Dear Anon

Endless Thread

WBUR

Reddit, Technology

4.2 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 16 November 2018

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

What do Bill Gates, finding your soul mate, and charting a new life path have in common? Reddit Gifts! The world's largest anonymous gift exchange has led to some unexpected outcomes.

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0:22.1	A few weeks back, Ameri and I were deborning a plane in Washington, D.C. at Ronald Reagan
0:27.1	International Airport to meet a Reddit user who runs a very specialized business.
0:32.6	We thought we knew what we were getting into and then something happened.
0:37.3	Okay, we literally just walked out that part of the airport where it says,
0:41.2	if you go past this point, it's the point of no return you have to exit.
0:45.0	Yes.
0:45.7	And some guy who I've never seen before.
0:47.9	I've never seen before.
0:49.3	Walked up to us and was like, are you Ameri? Are you Ben?
0:52.8	Yes.
0:53.3	And then he handed us a beautiful envelope with hand-colligraphy.
1:00.0	Hand-colligraphy.
1:01.2	Hand-done-colligraphy.
1:02.4	And on the back, there's a beautiful seal that's...
1:05.2	Black seal.
1:06.4	That says constructed adventures.
1:08.2	Probably stamped by a ring of like an emperor or something.
1:12.6	I hope so. I sure hope so.
1:14.1	To be open it?
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