The following is an old post from 4 years ago republished in Public Interest. Minor corrections have been made.
"Hey Everyone,
Let me begin with a TL;DR:
>Quick Summary: Approximately [Indians vs Rest of the World] interacting with r/ India is [25%:75%]. Out of approx., 200k interactions (This number fluctuates, but %ages are somewhat constant +/- 10ish) of reddit users with r/ India, only about 50k (+/- 10%) originates from India. The rest 150k+ is from outside (93k: US, 18k: UK, Russia: Negligible, etc.). This means, "r/ India is not a subreddit of Indians. It is a sub highlighting what users from rest of the world talk about India; with actual Indians being a mere minority." This calls to question any political or domestic topic discussion(s) held, as 3 out of 4 people commenting probably aren't even in India, to give opinions accurately and honestly. It also throws great clarity on why there is more anti-India news peddled on it?
A few important disclaimers:
>This information does not violate any privacy rules, afaik, as no body's individual data was used. The data used to frame this report is available online via reddit via reddit ads page. Meaning Reddit by itself makes it open to everyone (except it is in the last place one would look). The interpretations and conclusions drawn from this does not jeopardize privacy of an individual. The data thus acquired should be more or less similar if accessed via websites that study internet-website traffic data.
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>2. Special thanks to /u/PassionateIndophilia for this discovery. I worked on the data after I got to know of it.
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>3. In the spirit of honesty, I would like to declare my/our conflict of interest: The Data is quite accurate and inferences as unbiased as possible. I also clearly mention in relevant places where the report is at best a subjective inference, as data would be insufficient to make a conclusive opinion. Also, I am currently a mod of r/IndiaSpeaks and my priority is the sub over any other. At the same time, I do not have any ill will, or intentions on topics I write about.
- Intro and Background
As most of you are aware, r/IndiaSpeaks has had a few sponsored ads on reddit this past week, with a little help. What we thought at first would be something straight forward revealed something so eye-opening, it took me a
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I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.
Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.
Do your worst!
I'm surprised it hasn't decade.
For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.
I said "hey look, an escaPEA"
No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!
Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂
It really does, I swear!
Because she wanted to see the task manager.
Heard they've been doing some shady business.
They’re on standbi
Likkle bit of a rant
It's so disgusting to see the clear smear campaigns the Pakistani media, public, and social media have gone on against Malala Yousafzai. From saying she staged her incident to taking her words clearly out of context and using the same old manipulation techniques to justify it (supposed Islam/anti-Islam), poor Malala cannot catch a break. I have seen Pakistanis, including Pashtun ones, make memes using the pictures of her in a hospital bed or of the nature of her facial expressions because of her accident. But that is not the point of this post. It simply sets the context for the point:
More disheartening than that is seeing Pashtana fall prey to this narrative and silencing tactic. To those who do that - is this the ghairat your Pashtunwali taught you - to target and ridicule your own, furthermore, a woman? Who taught you to do that? Ask yourself whose narrative you are serving when you dismiss her like that.
Malala, one of our own, whose own father has been very open in his criticism of the state's cruelty and treatment of Pashtana, in his acknowledgement, dare I say support, of Pashtun rights movements. Who does it serve to call him a spy? Who does it serve when you dismiss his very valid voice as a victim of the state-created Taliban in his criticisms of the state's anti-Pashtun policies? Again, you are letting yourself be used to push someone else's agenda and silence one of your own.
If you hate women, just say so. If you hate Pashtaney, just say so. Don't mask it under the lame excuses of 'She doesn't cover/ she doesn't observe pardah' etc. It's ridiculous. Malala was used by the state to serve their anti-Taliban stances that, at that point, were justifying their drone warfare on innocent Pashtun civilians. She was then discarded and systematically made an object of national ridicule as soon as her narrative inched closer towards unveiling the reasons behind the Taliban presence in her area and exposing a state's anti-Pashtun policies. Let us not forget the uproar in Pakistani circles when she wrote in her autobiography that she identified as Pashtun first, then Pakistani. Is that not how most of us identify - ethnicity before nationality? And haven't we all, at some point, had a butthurt person telling us we shouldn't identify like that?
Have the same grace and mercy, give the same time for making excuses for her as you would for a Pashtun male. A famous Pakistani Pashtun sportsman, for all the good and charity that he do
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Nothing, he was gladiator.
Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.
This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.
If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.
Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.
What did 0 say to 8 ?
" Nice Belt "
So What did 3 say to 8 ?
" Hey, you two stop making out "
When I got home, they were still there.
I won't be doing that today!
Where ever you left it 🤷♀️🤭
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This morning, my 4 year old daughter.
Daughter: I'm hungry
Me: nerves building, smile widening
Me: Hi hungry, I'm dad.
She had no idea what was going on but I finally did it.
Thank you all for listening.
There hasn't been a post all year!
You take away their little brooms
It was about a weak back.
It’s pronounced “Noel.”
After all his first name is No-vac
What, then, is Chinese rap?
Edit:
Notable mentions from the comments:
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Spanish/Swedish/Swiss/Serbian hits
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French/Finnish art
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Country/Canadian rap
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Chinese/Country/Canadian rock
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Turkish/Tunisian/Taiwanese rap
There hasn't been a single post this year!
(Happy 2022 from New Zealand)
Nothing, it just waved
