. May you see millions more!",
"Good luck little man! Stay strong! ",
"We use remodulin pumps for our PICU patients but they are SO expensive it's crazy. Hopefully prices come down :(",
"Yeah but if you're going to farm out your near-death child for some reddit karma, why not throw in a shot of some *genuine* suffering? ",
"Heed your username",
"Your doctor should be taken out back.",
"Or both!",
"Prayers for a speedy revovery, God bless him!!",
"Stay Strong My prayers are with you ",
"Keep fighting little guy! And parents stay strong, I can't imagine going through this as a parent myself. ",
"Rock on little dude!",
"S/he misspelled Facebook when posting",
"I would have written this exact comment a few years ago. You're right, this pic isn't interesting on its own, and its only getting upvotes because of the sob story.\n\nBut the older i get, the more that i see shitty things happen to good people, the more i experience the everyday tragedy of life, the more i can empathize with someone in pain who wants to reach out and share it with other people. Life can be absolutely brutal, and especially with young kids, it can seem exceptionally devastating that the rest of the world seems to continue on while you are utterly incapacitated by grief or worry. Your life feels completely consumed by it, and the looming tragedy threatens to end your world as well as the one of the person you love -- yet there is everyone else in the world, laughing, happy, going on as if you don't matter. As if the complete destruction of everything that makes your life worth living is meaningless. As if you are meaningless. That's when you feel the need to reach out to people and say \"LOOK! This is my son, my wife, my daughter, my father, and they matter! They are MY world, and i want them to matter to you, too, even if its only for the time it takes for you to upvote my picture before moving on.\"\n\nIt's not about karma, it's about trying to find mutual empathy and understanding about the worst parts of the human experience, and about supporting each other as we experience the most gruesome part of life -- death.",
"Lol. \n\n\"Reaching out to the Reddit community.\" What a crock of shit. ",
"Kick butt buddy!! 💪🏼",
"Get well soon wee chap.Fingers crosses for you.",
"same",
"Hope he makes it out okay :) ",
"Hey OP, your son is beautiful, and looks like he's still finding moments of happiness. I hope you get to share many more with him. I'm rooting for both of you.",
"Your kid is a bad ass! Stay strong little guy! ",
"Has this sub always been a karma farm?",
"Stay strong ! my best wishes for your recovery ",
"Your jumping to conclusions. The truth is that it could’ve been any sub and that if it reached r/all then we’d still have people like you complaining about it",
"Stay strong little man. Pops, keep it up you'll get through it",
"He is going to be alright soon",
"I know welding off-gasses some dangerous fumes but how did he get bad lung underwater? I'm guessing it was some kind of forced air setup, not SCUBA.",
"I wish your child a healthy recovery.\n\nI'm a horrible person for thinking about society's limited resources and making statements like I'm about to make.\n\nI would rather our country spend its resources to feed 100 hungry but otherwise healthy children till they're 18 as opposed to spend hundreds of thousands if not millions of dollars on expensive surgeries for one child before they're a teenager. Ideally we would do both, but \"by golly we have to have the biggest military in the world cause Muslim terrorist\" - GOP",
"You mean reverse osmosis water filtration?",
"You got this little guy!!!!! Keep moving forward!!!!!",
"Or free shit sent to the hospital room",
"You fight kid.. Beat this and get strong.",
"Keep going lil guy !\n\n",
"Black People\n",
"It was developed for PH and they found out t worked on another part of the body opening up blood vessels and decided they would make more money selling it as that. \nI have a son who was a preme and was on sildenafil while sedated for months while fighting for his life in the Nicu. He is three now and past those problems after having a Trach and ventilator to help him breath.",
"He/she may be posting because they are so proud of their kid, and want to share the strength and resiliency that their child shows every day while fighting for his life.\n\nOr could be karma whoring.\n",
"My guess is people downvote these comments so people aren’t motivated to say something like this for no purpose other than to get internet points ",
"What a champ!",
"I don't subscribe to /r/pics for sob stories and the mods don't seem to mind them. Guess I'll find some replacements.",
"Nothing can stop him ^^^^ceptdemlungs",
"May God bless and make him alright very soon ",
"I'm not sure why the mods aren't more aggressive about title rule 6: \n\n> must not be \"designed to elicit sympathy\"",
"You could've just moved on and said nothing but you went out of your way to start a tread basically just being a giant douche, why?",
"Did you just whore your kid out for karma? What a cunt",
"kick some ass little man. We are proud of you. Sincerely wishing you a speedy recovery. ",
"Better out than in I always say ",
"It could also be cystic fibrosis right?",
"DO YOU REALIZE THERES A KARMA GOLDMINE IN THEM THAR PICS!? ",
">We can rebuild him\n\n-Doctors, probably",
"Little Dude, All of Reddit is pulling for you. We don't know you but love you anyway. You keep up the good fight and keep us updated. ",
"Awesome 3edgy5me response. Classic. Original",
"Hey, first: congratulations for the lung transplant! Second: the first month after the transplant is the hardest. \nI only have asthma but some years ago accompanied a friend who got one, I was there the whole time before the transplant during and after. Just remember, you're son's life is beginning now and it's wonderful! ",
"The most petty thing I've ever seen.",
"You could've just moved on and said nothing but you went out of your way to start a tread basically just being a giant douche, why?",
"Why does it matter whether upvotes help or not? Maybe the dude who posted it just wants to:\n\n* Tell someone in general. That can help some people feel better\n* Be able to read his son the comments of people who are rooting for him. Like when I had surgery in 2nd grade and the class made cards for me. I didn't like or even know every person in the class, but they all meant a lot to me during a hard time\n* Hear stories from other parents/people who have gone through this\n* Know that there are people out there who care, or at least are sympathetic to his situation.\n\nJust saying, it's easy to down vote if you don't think this belongs. Clearly enough people liked the post to get it to the front page, so I don't understand what complaining does. The great part about Reddit is that you won't see content that the majority of the people viewing it didn't want to see.",
"Truly amazing to see the difference of attitude from children when faced with horrible circumstances compared to the average adult in the very same circumstances. It just goes to show that our way of thinking makes the whole difference when faced with horrible circumstances.\n",
"Keep fighting, buddy. We're pulling for you!",
"No idea what you said and removed, but screw what anyone says. The internet is full of assholes. \n\nI'm just some dude and I wish the best for your son and family and I'd guess 99% of everyone here does as well. Just hang in there!",
"[the comment seems to be deleted,](https://i.imgur.com/3a5npfz.jpg) what was the gist of it?",
"Well, how else is he gonna get that karma?",
"And what a perfect way to spend what could be those last moments together--creating a post on Reddit. Wtf is wrong with people",
"You can do it!",
"Good luck on your recovery, little guy!",
"Get the poor kid a pc.",
"Fuck off karma whore",
"Glad he's well. But \"Fighting for his life\"?!!!\n\nIn that photo he's fully conscious, sitting up, not wearing a hospital gown, smiling and playing on an iPad. You might be being a little melodramatic with the title.",
"There's also posts about overcoming addiction.",
"Why post a pic tho. ",
"Good Luck!!!",
"Hugs and my very best to you all. You're a legend little man! My utmost respect.",
"You’re looking great, kiddo! Pretty soon you’ll be able to go outside and play!!! We are all so proud of you!!!💕",
"Uhh.. creepy? I don't see how you got that. I saw the kid was playing Mario Kart and I was too, that's pretty much it.\n\nHell, with the run I was having earlier before work, he'd probably destroy me.",
"Your son looks like he is doing a magnificent job of fighting. I wish we all could look this calm and confident when facing such great odds. \n",
"He looks like he’s winning! We’re all rooting for you ❤️",
"ULPT: Don't forget to post it again when he will die, you will get even more karma! ",
"Over half the pictures on the front page of /r/pics aren't well composed. It's obviously not a photography subreddit. There a picture of someone's wallet with a note, a picture of someone with a celebrity, a ***blurry*** (gasp!) picture of a kid with ice in his hair.\n\nDo you go onto all of those posts and complain that they're not technically great pictures?",
"That little dude is going to be just fine.\n\nLove and support from all of us to him, you, and your family.",
"Hang in there champ - we are rooting for you kid\n\nStay strong Mom and Dad",
"It could be that OP just needs a little support. Although it wouldn't be my choice to post, especially not in this sub, sometimes hearing positive words from strangers can help. \n\nOP, he looks like a fighter! Kids can be so much stronger than we are! ",
"It's called seeking support you ignorant Fuck\n\nI hope you get sever diarrhea and shit yourself next time your getting laid - assuming that ever happens",
"Good vibes and best wishes from Manchester!",
"Hang in there buddy! You got this! ",
"I mean, you could have shown him this picture later without posting it to reddit. This is r/pics, not r/sobstories. You're very clearly whoring your child for karma. Keep this shit on your FB. Or in an appropriate sub. ",
"What a tough little man! Makes my hernia surgery yesterday look like child’s play. You got this little dude!",
"1 upvote = 1 prayer\n\nSmash that upvote button people. We got a life to save. ",
"The title shares enough and his previous posts clearly mention what he's been going through.\"My son is in GOSH for a lung transplant, which he had in Tuesday. However it hasn't worked out well and now he's fighting for his life on the ward. His heart stopped in the early hours and he had cpr while his chest was still open.\" I Can't blame him for just seeking out some supportive comments. ",
"I don't understand people who take such personal moments and then post online for internet points. I also don't understand people who take pictures of loved ones in hospitals, are you going to look back at this picture and miss the good days? ",
"I mean, the OP seems to be near his child as well ",
"Keep fighting little homie!!! Show your new lung that it belongs with you. I want to live in a world with you in it. Stay strong 💪🏻 ",
"/\\",
"FIGHT ON",
"Here's the thing - going through stuff like this is tough. Sometimes congregating and getting some words of encouragement, even from strangers on the internet, can help give people hope.\n\nWould you say the same to someone posting a picture claiming they were getting ready to commit suicide? \"Nah, OP, GTFO of Reddit and go talk to real people\" - no.\n\nEverybody's coping mechanisms are different and receiving feedback can help boost people's spirits. Just speaking as someone who can see how this type of support could help.",
"He's got a strong dad, and a bright future.",
"Well the good news is that if you're in the US his chances of survival at his age are well over 85%.\n\nAnyway, this isn't Facebook. Go away. ",
"Edit: Strong mother too.",
"Of all the posts to complain about I am surprised that people chose this one. If you wanted examples of karma grab you can find a lot worse on Reddit that nobody ever says anything about\n\nI think some people just cant handle seeing a post that makes them feel sad about somebody that isn’t them",
"Sending prayers!! Fight Hard and stay strong, little man!",
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"mate.. wish your son and you all the best.. All the strength and support you'll need now.. \n\nyour kid is beautiful, he's an angel! \n\nonce again, stay strong, everything will be good. ",
"So then what sub?",
"It’s posts like this to reign in the thoughts of being grateful with life. So many things to be thankful for and we often times focus on the negatives and how we think we have it bad while others like this child is going through life in such a different manner. Thankful!",
"Stay strong!! :) all the best for him and you! ",
"I'm sure he's gonna love having his picture smeared out over the internet for the whole world to see",
"Riiiight - Op is really out here to get karma with their kid's illness.\n\n/s",
"Beautiful! You are strong, little man!",
"5 year survival rate for a lung transplant is a coin flip. ",
"I've never met anyone who's had this. It's probably just a coincidence but that's very rare for you to know of that many people with this.",
"Some edgy shit I would expect from r/atheism.",
"+1 for the fight! Keep it up you got this. ",
"God bless him",
"Dude, you're gonna be A-OK..trust me on this. I know...things.",
"Awesome kid!",
"Brave lil dude! That big ol smiles gonna break some hearts one day!!",
"I don't see how it's tasteless - maybe I'm missing the point here, but I think encouraging words from strangers and maybe even finding others that have experienced the same can help give people hope.\n\nSo you don't want to upvote a photo - then don't and move along. On the contrary it comes across as a little selfish to have the \"hey don't post that picture here, it's not interesting or funny without your sad, sad story\"\n\nPeople post pictures of their dead pets and sick pets all the time with no backlash.",
"So just spergy then",
"Respiratory therapist here. Wishing you and yours the best.",
"Can the mods do something about this disgusting stuff?",
"Keep fighting buddy. ",
"I will pray for him tonight. Blessings ",
"r/nocontextpics",
"You're going to be alright! Way to go! ",
"Someone get this kid a Nintendo switch ",
"Well I hope he beats that statistic, and doesn't have to fight again for a long time.",
"Nah cause then he can post about that too to score a little more pity karma. ",
"No seriously. If my son just had a lung transplant the last thing on my mind is fucking posting about it on reddit.",
"Did they leave?",
"have hope, friend",
"What would be a good subreddit for this? I've been on Reddit for years (deleted my old account) and I honestly don't know. There are stories like this all the time on /r/pics so I could see how someone, especially someone new to Reddit, would think this is an appropriate place to post it.\n\nI'm not saying it belongs here and that it's *not* just an attempt to karma-whore. I'm just saying it's possible that OP just wanted to share his kid's story and get some support.",
"Because he's in the middle of a hospital, surrounded by other people suffering, and staff faced with it daily who can't afford a full sense of compassion or appreciation for how extraordinarily horrendous this is for him.\n\nIn this moment, he thinks his son is the bravest and most extraordinary person in the world, and it only makes sense for the world to take notice.",
"I hope you grow to strong man be the next elon musk and become president. Stay away from drugs booze and bad people. cheers we are counting on you!",
"I know this is serious and all but.....I'd totally beat him at Mario Kart.",
"You can see the play button in the middle of the screen, kids love their let's plays. ",
"It's hard to look at that face and not want to smile. Good luck little guy! You've got this. ",
"Give em hell bud!",
"Wishing him a speedy recovery from London!",
"Best of luck my friend!!",
"I wish all the very best to little fighter.",
"Stay strong mate!! You are a inspiration!!",
"cuck much? you racist",
"I expect a marathon out of you in the next 10 years little fella! Best wishes and good luck.",
"I’m a classic man. Sry was that song supposed to stay dead?",
"/r/roastme",
"Not every fucking post on reddit is an attempt to karma whore. Most people do not give a shit about fucking karma. Maybe he was looking for words of encouragement? Maybe in some way this was his way to cope? But his son is fighting for his life and you think the man is worried about imaginary internet points? Fuck off",
"Good luck little buddy.",
"When this kid beats this, he'll be able to just about fight and win any battle. ",
"How is this thread support in any way?",
"There's confident defiance in his eyes. I see it, too.",
"I can tell he is a strong young man with an equally strong family that will be by his side until he gets well. Will keep you and your family in our prayers. Get well soon!",
"is that why your comment is deleted?",
"Um, off the top of my head would be /r/parenting and /r/transplants to start with. There are also the numerous actual support communities outside of reddit. You aren't going to get actual support from strangers on a default sub meant for interesting pictures.",
"turn that frown upside down...",
"Do you call him \"Wheezy\"?",
"Someone who can smile after all of that is stronger than I can imagine. Blessings and love be his forever.",
"But if it's a picture that wouldn't be interesting on its own but needs a title, then it's okay? As long as it's not a sad story? There is also a before/after picture of a woman who's getting married and a picture of a dude with a celebrity. I just don't see how people can bitch so much about this when tons of submissions that aren't actually interesting pictures, but just interesting stories, make it to the top of /r/pics.\n\nAt what point do you stop complaining and just go to /r/photography?\n\nThere are so many subreddits that have evolved to be more than just what their title says. An easy example is /r/trees vs /r/marijuanaenthusiasts\n\nI've been on Reddit since 2010 and people have been complaining about sob stories on /r/pics the whole time. I just think it's time to accept it and go to another sub. Or just down vote and move on",
"Go get em buddy. You got this. ",
"/r/pic used to be good",
"Is it a picture? ",
"Id agree if the kid wasn't clothed or something... but jesus christ calm down.",
"He made a comment 6 hours ago but he edited to remove it only 1 hour ago ",
"Who does he watch on YouTube? I am personally friends with some very popular creators who make content for his demographic, if he watches any of them I know they'd love to make a personal get well soon video for him, if that would be something you'd think he would like. ",
"Hang in their buddy !",
"Hope it turns out well much love!",
"You let your kids leave the house alone ever? That is MUCH MORE dangerous then posting a picture of your kid after having a major surgery. Holy shit people... lol",
"You guys are in our prayers ‘n",
"Good luck big guy!",
"I love that OP has deleted the comments of his in the thread, but still just can't find the nerve to delete the picture has it has 50,000 karma on it. Disgusting.",
"We can say a lot of things. And not to be trite, but good luck!",
"Reddit may be triggered, but I'll be praying for him.",
"Downvote",
"Good luck little man! you got this!",
"Well then maybe he should post \"Going through a tough time, I could use some support\" to r/cancer or one of the other subreddits dedicated to just that. Maybe even Facebook. \n\nBut this is a subreddit for pics. Not kids with cancer. Hence the name.",
"Down is up in Australia!\n\nSirs! Mams! Please downvote by clicking the button. Don't spam the comment feed with 'downvote' unless you're further elaborating!\n\n>user.type = 'bot'; I am a bot. *bleep bloop*",
"1 upvote = 1 prayer\n\n1 x-post = 10 prayers\n\nLet's give little Tommy more prayers to help him fight!!!",
"I don't think it is for karma. We are all human, some get support in different ways. He could have clinical depression and be a single father for all we know. You don't know someone's stort",
"I dunno, man. He looks okay to me.",
"\"Doctors said they would only treat him if this got 100,000 upvotes\"",
"We do things everyday to mitigate small dangers even though there are much more dangerous things out there. That's kinda irrelevant. ",
"Hang in there, buddy! Prayin for ya. ",
"Our isn't just a comment; it is you patting yourself on the back implying you are better and stronger than anyone who does something outside what you do. ",
"I actually would never post this kinda thing on FB unless it was a private post. I hate the ones asking for prayers for everything. I just don’t think OP was whoring. Maybe we shouldn’t give the benefit of the doubt but I’m gonna be optimistic with this post. I gonna stick with my original thoughts.\nOP also stated they removed due to some comments and messages. ",
"Get well soon Boy",
"Feel good to see him smiling ",
"lol",
"Big ups bro keep going! ",
"Thanks, looks good. ",
"Oh wow. I'm thankful for having a mostly healthy life so this sort of thing was off my radar. Thank you for sharing and I'm glad your son is doing better!",
"Smoker?",
"Thank you, I'll look into that. ",
"I had a friend who had I have a double lung transplant. Give ‘EM hell kid!",
"I understand what you’re saying, attention is definitely the motive for some people who post content like this. But not always. \n\nHaving had a child born heart defects severe enough to be considered “not compatible with life” without multiple surgeries or a transplant, I was *terrified*, and searched the internet for someone - anyone - who had been through what we were going through and had their child live. \nI was greatful to people who shared personal stories and pictures. I clung to them for hope. And some transplants, especially lung transplants, are more difficult to receive and/or come out of successfully. \n\nAlso, when your child survives something like this, not only are you cautiously ecstatic, but really relieved, and in my case - proud of the medical professionals that made it possible. So though I’ve never posted anything about my child other than in forums for heart related issues, I can sometimes understand the reasons for others doing so. ",
"Stay strong young man, you got this fight little one ! Sending prayers to you and your family ! ",
"One where go-fund-me exists?",
"Tough looking trooper",
"Wait yeah if that’s a rule then this should def be removed",
"You go little dude..Show Life you got lots to do",
"Prayers to him! You got this little dude!",
"OP's kid does not have cancer. ",
"I am praying to all the deities and all the powers that be for your son and for you. I hope everything turns out ok. ",
" We are praying for your little man and your family. Stay strong and Godspeed. ",
"That's when you move away from that street.",
"A subreddit for pictures should have pictures that don’t need an explanation or backstory, it should just be a good picture ",
"I am not much of a believer. I think religion has only divided people. None the less, if there is anyone with a higher power - I will pray for your recovery tonight. \nAll the best brother! \nMy younger brother lost a part of his right foot in a lift accident when he was very young. Thankfully he survived and he is a handsome young man - 19 years old. Despite his right foot not having all the toes, he developed into a decent Football (soccer if you are American) player. He will not play the sport professionally but I am just happy to see him on the field running his heart out. \nI hope you a similar and if possible a better recovery! : ) ",
"Looking good bud, stay string.",
"Because no one wants to be the mod that deletes the post of the adorable kid with the flop ear and goofy grin *who might die*..",
"Prayers to your family and son- may a higher power provide protection and long life. ",
"Maybe, ya dumb fuck, because a lot of people won't and don't donate their organs, so the fact that her kid even got a lung transplant is a GODDAM MIRACLE. So maybe this \"karma whore\" just wants to raise awareness of organ donation, because seriously, some of you are brain dead already, so you might as well donate a kidney or two, or some skin for a burn patient, or your corneas to a blind person. Or maybe this parent is just so happy that their child is still breathing, because even tho he looks happy and upright, there is long, long road of recovery ahead that is full of possible complications, HUGE medical bills (even with insurance)and not being able to grow up as a normal kid due to all the medications and hospitalizations he'll have. So, you know, lighten up a little and let this person celebrate instead of racking up the (imaginary) points to belittle them. ",
"Good job, little dude! I'm a lot less worried about what I have to have done after seeing how good you look after what you went through. Stay happy!",
"You mean Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger? That's Daft Punk.\n\nIf you were thinking 6 Million Dollar Man, it's just Better, Stronger, Faster, then.",
"I kinda avoided clicking on this post because I didn’t have anything good to say about it but it’s reassuring to see basically everyone else felt the same.",
"Keep fighting the good fight little dude you're doing amazing!!!!",
"I work as an RN in adult lung transplant. It’s one of the hardest surgeries you can have. Looking good, kid! Keep up the good work. No trach and not intubated are great things!",
"Just now? I think that was a while ago.",
"ITT \"stray strong\" and \"wrong sub\"",
"Literally just a picture of a boy chilling with an iPad. I thought pics was moderated to actually show cool and interesting pictures, not just emotional backstories. I'm glad to see that he is alright and not actuallt struggling to stay alive but this picture is boring and does nothing for me. ",
"Great way to exploit your son for likes.",
"( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)",
"My high school girlfriend was diagnosed with arterial PH. She went from diagnosis to death in 8 days. It's one of the scariest things out there. I feel for all you guys. She was only 24:(",
"True.. but it seems like the level of freaking out over an innocent picture of a child is extreme.",
"Shit, totally did! Oppps ",
"Need that sweet Reddit karma",
"You’re not a cynic, just a moron with no perspective",
"U/realistik84 clearly sees themselves as a beacon of love and support when really they are one of the saltiest people here ",
"Should have said something about him being in that position because of Drumpf, then this sub would LOVE the picture and all the hate would be directed at the Orange in Chief.",
"Good luck to your son but it's tasteless posting his picture on Reddit for likes/gold. ",
"What happened to him?",
"The lung came from someone else's dead kid. I wonder if they're riding the sweet karma train too.",
"He doesn't even seem phased! What a strong boy! You're going places, Matthew! I'll say a prayer for you and your family!\n",
"Well, OP didn't need to post this post anyways. What will posting a picture of your son online do? You will get hate from some people, you will get some karma, but that's about it. TBH OP is most likely also after internet points. I wish the best for the kid, but his parent getting some of that sweet, sweet karma isn't going to help the kid.",
"A friend from high school constantly posts pics/updates for her sick kid on facebook. She values the support that she gets from friends, family, and acquaintances.\n\nPersonally, I have ZERO problem with it. Dealing with these issues is awful... if 52k upvotes makes this dude feel like 52k people are supporting him and his kid, more power to him! Anything to keep his spirits up, to be honest. It doesn't hurt me at all to support them.",
"That’s a warrior!",
"Wait, what? So, you're cool with someone posting a picture of their kid at the park, but if they're dying -- no way...no pictures allowed. Not even a cute smiling one to show friends/family/strangers even how brave he is.\n\nThat's some strange logic.",
"Good luck sweet boy, and good luck to your family. We’re rooting for you!!!",
"You can’t spend “every damn second” with him as you so bravely put, because he’s constantly undergoing procedures and is likely being put under for them. As dramatic as you want this to be, it’s just a person being public about a struggle they are going through so they can garner support from others who have gone through similar ordeals.\n\nPeople like you are literally the only ones commenting negatively on this it’s hilariously hypocritical.",
"This was my immediate reaction. But you just don't know, this kid may see how much of a reaction he got and it might make his day.\n\nIn times like this, perhaps a positive thought is better.",
"He's not really doing.. anything?? It's the doctors, it's not like he's keeping his body from shutting down.",
"Stuff like this makes me feel lucky. Kuddos kiddo. Kick some butt!",
"Is this really what this sub has become???? Here is my dying son, give me karma. I hope he gets well but come on bro. ",
"Hey you seem like a pretty terrible person. ",
"My thoughts exactly. ",
"Kid needs a switch and botw. ",
"Dude, you're going to be OK. You might not live as long as someone with no vices or health problems, but you're going to live a long time, especially if your doctor is telling you you're going to be OK. PH kills people in an average of 2 years *if they don't receive any treatment for it.* As long as you take your medicine and follow your doctor's advice you'll live a full life.\n\nSource: physician",
"So handsome. Good luck to you and your family! ",
"Some people suck. But most people are great! \n\nFeel better soon, Matthew. There's a great big world out there or you to see!",
"Head up, tiger! ",
"But that's the thing we are not freaking out. We are simply taking a moment to think before we act. Or asking for that to be done.\n\nIDK I find this shit fascinating because I took a course in Uni specifically about Youtube and the end of \"home movies\" and how Youtube has transformed that phenomenon into something else. I won't get into it much now but the main gist of it was something most of us know about : tech is moving faster than we realize and we aren't thinking before we act. ",
"Blessings to that little cutie and your family!",
"Good luck to your son and keep on hanging there. Stay strong!",
"So you delete a comment but not the post and reason people are pm'ing you? As a mother I find it disgusting that you take the time while your son is \"fighting for his life\" to post a picture for attention. Why not wait a week or so? And saying you did it to show him is a pathetic excuse. You could have taken the picture, saved it to your camera roll and then shown just him. Which is what a normal parent would do.",
"IPad? Let's get this kid a switch boys!",
"Great! How the fuck will your volunteering and money help this kid or his grieving father?",
"Adios! \n\nFor anyone else on the fence, here are a few possible alternatives I've found so far:\n\n/r/itookapicture\n\n/r/EarthPorn\n\n/r/spaceporn \n\n/r/editvsraw\n\n/r/LightGraffiti and /r/lightpainting/\n\n",
"I don't understand the comments here. Did I miss something? I thought the \"fighting for his life\" was facetious, or referred to him playing a video game? This is clearly not an image of a child in medical distress. I thought it was a great demonstration of how amazing modern medicine is that this little boy just got a *lung transplant* and is just playing around like any normal kid. ",
"This young man is a champ! Be sure to post updates. You rock!",
"And post his picture, why?",
"Huh?",
"dont forget gold x10",
"He’s a beautiful boy. Best thoughts are with you and your family. ",
"^^^^^^^maybe ^^^^^^if ^^^^^he ^^^^didnt ^^^care ^^about ^karma he wouldnt have \n\n#FUCKING POSTED THIS ON REDDIT?!?!?!",
"From one father to another, good luck brother.",
"\"My son's critically ill, please give me upvotes.\"\n\nThis is about the third or fourth karma grab post on /r/pics I've seen in a few days. C'mon, Reddit...",
"Gid bless him and keep him safe. Best of wjshes and prayers!",
"Still there. Odd...",
"Sending best wishes and thoughts from NJ...",
"God*",
"We clearly need one dedicated to these posts because they are always defaulted to here and that’s not the point of /r/pics. Lol it even says in the rules no sob stories... how bout /r/treatmentprogress",
"Man... Reddit has really become cynical. Years ago this post would have gotten $20k in gofundme donations, now OP only gets 2x reddit gilds.",
"Man... Reddit has really become cynical. Years ago this post would have gotten $20k in gofundme donations, now OP only gets 2x reddit gilds.",
"I'm not sure why you're vehemently writing off the potential morale boost the kid could feel of seeing that thousands of people on the internet are rooting for him. There's also the possibility that his parents are proud of him and want to show people their little tough guy.\n\nObviously the parents are spending all their time with him, their son is in the hospital. You just sound bitter.",
"Thank you! I agree! ",
"This is exactly right.",
"Some people refuse to believe that other people may handle a situation differently than they do. That projection becomes the 'only logical response to the situation' that they believe exists. Anything else is met with severe critique from people sitting behind their desks while a parent chokes back tears with every piece of bad news from doctors and seeing their child in this situation.\n\nThis has been a long road of pain for this parent and child, this isn't like a kid who had his picture taken after immediately being hit by a car. This is months or years of this being the new normal for the parent and child. Anything he or she can do that seems like a normal daily task gives them hope their life will return to normal and everything will be fine and in the past. Any distraction can be a comfort that this is all going to pass and everything will be fine.\n\nOther than all that, yeah fuck him, let's make him feel like the whole world is against him because we are so much higher and mightier than all from behind our desks and phones.",
"Instantly made my gut twist in knots. Best of luck to both of you!",
"Hang in there little buddy. You are awesome and loved.",
"God Bless and God Speed! ",
"Might be.",
"Hang in there and try to show strength for his sake. You can be the light in this dark time.",
"r/photography is for everything that isn't photos, in case you weren't aware. ",
"Asking for support from strangers to cheer up your suffering son is pathetic on many levels lmao. You’re a fuckstick.",
"Does he at least know the combos to do any finishers if he wins the fight.",
"Stay strong little man! You're a super trooper!",
"Or you are being completely irrational and batshit insane? \n \nIt is a FULLY clothed kid. You would have some sort of base in argument if he wasn't wearing a shirt or pants or something.... \n \nAnd in the end, it doesnt really concern you now does it? The parent posted the picture. They are responsible. And they are comfortable with it. Just go somewhere else... ",
"My husband had pulmonary hypertension. When he was diagnosed, they told him he had a matter of months-if he was lucky. \n\nHe went on and kicked ass for 24 more years before he died ( of kidney failure, not fighting for breath!). He had an active and happy life, we traveled the world with our kids, had such a fun life. \n\nDon't you let anyone take your hope away. There are great hospitals and meds that do sooo much (trakleer for instance) Look up the very best docs for your disease that you can travel to. It makes a big difference in your longevity. Don't. Give. Up!!! \n\nFeel free to message me if you need care & support. xox",
"i will leave the gold to my next of kin in my will",
"Keep fighting the fight big man. \n\nLove from Scotland xx",
"As an uber driver you could offer services for free\n\nYou could donate money to them to cover medical costs \n\nYou could volunteer at the hospital \n\nYou could donate money to the hospital\n\nHow the fuck will your prayers help anybody?",
"The hole planet is rooting for you kid. Get well soon",
"I don't understand why people post pictures of their kids on the open internet for the entire world to comment on. I was in the same position, and posting on fucking reddit was literally the last thing I could imagine. What is wrong with people.",
"Using your dying son for fake internet points. So fucking epic dude",
"May he blow many birthday cake candles out well into the future.",
"Hey how’s the little guy? Just checking back in.",
"Great for him, but why do parents like you /u/Willbert07 feel the need to post your sick child in /r/pics for magic internet points?\n\nPretty disgusting thing to do in my books. If you really cared, you would just be happy that he is getting better, not whoring his sickness for karma. ",
"Sending you and your family so much love, your little dude looks like a strong, happy fighter! Keep us updated on his status, we're all pulling for him!",
"This is my son, whos illness i would like to use for making fake internet points. ",
"You go little dude! Keep up the good work, you’re awesome!! Your parent’s got a ton of people rooting for you here, and we can’t wait until you’re back on your feet!",
"There is simply the possibility that keeping a cheerful face for little buddy is absolutely overwhelming and sometimes a pat on the back and a \"we're here for you\" is all it takes to get through the day.",
"ITT: People who take reddit too seriously. ",
"Nah. Terrible is exploiting your sick kid for karma and pretending you posted it so you could show him later lol. This isn't Facebook, this isn't even r/pics material. ",
"I disagree. If one person who sees this and reconsiders organ donation, it is 100% worth it.",
"I’d call you a cunt but you lack the depth and warmth. ",
"I hope your day gets better. ",
"Nice, you could help out the hospital which won’t improve his situation at all, or give him money he doesn’t need and isn’t asking for!\n\nHe’s asking for support dipshit. So you give him your support. Having thousands of people let you know that you’re in their thoughts and that they’re wishing you well helps you feel better. It’s called empathy it’s a pretty basic emotion we humans have.",
"Reddit is amazing in some many ways, and disappointing in so many others.",
"This isn't as bad as people who post pictures of their dogs that just died, but it's almost there. \nI get the feeling they aren't doing it for the support, but rather the karma... ",
"People handle grief in different ways, and reaching out to strangers for help is a very common way, and I can bet your ass he probably didn't expect this much feedback, especially since he's deleted several comments.",
"Maybe, just maybe, you stupid cunts, this guy is proud of his kid and wanted to share it with as many people as he could. Goddam you guys must be cold bitter cunts to come up with this kind of mentality. ",
"Karma traaaaaaaain",
"God speed OP. ",
"Are you going to karma whore when he dies too? ",
"Stay strong! You guys will beat this!",
"He's pimping out his sick child for upboats. Classic reddit. ",
"So fucked up. I don't care what anyone says about \"coping\" it's fucked up. People on reddit shouldn't be okay with this exhibitionism. ",
"He's making it look easy.",
"lung transplants are for weaklings. I have lived with one for 20 years.",
"If I pretend to know what that means/ agree with you will you.. marry me?",
"i pray your child has a healthy recovery, however it’s pretty disgusting to me to post him on reddit for karma.",
"*Post picture of dying son*\n\n*55k upvotes and 2 gold*\n\nI really don't see the point of posting this, your son is dying, instead of whoring his picture and condition out to the internet for arbitrary points, support him in his recovery. *sigh* The world is starting to feel like an episode of Black Mirror. ",
"Maybe because this has been a staple or this sub for a long time? I'm a very cynical person but to see this sudden anti reaction to this photo/thread is genuinely surprising.. when did Reddit turn into a bunch of stone cold cunts?",
"prayers to your son",
"Good luck little man! You are a fighter!!!",
"Why are you posting your sick child on reddit? What the actual fuck is going on...",
"The child has his own battle to fight. But this kind of visibility is helpful for the family and friends in his corner who actually need support and a boost to their morale. I know this from experience. ",
"Giving your time and brainpower is way more empathetic than sitting your fat ass in your chair all day eating Cheetos and shitposting your diarrhea of the mouth on reddit. ",
"My favourite memory of my son so far is that one time he almost died but I made sure to get 50k karma so it didn’t matter anyways right? ",
"You're a horrible person. Assuming your son even really is as sick as you claim, you're exploiting his condition for imaginary internet points. Think about that for a second; using your own child's problem and posting a picture of him in such a vulnerable state just so you can get some recognition on an anonymous internet thread. Pathetic.",
"I thought this might be cathartic for me as I'm 200 miles away from home with this situation. However it has truly been a massive error on my part, as alt lots of people have been kind and supportive there have also been those who thought it best to send horrible messages cheering the sickness of a 7 yeat old kid. If I could delete the whe thing, I would do. ",
"Ok",
"I've got to say, I'm genuinely shocked at the sarcastic cold attitude I'm seeing.. what happened to Reddit? I'm a bitter old man and even I can see this guy is just reaching out for support any way he can.. yet everyone here is so quick to instantly dismiss it as 'karma whoring'.. as if reddit points mean anything.\n\nThis is genuinely disturbing. I'm seriously worried for the future of society.. I thought reddit was the one place I felt a kind of belonging to.. but how can I be a part of this kind of bitter disassociation? ",
"Bless this little boy and keep your heart brave! You got this! ❤️",
"...you can? just delete it. ",
"Of course helping out in some tangible way is more beneficial than offering words of support. OP isn't a moron though and understands that busy strangers can't offer more than the latter so he's asking for that so he can feel a little better. Unfortunately you can't even be bothered to offer that much though, seeing as you're too good for that. Good for you dude.",
"you can though, but my guess is that you’ll just delete your comment instead \n\nEDIT: Never mind, he deleted his account. Fucking hilarious\n\nRIP /u/Willbert07 NEVR 4GET",
"Wishing for a speedy healthy recovery for your son!!",
"Ugh, I’m sorry people are dicks. I hope your son gets better soon. He sounds like like a really brave kid. Regardless of the shit messages you’ve received today, I hope you will remember all of the supportive messages you have received. \n\nMy heart goes out to you and your family. Stay strong, man. ❤️",
"I highly doubt any parent worrying about their kid’s life gives two shits about reddit karma.",
"He looks like an absolute champion. Good luck to you and your son!",
"You can tell who doesn't have children in this thread. Personally I don't, but anyone with a child wouldn't say the shit some people are saying ",
"Ok thank you ",
"He is looking really good - great color in his face which means lots of oxygen is getting around very efficiently via the new lungs and blood system. He also looks great in his eyes - loads of vitality and a twinkle. He’ll do great, I can feel it.",
"\"Here's my son, fighting for his life. Can I have some karma and Reddit gold, please?\" C'mon, man.. ",
"So then delete it, or have you not gotten enough karma from it yet?",
"That's exactly what i'm trying to do. I'm wishing them better fortunes.",
"You're calling people insane and you're getting worked up using caps getting all heated. Relax, it's just a discussion.\n\nI'm done though so have a nice day. ",
"True, but I still can’t get myself to downvote this.",
"I need to stop smoking....",
"Eggsactly, that's the whole problem with society. Spare the rod spoil the child. Welcome to the new age, sheep.",
"Good thing you’re making sure to get some karma from his situation before he passes",
"Psilocybin has been shown to have positive, lasting affects on people who have anxiety and fear of really bad health diagnoses. Just FYI",
"Im not heated... Caps doesn't mean yelling. It means emphasis. lol.",
"I've never had a frontpage post so I don't know if you can delete them, [but under the image you should have a delete option.](https://i.imgur.com/LaIzCxN.png)\n\nBest wishes to you & your son. Don't let the shitbags get you down.",
"If only that was true for cancer...",
"Currently fighting xD more like playing games",
"Op should have done a self post if it wasnt about bs karma. ",
"People do different things in situations. Sometimes when bad things happen, people want to keep it close to them. Sometimes they want to tell the world. \n\nWhat I don’t get, more than anything, is why when someone is obviously going through something traumatic, some people’s first instinct is to be mean? Maybe OP needs support. Maybe OP doesn’t have many family or friends to talk to?",
"Ironically I had to post a facebook status saying how pathetic and worthless everyone's thoughts and prayers were after the Las Vegas shooting, especially since their own posts were only being circulated around their own friends and not anyone remotely near Las Vegas.",
"this is brilliant if this is a joke",
"Haha, thanks!",
"Sending positive vibes to him and your family! ",
"Sure. Without the internet he would die of loneliness. Luckily, this post, despite the moral ambiguity, has increased his chances of survival. /s",
"Good luck hope you get more karma points ",
"I hope all that karma heals him.",
"I legit don't know what this sub is for.",
"Some positive feedback from the people who have experienced a similar thing will boost their confidence which is much needed for the people like this. Where else would get these nice positive feedback from? \n\nEdit: even deleted his account. ",
"It doesn't matter what happens to your post, front page or comment locked, you can delete your own content.",
"What kind of fighters are you looking at? I bet he couldn't beat a yellow belt in his weight class.",
"Still waiting for it to be removed.",
"This isn't a way for a parent to cope with their child fighting for their life. Taking pictures and posting them on the internet for the world to see isn't helping them in any way. It's all for the parent. It's a selfish act by OP and they should be ashamed of themselves\n",
"You're wrong. As a psychologist, I can tell you that there are many studies about people's attitude and recovery. People who want to live and are hanging in there and trying to remain positive have a better chance to make it.\n\n",
"My heart is with you. ",
"Prayers his way! Stay positive!",
"Using a term liking 'fighting' in relation to cancer or some other terrible illness is inappropriate, i think. A person can 'lose' to illness regardless of how brave they are. \n\nSimilar to how some take offense to being told they're \"suffering from\" an illness. ",
"Good luck little buddy. ",
"Cmon bro. Have have decency as a parent. ",
"I fully understand where you're coming from and why you think that. Unfortunately even if OP admitted to karma whoring or denies it there's still no real proof to know their real intention, so I guess we just have to agree to disagree and move on.",
"He got hat look like, \"when I get out of here, I'm gonna do shit like no other motherfucker ever has!\"",
"When I was hospitalized for a dying lung, the only pictures I posted on Facebook were of 2 grody post-op images and something around 15 pictures of me hanging out with my friends who were there to support me. \nSeems like a lot? Yeah, well I was \"in (not 'and out') \" the hospital for 6 straight months. 180 days of isolation from the world, and I got something around 15 hangout pictures worth to tell. \n\nReason I'm saying this is that my mom (I was 16) tried posting lots of sob-stories on FB and it mortified me. I simply would not let her make it known that I was anything but smiling and a little sick. I didn't want publicity to breed more publicity. If my pictures had gotten out more than I'd liked, then people who were not my friends would come and visit (this actually happened in the stupidest waste of tax money aka a \"support field trip\") just to spend all but 30 seconds to take a pic with the sick and then go find the nearest free food cart. \n\nSorry if I'm overly salty about it. This was 2014, well guess what? I'm still sick, still smiling, and still not dead. ",
"Why do you keep saying you are going to remove it and then leave it up. If you think it was a mistake to post here then just delete it. If you want support, post it in a support sub.",
"Karma shield activated. ",
"Could you possibly have thought of a more inappropriate place for your comments ? They truly speak to your character . ",
"He looks like a little bad ass that will pull through ",
"Stay strong little man.",
"Get well soon buddy!!",
"Unless the surgery goes wrong and he dies",
"Looking good little man. Keep up the fight! You got this",
"Focus on the positive as opposed to how you think things should be. ",
"Looks like a champ to me. ",
"A “show” I feel it’s sometimes impersonal to just says “prayers”. I like to pray for people by name and reach out to those in need . ",
"My poor baby boy! Let me just leave this up longer for some more karma.\n\nJesus Christ...\n\nPeople aren't even wishing your son ill, they're chastising you for being a colossal asshole and abusing his condition.",
"You got a lot of down votes.",
"How do you know I don't volunteer at that exact Hospital?\n\nHow do you know I do not donate to that hospital?",
"looks like he's winning!!! ",
"Then remove the rule around sympathy posts.",
"That I did lol. I’ll never understand Reddit 😒",
"Did you not know he had down syndrome before he was born?",
"I see what you are getting at and I am sure there is a lot of that going around, but on the other hand they may be reaching out to just have some words of encouragement to help them get through this tough time. Having a critically ill kid wears on both your mind and body. It is hard to get through sometimes because you will do anything for your child if it helps them get through the next day, hour, minutes. I am not saying that your claim is not true, but also sometimes people just need to hear that other people care to help them get through and put a smile on their face where internally they are on the verge of not being able to keep it altogether.",
"How so? I'm trying to explain why some people downvote stuff like this, what's wrong with that?",
"There is a way to delete it. Right by the pic on your post. \n\nHope your son feels better.",
"Wishing him a speedy recovery ",
"Haha damn, at least you are a real good sport about it.",
"I am apologize for that, I just skimmed the post really quick and didn't get what you were trying to say. ",
"He's gonna pull through this and live a happy and healthy life! Much love!",
"HA! Not a bad idea... thanks!",
"u/Willbert07\n\nI’m 17 years out on a liver transplant this March. Your son looks so strong and healthy- congrats on finding a donor and having a successful surgery, he will have a perfectly normal childhood. I had my transplant at 9 months old, and I lived a happy childhood, no different than any other kid. This summer I’m going to Salt Lake City for the 2018 Transplant Games of America hosted by Donate Life. I highly suggest you look into this event, you don’t even have to be athletic to partake in this. You meet donor families, living donors, and other recipients of all organs and tissues, from all over the nation. It’s an amazing experience, this will be my fifth time going to the games. \n\nAll the best luck to your family. <3\n\nFeel free to PM me if you have any questions or concerns. ",
"Family member of a major organ transplant kiddo here! Matthew, you look great! Keep going, Buddy. You've got this! Sending lots of love your way!",
"I'm probably going to delete the comment, you're far from being the only one to perceive it that way.",
"No, it just gives his support network strength and raises awareness. Don't let your cynicism win. Good luck to you.",
"Well it looks like he's winning to me!",
"It could be a random kid and not his own ",
"OP, what part of the world do you live in? Can I come shovel your driveway, mow your yard, cook you and your family a nice dinner? I’m a terrible cook full disclosure so manual labor might be your best choice. ",
"Thanks for your concern, but you've misread my comment.",
"Sorry for your kid and I wish you luck.\n\nBut what the hell is wrong with you posting on reddit your kid having a lungtransplant?\n\nGet support from your family and friends. Don't exploit your sick child for karma.\nThis is not a time to get your ego stroked.",
"It could also be his kid is there for something totally unrelated and is not in danger at all, we don't know. Regardless, the premise is disgusting just to get some fake internet points...",
"Maybe he just wanted some support but didn't want to say it outright. Idk, it's just kinda weird how a fairly innocuous post can offend so many people. If his story is true, there is a zero percent chance he's thinking about fake internet points right now. If not, well, we'll see it on r/quityourbullshit soon. ",
"The shit people do for attention ",
"Fight little dude. Fight. ",
"Goog luck little bro",
"And hear I am in the dentist chair freaking out like it’s the end of the world. Tell the kiddo he just made a 33yr old man feel like a wuss!!!!",
"Hope everything is going as planned with your son! ",
"I hope your son recovers well! ",
"With that attitude I would hope you don’t, but my point was that obviously random strangers can’t be expected to provide tangible support, so it’s okay for them to provide encouragement or helpful words.",
"This dude actually deleted his account. Wow.",
"Jeez this community is picky. I wish the best for the child. ",
