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50 Times People Encountered Such ‘Power Moves’ Online, They Had To Immortalize It By Sharing Them On This Online Group
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Active since the Autumn of 2015, The r/madlads online community on Reddit is a real madhouse of entertainment, joy, and human beings doing incredibly mundane things and celebrating it like party animals… even though others see it as being completely over-the-top reactions and nobody asked them to make such power moves.
Have a scroll through some of the top power moves that ‘mad lads’ have been doing, upvote your fave pics, and get ready to have a grand old time. Be sure to check out the subreddit and join their growing community of 1.67 million members. Just remember to read the rules.
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#1
I Was Not Expecting This To Happen
#2
I Want To Try This Now
#3
This Kid Is Going Places
#4
Mad Student
Mohsie Supposie 3 years ago
"Yeah" is a positive word. "Right" is a positive word. But "Yeah, Right" means "No Way", which is negative. Thus proving the Prof. wrong.
#5
Absolute Mad Lad Dad
Bored Panda reached out to u/RalphiesBoogers, a moderator at the ‘Mad Lads’ community, who claims that they’re the greatest mod that Reddit has ever known. (...Allegedly!) We had a good laugh at how they responded to everything.
Check out their hilarious and in-character (as well as genuinely informative and insightful) responses below about the subreddit and, here’s a small heads-up, they really are kings and queens of banter, no matter what situation they’re in. An absolute mad lad? You betcha (just without the irony)!
#6
Some Men Just Want To Watch The World Burn
Elizabeth Molloy 3 years ago
We need to know 1. How Aunt Sheryl ruined OP's relationship, and 2. What happened at Thanksgiving dinner!
Stevie 3 years ago
If I remember correctly Kevin is in a relationship with Aunt Sheryl AND her husband.
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Foxxy (The Original) 3 years ago (edited)
Dammit, I need to know how that panned out. Wish I was a fly on the wall at that dinner get together.
Stille20 3 years ago
...uhhhhh, that does not sound legit, but thank you for digging it up
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Mewton’s Third Paw 3 years ago
Wow. I wouldn’t get anywhere near any of those people. That’s so trashy.
Ruth Mayfly 3 years ago
Update (pretty sure it's fake, still funny) https://www.reddit.com/r/madlads/comments/k1rexd/some_men_just_want_to_watch_the_world_burn/gdqantp/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3
blugeagua 3 years ago
Why feel sorry for a man who is having an affair with a married woman? Probably knowing she's married. The one I feel sorry for most is the poor husband.
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Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago
The dinner may have been served hot, but the revenge was definitely served cold. Ice. Cold.
Wandaluzt 3 years ago
No, because the original post was not on Reddit, someone posted someone else's post on Reddit. The update was just someone jokingly pretending what happened after.
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BluEyedSeoulite 3 years ago
I hope the OP was petty and vindictive enough to set up some cameras!
Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago
@Kainaath Khan Were you brought up in a monastery or something? You never heard “asking for a friend” used as a joke? You need to get out more. A lot more.
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Kim Lorton 3 years ago
Oh my Armageddon!! WE, as inquiring minds, HAVE to know what happened! Please, Elizabeth, myself and everyone else need to know!!
Henry Shane 3 years ago
Ruined her relationship? how exactly, sounds like this personal has some issues they need to deal with. Sorry hun, aunty can't ruin relationships. If it ended it was not on her, no way it can be if it was real. Sorry its on you or him, not her.
Wandaluzt 3 years ago
This was posted on Reddit and even that was a repost from Facebook. The person didn't post it here!
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Wandaluzt 3 years ago
This was posted on Reddit and even that was a repost from Facebook. The person didn't post it here!
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#7
Madladd
#8
Tbh Would Pick Steve Irwin
#9
Nine Year Old Ref Goes Off
#10
This Little Mad Lad's On A Mission
Meanwhile, moderator u/steveofftheinternet pointed out that the subreddit was "completely ruined" when PewDiePie, aka Felix Kjellberg, uploaded a video about it. "We got flooded with his meme-spewing preteen fan army who are incapable of understanding that 'madlad' is ironic." Mod u/N8theGr8 explained that "mad-laddery is when you do something incredibly mundane, such as making spaghetti, sweeping the hallway, or being a Bored Panda writer, and then acting like it's the craziest thing ever."
Moderator N8theGr8 said that the subreddit was started in response to an image of "a guy putting a pan or something on his head and everyone else being like whaaaaaaaaat." In their opinion, the world has enough mad lads as it is. "I don't know if I want to encourage too many madlads, since the last time we got too popular some impressionable kid put sugar on their already Frosted Flakes, and it was chaos. They sell this thing called Liquid Confidence at a lot of stores though, I recommend taking a shot every time Elon Musk embarrasses himself Twitter."
