i know 196 is a reddit thing but like. what does it mean. what do those numbers represent
r/196 is (was?) the successor subreddit to r/195.
r/195 was just a place for some roomates to post memes, and it was named after their apartment number. There was only one rule: if you visit the sub, you must make a post before leaving. The sub eventually grew in popularity, the original members couldn’t keep up with the demands of moderating it, and they closed it down. Soon after, r/196 was born and eventually far outgrew its progenitor.
r/196 also kind of just organically grew into a left-leaning, LGBTQ+ positive space. This was possibly helped because at the start, the only available user flair (a little phrase or icon that appears by your username on posts and comments) was “trans rights”.
oh my god the king of norway from 1046 to 1066 harald iii aka hardrada hi thank you so much welcome to tumblr in the year 2023
Thank you, my thane, for the kind welcome! If only the rest of my subjects were as loyal as lathiat! Truly all that other vikings know today is how to polish their armor and drink mead. They can’t even navigate by the stars or raid a monastary!
hahaha! *quickly glances at harald iii of norway’s wiki*
couldnt be me! im extremely loyal and i love invading places for my king! *wipes sweat from my forehead*
earlier today i told an acquaintance in passing that i’ll often be in the middle of a novel and think “man i wish this shit were more ambiguous” and had to reiterate twice that i wasn’t being sarcastic before they believed me, so this post is to say: i love when writers don’t bother to explain everything, i love when stories end uncertain and unsettling, i love being required to think as a reader, i love when stuff makes no damn sense, no i’m not kidding
I agree, with the caveat that it has to be ambiguous because the author is good at clearly explaining a confusing situation, not because the author is confusing at explaining a clear situation.
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