"It's been said many times, but I hope the best for your son! He looks like he definitely has it in him to get through this tough spot! :)",
"Maybe the son wants to feel like a celebrity for a day. ",
"I don't know why people are up in arms over this post. It's not like people haven't posted pictures of their recovering children before. We see little kids who were just treated for cancer on this fucking website every other week.\n\nReddit is so unpredictable sometimes. You never truly have a bead on what it's opinion on things is.",
"Loving the backlash against this post it's very refreshing",
"I'm currently baffled over the backlash on this post. This submission isn't unprecedented at all.",
"apparently it's a table and he's watching Let's Play youtube channel haha\n\ni want to play mario kart now, here we goooo",
">This isn't *photography*. \n\n\nyou said it, not me bub",
"hes a badass I can tell",
"As much as I don’t like this, you bring up a good point well said ",
"But that's not the point of /r/pics if they need support why not post to a medical subreddit, /r/self, or one of the many other communities meant for this kind of content? ",
"Good luck little guy! You can do this 🤙🏻",
"Reddit can be so fucking toxic. Fucking hell, people.",
"I think that they just used the wrong wording. The kid doesn't seem to be fighting anymore because he won the battle. He doesn't seem to be hooked up to very many machines and he's no longer intubated. ",
"Poor wording. He's not dying. To me it looks like he had a successful transplant if he no longer has a breathing tube and is not hooked up to very many things. ",
"The lung transplant was meant to end that fight and it looks like he won it. He's now fighting a totally different battle with those immunosuppressant drugs but it's not quite as deadly as lung disease. As long as he follows doctors orders he should be fine for 10 years, or 20 years, or possibly even longer depending on modern medicine advances. ",
"Best wishes",
"Best wishes from a random Redditor. Hang in there buddy....you got this!!!!",
"At least he still has 81 though.",
"Your son looks like Ezra Miller",
"From anonymous internet people? That’s fucking sad and pathetic. He has a son; it’s obvious he has other family who can provide support. This and the horde of similar shitposts are odd, to say the least.",
"Fighting for his life but you still can’t help but use him for internet karma 🙄",
"Beautiful smile! Precious boy. Hoping his recovery is smooth as possible. Take care of yourselves too as best you can. You are awesome for coping and parenting under such unimaginable pressure. X",
"It raises awareness about the importance of organ donation. All good. ",
"Why would you post this?",
"Best wishes to him and your family",
"ok, that's a little funny and, I can imagine, annoying. I'm a woman so I don't have that awkward encounter, but my husband does like to refer to them as my ladyboner pills. to everyone. :) ",
"Ok",
"Whats your problem with it?",
"Wow. I'm so sorry you had to go through that, and I can imagine how hard it is to recalibrate right now! It can be a terrifying feeling - I do have some really bad days here and there - and really isolating not to be able to do everything I want to do. On top of that, people with PH don't \"look\" sick, which is great on face but also means that even people close to you may have a hard time understanding that you have a life threatening condition.\n\nI was diagnosed 3 years ago next month (though like I said I've probably had it my whole life) and even though I'm stable and my numbers have stayed the same, I still think of that damn 3 year statistic often. \n\nI'm so glad my post helped you even a little. That makes me really, really happy. I'm glad to have connected with you and hope you can keep me updated with your progress. Hang in there. \n\nsilver lining - paying off debt is awesome!",
"good for you for saying this. I'm sad this guy deleted his account because of people kicking him while he's already so low.",
"I'm guessing they need all the positive thoughts they can get. Fear and pain reduce the boundaries for what we're willing to share. ",
"This picture was taken like a week ago. I doubt the kid has any idea what's going on, conscious or even cares about Reddit right now. This was posted to get some sympathy for OP and to get karma. ",
"\"I checked out a profile of user who said he is in tears after reading the post and is sending hugs, prays and thoughts. 5 mins later he's posting in a NSFW sub asking for a source of a pornstar who is 'getting her anus stretched out by a BBC' Didn't take him long to forget about this kid.\"\n\n/u/vmoda81",
"Wasn't even aware lung transplant was a thing!\n\nBest wishes to the little guy",
"Thank you... I am not on ALWAYS on reddit for gold or karma. Sometimes, I'm just trying to find others who are in similar circumstances. To remember we're not alone.",
"You can tell he’s a warrior for sure. Get well soon.",
"The pressure I believe. They're no longer allowed to work all the time under water. Iirc they can only work a small part of the year to avoid damaging their body",
"Lack of compassion/empathy is the word i would use. Who am i to judge the way this parent is feeling, and if this is the way that helps him cope with what they are going thru, let him, no need to put him down. ",
"Plot twist: the surgery went fine, but there's a deranged murderer after him.",
"Perhaps. Perhaps not. And down voting somebody who raises an alternate viewpoint is kind of a dick move. I didn't down vote you. You don't know the family, or what the kid would or wouldn't want. Sometimes people want sympathy from the internet, and words of encouragement from people who have been through the same thing. Who knows what OP's real motivations were. Maybe he is a selfish attention whore. Who knows. ",
"I hope he finds a match soon! Looks like a totally awesome kid! Rock on dude!\n",
"HANG IN THERE, BUDDY!",
"Yeah, it like OP is using his/her son's lung transplant to get Reddit karma.",
"A man who really cares. I love people like this. They are so rare!",
"Sending many prayers your way. God bless you and i hope you recover and get big and strong",
"Yes you have a point, but do you choose to neglect compassion? Context is always key, but contextualizing in a way that demeans others...?\n",
"Tell him he is My superhero! ",
"Actually I don’t have a basement. I live in Florida. Also, I posted this on mobile not from a computer. Your the one that took the time to criticize me on things you don’t know. ",
"I see you're a musical pedant. I approve",
"My man. Excuse my language. But your job is to kick ass in this world. So go get it! Be strong my dude. Hope your son is happy and fighting ",
"Try r/pic. It's obviously a bit dead compared to this sub but you won't see stuff like this - only interesting pictures.",
"Hang in there buddy!",
"This is such a tabloid idea of how sex offenders operate. In fact, are there any documented cases at all of children being snatched or abused by strangers as a result of social media posts?\nPersonally, I'm far more worried about the kids kept behind closed doors who no other adults ever see.\nBest of luck OP. Sorry you didn't find the community and support you were hoping for.",
"lol op deleted his entire account. what",
"Some days are better than others. There are days where I wake up and feel fine and think to myself \"Maybe the medicines are working and maybe it's just a bit of a lifestyle change. Maybe I can't run a marathon or anything, but at least I'll live a normal lifespan. Heck, maybe I'll live long enough that something happens and they figure out how to fix it for good.\" \n\nThen there are days I wake up and I have to take deep breaths almost constantly. I feel tired and I can feel my pulse in my socks and I think to myself that this is the beginning of the end. I keep waiting to have enough of those days that it dawns on me that I don't have much time and I wonder how I'm going to tell my mom and sisters and brother that I'm dying. How I'm going to ask my best friend of 25 years to watch my 12 year old dog until she passes because my heart just wasn't strong enough to stay with her to the end. How they'll find the video messages I've left for them all on my laptop telling them how much I love them because for some reason I can never say any of it out loud. \n\nAnd then I go to bed at the end of the day cuddling my dog and crying and telling her I love her and i'm sorry to have to leave her and I fall asleep when I'm too tired to be awake anymore and just hope that maybe I'll wake up in the morning. \n\nAnd I've done that cycle at least a dozen times since this all started. I gave up on trying to meet any new people, completely abandoned the idea of ever finding love, let my hopes and aspirations float away and I've reached this point where I'm alive...but I'm just waiting for this thing to take me and the best I can hope for is to not be alone and scared when it happens. \n\nI haven't found any peace with any of it yet. I'm trying. Finding other people here today with this disease talking about having happy lives gives me hope. I am hopeful that I can wake up one day and just think about what sorts of things I'd like to do that day, instead of wondering if it's my last. ",
"A lot of very jugmental comments in this thread.\nMaybe he just wanted to shout his good news from the rooftops.\nMaybe he'd not slept for days and had no human interaction and just needed to tell someone.\nMaybe he wanted it to go viral so Mark Hamill would send the kid a message or something. We don't know.\nBut now his kid's incredible moment is associated with a whole thread of people calling his dad a bunch of nasty names, and I don't really see how that's you guys protecting him.",
"1 like = 1 pray\n1 share = 10 respect",
"He’s adorable! Praying for you and your family 🙏🙏",
"Between the shitty comments and being harassed by PM, I assume that he got tired of it.\n\nIts the ultimate fuck you to those that called him a karma whore though as he deleted all his karma\n\nThat’s not something that a karma whore would do.",
"I am sure that's being done too",
"Stay strong, God will take care of u. Through God there is eternal life. Believers do not fear death. Children always have a place in God's kingdom.",
"uhh....funsies? ",
"We did not officially know, but doctors told us we were at a higher risk early on. It did not matter to us as we'd have taken him any way he came. ",
"Routing for you, man. If you need a hand moving in that new couch, hmu.",
"He looks like a tough little fella...",
"If you believe that you're gullible as hell mate ",
"Month lol well wishes, friend.",
"Had both an Aunt and Uncle get double lung transplants so I know it can be daunting, but keep your head up. Best wishes for you and your boy.",
"I hate shit like that - a charity that donates to other charities (so they can fund other charities). You know there’s an “accountant ” getting paid 6 figures every step of the way.",
"Much like how your faking empathy in bitching about a picture of a kid who’s dying\n\nIts not that hes “exploiting his kid for karma points” that bothers you. Its that he posted something you didn’t want to see\n\nThe rest is just your garbage excuse",
"Holy shit there is some ASSHOLES in this thread, like holy damn. When people post animals fighting for life no one bats an eye. \"Hurhur lemme post this instead of being with him\" despite the fact he's literally in the same room and is probably posting his proud son for others to see. He's in a fucking hospital not a cock fight pit watching his son fight. You are some delusional people like damn.\n\nSee that? It's possible it's not all black selfishness like you all want to believe. Good God these accusations from pretentious redditors trying desperately to be edgy and smart are of control",
"Stay strong little man!",
"Lmao jfc take it easy",
"Because he loves his son and wants to share. Whats the difference between reddit and facebook except were all strangers? Posts like these make most people appreciate the love and family they have in their lives at this moment when they otherwise might not think about it.",
"God. Bless this little fella. Hope he gets to feeling. Better soon. ",
"Give’em hell kid. ",
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"Fuck off.",
"Stop ruining the narrative.",
"You are gonna be fine buddy fight through it! things will gety much better soon!",
"Hey man, if you need someone to talk to who can sympathise just drop me a PM. \n\nAs I said in my above reply to the OP, I’m 21, had it all my life. It’s by no means a death sentence. You can live a very happy, normal life. Go to work, have a family, travel the world. There’s just a few extra hurdles in the way. ",
"It’s almost as bad as starting a sentence with “eh.” ",
"I’m surprised degenerate /u/Gallowboob isn’t the OP. Seems like someone he would do. ",
"Because mods like degenerate /u/Gallowboob are lowlifes ",
"Tell that to degenerate /u/Gallowboob. ",
"Thank you, I appreciate it. It’s a little weird to talk about it at all but I know I have so many questions about it that I’ve been too scared to look up online. ",
"Can’t tell if you’re being sarcastic or are just a big degenerate. ",
"Good luck",
"Yeah that’s totally fair. It’s a grieving process. I never had to go through that all at once because I was born with it but I get glimpses every time I’m told I can’t do something I’ve been dreaming of and reality hits. Can’t imagine what it’s like to have your world turned upside down after 30 years.\n\nStill though, there’s tons of resources online, which I hope are reassuring (honestly never felt the need to properly look at them but the PH community is generally very supportive) and I’m happy to answer anything I can. ",
"healing vibes ♥️",
"If it means I brag about what a hip grandma I am on cancer kid threads on reddit, count me out.",
"/r/pics hasn't even begun to peak!!!",
"Hang in there little dude!",
"That’s a lot of assuming on your part there.",
"Best wishes to you and your son and family. I hope he's doing better soon. ",
"Chin up kiddo!\n",
"He will stay strong and he will live long and headbang heavier than ever..",
"I don’t understand the people in this thread calling him a karma whore, they’re the ones that care so much about karma, do they not understand that not everyone is motivated by nonsense numbers on reddit",
"Fun thought: I bet there's a subsection of this website that masturbates to pics like this.",
"Another physician here. Where were you looking on the Internet? If not NIH, Google SCHOLAR, or other very trusted sites, why would you believe the Internet over your physician? \n\nI've had only a few patients who arrived badly misinformed (I do practice in a very high-tech area), but was on the Today Show in 2000 discussing people's use and misuse of the Internet for medical information. ",
"Not everyone is motivated by karma...",
"Don't sort by controversial I guess and stop scrolling when it hurts your feelings.",
"I wish him and your family the best on a speedy recovery ",
"I imagine it was Web MD as it was probably just the first thing that popped up. But I remember one day a few weeks after sitting in a waiting room and just googling something about life expectancy because it was all I could think about. I don’t remember the resource I saw but it was just something like “three to five years with treatment” and I had a very severe panic attack sitting there alone in a waiting room trying not to make a scene. \n\nI guess the underlying problem is I’ve had a fear of death since I was like 8 years old. Having this happen has basically become a nightmare turned reality for me. They prescribed me sertraline (sp) but I haven’t been able to afford it since November so it’s been something of a struggle the last few months. I’ve had a few panics since Nov but I’m trying to get better at rationalizing myself into being calm. ",
"Even though I don't really share this point of view, I like the way you phrased it. Thank you for your extensive reply.",
"Are we allowed to fly? I would like to try and travel before my time is up but I have no idea if altitude or pressures would make things go badly. ",
"Guy deleted his account, he wasn’t karma whoring, not everyone is motivated by internet points, if you really thought that was his only goal then you’re the shallow one here ",
"Sending good vibes your way you hardcore kiddo!",
"Guy didn’t do it for karma, he deleted his account, everyone who thinks he did it for karma are the shallow ones who think karma matters to people. I agree that he shouldn’t have posted it because reddit can be a shitty place as people like you have demonstrated",
"The only reason he shouldn’t have posted this is because of people like you",
"If you don’t care about it just keep on scrolling till you find some quality memes?",
"Speak to your doctor, definitely. But I and many others fly all the time with no problems.\n\nI do have to order/book on-board oxygen and have it on during the flight or my O2 saturations drop pretty low, but it means you can board earlier and generally get treated very well by the hosts/hostesses which is nice!\n\nOnce you’ve got the all-clear it may be worth doing a short flight first just to get to grips with the procedures and make sure you feel all ok.",
"I know, right? You have no time for that while you're so busy being a dick waving piece of shit.",
"Where the fuck *am* I allowed to say this shit?",
"lmaoooooooo",
"He looks happy",
"No doubt OP is proud of his/her son. I surely would be. But claiming I (and those who hold a similar view) am cold because I don't approve of sharing this kind of stuff, is too easy. \nThe amount of suffering in this world is staggering. Most of this suffering is explainable, but it is staggering nonetheless. There are (tens of?) thousands of children dying each day. Children who were loved deeply. I am *aware* of this fact, and I try to do my part in creating a society that minimizes suffering. \nI don't think that sharing pics of dying children (and encouraging it by giving upvotes/likes/whatever), for whatever good intentions there might be, is a proper way to create said society. \n\nYes, suffering exists. Yes, sucks to be you. Yes, I wish you all the best. Yes, I hope you will die happily, whenever that may be. But don't expect me to have an emotional response to your life events if I don't know you personally.\n\nSome may find that mentality cold. I find it's the only pragmatic way to have empathy in the modern world.",
"It becomes easier for them to hate on a guy who’s kid is in a bad place when they accuse that guy of being an asshole\n\n",
"Ok ok, so why be a cunt? Just scroll on by",
"I’ll do that. I have a follow up with him in February. \n\nIt’s a really weird adjustment. I used to be an athlete. I would go to the gym and do cardio for an hour a day. I played racquetball, and cycled and hiked. I have never smoked and have barely ever had a drink. \n\nThen one day out of nowhere I noticed my left foot had swelled up. I sort of ignored it but it never went away it just got worse and then it spread up to my leg and I finally went to the doctor and after a bunch of tests that’s when they diagnosed me with it. \n\nI guess my biggest fear is just this notion that I’m withering away and dying. That I’m basically already dead and am just waiting for it to happen. I’d give anything to just feel safe again. There’s a part of me that has made a pact with myself to just stay alive long enough for my dog to pass away and then if it gets to a point where I’m getting worse...maybe I just end it and not suffer or whither away or die gasping for breath hooked up to machines in a cold hospital room. I don’t like the idea of doing it...but if the alternative is as bad as I worry it is, I don’t know if I have another choice. ",
"To use your words: imo OP is the cunt. His choice of actions is wrong. I was sufficiently annoyed by his action to point this out. It turned out to be a feeling many people had, when they saw OP's post.\nI assumed that exchanging ideas is the whole point of any internet forum. ",
"If this post made you more aware of the importance of organ donation, then you are either too young to be on Reddit, or you have been living under a rock. ",
"I bet you have a neck beard don't you",
"The real question is why you expected a comment to be productive. Take this one, for example.",
"This whole discussion got started by people calling OP a karma whore. I don't think you get to complain about assumptions.",
"Man, that must be a very difficult change. \n\nBut, to be honest, once you are settled and on a solid medication regime, I don’t see any reason why you can’t get back to doing racquetball and cycling. I’ve competed at a pretty high standard in slalom skiing, I go to the gym 3-4 times a week and do weights, I used to play a bit of tennis and field hockey. It’s all possible man. \n\nI understand the fear though, but you’re not. You can live a very fulfilling and normal life. It takes time. It requires you to accept certain things will not be the same. You have to adjust your approach to life in many ways. But once you get used to it you can absolutely have a normal life. \n\nTo be honest, when you see your doctor again, speak to them about what you want to do, what you can and can’t do. Start to gauge the limitations they want you to accept and but also start to understand what is still possible. Then go out and start doing those things again. But do it at your own pace. \n\nSurround yourself with people who understand and are willing to adjust their behaviour to accommodate you, get rid of those who don’t. If they’re true friends they’ll want to make life easier for you and won’t judge you for something you can’t change. \n\nDon’t accept your fate. There isn’t one to accept. Your day will come at some point but go and live your life. \n\nIt’s scary, sure. And I can only imagine how having your health torn away from you can affect you. But take your inspiration from those who have been through what you’re going through. We’re still here. Still fighting. I’m living my life as if I’ll live until I’m 100. Do I think I actually will? Hell no. But if I make it even halfway there I want to make sure I can say I’ve lived a full life and been true to myself, not spent it thinking about the inevitability of it all. ",
"Best of everything wishes for him and your family ❤️",
"How many upvotes until he's cured?",
"A karma farm? Karma must have a lot of value to you for you to make that sort of projection. ",
"I would have gone with 'Terminal'. ",
"You do realize it's OP replying to themselves all the way down, right?",
"No worries bud. Anything else honestly just reply or PM or whatever. \n\nStay strong, it gets better. ",
"Holding him in the light. Keep fighting!",
"All the best lad!",
"Give ‘em hell Champ!",
"Go, little guy!!! You can do it!! You’ve got lots of awesome things to see and do still!! ",
"Hey give the little dude love from the dalles haha, hope everything ends up alright ",
"If you have a point to make you should just say it",
"Triggered atheists.",
"Hang in there buddy 👍",
"There are tons of supportive comments, so that's not true. I just think that if this sub is about interesting pictures then a lot of the front page doesn't belong.",
"Ahh fuck i keep forgetting the correct one. Yes i was referring to daft punk's song",
"You aren't wrong.",
"I didn’t call them anything. I said it was a matter best suited for family. So, you’re still the boon of this exchange. Better luck next troll.",
"No, it's about karma, full stop.\n\nStop rationalizing someone pimping out their dying kid on the internet. ",
"Hang in there buddy!! We’re all pullin for you :-)",
"You are nuts. I can’t tell you many times when a transplant story comes on Reddit and many people exclaim, “wow, you can transplant lungs?!”\nMost people are dumb. ",
"Posts like this belong on FB.",
"[This is for you](http://www.philosophicalsociety.com/archives/Conversational%20Narcissism.htm)",
"Hackneyed comments aren't insults.",
"You *think*, but you don't *know*. ",
"They're getting their dopamine fix on social media at the child's expense.",
"Dopamine is another motivation.",
"Right",
"That's not presumptuous. /s",
"Thank you!",
"How?",
"Sending a hug...I mean it, I'm here if you want to chat! ",
"Tracleer (now generic Bosentin) gave my husband many many years of good and pretty healthy life. There are a few good options. If any US citizens need these meds - which can be 6,000-10,000+ a month- and dont have money or insurance, we had to jump through some hoops but got funding, if anyone needs info on these resources, drop me a pm. ",
"Ok. So?",
"I'd be interested in reading those. Which ones? Thanks in advance.",
"Get well soon!",
"Maybe in religious threads or similar topics not when someone is mourning a loved one . ",
"Where's his sword? Doesn't he need a sword to fight for his life?",
"They fucked up dude the lungs are on his head",
"I'm really tired of this \"why were you filming/why did you post this\" sjw movement. Every one of us is different and in a different position. If op needs to reach out to a group of people they trust/value and don't have that facet in real life I am happy to be here. \n\nIt just doesn't matter that you disagree with op. There is definitely a balance between those reaching out and attention trolls, just form your opinion for yourself and let everyone else do the same. ",
"How did the doctor know this though? Do you have any familial relation to your wife ?",
"Thank you for posting this. He is facing incredible adversity, but the look in his eyes, the color in his cheeks, and the smile on his face show it is no match for his will. His youthful courage is moving.",
"I’ve been in a very similar situation...it’s you that’s presumptuous. /S",
"What is wrong with you people? Bunch of dicks on this subreddit. \n\nHey man I hope your son wins this battle.",
"\"I know you are, but what am I?\"\n\nBasically.",
"So, don't talk out of your ass.",
"He'll gonna make it. I'll include him on my prayer. hang on coz he's a fighter, I can see that on his face.",
"What’s with the gang sign?",
"I think therefore I am. Suck a cock",
"I will pray for him.\n\nGod will protect good young children no matter what!",
"https://youtu.be/BT1ircqQklo \n\n",
"God best blessings to you and your son!",
"I seriously hope that kid knows you posted this picture. If not, that is a lot of betrayal against his privacy.",
"The only difference is that a picture is obtainable for private use.",
"Yeah, you're right, but you still get my point.",
"When my relatives are dying I post them on here for some karma points",
"Regurgitating a hackneyed quote won't change that you don't *know* what you're talking about.",
"Please just go back to Facebook where you clearly belong.",
"Who is downvoting this?!",
"I wonder why he deleted his account, maybe because people saw he was doing it for karma? Or because he realized posting his dying kid to reddit and being active on that post wasn't the best way to spend time when your kid is, ya know, dying. Or maybe his kid died, who knows. But congrats on figuring it all out, how does that moral superiority feel?",
"But OP deleted his account so he cant be after the karma.",
"da faq is this doing on /r/pics ?",
"He probably deleted it because of all the harassment, and yeah I have it all figured out, moral superiority feels great ",
"Uh OK. Mind telling me who's mourning? ",
"[Stay on target! Stay on target!](https://imgur.com/Esnf2WH)",
"I'm sure there are people that don't understand the thought process of you posting the stuff you just posted.",
"Yeah, I know right? I've been involved with some of their research programs and they are examining personal background, occupations and other stuff like that - but it's not exactly on a per-patient basis lol, you just answer some questionnaires and it's all a little bit non-specfic. I suppose they're looking for wide trends.",
"No kidding man, it doesn't end there either - another kid a few years younger than me had a heart attack in his late teens, not sure what the full story was there. Another kid of a similar age had a stroke - he had a bad bike accident when he was younger where one of the handlebars penetrated his lower torso and did some internal damage, and get this: The doctors don't think that was related to the stroke. He just had a random stroke, in his late teens. And yeah, we all knew each other - it's not a big place that we're from, we all attended the same school and used to play round each others houses, and then all these terrible things took place within about a 4-5 year time period. It was pretty mad, and we've all wondered if there is some environmental factor at play - but where do you start with that? We're about 25 miles outside of London, and there's not an abnormal amount of pollution or anything. \n\nAt the end of the day, I'm no conspiracy nut. Tragedies befall everyone sooner or later (Seriously - it's a question of *when* rather than *if*), and it's not so unimaginable that we all just got hit around the same time. Fortunately, everyone is still alive and kicking (with the exception of my brother), and living their lives as best they can. Still, I've moved away now - I was starting to get the impression it wasn't a good idea to hang around there, lol.",
"Lol, I apologise for not having brighter news to report! I don't expect OP is under any misconceptions about the seriousness of this condition. A few people have questioned his motives for posting this on Reddit - I can only comment that in my own darkest times I've reached out to the internet, sometimes just to break through the loneliness and isolation you feel going through certain events. PH isn't necessarily a death sentence (And believe me, I need reassurance of that as much as anyone), but it's definitely no fun, and all I could do was share my experience and in that way say, \"Yeah man - I've been through that too.\"",
"Sigh. Yeah, man, I'm sorry for being kind of standoffish about it. Standard kneejerk parent reaction. I'm glad you're doing better... and can confirm that I've shared stuff I couldn't cope with with the Internet when there was nobody in my life I could burden with it.",
"Honestly I wouldn’t know where to start except start making some noise about it gets doctors or scientists interested in what’s going on and leave it to them. I wanna say that they won’t find anything and this is all a big coincidence but holy fuck this is a little strange to say the least ",
"It's amazing to me how many people live their lives with such a cynical predisposition. Thank you for \"getting\" it. Keep positively affecting lives. ",
"That's good to hear.",
"To your first question: I have no idea, but he said there was an elevated chemical; a protein maybe-- which can be an indicator of a lot of things, DS being one common one. \n\nSecond: No. [Read here if you honestly think that sort of thing can be a factor.](http://www.ndss.org/about-down-syndrome/down-syndrome/)",
"Idiots are everywhere. ",
"What are you even talking about? That thoughts and thinking positively don’t make any difference when dealing with a difficult situation? Is that what you’re trying to tell me? Well I think science has proven that all the praying in the world cannot make anyone love you and want to be with you, so I think you are right actually. I’m sorry I was wrong. You are forever a piece of garbage and no thoughts or prayers can change that. I was going to try and pray for you not to fall asleep crying after masturbating for the 5th time alone again, as a failure, but alas, there is no point. Thank you for teaching me the absolute sadness of your shitty life cannot be overcome. Peace!",
"I don't understand why it was posted, like I said. It is obviously a private family matter, so why post a picture of your son on the internet who is fighting for his life. It is absolutely pointless. I can understand, \"here's a picture of my son, who just had a lung transplant\", but why post a pic if your loved one is \"fighting for his life\"? Probably an age thing. I absolutely hate Facebook and the like and this seems like the type of shit the someone would post on there. Have some respect for your own god damn family instead of exploiting them on Reddit of all places.",
"Just read your comment, so my apologies for the late reply. But yes. Suffering on a individual scale is trivial to all, except those closest to the sufferer. Or are *you* crying for the sex trafficked children? Or those starving children? What about those who die of medical reasons? What about all the stillborns? Or do they have to be shared via a picture on the internet first? \nYou dont care on an emotional level about OP’s child any more than me. But that doesn’t mean we want him to suffer. I wish that all people are spared unbearable suffering (which includes having a son that is so dependent on high tech medicine like OP’s), just like you probably. \n\nSee the difference?",
"I mean you can take my comment however you want to take it, i was genuinely wishing the kid well ",
"I mis spoke I meant worrying over a loved one ",
">Regurgitating a hackneyed quote won't change that you don't know what you're talking about.",
"Nice comeback. Have an upvote. I feel sorry for you.",
"3x",
"The weight of an individuals suffering has absolutely nothing to do with you. Yes emotional connection heightens how much you personally care about somebody else but that doesn’t make a random strangers suffering worthless\n\nIts not all about *you* and how *you* feel and what connection *you* have",
"Good bot ",
"Thanks bot ",
"Well said dick cheese",
"Y'all here on Reddit are kinda dirty sometimes. What if the parent is highly religious and truly believes prayers are the way to save their child? What if they don't have a support system and are trying to find a support system here? What if... a million fucking things. So you all go on here and insult and dismiss this person and all upvote each other in this big virtual circle jerk, to what? Make yourselves feel good? It just doesn't belong in this sub? You all are mean children, have fun with that and upvoting your mean childish friends. Thanks for fighting the good fight against a family with a sick kid to keep your sub pure. Suck a dick losers. ",
"It's hard to look at that face and not want to smile. Good luck little guy! You've got this. ",
"You haven't told anyone in your family that you have this? Oh man, I really think you should. It's too hard a thing to go through on your own. May I ask how old you are?\n\nAnd I completely understand about the up and down days. It's so hard to have a down day, or week, and not think, is this a sign I'm getting worse? And then I'll wake up one day and feel better and sometimes not know why any of it happened. Sometimes I do know what triggers it - this morning I was out in 25 degree weather spectating my husband & son's marathon and discovered that cold air makes my lung (yeah, lung singular) feel smaller and it was harder to feel like I was getting enough air. As soon as I walked back into the hotel it was better immediately. It's comforting to know the triggers so I can plan, and frustrating and scary as hell when I wake up and hear a whoosh in my ears and have to spend most of the day sitting down. \n\nI really hope you'll soon feel a little more hope and re-engage with the world. The lung condition is isolating and I understand your feeling that it's pointless, but I'd bet you're going to be around a lot longer than you think. \n\nHappy to share more info with you privately if you want to message me.",
"I second this. I have a copay card for AdCirca which cuts it down from $3,000/month to $2,200. We don't qualify for more assistance, but I know it's out there. The hard part for PH patients can be finding the energy to chase it down, so a support system (like you) is really important. Is your husband still around? I can't tell by the wording of your comment.",
"No, he died. ... But when he was diagnosed, they said he had a few months, and he lived 24 years. We raised our children and several foster children, travelled with kids in tow, took them to football and golf and art lessons, hauled to colleges and marriages and he got to meet and adore his first grandchild. \n\nThe drugs he was on cost over 5,000 a month, and several wonderful organizations covered meds that medicare didn't. Without those meds, I would not have had him by my side, raising our kids into really great adults. Those meds, and the funding organizations that helped didn't just lengthen my husband's life, they changed who our children are and what loving experiences we shared and what memories they made. He was here to teach them how to be adults and parents themselves. \n\nWith his illness, and mine that I have suffered, it has always been - never give up, and never take no for an answer. Find the best doc, hold on and fight like hell. ",
"I'm sorry he's no longer with you, but really happy you and your kids had him for so long and that your lives were so active and rich. That's fantastic. We're in the same boat. I'm really stable and my PH is mild with no change in 3 years, so I have a lot of reasons to think I'll live long enough to see my grandkids. Hopefully not for a while - our son is 16 :) ",
"Thinking of you guys, so proud of that kid. What an impression he has already effortlessly made on all of us, just through a picture. He was obviously made to change the world. Not an easy thing to do, even by those who try with all they have. ",
"Hang in there little buddy. ",
"He looks really vital for a kiddo that just got a lung transplant. Best of luck!",
"That’s a warrior!",
"This is just one of them: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3052954/\n\nThis one is about music reducing pain, anxiety... https://www.health.harvard.edu/mind-and-mood/how-music-can-help-you-heal\n\nWound healing and depression: https://www.advancedtissue.com/depression-and-wound-healing/\n\nThere are many more. I can't publish most of them as they are on PsychInfo, a psychological database of studies. They have strict rules about posting articles. There is a fee (it's pretty expensive) to access it. I'm not sure if they have a free function that gives abstracts as I've never had to use it.",
"Wishing your son a speedy and stable recovery!",
"I am not much of a believer. I think religion has only divided people. None the less, if there is anyone with a higher power - I will pray for your recovery tonight. \nAll the best brother! \nMy younger brother lost a part of his right foot in a lift accident when he was very young. Thankfully he survived and he is a handsome young man - 19 years old. Despite his right foot not having all the toes, he developed into a decent Football (soccer if you are American) player. He will not play the sport professionally but I am just happy to see him on the field running his heart out. \nI hope you a similar and if possible a better recovery! : ) ",
"Thanks. ",
"ITT: People who take reddit too seriously. ",
"Have you ever thought of bringing awareness and perhaps depending on your religion prayers for the child?",
"I hate to be that guy but how exactly is the child \"fighting\" for his life?",
"U did ask a question, but u also handed out free parenting advice... always 👇 ",
"Yes.",
"Fuck you for posting this, honestly. Reevaluate your priorities.",
"Hey, can you explain how I fucked up? I was literally excited that his lungs were observing their respective functions, but got downvoted.",
"You started with a question, ended with a judgement. If u just left the question and refrained from the holier than thou tone, u would have received answers. I love my kid. He is my best friend, but that's not what I call him. He doesen't even know I say that about him... if u don't have kids, I don't expect you to understand that ",
"Love",
"It's a month later and I didn't read down far enough before responding above. Now it seems u have it"
] | 2,407 |
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This is my son, currently fighting for his life after a lung transplant.
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/r/pics/comments/7pvv6w/long_exposure_picture_of_traffic_lights_in_rain/
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"This is a beautiful picture, great work.",
"Simply beautiful! ",
"This is edited, [here's the original that has been reposted a million times](http://i.imgur.com/Xz3Z2iL.jpg)\n\n\n\ntitle | points | age | /r/ | comnts\n:--|:--|:--|:--|:--\n[Time-lapsed photo of traffic lights in fog](http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/2oga9u/timelapsed_photo_of_traffic_lights_in_fog/) | 365 | 3^yrs | pics | 23\n[Traffic Lights](http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/2g9a2u/traffic_lights/) | 39 | 3^yrs | pics | 4\n[trafficlights in the nightly fog](http://www.reddit.com/r/woahdude/comments/26542k/trafficlights_in_the_nightly_fog/) | 234 | 3^yrs | woahdude | 8\n[Traffic Lights](http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/2644rk/traffic_lights/) | 3643 | 3^yrs | pics | 231\n[Traffic lights meeting in the fog](http://www.reddit.com/r/woahdude/comments/1t4aul/traffic_lights_meeting_in_the_fog/) | 449 | 4^yrs | woahdude | 9\n[Traffic Lights](http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/1t3x1a/traffic_lights/) | 4031 | 4^yrs | pics | 911\n[Traffic lights in fog](http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/4516bj/traffic_lights_in_fog/) | 4521 | 1^yr | pics | 137\n[Long exposure photo of traffic lights](http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/2zwk42/long_exposure_photo_of_traffic_lights/) | 2190 | 2^yrs | pics | 46\n[Traffic Lights in Fog](http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/2vhne6/traffic_lights_in_fog/) | 90 | 2^yrs | pics | 8\n[Traffic Lights and Fog](http://www.reddit.com/r/woahdude/comments/2vhme2/traffic_lights_and_fog/) | 2601 | 2^yrs | woahdude | 73\n[3 Lights \\(X-post /r/whoadude\\), source in comments \\[2048 x 1365\\]](http://www.reddit.com/r/ExposurePorn/comments/2jomgs/3_lights_xpost_rwhoadude_source_in_comments_2048/) | 656 | 3^yrs | ExposurePorn | 11\n[3 Lights.](http://www.reddit.com/r/woahdude/comments/2jn68q/3_lights/) | 3806 | 3^yrs | woahdude | 193\n[Traffic lights in the fog. \\[1280 x 853\\]](http://www.reddit.com/r/wallpapers/comments/29qf24/traffic_lights_in_the_fog_1280_x_853/) | 218 | 3^yrs | wallpapers | 14\n[Traffic lights in the fog](http://www.reddit.com/r/woahdude/comments/29ozeb/traffic_lights_in_the_fog/) | 3126 | 3^yrs | woahdude | 85\n[Stoplights in the fog.](http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/29l7by/stoplights_in_the_fog/) | 2909 | 3^yrs | pics | 147\n[Stop lights.](http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/21hmwr/stop_lights/) | 37 | 3^yrs | pics | 7\n[Long exposure picture of traffic lights](http://www.reddit.com/r/oddlysatisfying/comments/31e3bm/long_exposure_picture_of_traffic_lights/) | 332 | 2^yrs | oddlysatisfying | 13\n[The lights at this intersection look like a Pink Floyd album cover](http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/3yyv3x/the_lights_at_this_intersection_look_like_a_pink/) | 145 | 2^yrs | pics | 3\n\n*[Source: karmadecay](http://karmadecay.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/2rb9dn/beautiful_long_exposure_of_traffic_signals_in_fog/)*",
"/s at the end of your sentence means sarcasm here on Reddit.",
"Thanks. I have severe repost rage syndrome. I upvoted this post and then went to the comments. I then immediately took it back. You have saved my upvote from shitpost-oblivion. ",
"And here's the artist's website with other photos of the intersection and color versions\n\nhttps://www.behance.net/gallery/13150627/Traffic-lights",
"Don't cross the streams!",
"I feel like this image should be stickied in the sidebar since it gets reposted so many time.",
"This should be an offence you get banned for. Title blatantly misrepresents what the image is. ",
"Turn that vote upside down! Quick scroll through their profile looks like we have a chronic reposter here. Time for an intervention.",
"Great attempt at Karma collecting."
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Long exposure picture of traffic lights in rain
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/r/pics/comments/7pvvdr/work_in_progress_shot_of_my_mural_in_st_pete/
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[
"This was completed in October 2017 for the Shine on St Pete festival in St. Petersburg, Florida. It is one half of the mural, on the front of Grayspeed Cycles, if you would like to check it in person! \n\nMy Instagram account is @saminthewolf if you’d like to see more :)",
"Incredible. Beautiful work. If you’re ever in Japan, please paint my bar!",
"I try go to Japan like once every year or two!! Please get in contact! Where are you located?",
"I sent you a message. ",
"Awesome. Osprey?",
"Astonished. What a beautiful piece of art!",
"Yep! I try to paint local fauna wherever I’m painting.",
"Thank you!",
"Beautiful work - very captivating. I live in the area and anxious to see your art in person.",
"Thank you! There’s so many cool murals in the area from a bunch of visiting artists, so it’s well worth the look!"
] | 11 |
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Work in progress shot of my Mural in St Pete, Florida
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/r/pics/comments/7pvyth/shiny_disco_snake/
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[
"Party noodle",
"Is that another name for a Rainbow Boa, a different type all together, or just a cheeky title? My ex gfs brother used to breed Rainbow Boas, he made a fortune at 17.",
"Rainbow nope rope ",
"Shiny Disco Balls",
"Southern White Lipped Python *Bothrochilus meridionalis*",
"ITS A HOLO SNAKE! "
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Shiny disco snake.
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/r/pics/comments/7pw0ed/my_neighbours_car_slid_down_the_driveway/
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[
"Welcome to Canada",
"Eh?",
"You gonna get er out of there er whut bud",
"HMMS: I got this. ",
"Yep Québec! "
] | 5 |
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My neighbours car slid down the driveway
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/r/pics/comments/7pw0jy/i_found_the_cloud_factory/
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"Is this in the Netherlands?",
"sick vape tricks bro.",
"Naw it's me just puffing some loud",
"Amsterdam, precisely"
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I found the cloud factory!
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/r/pics/comments/7pw3vv/crazy_weekend/
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"Left Shark™️ is all fire and furry",
"Crazy weekend? I do this every day. ",
"Yamaha?"
] | 3 |
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crazy weekend
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/r/pics/comments/7pw572/my_friend_left_his_bike_outside_when_he_went_on/
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"I'm sure it's fine, as long as he visits the bike store and gets a new bike.",
"Fuck he forgot to put his plastic bag over the seat. ",
"Looks like a scene from a horror movie with a title like \"The Ice Stalker.\""
] | 3 |
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My friend left his bike outside when he went on vacation
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/r/pics/comments/7pw8rz/what_a_bargain/
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[
"That's 400 dollars\n\n??",
"Wat",
"Maybe it was *supposed* to be $400 off, but they put in the comparison price wrong.",
"Not sure if you're being sarcastic or just retarded",
"Yeah. Pretty sure that 9 is a typo",
"I’m pretty sure you’re the one who’s retarded, if you don’t understand what’s going on here. They’re showing the price was 1,099 (which is a typo. It’s supposed to be 10,099.) and the 9,599 is what you’re paying now. It’s not saying 1,099 - 699. It’s just showing how much you will pay now but the typo there made it confusing and wrong. "
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What a bargain.
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/r/pics/comments/7pw9w9/bitches/
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[
"Dumb",
"and he's bitching about it",
"Sounds Legit!",
"Did Jesse Pinkman make that sign?",
"Preach",
"Bitchception",
"Yeah... But socks and sandals? Cmon man!",
"He spent his coffee cup money on stencils for this sign.",
"Read only the blue",
"Classic Bitchparadoxon",
"Professional Bitch ",
"Everybody on Reddit is a bot except for you.",
"Bum bearing board bitching 'bout bitches bitching.",
"Bum bearing board bitching 'bout bitches bitching.",
"I get that the world has decided to agree about hating socks and sandals, why why? How could someone possibly care what someone else wears? Sometimes I'm wearing socks in the house, I need to step out, and sandals are nearby. I just can't fathom why anyone else would care about something they aren't being forced to wear. Just look away if it's going to cause them a meltdown?",
"I feel you",
"He mean girls?",
"That sign’s bitchin"
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Bitches.
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/r/pics/comments/7pwg8o/this_is_my_sweety_cat_d/
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[
"Everybody on Reddit is a bot except for you.",
"11/10, would give ear scratches ",
"Kitten fuzz! Cutie",
"thanks :)"
] | 4 |
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This is my sweety cat :D
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/r/pics/comments/7pwgkm/this_is_a_gyropalette_used_in_sparkling_wine/
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[
"Everybody on Reddit is a bot except for you.",
"Everybody on Reddit is a bot except for you.\n",
"Whoa cool ",
"Yeah, sure. It's not really a FUBAR-089 portable wine-launching array. Because it just isn't. Really."
] | 4 |
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This is a gyropalette, used in sparkling wine production to slightly shake bottles during secondary fermentation, but it looks like a missile launcher.
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/r/pics/comments/7pwgqv/a_friend_of_mine_is_housesitting_and_the_owners/
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[
"The Illuminati is everywhere. Always watching. ",
"How weird. Do they have cameras in the house?\n\nI house sit for a family sometimes and I absolutely would not do it if I felt like they were watching me.\n\nI'm doing this as a favor, I don't need to feel uncomfortable because of it. Unless I was getting paid a lot.",
"I sure hope not 😂"
] | 3 |
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A friend of mine is housesitting, and the owners left this on the fridge. The artist is their 9yo daughter.
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/r/pics/comments/7pwi1l/ummm_i_dont_think_it_works_like_that/
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[
"Genius install. ",
"am carpenter, can comfirm.",
"am burglar, it's fine."
] | 3 |
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Ummm, I don't think it works like that
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/r/pics/comments/7pwjcs/bitche_in_france/
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[
"Look like a chocolate lava cake except without the chocolate.",
"Where is she?",
"Bitchen pic! ",
"Bitche, please!",
"It's time for the diet\n(Only joking)",
"Interesting place, lots of cheap jokes to be had! \n\nThe title of this fort is [\"Citadelle de Bitche\"](https://www.google.ie/maps/place/57230+Bitche,+France/@49.0576479,7.4324443,569a,35y,180h,39.2t/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x47942a067840d1dd:0x5e86f6a7bc6ba7d!8m2!3d49.050415!4d7.427276) and it has repulsed many attacks throughout history.\n\n\"The inhabitants of the commune are known as Bitchois and Bitchoises.\"",
"Bitche of a siege. ",
"'Sup Bitche?",
"During the Napoleonic Wars it was used as a prison for for captive officers who were deemed to be extremely valuable or a high escape risk. ",
"In France. Duh. "
] | 10 |
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Bitche, in France
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/r/pics/comments/7pwk45/i_stresspainted_an_octopus_to_escape_from_my/
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[
"He is lovely!",
"Thank you! ",
"Looks like a big purple hug machine"
] | 3 |
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I stress-painted an octopus to escape from my dissertation. Quite please with him!
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/r/pics/comments/7pwkcs/bus_apologizes_for_hitting_car_in_winnipeg_canada/
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[
"[Source and news about.](https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/stretch-of-osborne-street-shut-after-crash-468123293.html)",
"The driver should be the one apologizing imo.",
"Is the driver Canadian?",
"I don't think the bus is really sorry. Look at the creepy smile on his face.",
"Is the *bus* Canadian??",
"I'm not sure that's gonna make it better.. But I'm no apologyologist",
"Are we Canadian???",
"No.",
"I'm pretty sure when you're the smaller object and you're in the way of the bigger object you're at fault for getting hit.\n\nHonestly, who doesn't see a bus? Canadian drivers are so bad at paying attention while taking their lives and the lives of everyone else on the road into their own hands. \n",
"> I'm pretty sure when you're the smaller object and you're in the way of the bigger object you're at fault for getting hit.\n\nCan't tell if serious or not..but no, that's not how it works at all.",
"I'm quite surprised at the difference in injuries. The bus barely took any damage and the driver had \"a banged-up knee and a sore thumb\"; I would have expected much worse. Meanwhile the front-end of the car absorbed a ton of force and the driver still ended up critical.",
"The car hit the bus, so the car should be apologizing ",
"In this case it does work that way because the car ran into the bus",
"This guy made me late for work... smh",
"Buses in Canada typically say \"Sorry\" when they're out of service.",
"He stole the car. ",
"Yes, because Sorry is more canadian than Out Of Service."