#11
Not Sure If This Counts But Madlad Strikes At His Mom?
#13
Mad Mike Check
#14
Madlad With His Harmless Prank
#15
Madlad Kevin!
Bole Perishon 3 years ago
This is nothing. A guy in Serbia joined the Flat Earth Society Facebook group, got them to make him an admin and changed their name to Round Earth Society.
Meanwhile, when prodded about where the line between what's 'mad-laddish' and not lies, they decided to jokingly misinterpret the question. "Contrary to popular belief, it's not an actual physical line like the International Date Line or that line you dance on when line dancing. It's also not a picket line, as those individuals are fighting the bourgeois against the exploitation of labor under a system of capital are not to be dismissed as mere mad lads, but compatriots in the fight against our chains of oppression. It's also not rickrolling, since that joke is like 30 years old," they said, alluding to one of the main demands of the subreddit to not mention Rick Roll.
When asked to answer a few questions about their community and what it stands for, one of the r/madlads moderators, RalphiesBoogers (great name and The Simpsons reference, tbh) proved that banter is supreme and that you can’t switch it off before launching into how a lot of folks misinterpret the term ‘mad lad’ in the first place.
#16
Madcouple
#17
Absolute Madlad Outsmarting His Way Through Life
Foxxy (The Original) 3 years ago (edited)
I was expecting something more inappropriate so I was relieved when I read the last sentence.
#18
Grandad Glass Blowing Madlad
#19
I Should Do It Myself As Well
#20
Textbook Bait And Switch
Mohsie Supposie 3 years ago
... unless you are "blue-lighting" i.e. an emergency vehicle with blue lights ON indicating it is on an emergency call.
The mod, practically beaming with banter energy, agreed to talk to us on the condition that we keep mentioning that they’re the greatest moderator Reddit has ever known. Have we said that u/RalphiesBoogers is the greatest moderator Reddit has ever known? Well, they are!
“For the most part, we just try to manipulate the price of GME,” u/RalphiesBoogers, probably the best mod that Reddit has seen in its entire existence, jokingly told Bored Panda, referring to the GameStop stock rise (and fall). “The main point of this subreddit really is to manipulate the NYSE and various other currency markets. The majority of our posts are code for market movements. We decisively curate and control the information here in order to send clear market signals that our followers use as predictors. I understand your skepticism, but that's how it works.”
#21
I Can’t Speak Chinese
#22
Madlad Kid
Foxxy (The Original) 3 years ago (edited)
This is just one moment that shows kids aren’t born prejudice, they are taught. This 6 y/o obviously took a moment to absorb the information and then didn’t seem to bat an eye lid asking about a hubby.
#23
Madlad
#24
Even The Police Are Madlads
#25
Genius Madlad
Just another piece of proof that you need to have a good sense of humor at all times, never take things written on the internet without a grain of salt, and that tongue-in-cheek sarcasm really can translate well through text, not just speech.
“The other mods will say what they're paid to say. Just to be clear though, everything I said is true,” they quipped.
Moderator RalphiesBoogers said that a lot of people have misconceptions about the term ‘mad lad.’ “It's about people who take something very mild and comment on social media as though it is not. However, most of the users here are like 12 so they think it's all about being actually wacky or being a first-world anarchist or something,” they explained that not everyone can sense the irony in some posts that are shared online.
#26
Honestly I Would Do That
#27
Maddad
#29
Give This Guy A Medal
#30
Mad Lads
Julia Atkinson 3 years ago
There is a real company called TWATS in York. My former neighbour drove a van with TWATS emblazoned on the side.
“Truly, this misconception plagues the subreddit in ways that have cost the dow several hundred points this past week. r/madlads isn't about being mad. It's about taking way too much excitement in mildness or mundane things, and also driving Dogecoin to the moon,” the best, brightest, and most brilliant that Reddit has ever known and will ever see added, hyperbolizing just a tad.
#31
Damn She's Unstoppable
#32
John Fury Understands His Limits
#33
Behold The Founder Of Netflix
Mewton’s Third Paw 3 years ago (edited)
A whole workforce gone and the economy survived. Seems like we should keep this in mind.
#34
What A Madman
#35
It's... Amazing!
We were curious to find out how some people, who are shy, lack confidence, and are afraid to stand out from the crowd could develop (unironic) mad lad energy and the courage to do things that are out of the ordinary.
However, RalphiesBoogers, the best mod Reddit has ever known, thinks that it’s all the opposite and that the modern world is more skewed towards people yearning for attention.
