May 28, 2021

A "Reddit moment" occurs in r/whatisthisthing.

I follow the subreddit "What Is This Thing?" — where people post photographs of objects they don't understand. Today, somebody posted this photograph of "soft metal objects [found] while metal detecting under a pier at low tide":

Almost immediately, these were identified as inexpensive Hindu charms that are deliberately thrown in the water in pursuit of good fortune.

One user asks: "Should he return these to where he found them in your opinion?"

A second one says: "No, as soon as the offering is made it is spent so its okay [t]o remove them"

A third: "Not like they’ll find out their magic squares got moved anyways ¯_(ツ)_/¯ 

A fourth: "Its good to pick up the religious littering."

The third person sees that his "magic squares" comment is getting downvoted says: "I wonder if the people downvoting would feel the same way about Christian trinkets. All religions suck pretty equally"

At that, a fifth person declares: "Reddit moment"

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