For about a decade, Newer Al has been an active user on Reddit.

I remember joining Reddit in the back of a math class. I think it was AP Calc and I was just bored.

I made this account so that I control people and I decided to stick around and be a good contributor. But back then,

Reddit as a whole was a very wild west. And I think that's what drew me and so many others into Reddit.

It was just the absolute insane variety of forums

with thousands or tens of thousands of people

thinking about the same crazy idea you are.

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... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... determine which posts get the most visibility, by upvoting ones they like and downvoting ones

they don't. They interact using message boards known as Sub-Edits. There's all kinds of

different Sub-Edits like today I learned where people post random

facts they picked up that day. Today I learned Thomas Jefferson was so impressed by

macaroni and cheese during a visit to Paris that he wrote down the recipe

and served it at a state dinner in 1802.

Their shower thoughts, where users share random ideas that popped into their heads

while in the shower.

To not expose his identity, Batman is either driving the Batmobile

uninsured or is committing insurance fraud.

People are impressed by the uniqueness of snowflakes, but potatoes are equally unique and no one

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