] | 17 |
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Bus apologizes for hitting car in Winnipeg, Canada.
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/r/pics/comments/7pwmcd/home_run/
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[
"Everyone on reddit is a bot except you.",
"Looks like the statue is pulling something large, green and questionable from her rear.....",
"Yup.\n\n7 year old account with no activity until a day ago, and now has 4700/3200 karma.",
"Oh yeah, I remember this anime. ",
"That’s a chubby statue",
"Is that a statue of Randy Bass, the guardian spirit of Osaka?"
] | 6 |
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HOME RUN!
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/r/pics/comments/7pwnoo/this_was_my_view_as_i_stepped_off_the_train_in/
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[
"German Hogwarts?",
"Hogschwartz",
"Great shot! Sometimes it's foggy enough that you can't even see the top of the tower, that's really something that makes you feel extremely small as one tiny human. ",
"Gazuntite",
"It's cool how they built it so close to the station, so it's the first thing you see in Köln.",
"Not a good day to climb the dom, better to find a pub and have a few stanges of Kölsch.",
"Bad draw distance?",
"Cologne Cathedral, the spires are the largest façade on any church in the world.",
"Fantastic city with great beer! ",
"Pretty sure I'be played that game",
"Yeah, sorry, I was joking. I've visited it, it's amazing.",
"It doesn't need to be foggy to do that! ",
"Still remember climbing the spiral staircase as a kid and being amazed how the stone of each step had been rubbed away where the majority of each step was hit.",
"> better to find a pub and have a few stanges of Kölsch.\n\nA sentence that is never true. ",
"*Sieben fuhren nach Düsseldorf und einer fuhr nach Köln*",
"Did you get groped? ",
"\"A few beers\"= \"Many stanges of Kölsch\"",
"Cool! New stage unlocked!",
"I used to have to visit Köln regularly for work and stayed in a city-centre hotel. Try some of the hole-in-the-wall food places on the pedestrian streets near the Dom, they do amazing chips :D",
"Wasn’t New Year’s Eve. ",
"r/EvilBuildings",
"One of my favorite cities! Nice to see a different atmosphere around the dom.",
"so goth! also the site of a famous tank battle.",
"Did it last November and thought the same thing!\n",
"I’m guessing you survived the boss fight then...\n",
"Been to that cathedral. Mesmerizing. ",
"... said no German ever.",
"Climbing to the top of that scared the absolute bejeezus out of 12 yr old me.",
"Now watch out for pickpockets who take advantage of people staring at this when they see it for the first time.",
"If you like Kolsch in a tiny glass",
"Schweinewarzen?",
"Stepped off the train and walked around the corner to the cathedral ",
".3 liters i believe ",
"The Orzhov welcome you to our basilica. ",
".2",
"its a glorified shot glass of beer ",
"\"beer\" ....",
"These were the masterminds of German engineering.",
"Something something, Dark Souls.",
"Cologne has fantastic beer! But, you know, imported from somewhere else.",
"There's an artwork in the square by the conceptual artist Lawrence Weiner.\n\nIt says simply: \"One thing on another thing on another\" if I remember correctly.\n\nI get lots of people have no interest in conceptual artwork but that sums up this incredible building and the awe one feels when one sees it tower above you. \n\nThere are also Warhol prints of the Cathedral - I've always wanted one but never seen an original for sale.",
"Praise the sun!",
"Lovely cafe just below where you took the photo from",
"I would rather say vice versa : how they built the station next to the dom...",
"Mein Vaterland......................so schoenes! ",
"\\*woosh\\*",
"is Kolsch considered bad because I thought it was pretty good when i was there",
"Batman is on the top.",
"Wow the Dark Souls remaster is looking amazing ",
"Hi there, if you need a guide through Köln, i'll help you. I'll be your guide throigh the tribes of Köln",
"did it in the mid-90s as an exchange student in Troisdorf... it was still being repaired even back then.",
"That is freaking beautiful ",
"Need this in r/evilbuildings",
"Bless you",
"My wife is from Köln! I lived there throughout 2017. I miss it so much. I'm really happy to see Cologne showing up on subreddits other than r/de or r/german.\n\nEdit: She gave me the wrong word to use. Probably on purpose. Wife is not Kölsch",
"I always like to tell people how I drank 22 beers in one day when I was in Cologne.",
"outside of cologne it is more likely to be known as watered down beer. Pro is that you can down them quickly to get drunk fast",
"I think it is a inter-German regional competitiveness thing. \n \nEdit: the only good beer is helles, the only good beer is pilsner, etc.",
"Hey my great-great-grand uncle finished that thing! ",
"Or like we call it where I live: Water that makes you drunk. \n \nStill like it though",
"Gesundheit* literally means health in German ",
"I've been there before. That cathedral is MUCH larger than it looks in this photo. \n\nEDIT: I drove in from Dusseldorf (was there on business, heard about the cathedral). I decided to park once I felt I was close enough to it. It was looming so large that I couldn't see the top from inside the rental car. Figured that was good. Parked. Got out. And proceeded to walk about a mile more to get to it. It's sooo huge.\n\nhttps://static.thousandwonders.net/Cologne.Cathedral.original.22182.jpg\n\nhttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Cologne_cathedral_aerial_%2825326253726%29.jpg/275px-Cologne_cathedral_aerial_%2825326253726%29.jpg",
"I'm just waiting for an awesome, devine fight, with a witch that welds gunboots!",
"That building is amazing on the inside too, worth a visit ",
"That‘s nothing compared to how they rerouted the Rhine to be close to the station",
"For the Emperor!",
"I my remember on my high school trip, we stopped off the train at like 1am and saw this view too. It was the first time in my life that I have ever been in legit awe and amazement and a building. It's so fucking big and gorgeous. I'll never forget it.",
"OMG",
"There was a huge debate if they should build the trainstation and Hohenzollernbrücke this close to the cathedral, because it the cathedral could be destroyed in a war due to the proximity to a strategic target. I’m glad they did build it this way an the cathedral survived the war.",
"Right? What is this, Turok?",
"as did I. Had a blast while there and drank a ton of tasty Kolsch.",
"Is this gothic architecture?",
"/r/evilbuildings",
"I agree but I have to feel like a smartass to point it was the other way around. Yes I really have to. ",
"Kolsch is awesome, best German beer style in my opinion...and I much prefer the .2l to a 1l stein. ",
"Bavarian beers or bust",
"Ya, every region of Germany talks shit about every other region for their beer, their dialect, and any other miniscule detail you can imagine.",
"Krombücher?",
"There's always some damn scaffolding on it. Lol",
"I love this, I went to Cologne when I was 15, and the street artists outside the cathedral were amazing! There were hyperrealistic drawings on the floor that looked as though you could fall right into them.",
"Arguably at its finest. The picture that he posted is pretty blurry, I assume it was taken on a mobile device. Google the Cologne Cathedral and you’ll see more detail. Gothic architecture usually includes earthy colors like black, brown, and tan, but also usually includes unbelievably detailed intricate patterns completely covering the entire structure. ",
"That's just the general mood in Köln since they are last in the Bundesliga. ",
"pressure washer",
"Are you willing to place a bet on this?",
"Vomited profusely in front of that Cathedral on our 2wk stay in Bochum junior yr of HS. Great day. ",
"Your render distance is turned down",
"r/evilbuildings",
"Probably the the first time I've seen this used to refer to a building with the Vatican Flag hanging on it",
"The work on that thing never stops. ",
"Make your way to the top to fight Martyr Logarius",
"I love the efficiency of drinking in Köln. 30 beers and only having to get up to pee. ",
"I love it.",
"May the good blood guide your way!",
"This makes me think an assassins creed game set in Germany could be fun, I'd love to climb that Gothic architecture ",
"Anybody else feel the need to hold right trigger and run towards it so they can synchronize the rest of the map?",
"Last time I was there I saw a German man in a pink bunny costume completely intoxicated and hitting on random women. I love Köln",
"I feel you could be playing Agent 47 as I look at that view ;)",
"Prepare for the arrival of Gozer the Gozerian on the next train from Berlin.",
"Why would you open a mosque in a train station?",
"In 1979, I was traveling and had to change trains in Cologne. Had some time to kill between trains, so I decided to have a look around the cathedral. That place is HUGE! Long story short- got lost inside and wandered around for nearly two hours before I found my way out. Missed my train, but got to see one of the most beautiful cathedrals in Europe. ",
"If you fancy something a bit different while our there, head to the Schnitzel house in Frechen. It's not too far outside Köln and was he best place I ate at out there. ",
"Welcome to Köln, Agent 47. ",
"Which Overwatch character are you?",
"Ist Köln ihre Heimat? Oder meinen Sie Deutschland?",
"Ah Cologne, I lost my phone on those steps. After making it through airports, security checks, and most of Gamescom in the end I sat there and laid the damn thing like an egg, offered to the cathedral. Beautiful city. ",
"Yeah but how long did it take you to get there?",
"When I was there it was undergoing renovations. Slightly ruined the view.",
"Nowhere. Near. Berlin.",
"I have to tell you, that was my first view of the outside my first time there (of the dom) \n\nIt's really super impressive.\n\n",
"I'm assuming you've been killed by a vampire or a werewolf by now. ",
"Unexpected, but appreciated!",
"This doesn't really capture the scale of this massive building. In person, this thing is enormous.",
"TIL Kölsch is German Bud Lite.",
"Not to mention the streaming of warm water from the gulf of Mexico, so that it is not so cold around there.",
"> the cathedral could be destroyed in a war due to the proximity to a strategic target\n\nWhich is funny because the only reason the cathedral wasn't destroyed is because it was such a good navigation point for the RAF bombers. Everything around it was [bombed](https://www.express.de/image/4985486/2x1/940/470/f7f8119494758d5c8336594d935f408d/Rn/01xk-40-71-56266878-ori-jpg.jpg)\n though.",
"/r/im14andthisisedgy ",
"Looks like Irithyl of the Boreal Valley",
"Wow I forgot I’ve been here while backpacking Europe when I was 18. Thanks for posting this honestly brings back so many great memories ! ",
"Yes sure thing mate ",
"Very intellectual comment ",
">My wife is Kölsch! \n\nFrüh or Gaffel? ",
"One of the most impressive buildings I've ever stood in front of.",
"Love that view when you got off the train. I went a few months and got there after 11. Was amazing to see all the bats flying around the cathedral were the spotlights shone",
"Yoiu need to put this on r/evilbuilding",
"/r/ShitAmericansSay/",
"and almost 1000 years in advance ",
"Or the fact that they placed other countries around them just to be in the center of Europe.",
"Your wife is beer? Good choice!\n\n",
"/r/NotKenM",
"Greatest cathedral in the world by many measures.",
"She didn't tell me that Kölsch doesn't apply to people until just now... But her preference is Gaffel",
"I'm pretty sure there's an enormous dark souls boss fight in there.",
"Looks like a new DLC area for Dark Souls III.",
"It happened to me too. When I stepped out of the station in Koln. That Dome freaked the shit out of me. Both gorgeous and scary at night. ",
"Seems like we should see Batman and the Joker outlined against the sky.",
"I live around the corner from the Cathedral and its awe-inspiring whenever i see it, even after being here for a year. You can see the Dom from most of Cologne and it's a great way to navigate back to the centre haha! \n\nI'm originally from a small town in the UK and Cologne is the first place i've lived outside of my parents home. I honestly can't express just what a beautiful city this place is, the Cathedral really is just a small part of an overall amazing place. I really recommend people visit Köln\n\nEdit: also really cool thing, right near the Dom is an access door to an underground car park and there’s just some old roman house ruins chilling in there. What the hell! Haha ",
"I'm glad the translators skipped that one. ",
"the original color of the Dom is actually much brighter than it looks nowadays! It's almost white and at some point they planned on cleaning the facade. I personally love the dark patina the Dom has become over almost 1000 years, though. It has become iconic for gothic architecture.",
"Dont go in there, shit looks like the start of a Resident Evil game. ",
"Also they built it just at the right proximity to the sun, so that you can have liquid water particles in the air and have this amazing view.",
"Tell her she has good taste. ",
"Superman 64 almost",
"Found the guy from Dusseldorf ",
"Quick. Delete this comment. ",
"Looks like a Mormon temple.",
"The designs of cathedrals happen to be my favorite example of gothic architecture ever. The amount of effort and hard work put into the details of each and every part of the building is awe-inspiring. I've never been a great lover of art, but these great cathedrals are honestly amazing in every way. ",
"It varied between .2-.5L when I was there depending on the bar. ",
"im atheist but fuck u it is a HOUSE of GOD",
"The photos don't do it justice though. I'm German and I have seen quite some castles and old churches, but this one is absolutely gigantic. I was in cologne only once and I could not believe how big this church was. No wonder it took like 400 years of work and like 700 years over all. Due to the complex structure of the fassade it makes you feel even smaller than in front of a skyscaper. It's like an alien structure.",
"Ok I told her you said she tastes good 👍",
"That's some illuminati shit",
"Looks more Bloodborne to me.",
"The Kölner dom is amazing. Pictures can't really do it justice. Looking at it up close at night, when it's illuminated, is like looking at fractals. There are all those details, and you can only focus on a couple of them at a time.",
"#KÖLSCH IS NO. 1 BEER HAT TE SCHNÜSS DU PIMOCK!!!",
"Hey bloodborne, when did you get here?",
"Not if you are making silly jokes. ",
"One of my fondest memories is doing a tour through Germany with our church choir and singing in this cathedral. The resonance in the building was amazing. ",
"It's a real beauty. Been there some time ago and climbing these spiral stairs was worth every single step to the top.",
"Please have a fresh kolsch for me...And then 6 more for yourself, haha. ",
"My favorite city right here, love the Dom... OP, hope you went inside!",
"I find the alt-kölsch rivalry really funny, because they are both disgusting. But then I'm a bavarian so I might be spoiled. ",
"Bloodborne 2, Gherman in Germany DLC confirmed!",
"incredible architecture. ",
"Amazing chest ahead!\n\nSoon to be in HD!",
"Inside you'll find Pontiff Sulyvahn",
"Yup. That cathedral is massive",
"Make sure you go to the top! It’s a great view. ",
"> She gave me the wrong word to use\n\nNope! \"Kölsch\" stands for the beer, also the dialect and the heritage!",
"this is soo Beautiful ",
"Some parts in there didnt render in time, the Deutsche Bahn was to fast eh?",
"All the more reason to go in!",
"Some pretty wild tank combat footage during WWII was captured very near there.\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jt5bJQOkI1g",
"The only bigger facade in the world is the Catholic Church's goodwill to all men.",
"Cologne cathedral?? It's a shame it's not called \"Dom\" in english :(",
" Also check out the cathedral in the Prague Castle for more gothic greatness. ",
"Pretty sure there is a boss battle going on in there",
"I have this sudden, strange urge to go out into the galaxy and purge xenos and heretics.",
"To add to that, the thing is so massive you can see is from pretty far away. Just imagine seeing its dual spires on the horizon an still being more than a days march away. Just a black shillouette before you see anything else of the city.",
"Haugschwitz ",
"my host family told me they made the kolner dom especially large to piss off the french. probably apocryphal but i like to think it is true",
"good view... now burn the witches!",
"You obviously don't hang out much with the Moors or Turks, do you?",
"Hope you're not embered. Gank city is a dangerous place.",
"Nasty shit happens in those houses.",
"She really likes fucking with me and my German ",
"Bloodborne irl",
"Dark Souls..",
"Hundreds of steps to the top...but worth it",
"I had the same view when I went in December! Truly breathtaking",
"\"normal\" kölsch glasses are .2 but you can get bigger ones nowadays. My father always gets angry about those...\"in his days\" there was no such thing",
"It must have been a humbling experience indeed. If the church wanted to impress people like that these days, they would have to build something on the scale of the starship enterprise. Unfortunately they seem to rather hoard their wealth or use it to cover up molestation stories ~.~",
"I played a game at the station there.... spot a happy person... fucking miserable Germans/Syrians ",
"This man speaks the truth.",
"I was in Koln when I was maybe 6 (30ish years ago). I don't have many memories of it, but I remember this cathedral vividly. Like, the four things I remember from my trip to Europe that time--the Eiffel Tower, Avignon, that cathedral, and people in Zurich playing chess with pieces as big as I was at the time.",
"Another Londo?",
"I see it nearly everyday on my commute to and from work and I‘m still impressed. ",
"Thank you, gulf of mexico :)",
"Alcohol content is the same",
"Cue angry mob with pitchforks. ",
"It looks like the settings in Bloodborne. Great now my memories of frustration are rushing back into me. ",
"No but really, I was serious.",
"Yes, but technically, most of it is neo-gothic.",
"Acsshhhuually....: \"My wife is a kölsche mädche\" would be perfectly fine so not far off ",
"Danke! Wanted to know what you said. Got that squared away and then wanted to know why you said it and ended up watching some pseudo children’s song cartoon video about 10 little hunters, I think, by Die Toten Hosen. And when 8 were left, 7 drove to one place and 1 to this place. So thanks for kind of introducing me to a new band. ",
"Judging from the photo you stepped straight into a nasty fall from height. I’m not sure I believe your title OP. ",
"**Hey! Listen! Link! I can't help you! Because of the waves of darkness, I can't get close! I'm sorry, Link!**",
"I’ll take a Reissdorf over any other beer no matter where it’s from.",
"I had the same view but on a bright sunny day. An impressive structure that only took about 600 years to complete.",
"Amazing that it stood through the bombings of WW2 when most everything else was being leveled. ",
"Not to mention some other interesting fact.",
"Non-kölsch drinkers always complain about this but there is actually a good reason. Kölsch is brewed differently and loses it's carbonation quicker (I think) and tastes godawful uncarbonated so you don't want to have bigger glasses. ",
"Last year I went to Köln with my school. It indeed is a very nice place. ",
"YouTube: cologne tank battle It’s an unreal video of tanks trying to kill each other using the cathedral as cover. ",
"I know this view well. ",
"Tell me how it smelled?? Like puke and shit right?? Beautiful köln.",
"I love that India made a song about those games. Do da da da",
"the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona is pretty insane too. Taller than Cologne cathedral",
"But they didn’t finish it until much more recently. 1886, I think, so when was the train station finished? It’s like a chicken-and-egg problem but the gestation time is insane. \n\nEdit: wow, my most downvoted comment so far. It seems I need to learn how to better compensate for lack of tone of voice in written communication. This was meant to be humorous, especially for those in the computing industry who solve chicken-and-egg problems regularly. ",
"My German is so horrible because she's the worst possible translator 😂",
"Yea, it was so great in the late 30s! /s",
"the pre-war station was built from 1892-94 so that's probably just a post-war myth.",
"We went to several cities in Europe this fall. We went from Paris to Cologne and Notre Dame has nothing on the Cologne Cathedral. This photo is the side of the cathedral--the front is massive and the highest point reaches nearly twice as tall as this. \n\nOverall, awesome city and highly recommend checking it out. We especially enjoyed the fun art scene.",
"For me, the Ulm Cathedral is even more impressive. More elegant, and even taller",
"It DOES apply to people!",
"Well presented...Finally a system that works!!!",
"Its amazing germany has anything older than 1945 considering how much we bombed them.",
"Helps that the style employs visual trick to make it seem lofty when it is really massive.",
"if only we had a banana for scale",
"I thought this was r/evilbuildings for a second, great shot nonetheless!",
"The majority of Kölsch doesn't taste good to me. But Kölsch from places like Päffgen oder the Malzmühle tastes really damn good.",
"Vampires!",
"if you're ever in France check out Marseilles, similar jaw dropping view upon exit, you're basically on top of a hill, can see down into the whole city, and in the background is a castle on another hill.",
"Anor Londo remastered indeed. ",
"/r/evilbuildings is leaking",
"If the fog gets any denser, find a radio and carry it with you at all times. Running when you hear the interference might just save you",
"14th century architecture, 19th century builders..",
"So, a threesome?",
"I've gone on a tour of the upper parts of that cathedral! It's freaking awesome.\n\nAlso had no idea how to spell Köln. I've been calling it Cologne...",
"I’ll add my bit of knowledge here from my days in Academic Decathlon..\n\nYou can tell it’s Gothic by the shape of the Archways. Pointed archways are a staple of Gothic architecture and everything is built high and upward so as to point to the heavens. \n\nI’m sure there’s more intricacies but this was my surface level understanding. Beautiful structure! ",
"I was there in November. You can climb to the top of it I definitely recommend it. ",
"Yeah, kinda reminds me of the big building in the Nightmare Mensis.",
"I remember that station! I was waiting for my girlfriend there once and was approached by a male prostitute to find out if I was competition.",
"Well not what I was talking about but yes ",
"By any chance did you board the train from platform 9^3/4 ?",
"Did you stop for a bratwurst right across the street? Because if you didn’t, you’re missing out on the best bratwurst you’ll ever eat in your life ",
"no denying that. touche. \nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Cologne#Medieval_Pogroms_in_Cologne",
"A magical moment indeed. One of my favourite buildings in the world. Cologne <3",
"Domplatte for One...Selbst an Silvester tanzen eure Schwestern allein.",
"I just got scholar of the first sin a few weeks ago, and if this new remaster for 1 is as good as what they did for 2... we're in for \"quite something ahead\"",
"Just left cologne this morning. ",
"I always hated this level in Dishonored.",
"WHOOOOSH",
"*Father Gascoigne's theme starts up in the distance*",
"whoosh",
"I was there a few weeks ago, for the Christmas Markets! They were on the other side of the Cathedral. \n\nLike a lot of Gothic-style churches, it was fairly dim on the inside. I'm not saying it was dark, but the use of so much dark stone and the lighting used gives the interior a certain feeling. I had been to St. Pauls in London a week before I visited the Dom in Cologne, and the difference was really striking. \n\nThe treasury under the Cathedral was kind of neat. You could see remnants of Roman architecture down there! \n",
"Watch out for the SIlver Knight archers. They will fuck you. ",
"Hey just because the bodies of three wise men are stuffed into a locked box in there doesn't make it evil. ",
"I remember this was my first sight too when I traveled to Cologne(Köln) for Gamescom. Amazing sight. Cologne is a very nice city, would definitely recommend visiting it if you get the chance.",
"Did you get on at platform 9 & 3/4??",
"What *really* impressed me is how they got the [fine structure constant](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fine-structure_constant) to be 1 / 137.035999173.",
"Fuck it's that dirty again? Didn't they like just clean it?",
"Well be ready to get disappointed since they are only making pop music in the last years",
"I AM TUROK!",
"Germans plan ahead.",
"Castlevania 64",
"thanks..its much appreciated",
"Feels more like Silent Hill.",
"[Were you expected?](https://youtu.be/z14uhNXcx-s)",
"Does it cost money to go up there? I walk past it almost every week, but i never thought about going up",
"I find the alt-kölsch-weizen rivalry really funny, because they are all disgusting. But then I'm Dutch so I might be spoiled.",
"Agreed. Passed through there with my wife last summer, glad we stepped out of the station for a bit. The view is simply stunning. \n\nI even quite like the dirt or pollution or whatever it is on the stone, makes it look even more... Menacing? In a cool way? Very neat. ",
"I was in Düsseldorf for new years eve, and during our pregame, we blasted carnival Köln music. The neighbors were playfully furious and shot fireworks at us",
"Just as awesome going inside. Once you see and realize you are looking at the organ pipes, your jaw drops.\n\nI was able to go to Germany during Xmas a few years ago and visit several of the cities all over the southern portion and this was, by far, the most awe inspiring.\n\nCan't believe this thing made it through WWII and all the bombing that occurred in the area.",
"Leaked image of a new FromSoft game?",
"Pretty shitty weather this time of year, plus gets dark at 3.",
"With a touch of r/foggypics",
"I bet you’re posting from a country where people get mown down in schools and at concerts, aren’t you.",
"I love köln",
"Right, but the location was determined way earlier than that. It's not exactly like they could wait until they were done building to decide where they should put it.",
"Cause she tastes like Kölsch. I assume that's why you married her. ",
"Looks like a Minecraft build for some reason",
"Kryptonite fog.",
"The house of an evil god.",
"I’ve posted this building there before. No love 💔",
"I got a \"new\" n64 for christmas last year and couldnt wait to play Turok. The way my brain remembered the graphics vs what they really look like were very different.",
"In most cases it is not drafted/tapped with co2. Many places still use a keg on the bar, that pours through gravity meaning the beer has only the residual carbonization in it. It's incredibly fun to see the bartenders tap an entire serving tray perfectly in one go. Much more difficult to do in the small glasses or *stange*. ",
"Köln is the true captial of Germany :) ",
"Booming economy because of “cheap labor” and a growing military?",
"Yes, as they took a half-millenium break while building, they didn't mix it with slightly more modern styles while building, but stuck to the original. Most cathedrals have this issue, giving them a mix.",
"[This is how it looked](https://www.domradio.de/sites/default/files/wk2_0.jpg) around the Dom after the bombardment. Truely amazing how it almost looks untouched on that picture.",
"And no mooslems, right?",
">Great shot! \n\nSlightly shaky focus. Literally unenjoyable photo smh my head",
"People never get the scale because you hear it's 150 meters tall and think it's like a regular modern skyscraper with 40 floors. No, it's not slim steel girders in a french fry shape. This thing is scary because it's so wide. This thing looks like a city block of skyscrapers all in one building. ",
"Unlikely. They used plans from the 14th century when they finished it in the 19th. If anything, they wanted to piss off the Austrians or something.",
"What Minecraft server is this?",
"I can hear the bells.",
"/r/evilbuildings ",
"Ragnarok from Max Payne?",
"Most of the pictures my family brought back from Europe were un-fucking-believable.\n\nI suppose those crazy medieval bastards didn't spend hundreds of years building these damn monoliths for no reason.",
"Belongs in r/evilbuildings",
"You sir, need glasses.",
"Na, this is a screenshot from the cutscene before a dark souls boss. ",
"r/evilbuildings",
"What a shit hole! Oh sorry wrong thread...",
"I mean, kinda more like the other countries placed Germany though right? Historically speaking, Germany is younger than her neighbors.",
"r/evilbuildings",
"As a Swiss guy, I prefer Kölsch over Bavarian \"beer\".\nPlease give me a second to find cover before you pelt me with Weisswurschtls.",
"I remember arriving here 3 in the morning with my best friend and we had to wait 3 hours for our next train. We couldnt sleep so we got some good ol' grain alcohol and we walked outside to drink just to have our jaws drop to the very same view. Had a lot of great memories on my trip, but this place I will never forget. ",
"Notre dame is famous for it's insanely rich history though, not for being massive.",
"its something like 700 steps to the top. Leaving the train station in Köln is similar to leaving a train station in new york, you step outside and just keep looking up and up.",
"Don't get caught outside on the night of the hunt!",
"It didn't for the froggies..",
"It's such an impressive building. I went to Cologne a few years ago, was there during the Wintermarkets. One of them is right next to the cathedral, pretty good spot for it.",
"Why?",
"You’re a Wizard Harry!",
"Ba-dum tzzz!",
"Scary, really scary. ",
"Bone chilling",
"Probably Dracula's castle",
"I mean.. if you're not Catholic doesn't the Vatican flag seem at least a tiny bit evil?",
"Pontiff Sulyvahn boss fight",
"Is this where that mass rape/sexual assault took place a few years ago? makes it even creepier",
"They just don't build 'em like they used to.",
"Somebody upvote this man.",
"> To add to that, the thing is so massive you can see is from pretty far away.\n\nActually no new building in Cologne is allowed to stand higher than the cathedral. And *every* Autobahn leading towards/into Cologne has a section where you're driving straight towards the Cathedral, seeing it rise in Front of you",
"Actually it was built so close to the Dom because the emperor wanted to see the cathedral when he went by by train. Which he did like twice.\n\nIt has now become a problem, because that means the main station is in the middle of the city, creating a bottleneck. ",
"Did you get off the Hogwarts Express or something",
"The power of German engineering, amirite?",
"There are no Lutherans in Cologne is another Catholic joke. ",
"That's a lot of cologne in the air",
"> because it was such a good navigation point for the RAF bombers.\n\nAnd, you know, the Hague conventions...",
"It was worth the wait.",
"Altbier > Kölsch",
"That's metal.",
"/r/evilbuildings ",
"Something something Hogwarts something else",
"Reminds me of Zelda:ocarina of time that one church where you get the reflect shield i think",
"I was thinking too... It's definitely a cool scene, but not the best photo. ",
"That “dirt” is from the bombing of Köln. Allied bombers used the Dom as landmark for their missions.",
"r/unexpectedbloodborne",
"I was in Cologne back in August of '16 and was lucky enough to stay at a hotel just outside of it! Absolutely breathtaking. That city is fantastic as well.",
"Firs' Years, this way! ",
"pretty breath taking to be honest, the fog scares the shit out of me ",
"Der Kölner Dom. So Schön.\n\nYou never forget seeing this place, and it is even more lovely to see the intricately-carved walls, and life-size human statues in every little nook and cranny. I've not been to many famous cathedrals, but this one was impressive.\n\nAlso, the relics of the three magi are allegedly on display here. I like myhrr the best, but you can pick your favorite.",
"Maybe i'm late to ask this, but me and my girlfriend are planning to stay a day in Köln; what else should we see besides the cathedral?",
"even more fitting, isnt it?",
"I don't remember this Bloodborne area. Which boss do you fight here?",
"/r/evilbuildings",
"no, it's just a fog map",
"Yeah exactly. Great setting and scene but this photo isn't the best. ",
"Nah. Average here in the south is 5.5%. Kölsch is usally lower.",
"Nothing like an evil building looming over you to say welcome.",
"Hey, that's where my aunt lives! In the town, not that cathedral specifically",
"Dark Souls 3?",
"I hope a Belmont was there to help you out.",
"r/Bloodborne",
"It's gonna be fiiiine. Everything's gonna be fine. Just go inside and ask for a place to spend the night.",
"1 & 2 are also on steam btw",
"Thought you said you'd posted this *pic* there before, was about to get my pitchfork!",
"Hella cool pic!",
"Should x-post to r/evilbuildings",
"Hogwarts?",
"Ah, I too play minecraft.",
"Middle eastern religion building.",
"Dark Souls remastered ",
"Holy shit, what a reference. Way to bring me back 20 years...ah my childhood :(",
"And behind that building you can hear the Cleric Beast roaring and waiting for the next victim.",
"Inference: the building predates the station. ",
"Ask Arthur \"Bomber\" Harris what he thinks of the Hague conventions",
"this was 4pm",
"Anor Londo looks good, can’t wait for the game to come out ",
"/r/evilbuildings",
"Arkham city",
"Welcome to Hogwarts",
"I went here 3-4 years ago, it's amazing that the scaffolding hasn't changed at all. You'd think they'd have finished whatever they're renovating. ",
"This is one for r/evilbuildings",
"Spooky\n",
"I've seen enough horror films get back on that train. Make it another day.",
"I always wondered how planning went when they built these. \n \n\"Ok! Here we are to lay a new house of God! Get crackin', boys! Make sure it looks evil as fuck.\"",
"Pointed arches were also a hallmark of the Romanesque style. Flying buttresses, on the other hand, are specifically Gothic.",
"[Colonge was bomed 262 times](https://www.wa.de/bilder/2011/08/10/1356487/62179495-nach-bombenangriffen-weltkrieg-blick-ueber-zerstoerte-hohenzollernbruecke-koelner-dom-2pa7.jpg), everything was destroyed. The cathedral wasn't spared, but is simply build solid. ",
"I drove in from Dusseldorf and thought I was getting pretty close so I parked. \n\nGot out of the car and started to walk. I was still a mile away. Blew my mind. ",
"Why would anyone Stay 2 weeks in Bochum?",
"Definitely, went there last year, this structure completely overwhelms you standing under it.",
"Unified Germany is younger, but German states have occupied the area for as long as their neighboring nations",
"Ahh nice my home town 👌",
"r/evilbuildings ",
"Man I need to look into a study abroad semester..",
"Quality, old-school reference here.",
"Anor Londo ",
"Wasn't there some vaguely Germanic wizard school called Durmstrang or something?",
"That's a thing with all old churches though. Even our local town church has that and the tower generally isn't even accessable to tourists. Just the people living up there since the middle ages and a hand full of tours in modern times and those stairs are worn out as hell.",
"haha on your way to kundensupport?",
"YOU'RE A WIZARD HARRY",
"Drink some gaffel kolsch for me I still dream about the stuff",
"A little [mood music](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ho9rZjlsyYY) after OP's train ride. ",
"Kryptofog sounds like a cool band name",
"The [Ulmer Münster](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulm_Minster) is the highest church building worldwide - 4 meters (14 feet) higher than the Kölner Dom- and was completed at around the same time.\n\nThe builders changed their plans in the last moment to beat the Kölner Dom, that's why if you look closely you see that the steepness of the tower top increases in several steps.",
"You probably found that one angle where you can't see what a shithole the area around is ;)",
"Did you catch the train at platform neun und drei viertel?",
"Ah, I see you are a businessman. Perhaps I could interest you in some oil futures?",
"I love also that they have a version of the tip of the spire down at ground level, so you can stand next to them while staring at the counterparts waaaaay up there and feel extra tiny. ",
"You hear that Americans, Australians and South Africans. Go home!!!",
"When I went to Cologne everything there referred to it as the “Dom.” Like all the signs and gift shops and such. I guess it can be called the Cologne Cathedral but until this thread I had only heard Dom",
"Climb those steps!",
"So is the mmo, Arx. I swear that's what it seems like. Badass albeit hard.",
"I took a tour and the local guide said it’s actually oxidation from the stone reacting with the contaminants in the air. Idk if that’s true, that’s what they told us though. ",
"Glad you took a picture of that, for it will be a mosque soon no doubt.",
"Uh, false\n\nThat's Cainhurst Castle",
"I’ve been there, definitely a beautiful city.",
"It is an amazing city. I loved the time that I lived there!",
"In Edinburgh, Scotland, there's one train station entrance/exit that pops up up immediately in the middle of some amazing old architecture, as well as the Scott Monument. I'm a Scott, but not a Scot, so it was still cool. :) I actually don't travel all that much, so maybe there's lots more like this and even cooler staion exits, but on my 1st trip to europe in 20 years, this one stood out as very cool. :)",
"I love Germany so much. I want to go back to visit SO badly and experience all the food and culture again, maybe even go around winter time for the christmas markets <3",
"Hope you have your garlic on you",
"This was my first view of Koln too! Step out of Koln HBF (main train station in Cologne, Germany) and you're immediately greeted by this towering church! I liked the Rolex building off to the right too. \n\nI was taking the train from Warsaw, Poland on my way to the Nurburgring. ",
"The organisation that covered up mass sexual abuse of children for decades? Couldn't think of a better flag to fly on top of an evil building.",
"Does anyone else want to see the church power washed?",
"r/evilbuildings",
"Cologne was mostly destroyed. The medieval city center surrounding the cathedral was 100% destroyed as were the medieval centers of most cities. \nHad WWII not happened it would without a doubt be the most beautiful country in Europe to visit. ",
"Fear the old blood.",
"Correct. They built the station close to the building, not the other way around.",
"/r/evilbuildings",
"r/evilbuildings ",
"My friends and me once had a 15-minute train layover there, and a buddy and me managed to take a quick tour of the dome *and* get thrown out.",
"r/outside",
"Return to Castle Wolfenstein?",
"What a horrible night to have a curse.",
"Looks like the structures in bloodborne",
"Edge 🤙",
"I went to Köln back in 2014 and was amazed by how amazing the trains are compared to the UK. Went to Bonn while I was there, beautiful! Went to the cathedral too, as others have said - it's *HUGE*",
"Sure they could. You just need a reaaaaaaaally big train to put it on.\n\nOh hey, look!",
"Fatty, beanpole ahead",
"I've stood in front of it. It truly did feel a bit evil. ",
">No wonder it took like 400 years of work and like 700 years over all.\n\nAs a Colonian I can tell you it's not finished. There is constantly work on it being done to replace broken shit.",
"I think this building should be power washed.",
"Dark souls 3?",
"This is very similar to a photo I took in 2014! Köln is a great city! https://lensdump.com/i/MUDSM",
"I have been here and it is awesome the city is awesome in general. Another station like this is in rome when you step off the colosseum train you step into the street across from the colosseum maybe 150 to 200 feet it is massively awe inspiring to see.",
"/r/evilbuildings",
"/r/evilbuildings",
"And the mass groping that happened there a few years ago on New Year's Eve :(",
"Hey, I've been to this hauptbanhoff!",
"I was told it's to keep the beer cold and fresh. Drinking from one of those liter-glasses you see in some restaurants the last deciliter is decidedly worse than the first.",
"Only took 600 years to complete, there's still hope for the new Berlin airport. ",
"But they only got one tower, that's lame! ",
"When I study abroad in Essen, Germany 3 years ago I came here and was amazed by the architecture. I loves the view from the top and was worth climbing all those stairs! ",
"the Roman-Germanic Museum is right beside it. I was surprised the of the craftsmanship of some artifacts there from the 800s. Very clear glass in relatively large bottles. they had a wagon wheel with bearings made from fire hardened wood even. I was amazed at what i saw.",
"That's because it's the name for it. It's just translated differently but no one from Cologne will tell you \"Kölner Kathedrale\", its just it's name.",
"omg the nostalgia feels",
"How I wish I could afford to go back, my childhood home was on muelheimer freiheit right by the bridge and the Rhine. Been 19 years now.",
"I had this recently with Final Fantasy 8 FMV. It really kinda broke my heart. \"But...but I remember it being photorealistic!\"",
"I can confirm. I walked up all the stairs and it was a pain. But an incredible view up there!",
"Yup, they completely wrecked our Dom, had to repaired very heavily after WW2 was over. Almost completely collapsed as well iirc.",
"God that was a workout. And both up & down traffic in the same stairwell was nerve wracking sometimes!",
"It survived WWII! Also you should go to the archaeological museum right next to the church. Awesome art and sculptures there from all the Roman stuff they’ve dug up!",
"When I first visited this cathedral in 1987 it was almost black, but that was all from soot. They've cleaned it off to reveal the real stone color. ",
"I know exactly where this is. Cologne is the best. ",
"So Americans should leave the US?",
"Duh, what would be the point of the Sun, if it wouldn't be in the visual range of the train station?",
"Looks kinda like the setting from In Bruge.",
"If your from a different country. Id say that was an amazing experience ",
"Deep down in the cathedral' catacombs, there is a gate to hell. Diablo is waiting...",
"r/evilbuildings ",
"Fog makes everything look badass ",
"I'm talking from experience as I've been to that place so many times - this has most likely been taken from the train platform (or even the train), with a phone, which makes it better than the usual photos I see from there. Also, I like the seemingly chaotic lines from the stairs below.",
"As someone who grew up there, i'm amazed how many are interested in this building.",
"I foresee quest markers galore as soon as you step inside.",
"Durmstrangs location is secret but hosts the bulgarian seeker Krum and has very little sunlight during the winter. It's north east european, maybe russian.\n\nNo hints about being German about it though, sorry.",
"I remember leaving that same train station in a thunderstorm. As the lighting strikes lite up the sky, I unknowingly stared up at the cathedral and thought it was castle grayskull",
"I wanna assassins Creed the shit out of that structure. ",
"Reminds me of the old SpiderMan games set on rooftops with just mist below.",
"That looks like Cainhurst Castle. ",
"Reminds me of the first mission from Assassins Creed 3",
"r/evilbuildings",
"Yup, he should watch his pockets and sign *nothing*.",
"If I've learned anything in the past couple decades, it's that this is where your next boss fight will happen. Look around for health and ammo before going in there. ",
"...yeah so have some RESPECT /s",
"Hauntingly beautiful. I've been there a few times; it's breathtaking.",
"Me and my dad did this recently, I modded a 2nd hand wii to play emulators etc, we were so excited to play all the old classics that mostly began our gaming career.. it was.. interesting!! Already smashed goldeneye out and on the way with turok and lylat wars! Graphics are \"dated\" but the nostalgia and soundtracks are enough to make up for it! ",
"That's not Germany\n that's Hogwarts",
"How long will it take for someone to post this in /r/evilbuildings ",
"there's a train that goes to anor londo?! how much does a ticket cost?",
"Darksouls",
"I guess you have a PHD in ancient monument restoration?",
"That thing needs a good powerwashing",
"I had to turn down the settings because I need a new graphics card.",
"The craziest thing is... How fucking big it is. I tried taking a picture of it, I had to back up so far, till I got it all on camera. So impressive ",
"Stunning",
"r/evilbuildings",
"It's good to see Hogwarts are still letting people visit",
"This place is magical, spent many a night fucked up in Koln in my younger days. Would love to go back",
"that's some Gotham shit..,",
"Unreal! Reminds me so much of stepping out of the subway by the duomo in Milano, Italy. The stairs lead up facing you directly at a very similar behemoth of a cathedral.",
"Most certainly not. It was somewhat damaged, but it was pretty much the last thing standing there after the war.\n\nhttps://i.imgur.com/uGamhFH.jpg",
"[Indeed. This is my pic from Christmas when I was there. ](https://i.imgur.com/NOOGt3I.jpg)",
"All aboard the time train!",
"nyuck nyuck nyuck",
"if it would, it would collapse because the stone is so worn off.",
"I'm there now, been here 2 weeks for work (I'm from UK). I love getting off the train and seeing the cathedral. It's an amazing city! Today was cool with all the fog\n:D",
"Someone needs to powerwash that thing.",
"https://youtu.be/aW9uyie6NP8",
"I remember those babies ",
"that's amazing. i want to travel so bad but im stuck in the vicious cycle of work to live live to work. traveling the world and seeing all these amazing buildings and history would be a lifes work for me. ",
"I actually flew over this in a glider-plane around 4 years ago. It's beautiful from above. ",
"Dope, Bloodborne 2 is looking like it can be really good",
"My god it looks like Ganon's castle randomly placed in a city",
"*Yes, I see... But the great bridge is the only way to the Cathedral Ward. And during the hunt, the bridge is closed... Hmm... You could try the aqueduct? There's a rather, how shall I put it, colorful area south of the great bridge. From there, an aqueduct leads to the Cathedral Ward. Not a place you'd normally want to visit, but... I don't imagine you have much of a choice. Do you?*",
"yeah that one is especially awesome ",
"Looks like a spaceship",
"Did you meet Hagrid?",
"also used to be (or still are?) the exhaust fumes of all those trains coming through",
"[Proper music](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNudhwEAwfU)",
"After the bombing of Koln they cleaned up half of the cathedral and left the other half untouched, so as to not forget the impact of war ",
"Looks like one of those Bloodborne buildings. ",
"Going down is the worst, especially if you are a tall dutch dude because these stairwells are made for short medieval dudes! I basically had to crawl my way down avoiding hitting my head, while all the while expecting the next step to be higher and falling a small distance. And also moving away for all the people climbing up because theres only one fucking stairwell",
"r/evilbuildings",
"I have been lucky to see the same view. Enjoy it while you can. ",
"They haven't UNLOCK one of the towers.",
"Im going to Germany in the spring....",
"Absolutely agreed. I was there a few weeks ago, and went back to have another look about 4 times in 3 days (the christmas market right next to it helped :D). It's just amazing.\n\n[Here's a few photos I took](https://imgur.com/a/1fHcW), but again, really needs to be seen in person to get the effect.",
"Queue the pipe organ\n\nhttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qe68oZ5SkqY\n",
"The tower is 157m high. Thats a 52 story building.",
"Is this the Cathedral on the Rhein? I'm currently singing Robert Schumann's Dichterliebe and a couple of the songs reference the holy Cathedral in Koln. \nIf this is the Cathedral, it'd be nice to finally put an image to the name! \nEdit: [The song in question for reference](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jl1uviwKKt8)",
"I’ve been there many times. I can’t help but think when I see beautiful cathedrals like this how many needy people could have been fed and clothed or illnesses cured if the money had not been used to build and maintain such structures. It’s a source of cognitive dissonance for me - I marvel at the beauty and engineering but it’s always tempered by what other good things could have come from the financial resources consumed.",
"I don't remember there being a train station right there...",
"When the Allies bombed cologne during WWII, they intentionally avoided the Dom. ",
"Smokey. Is the city on fire or is that just smog?",
"Viva Colonia!",
"And they treated Jews like shit.",
"I'm pretty sure there's a boss fight in there.",
"Well actually a lot of what you see here was built by 20th century workers. The place was bombed hard in WW2. ",
"Mass... groping?",
"Troyes, Durham, Ely, Liverpool, Prague are my personal favs.\nSagrada Família sadly is a basilica or it would be top IMO.",
"I love living in this city. I see the Dom nearly every day and love it more every time.",
"Yup. I believe it was 5 Euros.\n\nTotally worth it. And this is coming from someone who hates heights. ",
"Was there 2 times and still didn't manage to take a picture where you could nearly see how big that building is. Also tried that at the Málaga cathedral, even harder but no chance. Only way is too see it yourself",
"This is what Europe is all about, stepping off a train and feeling like you're in a Harry Potter scene",
"* Adults: 4€\n* Families: 8€\n* Pupils, students and pensioners: 2€\n\nDefinetly worth it! You'll get a magnificent view of Cologne. ",
"I think it's amazing that the builders of this cathedral had the foresight to construct this near where a train station would be centuries later. Now that's forward thinking.",
"Don't forget the [picture](https://www.designboom.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/russian-skywalking-photographers-european-skyscrapers-designboom-09.jpg) those Russian kids took after climbing the Cathedral illegally. \n \nAlso amazing to watch: All these Asian tourists trying to take a picture where they can fit the whole cathedral in. There are only a few places this works (except if you are far away obviously). \n \nIt's also [part of the logo](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/53/FC_Cologne_logo.svg/901px-FC_Cologne_logo.svg.png) of the local Bundesliga team (soccer/football). And a goat. And yes, it's bigger than the cathedral. \n \nEdit: Another personal fun fact: When I went up the cathedral for the first time, at one point you end up next to the [\"Dicker Pitter\"](http://www.koeln.de/files/images/dickepitter_0.jpg). One Asian woman asked the official standing there if he could let it ring. HAHAHHAA. I mean, sure, let's all go deaf and jump off the railing. \n\nEdit²: When I was up there I saw a selfie stick for the first time in my life, it wasn't a thing in Europe yet and lots of people were baffled about what's going on there (also Asian tourists). \n \nEdit³: My last edit. Just a heads up. From what I know: Bombers from the Allies refused to bomb it. IM NOT A FUCKING EXPERT ON HISTORY JUST LET ME FINISH I would like to thank every person who had the oppurtunity to bomb this amazing building: THANK YOU YOU FOR NOT BOMBING IT! \n\nAnd I would would also thank all the Germans who refused to destroy the Eiffel Tower and other stuff: It's these rare moments where you refuse to do something that shows WE ARE ALL HUMANS. Not all Germans were evil. Thank you.",
"Little known fact. That cathedral isn't supposed to be that color, but is that color due to pollution and sulphuric acid rain",
"Now that one doesn't make sense ",
"Especially from the front side. I'm amazed every time I see it and I go maybe twice a month",
"Look it up. At Koln HBF specifically. ",
"Just spent about a month in Germany and a friend brought me to the cathedral to climb the stairs for the view. I'm an American. I don't think I've ever walked that many stairs in a month, let alone a single hour. And it was a tight, winding staircase with people going up and down on both sides, the fear of falling and tumbling to the bottom always a real possibility in my mind.\n\nView was totally worth it, though.",
"yes it is, but we just call it \"der Dom\"",
">Die Turmbesteigung\n\n>Öffnungszeiten:\nJanuar - Februar 9.00 - 16.00 Uhr\nMärz - April 9.00 - 17.00 Uhr\nMai - September 9.00 - 18.00 Uhr\nOktober 9.00 - 17.00 Uhr\nNovember - Dezember 9.00 - 16.00 Uhr\n\n>Letzte Aufstiegsmöglichkeit jeweils 30 Min vor Schließung.\n\n>Eintrittspreise:\nErwachsene EUR 4,00\nFamilienkarte EUR 8,00\nermäßigt (Schüler, Studenten, Behinderte mit Ausweis) EUR 2,00\nKombikarte Schatzkammer / Turmbesteigung EUR 8,00\nKombikarte Schatzkammer / Turmbesteigung ermäßigt EUR 4,00\nKombikarte Familie Schatzkammer / Turmbesteigung/ EUR 16,00\n\n>(Eingang aussen, rechts neben dem Haupteingang )\n\n>Hinweis:\n\n>Laut Beschluss des Metropolitankapitels bleibt der Glockenstuhl an allen Sonn- und Feiertagen bis 12:30 Uhr geschlossen. Die Dombauverwaltung bietet für Besucher, die das Glockenläuten erleben wollen, an Werktagen spezielle Glockenführungen an. Dazu wird den Besuchern ein professioneller Hörschutz zur Verfügung gestellt.",
"I would have said \"mädscher\" but apparently there are both ways of saying it.",
"The French don't get pissed off. We just smoke cigarettes and drink wine. ",