#36
Just Mad I Tell You
My bike was stolen last week and yesterday I saw it for sale on Craigslist. So I messaged the seller, met him at McDonald's and when I noticed it was 100% my bike I dumbly asked to take it for a ride. He said "Yeah just don't ride off." Which is exactly what I did. I stole my bike back.
#37
Gotta Use The Backdoor
Foxxy (The Original) 3 years ago
I think the no pre marital sex rule is stupid. Whilst sex is not the most important thing in a relationship, it still plays a vital role. You could marry someone and they could be terrible in bed. They could be selfish, rough, demanding, you could have different sexual preferences/fantasies etc but you are now stuck coz divorce is against the bible.
#38
Furry Priorities
#39
Cue The Music Bois
#40
Mad Lass Advances Her Career
PhybreAwptic 3 years ago
Why stop there, though? Should have done some ambiguous self promoting with examples of positive things you've seen the janitor doing.
“I see everyone, everywhere, screaming for attention and trying to stand out all the time endlessly, and careers being constantly pursued to become the next wacky social media star,” they said.
The best mod on Reddit, u/RalphiesBoogers, said that the term ‘mad lad’ was intended to be used ironically, but “subtlety is lost on the internet, like the value I lost in GME.”
#41
Madlad In Lecture
#42
Tattoo Artist
Andy Acceber 3 years ago
If you're the Asian tattoo artist and someone asks for that tokenizing bullshit, I think that slight edit is perfectly acceptable. = D
#43
Madlad Granddad
#44
Evil Incarnate
#45
What A Legend
In the mood for something similar, but an entirely different flavor of mad lads? Check out Bored Panda’s post about the ‘Humans Are Metal’ subreddit and people who are mega cool and, well, metal seems to say it all, doesn’t it?
#46
Anonymous Lad, Still Mad. Dude Really Doing This In Minnesota
#47
Madlad Not Using The Letter "F" For At Least One Month
Andy Acceber 3 years ago
I'm going to assume the letter "F" is broken on their keyboard. Still, that's some super creative writing to completely avoid it for a month.
#48
Just For Thise Who Don't Know, This Piece Is Very Tense
#49
This Student Of Mine Turned In His Homework Like This, (3rd Grade)
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What do you think ?
Aragorn II Elessar 3 years ago
You know something Walter? You get a follow.
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blugeagua 3 years ago
Whats with all the madlad comments but the women being awesome aren't being called madlasses?
Bunny Wood 3 years ago
I once went on holiday with a friend-we had to catch a connecting flight back in to Auckland and then down to Chch. When we landed on the first flight we were late and the airline was paging us. I was ahead of him on the steps and (helpfully) explained how he was deaf and disabled (he isn't) but didn't like people to know. The airline sent two hot stewardess down and helped him up the steps, more or less carried him to his seat, and kept asking loudly "Are YOU ALL RIGHT" . He sat down next to me and said "Wow they are friendly here aren't they". I creid with laughter, and told him-but joke was on me as they upgraded him to business and left me in economy. He let me know for years...
*sigh*, The Yellow Teletubby 3 years ago
my school district makes us do these essays with stupid, corny prompts ("what does x mean to you?") and this year, it was "What does being brave mean to you?" and my english teacher, the only chill, likable english teacher I've ever had, said that we had to put at least 1 sentence on it, because they would be reading them, but they weren't a grade. I wrote "Bravery to me means writing one sentence on a writing exam." and that's as rebellious as I'm getting for a while.
Aragorn II Elessar 3 years ago
You know something Walter? You get a follow.
Load More Replies... blugeagua 3 years ago
Whats with all the madlad comments but the women being awesome aren't being called madlasses?
Bunny Wood 3 years ago
I once went on holiday with a friend-we had to catch a connecting flight back in to Auckland and then down to Chch. When we landed on the first flight we were late and the airline was paging us. I was ahead of him on the steps and (helpfully) explained how he was deaf and disabled (he isn't) but didn't like people to know. The airline sent two hot stewardess down and helped him up the steps, more or less carried him to his seat, and kept asking loudly "Are YOU ALL RIGHT" . He sat down next to me and said "Wow they are friendly here aren't they". I creid with laughter, and told him-but joke was on me as they upgraded him to business and left me in economy. He let me know for years...
*sigh*, The Yellow Teletubby 3 years ago
my school district makes us do these essays with stupid, corny prompts ("what does x mean to you?") and this year, it was "What does being brave mean to you?" and my english teacher, the only chill, likable english teacher I've ever had, said that we had to put at least 1 sentence on it, because they would be reading them, but they weren't a grade. I wrote "Bravery to me means writing one sentence on a writing exam." and that's as rebellious as I'm getting for a while.
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