r/thatHappened

340K archived posts · Nov 2012 – Sep 2026

Totally true stories that absolutely happened

r/thatHappened

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Created Nov 23, 2012

1.5MMembers (last snapshot)

340KArchived posts

thatHappened? Really? She walked off the bus and they all clapped? Sure.

This subreddit is for true stories that absolutely happened. Like that one time...

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#Rules


1: Post incredibly true stories that totally actually happened. If your story is obviously true, verifiable, or satire, it will be removed. This is a satire subreddit for fleshed out stories, not texts and one-liners. Stories have a beginning, middle, and end.
2: Redact all reddit usernames and subreddit names from your submission.Including profile pictures. No kid's faces, period. NO GREENTEXT
3: No linking to on-site or off-site content! Properly anonymized screenshots only.
4: Don't make an attempt to find, contact, or help other people find or contact people featured in these posts. Online or IRL. Do not brigade other threads, on or off of reddit. Do not doxx someone featured in a post. You will be permanently banned and reported to the admins.
5: No Reposts This subreddit has a long memory and and reposts will be reported and removed. Please check new and hot to make sure your post is not currently visible on the sub.

Moderators reserve the right to remove or approve posts at their discretion.

#Reddiquette will be brutally enforced. No hate speech. Be civil in the comment section.

#Other Stuff

Don't get those Albert Einstein or $100 references? [Check out r/thatHappened's Hall of Fame!](http://www.reddit.com/r/thatHappened/wiki/references)

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