"Hey Mate when you there just a tip from a citizen you can climb up one of the towers and make cool pics from there. Plus on the Aachener Str is a Grave from the Roman Empire times :) cheers",
"I went past it aswell today! I live in Cologne and basically go past the Dom everyday on my day to work :D",
"Yup. In England you'll often find cathedrals and abbey churches that are Norman/Romanesque at the apse (back), Decorated/Low Gothic in the nave (middle), and Perpendicular/High Gothic at the facade, as tastes and styles changed over the course of hundreds of years. Gloucester Cathedral is a noteworthy example.",
"/r/evilbuildings would appreciate this.",
"Make sure not to miss out on the depressed loaf of bread that talks angrily. ",
"What would it cost to build that building using the same materials today. Same materials meaning actual carved stone and not the fake concretish stuff. Are we talking a Billion dollars or is it somewhat reasonable compared to an average building?",
"Holy shit. The nostalgia",
"It's the other way around.\n\nThe station was build there to be close to the Cathedral. \nWhich is much older than the central station.",
"I think there's a rule to never translate location names. And also, those of people. \n\n",
"Ah, Notre Dame, what a magnificent structure. ",
"You're throwing some shade but dutch beer is alright. I can respect dutch beer. ",
"Nah, Bloodborne is in Prague. And btw you can climb St. Vitus Cathedral as well, I’ve got both achievements: Köln and Prague",
"I watched a documentary on this church a few years ago. I would love to see it in person, it's more beautiful than you can imagine. The church at the time of filming was being renovated because it was falling apart.The ceiling was sagging, flying buttresses were leaning (in a bad way, not the way their suppose to) so they had professors from the local universities doing all sorts of things. One professor was taking sonar-like pictures of the rooms and using that data for something. I wish America had buildings this old and majestic. I grew up in the NE and even though I have given tours of some of the oldest homes in our country, they have nothing on places like this. ",
"r/evilbuildings",
"My dad would grunt complain about he fog and then proceed to be a grump the rest of the day.",
"That's the one!",
"IMAGINE HOW NEW AND CLEAN SHE WOULD LOOK WITH A PRESSURE WASH!",
"Awesome. Reminds me a little bit of Dark Souls though.",
"Went two times up there. The second time we were celebrating the night before and as we passed the cathedral, a friend said \"Hey, why don't we go up there?\" Everybody agreed (besides me), so I had to go with them. With a huge hangover. ",
"I went there as a kid in the late 80's. At the time, you could climb damn near the very top of the tallest spire. I made it to the outdoor section, then there was a set of metal stairs that took you even further up, but I chickened out.",
"Built with \"the lord's\" money. I hope he likes it.",
"xD well thats some die hard tree shit you doing there xD",
"Anyone else play *Rage Wars*? Pretty sure reviews of that game were not great at the time but it was one of my absolute favorite games.\n\nI have super fond memories of running around as a raptor just tearing my friends up. You could also play as a swarm of mites, which was weird but awesome. And of course the weapons were great, including one that would inflate your opponent's head until it burst.\n\nAnd the fucking arenas in that game... they were small, but there were tons of them and they were all pretty different and well thought out. \n\nThe only problem is I could never beat the game in co-op because of a bug that prevented the game from recognizing it when you beat one of the later levels. \n\nStill, it's right up there with *Perfect Dark* as one of my favorite gaming experiences from my youth.",
"I'm a bit salty as a Colonian but I can laugh about this joke. The truth is though that it's not true. \n\nIts normal in it's taste and has 4.9% ABV which is also standard. \n\nAlso those non-Colonians complaining about the small 0.2l glasses don't understand their purpose. \n\nIn Cologne, when your glass is empty, within a minute you'll be given a new one unless you put the coaster on top of your empty glass. A 0.2l glass means that in summer when it's hot you will always have ice cold beer because you don't take that long for 0.2l and they are also easy to transport and exchange quickly.\n\nSo in reality, when those Bavarians think their Maß is the superior and \"manly\" way to drink beer, it's actually the opposite. In summer, 70% will be piss warm before they drink it, while always have a newly drawn, ice cold beer on the table thanks to our way of service.",
"Yeah mate, but once you went to the toilet you went to take a leak every 8 mins afterwards. \n \nAlso it's a dangerous beer. You drink and drink and think \"Hah, this is like water\". And after consuming 3 liters it hits you.",
"R/evilbuildings\n",
"You are correct. The stone they used is dissolving so a lot of the facade will be replaced. I think it has a budget of around 8-10 million Euros per year. \nPieces fall off during windstorms. They close the surrounding area apparently. Apparently, if you get hit, you can keep it. Otherwise they are sold and the funds go to the upkeep/replacement project. \n",
"great post",
"Well we even have restrictions for Building heights in place to make sure that it stays that dominant.",
"Epic AF",
"Well Sandstein at its finest xD btw not only normal dirt on the towers you find frecking sand dust from the saharah xD",
"I love that cathedral! Such a great city.",
"Cool",
"Here in Cologne\n\nI know I said it wrong",
"Don't forget to save your game before you go in there. ",
"Amazing chest ahead.",
"Glad I wasn't the only one ",
"Honestly though, I always wondered if germany in the HP-Universe has its own wizarding school or if they send all their children to Beauxbatons or Hogwarts.",
"> I wish America had buildings this old and majestic.\n\nWell...you see...there is a specific reason why we do not have such old buildings here...",
"How convenient. ",
"I heard that too. Sulfuric acid from acidic rain reacting with the sandstone. Also sulfur from the nearby railway station when the trains still ran on steam. Also moss and microorganisms. They wont clean it because its made of differently colored stone underneath and would look weird and because of the high costs. ",
"Came here to say this... ",
"About as gothic as it gets ",
"Everyone on reddit is a bot except you.",
"It does actually. \"Kölsche Jung\" means Colonian dude in our dialect for example.",
"I went there back in 2016 on a school trip, you really can't get a sense of the scale of it in any pictures.\nBut here's a couple I took: https://imgur.com/a/2FUWp",
"Because we Simply call it that way and it irks me somewhat whenever I have to call it cathedral when speaking with visitors ",
"Edinburgh Waverly station. It's the main station, phenomenal view of the castle as you walk out.",
"As you stepped off the train?",
"It survived WWII bombing because pilots needed a distinguished marker because gps coordinates did not exist yet. ",
"I've been there too. I grappling hooked up onto the roof and watched out for bad guys and then I swooped down on them a kicked their ass.",
"SimCopter",
"Yes agreed",
"Magestic! <3 I’ve Leibe Deutschland!",
"My uncle moved to Koln two years ago, if you see him, give him a hug from me. I miss him a lot.",
"That's a fantastic idea for a memorial. I would have loved to have had time to go and look around more, I'm sure there would have been signs talking about the history.",
"> I live around the corner from the Cathedral\n\nFound the rich guy.",
"Hogowarts looking foogy these days. ",
"You sir are a legend ",
"Like the fact that China has a smaller imigrant poplation percentage [than North Korea?](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/4lmm61/what_is_a_fun_fact_that_always_blows_peoples_minds/d3omeoh/) ",
"Has there ever not been scaffolding up? went there 15 years ago an had it then.",
"That's what happens when you're the most OP nation in Europe. You can afford big ass cathedrals like this when you're drowning in ducats.",
"Go have a beer in the belgisches Viertel area, preferable the pub “zum goldenen Schuss”. Get some food in the “Alcazar” around the corner afterwards. Then for final Drinks into “Wohngemeinschaft” and if you want to stay out late go to “sixpack” \n\nNext day check out the Südstadt and have a beer in the “früh im veedel” at Chlodwigplatz. There is also a good Döner available at Nimet around the corner. \n\nGo watch a game of the 1. FC Köln if they are around, awful performance at the moment but the best songs and fans in the Bundesliga. \n\nWhen you visit the”Schäl Sick” (east side of the river) go up the LVR Tower. Large building with an amazing view. \n\nThere are great tours available and I highly recommend “freewalk cologne” tours.\n\nMostly have fun, it’s a great place to hang out talk to people and party! \n\n/edit: just saw the “one day” part. Still keeping all the tips, pick your favorite ;)",
"Did you step off of the hogwarts express? ",
"Ahh ming stadt. Da würdet mir rischtisch warm ums hetz :)",
"Happy Cake Day, and wow that's awesome , you shoild really post it on that subreddit , they would like it!",
"That’s the only pretty building in koln ",
"Check this cathedral from Google Maps with Satellite view. It looks awesome from above as well. ",
"Even though you're continuously having to go to the bar for another round",
"Nice , yea haha I can't imagine it in person ",
"Everybody on Reddit is a bot except you.",
"[inside](https://www.google.ca/maps/@50.9385082,6.9617453,3a,75y,85.39h,88.43t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sAF1QipPicNDmH3rd0m9juUaY9KbNhZ5A6fI8COFgjQhB!2e10!7i10240!8i5120)",
"Makes sense, would have easily been the most obvious building in the area by a long shot, and close to the railway as a bonus. I imagine that trainstation received its share of bombing. ",
"Haha yea if only it was in Romania ",
"You see that bright white thing on the left ? Without it parts would have collapsed, its called Domplombe.",
"Looks like the town in blood borne ",
"Awesome! What a great business. Count me in!",
"Oh really ? Damn no idea why, this fist the sub perfectly ",
"I thought that was Harry Potter from universal studios ",
"You just found me a new subreddit , thank you!",
"Phyrexian ghost council confirmed",
"[soundtrack](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCEDfZgDPS8)",
"Oh man you could go up past the ground floor?? ",
"Just get one of those money pouches that go through your belt and tuck under the front of your pants. ",
"The DOM....",
"There's a Vatican flag on this? I mean I'm not religious so I didn't realize haha But yea churches get posted on that subreddit sometimes , it's not meant to offend the religion. It just has to do with the architecture of the building, not what the building is for ",
"I envy the masons maintaining this, a forever job, They must have strong forearms.",
"There's a Vatican flag on this? I mean I'm not religious so I didn't realize haha But yea churches get posted on that subreddit sometimes , it's not meant to offend the religion. It just has to do with the architecture of the building, not what the building is for ",
"[Mer losse d'r Dom en Kölle](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNKjeh-xRpw) ♫♫♫",
"The size of the Kolner Dom is difficult to convey. It's huge. It's so big it's difficult to get it into a picture. It's just the biggest building. When I got to Koln, I spent a huge amount of time gaping at how huge it is. It makes the surrounding, normal-sized buildings look like toys. ",
"Been to both and yes, thankfully no Dancer in Koln",
"The Toten Hosen are a great band even as a Cologne Citizen I have to admit it they are on stage since 1982 and realesed thier debut album 1983. They are live even better they made in the time from 82 to 97 more then 1000 concerts. Beside Germany the giving quite regualr Concerts in Buenos Aires and Manchester. And they also were Main Advertiser for their favorite Football (or how the colonists call it soccer) Fortuna Düsseldorf. Another fun fact they have a Band grave were all Friends and Bandmember get burried in.",
"Good memories for me, gettig of to see my SO when i came from amsterdam, luckly she lives closer now",
"DevilMayCry VR is looking good!",
"Gaffel every time.",
"I'm not so sure about that. Some German translations of Harry Potter name Sirius Black as Sirius Schwarz for example. \n\nIn Game of Thrones pretty much everything got translated. King's Landing is Königsmund, Lannister is spelled Lennister, Jon Snow is Jon Schnee etc. ",
"The most gothic picture I've ever seen.",
"Yeah I agree with you I just thought it was kinda funny. The Vatican flags are on the front though, you can't see them cuz this picture is from the side",
"It's most definitely the glass. [Source](https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%B6lner_Stange)",
"Wait till you see the Cathedral Treasury in the basement!",
"I used to live there. It is truly beautiful. ",
"Ah make sure to grab a Kölsch",
"Where did I put those Thalmor robes?",
"Anor Londo?",
"uh no it's from industrial revolution and being close to the central station",
"Alright! Now the final boss should be somewhere in the main cathedral, with some loot and a side quest past the tower!",
"well today you would be probably just in time with the Deutsche Bahn xD they are sometime rediculous late xD",
"You’re a wizard Harry!",
"/r/evilbuildings",
"That's where you fight the final boss",
"Just gonna leave this little bit I found in the wiki article.\n\n>Urination is degrading the foundation of Ulm Minster.[5] The sandstone is worn down due to urination by men.[6] Failed attempts at stopping the urination include more patrols and fines.[7]",
"This is how a great 3rd person shooter starts!",
"...denn do jehööt hä hin..",
"Are you serious? Whenever I have people visiting and it's raining I realize how ugly the town is.",
"Ohhh haha Yea now that I look closely I can kind of see them, and you're good man haha :)",
"Make a puzzle out of it",
"should be an evil building",
"It already looks pretty huge.",
"I would get back on that train if I was you ",
"When I was 20, I traveled to Germany to meet some friends and fell in love with the Dom and Köln and I loved the bridge next to it filled with love locks. After that, I returned to the US and met a German man through an online gaming group several years later. When I was 24, after a two year friendship, I flew to Germany to meet him - I told him that I wanted to meet him under the Dom. I sat waiting near the top of the steps of the cathedral, hoping I would be able to spot him in the crowd coming out of the station. I could feel my heart in my chest while I searched. Turns out, he had gotten there early and walked around before I got there, and came from the opposite direction - I believe that he walked right past me down to the bottom of the steps to wait for me by the station. When I saw him, I waved and shouted, and he came up the steps quickly. We grabbed each others arms and looked at each other - figuring out if we were really the same people we had known for years online. I moved to kiss him and he stopped me to say his first words to me in person. \"I know we've never met before, but I think I'm in love with you.\" And then he kissed me. The whole flight and train I was so worried that something would be off, one of us wouldn't be attracted to the other, we wouldn't like each other's smell. All blown away in an instant under the cathedral.\n\nThank you Dom, for giving me one of the best memories of my life.",
"yes, in a dialogue, I don't feel like it fares very well in written form",
"No shit",
"Yes, in the \"dark\" Middle Ages they were able to construct towering cathedrals without access to steel girders.",
"Vicor Amelia music starts up",
"It did remind me of Anor Londo.",
"You Died",
"Bloodborne 2 confirmed.",
"FRENZY.",
"Bomber Harris gave a shit about the Hauge convention. First they throwed air mines and block buster then came the phosphor bombs.",
"I went there last year and that place is HUGE.",
"I was here last 10 years ago...theyre still doing work on it? ",
"That church is beautiful.",
"It’s a bit of a pain to get up. Not the cost, but going up and down the same staircase as everyone else. Especially annoying on a busy day.",
"That's the one.",
"r/evilbuildings",
"Here's another shot of the Cathedral from the front (taken late September when I visited). https://i.imgur.com/lhW6g3J.png\n\nLook closer at the scaffolding. That's 11 or 12 floors of scaffolding. This. Cathedral. Is. Huge.",
"As the people of Cologne say, when the Cathedral is finished, the world will end. ",
"As well, it was built entirely out of one rock.",
"https://i.imgur.com/HXdfyIm.jpg",
"It's an amazing sight. I really enjoyed that place. One of my favorite memories from when I visited was walking along the river and stopping to watch the street performers. I sat and watched a 3-piece band play Stevie Ray Vaughn covers. I tossed a few Euros in their guitar case before moving along. ",
"While it is gothic in style it was completed much later in the 19th century. They just completed it like it was originally intended. You can take a tour where they show you the insides of the roof. The roof's frame is actually made from metal and also looks like 19th century architecture from inside (similar to the Eiffel tower for example).",
"Berlin 2600! Has a nice ring to it.",
"I remember that feeling. I stood there for a moment with my jaw almost on the ground. I bet the locals get tired of walking around first timers standing at the exit of the train station.\n\nalso...Karnival is soon! who's going??",
"Ulmer Münster is completely out of proportions, a big tower with a small church. Everything of Kölner Dom is equally big.\n\n",
"I stand corrected. Weird, I'm a native German speaker and even studied somewhat close to Cologne. Never actually ran into this misconception being cleared up IRL... ",
"You might have to explain to Americans and Canadians what a train is, they don't use them very much around there.",
"Bloodborne is that you",
"Why didn't you just emulate it lmao ",
"r/evilbuildings",
"Idk, but...\n\n> Vomited profusely\n\nstory checks out.\n\n",
"r/evilbuildings",
"My instinct is telling me that you will want to go into that temple eventually to get the main quest, but in the meantime if you go around the back there will probably be unguarded chests full of rupees or arrows.\n\nGermany is really amazing in its truly open-world gameplay, so don't be afraid to do things \"out of order.\"",
"Q: What’s brown and wrinkled and lives in a bell tower?\n\nA: The Lunchbag of Notre Dame.",
"The glass itself is called Stange. source: from Cologne. \n\nI usually call the things you linked a \"Meter\".",
"This looks kinda like the one in Mexico!",
"Stormwind City meets Ironforge.\n\nr/WoW",
"Amazing but still r/evilbuildings",
"Prepare to die...",
"Pontiff is waiting.",
"r/evilbuildings",
"There are plenty of bridges round the corner of the Dom. Just saying...",
"i think we're done here",
"Did you get a claim's ticket for your morning star and boomerang?",
"Batman is on the roof some where? Or, \"That's so gothic and emo.\" ",
"What school of magic are you going to study? ",
"The classic is .2 liter but you can get a bigger one usually that ranges from .3-.4 depending on the location. The old school breweries will only serve .2 though.\n\ne: When going above .4, it is usually no longer in a Kölsch Stange shaped glass.",
"r/evilbuildings",
"I've been there too! 2015. It was incredible. Climbed all the way to the top for an absolutely surreal view. We also visited the Gestapo museum which was a sobering experience, as well as the Roman museum (which you can actually see in the bottom left of your second photo). Also had some killer ice cream, some refreshing Kolsch, and an amazing German meat plate for dinner including blood sausage. We only spent one day in Koln but I LOVED it. I really want to get back to Germany.",
"Looks like there's a boss with a large soul inside.",
"r/unexpectedhogwarts",
"“Neat”- a historian probably ",
"Catholicism.",
"Thought this was legos",
"Nah fam, you just got off the Hogwarts express.",
"Wow, gorgeous!",
"Can't open at work, but let me guess: Ganon's Castle?",
"Hahaha, true. And the central station obviously :)",
"That straight up looks like The church from Castelvania 2 during the modern sextion",
"Fun fact: it’s 7 millions a year in maintenance, with it’s owner (Archdiocese of cologne) having 3.5 billions in property ",
"So this is right before you got trampled by all of the people behind you getting off of the train?",
"I love living here.",
"I think you may have accidentally got off in some kind of dystopian future.",
"Cologne is a great city and this cathedral is probably the most beautiful in all of Germany. Sitting inside there and watching the light shift through all the layers of windows is awe-inspiring.",
"I really regret not trying to get stationed in Europe while I was in the military. I would love to see this irl",
"WHAT A HORRIBLE NIGHT TO HAVE A CURSE.",
"Can't tell if Berlin Wall joke",
"I'm pretty sure the pic is just taken from the westernmost platform. The angle would be lower if it was outside the station.",
"Run. *music plays *",
"r/evilbuildings",
"American beer is like making love on a canoe. Fucking close to water.",
"After going up into the spires, you realize how big this cathedral truly is. It's a massive building. ",
"Not those wise men.",
"At first i thought this was in Munich as it's the same sort of view when coming out of Marienplatz station. I would like to visit this place though, it looks awesome",
"That thing is enormous, but I still think the one in Aachen is more beautiful, and more inviting. Especially inside.",
"It's weird because Dom literally means 'dumb' in Dutch, but we still use it to describe cathedrals like this.",
"I love cologne. I fell in love with that city during the time I spent there. This picture worries men because I would personally avoid that bahnhof at night time!",
"Ooo, I've been there! Twice, actually! We went on a school trip to the Photokina convention in two separate years. When we were given some free time to run around the city on our own we were told that if we get lost, just find an open spot and look up. We would always meet up right by the cathedral.",
"For me it was the first thing I saw walking out of the train station. I walked out the door and just tilting my head farther and farther back trying to see the top of that gorgeous building. The sheer size of it was awesome. I'm glad someone else got to experience this as well. ",
"I like tangible things. The same reason i buy physical books and records. ",
"Metal as Fuck!",
"you're a tad high. how did you get that tall?",
"Stuck in a mine shaft.",
"I was lucky enough to be part of a tour choir that got to sing in this cathedral last year. It is simply spectacular. I had not seen anything like it up to that point and it still tops my list of most spectacular buildings I've seen. What really got me was how high the ceiling was, jeez that cathedral is tall.",
"Deutschland, My German Fellow Countrymen and Women, My Comrades!\n\nAt present everybody speaks before the forum which seems to them the most fitting. Some speak before a parliament whose existence, composition and origin (are well known).\n\nI believe that I should return again today whence I came, namely to the people. Because you are all representatives of this nation with the one difference that you are not getting any salaries, and often it is more difficult for you to come to such demonstrations, more difficult than for the so-called qualified representatives of those democracies.\n\nBefore we enter the tenth year of the National Socialist German State, it is appropriate that we should look into our past, and once again occupy ourselves with the principles of our existence, of our life, and of our victory.\n\nQuite often we hear today the remark that this war is really the second world war. It means that this struggle is identified with the first, which most of us lived through as soldiers. This is not only correct ... that also this struggle which in reality encompasses almost the whole world, it is even more correct when we consider that it is a question of the same aims; that the same powers which brought about the first world war are responsible for the present one, and that these powers and states have the same aims which they had at that time ...; they had the same intentions which are the true cause and purpose of this struggle.\n\n",
"Martyr Logarius is on that roof waiting to kick your ass",
"I feel like Germany is a scary place ",
"I was there before. The lower left corner is all cleaned up because they started a project to clean the soot off the whole thing. Then they realized it was a big project and canceled it. So only a corner of it was cleaned. ",
"I've been swimming in raw sewage. I love it",
"To be fair the papacy used to be an imperial power",
"To be fair they removed all of the pretty glass windows from the Dom before the bombing started.",
"I'd be expecting a Silver Knight with a bow to start fucking my shit up right about there.",
"Traditional Kölsch Bars serve you the next beer without asking, as soon as your glass has like 20% left. Only way of stopping that is putting your coaster on the glass",
"crosspost this to r/evilbuildings",
"That picture the kids took from the top makes me wonder how the heck they built this thing in the 14th to 19th centuries? ",
"r/evilbuildings",
"OK, OP's picture of that cathedral is really deceivingly small",
"I recently visited Cologne and stayed in a hotel near the cathedral. I got really sick and had to stay in the hotel room for a whole day. Opened my window, and I was looking at the cathedral all day. ",
"Probably Köln supporters trying to take Ulm down a peg",
"Look at that thing. It's breathtaking. I just love that it was built over 600 years from nothing but drawn out blue prints passed down from generation to generation. They certainly don't make building like this anymore. ",
"r/evilbuildings",
"You actually don't have to, because they will continuously bring you new beer until you put that coaster thing on top of your glass to signal them to stop.",
"Except it’s a church, right? Shit’s messed up. ",
"I had to pay 50 euro fee because my car didn't had a green sticker.",
"It amazes me there are people that are willing to do this and for fun. I shake as I climb a 6 foot ladder to clean my gutters.",
"When I visited in the summer we got there just as they were closing the tower. The upside is it's another reason to go back.",
"meanwhile the ulmer münster requires 5 million less per year, isn't owned by the catholic church and on top of it we got a bigger tower.",
"You can't fool us, you got into Hogwarts.. ya sneaky bastard",
"Anor Londo?",
"When I visited, workers were sandblasting the black stuff off.",
"Stupid brain. When I read \"hogwarts\" I just think \"yeah, the school in harry potter.\" But somehow \"schweinewarzen\" makes me realize the name of the school is hog-warts and now it's gross. What the hell?",
"Koln is such a fun city. Ugly in places, amazing in others. Make sure to go off the beaten path.",
"They are still (re)building it. It is in constant repair, they have their own workshop next to the cathedral. One challenge is to take a picture without any scaffolding on it (which was also why they could climb it in the first place). \n \nThe official time to build it was 632 years, it was finished in 1880.",
"r/evilbuildings",
"r/evilbuildings",
"Is your camera really this bad that it looks like Minecraft?",
"That was one of the amusing things I found out about the country ... that some men will urinate whenever and wherever the urge to do so hits them. I saw men urinate at a city curbside, against a building, onto the street etc etc as tho it were the most natural thing to do. ",
"Kolsch fucking sucks man. City is indeed amazing tho",
"It's like cover art of a 90s videogame. ",
"Anyone else thought it was a picture of hogwarts?",
"Oh, well hello Kölner Dom!\nI see it everyday from my office, nice to see it on reddit, too.",
"Welcome to anor londo. Where people come to \"git gud\"",
"Was there recently. It was beautiful ",
"I remember going there in the exact same way. It was amazing you couldnt see the whole cathedral in one view because it was so massive. ",
"Was just there a couple weeks ago! Incredible architecture inside and out",
"r/evilbuilding",
"I'm afraid of heights and it's really a challenge for me to overcome this fear. But [this shit](https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=russians+hanging) makes me turn off the video. ",
"Wat. ",
"I hope you don't attacked with acid or gangraped :(",
"And they managed to tilt the earth at 23.5 degrees so we can see it during different seasons.",
"Bloodborne.\n",
"I think I remember this level, the pack-a-punch is at the top of the tower",
"If Dark Souls has taught me anything, there’s a boss waiting for me in there.",
"Very ominous.",
"r/evilbuildings",
"Calling bullshit, we all know Hogwarts is in England, not Germany. ",
"*\"Stick to the road lads, and stay off the moors.\"*",
"I'm afraid you're now in Lothric.",
"You're telling me. That fucking staircase is ridiculous, but the view from the spire is amazing.",
"You should really straighten that picture.. it looks like a cropped fisheye.",
"Gothem?",
"My grandfather was stationed in Cologne for several weeks during WWII and he took several pictures in front of the cathedral. The rest of the city around it was almost flattened in his photos. Your post made me think about him driving toward the city and watching it grow in the distance and it gave me chills. The same kind of chills I felt when I visited Cologne some years back. Thanks!",
"Mühlen!",
"I dropped a buddy off here on my way to Amsterdam one time. You can see it from miles and miles away. Perfect place to meet back up at a specific time and day without the abilities of cell phones ",
"I have climbed it myself over 10 years ago. Pretty good description, though I don't remember being scared of falling as I was kind of hugging the wall the whole time to make space for the people coming the other way. ",
"#r/EvilBuildings",
"Wow, what a funny, original and insightful comment. Thanks man!!!!",
"Hope you had a great time! Was there 3 years ago. Cologne is excellent, best boys holiday I've had (also met a awesome German girl, who I'm still seeing;)).",
"Welcome to BloodBorne.",
"Beautiful ",
"If this were built in America, it would have been turned into low income apartments in the 80’s.",
"http://anicursor.com/colpicwar2.html",
"Largest facade, yes. Not largest Cathedral.",
"/r/bloodborne",
"It only takes 15 mins to get to the top. And that's walking behind slow people. It was a piece of cake when I did it. ",
"Quick, light the bonfire before you die!",
"Checkmate, atheists. ",
"Quick, light the bonfire before you die!",
"It only takes 15 mins to get to the top. And that's walking behind slow people. It was a piece of cake when I did it. ",
"Dom! Loved it and Köln!",
"Only my favorite mission on hitman ps2",
"Yeah I've taken the train from Dusseldorf to Köln and you have to go like 3 blocks away just to get the tip of the church in your photo",
"I have the exact same picture. When I arrived at the station, I had no idea the cathedral was there, so when I exited the station, I was in shock and awe. One of the most amazing and beautiful unexpected sights I’ve ever had the luxury of experiencing.",
"Just needs some heavy bolters in turrets and maybe a twin-linked lascannon or two to handle any especially heavy heresy. ",
"Or, more likely, a nearby town they hated. ",
"I was in Cologne for NYE this year, what is it with Germans and shooting fireworks *at* people?",
"Wouldn't it be how close they built the station to it?",
"As Western neighbour, the use of the word had puzzeled me before. In Dutch the word would mean 'rod' or something. I figure if you just ask for glasses or a couple of kölsh, the barman will understand you just fine so you might not run into the misconception IRL. Gutenabond and zum wohl!",
"Acid attacks happen in the UK. Get your geography right. ",
"You have to keep in mind the sanitation and access to public restroom is not as well planned over there. A lot of places won't give you access to WC unless you are a customer and public restrooms aren't always easy to find so when you gotta go, you gotta go. I felt that way in NY as some places would give you the eveil eye ubless you bought something. City should mandate rules to fix that problem or build more public restrooms",
"r/suprisebloodbourne",
"Kos, or some say... Kosm",
"Did someone in a creepy voice say \"Velcome to zee castle\"",
"This scared me, from the thumbnail I thought it was on fire for a second. I was there for new year's eve, truly a great place.",
"First time I’ve ever heard anyone call pointed arches Romanesque. Even Suger’s west facade barely has pointed arches.",
"Bonfire Ahead",
"So it begins!! This looks like the starting point of many a quest ",
"Nope not for all the money in the world. And it's not even a decision I make willingly. If I'm up high enough my body just shuts down.",
"/r/evilbuildings",
"What house did you get sorted into?",
"Now it is time to go the sorting hat....",
"I think it’s time to ditch glass modern architecture and go back to this type of shit. Don’t care if it’s more expensive to do it.",
"If you stand right in front of the cathedral and look upwards you get the feeling that it falls down on you. At least that's what I feel like every time I see it. I have to do this each and every time when I get there and I've been there a lot of times. 30 minutes with the train from My place ",
"r/evilbuildings",
"This happened to me gew years ago when I turned on silent hill 1 for ps1. I remember it as scary game with good graphics. It is horrible beyond imagination",
"Can’t you hear the bells sing in Köln?",
"Huh, I have never thought AoE III Home Centers actually exist in the real world. ",
"I've been there! I toured that cathedral back in the 80's about 2 weeks before the wall came down! ~~Do you have the coordinates/name/address? I couldn't remember exactly where it was or what it was called.~~\n\nCologne Catherdal\n",
"That's the one thing I try to get across to people. The Koln cathedral is like a man made mountain, and the detail is too much for your eyes to take in at once. ",
"r/evilbuildings",
"The last thing we need is a Catholic death Star",
"And after taking that photo got raped by imigrant!",
"Been there with SO on my birthday. Ate dinner and drank some beer by the river. Loved the city.\nWhere it got me was exactly that view right there. Sat on the stairs of this Dom on the way back. I was just sad to say goodbye to a city for loooong after my hometown.",
"omg amazing",
"Yeah, I remember going to some place with my former gf and there was a glass bridge. I noped out of there so fast. But I went over the Alps from Germany to Italy which was challenging, but okay. Sometimes that thrill is nice (also it helped that you *had* to go, there was no way back). ",
"Reminds me of something my dad often said about, \"...man's vain attempt to reach God through architecture\". It *is* beautiful.",
"Something tells me that's a way to Anor Londo.",
"Massive, gothic cathedrals is the best thing religion gave us. ",
"Very yarnhamesque ",
"Looks like fucking hogwarts, you sure u stepped off the right train?",
"This looks like the intro scene to a Castlevania game. All that’s missing is the title splayed across the center. ",
"Cathedral ward!",
"#BlackHogwarts",
"As aomeone who calls Cologne her home, it's really funny to see people so mesmerized by it- for me it's so casual, I don't even look up to it. ",
"I was sick as a dog when I visited Cologne last year. Tried climbing the steps all the way to the top of the cathedral and gave up. I hope I get to go again soon! I hope you had a great time.",
"Here's the [reverse view](https://imgur.com/a/rl401) shot a few years ago from the small tower on the left",
"r/evilbuildings",
"Fishing for an r/outside comment there?",
"This is an awesome business that is here to stay ",
"Great city. Love it",
"I need to go to Germany",
"Holy fucking shit. I love cathedrals, so I guess I'm going to Köln! ",
"*Köln (German spelling for Cologne, as seen in the title).",
"My best friend burned a hole his shorts by sliding down the banister at this church! It's a beautiful place.",
"Been there over 10 years ago when we took a family vacation to reunite with some relatives. Very interesting place. You'll notice how dirty it is on the outside. Infact, I believe it's being just about perpetually cleaned. They work on small sections at a time, and by the time they get around the building, it's dirty again. \n\nOne really interesting thing I saw when I was there was an aerial photo taken of the aftermath of WWII in Köln. All the buildings in the city were reduced to rubble and the city was essentially flattened. Except the cathedral, which stood alone, relatively undamaged. ",
"As cool as Hamm Zandwytch?",
"Had to wear that shirt with the Italian flag to make it legit",
"Praise the Emperor! ",
"Thanks for the laugh m8",
"Was there in December, the inside is like the mines of Moria out of LOTR.\n[caption](http://imgur.com/fGzilZY.jpg)",
"ULM GONE WILD!",
"Man I love architecture in Europe. When I visited Hungary I was in awe of it the entire time. ",
"Liar! You had to walk at least 50 meters to get that view!",
"so fucking metal!!!!!!!!!!!",
"My first view stepping off a train in Köln Germany 15 years ago was a wall with the spray painted message in English “fuck the police.” Although we eventually got to see some amazing sites. ",
"Dark Souls?",
"That’s where I got ambushed and lost all my Blood Echoes...",
"What is this, the 90's?",
"Another anecdote, when I was in Vienna, a guide at St. Stephen's cathedral said exterior maintenance costs $1M-$2M per year. ",
"All Americans should endeavor to: \n\n\nA. Read “Pillars of the Earth”\n\n\nThen go on an European Cathedral tour.\n\nB. Go to Paris, Rome, and not sure the best 3rd, maybe Hamburg, Prague, London or somewhere in Spain.\n\nMany things they have in Europe we have similar in the US. The one thing we don’t have is huge cathedrals built centuries ago. (For pure size New York has a couple of neat younger ones, and the National Cathedral is near DC.) \n\nWe really don’t have any old buildings.\n\n\nIt’s worth saving for years, buying a cheap ticket when they go on sale, and spend 3 or 4 days if that’s all you can afford. You won’t regret it. \n\nIt will make you realize how young the US really is.",
"Cool city. Be sure to check out LittleLink. Great cocktail bar and great bartenders",
"I get the joke, but you'd be surprised how \"new\" the cathedral is. I want to say late 19th century, off the top of my head.",
"r/evilbuildings",
"Just went here this summer. I’ve never seen anything like this in my life. Pics don’t do it justice. ",
"The Domplombe is not even visible in this photo, it is right around the corner on the far right.\n\nYes, the cathedral was damaged in the war, but it was far from \"almost completely collapsed\" - in fact, the overall small amount of damage was conidered almost miraculous.",
"Rise, Chosen undead. ",
"I work in Düsseldorf on the 18th floor of a large building. On good days, you can see it at the horizon.",
"And then, since you've seen the best thing about Cologne, you can get back on the train and go elsewhere.\n\nSeriously, Cologne is not much to look at imo.",
"That cathedral is amazing. One of my favorites in the world!",
"Nah, Bloodborne.",
"Fun fact, back in the middle ages original Gothic architecture (which wasn't called gothic back then) usually involved very bright colours. They appear so \"earthy\" today because the colours have long been washed away.",
"Looks like it's made of Lego.. ",
"The view is pretty mediocre though. There's not much else in cologne to look at. The city was completely destroyed during the war.",
"I've been to the very top of this once. It's quite a terrifying experience if you're afraid of heights but it was definitely worth it!",
"Yeah, looks more like that.",
"Absolutely right. It's something you actually need to see with your own eyes. ",
"TiL Hogwarts is actually in Germany.",
"Ok, I hope he doesn't get gangraped or mowed down by someone in a stolen truck who just happens to be shouting \"allahu akbar\".",
"[This](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDdk90sNpmE) is more meirl than anything else on Reddit",
"I walked to the top of that behemoth when I was in Köln. So many fucking steps.\n\nIt was also just as foggy as OP’s pic, so I was rewarded with a terrible view. ",
"Absolutely",
"Haha I bumped my head so many times.",
"Welcome to Anor Londo ",
"for some reason this reminded me of Midgar.",
"I walk by the cathedral everyday and all I had to do to harvest the sweet karma was to take a picture of it? If only I had known...",
"Don't even joke about this, I honestly once overheard a tourist in Rome asking why they built the ruins so close to the airport. ",
"I noped out hard on the steel stairway to the top, this was late nineties- but the views from the base of that part along the rivers were absolutely wonderful.",
"No need to worry, it's not like the money was burned the moment the bricks were beaten out of the rock. The money was used to pay many workers who probably used it to feed and clothe their families to keep them healthy. If it weren't for the Dom, Köln, or Cologne, wouldn't be the city it now is. It got Köln worldwide recognition and attention. It was an absolutely worthwhile investment, because its still to this day securing many jobs in the region through visiting tourists.\n\nEven though I almost see the Dom everyday from just a few kilometers away, it's always a really humbling and breathtaking experience to stay right in front of it looking up at the top into the sky. Without this cathedral, cologne wouldn't be the city we know today.",
"I felt exactly the same way when I walked out of the train station for the first time. It's so beautiful and really fucking breathtaking that photos never do it justice. Plus I had no idea to even expect that. ",
"Bloodborn 2 is looking good",
"Wow, you're right. Just checked Wikipedia...\n\n\"Construction of Cologne Cathedral commenced in 1248 and was halted in 1473, leaving it unfinished. Work restarted in the 19th century and was completed, to the original plan, in 1880.\"\n\nStation was opened in 1859!",
"It's horrifying, isn't it? I was only in Cologne for half a day, but that cathedral looming over me as I walked out of the train station is my presiding memory of that day.\n\nThat and the pig knuckle I had for lunch. And the nudist spa I could see from the gondola over the river.\n\nI remember a lot of that day!\n\nAnyway, that cathedral. Very gothic. Very tall. Very cool.",
"Xpost to r/evilbuildings",
"Arguably? I know it's the internet but who's the guy disagreeing?",
"Bloodborne",
"It's amazing place",
"Thank you for getting the stereotypes right. Assuming that you are American I hope that you don’t get shot. ",
"Bloodborne 2 Confirmed ",
"r/evilbuildings",
"Hogwarts be popping",
"Yea, it was hit around 16 times or so I believe.",
"All that culture, all those thousands and thousands of years of history.\n\nBeing wiped out by modern traitors such as Merkel & Co. :(",
"Yeah, it's a right fit. Here's a picture I took: https://i.imgur.com/ACFLiLF.jpg\n\nEdit: here's an album with more pics from the base of the stairs, going up, the view from the top, and the bell tower: https://imgur.com/a/Xh4Im",
"Durmstrang!!!",
"Sehr schoen!\n\nThe Koelner Dom is one of my favorite buildings in the world.\n\nLucky you!",
"r/evilbuildings",
"If final fantasy taught me anything you know their is a boss battle waiting for you.",
"I've been there and emerged from that same train station. It's an incredible site to behold. ",
">stereotypes\n\nlol...",
"Gotham is nice this time of year.",
"That's genius. Only the Germans would take beer temperature that seriously.",
"A hunter must hunt.",
"I did this in Jul. Was sweating like the American swine I am. ",
"It's been great working with you?",
"It's too bad the rest of the City is a damn toilet. I go there a lot to see concerts and I love the city for that but it's the only city in Germany that makes me feel regularly uncomfortable throughout the day. Also missing from the picture is the horrible claustrophobia from the 50000 people hanging outside the Hauptbahnhof chain smoking and getting way to drunk. And the numerous obviously very sick homeless folks laying on the pavement hacking up a lung onto the street. Still, would definitely recommend going there at least once. There's still some really awesome stuff to do and see in Köln :)",
"No :(",
"I was there August this year. Cologne has the nicest people ever.",
"This. Köln is a great city to live in, but tbh, it's not very pretty and I wouldn't really recommend booking a trip to Köln to a tourist.",
"/r/evilbuildings",
"Bloodborne!",
"Nein",
"Happy cake day! 🎂❤",
"Looks like Bloodborne. ",
"I ended up pissing my pants in Venice trying to hold it till I got back to the hotel. They wanted 2 euros to take a piss in some WC and I didn’t want to get popped pissing in public in a foreign country so I held it. But after getting lost and walking next to the canal I finally was like, “fuck it” I am pissing in the canal or I am going to fully piss my pants, but I had to go so bad by the time I could get my pants down a little I was already going. Anyways, always fun to walk back to your hotel wet and smelling like a urinal. Good times!! ",
"r/evilbuildings",
"Stepped off the train and into Castlevania.....",
"Well, I did say I was from a small town, I guess my town would be hideous :p",
"It’s an amazing sight. I always try to stop by and go in if I can when I’m in Koln",
"Very kooln.",
"Nothing evil about the new world order of churches ",
"The lair of Dr Evil. You must stop him.",
"Good thing they did the big bang",
"You sure you didn’t step off at Gotham?",
"There’s probably a bonfire somewhere around there. ",
"Be honest...that’s Minecraft ",
"Bonfire Lit",
"Is that gothic or baroque? My art history classes are too far back...",
"[guide book says it's a must see.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ouZ2T3guFw)",
"Looks like bloodborne ",
"Aldrich is waiting inside",
"Ahaha that’s what I was thinking yo ",
"One amazing thing is how the entire city of Cologne was pretty much destroyed by allied bombing in WWII, but the cathedral survived because of two reasons; it made a good landmark for aerial navigation at the time, and because bomber crews were understandably reluctant to destroy churches.",
"And check marks on coasters. ",
"Who pays for the upkeep? ",
"Amygdala?",
"I'm getting Anor Londo flashbacks.",
"Looks like something out of Castlevania ",
"Yes sorry I wanted to be nice and not bloat about Germany being safer than the US. ",
"To get a feel for how light of colour the Dom was when it was first being constructed, take a [look](http://www.dombau-koeln.de/index.php?id=26&ssl=0) at the Webpage of the Dombauhütte, which is the place where the chisel the replacement parts.\n\nAnd the architecture is truly a piece of art. I find it incredible how such fine arches can hold up such a massive structure so well.",
"That's German engineering for you.",
"This reminded me of when Jill reached the Church in Resident Evil 3 for the first time after the train crash. ",
"As an American, it's pretty crazy to think about something being in use everyday since the middle ages. It kind of made me chuckle how nonchalant you were about saying that actually. If something is over 100 years old where I live, it's considered historic.",
"Cue the LOTR soundtrack. ",
"Watch out for the archers...",
"Huh, I didn't know Anor Londo was in Germany!",
"Whaaaaaaat! I guess I must see the city through rose-tinted glasses, I hope I never lose them aha! ",
"Archdiocese, town government, regional government",
"Alma is in that building. That bitch.",
"Which program were you with back then? How did y'all coordinate drinking on the Rhine then? ",
"I was there last may and had to stand at least a block away to fit the whole thing in for a picture! ",
"Straight out of Bloodborne. That cathedral looks so cool. ",
"I'm also living in the city for a few years and I try to remember to always look up to the top of the Dom when I'm near as it is still breathtaking even after seeing it a hundred times or more.",
"I love how the only way they know to stop pouring you more is if you place the coaster on top of the glass. They don't even ask if you want more. They just pour it. ",
"Called it ;)! ",
"I was there too and went on the official tour. The tour guide mentioned that during WW2 they took out all the stained glass and stored it in a secret location so it wouldn’t shatter from the many bombings. That would have been a monumental task. ",
"Cathedral Spires, where Palethorn is looking for the final pages of the spell book.",
"I sang standing at the altar for a concert once. The experience was amazing. It is so beautiful. You could stop singing and still hear your voice carry for seconds after.",
"France?",
"Yeah, we like to shock tourists, e.g. by putting a massive cathedral right in front of their noses when they exit the subway. ",
"Looks like yharnam ",
"oh whoa amazing",
"[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayCeeGbW_og](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayCeeGbW_og)",
"No it doesn't....anal grave....now THAT'S a cool Band name",
"*in deep booming voice*\nYou have reached the final boss",
"r/evilbuildings",
"There is an urban legend that the bombers left the Dom untouched to use it as point of orientation for the bombings. I don't know if there is some truth to it though.",
"That is just because Dom means Cathedral in English. And of course everyone called it Dom in Cologne - because that is the German term for such a church. Different languages, you know?",
"And the Great Pyramids were allegedly built in 22 years with FAR inferior technology.\n\nI don't buy it. Not saying it was Aliens but c'mon no way they fucking did that in 20 years.",
"I guarantee there's a Boss Battle in the highest room with a kickass new weapon or special ability once you've defeated them. ",
"my dude pontiff sulyvhan is waiting inside for u",
"Satan's Anus",
"If the allies had wanted it gone it would have been. Apparently the towers were a recognizable landmark for miles. They avoided taking it out so it could be preserved. ",
"Germany is the land of norms and safety. Except in Nye. The whole country goes bananas. They all compete to find the most outrageous ways to play with fireworks that don't end in lost fingers. They sometimes lose.",
"[What it looked like toward the end of WWII.](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MCQG3_cYBUw/U5pYj0xrRVI/AAAAAAAAJXM/NOI9a5iUxNA/s1600/The-Cologne-Cathedral-stands-tall-amidst-the-ruins-of-the-city-after-allied-bombings,-1944-%281%29.jpg) The train station OP's photo is taken from is the black building in the bottom left. The cathedral took 14 hits from dropped bombs and remained standing. There was also [a fairly famous tank duel that took place in the streets right in front of the cathedral and was captured on video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBI9d0-IfEM), the aftermath of which you can see [here.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5e/Warning_sign_in_cologne.jpg)",
"... Anor Londo?",
"I can understand your point. I think most visitors know it is called Dom in German, but some might still mix it up or are reluctant to call it that due to the similarity to the English word \"dome\" (\"Kuppel\").",
"A good power-wash and it would look sublime. I don't understand why they don't do that with some of these buildings. They weren't built sooty like that, were they?",
"dont you put that evil on me again",
"We went there on a school trip. We got followed by a weirdo clearly masturbating in his pocket and flashing us. We laughed at him; I think he kinda liked it.\n\nCool city; but odd bloke",
"So...you've returned to Castle Wolfenstein.",
"Why does this cathedral look like the final boss location in a game",
"Praise the sun! ",
"100% agree! Pillars is one of my favorite books, and one of the things I loved most when in Europe was visiting the cathedrals and churches. It was also awesome knowing the terminology of everything, and why certain things were built the way they were. I'd highly recommend your plan to everyone.",
"r/ulmgonewild (active subreddit)",
"Alt > Kolsch But it's been about 18 years since I last had it in Germany. \nIf only I could find Alt in America. Kolsch is easy to find.",
"Köln can't decide on being Dark Souls or Silent Hill so they went for both.",
"Or seen much German Gothic architecture in general. ",
"Is this minecraft?",
"Yea I completely agree , I'm guessing they don't because tourists like that old-timey, dreary feeling. Also because there's a risk that power washing it could damage the building. Honestly though, not too sure though haha ",
"Looks like something outta dark souls...i hope theirs a bonfire around",
"...Or anybody who hates stairs lol.\n\nWhen I visited it costs maybe 2 euro or 5 euro (can't remember) to walk up around 500 something stairs to the top. Once you get up higher, the last set of stairs starts to get a bit tight and smaller. \n\nAt the top though, on a beautiful day is one of the best feelings and sights I've ever felt/seen. The breeze feels great and it leaves you with a bit of fear knowing how high you are. Great times :)",
"They also say , during WWII Lord the Allmighty himself held his hand over the cathedral to save it from the [bombs](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/c2/3c/bf/c23cbf9259134c7e359a3c564bf643ac--cologne-germany-old-photos.jpg). Not true, they hit the thing, it is just not easy to see on these pics from a large distance. ",
