Want to read Reddit but don’t have the time? Our daily Reddit Digest highlights the most interesting or important discussions from around the social news site—every morning.
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Does porn forever damage your understanding of the reality of sex? “After years of porn use, I now have ingrained within me, at a primal level, a extremely distorted conception of sex,” redditor thefinalfap writes, launching a quite illuminating discussion. (/r/self)
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There’s a great discussion on r/truereddit on whether college football should be banned. Oddly enough, the discussion centers around financial and academic issues, not long-term brain trauma. That side of the debate is buried about halfway down the page. (/r/TrueReddit)
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Subreddits now have wikis. (/r/modnews)
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Does eating carrots help you see in the dark? No. And there’s a pretty amazing backstory to this common old wives’ tale, involving the British airforce in World War II, Nazis, and radar. (/r/todayilearned)
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Here’s a collection of children’s drawings turned into fantastical toys. (/r/pics)
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How much energy does your body expend to heal wounds? A lot. (/r/askscience)
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The creator of PostSecret, an Internet art project that collects anonymous secrets from people around world, did an AMA on Thursday. His answers were a lot of fun, but unfortunately (and hilariously) he clearly had no idea how Reddit works. Read the thread, and you’ll see what I mean. (/r/iama)
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What’s the point of making a redditor’s posting history public? “Do the benefits outweigh the potential harm?” eslyelesyel asks in r/TheoryOfReddit. (/r/TheoryOfReddit)
Did I miss something? Let me know in the comments.
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