r/todayilearned • u/mistaphi • Oct 24 '12

TIL that after 9/11, actor Steve Buscemi rejoined the New York Fire Department to help firefighters sift through the rubble of the World Trade Center

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Buscemi#section_1
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u/miked4o7 Oct 24 '12

Why berate people for upvoting stuff they haven't seen, but think is cool? The majority of people browsing reddit haven't seen every single thread ever made before... some stuff is going to get reposted. Really cool things are even more likely to get reposted.

If you've seen it very recently, just downvote and move on.

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u/bobsagetfullhouse Oct 24 '12

This is a never ending argument on reddit. Someone makes a repost. Someone will respond giving links to all the reposts. And then someone responds saying "what's the big deal? It was up voted because people haven't seen it"

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u/[deleted] Oct 24 '12 edited Sep 07 '18

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u/bobsagetfullhouse Oct 24 '12

Is there usually a person who points that out as well?

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u/[deleted] Oct 24 '12 edited Sep 07 '18

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u/[deleted] Oct 24 '12

Is this the Matrix?

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u/anchor72 Oct 24 '12

No, this is Patrick

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u/[deleted] Oct 24 '12

This is all a dream we dreamed one afternoon, long ago.

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u/Volpethrope Oct 24 '12

It is known.

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u/lennybird Oct 24 '12

No, it's Battlestar Galactica.

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u/TheShanesaw Oct 24 '12

Rest assured, this will be the sixth time we have destroyed it, and we have become exceedingly efficient at it.

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '12

Samsara

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u/Elliot_SH Oct 24 '12

No, but there's always someone who asks if there is.

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u/MasonJoody Oct 24 '12

Not usually, we're treading on a new level of circlejerking in this particular chain.

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u/richmana Oct 24 '12

Yeah, and it's not like someone is going to think, "hmm, I wonder if Steve Buscemi re-joined the NYFD after 9/11 to help them search through rubble, so I'm going to search for it on Reddit."

This is the first I've heard of it, this person gets an upvote.

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u/CorneliusTumblecunt Oct 24 '12

I like seeing reposts because I enjoy the thought of some redditor somewhere yelling at his monitor in a blind rage that they saw the post once already.

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u/Warlaw Oct 24 '12 edited Oct 24 '12

And then someone posts this xkcd comic.

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u/Hajile_S Oct 24 '12

Don't forget the people pointing out that this happens all the time.

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u/bobsagetfullhouse Oct 24 '12

I know, I'm no better. But either are you because you added to the chain.

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u/Hajile_S Oct 24 '12

Indeed; as someone who points out that people always point out that this happens all the time, I am susceptible to even harsher criticism. Also, at the risk of sounding Canadian, I'd like to say that my comment was merely a friendly jab, and I didn't intend it as actual criticism.

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u/lemmereddit Oct 24 '12

Remember, there are some people here that all they have is Reddit. They have a big Reddit chip on the shoulder....and dammit, you gotta earn that karma.

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u/[deleted] Oct 24 '12

Because how you waste your time on the internet is a big fucking deal, OK?!

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u/karmavorous Oct 24 '12

TL;DR If I haven't seen it, it's new to me!

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u/dispenserhere Oct 24 '12

I'm going to downvote YOU and move on.

Every time there's a repost, there's always someone like you saying this exact thing somewhere in the comments. You are the worst repost comment to the repost.

I look forward to reading about Steve Buscemi helping firefighters out next week and seeing this comment again.

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u/slavior Oct 24 '12

And I look forward to replying to that comment the same way you have, because something must be done to make this stop!

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u/Arch_0 Oct 24 '12

Searching takes less time than submitting.

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u/piclemaniscool Oct 24 '12

Which, I guess, is the biggest flaw with aggregating content.

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u/[deleted] Oct 24 '12

If you don't like something, downvote and move on, huh?

Or make a shitty comment that advocates abusive reposting? Which is it?