"Jesus CHRIST. the OP pic doesn't begin to do that building justice. That is just ridiculously large.",
"r/evilbuildings",
"Ha I posted it there at the same time I posted this one! ",
"awesome dude",
"Metal af \\m/",
"It was fascinating to me how worn down the steps are, going up the spiral staircase.",
"I too remember when the papacy was in Germany",
"Amazing city. I loved it when I was there last summer! But the city I fell in love with was Munich. If you can visit it is so worth :)",
"Funnily enough, the cathedral wasn't completed until 1880, well after the introduction of rail to Cologne. \n\n\nThe cathedral's original construction was cut short in the 1500's by the Reformation and it stood partially complete until work resumed in the 1840's, wrapping in 1880. This made it the last-completed original gothic cathedral in Europe.",
"Haha ",
"Behold, a pale blood sky!",
"You visited Batman?!",
"Eh, I mean it's ok.. have I seen more majestic gothic architecture with a glorious, awe inspiring winter glow? Sure I have, but you know it's a solid 6.5/10 ",
"Yep, that’ll happen alright. Not sure about the height you’re at there though, the exit of the train station is well below the Cathedral but it looks like an elevated position.\n\nFYI, there’s a lovely “typical expectation” of a traditional beer hall across the road from the main entrance. Love that boozer!",
"Yep, I took it from the platform. Literally as I got off the train! ",
"https://youtu.be/VYX_NDRMkXc",
"You can name any country that has had a terrorist attack. My point is that you and the OP won’t ever say the US. You don’t realise that your country is just as fucked up as the rest, except in your country it’s Americans slaughtering Americans while other Americans defend their right to do so because of something some guys said 250 years ago.\n\nThoughts and prayers, thoughts and prayers.",
"r/evilbuildings ",
"Tim Burton",
"It’s true, I went to Paris last summer and whilst I was there I wanted to see the Notre-Dame. It’s a beautiful building filled with history but the Dom has totally spoiled me! So impressive :D",
"That reminds me of a German tongue twister *In Ulm, um Ulm, und um Ulm herum* which beasically means *In Ulm, around Ulm and around (around) Ulm*. Sound wrong in English, still a tongue twister :)",
"Total bullshit. It was Mainly because they stopped to oblige to the Paris treaty. The remilitarization then lead to the following economic boom which has been financed by foreign debt, mainly from the US and Switzerland.",
"... said with absolutely *NO* sense of irony!\n\nview...ha!",
"Is the smell of the new years eve pogroms, the smell of virgin blood still in the air?",
"They absolutely don't, it's amazing in person. ",
"As incredibly cool as this is can you imagine if one of those old pieces just broke off as they were climbing it and completely fucked up everything underneath it? It's understandable why it's illegal. ",
"I didn't know the Germans built Hogwarts",
"As if this song isn't pop music...",
"Home is where the Dom is. ",
"You keep using that word.\n\nI do not think atheist means what you think it means.",
"Final level in the game?",
"I remember seeing this when I was in high school. As a kid ( just turned 14...20 years ago) from WV going to Germany for 2 weeks, this was mind blowing. The closest thing I experienced to the top of the Dom was the Eiffel Tower in Kings Island. But it was so much better. \n\nThe inside of the building is lovely as well. I have pictures of this somewhere. I loved visiting Germany. I went back 2 years after my 1st time and didn't go to the top because it is a lot of stairs and you can get dizzy because it's a lot of spiral stairs.\n\nIf memory servers me right, there is a 2000+ year old road like right around the corner from it. It still just blows my mind thinking that some of those buildings and streets are hundreds of years old. When in america you mostly get like 200 years max. \n\nSide note, taking the train down the rhine to frankfort was amazing. It felt like home to me as there were mountains everywhere like WV, even next to a river. But you would see just random castles on the mountains. Some looked abandoned. ",
"how you is US? we?",
"Not a program, was directly my H.S. partnered with a Gymnasium. We weren't supposed to drink as it was a high school sponsored thing so... yeah we did it when the teacher wasn't around.",
"And they have better draw distance ",
"It was super foggy here today, I love foggy days, especially when the towers vanish in it ( am from cologne )",
"The cathedral is much bigger than other old German cathedrals because most were destroyed in WW2. This one wasn't because it was so big it could be used as a waypoint by allied planes on bombing runs. #HistoryFact",
"r/evilbuildings",
"As an American who doesn't live near any historical architecture I would love Cologne ",
"Nice picture but I relay dislike Köln , I don't get why so many people love it. There are so much nicer cities in Germany even not that far away: Aachen, Düsseldorf to name two",
"And you saved two Euros!",
"how do you do host family situations if you wanted to travel abroad a bit specially in Germany? ",
"You = young ....at least now it does.",
"Too loud?",
"There's a guy selling roasted chestnuts right around the corner. Definitely recommend!",
"Is this hogwarts?",
"Everyone has their own tastes, someone might like another better. It is undoubtedly great though.",
"X-Post to /r/evilbuildings for max karma ",
"Ah... back when Spider-man could attach his webs to the sky, but wasn't allowed to touch the ground. Good times",
"I saw it in person many years ago and it was the largest building I had ever seen! We were coming out of a train or subway station and I remember turning a corner and suddenly seeing the giant, looming cathedral that completely filled out the sky. It was awesome in the most literal sense of the word.",
"/r/evilbuildings",
"The cathedral was left standing:\nhttp://anicursor.com/FlyoverCologne.jpg",
"If America is such a terrible place with nothing but roaming droves of school shooters and racist nazis why do people from all over the world clamor to live here? ",
"Even the cathedral in DC has this problem, and it's relatively new. If you build one of these out of soft stone like sandstone or limestone you are in for endless maintenance. ",
"The story I was told was that the emperor/king/governor who commissioned the train station was a protestant and was jealous of the cathedral. He had the train station built next to the cathedral so that the coal smoke would turn it black.",
"Welcome to Holy Terra, if you wish to report a heretic, just say his name out loud. The inquisition has eyes and ears everywhere. ",
"I found the chocolate museum to be really interesting too!",
"Hauptbahnhof is THE way to arrive in Köln!",
"I mean everyone visited colone once, so I dont understand all this buzz ",
"No, this is Patrick.",
"My brain legit thought it was some alien structure or spaceship the first time I saw it through the train station windows. The full cathedral can't even be seen so it's just like looking at an infinite otherworldly shaped wall.",
"damn, stepping off of trains is already cool as it is",
"I think you accidentally planeswalked to Innistrad. ",
"How was the boss fight?",
"r/evilbuildings",
"The church has way too fucking much money.",
"Fear the old blood!",
"what's even more crazy is that there are lots of these types of old gigantic building whose construction would even still be hard today (using modern technology).\n",
"awsome",
"good job?",
"Alright, now where's that bonfire...?",
"Fucking Hogwarts",
"exactly. screw these guys.\n\nthose seem the same kind of douchebags that inadvertedly trash breeding grounds in nature preserves etc.\n",
"It closes stupid early too o.0",
"In Dutch almost all names, both of people and locations, have been translated (except for Harry Potter and Voldemort). But they do try to stay close to the original English names. For example, 'Hogwarts' is called 'Zweinstein'.",
"/r/evilbuildings",
"Safer if you're a muslim terrorist. Merkel loves those people.",
"My wife and I accidentally spent most of our honeymoon in Köln, in winter, during carnival. Nicest bunch of people I ever met, happy memories with a wonderful woman (and the Dom IS much bigger in person). ",
"u/merlechi\n",
"Considering the history of some of the oldest and biggest cathedrals America will never have anything like this because liberals will find it offensive and demand it be tore down. Its a shame really. As an American living in Germany and the traveling and learning I have of so many beautiful sites in Europe it makes me sad that everything has a past and I am glad Europeans haven’t gotten soft like american liberals because a lot would be gone.",
"WATCH WHERE YOU’RE WALKING, TOURIST!! ",
"Yo! He found Hogwarts!\n",
"Lel isn’t this the taharrush rape cathedral",
"See, this is why most other countries dislike americans ",
"I don't know which fight I hate more, him or Laurence.",
"It looks as dark and oppressive as I'm sure it once was or maybe still is. ",
"r/evilbuildings",
"This is true but ended up costing me in more in the end to use the washer and dryer to wash my shorts so they did not make everything else in my backpack smell like piss. ",
"Now the hunt begins. ",
"Hogwarts is that you ? :p",
"Yup. They definitely built the station before the church.",
"Welcome to Mordor.",
"Bonfire ahead",
"A giant man comes out to greet you and says:\n\"Welcome to Hogwarts\"",
"There is (or used to be) an underground parking garage very close to the Dome that had Roman frescoes you could view. Pretty cool. Climb to the top, too!",
"usual, yet fitting quote:\n\n> \"The difference between America and England [and Europe] is that Americans think 100 years is a long time, while the English think 100 miles is a long way.\"\n\n(and yes, the dimensions of the United States seem crazy to me. e.g. the single state of Texas being almost twice as big as Germany in square miles/kilometres. but yet only having approx. the third of the population....\n\n... and that gets even crazier considering that Texas' biggest city is bigger than *any* city in Germany besides Berlin)\n",
"When I was there they were having a seasonal market in the square. Perfect stop for a few hours while waiting for my next train. The WORST fish tacos of my life. What can I say, I missed Mexican food...",
"Reminds me of a batman game I played. The map looked kind of like this.",
"Whatever keeps your boat floating buddy. Germany is still safer than the US. You could almost say that the US a a shithole country.",
"like entering a new area or something in a video game so you know you’re somewhere totally different",
"My flight got cancelled about two months ago and I had to spend a night in Koln (aka Cologne). Thank God for the cancellation, because that cathedral is stupefying.",
"Nice to see that our Cathedral can get so many upvotes! ",
"Not the creepiest building to hop off a train too in Germany...",
"The Dom cathedral is quite a site, stayed at a hotel there with the balcony facing right at it. Beautiful especially in the fog ",
"Will never forget seeing the Dom for the first time, so breath-taking.\n\nMy friend and I got off the train, and were walking out the station, and he insisted on going out of the nearest door, despite most of the other passengers heading to the opposite side of the station. We walked outside, and were a bit disappointed. \"This can't be it?\" my friend asked. I just turned around, and exited the station from the other side, and stared up in awe of this masterpiece. He soon caught up and felt like a right pomp for being so stubborn in the beginning.",
"Is that a black-and-white *picture* of the archivolt, *printed* on the awning in front of the actual archivolt?",
"Gotta make ur way to the top for the boss fight...",
"I guess that's why everyone wants to come here.",
"Koln is amazing, but I will always think of Sainte-Chapelle when I think of Gothic architecture and it was actually built during the Gothic period. It was built to house the relics of Louis IX. It's much smaller, but really a transcendent space.",
"Thanks, Ken.",
"This is about the only nice looking spot in the entire city. ",
"As a German from Cologne. If the Cologne Cathedral are finished one day, the earth go up in Flames 😂\n\nThat's a modern Saga here in Cologne. The Cologne Cathedral will never be finished 😉",
"That's awesome!",
"Aw it's my city! It's weirdly exciting to randomly see your hometown's trademark on a website that you automatically associate with the US!\n\nBut honestly, the Colone Cathedral (or the Kölner Dom, as it's called here) is absolutely beautiful and I'm so glad I live near it and get to see it irl so often.\n\nAlso, fun fact: the cathedral is the highest building in cologne and there's actually a law that no company is allowed to build something higher than it, because we're damn proud of it and love it a lot lol ",
"Also if you get close enough to it there is wire mesh around the entire cathedral. I’m assuming that’s because it’s so old that pieces of it frequently fall off the church. ",
"What a terrible night to have a curse.",
"Huh. This is the song I first thought of: \n\n\nhttps://youtu.be/YxMtfMrNCFU",
"It took FOUR HOURS for my dad and I to walk through this thing. We didn't even go in the crypt.",
"Reminds me of Dark Souls. ",
"[Here at Köln... I know I said it wrong](https://youtu.be/Nxx5WvePCtY)",
"r/evilbuildings",
"Wow. From the OP, I just thought the church was \"large building\" size. That thing is a fortress",
"It's like something out of a fairytale...",
"Ehm. No.",
"Pillars is a great book. Second seeing as many real cathedrals as you can. Most of the great ones took *hundreds of years* to build - generations of tradesmen (often families) worked on them.",
"Ya I lose a lot of sleep over what people in other random countries think about us.",
"I guess something Germany and the US have in common.",
"that's just being ignorant.",
"Love Cologne. Neat city. Great pic. ",
"It looks a lot like the St Albans cathedral but better",
"Yep. Most massive church I’ve ever seen in my life. Blew me away when I first saw it after getting off the train ",
"Its not the size of the tower, folks, but how you use it!",
"/r/evilbuildings ",
"r/evilbuildings",
"wherever i went it was .2 liters unless you specifically asked for something else ",
"I agree. When you're up there you can't see the best sight in the city.",
"probably some smaller scale school which is simply not as well known.\n",
"Apart from that, the work on such a cathedral is never really finished.",
"I feel like this belongs in r/evilbuildings",
"/r/evilbuildings",
"[during WWII] (http://anicursor.com/FlyoverCologne.jpg) ",
"Getting off the tube in Westminster is a lot like that. You walk up out of the underground and BAM, Big Ben is right across the street.",
"Thought it was another evil building ",
"Are you a Wizard Now?",
"That’s kind of the problem with Cologne. I think about 90% of the city was destroyed in the war, so now there are a lot of buildings from the immediate post-war years which are usually quite ugly.",
"as is tradition.",
"I think you found the Boss level.",
"I have had a similar blast getting out of the metro in Milan with the Duomo. These gothic temples are amazing and your photo intrigues me to visit Köln if only just for this.",
"It doesn't matter when they finished. When they started matters. ",
"Ugh, I miss this!!! Such a beautiful country. ",
"Oh well I'm glad the cathedral is intact then",
"And there are likely some vibration issues with the cathedral structure.",
"Gotham",
"And the war rages on. Through dick; unity.",
"Fair enough! My reference would have been pils",
"Looks like a Resident Evil background. CHECK THE BOOK SHELF!!!",
"I'll never not upvote an In Bruges reference.",
"Crazy to think of something that took over 500 years to fully build.",
"awesome",
"what?",
"[Kränkheit](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Cronkite)",
"that's such a beautiful story! ♥\n\n(and I must admit, I stopped reading throughout to check the end to look if there's anything about the Undertaker and Mankind)",
"Dark souls remastered is looking nice! ",
"german engineering at its best",
"I didn’t say anything that you’re saying that I said. Your post is totally unrelated to mine. Try again. ",
"Lol k. ",
"YOU DIED",
"Now go in and fight the final boss",
"I recall seeing the episodic series on Blu-ray. Ugh, it's one of my favorite series of all time. From the characters to the soundtrack, the plot and the pace - everything about is pretty much what I seemed to love. And lots of feels.",
"/r/evilbuildings",
"My dad was a taxi for almost 15 years. He gets this fare one day of a couple of southern elderly Americans. They booked to go to Yeovil where they have relatives but also want to also want to visit the “giant chalk man”. From where he’s based he says that’s fine, it’s actually on the way.\nAs they pass it they’re looking out the window and the husband asks \n“Why’d they build it so close to the highway?”",
"Muslims want into germany, germans want into the US.\n\nI don't blame either of them, honestly.",
"dark souls boss incoming",
"while I feel the \"native\" version are usually superior, they also recorded some English-speaking albums (if you don't want to jump in all the way with German lyrics).\n",
"A great uncle of mine was the arch bishop during WWII, according to family legend. He stayed with the cathedral through the war—you may still be able to see bullet holes and damage from shrapnel if they haven’t fixed it since my dad visited. Apparently, he’s part of the reason it’s still standing...again, according to family legend. \n\nUnfortunately, only days after the ceasefire, he was crossing the street when he was hit by a car and killed. \n\nI’ve been meaning to make my own trek out to see the cathedral in person. We have some amazing photographs at my parents’ house when it’s lit up at night—shock green and gorgeous. \n\nEdit: typo",
"Reminiscent of bloodborne ",
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"So? ",
"awesome view ",
"This looks exactly like the castle from that one amazing series, wizards of waverly place",
"That's what struck me when I visited. The thing looms over the city and looks...evil. It's wicked cool, though. ",
"So move the city.",
"Koln is amazing, one of my favorite places in Europe. The cathedral, heumarkt right next to it is awesome. Great town...\n\nAlso, the Pascha ain't bad either.",
"If you're not my friend Chris, which it looks like you aren't based of [this lovely picture of you dressed as Misty from Pokemon...](https://m.imgur.com/gallery/SYhVR) Then this is blatantly stolen from @weinaboutit0527's Instagram! shame on you!",
"A cult is supported by everyone? ",
"Köln hauptbannhoff",
"Damn! That's dirt cheap! It costs like $90 just tour the fucking Biltmore Mansion here.",
"r/evilbuildings ",
"They found the chantry. Must inform the Pyramid.",
"Nice joke my dude.",
"When you see the Dom almost everyday you forget how special it's until you read the comments :-)\n\n",
"Loads of good techno clubs there, annoy!!! ",
"I'm not ashamed to say that would be me.",
"When I was in grade 12 we went to see it. Got out of the tour bus and I looked up and saw the largest church I've ever seen. I was then tapped on the shoulder and told to turn around. If you'd like the same experience try it here... Just take a look and turn around. It was phenominal!\n\nhttps://www.google.ca/maps/@50.9417436,6.9560751,3a,75y,264.5h,99.25t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s54nxkTsgITTCVjJeJl0Alg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en",
"I made it most of the way up, but it was January and really cold. I wound up having an asthma attack and didn't make it all the way up to the viewing platform. There's a spot like 3/4 of the way up that you can pause and get out of the stairway. I waited there for everyone to get back from the top and tried to get my asthmatic ass under control. ",
"bonfire ahead",
"awesome",
"I actually got petrified on the top of the Berliner Dome a few years back. It had a metal roof that buckled when you stepped on it. Worst moment ever.",
"The shell was mostly intact. It was hit with more than 70 bombs during the fighting. Every bit of the glass, roof, and interior as well as most of the exterior fascia was destroyed. ",
"They're electric\n",
"Another interesting thing is, that in the middle part of the climb, you're in a huge hall far above the ground and there is a caged staircase in the middle of the hall made with floors that you can see right through to the bottom of the hall. So yeah, if you got fear of height, this the point were you start crawling on all four and close your eyes. https://cdn1.pureglam.tv/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/koelner_dom_aussicht_oben_turm_besteigung_treppen_PGLA6577_04.jpg",
"A lot of people from around the world want into both of those countries. You are shifting away from your initial point implying that Germany is a dangerous place, which is funny considering the crime rates in the US, especially the murder rate. How do Americans deal with that?",
"Still was in many ways till merkel invited a trillion muslims there",
"Looks like it belongs in \"Bloodborne\"",
"Ugh Anor Londo",
"That's too bad. I live in Colorado, so there aren't many buildings even *that* old. Everything around here feels so fresh and new compared to even other places around the US I've been to, so it's really wild for me thinking of structures that are many hundreds or even thousands of years old. We have some neat cliff-side dwellings that are old like that, but obviously they aren't still being used, and haven't been for a long long time.",
"Trader Joe's has an alt right now from their own Josephsbrau brand, might be seasonal though.",
"Jews?! GAS EVERYONE!!",
"Haha, yeah that's a good quote. I work with a couple guys that drive over 100 miles everyday each way to work. They're crazy, but they don't even blink at it. My 10 mile commute is fine by me!",
"I've climbed this spire a few times. The first time in '96 there was no cage around it and my uncle said a couple of people jumped off it every year. The second time in \"99 there was a cage stopping jumpers.\nAn interesting fact is Albert Einstein was born in Ulm, pretty much in the shaddow of that cathedral. ",
"Very likely, yeah. Would still be nice to have a name or something though , just for the fun. Making the HP- world a big bigger and more-dimensional. ",
"I remember exiting the train station my first time there and looking up in awe at how amazing that building was right before me. No picture will ever do it justice, it is absolutely massive and yet every corner of it is detailed. I highly recommend visiting Köln sometime in your life, and be sure to go on the Rhine river booze cruises while you’re there! :)",
"The cathedral also really stands out from far away.\n\nhttps://imgur.com/WDcDOrV",
"Stepped off the train in Dark Souls ",
"r/evilbuildings",
"R/evilbuildings",
"I can happily say I've been there :) \nThat's all. Carry on. ",
"Noice",
"Try Sünner!",
"amazing view ",
"If what happens between priests and altar boys wasn't okay, God would say so!",
"I've been there for Christmas markets, had a fantastic time and really enjoyed the cathedral too, but I didn't see a whole lot else that would attract me back at a different time of year. But those Christmas markets really are great!",
"It isn't. It's a local meme about the Airport, which should have been finished years ago, but still isn't even close to finishing\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Brandenburg_Airport\n",
"It might as well be something out of [Irithyll.](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ZPbb80mcKU4/maxresdefault.jpg)",
"Man the new bloodborne looks super good",
"Not to mention how they brought Roman ruins right around the corner too. Astonishing ",
"wow!",
"Try becoming the state capital first, guys! ;)",
"> How do Americans deal with that?\n\nTighter immigration laws.",
"Nope it's about an Airport project in Berlin started in 2006 with a budget of 2 billion and a scheduled finish date of 2011.. Now it's 2017 they have spend 5.2 billions and \"plan\" to finish in fall 2020. It was the biggest building project ever planned in Europe when it was announced.",
"r/evilbuildings",
">Try again. \n\nSince you obviously just dont want to answer the question, let me explain.\n\nYou said America has problems and elude to mass shootings as an example. I use hyperbole to agree that we do have problelms, making your argument that I will never say America does not have problems invalid.\n\nI then proceed to ask the question: if America is such a scary place with a litteral racist hitler in power and shootings everyday, why is it the number 1 immigrated to country in the world if it is so awful?",
"Wow that building is gorgeous",
"I was thinking O Fortuna from Carmina Burana! =D",
"Not only that, when you reach the top...there's more stairs! Had to basically hug the wall for everyone to have room. My wife was the real trooper though...made the climb with our 2 year old in a carrier on her back",
"Cologne is a fantastic city",
"It's important to note that the Colone cathedral isn't that old compared to other churches. Although the construction started in 1248, there didn't happen much until it was finished from 1842-80.",
"What’s the percentage of murders committed by illegals compared to citizens like? I would doubt that the number would plunge significantly even if the US wouldn’t let anyone in from now on.",
"Come to Yorkshire. There’s a pub at the bottom of my street that’s a couple of hundred years older than the USA and that’s not unusual. Love the USA by the way and had some very memorable holidays there ( but also I’m always struck by how few Americans really bother to travel ) NB uninformed viewpoint based on anecdotes only ",
"Hello Hunter",
"Ornstein and Smough",
"That actually helps. Great perspective.",
"Uhh what \"liberals\" are you talking about here? The ones you made up in your head? Why would they want to tear down old churches? The American Democratic party is more right than many conservative parties in Europe, and we certainly do love our old churches.\n\nHow can you still be so tribalistic when you're even living in Europe right now? A place where many different viewpoints and parties exist, where the population is not divided into \"liberals\" and \"conservatives\" whose only objective seems to be to hate an unrealistic made-up version of the other group?",
"/creepybuildings\n",
"I wonder how many muslims piss on this on there way to the mosque",
"The inside of the chapel is amazing as well. I was there in 2002. There are old sections of Roman walls nearby too. ",
"yeah in germany there is no real secularization. people are paying for the bishops salary with their taxes. and that is not the people who pay taxes for church since they are members of it, but everybody who is paying taxes. this comes from the German mediatization (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_mediatization) dating back to the year 1803. \n\nby the way the german state payed 14,8 billions to the catholic and the protestant church since 1945. and a bishop gets officials salary of 10-15k € per month.",
"Looks like something straight out of blood borne.",
"We're you approached by Marty Feldman, by any chance??",
"Here in [Cologne](https://youtu.be/Nxx5WvePCtY) , I know I said it wrong. ",
"While I'm really not fond of the church I think it's ok that building maintenance is funded with taxes. The salaries however...",
"Don't worry. Europe won't have these much longer, either. They'll all be converted to mosques eventually.",
"Thanks for sharing your story, it made my heart warm up!\n\nI met the love of my life next to the Dom. It's been almost seven years now and while so many things have changed, the Dom stays the same. We still have a glass of wine while looking at it in the evenings and it sometimes feels like it's been watching us, like a guardian, as we grew as a couple.\n\nThere sure are other cities that are more beautiful than Köln, but I don't want to leave because \"home is where the Dom is\". <3",
"what blew my mind when I was living in Germany for a year and a half were the castles. Just driving around and boom - old castle. Just really really cool to see them spotting the landscape. Also, once you get out of the big cities and you just have little hamlets surrounded by farmland. YMMV - I was in central Germany. I never got a chance to see anywhere else, except Cologne. ",
"Looks like hogwarts",
"I was just saying to myself I would like a bigger picture and I wonder what that cathedral is called. Thank you!",
"This is not the immediate view from the train tracks. If you walk 100 m from the train station you get this view. ",
"It's illegal to shoot fireworks without a permit except for those 3 days. We gotta use 'em right.",
"beautiful ",
"What the hell do women do?",
"Wow! Those Germans sure can build ",
"Was there a few years ago because of gamescom. sneaked a few pictures (not high quality, shitty camera back then)\n\nhttps://imgur.com/rczZJlP\n\nhttps://imgur.com/vn5McsV\n\n(the second one kinda annoyed me since i took like 10 fotos from the outside and i couldnt for gods sake get a clear picture. it would always turn blured)\n\nhttps://imgur.com/WCVe24d\n\nhttps://imgur.com/ZaxbmPU\n\nhttps://imgur.com/38pjANf\n\nhttps://imgur.com/cd0IGSO\n\nhttps://imgur.com/EsSVdOZ\n\nhttps://imgur.com/nSVGKur\n\n",
"I promise you both ways are okay. For those who don't speak german it can be hard to pronounce Köln. Like I'm not sure I could explain it via text.",
"German Efficiency.",
"When i was there few years ago about 3am the night was alot darker and bats were flying all over this place :D Try going back there in summer at night :)",
"Trains all work on electricity by now.",
"I’ve lived here my whole life and I never got used to how amazing it is. When I come back after a trip the first sight of it (from the Autobahn driving into the city) is making me feel at home. ",
"The word means rod in German, too. Or boner. Or pole.",
"Is there still a McDonalds across the street. I am as there in ‘77 and\nrecall being annoyed that there was one. ",
"Teenage me spat off the top of there!.... teenage me was a bit of an arsehole to be honest.....",
"https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UVg5Mnj02zA",
"thats almost 2 city blocks \n",
"You should hear an organ concert inside it. It's truely beautiful.",
"This is where I live (the city). Home is where the Dom is!",
"r/evilbuildings\n",
"More photos: https://imgur.com/a/kHPbx\n\nNo cool fog when I was there like OP, but hopefully those pictures give a sense of the scale.",
"That is an amazing structure",
"Dom Doner is the best, like 100 yards away :) ",
"Imagine back in the day being some peasant coming to town, and being able to see that from several miles away.",
"That’s epic! It looks surreal",
"Laurence no question. At least you can cheese Gascan with environment. ",
"What an ugly welcome 😝",
"**hee du poppekopp - Kann et sin, dat du jet an de mütz häs?**",
"Welcome to Hogwarts! ",
"You think it's beautiful, right?\n\nHowever, consider that the northern half of mainland Europe is currently being poisoned by particulates from burning solid fuel due to their love affair addiction to residential wood burners & burning of \"renewable\" biomass (wood) for electricity generation. An \"addiction\" would also be an appropriate term.\n\nSemi-live map: http://airindex.eea.europa.eu\n\nActual live map with citizen sourced data: http://deutschland.maps.luftdaten.info/\n\nCurrent image: https://imgur.com/rPHW0Sj - Köln is one of the red clusters in the middle.\n\nThe World Health Organisation [24h average limit](http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs313/en/) is 25 micrograms. The EU PM10 24h max is [50 micrograms](http://ec.europa.eu/environment/air/quality/standards.htm). The EU doesn't have a PM2.5 24h max, which is the more harmful.\n\nNational governments are silent...",
"Absolutely. If Pontiff Sulyvahn lived in Germany that cathedral is where id expect to encounter him.",
"Imagine all those generations of families working on the cathedral and never seeing it finished. ",
"Ahahaha this is so accurate it hurts.",
"One of the most magnificent gothic cathedrals in Europe.",
"Here's an album I put together of the base of the stairs, going up, the view from the top, and the bell tower: https://imgur.com/a/Xh4Im",
"[You can climb it, too.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hxt0fF8HEzg)",
"Hahaha good one i know the temple of time when I see it ",
"**GET BACK ON THE TRAIN YOU FOOL**",
"Reminds me of bloodborne ",
"I didn’t know it was so close to the train station. I was hesitant to go outside because I thought it’s gonna be far and I don’t want to put in so much effort because my train leaves in 30 minutes. I’m glad I walked outside though because it’s right next to the train station.",
"Looks like a scene from Dark Souls ",
"Well the building is also UN world heritage, therefore upkeep shouldn’t be a question also for the state. What is not right, that everyone has to pay taxes towards the church. Only if you are a member of the church, a part of your salary is directly given to your church, depending on your tax rate. This money is used for bishops‘ salary etc. So no member of a Christian church, none of your money will be given to any church.",
"And you'll know that this isn't next to the train station. But it is an amazing cathedral. Love the city as well",
"It sat unfinished for a century at one point. People parked their horses in it.",
"Bearer seek seek lest",
"Did you board from platform 9 and three quarters ?",
"Don't forget to light the bonfire on the left side before you go in to fight Pontiff Sulyvahn.",
"Was it the hogwarts express?",
"It’s ok if it is. It looks like it should be in Gotham City",
"Mate, sure, hence why it's illegal. Doesn't make the pic less impressive.",
"Yeah just so people are aware there are very few places to stop and take a breather outside of 1 area where you can see the bells and another where the regular staircase stops near the top and you can continue up another to the very top. So be aware you will be climbing up stone steps for along time in a staircase barely wide enough for people to squeeze pass each other and you cannot just stop.",
"I love the Dom.",
"Another way we can put a dent in violent crime is lifting people out of poverty.",
"I didn’t even notice it until I got off of the train and out of the station, coming in from the airport!",
"My favourite place",
"Mate, if you actually worked on it, you probably hated your job and you didn't care about the end result at all :)",
"Cologne Cathedral is my favorite cathedral based on looks.\n\nEdit: \"My favorite looking cathedral\" was changed for obvious reasons.",
"/r/evilbuildings",
"/r/evilbuildings",
"Totally belongs in r/EvilBuildings",
"r/evilbuildings",
"This kind of reminds me of the Castle of Insomnia from Final Fantasy XV",
"Loved it there at Christmas. This was the walk from the Christmas Market dwarfed by the cathedral back to the station - https://youtu.be/CvrYiFVMBmY?list=PLnhoBFgbzL9Opu2TwCEUbpP1B84mPAOem&t=576",
"maybe just me but it reminded me of northrend in wow ",
"It’s so yuge Donnie Dipshit once asked if he could slap his name on it",
"lmao",
"I know a girl who’s seen all the pillers of the earth ",
"Child please, that's Hogwarts!",
"Nope.",
"I think the craziest fact about the Kölner Dom is the fact that they started building this sucker in 1248... and it was only finished in 1880, 632 years later. They stopped building in 1473 and it was left unfinished until the Prussians found the original plans and decided to complete it in the 19th century. Glad they did!",
"I did a study abroad in Bonn and we would always hang out in cologne. I believe the three wise men are buried inside.",
"I was told that the bomber pilots had orders to spare historical significant buildings if possible.",
"This would be really reasonable yet I wonder how the current administration wants to achieve that. I am not totally up to date but I would guess that the majority of the republicans and democrats would still somewhat use „triple down“ schemes. ",
"Hey I was there then too..maybe we were there together :)",
"> And proceeded to talk about a mile \n\nYou must be related to my wife.",
"Looks like yharnam, good luck outsider.",
"I didn’t say any of that, again, stop putting words in my mouth. Every time a picture is posted on here of someone in Europe you can guarantee some gobshite will post about “mind you don’t get run over/groped/stabbed” as though the US doesn’t have huge problems of its own.\n\nIf everyone is getting groped/stabbed/run over in Europe, why does the fat liar in the White House keep saying everyone wants to live here too?",
"Beware, there might be a beastly vicar in there. Bring your molotovs.",
"I'm very glad this (and many more!) didn't get (totally) destroyed during World War 2. To think that ISIS and other groups are destroying landmarks today is just heart-breaking. ",
"R/evilbuildings",
"Great place to visit but not the best QOL you can get for your money in Germany.",
"SAD!!",
"I have to say that the Big Ben isn't as impressive as I expected. Still a beautiful tower though.",
"And to the guy who decided to level Monte Cassino, fuck you.",
"1987, took a train from Frankfurt, GE to Sweden. Köln was a stop on the way. I remember looking out of the train as we pulled into the station at night. The cathedral FILLED the sky. Amazing. ",
"Came for this comment. Thank you! ",
"r/evilbuildings",
"Poverty is a tough issue. We insensitive poverty and deviant behavior with our lax and bloated welfare programs. Creating job opportunities (which the current admin has done very well so far) is part of the solution, but not all of it. It's an economic and social mess that is difficult to untangle and not a quick and entirely painless process.",
"Final Fantasy 7 anyone? ",
"There is a lot of intricate shit to break, makes sense.",
"Thought this was r/evilbuildings for a minute ",
"It's not the Germans, it's the people in Cologne specifically.\n\nAnd really they're mostly saying that because they're slow drinkers.",
"If you're not my friend Chris, which it looks like you aren't based of [this lovely picture of you dressed as Misty from Pokemon...](https://m.imgur.com/gallery/SYhVR) Then this is blatantly stolen this from instagram! @weinderfulworld posted this while in Germany! Shame on you!",
"All the graffiti in there makes me sad. ",
"It really is! It was amazing to climb the tower up to the observation deck as well... also very sweaty! But it has such a lovely location right over the river and you can see the entire city from it; I want to go back someday.",
"r/evilbuildings",
"Ok now where are the knights with the over sized bow and arrows?",
"That's a really mean thing to say. I mean, it's true, it just so happens to also be mean.",
"To distinguish gothic from Roman architecture, please do not rely on the color of the stones. When these cathedrals were built, they used the stones they could find in the area and that determined the color of the stone. \nGothic architecture has pointy arches whereas Roman achitechture has rounded arches. Also, gothic churches are built much higher and seem to point up to the sky whereas Roman architecture churches are in general heavier, more solid and sturdier. That has also something to do with the Roman style churches to be older than gothic style, so architecture skills where not as refined yet. Depending on the area you’re at in Europe, Roman style churches are errected up until the 1000’s, followed then by gothic style that was followed by baroque architecture. \nDon’t mess up neo-gothic styles from the 19th century with the real deal though! They’re usually much richer In Decoration and are in a too good to be old condition. ",
"533 steps to climb the Cologne Cathedral for a view height of around 100 meters. ",
"Paris though? I find the city quite overrated. I'd also advise against Hamburg and, if we're talking Germany, maybe go on a castle sight seeing tour - that's something guys in the US just don't have. And then those old parts of towns like in Freiburg for example - probably more interesting than the usual metropolis.",
"About 5 mins before being sexually molested by African migrants.",
"> Nightmare Mensis\n\nNightmare of Mensis*",
"*Phantom of the Opera music intensifies*",
"Yeah, it is. I think it's because it's under construction, but also it's above an entrance to a gift shop. ",
"Agreed, but its Germany. They seem to be big on it.",
"Was this before or after you got groped by peaceful immigrants?",
"Bloody hell. Zizek was right.",
"r/evilbuildings",
"You might want to summon some help with Smough and Ornstein.",
"When I was there on business, the local guy from the company took us there and said we're going to take the tour. Ok cool. Then we started climbing the stairs. For like what seemed like an hour. The view from the top is worth it though.",
"Bloodborne reference",
"R/evilbuildings",
"So I traced my family lineage back to Köln, and I really want to visit it someday. \n\nBeautiful pic ",
"This is Castlevania on the PS4 Pro",
"It's just incredible to see if you are German, too.",
"My mom and dad went to Germany for their honeymoon waaaaaay back. He is highly claustrophobic and scared of heights, so would tell her to go to the top of the cathedrals and such and he'd take a picture of her.\n\nShe finally figured it out on the third one. :)",
"Visited a few weeks ago with my parents, their first time there (my second). Obviously didn't help that it was a very grey, dark day, but they were slightly underwhelmed, expecting more historical architecture.\n\nThen I reminded them how, as Brits it's slightly ironic to be complaining about the lack of pre-war buildings in a German city.",
"Anor Londo?",
"A majority of it was built in the 19th century, it isn't that old.",
"Mir losse de Dom in Kölle, denn do gehört er hin!",
"Yep. I live in Köln and it actually looked like that this morning. ",
"Ugh. San Diego is such a boring place. Cant wait to retire and go some place more interesting.",
"Warhammer 40K anyone?",
"Warhammer 40K anyone?",
"It's a really excellent city in a populous and profitable section of Germany. I wouldn't leave if I were you either unless I had a problem finding a job or something. There isn't anything that some other city would do significantly better than this one does anyways mostly. ",
"Warhammer 40K anyone?",
"Upvote for 'Köln' instead of Cologne!",
"Warhammer 40K anyone?",
"Warhammer 40K anyone?",
"Warhammer 40K anyone?",
"Haha... If only a wife could be Kölsch ",
"Warhammer 40K anyone?",
"Warhammer 40K anyone?",
"I remembered that really different then. I learned in history class that the whole roof was shattered and the structural integrity was really close to collapsing. ",
"Just wait until you see the front!",
"Compared to every nation except Switzerland and Japan it's still a modern miracle. Though I will say I was pleasantly surprised by Italy's Trenitalia. ",
">And really they're mostly saying that because they're slow drinkers.\n\nYou can't enjoy a beer if you only want to down it quickly",
"The view coming up those stairs is easily the most breathtaking man-made sight I’ve ever had the opportunity to experience first-hand. Thanks for the memories, OP. ",
"You can if you just drink more of it.",
"Beautiful. My mind went to thoughts of Van Helsing for some reason ",
"*Sound effects here* Dark Souls ",
"Ah, the Kölner Dom! I lived near this when my parents were ex-pats in the 70's. Used to see it all the time as a kid. Might go back one day to visit and see how things have changed.",
"Bombers used it for orientation for a long time during WWII",
"R/evilbuildings",
"ANOR LONDO",
"I get the reasoning behind building and living in new houses. I have friends and family that live in 100 year old houses, and while they can be very nice, they definitely lack some amenities I enjoy. I've never lived in anything older than like 40 years old, so I'm not an expert on any if this, lol.",
"I’ve been there. Woohoo I’m part of the cool kids club. ",
"/r/evilbuildings",
"There is definitely a player sized boss in there.",
"Interesting to know. To give something back: If the proposed coalition eventually forms, refugees will have to live in a center in which the whole asylum progress is concentrated. They will also not receive money anymore but only payment in kind. \n\nHaven’t seen this on English reddit so far, so it should be something you didn’t know. ",
"Du bes verlieb in dinge staatse Dom.",
"I’ve always wanted to visit Germany. Great picture.",
"That church legitimately made me jump back and try to duck out of the way the first time I saw it.\n\nI got to Ulm late in the evening, dropped my stuff and the hotel, and started walking to find some food. I end up wandering around some small alleys just looking at signs trying to find something g to eat.\n\nThen I round a corner and see this building out of the corner of my eye. I glance up and suddenly- boom. Giant. Fucking. Church. I jumped back and tried to duck, like it was coming after me. I was probably only 20 meters away when it came out of nowhere.\n\nThen I found the Christmas festival, ate some sausage, drank some gluhwine, and found 5 euros.",
"Just came back from short break there today! Cathedral is definitely the highlight, although didn't anticipate the afterburn left in my legs after climbing to the top of the tower! Those are some narrow stairs!",
"I'm sure it's been said already buuut - /r/evilbuildings much?",
"Been there and love it",
"The boss fight in there must be incredible ",
"I would love to see a picture of this. That is magnificent.",
"DOM!",
"I climbed those steps up to the top of the Kölner Dome and it's a lot of fucking steps lol.\n\nworth it though.\n\nCheck out Trier if you can, if you liked this you'll love that town",
"My picture wasn’t as good and dramatic but an evil building is an evil building ",
"Thank you Dark Souls",
"kölsch is carbonated piss",
"Yep, visited Cologne in my teens in the 90s and my most vivid memory is arching my neck to stare up at the facade of the cathedral and getting vertigo even though I was firmly on the ground. One of the finest examples of Gothic architecture anywhere.\n\nIIRC there used to be a cage hanging from one of the spires where a prisoner was locked in as torture until he died. Either they still had the cage there with a replica skeleton or they took it down or something. Hopefully someone can clear this up for me.",
"A highlight of my trip to Germany winter before last was spending fifteen minutes trying to understand that one of the gentleman meant for me to take off my hat when I stepped through the doors to the cathedral. Boy I still cringe when I think about how dumb I am. ",
"you should have noped the f away just went backwards into the train and yelled take me home this is a vampire castle",
"Honestly, as a European I somewhat disagree. It's a bit sad to see people who visit Europe maybe just once in their lives only visit the standard cities and buying postcards of the standard landmarks.\n\nYes, lots of large European capitals are worth a visit if you're passing by. But from a tourist's point of view, they all offer a perspective on life that really isn't very representative of our cultures. If you want to get a feeling for how life in France differs from life in Italy (or even how wildly different one region in France is from another), don't go to Paris and Rome. Go pretty much anywhere in the countryside instead. You will see as much history as you would in the major cities (more if you do your research), but you will also get a less curated taste of what the country and its cultures are like, and how people's everyday lives tie into that history.\n\nTelling Americans in Europe to visit Paris and Rome is like telling European tourists in the US to visit New York and Disneyland. I did visit New York a few years ago, but working as an on-site consultant in Bumfuck, Indiana for a few weeks the year after really was a much more interesting experience than taking a picture from the Rockefeller building. I don't feel like ever going back to NY or Chicago, but I'd be very interested to see what it's like in other parts of the US.",
"Equip the crown of illusion to reveal Cainhurst castle",
"R/evilbuildings\n",
"But it makes it the perfect post for r/evilbuildings.\n\nEdit: of course it's already been posted there.",
"Fucking Frenzy. God damn I'm glad I don't have to go through that again.",
"/r/evilbuildings",
"Pontiff Sulyvahn lives in Germany? Who would've guessed.",
"Looks like the Cathedral where you fight Pontif Sylyvahn in Irythil of the Borreal Valley. May have spelt everything wrong there but oh well.",
"You can find them anywhere. I'm from Delft, Netherlands. We have two large churches (and a bunch of smaller ones) in a town of about ~100k now.\n\nThe [New Church](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nieuwe_Kerk_(Delft\\)) was built throughout the 1400's.\n\nThe [Old Church](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oude_Kerk_(Delft\\)) was built from 1246, and expanded until the 1500's.\n\nThose aren't as imposing as cathedrals, but still. The United States is young enough that our town's 'new church' is twice as old.",
"it's crazy how big it is, i took this pic a while back when i lived in Ulm https://imgur.com/bFtupSn\n\nputs the height really in relation\n\nthose \"small\" towers in the back are 86m high, that's almost as high as the famous [Munich Frauenkirche](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/da/Frauenkirche_Munich_-_View_from_Peterskirche_Tower2.jpg) (~100m)\n\ncomparison of all [three](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/69/Groessenvergleich_UL-K-M-B-AC.jpg) ",
"[Inception noise] DOMMMMMMM!\n\nThe doughnuts around that area are the best I've ever had in my life. ",
"Every year I fly to Köln to visit the Gamescom.\n\nAnd it's so beautiful when you see the city from above and everything ist just grey with some spots of green.\n\nAnd then, out of nowhere you see this really massive black building, which is ten times higher than the second largest building in Köln.\n\nI could travel there via train but this event is worth the money.",
"People often have the same reaction walking out of Newark International Airport",
"/r/evilbuildings would love this OP",
"It's fucking huge. As in takes 15 minutes to climb up shitty and ancient stairs to get to the top. They couldn't even ring the bell for fear of structural damage. ",
"A German \"Dom\" is actually not the same thing as a cathedral though. A \"Kathedrale\" is a cathedral and only churches with episcopal see get to be called Kathedrale.\n\nA Dom is just a big church, which may serve as a cathedral if additional requirements are fulfilled.",
"When I first visited Köln, I didn’t know the location of the Dom and I remember coming out of the train station and my jaw dropped. It hurt to look at it, it’s massive - this photo doesn’t do it justice. So amazing. \n\nAlso if you want to go in it make sure your shoulders are covered and you’re wearing normal/conservative clothes or else they won’t let you in.",
"There's a good currywurst cart at your 9.",
"Technically the Dom was more or less a ruin for 600 something years and only finished in the 19th century. So the worst it has seen was probably WWII.",
"Yeah that was a tricky one. Anyway, the next train to your destination departs on the other side of the crab nebula. \n\nWe apologize for the inconvenience.",
"Don't bother, this guy is a literal Nazi",
"I feel like this is a great location to film a Batman movie. ",
"LIKE THE FACT THAT CHINA HAS A SMALLER IMIGRANT POPLATION PERCENTAGE [THAN NORTH KOREA?](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/4lmm61/what_is_a_fun_fact_that_always_blows_peoples_minds/d3omeoh/)",
"Off topic question here... how did these structures survive allied bombing during WWII? ",
"While true, that's not an interesting fact.",
"Amazing, thank you! ",
"/r/evilbuildings",
"r/evilbuildings",
"It’s ok I guess. ",
"three, there are two 86m ones in the back",
"In my case, I was the friend that encouraged my friends to climb the stairs with me. Basically, I was roaming the cathedral, saw the spiral staircase, and thought “why not?” I had NO IDEA how high up it went, that people were also going down, and that I would sweat my ass off with no AC during a heatwave. Needless to say, I found out all three quite quickly. \n\nBut I agree — the view made it all worth it. ",
"Ha yeah, i posted it there at the same time i posted it here ",
"Wow! The new Dark Souls Remaster looks great!",
"it's actually so big it could only be completed in the 19th century when steel was available to support the roof\n\ni think, but i'm not sure, it was the first steel supported stone building in the world",
"Beautiful! ",
"Don't worry, underage drinking is a cultural thing in Troisdorf.",
"Next time you go back, you need to climb the [Ulm Minster](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/07/a9/8f/07a98fa67b1324119f7eec9667ef12dc--sacred-architecture-church-architecture.jpg). I’ve climbed both, and the Ulmer is much more intense and scary of a climb. As you know, the Kolner’s climb ends at the top of the tower, below the spire. But the Ulmer keeps going. [There is a tiny set of spiral stairs](http://l7.alamy.com/zooms/66ce46c986434d0aa3dce1fdc6796733/spire-interior-view-staircase-to-the-viewing-platform-ulmer-muenster-cre0ax.jpg) that are basically floating in the middle of the spire that take you to [a tiiiiiiny platform at the very top](https://i.pinimg.com/564x/a7/5f/02/a75f021c8c8868f2590f8a2fda3cb309--ulm-cathedral-cathedrals.jpg). I love heights but I’ll admit that I had to stand at the bottom of final set for 10 minutes to work up the courage to keep going. It’s incredibly tight and steep with openings that look out 360 degrease across the entire city with the outer walls of spire getting increasingly close to you. I was shaking by the time I reached the pinnical. It’s a crazy experience. ",
