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156.2K members. The best post we have captured here reached 28.2K upvotes, which works out to 181 per 1,000 members.
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The mix of post types among everything we have captured. Posting a link where almost nothing but images lands is wasted effort, and this is the fastest way to see it.
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The biggest posts we have captured here. Links go to the original on Reddit.
Cassius Thundercock's glorious chin actually isn't edited
The brothers kittens
The original "guy looking at other girl meme" is from a photoshoot is Gerona, Spain 2015 and it ends being yuri
"Live X reaction" meme is originally Tucker's real time camera reaction to Joe Biden speech in 2021
"*Chuckles* I'm in danger" wasn't actually from a Simpsons episode, it was from a Family Guy episode.
original source of some of the rock's reaction images
Incredibles 2 : Visual Concept Art of Bob Parr & Helen Parr
Albert Epstein before his infamous photo with his tongue out
Original photos of the "E" meme
Origin of the chess photo guy + different angles
Within four times the member count either way, so the comparison is fair. Sorted by upside.
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