Five Subreddits to Get Your Mind Off Exam Stress
We've all been there, am I right? When you're just logging on to all the distracting sites you have a username for in the hopes of being distracted from the copious amounts of work or studying that you have to do. I know from experience that I am guilty of this over and over and over again; with each stressful season comes a new slew of Interweb distractions. And although Reddit isn't always known for its greatness, it should probably be hailed for its ability to organize small fleeting interests into full-blown subreddits.
Reddit, I salute you for your ability to suck me in time and time again. And here are my top five favourite subreddits to hide out in while my homework looms.
#5 - r/creepypms: Internet Support Group for the Creeped-Upon No, nothing warms my heart more than failed OKCupid attempts and a sea of rejected dick pics. r/creepypms distracts us from the horrors of homework with the horrors of humanity. You thought that awkward kid in class asking you out was weird? Just get a load of these folks. You've got everything from overtly sexual content to feminist rants.
#4 - r/harrypotter: The Great Hall Are you tired of people on Tumblr telling you that the Harry Potter fandom needs to take a hike? Flip those Muggles the bird and spend some time browsing r/harrypotter. Unlike r/creepypms, this is a happy place filled with very happy people. Here, people compete for the House Cup, win House points, discuss unpopular opinions or headcanons and are generally just not mean or awful to one another. r/harrypotter even has a Sorting ceremony and will place you in the House that is most desired by and fits you. They're such sweeties, it's hard to stay away.
#3 - r/ladyboners: Eye Candy! Yes, for those of us that are tired of staring at cell diagrams or graphs or words, r/ladyboners provides us with hot men to gawk at. You've got everyone from hot dudes to smokin' hot dudes. Have you got a ladyboner for Chris Pine? Welcome to your own personal haven of hotness. Getting tired of Chris Pine? You're still swimming in a sea of good-looking manmeat. Female gaze forever. And for those of us who'd prefer to look at some ladies who give us ladyboners, why not head over to r/ladyladyboners? All the ladybonery needs met in these two wonderful subreddits.
#2 - r/comeonandslam: COME ON AND SLAM (Space Jam Remixed) You know how you love the crap out of Space Jam? Have you ever wondered what your favourite song mashed up with the iconic opening credit song sounded like? Look no further. r/comeonandslam is working diligently to mash up your favourites with your All Time Favourite. And yes, they have a holiday playlist. I will personally recommend Feslam Navijam.
#1 - r/animalsbeingbros: Animals just being bros It's like if r/aww wasn't filled with upvote-hungry image stealers. Welcome to r/animalsbeingbros, where the coldness of your heart, brought on by hours of studying and reading texts that you didn't read for class in the first place, melts into a puddle at the sight of animals being bros to humans and other animals alike. It's the actual embodiment of that whole thing that Jesus dude was talking about, what was it? Be excellent to each other? I will, Mr. Jesus. I will.