"All the detail on the cathedral means that the graphics pipeline is vertex bound, especially on minspec. They tried minimizing this as much as possible with intelligent LODing, parallax maps and limiting camera angles, but in playtesting people complained about not being able to look up and this was the last minute dirty fix so that they could hit their target date.",
"I remember standing in front of that cathedral and looking up at it and just not being able 'get' how big it is. Like I was looking at something impossible. My brain was just going 'nope. It can't be that big' even though I was standing right there looking at it in person. Such an incredible building.",
"Hey Kölle do ming Staadt am Ring!",
"Gaffel Kölsch is the shit.\n\nAnything that goes as Kölsch in USA doesn't come close to the same flavor.",
"Team Reißdorf",
"Just one many mistakes made when rebuilding the city. ",
"The Cathedral of Strasbourg is a lot more impressive.\nhttps://www.batorama.com/sites/default/files/2017-09/Visite%20de%20la%20Cathédrale%20de%20Strasbourg.jpeg",
"I hate the way Gothic cathedrals always cheap out on the rooftops. They're always so beautiful detailed in design that you get this awestruck feeling that you're in the presence of God himself, then you see basic flat design of the roof, and it totally breaks the illusion. I get that the Europeans of the Renaissance had no expectations that these buildings would ever be viewed from above, but still, that's just something that's always bugged me.",
"Are you SURE you’re not just playing Dark Souls?",
"If you haven’t yet, this belongs on r/evilbuildings too",
"It’s been five years, but last time I went to Paris it reminded me of New York City pre-Giuliani, early 80’s. Lots of graffiti where graffiti should never be, and some areas constantly smelled of urine. Cities go in cycles, maybe they have cleaned it up now. \n\nStill, outside of Italy, if you are visiting Cathedrals, it is the place to be. The urine gives it that 1700’s feel.",
"Cologne was a hugely important religious place and a pilgrimage place.\n\nMoneeeeeeeey.\n\nThere‘s a local saying - when they finish the Dom the world will end (because they are constantly fixing shit on it, never ends).",
"Reissdorf. 🍻",
"\"Dom, Dom, Dom\" plays dramatically on a pipe organ as you exit the tunnel.",
"Reminds me of bloodborne ",
"It's always very refreshing to see your hometown on the fresh page. Welcome en Kölle! 😘",
"I may love you if I find this.",
"Beautiful building! When i visited a couple of years ago i ended up staying in a freshly renovated hostel room a few blocks east of the cathedral. Turns out the whole night i spent in there i was inhaling a shit ton of paint fumes and spent the next two days wandering around the city feeling half brain dead. All in all still an amazing church to wander around inside and out. Plus tons of people bring there poochies to hang out in the square out front!",
"I was just as impressed with this view as I stepped of the Nachtzug from Amsterdam in 2006. Before I got on the train I ingested a mushroom that appeared to be made of some shiny metal called the \"Philosopher's Stone.\" Boy oh boy was that cathedral a sight to behold. Same foggy evening, same imposing facade, damn that was a fun trip. ",
"You need to climb the [Ulm Minster](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/07/a9/8f/07a98fa67b1324119f7eec9667ef12dc--sacred-architecture-church-architecture.jpg). I’ve climbed both, and the Ulmer is much more intense and scary of a climb. As you know, the Kolner’s climb ends at the top of the tower, below the spire. But the Ulmer keeps going. [There is a tiny set of spiral stairs](http://l7.alamy.com/zooms/66ce46c986434d0aa3dce1fdc6796733/spire-interior-view-staircase-to-the-viewing-platform-ulmer-muenster-cre0ax.jpg) that are basically floating in the middle of the spire that take you to [a tiiiiiiny platform at the very top](https://i.pinimg.com/564x/a7/5f/02/a75f021c8c8868f2590f8a2fda3cb309--ulm-cathedral-cathedrals.jpg).",
"not in germany",
"yeah but if caught, I could have been expelled from my school in the U.S.\n\nI still have memories of that Eis Fontenella (sp?) place.\n\nEDIT: wow, they have a website... http://www.fontanella.de/spaghettieis/",
"Not much to see. It's just a small black scratch at the horizon. But it IS visible, that's the thing :)",
"You're less than a day's drive from the Roman Ruins in Trier from here as well and you get to drive along the Moselle Valley to get there. Don't forget to leave time for a trip to [Burg Eltz](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eltz_Castle), and this is Riesling country, so at some point you're going to have to stop driving, start drinking, and pass out for the night.",
"I've been there. It's a mix between creepy and beautifull.",
"What's so evil about it? That sub is so thirty for content that anything not architecturally normal is an \"evil building.\"",
"I was wondering where Dark Souls took place.",
"What is a man? Nothing but a dirty little pile of secrets! Enough talk! Have at you!",
"I know this sounds awful and I kinda even wish I didn't feel this way, but have you traveled much? Asian tourists are on a whole other level of annoying from my experience.",
"Whoosh!",
"I thought I remembered the people saying it had to do with the temperature (being better cold).",
"I've never seen a train that doesn't.",
"*Castlevania music intensifies*",
"r/evilbuildings",
"The Kölner Dom. One of the most beautiful I saw when I was over there, I think. ",
"The cathedral weighs about 120000 tons - just as much as the foundation, which makes this building extremly solid.",
"Can confirm. When I got off the train, I was looking the other way and didn't realize the Cathedral was right behind me. Turned around and I just kept looking farther and farther up until I felt like I was looking straight up and still could barely see the top.",
"What a nice view, you r so lucky 😍",
"One of my favourite cities in the world. Make sure you check our the therme bath spa. ",
"One of my favorite Cathedrals I have ever visited",
"Time to hit a fog wall!",
"Off the train and straight into yharnam",
"Had a super similar experience a few weeks ago there. I was heading to the Christmas market (unaware of the proximity to the cathedral), parked my rental underground at Parkhaus Am Dom, and walked up the stairs into the street DIRECTLY in front of Kölner Dom, and it took my fucking breath away. \n\nThat cathedral is absolutely gorgeous, inside and out. One of the most beautiful churches I've ever been in, save for St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle, and Westminster Abbey.",
"I just went there as well. Right out of the station. New Years is pretty cool there too.",
"The basic structure would be pretty easy to frame in steel and veneer with stone. The decorations though...finding enough talented artisans to replicate them would be fantastically difficult.",
"Yeah, was there during the summer, those stairs can kill you! But well worth the trip up. Happened to be there during gay pride, looked out a window on my way up and saw people having sex in the fountain outside, one of them dressed as a nurse, so there’s that.",
"put this on r/evilbuildings",
"Why?",
"This is some /r/evilbuildings material if I ever saw it.",
"Yeah, one of the best places for ice cream I've been to.",
"Woah! That's pretty awesome! I'll keep that in mind if I make it back to Germany again.",
"I had to google if Berlin was your biggest city because I was just there and it has a weirdly small airport for being the \"biggest city\". I hear they're making a new one and it has become somewhat of a joke. ",
"Very r/evilbuildings vibe ",
"Like American locations smell any better.\n\nThe South literally smells like shit. Source: Have gone there for family reunions.",
"Did...did I step into bloodborne!?",
"r/evilbuildings",
"I saw that cathedral once. They call it the Köln Dom I think. A fantastic landmark! ",
"one of my favorite statements:\n\nIn the United States 100 years is a long time.\n\nIn The United Kingdom 100 miles is a long drive.",
"Reminds me of visiting Edinburgh. Work on New Town started before the US was a country. Old Town is too old to even comprehend.\n\nWhat is more amazing is all over Europe you can find 600 year old houses that people actually live in today. In America, where wood houses have always dominated, a 150 year old house is usually a museum and treated with kid gloves.",
"amazing ",
"I remember doing it the first time for my first German exchange program and being fine. I also remember doing it a second time on my third exchange and spending 15min recovering and nearly passing out on a bench at the top, and realising how unfit I'd become.\n\nI think what makes it so hard to climb is that you can't stop - it's basically a giant moving queue going up a steep 300ish steps in a narrow staircase, so if you stop, everyone else has to. Even though my legs were on fire halfway up, I had to keep walking.\n\nI have no plans to go up a third time.",
"The Cathedral is a UNESCO world heritage site. It is so large that you can see it from the highway way out side of Köln. I’m very proud to live near it.",
"Hogwarts.",
"It also predates trains, the printing press, and calculus.",
"And those stairs to the top of the tower... I still remember the jello leg feeling after climbing them. ",
"I’m all in on the German lyrics. Thanks for the info. ",
"Did you at least light the bonfire? ",
"It’s one of my favorites as well! Looked daunting, but the pages flew by. ",
"> As incredibly cool as this is \n\n> It's understandable why it's illegal. \n",
"Re edit 3. My understanding is that the Allied forces didn't bomb the Cathedral because it was such a useful reference point for navigation, so they flattened everything else in the city.\n\nCologne is one of my favourite cities, and I hope to get back there sometime soon",
"Say what you want about organized religion, but those bastards really knew how to create an edifice. ",
"The Ulm Minster is also taller than the Kölner Dom! It's currently the tallest church in the world (and will remain so until the Sagrada Familia is completed).",
"Wtf dude relax",
"There is a church about 15 miles from me that is nearly 1000 years old but most people have never heard of it.\nhttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greensted_Church\nThe town I live in has many buildings at 400 years old that we walk past without considering. They could knock a 150 year old building down to build a shop and no one would care!",
"boss fight ahead ",
"Looks straight out of Warhammer 40k",
"I remember that view coming out of the station. Intimidated the hell out of me.",
"OOOOOOOH! I don’t have to know anything about German sports to know that was a burn.",
"Not that bad actually.\n\nhttps://i.imgur.com/HSqPaLA.jpg\n\nor\n\nhttps://i.pinimg.com/originals/74/0e/70/740e70459b2a319a3808a60e252f4929.jpg",
"Bloodborne irl",
"It’s because RAM is so expensive. ",
"The didn’t bomb it because cathedral was a great orientation point for airplanes / bombers. It’s huge, and pretty much everything else was flat to some point.",
"You see this little tower to the left? I proposed to my now wife up there ",
"Looks like an elaborate minecraft build",
"ois would help. ",
"The stain glass in there is also amazing. ",
"Ha! I seriously never thought I'd see Troisdorf mentioned on Reddit. Or how we like to call it: \"trostlos\" ",
"Everyone from Düsseldorf is triggered.",
"You found Hogwarts?",
"Troisdorf on the front page? What is happening here ",
"We climbed to the top of that cathedral just couple months ago! Amazing!",
"r/EvilBuildings ",
"greetings from Cologne 🍻👋🏻",
"A buddy and I are currently trying to kill him, afterwards we will have killed every boss and ran through every area together twice in the entire game.",
"Exactly and after that, we'll blow up the moon to see if it's really made out of cheese!",
"This is where I realize I'm in a resident evil game and get back on the train.",
"Welcome home, good hunter.",
"Awesome",
"depends what im talkin bout",
"I’m sure someone’s mentioned it but /r/evilbuildings would appreciate this. ",
"That is possibly the most beautiful building I’ve seen. I know where my next travel destination is going to be! ",
"Huh?",
"R/evilbuildings",
"Not to put too big a dampener on things, but part of the reason the Kölner Dom wasn't bombed was because the allied pilots used it as a way to to rangefinding for bombing actual war targets. I like to believe that was an excuse thou :D",
"/r/evilbuildings ",
"Wowzers shaggy",
"*as I stepped off the Hogwarts Express. \n\nFTFY",
"You know, having lived around cologne my whole life and currently working there, I sometimes forget just how impressive it is. You get used to the sight I guess. This thread is a great reminder how outstanding it actually is and it's also super fun to read all the impressions of our \"Dom\" ",
"I'm not American, but I started reading your comment expecting /s but I have to agree with you. This is fantastic advice and I agree wholeheartedly. \nI'm Australian that's been living in Europe for almost 6 years now, and I STILL marvel at the age of buildings here as opposed to home in terms of age (Let's say Westernised Aus). \nI think everyone should ready Pillars of the Earth though, it's a great book. I haven't ready the 3rd one that came out recently. Last year I was lucky enough to meet Ken Follett and have him sign the 3rd copy of POTE that I've bought though.",
"🔥",
"I don't live in Köln, or even in Germany, but my dream is someday to live there and have that kind of meaningful connection to the city. Beautiful.",
"guy you dont understand, terrorists am i right?, the man on the TV said europe was a bad place now, how can they be wrong?",
"[Frau Blucher!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdIID_TGwhM)",
"well, if you're looking for garbage and the smell of urine and generally dislike feeling save and having certainty of possession of your valuables, then yes, Paris is for you.",
"Feels like Midgar.",
"[Here's one I took there in Dec 2016](https://i.redd.it/p3z683gctx1y.jpg). Great city for sure.",
"\"Losing your honour is better than losing your bladder\"\n\nRussian saying",
"Yeah no, we don't. Not while you're governed by an orange circus clown. But by all means please keep the show running it's hella entertaining to see a country loose every last ounce of respect they built up over the last 50 years in a matter of months :D",
"Sigh...\n\nMartyr Logarius is waiting for me.",
"Wasn’t there closer to 3 centuries where they didn’t do shit, though?",
"TIL Hogwarts is in Germany.",
"This picture is awesome! It almost doesn't look like a real place with the fog, more like some place you'd read about in a novel.",
"We have pubs older than the USA. If you want to really blow someones mind with how old some European cathedrals are in comparison to the age of the USA the Il Duomo di Firenze was *under construction* for **140** years. They spent nearly 2/3rds the current lifespan of the USA just building it and it's been standing over twice as long.\n\nIt's also fucking magnificent. I was pretty burnt out on touring churches after Rome but it was just awe-inspiring.",
"And if we're talking about thanking people for saving cathedrals. Thanks to the Brits who saved St. Paul's during the Bltiz. [Amazing story.](http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-12016916)",
"scary",
"Good luck! I haven't had a true Alt myself but I think TJ's version is pretty tasty.\n\nhttps://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/10707/320778/",
"*tips fedora*",
"Right?! Crazy times!",
"Hello Ashen One, please be careful not to go hollow.",
"From certain angles you can see the reworked parts quite well and bright. From Deutzer Freiheit for example.",
"Need help? My PSN tag is SpaceCowboy_067, I'd be down to gank some ass",
"thanks so much for this! i had only seen the movie before.",
"I am from Cologne and I have to say this topic is hard for us\n\nWe know that we were once one of the most beautiful cities in the world\nif you are interested, here is a video pre ww2:\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXAoEnUotOc&t\n\nit is in our hand that shit like in ww2 happened will never happen again\n\nmach et joot jung\n",
"One of nicest town in Europe ",
"Americans don't get much vacation time so it's hard to fly across the world in the little time we have :/",
"Bloodborne anyone?",
"Sorry, I know that's customary among Trump supporters but I don't have one.",
"I was in Cologne a couple of times and toured the Cathedral. It's awe-inspiring. When we were up in the towers the bells began to ring and it was so loud you felt it going right through you, literally.",
"Hogwarts",
"Is that a mosque? Reddit tells me Germany has a Muslim majority now, so that must be a mosque. Right? Right???",
"Yeah, love the movie. Made me visit Bruges and it was totally worth it. Really beautiful town and it was cool to visit some places from the movie.",
"The Allies bombed the old city of Dresden. That’s a war crime.",
"Go back where you belong. Go back to r/the_donald ",
"I've been there too. Probably the coolest cathedral I saw in Europe.",
"I don't think I would hold up Nazi economic policy as anything other than an example of irresponsible government which almost brought Germany to its knees by 1938. \nIt was under Stressman, BEFORE the Nazis, that economic recovery began for Germany. Stressman ended the occupation of the Ruhr, Stressman introduced the Rentemark and Stressman renegotiation the terms of their reparations payments under the Dawes plan. The initial recovery from the post-Versaillies depression, then, can be seen as not being ended by the Nazis at all.\n\nFollowing Stressman's death in 1929, there was another economic crisis in Germany, true - but this was not unique to Germany, but rather the result of the global Great Depression and in no way can be seen as condemning the previous economic policy of the Weimar government. If the NSDAP had been in power following the Beer Hall Putsch, the exact same calamity would have befallen them - they are, in this sense, the benefactor of their own incompetence in having failed to come to power earlier.\nThis is all, of course, before we have even gotten into the economic policy of Nazi Germany itself. Under Hitler, the Nazis ran up a deficit of around 35 billion Reichsmarks - a completely unsustainable sum that funded this so called 'economic miracle'. The only member of the Nazi administration who could plausibly be called economically competent, Hjalmar Schact, resigned in protest of the utter fiduciary and economic incompetence of Hitler, Göring and Co in their managing of Germany's economy.\n\n\nHitler HIMSELF admitted this in the 1937 Hossbach Memorandum - where he personally saw Nazi Germany in a state of imminent and calamitous economic crisis unless it undertook aggressive military 'wars of plunder' to fund it's massive debt to the very wealthy industrial elite they claimed to have been opposing. By 1939, 17 million people were on state welfare even as the official unemployment rate was at 0% - people were more dependent on the state than ever as the vast-majority of jobs were so lowpaying they had to seek governmental assistance to maintain their basic living standards - a fact often conveniently forgotten by 'economic miracle' mythologisers.\nThis is all of course, without even getting into the ethical and moral issues surrounding forced work-camps, rampant nationalisation and the suppression of personal economic freedom that accompanies a state-controlled economy like that of Nazi Germany.\n\n\nYou want to talk about economic miracles? Look at Konrad Adenauer. He was able to do far more than Hitler could possibly dream of while having a fraction of the resources (and country) Hitler did and most importantly, Adenauer DID NOT BRING UNTOLD SUFFERING TO MILLIONS OF PEOPLE.\n\n\n",
"A guy born/ raised in cologne here. What we learned: The allied never bombed the cathedral directly, because it had no strategic value to destroy the cathedral. The central station and the bridge both right next to it though were heavily attacked - and as the bombs were not as precise as today, the cathedral was hit multiple times (70+ bombing hits?). \nI heard in a presentation, that the allies needed it furthermore as a striking landmark for orientation of the bombers, and thats why they did not destroy it. Unfortunately I cannot find any source for that statement. \nAll in all, the reason the cathedral stood after the war was a combination of pure luck, dangerous work of firefighters/ maintenance personell of the cathedral to kill the fires after bombings, the lack of need to destroy it and yes, to some degree the good will of allied bombing. \nThe citizens of cologne are VERY connected to the cathedral, no matter if you are religous or not. \"Der Dom\" = the cathedral is in lots of songs and sayings. \"Home is where the cathedral stands\" and \"all is good as long as the cathedral stands\" might be somewhat the citizens say. \nSo.. no matter what, thank you for not destroying it in ww2. We NEED that thing!",
"I bet there’s an invisible Amygdala on the side of that cathedral.",
"No, that's Anor Londo",
"*takes turns with Macron sucking Merkel's swollen, terrorist loving authoritarian cock*\n\nYou better not read this comment, your home might get raided.",
">but its best for everyone if we all try to stay in our ancestral homelands.\n\nWasn't evicting people from their ancestral homelands a favorite of the Nazis?\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generalplan_Ost",
"\"Bonnie und clyde\". Best song btw. Close second \"wünsch dir was\"",
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"As a kid traveling with my German mother to Frankfurt via Koln, my American father relayed to my grandfather that my mother was traveling through Cologne. He heard she was traveling \"alone\", and was quite surprised when he showed up in a small car and had my mother, my sister, and myself and the luggage of three Americans to transport home. Koln vs Cologne always makes me smile:-) ",
"Honestly just thinking about having to take on Ulm makes me quiver in my boots. Even as Austria on the fast track to revoking.",
"It doesn't have an owner - it's owned by itself",
"Looks like Anor Londo",
"Looks like Anor Londo",
"how is it fair, that people who are not members of the church have to pay for it? what do they gain from it? historically churches have done a lot of charity work is an argument i often hear, but that was only possible since the church has taken all that money from the people in the first place. just think about how much money the church has made in europe from it's position of power alone.\n\nif you look at the \"Erzbistum Köln\" (4 bishops) and their finances, you will see that huge parts of the inner city belong to the catholic church. the fortune of the \"Erzbistum Köln\" is 3,5 Billion €, the Kölner Dom (as seen in this picture) is listed with a value of 1€ since it is not really possible to put a value on such an building. \nhaving these numbers in mind i don't see why a person who has nothing to do with religion has to pay.\n",
"> I had to google if Berlin was your biggest city because I was just there and it has a weirdly small airport for being the \"biggest city\". I hear they're making a new one and it has become somewhat of a joke. \n\nYes, Berlin (~3.5 million) is our biggest city. Followed by Hamburg (~1.8 million), Munich (~1.5 million) and Cologne (~1.1 million). The rest of my fellow 82 million countrymen live in cities with less than a million inhabitants. \n\nTegel airport is rather small. The city used to have three airports for historical reasons (divided city). Tegel in West Berlin, Schönefeld in East Berlin and Tempelhof in the middle of the city (belonging to West Berlin - that's the airport famous for the Berlin Airlift).\n\nThey are now building a new one in Berlin (BER). However, nobody knows if we will ever see it opened (currently they have already eight years delay). Maybe my grandchildren will...\n\n-> https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Brandenburg_Airport",
"Yep that's about the answer I would have expected from someone like you. On the other hand who can blame you, education is probably pretty scarce in those trailer parks.",
"Man, I'm living my life wrong.",
"that's awesome!",
"*smiles smugly*\n\n",
"Nice to see a church. Beautiful.",
"I would like to visit there someday!",
"Pfft, okay. ",
"The Kölner Dom has the largest free-swinging bell in the world, that is still actually being tolled (or rung, or played? or chimed? what do you do with such a monster? thunder it?) It weighs about 24 tons. Hook up some headphones or a decent stereo and check this out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbtqJWZT_EI\n\nAdditional pro-tip: some people in this thread mention the cologne style beer \"Kölsch\". There is some misconception about that and even most people in Cologne don't seem to get it right: You really have to drink it FROM A KEG. Not just any kind of tap like in some pizza place or chinese restaurant. From. A. Keg. Preferably you just go to some place where they serve Päffgen Kölsch.\n\nAnd no, it is not a beautiful city. It has its nice spots, but no. Before WW2 it was allegedly the most beautiful place in europe. But then germany was ze greatest of all and had to go at war with everyone else because of that and as a result cologne (and other cities) were bombed into shitholes. Keep that in mind you people who claim that your country is the best of them all. Just shut the fuck up and enjoy what you have...\n\n",
"Came here to say this. Have an upvote.",
"Yes! Thank you. I came to say this. I don’t get what Americans seem to think about Paris and why it’s so amazing - it’s not. Yeah there’s some cool shit there but there are so many better places to go across Europe. ",
"When I stepped into Notre Dame in Paris, I burst into tears. It was so beautiful and overwhelming. Now, I like artsy-fartsy stuff, fine art, classical music, etc - but I never thought I'd be moved to tears over architecture.\n\n\nCathedrals really are something you need to see in person, no photo can do it justice.",
"So the vampires and the death were like what, in 2 more minutes?",
"\"So no member of a Christian church, none of your money will be given to any church.\"\n\nthis is simply not true!\n\nduring the \"reichsdeputationshauptsschluss\" (1803) the church gave big parts of the lands it owned to the country (based on the secularization). they made a contract between church and country that the country will pay for the bishops. that is still the case up to this day. (one of many german articles related to this topic: http://blog.handelsblatt.com/handelsblog/2013/10/11/warum-zahlt-der-staat-eigentlich-die-bischofsgehalter/)\n\n",
"There are chips of missing stone that you can clearly see. It's from World War 2.",
"low draw distance",
"Fun fact: Inside the cathedral you will find a huge golden shrine which contains the remains of the three kings (yes, THE three kings who visited Jesus after his birth).",
"Just to blow your mind a bit here. In my home town our church is so old it’s only estimated how long it’s been there. But to put it this way it was old when the Norman invasion of Britain happened (1066) so roughly 1000 years",
"Looking like you finna walk in and get impaled by a spear wielding skeleton",
"Yes are there about a month early. Festival in Köln is best in Europe. ",
"The first Silent Hill didn’t age well, it’s the second one or bust.",
"I said it further in the thread but probably buried. Just to blow your mind my friend. The church in my home town is easily over 1000 years old. It was old before the Norman invasion of Britain (1066) ",
"Germany does it too, just not in Cologne",
"I was in high school, so they made the arrangements.\n\n[Couchsurfing](https://www.couchsurfing.com/) is a great way to meet people if you're older. Germans are very friendly so you can also get by as a lone traveler, and meet people along the way",
"Why does this have so many upvotes?",
"Aren‘t most Hauptbahnhöfe pretty central?",
"Typical night in Gotham",
"It was not a target but it stood directly beside the main station and by the bridge you can see in the picture which both were very important military targets so they didnt want to destroy it but the bombing was far to unprecise to spare it.",
"I got lost as shit in Germany one time and randomly off the same train stop. It was so beautiful and unexpected. ",
"And people wonder where the whole Germans are evil thing came from.....\nShow me one Herman building that wouldn't fit in with r/evilbuildings ",
"It's a gift from god if you're an indie who swindled your friends into manning your gamescom booth. \n\"Ok guys, just need to lug the whole booth setup just one more tube station, almost there!\"",
"Hogwarts!!",
"I don't live in America.. I live in north Germany.",
"Think positive and it will happen.",
"HATE SPEECH! HATE SPEECH! ARREST THIS PERSON! MY FEELINGS! MY FEEEELINGS! REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE",
"Hope you get that fancy airport someday, pal. But hey, I've been to Germany's 2 biggest cities! Neat. Thanks for the lesson!",
"holy shit Troisdorf. I got stranded at the train station on my way from Cologne to Vallendar during my study abroad and that place became a running joke in our friend group",
"Or what I call it: home\nNot the best angle, but nice picture",
"I will never forget the first time I stepped off the train in that city. I saw someone else say it in the thread, but it looks much bigger in person than pictures can convey. It is unique and breath taking in a way I've never seen anywhere else.",
"The only building I've been inside that has its own weather. Had some mist about halfway up on the inside, like indoor clouds!",
"When I visit Köln I use the Dom to help navigate. Always know where I could get to the train station if I get lost!",
"Dark souls remastered is looking great I see.",
"I got engaged there in September! We stayed at the hotel right across from this. Koln was beautiful!",
"If dark souls has taught me anything, there is a boss fight in there.",
"The funny thing about it though is that you think to yourself \"I can probably orient myself by looking for that huge cathedral\"...nope. If you're actually IN the city it's obstructed by fucking 2 story buildings.",
"Ahh, the Grand Cathedral of Yharnam.",
"Oh this is perfectly European!",
"Born in Cologne, can confirm is ugly as hell, but the people that live there make it all worth it :)",
"I remember being amazed by the sheer size of this structure. It was one of those moments when you feel so small as a human. Still one of the most intricate and beautiful cathedrals I've seen. Ever so glad I decided to take the train from Dusseldorf and visit.",
"My dad was one of those guys in WWII. He flew several missions around the cathedral in a B-24 Liberator. They had very specific instructions not to hit it. He has some great old aerial shots from their plane as they flew near it.",
"Really now? I mean I love Cologne but with it being in one of the rainiest parts of Germany, having incredible expensiv rent for a visually unappealing city, combined with a disgraceful public transport system, there are plenty reasons not to like Cologne",
"Surprised your didn't go with Castle Wolfenstein if anything.",
"Reminds me of the church-nightclub in Vampire Bloodlines",
"This is what I'd imagine Durmstrang from Harry Potter to look like. ",
"I guarantee you that this is not the view you have \"as you step off the train\".",
"With the three wise inside",
"_Welcome to Hogwarts Harry_",
"It was Summer when I visited, the small glasses and the central glass keg towers on the table surprised me.",
"Bohzee is right, you mean?",
"I do have a PHD. I also have a PhD. ",
"This is the view you have after you step off the train, elbow your way through a crowd of people for 5-10 minutes to get out of the Hauptbahnhof, and spend another 5-10 minutes walking towards the Dom and then surveying the area for the perfect angle. ",
"As someone who lives in Dortmund, I‘ve been referring friends/family interested in visiting the area to Cologne. ",
"unlikely. pissing off the french is always a valid aim in European politics",
"Are you sure this is not a Minecraft build?",
"I was there last year in the summer (was also staying in Dusseldorf), can confirm, it took me a lot of walking to get a good shot of that cathedral on my camera. Didn't have a proper wide angle to capture it well.",
"so like all you do is post nazi stuff?\n\nyou are on every single nazi sub post shit about hitler",
"Are you playing Wolfenstein?",
"Plus, the only thing close to the U.S. is more of the U.S. The international travel impulse gets kinda dimmed when it's $1000 to get anywhere vs. $100. ",
"I lived in Dortmund for a while and really really liked it there, but it's the same as it is with Cologne: not really worth it to visit ",
"Did you just go to Hogwarts?",
"Anything you’d recommend checking out in Dortmund? I live in a pretty central location but have pretty much failed to find friends or an art/music scene I like, so I find myself going to Düsseldorf most weekends. ",
"/r/evilbuildings",
"I agree completely! Before I went to Germany, I was in the Netherlands for a week. I spent an afternoon in Amsterdam, but the rest of the time was spent going to smaller towns/cities and spending a night in each. My days were spent going to farmers markets, kayaking down the Rhine, flower festivals, and just walking around and getting lost for hours. It was such an amazing experience.",
"After that many stairs, I've convinced myself that the view was worth it. Reality won't change that.",
"All the first years stand in a queue to my left. ",
"Yeah was there for a trade show this fall, and that was a weird thing I noted everywhere.\n\nI actually like 'watery' beer, so the Kolsch was up my alley.",
">The cathedral took 14 hits from dropped bombs and remained standing. \n\nI thought maybe they avoided hitting it because of it's age but I guess that'd be hard to do when you're dropping bombs back then.",
"I was there for a trade show in September and I think I saw that same thing. Near the train station.\n\nMaybe he's just a terrible busker...",
"I hope this is not Chris's blood.",
"Bruh I think you got off the wrong train. You ended up in Yharnam. ",
"I was there in the summer. And thought the kolsch was refreshing too, and easy to drink in large quantities lol. But definitely love a good hefewizen. ",
"Yeah, it reads like a joke, but no one seems to get that the cathedral might just be a bit older than the train station.",
"\"That's Fronken-shteen!\"",
"/r/evilbuildings",
"How far away is your office from it?",
"/r/evilbuildings",
"Can we have a banana for scale please? ",
"Well sure... But were talking about Germany... Not Germans. Those German States were ruled out of Austria under the HRE or France under Napolean, until Germany was Unified.\n\nSo if Germany existed since people existed in German lands, than \"Germany\" has existed for thousands of years.\n\nBut thats ridiculious. You cant claim a country existed since the time its predecessor states existed. \n\n If thats the case then US is as old as England!",
"It's still the ugliest of the German cities with more than 1 million inhabitants, but definitely worth a visit. ",
"France ruled the Rhine Confederation for 10 years in the 19th century, Austria is a German state.",
"Aw that sound amazing! Did you get to see the world-famous window dog? Poor pupper died of old age a couple years back, but he was apparently a well known stop along the canal.",
"That's funny Hogwarts was not translated in German. ",
"Gamescom?!",
"Make sure to check out die Ärzte too",
"Just vacation for me",
"I immediately checked the username. It sounds like one of those stories that are too weird to be true",
"Du hast glück mit einer schönen deutschen Frau",
"I think someone killed Gwynevere...\n",
">Seven traveled to Düsseldorf and one traveled to Köln",
"I thought I was on r/evilbuildings for a second",
"/r/evilbuildings",
"Is the drunk guy still out front, saying \"bitte or better?\"",
"Well, that's true.",
"Weak trolling for anyone reading this in the future ",
"Squat on the street",
"Is this the first screenshot from the new castlevania game?",
"Doesn't look anything like in euro truck simulator",
"hahaha",
"Although we did a canal tour I don't think we saw that dog. But there was a place along the canal where dozens of swans hang out. Really great view. And we've been to the park where he tried to shoot himself. The town itself is really beautiful with the old houses and such.",
"Dude don’t blow it up like that time in Midgar, please.",
"> Weimer\n\nKek.\n\nLearn the words before you use them.",
"D'aww. That last sentence actually made me do a grinney \"Tsss\" thing.\n\nOk. Realtalk though, what is the one amazing place (shop, restaurant, overlook, cool-lookin tree) that I HAVE to visit if I ever get there?\n\nI've got a fucking LEGENDARY bakery on Patmos to trade you for it ^^",
"Very well said! I'd simply like to clarify, according to my own reading of *The Wages of Destruction*, that it seems to me that while the Nazi credit was indeed strained, unsustainable and about to create massive inflation, the critical issue was the foreign exchange shortage and the low level of their raw material stockpiles, which threatened the number 1 priority for the Hitler government: rearmament. Couple that with a currency that stuck to the Gold Standard for far too long of course.",
"Du bist ein Zauberer, Harry",
"The Primagen's up to some fucking bullshit again.",
"I hope that's a good sign.\n\nNot sure if I really a secret tip for you. I think we did mostly the tourist stuff. \n\nOf course you have to go on top of the belfort and enjoy the view. Also a canal ride.\n\nThen there's the \"historium\" where you go from one medieval setting to another while you watch some kind of movie. Hard to explain and it's quite expensive but we enjoyed it.\n\nBut the best part for me was just wandering through the alleys at night. Enjoying the medieval buildings in the light of the street lamps. \n\nI can also really recommend visiting Bruges in december when there's the christmas market on the town square. Gives it a nice liitle touch.\n\nI could probably go on for while but tbh I have a hard time describing it with my shitty English. Hope I didn't disappoint you.\n\nYou should just see it for yourself.",
"Many were built at the edges of the cities when trains became a thing, only population and city extent increased so much they are now considered part of the city centres. ",
"I was born like 50km = ca 30 miles (sorry if wrong) away and life now like 50km in the other direktion away and i could and did see it a lot of times. ... Never rly appreciated it as i Sound as a lot of other comments Show me. Next time (in 3 days) i am there i will look at it again and appreciate what i get to see for free (ryme ftw).",
"You mean they built the sun close to the cathedral. ",
"Mer losse d'r Dom en Kölle. ",
"Welcome to Hell!",
"Poland is the same. We are all forced to support the occupying invaders. Estimated at over 20 billion złoty a year. ",
"The Mormon temples I saw in Utah all seemed to be just a square, whereas the cathedral actually is anything but a square",
"Germany is an awesome place to visit",
"People from poor countries maybe, not people from developed countries",
"Give us some examples then? ",
"Mer losse de Dom in Kölle! ",
"No I think they all know it is a joke, or I hope so at least...",
"looks like straight out of dark souls",
"No, it is much bigger than (most) other german cathedrals because it was built to be bigger than other cathedrals. AFAIK the only cathedral destroyed \"during\" the war which was not reconstructed was the Sophienkirche in Dresden, which was demolished in 1962.",
"That's in large part due to the division of the country during the cold war, where Lufthansa used Frankfurt in West Germany as their hub. Still to this day Berlin Tegel is only, the fourth busiest airport in Germany, with the leading spots being taken respectively by Frankfurt, Munich, Düsseldort",
"Sure. They're, like, $0.40 at the grocery store. ",
"You underestimate how skilled people still are at artistic design. Imagine complete freedom and 3D printers!",
"Tegel Airport (TXL) is about 30% smaller than LaGuardia (LGA), by the number of yearly passengers, but accommodates longer runways - so much fewer flight operations, but larger aircraft. Combined with Schönefeld Airport (SXF), you get about the same passenger volume as LaGuardia. Tempelhof is pretty insignificant.\n\nThe reason that the main German aviation hubs are not in Berlin is that West-Berlin used to be a tiny enclave inside the GDR (East Germany) since WW2, and up until 1990.\n\nFrankfurt/Main (FFM) in central Germany is slightly bigger in passenger volume than JFK.",
"About 40km according to google maps",
"That is huge.",
"I licked that last summer :D",
"you just got rekt by u/Shibbets son, get your nazi apologist ass out of here",
"Bitte usually ;)",
"You are thinking of the Salt Lake Temple. They come in a variety of shapes and sizes. The spires really remind me of the temples. Apparently Reddit does not agree lol.",
"r/evilbuildings",
"Wow I never thought I'd see someone mention Troisdorf on reddit.\n\n\nHow did you like it?\n",
"I live right next to the Cathedral and sometimes I just stand at my window with a beer in my hand and look at it. Also it's really fun to watch people on the Domplatte.",
"Having a coffee on the steps at night can be an interesting experience haha! ",
"Oh yeah that's what my roommate and I often do on the weekend. Just sit on the stairs and watch some people.",
"I understand that; I just find it curious how we sometimes change the name of a foreign city for the English language (albeit, other languages do this as well). Another example of this is München (Munich).",
"Yep. I live in Köln and it actually looked like that this morning. ",
"95% less scaffolding than it had 30 years ago",
"/r/evilbuildings might like this!",
"Sorted by controversial just to see how many people had said this.",
"Username does not check out.",
">Anything you’d recommend checking out in Dortmund? I live in a pretty central location but have pretty much failed to find friends or an art/music scene I like, so I find myself going to Düsseldorf most weekends.\n\n\n\nDortmund is a great city. I moved here around 3 years ago and couldn't be happier. With my parents still living in Dusseldorf I know both cities very well. Of course the cultural scene is bigger in dus, but Dortmund also offers a lot. The best place if you're into art is probably the U Tower. There are different exhibitions inside and especially the hmkv (6th floor) is really worth a visit. But the other galleries in the U are great as well. Free admission every sunday in the month to the whole tower. And you can always visit the rooftop for free, I can really recommend that. The view over the city is amazing. \n\nIf you prefer smaller galleries, you can also find a lot of them here. Most of them can be found in the neighbourhoods around the Wall (Kaiserstr/Nordstadt/Kreuz- and Unionviertel), for example \"Galerie Mattschwarz\" or \"44309 Street Art Gallery\". In general, Rheinische Str. is great if you like streetart. There are also a lot of guided streetart-tours which you can do. \n\nIf you're more into music/theatre: Opernhaus/ Theater Dortmund/Konzerthaus for bigger events (if you're a student at university or FH dortmund you can get tickets for free for opernhaus and theatre). Plus FZW, Domicil and Theater im Depot, just to mention a few. There are also a lot of poetry and science slams. \n\nIn the sunnier months there are also a lot of events all over the city(Dancing in the park, Ska im Westend, several vintage markets and street food events).\n\nWhat I'm missing a little bit is going to good clubs. Of course there's for example VIEW (and a lot more) but not the kind of clubs I would go to (just my personal opinion. There are a lot of people going there, so it's probably quite...ok). \nLuckily there are great Bars (kraftstoff etc) to go with friends. \n\nOverall I think there's really a lot to do here, so living in dtm shouldn't get boring :)",
"This cannot happen because the building doesn't belong to anyone. Officially the Cologne Cathedral is its own legal entity that owns itself. So no way to sell it for urban development because there's no owner. ;)",
"You took the french names. (at least for Cologne and Munich)\n\nI don't think that's a problem really. Old cities with lots of history tend to have different names in different languages.",
"So you don't stand by your use of the phrase 'ancestral homeland' and it actually means nothing to you",
"Apologies! English is not my mother tongue.",
"Ich nein sprechen Deutsch. Ich bin ein Afrikaner.",
"It seems you forgot that your posting history is open to everybody. \n\n*You* are the last person who can accuse anybody else of lying; it is clear that your connection to reality is debatable at best.\n\nI hope you'll get better soon.",
"Go back to your 'ancestral homeland' in Europe. \n\nNot that we actually want your kind here...",
"Hey man, I see you're still active on Reddit, but you aren't responding to the one person who is trying to seriously engage with you concerning the facts and the evidence. I would appreciate it if you gave my comment another look. I think we can agree everyone's time is wasted with pithy, trite comments such as the ones on this comment thread from both ends of the argument. Thanks! \n\nHere is the comment in question:\nhttps://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/comments/7pq89k/z/dslkr3r\n",
"The Domkapitel (the natural persons leading the legal person of the Cologne Cathedral) could in theory sell it. Very theoretic, but they could from a simplified legal point of view.",
"Funny enough, it was the bullseye during bombing raids on Cologne..",
"I'm sorry, I think I need to apologize that I wasn't clearer. So please, let me clarify: \nWe don't actually care that much if you are of \"mixed race\", since it is well known for quite some time that \"race\" is a cultural construct to describe an ethnicity, and the genetic difference between Europe and Africa, for example, is no larger as it is between you and your cousin (and/or sister). \nThe reason why we *really* don't want your kind here, is because you are an misanthropic and racist neo-nazi and nobody likes disgusting little worms like you. \n\n\nAgain, my apologies for the confusion.",
"The Pershing was pretty brutal. Too bad only about 100 made it into combat before the end of the war. You can blame Leslie MacNair for that.",
"eat shit, jesus freak",
"> They wanted the ancestral German homeland for the German people, which included recently lost areas via the Treaty of Versaille. \n\nAnd everything West of the Urals.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generalplan_Ost",
"This is what Europe is all about, stepping off a train and feeling like you're in a Harry Potter scene",
"Pretty stupid bet to make if the guy you are talking to has a german username. ",
"no shit - if the Pershing had been deployed in appropriate numbers and in a timely fashion, then various failed operations would have succeeded, the Battle of the Bulge wouldn't have happened, and the war would have been over a few months earlier.",
"If HIS son was a tanker, he sure as hell would have mass produced the Pershing in '43 as originally proposed.\n\nAlso, fuck the guys who vetoed the idea of American Fireflies. Being butthurt about using the 17 pdr simply because it was a British design is pretty petty.",
"agreed 100% - have you read \"Death Traps\" by Belton Cooper btw? goes into this from the point of view of a armoured division recovery officer. any book recommendations?",
"I'm afraid not on the book. I think I may remedy that.\n\nI remember \"Panzer Commander\" by Hans von Luck was pretty interesting. I suspect I've read other books about WW2 tanks and tankers, but don't recall what they are right now.",
"Well then you’re a sad cunt talking down your own country. Pathetic.",
"Death Traps is a good book from an unusual perspective. \n \ni liked the von Luck book, too. also \"Tigers in the Mud\" by Otto Carius.\n",
"Oooooh!! I forgot about Carius. He was alive until very recently.",
"indeed! i only found out about him when i saw his obituary. a very solid book from a very professional soldier (who became a pharmacist, IIRC).",
"He apparently liked people dropping by to say hi",
"Wrong twice. You are sure showing me with all the stuff you \"know\".",
"The Kölner dom is amazing. Pictures can't really do it justice. Looking at it up close at night, when it's illuminated, is like looking at fractals. There are all those details, and you can only focus on a couple of them at a time.",
"loved it, wish I could afford to take my family...",
">Or how we like to call it: \"trostlos\"\n\nare you from Siegburg then?",
"nope, troisdorf. ",
"ahhh I thought it was a rivalry thing. \n\nbtw, it's nearly impossible to get any imported Koelsch here in the states - best I had found was Goose Island Summertime.",
"nah, the town is just that ugly, lol. \nwell, and that theoretically can't be called \"Kölsch\" because it's not brewed here, kinda like with champagne. \nbut i'm more of a Pils-drinker, so idk. \nhow's the other beer? heard it's kinda shitty compared to german beer",
"Teenage me spat off the top of there!.... teenage me was a bit of an arsehole to be honest.....",
"yo that a cool ass picture\n",
"I don't drink a lot, but when I do, it's usually a german import (bitburger is easier to find, but still in like 1/10 stores). We have some great microbreweries, but the big stuff is just horrible. Sam Adams is probably the best big brewer in the U.S. which market size for them is like 2% or so.",
">They wanted the ancestral German homeland for the German people\n\nAnd too bad for the millions of non-Germans in those areas who would be subjected to years of murder and enslavement under German rule.\n\n>The vast majority of people in those areas were German-speaking ethnic Germans\n\nNot true. The 1910 Prussian census shows a Polish majority in the Polish corridor region.\nhttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/37/National_map_of_eastern_provinces_of_German_Reich_based_on_official_census_of_1910.jpg/2000px-National_map_of_eastern_provinces_of_German_Reich_based_on_official_census_of_1910.jpg\n\n>So it was an economic miracle, and the National Socialists wanted to continue to thrive and grow while also protecting their economy from the international bankers.\n\nMaybe you should read The Wages of Destruction before talking about something you clearly don't know anything about.\n",
"Anor Londo ",
"This is exactly what blows my mind about old structures like these. If construction began in the 1200s, parts of this building were around during the age of feudalism, the end of the Crusades, the black plague, the renaissance, the age of enlightenment, etc. If buildings could talk... ",
"False on basically all accounts. The dems are becoming more and more far left daily. European far left is close to an avg liberal minded person. There are not as many viewpoints as you would wish to exist in Europe. Most of the parties carry almost no weight so do some research. The parties in Europe act the same as the ones in the US. It seems you are the typical American who just assumes the grass is greener in the other side...well guess what? Its not the politicians are just as shitty, the people are just as ignored and people want security from terrorism (which is very real) just like people in the states. ",
"I live in Germany...\n\nAnyway, I get that you can be dissatisfied with politics (I certainly don't know who I'd vote for right now) but of all the things politicians are doing bad, you pick terrorism?! Fucking lol, thousands of people probably die prematurely because of car emissions, or slip in the shower or have a heart attack. But the handful who die because of terrorism are somehow more important to you and a reason to dislike all parties? Terrorism works not because it is actually harmful to a lot of people, it works because people like you are scared of it because it is a big event in the news once a year. The numbers don't even remotely compare to any other common cause of death. You should vote not based on fear of terrorism, but based on things like health care, and education, etc...",
"If you were a mile away there is absolutely no chance you could not see the top of it. It’s not Mordor..",
"> It was looming so large that I couldn't see the top ***from inside the rental car.***\n\n",
"Right. It’s not 1 mile high, it’s equivalent to a ~40 story building.",
"An average American liberal would be considered a to be a European right-winger.",
"Great, moody pic! Cologne's train station is renowned for having such a big chapel.",
"Great response, however I'd like to mention that there weren't rampant nationalisations in Nazi Germany, literally the opposite was true with the word \"privatisation\" itself being coined to describe the economic policy the Nazis were carrying out. There wasn't much state control either, as pointed out in this great read http://piketty.pse.ens.fr/files/capitalisback/CountryData/Germany/Other/Pre1950Series/RefsHistoricalGermanAccounts/BuchheimScherner06.pdf ",
"I wonder how many of them pissed on you so you feel like you have to write something like that",
"Thank you for posting this! I went to Europe over the summer and have so many pictures of different cathedrals that i forgot which ones were which. Now I know where this one is!"
