/r/PanicHistory
PanicHistory: Keeping track of the hivemind's hysterical predictions of doom
It seems like Reddit loves sensationalist headlines and predicting imminent disaster every week, only to quickly forget about it days later. Here's a place to document these panics and maybe expand Reddit's collective memory a bit.
/r/PanicHistory is a collection of Reddit threads from the past and present that predict some kind of disaster, whether it's the implementation of martial law, a fascist takeover of America or a looming US invasion of Iran. We're a skeptic subreddit that brings attention to the fact that sensationalist headlines and predictions of doom never really change.
Submission titles should contain the date, the source subreddit, a quote from the linked thread title or comment, and the score at the time of submission. For example:
9/15/15 r/politics: "By this time next year we will all be in FEMA camps." [+246]
PanicHistory highlights:
According to Reddit, America is...
Best of the Worst
"Yeah, there are definitely certain congressmen whose throats I would slit if I had the chance" +429, 4x gilded
Panic Hall of Fame
The PanicHistory wiki
A taxonomy of Reddit's hysteria
And if you haven't rolled your eyeballs hard enough to dislodge them into the back of your skull, try the following:
For a more rational approach to conspiracies, visit /r/actualconspiracies
/r/PanicHistory
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12/21/23 /r/TopMindsOfReddit - "There will be armed conflict over it and it seems like it's coming soon. It's going to be very embarrassing when the Europeans have to liberate us."
1 Comment
2023/12/21
05:38 UTC
05:38 UTC
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11/12/2023 — r/Politics: “If Trump gets re-elected, we’ll probably see him turn worse than Hitler.” [+201]
0 Comments
2023/11/13
10:25 UTC
10:25 UTC
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09/Aug/23 r/WhitePeopleTwitter: "This scumbag gets four more years, and its over. Not only the USA, but the whole goddamn world." [+405]
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2023/08/09
08:46 UTC
08:46 UTC
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6/1/2023 r/politics: "Hitler first scared the Jews to leave the Motherland, but those that didn't leave, he had killed. Preventing trans people from life saving medical care is the equivalent of the gas chambers. Just saying..." [Score hidden, Gold given]
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2023/06/01
14:17 UTC
14:17 UTC
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How has America Not Collapse Yet? this system is so fucking bad
3 Comments
2023/03/28
14:37 UTC
14:37 UTC
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This sub is dead, isn't it?
well?
15 Comments
2023/03/24
20:13 UTC
20:13 UTC
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Happy Cakeday, r/PanicHistory! Today you're 11
Let's look back at some memorable moments and interesting insights from last year.
Your top 2 posts:
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2022/12/04
17:56 UTC
17:56 UTC
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2/15/22 r/Conservative: "This is happening here now. Just wait till the truckers here go and they are met with armed military and tanks. Think it can’t happen? It will." [+747]
8 Comments
2022/02/19
08:52 UTC
08:52 UTC
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Happy Cakeday, r/PanicHistory! Today you're 10
Let's look back at some memorable moments and interesting insights from last year.
Your top 10 posts:
- "8/16/20 r/politics: "In December there will be riots in the streets and [Trump] will be asking for Russian troops to come in and secure the U.S. ... I wish I was making a joke" [+13]" by u/government_shill
- "4/15/2021 r/Firearms: "Killing whites won’t be a crime [in 20 years]" [+30]" by u/government_shill
- "5/24/21 r/WhitePeopleTwitter: "I see 2021 America being very similar to 1970s Iran before the Iranian/Islamic Revolution. Except America has Evangelical Christianity instead of Islam." [+120]" by u/LottoThrowAwayToday
- "7/29/20 r/politics: "It could very soon be illegal to protest the sitting government in the USA" [+98]" by u/government_shill
- "5/18/21 r/NoNewNormal: "In the near future [the government will] be incentivizing people to report gun owners, racists, homophobes, transphobes, etc." [+18]" by u/government_shill
- "12/14/2020 r/WatchPeopleDieInside: "We’re definitely somewhere close [to being a 3rd world country]. Just wait until next month when benefits lapse."" by u/BallerGuitarer
- "11/18/20 r/news: "I'm watching Rise of the Nazis on PBS. The only difference is their lack of modern technology. I'm petrified." [+134]" by u/government_shill
- "8/03/2021 r/Superstonk: "We may be going down to 0 [Federal Reserve balance] in around 20 trading days. Expect crash by Sept."" by u/ShellShockBP
- "2/23/2021 r/Conservative: "We’re Losing Our Republic To Autocratic Tyranny" [+72]" by u/government_shill
- "9/12/2011 - /r/AskReddit - Redditors try to predict the world of 2021 [+6]" by u/MonsieurA
0 Comments
2021/12/04
17:56 UTC
17:56 UTC
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"We essentially have one year to save democracy." /r/politics (who else?), +222
8 Comments
2021/11/18
01:28 UTC
01:28 UTC
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9/12/2011 - /r/AskReddit - Redditors try to predict the world of 2021 [+6]
7 Comments
2021/09/12
13:12 UTC
13:12 UTC
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8/03/2021 r/Superstonk: "We may be going down to 0 [Federal Reserve balance] in around 20 trading days. Expect crash by Sept."
