The Un-Funny Truth About Karmanaut
backtype.com/url/www.reddit.com%252fuser%252f...Posted Aug 26, 2010, 12:28 PM UTC
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I was actually asked to be part of "karmanaut". I accepted the invitation, but was eventually turned down when they found out I'm actually eight different dudes working together to be "owenstumor".
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I'm ashamed to say that I'm actually one person with no life. That's the secret behind my karmic success.
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<Nelson> Ha Ha </Nelson>
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with no life
Hence why you are the _dead_apostle?
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WHOA THERE GUY.. WHOA
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Wait, why aren't you part of the Guild of Collective Accounts?
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I suppose, since that password worked, that we are going to need an application form.
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where is it?
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what are you talking about? It didn't work at all... this is my regular account, right? Are we all nautkarmanaut? What is happening???
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Everyone is invited to use a new account I just created:
username:nautkarmanaut
password:abc
***DISREGARD THIS I SUCK CO------DISREGARD THIS I AM A HUMANITARIAN------
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Wow, that's hilarious. I created the account, posted it and the password, and it self destructed after its first post.
Edit: nevermind, I see that there are a few [deleted] posts below that are probably the account as well.
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Every once in a while someone does this. It never ever works because the first thing the first person does is change the password. Because all people are at their core dicks and this is why we can't have nice things.
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I'm just glad they are collaborating on something important instead of some stupid ass project to advance mathematics or some dumb shit like that 'yo.
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Karmanaut talks like a fag and his shit's all retarded.
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No ass-project is ever stupid!
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highest rated comment so far... you must be in Karmanaut's secret circle of commenting wizards.
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I thought this was bullshit.
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OMG. So this means that when I sent a message to Karmanaut offering to have unprotected buttsex with him, the entire staff got to laugh at me. Because I also linked a photo of my ass and explained I was a male gym teacher at (deleted) High School. Oh. This is not good. Not at all. Oh.
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Wait until they all show up to collect on the invite.
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I think it's pretty good.
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There is always a silver lining. Now you have a chance to have butt-sex with a bunch of people.
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Seriously: Who cares?
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A lot of people are on Reddit almost solely for Karma and it's a huge deal to them. It's pretty funny
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Here's another upvote for you. You're welcome.
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-sigh- I guess that about explains Reddit in it's existing state. At least it's fun for a ton of people. Still miss it when it was a nice place for great discussions with unique viewpoints. Oh well.
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Karma is not funny.
Karma is a hell of a drug.
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Deceit and manipulation doesn't bother you?
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I kinda digg it, actually.
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Well played, I reddit and laughed.
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Fark these pun threads.
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i want you to go back to there
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If you're not careful, you might hurt my feelings.
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You've never been with a woman have you?
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sigh
no.
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Have you ever been in a Turkish prison?
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I was about to say something about your lack of experience with the internet, then I read your username.
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Welcome to the machine.
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It's. Just. A. Website.
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YOU. ARE. A. TOOOOOOOOOOOOOOY!
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Note in the article:
from 55 weeks ago
Yes. This is old.
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It has been proposed by observers that the third stage may involved creating a highly popular fictitious reddit administrator, who wins the community over and is called upon whenever future unpleasant announcements have to be made, regarding reddit's comment system or revenue model (e.g. pulling controversial links from the front page, creating a more powerful moderator hierarchy, charging subscription fees, or adopting pop-up ads which hover over the comments).
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The new digg design appears to have affected Reddit's frontpage algo.
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James Franco is secretly Karmanaut.
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That guy loves stimulation.
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what guy doesn't?
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He writes, "...the shadows make shadow colors."
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someone upvote this man
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Don't tell me what to do.
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Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me.
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This post is even more tired and lame than karmanaut.
Fucker was just a pop sensation here. I never got into him. Now he just posts inane bullshit and mostly gets ignored.
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Totally. I really enjoyed his early work, but he really left his roots with the new stuff. I have some of his original comments on vinyl.
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My favorite redditor is really obscure, you probably haven't heard of them.
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Perhaps. But I bet I've fucked him.
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Appropriate username detected.
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Yay! This joke thread again.
In before "I liked this joke thread before it was commercialized"
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I hated this meme before it was even being done.
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I used to listen to them. "Til you started listening.
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I still have some of his comments from my BBS
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Replace "his" with "their", and "he" with "they".
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When he was on vinyl they called him karmanaughty...
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They still do
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I enjoyed his early work on acetate but his later stuff became too derivative for my tastes.
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I kind of thought that was the point of karmanaut? Or was it meant to be a secret?
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It's news to me, and I was around when he hit the stage.