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This was my view as I stepped off the train in Köln, Germany.
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"The scenic tunnels.......cool. I live around the corner from this.",
"Yeah it's just like Niagara Falls except I wasn't on Earth and this is my picture that I took.",
"Lava Niagara in the crab nebula? I hear it's nice this time of year. ",
"Yeah it is and this is my picture that I took ",
"Where was this photo taken?",
"It looked like it was taken at Niagara Falls almost but I wish it was but no I'm not there or on Earth really",
"Oh niagara mars....right"
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Took this picture while on a different planet this weekend. Looked like I was on Niagara Falls back on Earth.
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"yes but not with those shoes",
"question first do I need to look like a plastic pompous ass too?...actually i'd never wear that because I don't have self-esteem issues and I don't secretly hope to cruella deville. ",
"A classic suit style, great for interviews and funerals.",
"He's actually 6 inches tall and can fit in a pianist's pocket.",
"That guy. That guy would wear this."
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Would you wear this?
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/r/pics/comments/7pwr1a/homeless_couple_street_in_barcelona/
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"Looks more like a guy comforting his mother, that haircut is $32 sure.",
"This is not at all even close to the right context. OP, Trying to create the illusion of poverty by making the picture B&W doesn't work. \n\nHow do I know? Because their clothes are unwrinkled, clean & have no holes in them. Also, clean shoes",
"People with homes do sometimes sit down on the sidewalk you know, especially if they've been drinking; oh yes, people with homes do that too.",
"The picture does tell a story but maybe not the description OP gave. I maybe see a young man out shopping with his Mum who becomes suddenly unwell so he sits with her, holds her close to calm the panic, totally oblivious to the outside world and not giving a damn if someone mistakenly thinks they’re homeless.",
"well, I've talked to them. :)"
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Homeless couple, street in Barcelona.
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/r/pics/comments/7pwtd9/my_cat_named_flauta_starring_at_her_tail_for/
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"Am I missing the joke here or why is the cat called Flauta? and why isn't the cat a dog.`",
"Why are all dogs not cats is the real question here.....ah fuck it lets all just get owls or something",
"When we adopted her from the Shelter that was her name and we kept it . My wife wanted to have our cats named for food items instead of human names . I would love a dog but we need to fix the fencing in our back yard first "
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My cat named Flauta starring at her tail for Unknown Reasons
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/r/pics/comments/7pwtrz/my_father_as_refugee_from_shithole_in_1943_note/
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"My fathers family as refugees from eastern Bosnia, Yugoslavia in 1943. A shithole by any standard. I believe he is the barefoot kid in the middle. \n\nYet today, my nuclear family is typical upper middle class American. We teach our kids to be compassionate and good people first, how could we otherwise.\n\n“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!” \n\nThat's the America I cherish and love and will protect with all my strength. Because of my barefoot father.\n",
"Cool hats",
"Really interesting picture, where from Bosnia are you exactly? (Croatian asking)",
"Do you ever go back and visit the shithole?",
"They lived near Foča back then; they fled the genocide in eastern Bosnia and lived as internal refugees in Šamac 1943-44 where this picture was taken. Some extended family members were killed.",
"Not really."
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My father as refugee from shithole in 1943. Note the kids are barefoot, literally lost everything. Today my family is upper middle class American.
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/r/pics/comments/7pwug3/visiting_sydney_and_got_this_great_shot/
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[
"Looks like the fresh prince of bels palsy",
"/r/imgoingtohellforthis",
"Is it Will Smith?",
"It's me ",
"God damn, I'm speechless.\n\nHappy new year",
"how was it?! I've always wanted to go",
"Who is that ",
"just turned this into /r/RoastMe \n",
"Fweth Pwince"
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Visiting Sydney and got this great shot!
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/r/pics/comments/7pwxjp/got_milk/
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[
"seriously, r/wtf is going on here?",
"How did you get my photo of mom and dad and post it here? \n\nThey were a reverse black snake moan situation that the movie was based on. True story. \n\nDad bathing in pure goat milk was the only way he could get an erection for mom ",
"Uhhh....... ?"
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Got Milk?
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/r/pics/comments/7pwxtp/when_a_toilet_gets_more_love_than_you/
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"r/WTF",
"It'd be satisfying to pressure spray that off",
"Don't sell yourself short. Get your best gear on and make yourself up like a porcelain goddess, and go out into the world. Some one will kiss you too."
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When a toilet gets more love than you
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"Title is no joke.",
"My ̴̛̰̹̊̑͊́̃̆̀̑́̈́͌̆̋̓̏̾̉̂͆́̌̾̈́͘͝͝͠ ̶̧̡̛̛̟̺̫̪̳͈̱̦̥̯̩̙͚͈͚̹̼̭̜̦͖̯̤̥̪̖̭͉̖̣͇̙̣̭̳̮́̾̾̓͐͗̏̽̑͋̈̀̒̇͒̍̐̈́̏̄̈́̈́̀̋̃̉̇̔͂͊̾̆̐̓̃͛̌̕͜͝͠ͅ man! ̴̛̰̹̊̑͊́̃̆̀̑́̈́͌̆̋̓̏̾̉̂͆́̌̾̈́͘͝͝͠ ̶̧̡̛̛̟̺̫̪̳͈̱̦̥̯̩̙͚͈͚̹̼̭̜̦͖̯̤̥̪̖̭͉̖̣͇̙̣̭̳̮́̾̾̓͐͗̏̽̑͋̈̀̒̇͒̍̐̈́̏̄̈́̈́̀̋̃̉̇̔͂͊̾̆̐̓̃͛̌̕͜͝͠ͅ ̶̦̔̆̎̍͗̓̾̋̏̑͑̾͐̓͒̇͆̒͊͂̈́̓́͊̐̕͝͝͝͠",
"First posted [11 months ago](https://www.reddit.com/r/sydney/comments/5qgrr3/is_this_for_real_joggers_need_helmets_at_bondi/) \n\nEDIT Sorry for pointing out your dilemmas have already been mulled over....",
"She had to do it to em",
"OP is mentally challenged for reposting fake crap.",
"The only thing true in this article is the title. Australia is also a ShitHole country, and cannot play cricket.",
"Found the Englishman.\n",
"I think, OP, with this law in place, you'll find they are becoming -less- retarded. (double finger guns)",
"Australia is a beautiful, beautiful country w/lovely people - I was there 30yrs ago & still remember it fondly. this was a prank sign - somehow related to how everything is over-regulated - sort of like candid camera or you got punked.",
"Change it to butt-plug and you got something.\n",
"You're not very bright, are you. Dude's handle is Zimbozo, and your conclusion is that he's British.\n\n/u/Zimbozo what part of ***ZIMBABWE*** are you from. I was born in Matabeleland before moving to ZA and then on to the US\n\nAnd you're right, Australia can't play cricket. Apparently neither can ZA another ShitHole country.",
"Now THAT is an insult!!",
"I am not from Zimbabwe itself, I worked there for a number of years and loved the place. Politics suck, history sucks more and economy is broken but it is a great place.\n\nI use the ZimBozo I suppose as a sort of a badge of honour\n\nOh yes, about the cricket. I will keep my comments until the end of the current test against India and then perhaps have a small celebration...\n"
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Australia becoming retarded
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"You die. ",
"^",
"Turn into a Gremlin?",
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What do you guys will think happen if I drink it at 16:02 👀
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http://i.imgur.com/T5sQNaT.jpg
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":grabs girlfriend hand: \n\nHey let's go in there and have premarital sex. What could happen.",
"That's where evil clowns live.\n\nNope.",
"That tunnel leads to the old abandoned mental hospital that was shut down for doing experiments. Did you see something move in the tunnel just now? ",
"or where the time machine is"
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Abandoned train tunnel
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/r/pics/comments/7px0vt/ive_had_a_dyson_vacuum_for_ten_years_and_just/
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"Where's it located? (I want to check mine) ",
"It looks like you vacuumed up the night every morning.",
"Btw your dryer has a lint trap also",
"I part of me wants to say you've gotten a lot of allergies because of this.....",
"That is normal. It is an internal filter & the black stuff is just carbon from motor wear. Good that you found it though. It's not something that needs to be replaced often. Ten years is probably about right. ",
"Wow, you made me curious so I checked...\n\nGood news - I still can't afford a Dyson",
"Which is why I mentioned it. Dryer lint causes tons of house fures",
"Spoiler: [Your whole fucking house could burn down with you in it](/spoiler)",
"Yes, on some models the lint can find it's way onto the heater element. Please regularly check your lint filter, people.",
"I think mosts Dysons are similar so this would probably be right for you.\n\nThey just above the container (whats the word for this? Where the dirt ends up). There should be a simple little latch that lets it separate so you can remove. \n\nAlso, they are washable so you should be able to rinse it out, let it dry, and put back in.",
"Thank you!",
"That’s how you burn a house down. ",
"My ball style Dyson has two. One for the dirt container and one for the motor. "
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I've had a Dyson vacuum for ten years and just recently found this hidden filter that's never been replaced
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"He truly did get “Off his head” this christmas.",
"Wondered why I didn't get any presents this year.",
"Santa forgot to give the Columbian cartel their cut before going into their territory.",
"He made a delivery for the Sinaloa cartel. ",
"Quick! Put on his coat! ",
"santa has a right to bear arms"
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Santa had a bad year.
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/r/pics/comments/7px1ly/meet_my_two_cats_when_you_see_it/
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"HBO? Not sure what I'm looking for...",
"The way the cats are laying on each other is a mind fu*k.",
"Huh? I just see one cat with his head behind the other cat's head..",
"\n[Station!](https://media.giphy.com/media/KoGWMnxLpclzy/giphy.gif)",
"Wrong-o, they have their heads smooshed together, they not laying across each other.",
"Obscure Bill and Ted reference noted."
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Meet my two cats. When you see it...
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/r/pics/comments/7px5el/oh_my_god_cmon/
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"This violates rule #1 of r/pics\n\nThey are like Right over there -------------}",
"/u/enohtan, thank you for your submission! Unfortunately, it has been removed for violating the following rule(s):\n\n* Rule I - No screenshots. This includes pictures of screens and photos where the interest is the contents of a screen.\n\n\n\nFor information regarding this and similar issues please see the [rules](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/about/rules/) and [title guidelines](/r/pics/w/titles). If you have any questions, please feel free to [message the moderators.](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose?to=/r/pics&subject=Question regarding the removal of this submission by /u/enohtan&message=I have a question regarding the removal of this [submission.](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/7px5el/oh_my_god_cmon/?context=10\\))",
"Nice",
"> What a gay you are lol \n\n\nThat is completely uncalled for.",
"Snowflake "
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Oh my god cmon
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"I don't get it. ",
"The bus “face” looks like a smiling Joker. ",
"That is a beauty of a tram though "
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Why so serious?
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/r/pics/comments/7pxcza/who_painted_this_deliciousness/
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"Wouldn't it be easier to start with the arms and legs?",
"Not certain (been years since art school) but my guess would be Rubens... but just a guess",
"Going straight for that sweet heart meat.",
"Francisco Goya - Saturn Devouring His Son",
"I think they last longer when starting with arms and legs. "
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Who painted this deliciousness
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/r/pics/comments/7pxe2h/my_first_go_at_voxel_art/
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"Reminds me of the old Batman Beyond buildings ",
"Very cool! What did you use to make it?",
"I don't know what OP used, but I always recomend [magicavoxel](https://ephtracy.github.io/)"
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My first go at voxel art.
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"[Here](https://twitter.com/BirminghamZoo/status/951486517129728000) is the source of this image. \n\n> The Birmingham Zoo \n@BirminghamZoo\n \n> Our Animal Care Professionals are constantly providing enrichment & training exercises to promote strong mental + physical health. Here, Sorrel works her paint behavior. Visitors can see the animals participating in these activities daily at the Zoo – head on over to see!\n\n> 8:10 AM - 11 Jan 2018",
"I thought it was stuffed and attached to the board it's standing on. Still not convinced otherwise...",
"I always knew Pabu was smart",
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"/r/redpandas",
"If you look up bhamzoo on Instagram (can't post the link on this subreddit), there's a video of it painting.",
"I like the use of color as shadow, and negative space to define form, I rate it 3 arts.",
"They've got a youtube channel too!\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjdQaSJCYS4o2eG93MvIwqg/featured",
"And *THAT* is the Kilian Experience. ",
"For fox sake!",
"I'd buy it."
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Support your local artists
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"Awesome photo. Check out r/ruralporn. More appropriate.",
"Okay, I've seen *The Mist*. I'm out.",
"Lol! It got better.. sunny out right now and above 60. It'll be below freezing tomorrow after this front/storm comes through that is smacking the Ohio valley on up into Michigan.",
"i love it when this happens."
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A foggy, almost spooky, view from my walk this morning.
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"Hands are too big.",
"Gut is too small",
"Agent 94 ",
"At least his mouth is shut!"
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Donald Trump's Waxwork outside the new American Embassy. London.
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/r/pics/comments/7pxny9/her_majesty_ms_dontyoufuckingtouchme_iv/
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[
"Look at her! Goodness she’s gorgeous. She knows it too!",
"I’ve got one of those cats. Why do we love them?",
"She is, and she'll remind us every single day.",
"Who knows, mind control? Whatever it is, I can't get enough of her.",
"I don’t doubt it :P. She’s magical!",
"I love the name!"
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Her majesty, Ms. Don'tYouFuckingTouchMe IV
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/r/pics/comments/7pxps7/coral_snake_vs_lizard/
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"Is the green on the lizard a chameleon effect type thing? Or was that his color prior to becoming lunch?",
"should this be NSFW?",
"think the versus thing is past, ",
"The colors are so vibrant it's really pretty until you realize lizard is becoming lunch. ",
"Isnt a coral snake red/yellow/black? Red on yellow kill a fellow\nRed on black venom lack",
"This.\nIt's not a coral snake, its a Texas longnose i believe.\n[Picture of both snakes](https://qph.ec.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-9b426b6eaedb4698a16fef0db6baea13-c)",
"because snake deepthroating lizard?",
"No, this is just a long passionate french kiss.",
"Why"
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Coral snake vs Lizard
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"But... the Obama one stays? ",
"Clinton Cash is a propaganda manual for Trump and the alt-right.",
"Yeah Trump thinks you have AIDS and your country is a shithole. ",
"scary words... must pretend it's all propaganda:(",
"It doesn't look like he's protesting anything. ",
"So is he simply an idiot or a shill?",
"Propaganda",
"Oh ffs, so the attempted spin here is that Trump some kind of savior of Haiti, a place he literally thinks is a \"shithole\" full of \"AIDS\". \n\nThis is beyond pathetic.",
"Are you honestly claiming Haiti isn't a shithole?",
"Yes. ",
"Except this is all lies - but when has that ever stopped Trump or his supporters? ",
"I would urge everyone who laughs at this picture to take the time to research the Clintons involvement in Haiti, and not take Snopes word for it.\n\nThere is some unbelievably shady shit that went down. And it goes beyond just money.",
"A voice crying in the wilderness.",
"So that Haitian man is a liar?",
"How is this a protest? It just looks like a shitholer ",
"Yeah he's explaining who helped make it that way.",
"The mods will literally lock this at 0, and allow all replies insulting Trump, while shadow-banning anyone that dare agree with him, DESPITE THE TRUE FACT THAT HAITI IS A DISGUSTING CRIME-RIDDEN CORRUPT SHITHOLE. ",
"It always works that way. \n\n[Welcome to Reddit](https://imgoat.com/uploads/bd7939d674/75101.jpg)",
"Soooo....what is he protesting?\n",
"The Clintons. Haitians want the Clintons to burn.",
"but why doesn't he go protest at the Clintons? \n",
"No media lens on the Clintons. Need that media lens to get noticed.",
"why does he need the media lens? why not just get noticed by the Clintons at their house\n",
"Because the Clintons would just ignore him like they ignored Haiti in the first place?",
"None of what you’re saying is making any sense",
"so? ",
"If you want to talk about how great Trump is, go do it on T_D. This is a liberal sub as you have so eloquently pointed out, so don’t expect things to happen differently and then cry about how people don’t want to hear what you have to say.",
"Thanks for confirming what I'd already realised, libtardos don't want to hear the truth. Move along now. ",
"Funny how you hear what you want to hear, must get echoey in there.",
"Probably paid pennies by trumps and his goons. This has Trump written all over it.",
"Can tell a trumpster cockroach shill from a mile off",
"If you ever travel, visiting different places and people, there are amazing things to discover about different ways of life. If you haven’t been there, I would advise against judgment.",
"No, just equally misinformed as you are.",
"Nah bro, we just know fake news when we see it. It comes from the white house and dumbasses like you and OP.",
"Every American administration for the last 50 years has been abusing Haiti and never offering effective help. Bi-partisan neglect. ",
"What part is fake? The unconfirmed statement from Trump, that there is literally no evidence of him saying, beyond ONE (1) person's account? Or the true fact that Haiti is a literal corrupt shithole? Bro you tricked yourself. ",
"http://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2016-37826098",
"Good point because actually doing that is easy AF for a guy from Haiti who lost all his wealth to do with zero repercussions! You're brilliant!",
"Translation:\n\nTrump called some countries shitholes, so it's OK that Hillary stole countless millions of dollars from starving Haitian children, because Trump is worse. ",
"Translation: I like to pass on false information because it supports my biases. ",
"> no hard evidence of this has emerged\n\nThat article reports the claims that have been made but in the end says there's no evidence that the claims are true. ",
"Did that. There's a bunch of articles that report claims that Clintons did this and that but each admits there there is no evidence that the claims are true. ",
"Translation: I've never researched Clinton's involvement in Haiti outside of reading Snopes. ",
"Hillary ran for president of the most powerful nation in the world in probably the largest election ever to take place. You think that information is just gonna be available in the first few links on Google? Who's campaign did Google's board give massive amounts of funds to again?",
"I think you are a shithole",
"Exactly",
"So, if you run for president that means you control the media? If you think Google is hiding stuff then why don't you just link it?",
"You got that. To learn more about Clinton Foundation mis-deeds, google essays by Amy Cassil \"Amy Sterling Casil clinton foundation medium.com\"\n\nhttps://www.google.com/search?newwindow=1&safe=off&client=firefox-b-1-ab&ei=l2tZWrCeBYX8jwOWt7pI&q=Amy+Sterling+Casil+clinton+foundation+medium.com\n",
"That’s awfully racist of you to call Haitians pathetic",
"Well it was no secret they were suppressing Trump supporting websites. But here's an interesting link: http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/09/07/tucker-ominous-google-censorship-certain-political-content",
"I find it amazing how easily arguments can be destroyed by simply asking basic questions about their shaky foundations.",
"Can tell a Shareblue Baizuo from 100,000 yards.\n\nGo tell David Brock I said hi.\n\nhttps://steemit.com/informationwar/@stevescoins/shareblue-correcttherecord-data-dump-osint-part-two",
"Maybe educate yourself? I realize this is Reddit but please stop embarrassing yourself.\n\nhttp://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2016-37826098",
"Not exactly they're under investigation.\n\nhttp://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-42579732\n\nPlease stop using Reddit. It's rotting your brain.",
"http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-42579732\n\nThe DOJ is investigating it.",
"For those who don't get the reference?\n\nClinton Foundation is under investigation by the DOJ\n\nhttp://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-42579732",
"http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-42579732",
"No? The DOJ is investigating them now.\n\nhttp://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-42579732",
"http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-42579732",
"The doj is run by....",
"Wasn't Trump Comey's boss too? Hmm.",
"Translation: I consider snopes biased because they don't tell you the same story as fox news",
"Translation: I don't ever watch or read other viewpoints, like Fox News, before forming my own opinions.",
"finger pointing bs",
"Translation: I think Fox news is a legitimate news organization despite the incredible amount of evidence indicating otherwise. ",
"Investigation for shit unrelated to Haiti.\n\nStop going to r/the_donald it's rotting your brain.\n\n\nHillary is an asshat, yes. But that Haiti shit is poppycock.\n\nAnd you seem rude, so fuck off.",
"I guess we'll know if they find something. ",
"I've looked into it. Checked out several conservative sources.\n\nNone of them have any evidence. Just talking points. \n\nTell me, where should I read that will give me an unbiased overview with actual facts? ",
"This has nothing to do with what you are claiming. \n\nThe only websites they suppress are hate groups. They can only suppress searches. They have no way to prevent you from going to any website. ",
"Translation: I think there arent any legitimate new organizations for conservative viewpoints. ",
"Translation: I don't know what conservative means",
"Translation: Only my opinions are correct and I get to decide what you should know. ",
"A voice getting paid in NYC.",
"Drump would lie when the truth suited him better.",
"Translation: I think that my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.",
"Can you admit that Trump lies? Even once?",
"Name checks out.",
"Not nearly enough, from the looks of it.",
"> 80 comments, 3 upvotes\n\nhere we go...",
"They're all politicians. They all stink. Just think it's silly to thank someone that is just as bad (and worse in certain ways).\n\nThis \"him\" vs. \"her\" thing is really annoying. They have a longer dirty political record. He has a very long dirty fiscal record, and a short but very full and dirty recent political record. Crappy people are drawn to power, generally.\n\nBut if I saw this man in person I'd say, \"what about the American citizens in Puerto Rico under the new tax policies?\" Pretty sure he doesn't follow economic policy to even get why it's a bad thing and will devastate an already weak infrastructure. Prepare for a mass immigration from the island thanks to policies making it inhospitable to businesses (they were there despite hurricanes because it was cheap, it won't be now...yet mainland companies aren't being taxed out the butt). But whatever. The Clintons, am I right? (PS Haitian refugees were welcomed with open arms, despite what The Red Cross and Clinton did, something that is unlikely to ever happen during the administration he's praising-- they are comparably terrible)",
"Look into the Red Cross. That was some of the worst of it",
"[Welcome to Reddit](https://imgoat.com/uploads/bd7939d674/75101.jpg)",
"Billions and millions of dollars?",
"I am zero percent trump fan, but don’t be ignorant about the Clinton’s. Do your research. They have super shady dealings across many decades and continents. Basic research will show you how awful, corrupt and murderous that family is/have been. Don’t be blinded by party. Be objective. ",
"From that article: \n\n> A US Government Accountability Office report discovered no hint of wrongdoing.\n\nThe only thing wrong that they did not spend the money very well and didn't hire Haitian organisations for the relief effort. God forbid that a charity that has been doing work for decades work with contractors they have worked with in the past. It's a pretty common theme in humanitarian effort that money gets wasted sadly. It's very hard to work with people on the ground when the entire country gets devastated, and there are definitely people who will take advantage of this.\n\nAlso nice little bit of whataboutism there buddy. Let's say that the Clintons stole 100% of the $9.4 billion that they received. Let's say, for good measure, that they even used that money to buy 100,000 babies and personally smash their heads against a wall. Or maybe they used them as prostitutes for Pizzagate. Your pick.\n\nEven if all of the absurd things I said above are true, it doesn't make what Donald Trump said today any better, or any less racist. It was despicable and shameful for the United States. Your president embarrasses all of us. ",
"I was never a fan of the Clintons, and the Haiti stuff is definitely not great management of money, but I don't believe they intentionally did anything wrong. In fact I'm pretty sure 95% of all operations in Haiti were handled by people other than Bill and Hillary Clinton. ",
"Lol, great retort. You're going places.",
"I read it as Haitian \"prostitute\"...",
"It's a shithole, dude ",
"Prolly paid more for the sign, since you can low-ball citizens from shit-hole countries.\n\nSeriously tho, if Trump made this sign just so he could walk out and see it himself?...that's stooping even lower than I thought he could go.",
"Yeah. After the dotard put them on it. Have you ever been to Africa? I have. And I've run into hospitals that literally have a thank you to the Clinton foundation on the signs outside.\n\nHere's a report on Rwanda:\nhttps://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/19/us/politics/rwanda-bill-hillary-clinton-foundation.html\n\nBeen there, so I can verify the above to be true.",
"Sessions is targeting Clintion still, shocking.\n\nThey interviewed one person and \"doubt any charges will be brought\"\n\nTop news.",
"We're talking about Haiti. Please follow.\n\n I realize this is Reddit so I'll try to go slow for you.",
"yes, disbelieve the fact checkers, and believe the conspiracy theorists!",
"they downvoted you for being reasonable, and asking for evidence, instead of jumping right in and agreeing with their heartfelt \"alternative facts\"",
"Anyone who goes against your narrative is a shill???\n",
"This will never make it very high in /r/pics due to the types of people who go there ",
"To Haitian Protester,\n\nTrump didn't stop the Clintons from re-entering the White House for you or any other Haitian. He really doesn't give a damn about you. \n\n",
"Billions, not millions. ",
"Trumps a cock so that makes it ok that the Clintons ripped their country off?",
"Said the guy not from Haiti",
"TIL Bill Clinton was still in office in 2010.",
"Translation: I ignore all counterpoints to my arguments but have the audacity to call people that try to get me to read other viewpoints ignorant.",
"Hillary Clinton's brother owns all the mining rights in Haiti so tell me that isn't corruption.\nPlease note I'm not a fan of Donald trump or for that matter the Clintons ",
"Yes, believe the mainstream media. They've never lied or gotten anything wrong before! We have no reason to doubt them!",
"Translation: regardless of facts, i believe whatever I want",
"Apparently you have been to so many places. How many countries have you traveled to? Tell me which are your favorite places?",
"Hillary Clinton was SoS and her \"charity\" The Clinton Foundation absolutely destroyed Haiti.\n\nDid you just start getting into politics with Trump ?",
"Okay so my first comment wasn’t 100% in good faith, but here are my thoughts on whether or not this protest sign is credible.\n\nThere is no way in hell either of the Clintons are the Clinton Foundation itself had enough influence over the aid given to Haiti to unethically handle any funds other than the funds directly given to it, or to really cause the abysmal economic situation in Haiti in general. According to the [BBC](http://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2016-37826098) the Clinton Foundation raised only $30M for relief for Haiti. This would not have been enough to “destroy” Haiti or put it in the admittedly dismal economic state it’s in by depriving it of that aid. There’s really no evidence to suggest wrongdoing by the Foundation in the handling of these funds anyway.\n\nThat being said, the other connection between H. Clinton and Haiti shows that the State Department she lead pressured Haiti to push down the minimum wage there, which is imperialist and despicable.\n\nBefore you go saying I’m a hypocrite for pushing back against the whole “shithole” thing and also acknowledging the economic situation in Haiti, Trump’s belligerent outburst was not well-meaning. Back in the GWB days, if someone had called America a shithole, you would have been pretty angry, I’m willing to bet, despite the shitty economy we had then. Haiti’s economic situation is mainly a result of another humanitarian crisis, the series of corrupt, repressive dictatorships they had in the late Twentieth century. They never really recovered. The land was stripped of its resources and the ruling class got the vast, vast majority of the money. That’s why there is a stark contrast between Haiti and the Dominican Republic, both in the way they look and the way their economies are, despite the fact they’re on the same island.",
"It wasn't just the Clinton foundation FYI. She's just the most note worthy.\n\nThere's several companies all being investigated. The Clinton Foundation is just high profile.\n\nIt's not like Clinton is orchestrating the whole thing...she's just part of a barrel of bad apples.\n\nThe shitshow thing isn't in discussion here and honestly Presidents have done this in the past.\n\nhttp://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/barack-obama-says-david-cameron-allowed-libya-to-become-a-s-show-a6923976.html",
"You seem like an ignorant shill. And stop with the autistic bullshit in your name.",
"You seem ignorant of what the DOJ is doing.\n\nhttp://abcnews.go.com/Politics/fbi-doj-ramp-clinton-foundation-investigation/story?id=52171980\n\nMaybe YOU'RE the shill trying to keep people from know what's going on?",
"I've been there. It's beautiful, and some of the happiest people I've seen really (the ones interacting with the tourists), but as we drove to one of our \"excursions\", people literally live in shacks made of sheet metal. It is as \"third world\" as that idea gets. It's paradise by nature, and depressingly economically devastated and broken by our _REDACTED_",
"odds that a story appearing in the mainstream media will be fact checked and corrected if the news organization is contacted with evidence that it is untrue? Verifiably high.\n\nChance that random internet Trump supporter, Fox 'News', or any other conspiracy theory website (Breitbart, Daily Caller, etc) is posting a true story, fact checked, or would even consider a retraction when presented with evidence that the story is false? Demonstrably low.\n\nNow go talk about Comet Ping Pong with your buds and leave the adults to talk about Trump's racism...hint, one of these is a complete fabrication, and the other continues to accumulate evidence of truth...can you tell which is which?",
"You're probably one of those people thats been standing around the past few weeks watching all these hollywood sex scandals and just shaking your head asking yourself \"How could this happen?\"",
"or not. You are probably super duper focussed on them, while explaining that Trump's multitude of accusers and his two porn star liassons are all 'fake news'.\n\nCongrats on being someone who belongs to a political party making excuses for child molestation, bye now.",
"Congrats on being a condescending asshole. You always just make wild accusations like \"You're a Trump supporter!\", like that?",
"Ugh I'm done. I'm just trying to get you to understand you will never get to the truth if you don't examine all sides of an argument fairly. My beliefs arent formed until I examine facts from various viewpoints. People that get their facts presented from one side can only be misinformed. Keep training your critical thinking and god bless you on your journey.",
"Ultimately, it's only one camp that has two indictments right now, and you're whoring for them.",
"Sadly, I stand corrected on the depth of the depravity in question. \n\n",
"http://thehill.com/policy/international/368953-grand-jury-indicts-maryland-executive-in-uranium-one-deal-report",
"Ironic when you think of how Trump is handling Puerto Rico",
"I think you mean Cruz. She botched the whole thing and is currently under investigation by the FBI.\n\nhttps://www.dailywire.com/news/22242/fbi-looking-allegations-puerto-rican-officials-are-emily-zanotti#\n\nAnd during his meeting with Trump Governor Ricardo Rossello affirmed that Trump admin was doing a stellar job:\n\nhttps://www.c-span.org/video/?436016-1/president-trump-puerto-rico-governor-defend-hurricane-response\n\nI realize this breaks the Reddit circle jerk but you really need to get off of Reddit from time to time. The rest of the internet has started calling you guys a \"shithole\" website for a reason.\n\n[Welcome to Reddit](https://imgoat.com/uploads/bd7939d674/75101.jpg)\n\n",
">Sessions is targeting Clintion still, shocking.\n>\n>They interviewed one person and \"doubt any charges will be brought\"\n>\n>Top news.\n\nFar less important that someone saying shithole that's for damn sure"
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"Up irl?",
"When you're really sick of your neighbour's shit.",
"[Here](https://i.imgur.com/bODmliK.jpg) is a *slightly* higher quality version of this image. Credit to the photographer, Yuliy Ganev. [Here](https://www.stockvault.net/photo/116076/little-house-on-the-rocks) appears to be the source of this image which provides the following information:\n\n> Little house perched on sheer cliffs in Lakatnik Station in the Stara Planina.\n\nThe house is called Eagle’s Nest Shelter. It was built in 1938 and renovated by a group of enthusiasts in the beginning of 2000. It can only be reached by rope.\n\n",
"I'm guessing for eagles to nest in? The plumbing seems to be disconnected ",
"This must be the guest house",
"[And here are a couple of small Norwegian houses under the rocks](https://i.imgur.com/F7YVpgG.jpg)",
"That's a bold move, Cotton.",
"> It can only be reached by rope.\n\nImagine going home after work.",
"\"No soliciting.\""
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"i'm glad he didn't ",
"Nope.....",
"Wait - it's [Barclay](http://www.trekcore.com/gallery/albums/regbarclay/hollowpursuits028.jpg)!",
"No way! His bald head is a Star Trek treasure!",
"Stargazer Picard!",
"Captain Anderson Cooper?",
"Too Kirk",
"He made it look as goofy as he could.\n\nBravo.",
"He wasn't entirely unknown before Star Trek...It would have looked bizarre. ",
"Danger, Will Robinson! Danger! Danger!",
"Get out of my head, Charles! I know you don't have hair!",
"His expression says it all.",
"Looks like he's about to pilot the SS Callister",
"[USS Stargazer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adSE_Sgl-lg&feature=youtu.be&t=338)",
"show would have failed",
"thats what i was thinking, so gross",
"His face says what we're all thinking.",
"I find this Picard pic hard to look at.",
"This is him wearing a hairpiece for North and South (Pre his Star Trek debut) \n\nhttps://goo.gl/images/EjXn2E",
"Indeed",
"Well, he was in *Excalibur* and the *Dune* movie. And *North and South* was a thing even in the states.",
"> *A lot has changed in the past three hundred years. People are no longer obsessed with the accumulation of things. We've eliminated hunger, want, the need for possessions. We've grown out of our infancy.*\n- Captain Jean-Luc Picard\n\nBut, we still like our men with a full head of hair!",
"Sorry I completely misread your comment, I thought you had written he WAS entirely unknown, I’ll delete my other comment ",
"\"Use the force, Harry.\"\n\n-Gandolph",
"As someone who has hair issues, I see this as a bright future. I have accepted it but man, if it never happened.... Awesome.",
"Reminds me of the hair changes on Corbin Bernsen when they did flashbacks on Psych.",
"No worries. I mean, with TNG starting in '87, most people here probably weren't conscious of television before he was well-known.",
"North and south fans may have wondered where his hair had gone!",
"That smirk is priceless...",
"Structurally, it's symmetrical and clean and it looks good, or it should, but there's just something very much not right about this picture. It still looks like something fell on his head.",
"Captain Kirk 2 Galactic Boogaloo.",
"After seeing this, casting Scott Bakula was a given...",
"*there are four lights!*",
"\"Time to go on more space adventures...or should I say misadventures!\"",
"They offered him a choice and asked him if he wanted it applied in joining pieces or sewn together, and he said \n\n\"make it sew\". \n\nThen they showed it to a bunch of women and asked a question about various colours. They got the best rating when they showed him wearing the lightish brown and steely colours. Their response to...\n\n^^...I ^^hate ^^myself ^^a ^^little. \n\ntea, or real gray?: \"Hot!\"",
"Spot on.",
"No, this is Patrick. ",
"Harvey Dent. Can we trust him?",
"Thank Q he didnt wear it.\n\nbtw.:Am I the only one who thinks it is funny that in the 24th century mankind has mastered interestellar Travel, teleportation, A.I. but no cure for baldness was found so far?",
"It definitely seems too thin towards the front and not far enough down. The sides also seem to start too far back and there's barely any width to the sideburn.",
"\"Do you really want to do this?\"",
"They also tested the show intro with a heavy French accent because Jean-Luc was born in France. ",
"Missed opportunity .... lol",
"While this may or may not have been true, you're not seeing a test photo.\n\nThat's from an episode from season 5 called Violations. It's a flashback to a younger Picard.\n\nhttp://tng.trekcore.com/gallery/albums/s5/5x12/violations220.jpg",
"Wait - that's Mad Murdock.",
"Ah, the captain Lorka look.",
"This looks better actually",
"A consummate actor.",
"It's a good thing they didn't do that to him, otherwise there'd be hell toupée.",
"He does look like he could be Jason's goofy brother. Throw that thing back on and have him play great grand père Picard who is also the uncle of the Discovery ships Captain.",
"Make it not so.",
"He looks like he would try to sell me either a used car or insurance.",
"Heh. Or *I, Claudius*...",
"If we believe there's even a one percent chance that he could become a supervillain we have to take it as an absolute certainty!... Wait, no, wrong movie.",
"I go there everyday. ",
"Roddenberry explained that by saying by the 24 century humans wouldn’t have cared about balding and other superficial things. ",
"I haven't seen a photo this quality since nineteen ninety eight when undertaker threw mankind off hell in a cell, and plummeted 16 feet through an announcers table. ",
"That doesn't really jive with a famous story about Picard being bald.\n",
"He hasn't aged at all",
"I see Aaron Eckhart",
"Your girlfriend waxes?",
"Captain Gibbs",
"As a bald guy, it's REALLY edifying to see how much authority a shiny dome can convey.",
"My head ",
"I don't think they ever tried to give him a toupee. Here is Patrick Stewart retelling the famous tale about Roddenberry's response to having a bald captain in the 24th century.\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqm_Iq8rFeg",
"Keeping him hairless was a bald move, but it really worked for the show.",
"Original creator Gene Roddenberry was asked by a reporter about casting Patrick Stewart in Star Trek: TNG. \"Surely by the 24th century, they would have found a cure for male pattern baldness.\" And Gene Roddenberry responded \"No, by the 24th century, no one will care.\"\n\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXOK-ZVJMaU",
"Leave it to the professionals kid",
"Maybe Zapp Brannigan is based on this image? xD",
"He looks cute",
"She waxes your head?",
"No",
"He looks like [Dr. Smith](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Harris).\n\nhttps://static.comicvine.com/uploads/scale_medium/10/108995/2181892-dr_smith.jpg",
"Huh. The Richard Armitage version's promo shots I've seen looked very very similiar.",
"He had hair and was a seriously bad person in I, Claudius.",
"So close! \"To baldly go where no one has gone before.\"",
"I can't remember why I did this, but:\n\n[I once photoshopped Riker's hair and beard onto Picard.](https://i.imgur.com/tkAbCh1.jpg)",
"I see a bit of Bryan Cranston",
"\"This is your command uniform.\"\n\n\"Yep.\"\n\n\"Your title is Commander Jean-Luc Picard.\"\n\n\"That's right.\"\n\n\"I found your uniform aboard this ship. That would make you the captain.\"\n\n\"Makes sense to me.\"\n\n\"Then take control.\"\n\n\"I'm not the captain.\"",
"Picard perfected the power doughnut.\n\n",
"That look says, \"Are you fucking kidding me?\"",
"You got it chief",
"It's a cross between Patrick Stewart and Aaron Eckhart. ",
"That was very entertaining thank you! ",
"Phasers on stunning. ",
"The stress she (my wife) creates does. ",
"Captain Picard! You are a bald one! You fool, i was trained in Starfleet combat by Mister Spock! ",
"IIRC the wig was his and they told him to get rid of it",
"Seriously though. Still no cure for baldness 350 years from now?",
"It makes him look like an old Wesley. ",
"\"Make It Grow\"",
"So it violates Rule 4.\n\nEnjoy it while you can, after it gets 18 thousand upvotes, someone's gonna remove it.",
"Toupée of Borg.",
"That's an excellent toupee you can't even tell it is one.",
"Judging by the pips I think you actually photoshopped Picard's face onto Riker ",
"Captain Mike Rowe",
"Looks like an older Aaron Eckhart. ",
"Now get out there, your simulation days are over trooper",
"Look at me, I’m the captain now.",
"With shades of Stewart. Guess that makes him Two-face?",
"Can't unsee.",
"Hugh Hefner for me.",
"That's quite possible.",
"In the future, *no one will care!*",
"[Patrick Stewart in *I, Claudius*](http://www.frockflicks.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/PatrickStewart-1976IClaudius.jpg) sporting a wig.\n\nKeep in mind LOTS of actors with hair also wear wigs for specific characters. It's just weird when you're accustomed to them being bald.",
"Harvey dent",
"Lt. Broccoli ",
"Hahahahahahahahaaaaaaa hahahahahahaaaaa!",
"This is kind of terrifying",
"Me too! \nhttps://imgur.com/a/xiV2w ",
"Why oh why would OP try to BS about TNG. you have to know you will be called on it instantly. ",
"Either way you can tell he doesn't like it.",
"Looks like my favorite martian from the 70's.",
"Patrick Stewart actually told the story that he was worried he wouldn't get hired for the roll as he was bald, concerned that the show runners would want a younger looking man. So he went to his audition with a toupee. Roddenberry loved him for the role, but told him not to show up again with that \"stupid hairpiece\" on.\n\nRoddenberry later quoted in an interview regarding balding that \"in the 24th century, people simply won't care.\"\n\nThis photo is from another episode showing Picard when he was younger, being there with Dr. Crusher as she was given the news that her husband Jack was dead.\n\nThere is another episode that shows Picard in his academy days with a full head of hair. And thus why it made no sense in Nemesis to have Tom Hardy as Shinzon be completely bald, and then have a retconned photograph of Picard as a bald cadet, when we already had him with a full head of hair at that age.",
"Well all he did was copy it off imgur so it's not like he put a lot of effort into it.\n\nhttps://imgur.com/gallery/Fm4zX\n\nWhich was ripped from... what, twitter? instagram? who knows. Whatever.",
"Marc-Evan Jackson?",
"/u/EeK09, thank you for your submission! Unfortunately, it has been removed for violating the following rule(s):\n\n* Rule IV - Title violates title guidelines.\n\nYour title must convey accurate information. \n\nYou can read the full information about our title guidelines at /r/pics/w/titles\n\n\n\n\nFor information regarding this and similar issues please see the [rules](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/about/rules/) and [title guidelines](/r/pics/w/titles). If you have any questions, please feel free to [message the moderators.](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose?to=/r/pics&subject=Question regarding the removal of this submission by /u/EeK09&message=I have a question regarding the removal of this [submission.](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/7py2i6/they_initially_tried_to_make_patrick_stewart_wear/?context=10\\))",
"Well if you're bald I guess it helps to be an otherwise attractive man.",
"Looks like Tom Cruise....",
"Twitter. I follow Bryan Hitch (comic book artist) and he retweeted that pic with the same information I included in the title. Thought it was accurate because he has enough nerd cred. Love Sir Patrick, but I'm not a Trekkie/Trekker, so it was an honest mistake.",
"He made that up on the go since we see that they do care for their looks and other superficial things.\nI remember that Dr. Crusher explained that not only women but men also try too look nice. She explained it to that genderless being which becomes female later, falls in love with riker and is brainwashed to be genderless again.\nWe also have that funny coversation about beards, i just cant remember the episode.\n",
"Follicutus of Borg",
"Try one thousand.",
"They must have hired new guys, that's record time.",
"Do you have a source? I would love to hear that. ",
"Papy",
"He talks about it and reenacts it at ~1:06:20 on the Nerdist Podcast episode 725. \nhttps://nerdist.com/nerdist-podcast-sir-patrick-stewart-returns/",
"Thanks!",
"The more I look at it, the more I can sorta get behind it.",
"Kinda reminds me of Mike Rowe"
] | 130 |
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They initially tried to make Patrick Stewart wear a wig for Captain Picard. Here’s the test photo
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[
"The guy standing just left of the left side speaker has a look that says he has no idea where he is\n\nEdit: I mean just right of the speaker",
"Congrats on your wedding! :)",
"Thanks!!!",
"you should post this in r/AccidentalRenaissance",
"That dude looks like he is totally not a robot.",
"Thanks will do!!"
