In a response to Spez threatening to put reopening subreddits to a poll, /r/pics has gotten ahead of the game and voted to reopen, but only allow “Images of John Oliver looking sexy”.
This is legitimately brilliant, because this is the kind of thing that would potentially get John Oliver to mention this on air, and you know whose side he would take in the matter.
Unfortunately he hasn’t had new content in a while because of the writer’s strike. He absolutely would have a killer piece of he wasn’t paused in solidarity of the writers right now.
This is the only argument I have ever heard that would persuade me to go back to reddit.com
Stop, stop, it’s already dead! :::pokes Reddit with a stick:::
Amazing idea. Still keeps the sub open and appeases current Reddit rules and regulations.
Malicious compliance is the best kind of compliance!