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Everyone knows this. It is now everyone's dream to become one with the Karmanaut collective.
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Now everyone knows this.
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But we didn't know that everyone knew. Now we do.
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Am I the only moron who didn't know this?
Karmanaut, to me, was like a celestial star.
Sun, I am disappointed.
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Let me un-pop that bubble for you, because nothing in that article is true.
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I enjoyed that immensely.
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Ah yes, I remember that post.
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Ok. Now explain who Selma is on slickdeals.
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Patty's sister, man. Everyone knows that.
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That's Cathy, from the old TV show. You're thinking of that town in Alabama where the Army and National Guard beat up black people in the 60's.
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That was rude and uncalled for. You should behave yourself more politely here, and everywhere frankly. There is no need for acting that way towards people. What would your mother say sir or madam? Do you do that to random people during the day elsewhere?
There are real people sitting behind these words after all. I am not merely text on a screen, as hard as that may be for younger people to understand.
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Karmanaut: A clever play on words referencing both Reddit's karma/upvote features and soviet astronauts, or "cosmonauts"
If this "collective" of users is posting towards a common goal....that smacks of socialism. Don't you see it?!?
DAMN KARMANAUT, HE TOOK OUR JOBS!!!!
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I do, hence the intentional mixing of ideologies in my faux-Tea Party logic. I probably should have made some sort of "No-Bama" reference, as well.
Upvote for your eerily appropriate username. :)
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No, they weren't. They were the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, dominated by the Communist Party. The difference being is that communism is a stateless, classless society, whereas socialism is a society where there is a government that owns all means of production and distribution and has a centrally planned economy. Your assertion is akin to calling the US a Democracy because the Democrats are in charge (when we're a Republic no matter who's in charge).
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THEY TUK ER JERBS!!
Er, sorry, channeling southpark there.
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DE DERK'A DURB!!
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People that care about karma are douche bags in the first place.
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So are the rest of us though.
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uhmmmmmmmmmmmm proof? Evidence? If you can't give me those at least a goddamn paragraph break!
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Fuck you guys, I'm #13 on the site for cKarma (12 if you discount karmanaut) and I wasn't invited? :(
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Wait we can figure out ranking? Not that I would even care because I don't give a shit about karma. But where is the goddamn list? I must know! Although whatever, that's lame. Tell me.
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karmawhores.net
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I am 2k from that list. Ok denty pull it together.
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Nice work, see you in the winners' circle.
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Nice try Karmanaut! ;)
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You would seriously have to be a big group of losers to go to that much trouble , it would be a pointless endeavor.
I believe its possible, but I don't see or care why anyone would want to go through the trouble.
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You would seriously have to be a big group of losers to go to that much trouble
Bingo!
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My give-a-shit-o-meter hasn't budged.
Me neither
I just realized that it's entirely possible I am the only other reddit user, and everyone else is you.
Where's my totem?
Instead... only try to realize the truth.
What truth?
There is no user.
There is no user?
Then you'll see, that it is not the user that writes, it is only yourself.
whoa
He's waking up.
Pull the plug.
Sorry, Neo.
The Matrix >> Inception
T R U M A N S H O W
In case I don't see you...Good afternoon, good evening and good night!
Nice try....us..me...
Do all of you guys like tacos? We could all get tacos.
Orange Whip? Orange Whip? Three Orange Whips!
Orange mocha frappucinos?
snap
snap
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I think you missed the joke part.
this comment is going to get deleted, it's not up to standards
Hush, you guys. It's like being told there's no tooth fairy. sniff.
FTFY
My give-a-shitter is in the nano-fuckits.
Here. Have a laxative.
Oh, I thought you said your take-a-shit-o-meter hasn't budged.
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(Yeah he did.)
Well, I guess you can't win them all.
If it was me, I would have at least removed the sentence after I saw your reply.
Blew it all over the bathroom wall.
No, you didn't
I'm really happy to see this comment at the top.
Why not? Does it not bother you to be falsely manipulated? If true, this is dishonest and pure douchery.
Welcome to the Internet.
That's a cowardly response. Yes, it happens, that doesn't mean you roll over and say "oh well."
Remember when we had slavery? Should we have, instead of trying to abolish it, simply said "welcome to America" and did nothing?
Apathy like this is complicit with the many problems in our society.
That's a stupid response.
What sort of stake did you have in karmanaut, or any of us, being legitimate? I mean were you in love with him? Did he give you an STD? Are you having his baby? Does he owe you some money?
IT'S AN ANONYMOUS ACCOUNT ON A WORTHLESS WEBSITE.
Don't slit your wrists, you'll get over it.
But my bull-shit-o-meter has gone way off.