] | 6 |
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My favorite picture from my wedding!!
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[
"Any idea where this is, OP? I'm guessing somewhere in New England.",
"Foreground is West Virginia background is Ohio. ",
"Cool. Seems like a nice place."
] | 3 |
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Fog hanging over a river
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/r/pics/comments/7py50m/people_avoiding_a_whole_bench_instead_of_sitting/
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[
"Maybe the homeless person is actually avoiding the bench full of other people. \n",
"No, all the people you see on the left came in the last 2 minutes, he was there before ",
"Thanks for the confirmation.",
"...sad but true. That’s how the world behaves. Everywhere. ",
"Have you ever caught a whiff of your average homeless person? I'd stay upwind, too.",
"So, where’s the selfie of you sitting with him?",
"That would have been a great Idea, I'm already on the train though 😔",
"Or he probably wants to sit alone. I know crazy idea",
"No sir, thank you for the question. I should have clarified it more in the title ",
"That guy looks pretty aromatic.",
"Convenient. Truly, what a great person you are for shamelessly pointing out other people's suffering/\"lack\" of caring. I applaud you. ",
"People avoiding sitting next to someone who hasn't bathed in who knows how long. Imagine that! Those bigots!",
"Fairly serious hygiene issues evident, along with either mental illness or substance intoxication. What else would you expect them to do.",
"Munich..",
"Well to be fair, he is taking up like 3 seats.",
"True story. You can see the stank on that person.",
"Yes, most people don't like stink and filth. Time for him to move along.",
"Seriously. That asshat just had to get a pic, I'm sure that makes Mr homeless feel super good",
"Not to mention you can usually taste the smell too.",
"Call the WHO"
] | 20 |
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People avoiding a whole bench instead of sitting near a homeless person
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/r/pics/comments/7pycs6/guess_what_year_this_was_taken_nope_it_was_taken/
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[
"Well, since there was a newer (6th/7th gen) Dodge Charger in the background, I wouldn't have guessed it was taken anytime before 2006.",
"That's a good eye!",
"December is months away...",
"The objects in the picture are very sharp because of artificial sharpening. Old cameras dont have that good sharpening if any.",
"It's the US. Let em be dumb.\n\nEdit: okay gang. If you looked at my comment history, you could tell that I'm *from* Michigan. Excuse me for joining in on a joke.",
"Gotta give me time to guess man",
"Apologies, and good point.I should have asked, then informed in comments.",
"So you would have got it?",
"1842",
"Man. I used to have a Fleetwood like that. Tight.",
"And i used to have a mack....",
"We have Landslides here in CA...",
"Yes I've heard the rumours...."
] | 13 |
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Guess what year this was taken? Nope. It was taken today, 1/12/2018, in good ole' Kalamazoo Michigan.
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/r/pics/comments/7pycz1/this_is_my_uncle_and_his_best_friend_spot_my/
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[
"I'm sending you strength and a big hug 💛 ",
"Your uncle's kind face made me smile 😊 Lovely Spot was a bonus. RIP and a warm hug to you, OP.",
"I love pets and the way they act. If you want to share this with /r/petbehavior, feel free too!!!",
"Cancer of pulmonary detachment.\n\nCancer of posterior deltoids.\n\nCancer of pancreatic disc.\n\nCancer of Polish dentures.\n\n\nI give up. What does COPD stand for?",
"I made a sketch for your uncle[may he rip](https://i.imgur.com/oXVtcy0.jpg)",
"Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease",
"Omg thank you so much. Tears! You are such a kind person!!!",
"Thank you for that!! I may do that! She was a great dog too. He named her spot and everyone thought she was a boy (typical uncle Steve move)",
"Thanks.",
"Thank you so much ",
"He did have an infectious smile. And laugh. Thank you so much ",
"Amazing work as always. This is why I love Reddit and Reddit culture. "
] | 13 |
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This is my uncle and his best friend spot. My uncle died Saturday of COPD at 68, he was the funniest guy I knew. I can’t shake the sadness and I miss him so much but now he’s with spot having a good old time.
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/r/pics/comments/7pyig7/this_is_gaster_my_daughter_named_it_after_finding/
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[
"What? What the f*** is a carrion pit and why are you friends with someone who has one??",
"My friends live on a farm. The carrion pit is where you put the dead animals so that the scavengers can feed. ",
"Somewhat eerie but also super cool ",
"Metal.",
"Carrion by Parkway Drive makes much more sense..."
] | 5 |
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This is Gaster. my daughter named it after finding it in our friends carrion pit.
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/r/pics/comments/7pyjlr/there_she_is_a_picture_i_did_of_harley_quinn/
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[
"I tried to capture the crazy that is Harley in her face by giving her a huge smile and angry eyebrows while winking and crying with the finger gun to her temple. I also connected the love hate blood pattern to represent the ongoing cycle of her unbalanced emotions and relationship with the joker. I'm just an amateur artist trying to teach himself how to draw so please enjoy! ",
"Tranny Harley Quinn.",
"i really like the effect of the spotlight on her. nice work",
"I thought the hyenas looked out of place. Then I realised 'laughing hyenas' - they're the Joker's pets! Nice reference. And nice artwork."
] | 4 |
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There she is! A picture I did of Harley Quinn.
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/r/pics/comments/7pylo8/view_i_passed_by_on_my_way_to_union_station_in/
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[
"Love Chicago. Have a great weekend there friend ",
"Thanks pal. I’m actually at Michigan for the week end. I’ll be back at my home city afterward. ",
"Nice. Partners from Grand Rapids. That’s a great place to spend the weekend too "
] | 3 |
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View I passed by on my way to Union Station in downtown Chicago
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/r/pics/comments/7pylx3/female_hoffmanns_twotoed_sloths_can_carry_their/
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[
"This is why they are lazy the rest of the time. ",
"and they stay cute as heck. Unlike we humans, which after carrying our child around for 1 to 2 hours, look like we have been beaten to death with a giant cudgel.",
"\"Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaabyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy.\""
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Female Hoffmann's two-toed sloths can carry their young for up to nine months through the forest after birth!
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/r/pics/comments/7pyopw/the_castle_in_edinburgh_on_a_lovely_day_in/
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[
"That’s beautiful, I hope to see it in person one day.",
"All of Edinburgh is beautiful! Definitely check it out!",
"On my list of places to visit before I die! Mary, Queen of Scots (Stewart), whom I am related to, lived there for a time and her son was born there. ",
"Rod?",
"Ah dinnae ken....",
"I wonder what it's called?"
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The castle in Edinburgh on a lovely day in Scotland.
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/r/pics/comments/7pyoxe/actually_its_a_snowdecahedron/
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[
"only if it has ten sides, then.",
"A NEW HAND TOUCHES THE BEACON",
"Some sad fucker waited *all year* to make this joke.",
"Turn it in to Tess and see what you get. Probably a shader. ",
"That looks a little *irregular*...",
"Is it an illusion or imperfect construction that makes the facing side look bigger than the sides below it?",
"Actually it's only a common engram. Dismantle it into weapon parts.",
"Buuuuuddy.",
"You mean to repost this joke.",
"Twelve faces.",
"if you parse it as snow-decahedron, it's a decahedron made of snow, and a decahedron has 10 sides",
"If you read it as rhyming with dodecahedron (which it clearly is in the picture), it has twelve **faces** (not sides, since it's three-dimensional).",
"That'snow decahedron!",
"I know I was just being...\n\no b t u s e\n\n( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)",
"This is shaping up to be one of those threads.",
">s h a p i n g\n\n( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)",
"It's a snow poff.",
"It's almost like I meant it from that angle."
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Actually, it's a snowdecahedron.
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/r/pics/comments/7pyp66/20_stories_of_icicles_hanging_down_a_fire_escape/
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"nICE",
"Would suck to be walking by and have one fall ",
"THE ICE IS ESCAPING FROM THE HEAT OF COURSE",
"More people are killed by falling icicles than shark attacks.",
"HONEY! WHERE’S MY SUPER SUIT?",
"Wasn't this caused by a ruptured pipe in the building?",
"I hope, otherwise someone is getting sued if there is a fire.",
"Look dear, Frozone had to use the stairs again. ",
"http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/01/07/ice-covered-building-causes-city-to-close-section-of-wabash-in-south-loop/",
"Like a deadly \"Aggrocrag\" ",
"I was trying to think of what the joke is here. This'll do.\n\n",
" Safety has become the hazard.",
"[Here](https://imgur.com/a/gyTvu) are some more pictures of this. Credit to the photographer, Andrew Hickey (aka drewinchicago\n on Instagram). Per [here](http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2018/01/fire-escape-ice-tower-chicago/):\n\n> **A Top Floor Sprinkler Leak Creates a 21-Story Tower of Icicles on a Chicago Fire Escape**\n\n> January 11, 2018\n\n> Late last week, a bitter cold snap that swept across the U.S. brought temporary chaos to Chicago’s south loop when a sprinkler system failed atop a 21-story hotel and storage facility. Water cascaded down a fire escape and quickly froze into a tower of ice. Street art photographer Andrew Hickey stopped by and captured some shots of the amazing sight before it was cleared up a few hours later.\n\n[Here](https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8739349,-87.6260199,3a,75y,63.55h,118.35t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s1M_RV1YSahnTRzGvWf7_eQ!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo2.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3D1M_RV1YSahnTRzGvWf7_eQ%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D60.03941%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656) it is on Google Street View.",
"[Closer look.](https://reddit.com/r/ATBGE/comments/7pwab6/tasty_frozen_gargoyle/)",
"Huh TIL",
"I just want to hit it with a sledgehammer",
"Good cover too.",
"You wont burn...you will be impaled though.",
"They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but I don't think this one contains 20 stories.",
"Death stairs ",
"Yes, this is from Chicago a few weeks ago. Pipe ruptured.",
"Icicles all the way down.",
"WHY DO YOU NEED IT? ",
"Fire hazard? Ice hazard? Icey fire hazard? ",
"https://imgur.com/jshcfS3",
"I just can't get over the fact that after 7112 & 9112 is 1112.",
"Once the fire is bad enough for people to need to use the fire escape, it will be hot enough to melt all of the ice.",
"Heat rises. It checks out.",
"Superhero appreciation day at Arby’s.",
"\"Ah... I think I'll just stand here for a while.\"\n-last words of guy underneath all of that probably",
"Actually only about four stories.",
"Wow. That's a shit ton of weight. That can't be safe.",
"/r/ShittyLifeProTips ",
"I'd say about 3.50",
"Huh.. \n\nFire escape = Ice certain death?",
"Well duh, its fire escape!",
"The weight...",
"Yea definitely a safety issue, plus falling icicles. Should probably take a water cannon to it and knock them all off.",
"This could be a scene in final destination ",
"I want to hit that staircase with a big rubber mallet. ",
"Looks like contractors job well done. That’s a lot of weight ",
"As a high-fuctioning autist without autism, I’d like to state that I only see five stories of icicles hanging from the fire escape.",
"I guess it’s more of an icescape. \n\nI’ll see myself out.",
"I just hope they don’t need it \nrunning through that would not be fun",
"That must weigh thousands of pounds. ",
"This would be fun to watch when it thaws....from a distance. ",
"I’d be alarmed of all that extra weight on those stairs",
"I know you’re joking, but that would be so much fun. ",
"Glad to hear they cleaned it up. I was imagining what would happen if an actual fire in the building started to melt these, and the people trying to take the fire escape had to also dodge falling ice spears.",
"Watch your head.",
"well, that is one fireproof staircase. it might still kill you during a fire, but that is blunt force trauma, not fire.",
"De wey(t)",
"Ah yes, The Loch Ness Hotel.",
"Any one else notice the building across the street with a giant hole in the roof?",
"Better shot than the one posted a few days ago."
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20 stories of Icicles hanging down a fire escape
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"What's the theme?",
"Bless you.",
"Where can I find this graphic novel once it's finished?",
"get up on out of here with my eyeholes",
"Meatballs",
"My insta! @x_reefer",
"It details a traumatic experience I went through. I find the best way to get through things it to make art about it!",
"Im glad you have an outlet. Its best to let things out in a creative way. Even when people will question it, its best to what helps. "
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A page from a graphic novel im working on!
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[
"I would eat that in like 10 seconds and it probably costs $25.",
"It costs more, but my treat ;)",
"Well in that case I won't eat it, I'll put it in the bank!\n",
"that looks great!!",
"you posted this earlier didn't you?",
"Not the same photo, or cake.",
"Thank you!",
"Holy fuck you would make me fat "
] | 7 |
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My passion...fruit cake cut.
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/r/pics/comments/7pyw62/for_sale_in_the_beautiful_seaside_village_of/
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[
"Thank you for sharing your politics. \n\nEdit: spelling",
"I’m beginning to think they don’t care for Trump.",
"I didn't even notice I misspelled it. Thanks. ",
"Does the last one say Hump Trump?",
"it sure does",
"It's not so I appreciate it",
"Ivan! You can not be so obvious. Tomorrow you report back to Trolling 101. ",
"???",
"Ah shot hole country "
] | 9 |
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For Sale in the beautiful seaside village of Sayulita, Mexico right now
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/r/pics/comments/7pywxk/this_morning_an_unseasonable_60degree_day_in/
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[
"How long is this gif?!",
"Love the colors",
"At least 17 minutes so far...",
"I don't get it. What did I do wrong?",
"RemindMe! ",
"Picture description makes it sound like we'll be able to see your igloo fail. No biggie here, that's a good lookin' igloo. :)",
"Ha! That would be pretty high tech posting for me. Here is the result. https://imgur.com/gallery/HbBiy",
"THATS AMAZING ",
"PM me before you start to learn from my trials and errors. "
] | 9 |
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This morning, an unseasonable 60-degree day in Pennsylvania took down my 1,000-ice brick backyard igloo like a controlled implosion. It was fun while it lasted.
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/r/pics/comments/7pyyck/a_superconductor_rod_transformed_into_an_elegant/
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[
"With all those sharp edges sticking out every which way...Forget it!!!\n Dip the whole thing in a clear, hard epoxy and polish until clear perhaps?",
"That looks like some sort of finger torture device...",
"so you probably don't want to wear that if you're an electrician",
"Yeah, looks amazing but you need a smoother surface, at least on the inside. That would rip your finger to shreds! ",
"Are you worried about it cutting your finger? I'd be more worried about it catching on something and degloving. \n\n\nEpoxy is a solid idea. ",
"source https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0JsWZTGJmI",
"The feeling of hair catching and being pulled out whilst wearing this...",
"*Elegant* is an odd choice of word.",
"Or it just snagging on everything. Why yes, I would love to rip up all fabric I pass in the vicinity of. ",
"Best part\nIt costs 1000 dollars",
"So the store had no more diamonds? ",
"Well the inside has actually been smoothed out with a Dremel and a sander to get the desired dimensions, so it's smooth",
"So the inside had to be sanded out to get the dimensions right. Plus the illusion that it's sharp on the inside is false. It's actually smoothened titanium with ferric acid having eaten away the copper exterior",
"While this looks awesome all I see is the horrible amounts of bacteria and various things you'd get stuck in it. ",
"I don't own one but the process used to make the ring gives it an extremely smooth and rounded finish. The dremel used to sand the inside of the ring down, to get the desired fit and finish smoothes out the titanium, but keeps the rugged look on the outside. It's an illusion as well because ferric acid ate the surrounding copper leaving spaces between the titanium. So you'll be safe wearing this!",
"Look... It's a Thing ring...\n\n[Explanation of semi-humorous comment](https://images.moviepilot.com/image/upload/c_fill,h_470,q_auto:good,w_620/rr1w1ghe3keszzkfmyan.jpg)",
"With titanium AND copper, probably not ",
"700 actually. But it's sold out atm. [here](https://patrickadairdesigns.com/collections/special-edition-rings/products/superconductor-ring)",
"Of course not. Millennials killed the diamond industry. Haven't you heard?",
">degloving\n\nThat just made my spine tingle in the worst way.",
"Diamonds are elegant. This is crap! I know I’m a genius.",
"Superconductor, especially Nobium titanium isn't exactly cheap, plus the whole process and man hours to make it with all the specialized machinery would make it worth that price",
"We can clearly see that it's not smooth, we can clearly see the jagged parts. It's a neat looking thing but no way in fuck is anyone going to put that on. ",
"So I'm not exactly sure if you read my replies to other people's comments, but I'll say it again. The inside diameter of the ring is smoothed and sanded for comfort and to reach a certain size. If the inside was left sharp and it was so dangerous, it wouldn't have sold out. Jagged edges exist on the outside to provide depth and shape, whereas the inside is perfectly smooth. ",
"I had one, but it was too cold to wear.",
"Are you blind? while the inside might be bored out to a certain size, the titanium rods have sharp edges to it when it's a thin slice of the rod...\n\nJust look at that thin piece in the middle of the picture and tell me that pointed edge isn't sharp lol.",
"The guy who makes it doesnt use that much specialized machinery, its pretty cheap to get a set up like his. He even shows in his videos how he isnt using the best bits and grinders to remove titanium and other really strong metals. ",
"Want it, need it, gotta have it.",
"It looks cool but I feel it would have a bunch of pinch points that your skin would get caught in.",
"I've seen the video of him making it. The ring is still rough on the inside. ",
"It's only $700",
"+10 lightning damage on all melee attacks.",
"I feel some of these downvotes are a little rude.",
"Look at the image and look for sharp edges.. There are many sharp edges which is what people are referring to. How are you so dense you missed this in every reply?!",
"I really hope we do, fuck the monopoly those companies have",
"Chemically etch the edges?",
"Not sure why all the hate. I think it's amazing. ",
"Despining can fix that tingle.",
"FUCKING AVOCADO TOAST, MAN!",
"I like it.",
"> Epoxy is a solid idea.\n\nWell, only after it cures fully.",
"I thought this too. I would have used the word badass",
"I was thinking the same thing",
"I work with Ti-Nb alloys regularly; they're really not that hard to grind if you take your time, I generally do it by hand when prepping my samples. SiC sandpaper and a little water will do the job just fine. \n\nBastard to cut, though.",
"no girl will be able to resist",
"That +5 defense tho",
"Pretty dope till dirt gets stuck in the slits in the ring ",
"The problem isn't the inside but the sharp corners and edges. Not because it can cut you but it can easily get caught somewhere else.\n\n",
"You could make this easier by just casting some aluminum. That's a superconductor around 1 K. ",
"If you like that, you’ll love this:\n\nhttps://store.srulirecht.com/products/a-lasting-impression-is-sr341",
"That looks amazing. Finished in some hard epoxy to prevent snagging, catching and devolving of your finger would finish it off perfectly. As it sits, it makes a great display piece, just not practical in \"most\" lines of work. \n\nAny plans on epoxy or anything op? Is this yours?\n\nEdit: Read the comments. I see no plans for epoxy and it's for a customer. It's amazing and I like it just wouldn't work for my life. Does look awesome though. I'd pay you for one depending on the price and if it was encased in epoxy. I use rubber rings at work to prevent devolving but this would be awesome for someone with a cozy office job. Certainly a conversation piece...",
"Where can I buy one ;--;",
"Fuck you.",
"Why is this downvoted? ",
"[That is a Patrick Adair Design ring.](https://patrickadairdesigns.com/) He has some really creative and unique ring designs. \n\n[He also has a youtube channel that shows you how he makes em](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ82SlfYWJag5794tE64ZZA) ",
"It’s not an uneducated knee jerk reaction, meme or quip. Fuck outta here with that detailed explanation.",
"0_0",
"Is it normal to repost stuff to fish for karma?",
"To shreds you say?",
"Is this accusation evidence based? ",
"To shreds, you say",
"Nope. Welcome to Reddit. ",
"Sauce?",
"i bookmarked it [months ago](https://i.imgur.com/AG7NxZD.jpg)\n\n",
"I actually work for the company that makes this, I can guarantee this isn’t one of our accounts. We don’t actually self promote though reddit because we have a YouTube channel with 250 k subs. \n\nThe reason the ring doesn’t tear your finger up has to do with the fact that it is sanded so fine. Every ring goes through a large amount of sanding from 80 grit all the way up to over a thousand grit. The ring is then polished through a series of polishing compounds to the same effect. ",
"Want one. Am electrician. (ノಠ益ಠ)ノ彡┻━┻",
"his glow dust rings are so cool",
"Title is much hyperbole. A can pull tab is basically a superconductor ring with a Tc about 1K.",
"Gives +10 to Fire resist as an added bonus",
"Dude, are we looking at the same picture? There's sharp pointy bits all over the outside of it. ",
"So err... Why does it look sharp as fuck in the picture?! ",
"Imagine making hamburger patties wearing this",
"patrick adair correct?",
"It's a clip taken from the making of video, before it's passed through the tumbler",
"OK show me an after picture? ",
"Your account is 2 years old. Where were you in that time?",
"Only really active in the last year, and only then in a few very specific subreddits that don't really have this come up. ",
"I have bad news...",
"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0JsWZTGJmI",
"Not even semi.",
" Wish that was my wedding ring ",
"All rings get stuff stuck in them. This is why jewelry cleanser has existed for many years. Or just take it to a jeweler for a free clean.",
"Copper is antimicrobial.",
"> +10 damage to self on all melee attacks.\n\nFrom those edges, it looks more like this.",
"Final view still looks sharp as hell. The little gaps would catch everything. ",
"I’m not Patrick but he’s my boss",
"The picture is taken with a 4x macro cap on a camera. Basically the just is that a lot of those gaps are so small you can’t even feel them, so while it would be possible to catch on things like frayed threads from a jacket or jeans, I’ve never had one catch on anything in daily use. That being said I don’t work in the shop very often. I’m normally at a desk. But if you’re working with your hands doing construction, engineering, etc. you should always remove your rings anyway because any of your rings can get caught and devolve the finger in that situation. ",
"Yeah, ok. 👌",
"You need to watch netflix's adaptation of Gerald\"s Game.",
"I'm curious to what the exact superconductor is. There are a ton of compounds that are superconductors but they are rather pointless because of the insanely low temps to get them to do it. Technically if you have a tungsten carbide ring then you have a superconducting ring. Only thing is, it'll require <2K to get it to do it. This ring is the kind of thing that uses superconducting as a buzzword to increase price and sucker people into buying it. ",
"I don't mean the inside. I would worry about the outside catching on something. A perfectly normal ring can catch on something and deglove someone.\n\n\nedit: geese, you got down voted a lot, sorry about that. The ring is super cool though.",
"In Rod We Trust. ",
"Then re-spining with non-standard parts to complete the transformation.",
"It was a used Nobium Titanium superconductor rod, similar to the one used in the Texas Super Collider",
"Ring accidents can be worse than degloving. I knew a guy that lost his ring finger due to the ring snagging something as he fell a serious distance. Lost the whole finger, straight up. ",
"It looks like chocolate chips",
"dad?",
"Needs rope fossil ",
"I would advise against masturbating with it on.",
"Sure we finally discovered a superconductor and we crafted a ring...hmmmm",
"Don’t wear gloves with the ring /s",
"I thought I was giving insight but I guess not haha. But you raise a point about the outside catching something",
"Not much does",
"Sorry you're being brigaded essentially. There's a mixup happening. While the surface is smooth, the very angry people replying to you and calling you blind are actually referring to the edges between the pieces. There are gaps between each titanium (I think that's what I saw it being called) nub, which would allow for skin to get caught in it because a finger doesn't just keep one shape. Also, the outside will rub against other fingers not just exterior materials.\n\nAs for the epoxy comment, I don't think an entire coating would look best, perhaps just enough to go between the pieces.",
"This is an awesome video - thanks so much for posting!",
"\"elegant\"",
"I suppose that is worse.",
"Does it form wormholes to other planets?",
"You guys make some cool looking rings, I like watching your videos. I don't even wear rings but I enjoy watching these ones being made.",
"You're a douchebag. ",
"I can literally see sharp knife edges in the photo. ",
"The actual finished ring: https://patrickadairdesigns.com/products/superconductor-ring",
"He says it a few comments up",
"ow! the edge!"
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A Superconductor Rod transformed into an elegant ring
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[
"lol how do you miss those mustache hairs so badly?",
"Barry McCokiner ",
"I too lack his sophisticated sense of style.",
"Looks like a Skeezy car salesmen. “You think you hate it now, wait till you drive it.” "
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Chap
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"I have the exact same one on the right ",
"is it flat? ",
"Yes, it is flat :)",
"just flat clear plastic, I could make thousands of those with my cnc machine for less than $2 each",
"You should. It’s a good idea and they executed it well.",
"nah, those things are everywhere, ",
"Damn Debbie downer. Go back to /r/negative",
"These are super cool! What’s the name of the company?",
"Trippy Needs",
"They are reselling them for $40, a bit of a rip off sir. ",
"They're worth what people will pay, idiot.",
"Found it!",
"Ya and? Disposable income. Notice the triple monitors and red harbinger cross desk.... Cool shit like this is worth the $40-60....",
"Maybe it's just me but wouldn't it be bw cooler if they were 3d? I mean there are no impossible shapes there.",
"its not just you. It would be cooler if they were 3d. but its still cool :)",
"Wow I didn't expect that. Totally looks 3d!"
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I don't promote a company often. This company has a cool product and even included a HAND WRITTEN thank you letter for my order. Check out my Trippy Needs lamp's!
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"I hope you framed it and put it up on the wall. Awesome pic",
"Wow thank you and am glad you liked that one :) I shoot portraits more often than nature ... if you’re bored you can see my works at https://500px.com/apolloreyes",
"Oh wow! Amazing work"
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The Lonesome ... took this shot a couple of years ago near my place at a horse sanctuary...
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[
"31° is still t shirt weather here in Chicago",
"We are freezing down here. Took the day off. ",
"Lol. I went to Texas for a meeting once, when I was checking in the hotel a lady was talking about the snow and how the schools shut down. I asked her where at and she said here. \n\nI didn't remember seeing anything as a taxied in, so I look at and there's a dust of snow. Like not even enough to get a footprint. A strong wind would blow it all away. I was dumbfounded. \n\nI've lived this area my whole life. I've literally dug my car out after 40\" of snow to go to work. I've worked in temperatures below 0. \n\nBut I get that our infrastructure is here to support the snow and Texas isn't. Still kinda wild hearing the differences online sometimes. "
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Got to see the snow icon on my dash for the first time, I live in Texas.
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"Yeah they got a buy a billion 8 x 8 boxes get a billion half off deal i guess.",
"I wanna hear that packing agent is thinking. It has to be a joke",
"I thought the box was empty at first!",
"Yet they package records poorly",
"They supposedly use a packing algorithm that bases the boxes used on the space available on the remaining trucks to ensure as little shifting as possible but that is just ridiculous. ",
"Well maybe if they didn't treat the employees like robots then maybe these mistakes would not occur. \nSource: https://www.thestreet.com/story/14312539/1/amazon-warehouse-employees-discuss-grueling-work.html",
"As someone who's spent time shipping and receiving, sometimes the postage stickers are so large that we had to use boxes much larger than what was actually shipping. Certainly if it was overseas.",
"Hah. \n\n\"Amazon Warehouse Employees' Message to Jeff Bezos -- We Are Not Robots\"\n\nJust wait a couple years and you will be.",
"They get paid decent and get full benefits on date of hire. They know what they signed up for. Those are just whiners wanting attention. ",
"It was hiding",
"No bubble wrap or packing peanuts? ",
"It’s also untrue.\n\nTrucks are loaded in whatever random order the packing is finished in.\n\nIn cases like this odds are the person doing the packing only had that size box right in front of them and you’re not gonna stop and wait for the right size when you’re forced to keep your pack rates up.\n\nOr someone entered the size wrong in inventory, and as a packer you don’t give a fuck about someone else’s fuck up.",
"Actually no. These employees are urinating in buckets in their Amazon delivery vans because of the heavily enforced time requirements. I don't know about you but I consider that a problem and inhumane. Benefits or not. \nSource: https://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/11/27/undercover-reporter-reveals-brutal-working-conditions-at-amazon\n\nSource:http://metro.co.uk/2017/12/11/amazon-drivers-forced-urinate-bottles-keep-top-deliveries-7151258/",
"So, in the world of warehousing, there is such a thing known as a \"Minimum Conveyable Box\" When a warehouse is designed and built-out they install a conveyor belt system, an intelligent one with sorters, scanners, scales, etc. Depending on how that system was designed, this may be the absolute smallest box that will register in the system where this package was shipped out of. Some warehouses are set up for small boxes, some for larger.",
"You can always find another job. I’ve suffered through worse. ",
"What about an envelope? Funny, though, that it was under the flap, making the box seem empty!",
"Happens to me all the time. [This one is probably my favorite](https://imgur.com/a/WAFSe), though. ",
"I know it sounds dumb, but if that warehouse isn't set up for envelop mailings there might not be an envelope anywhere in the building. This combined with the possible \"not my job\" from whoever packed it.",
"Yeah, pretty funny. Being hidden by the flap really got me though. That split second of thinking it was an entirely empty box.",
"It's Amazon, man, they'd be bags of air.",
"Right.. I didn't know what they were called. ",
"I got a box 6x that big for something the same size.",
"And then they throw that shit out of a moving truck because they don't feel like walking it to the porch.",
"You're a Libertarian aren't you.",
"Always someone being political. It’s the fact that they can always find new jobs. Amazon employees are heavily compensated . Don’t let this shit article fool you into thinking it’s some this is 3rd world crap that should be looked down upon. If that’s what keeps them moving and operating the fastest so be it. It’s not like they get paid nothing. They’re just whining like everyone does about their job. ",
"Ah, so you're a Christian Libertarian.",
"Why does everything have to have a label? I’m not Christian. Simply put just no, man. ",
"Because you have the audacity to write that workers asking for better work conditions are whining. And because you parrot the privileged claim *they can just get another job*. And because you don't recognize that the power of employment is in that hands of capital not labor. And because you are too shortsighted to see that labor is seldom justly compensated. And because you don't understand that capital distributes wealth but labor generates wealth. Because whenever folx protest an unfair distribution of the fruits of their labor, capitalist accuse them of whining.\n\nAnd finally because this:\n\n--\n\"Governments exist to protect the rights of minorities. The loved and the rich need no protection - they have many friends and few enemies.\" - \n Wendell Phillips, American abolitionist (1811-1884).\n",
"Having to pee in a bag isn’t even that fucking bad. Have you ever had a bad job? Or are you entitled and think the perfect job exists. I agree that people need better work conditions. This isn’t one of those situations.",
"Well, when you submit your resume to Amazon, holla back about those workplace conditions. ",
"Over the course of seventy-five years I have had nearly every kind of job you might imagine, good & bad. Each and every one of them had room for improvement with regard to labor benefits. Even when I worked for myself."
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There's silly Amazon packaging but then there's this
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"I don’t know which is more bizarre, the suit or the guys face. ",
"Plastic surgery:\n\n[Before](https://i.imgur.com/jt8gW9k.jpg)\n\n[After](https://i.imgur.com/2DbIxjP.jpg)\n\nHis name is Rodrigo Alves",
"Jesus Christ this dudes plastic surgery turned him into some sort of demon looking creature. Gross ",
"The face, definitely the face ...",
"it wasn't the suit I found bizarre looking",
"What a shame, he was a pretty handsome guy too.",
"Where does his money for this shit come from? ",
"Inherited it from his dead grandparents. He's spent about $650,000 in total on the face, removal of ribs, removal of fat [as well as fake abs.](https://i.imgur.com/N55Uzl6.jpg)",
"oh man. I don't even know what to say...",
"Very bizarre. Having abs yet the rest of your body is so soft XD"
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Bizarre Checkered suit.
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"if Americans replaced those immigrants. that $40 bill could easily be $80",
"Well I know where I'm not going now. I'm going to stick to 7-11 hot dogs and greek diners. Keep it american or whatever.",
"They forgot to mention LEGAL immigrants. ",
"Yeah definitely 7-11 is strictly run by Americans ",
"Hicksville...",
"perfect ",
"Stay home and eat white bread, that might do it. \nMeanwhile the rest of us will enjoy the wonderful multicultural cuisine this country has to offer.",
"I prefer Italian bread. I guess it is still white. But softer or whatever.",
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Damn Immigrants 🍽️🍴🍽️
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"TIL...Ricky Gervais loves gymnastics ",
"I was thinking Drew Carey",
"Jesus Christ It never even struck me",
"Jesus Christ It never even struck me",
"The hair and glasses says Drew Carey, but he's got the Ricky Gervais grin",
"So Drew Gervais or Ricky Carey ??"
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When you are from France and need to video, livestream and record all at the same time!
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"I used to hike in the gorge with friends, now it breaks my heart a bit everytime I think about the fire",
"Yea, [it definitely sucked](http://www.oregonlive.com/wildfires/index.ssf/2017/10/newest_aerial_photos_reveal_se.html), but the Gorge lives on. \n\nThere won't be much, if any, damage to the area in this particular image because we're mostly looking at the Washington side. \n\nLove the Gorge, I look at this and think of home. ",
"Taken from the Women's Forum?"
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Columbia River Gorge, Oregon
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">Sea foam, ocean foam, beach foam, or spume is a type of foam created by the agitation of seawater, particularly when it contains higher concentrations of dissolved organic matter (including proteins, lignins, and lipids)[1] derived from sources such as the offshore breakdown of algal blooms. These compounds can act as surfactants or foaming agents. As the seawater is churned by breaking waves in the surf zone adjacent to the shore, the presence of these surfactants under these turbulent conditions traps air, forming persistent bubbles that stick to each other through surface tension. Due to its low density and persistence, foam can be blown by strong on-shore winds from the beachface inland.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_foam",
"Soap from whales showering",
"That's a great explanation. I figured it was the breakdown of different bacteria that's naturally released in the water. TIL",
"That's L'oréal correct?",
"Nah, it's L'ofaké.",
"Ha, that's a good one!!",
";)",
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My Mom at Surfside Beach, SC. She sent this to me yesterday. What exactly is seafoam?
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"\"Yeah, we're heading down to the Golden Corral for dinner if y'all wanna come. It's $9.99 all you can eat steak night. We'll be there about 3:30 and I have some coupons for half off if y'all want em.\"",
"Mini Matthau.",
"My doctor gave me six months to live, but when I couldn't pay the bill he gave me six months more.\n\n-Walter Matthau.",
"\n.. and someone to change his depends",
"3:30?! I gotta be back home by 4 to watch Matlock.\n",
"He looks like a little Mickey Rooney! "
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My son is ready for a round of golf, an early buffet dinner, and to complain about his medical ailments.
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"The true slogan behind his administration",
"That's how I'm reading his message and it's not for me. \n\nedit: I'm getting down voted? Trump and followers are destroying America, not making it great. racism is the way of the buffoon. ",
"Xenophobia* ",
"His followers will literally do anything to defend that retard"
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What Everyone's Thinking About Trump's Racism
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"-30 celsius? whats that translate to for civilized folk?",
"That IS for civilised people. You urchins and your Fahrenheit.",
"-22 Fahrenheit ",
"Let's see what other countries use imperial: Liberia, Burma.\n\nYeah, they sure are civilized!",
"You can debate the merits of other units in the metric system all day if you like, but [this image](https://i.imgur.com/379R4Do.png) is the beginning and the end of discussions on which temperature scale is superior for humans.",
"American surfers do it better!",
"And how often do you wake up and ask yourself whether the water outside is in gaseous or liquid form before deciding what to wear?",
"Do you defend miles too? ",
"You poor soul.",
"I'm used to miles but I don't have a strong opinion on miles vs. kilometers. They're both too big to have obvious human-scale reference points.\n\nBut I sure as shit can mount a robust defense of cups, feet, teaspoons, tablespoons, and every other Imperial unit named after an actual physical object from which is was derived. Because those are historically proven, intuitive units that apply to people's everyday lives and the things they measure with them.\n\nImperial units evolved organically from *quantities that were inherently meaningful* to people. A typical cup of coffee is 8 ounces, or more simply *one cup*. That same quantity is...about a quarter of a liter. Or 250 milliliters. Both of those are unwieldy figures for referring to such a common quantity. And what is a liter, anyway? Officially, it's \"1,000 cubic centimeters\". Okay...well, I get what a cubic centimeter is, but I also get that no one ever measures one cc of anything, so why is that a base unit? Does anyone ever wake up and think \"man, I could go for a few hundred cubic centimeters of coffee right now!\"?\n\nMetric units were defined arbitrarily by a bunch a scientists who wanted to make their calculations marginally simpler before calculators existed.\n\nImperial, in general, is objectively superior for most everyday situations. \n\nMetric, in general, is objectively superior for scientific applications.",
"You were born into celsius, I was molded by fahrenhiet!!\n\n/end clunky analogy and hang head in shame",
"thanks, I hate that when it gets to that point it really isnt as dramatic difference as it seemed\n",
"Ok you make some good points. Hard to argue against it. ",
"The first digit of a Fahrenheit temperature tells you all you need to know for clothing, and the second digit is just fine tuning. It's meaningful to talk about temperature being \"in the sixties\" (or teens, forties, seventies, etc). because 61 feels pretty close to 69. But there's a huge subjective difference between 31C and 39C.",
"But you may be redeemed by Kelvin!"
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A great example of the Canadian phenomenon of icicle face after playing hockey outside in -30c degree weather for an hour
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"Me: \"Guess where I'm taking you to eat?\" \n\nHer: \"ugh... to that restaurant you like?\" \n\nMe: \"Oh, is that where you want to go?\" \n\nHer: \"Not tonight dear. But anyplace else will be fine.\" \n\nMe: \"Ok, then how about Noodle House?\" \n\nHer: \"I really don't want noodles, do you?!\" \n\nMe: ...",
"Me: So guess where we are going!\n\nHer: *shrugs* \n\nMe: ... alright ....",
"Me: Guess where we are going!\n\nHer: Somewhere expensive??\n\nMe: ....ahhhh",
"Haha yeah xD Most likely answer",
"Never suggest young grasshopper, never suggest",
"I give up. Where?",
"Me: but you’ve not even guessed?",
"Not that fucking chicken place AGAIN is it?",
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I think we just cracked the code guys
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"If it really bothered you, you wouldn't post this. ",
"Trump Tower has the BEST taco salads!",
"Seems a little ironic TBH",
"?",
"Based on the thumbnail I thought this was bread on a rack.",
"I wonder if opulence can go out of style. With inequity where it is, and trump being as unpopular as he is and pushing the limits of decency….will the wealthy forgo opulence so as not to be demonized by the public? ",
"They're trying to claim the outrage is about the word, not the message.",
"JESUS ",
"No, because the turd doesn't speak for the herd. There are still good rich people (it's wacky I know) but he will never represent the entire wealth class, or the one he pretends he's in.",
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"Liberals never miss an opportunity to vortue signal. If places like haiti arent shit holes, i guess we dont have a need to still be hosting asylum seekers from that country. Time to send them back if their countries arent shit holes.",
"You're all just bullies come on attack the man for the fucked up shit he's doing! You're all just lowering yourself to his level.",
"Man 8 years of anti-Trump circlejerk on Reddit. This is gonna be fun.",
"I'm not saying he represents anyone. I'm thinking wealthy people will take cues and tamp down their appearance. Trump represents himself. Now anything he does is tied to him. Wealthy folks might want to not appear like he does. Hell, when I wear a tie, I make sure it isn't too long now. That was a joke, but kinda representative of what I'm saying.",
"Trump’s idea of opulence went out of style 30 years ago.",
"Then why do refugees from shithole countries run to countries that have Trump Towers?",
"Just need to convince him it's not his fault but mental illness is a serious thing. It's never too late to get help, they've come a long way with therapy and medications these days, nothing to be ashamed of now, mr drumpf. ",
"shithole worth more than cough some cough countries ",
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Shithole
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"Looks like an entertaining stupid hat party",
"Your grandfather is a rock star",
"Ill do your stupid dance battle and ill do my damn best. But I'm not going to like it",
"Oh. So it it fairer to say that your grandfather is a legend, then ?",
"https://i.imgur.com/toHe2OV.gif",
"Y.M.C.A.!!!",
"I've got my reservations about that....",
"He looks like my Safeway manager from 30 years ago! LOL, Rock it Ben!",
"OP is a big fat phony.",
"?"
] | 10 |
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My grandfather rocked a headdress better than most hipster girls.
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/r/pics/comments/7pzfw1/my_dad_found_this_mouse_under_a_box_in_the_attic/
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[
"mouse jerky!",
"Was it found under a case of pop?\n\nBecause that would just be soda pressing…",
"Keep it. \n\n'Find it' next time you stay in a 5 star hotel. \n\nSee all the freebies or upgrades you get."
] | 3 |
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My dad found this mouse under a box in the attic. He's holding it by the tail.
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