13 Comments
2021/08/03
06:24 UTC
06:24 UTC
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5/24/21 r/WhitePeopleTwitter: "I see 2021 America being very similar to 1970s Iran before the Iranian/Islamic Revolution. Except America has Evangelical Christianity instead of Islam." [+120]
6 Comments
2021/05/25
01:14 UTC
01:14 UTC
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5/18/21 r/NoNewNormal: "In the near future [the government will] be incentivizing people to report gun owners, racists, homophobes, transphobes, etc." [+18]
9 Comments
2021/05/18
22:02 UTC
22:02 UTC
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4/15/2021 r/Firearms: "Killing whites won’t be a crime [in 20 years]" [+30]
16 Comments
2021/04/17
01:45 UTC
01:45 UTC
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2/23/2021 r/Conservative: "We’re Losing Our Republic To Autocratic Tyranny" [+72]
20 Comments
2021/04/07
00:23 UTC
00:23 UTC
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12/14/2020 r/WatchPeopleDieInside: "We’re definitely somewhere close [to being a 3rd world country]. Just wait until next month when benefits lapse."
3 Comments
2021/01/12
03:51 UTC
03:51 UTC
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7/29/20 r/politics: "It could very soon be illegal to protest the sitting government in the USA" [+98]
10 Comments
2020/12/28
21:13 UTC
21:13 UTC
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Happy Cakeday, r/PanicHistory! Today you're 9
Let's look back at some memorable moments and interesting insights from last year.
Your top 10 posts:
- "2/8/20--r/the_donald--Whoever takes office after Trump leaves *will* abolish the constitution and *will* build a communist regime brutal enough to make Stalin squirm. [+8]" by u/gotacogo
- "7/1/20 /r/AskTheDonald - "If Biden is elected, there's a good chance you will be dead within the year. Republicans will be hunted."" by u/RamblinWreckGT
- "5/16/20 r/Conservative: "This quarantine is horrifying, it shows we haven’t learned from history because every time this has been done it ends in tyranny." [+29]" by u/government_shill
- "12/21/19 r/Conservative: "The fact that they're pushing [gun confiscation] now indicates that the cold civil war may go hot in the near future." [+63]" by u/government_shill
- "4/26/20 r/Conservative: "This is the greatest danger we face in 2020, not the virus but rather the clear intention of Dems to steal an election by any means necessary." [+46]" by u/government_shill
- ""Martial law may be declared. Youd be surprised how quickly the Government can mobilize on our soil."[+80] – r/Coronavirus" by u/Karmonit
- "6/30/20 r/TrueOffMyChest on Reddit's new content policy: "History shows over, and over, and over again, that these exact steps are the first steps to genocide. I am scared out of my mind, because I know where this leads." [+1976]" by u/government_shill
- "3/17/20 r/politics: "No, Trump can't cancel or postpone the November general election over coronavirus" [+11.6k] ... but just about every commenter thinks otherwise" by u/government_shill
- "(3/2/2020 || r/politics) "Trump convinces congress to change the term limits and runs a third time. He dies at 92 during his fifth term as president. One of his son's takes over a new position as hereditary leader." [+750]" by u/CeetheAndSope
- "2/14/2020 /r/Coronavirus: "[The CDC is] trying to avoid a massive market sell-off and mass panic with civil unrest as long as possible." [+63]" by u/government_shill
2 Comments
2020/12/04
17:00 UTC
17:00 UTC
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8/16/20 r/politics: "In December there will be riots in the streets and [Trump] will be asking for Russian troops to come in and secure the U.S. ... I wish I was making a joke" [+13]
15 Comments
2020/12/01
15:36 UTC
15:36 UTC
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11/18/20 r/news: "I'm watching Rise of the Nazis on PBS. The only difference is their lack of modern technology. I'm petrified." [+134]
7 Comments
2020/11/29
12:20 UTC
12:20 UTC
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6/1/20 r/politics: "Next [designated terrorist group] will be Democrats" [+189]
12 Comments
2020/11/18
10:29 UTC
10:29 UTC
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5/31/20 r/politics on Trump's claim he will designate Antifa as a terrorist group: "This is his excuse to allow them to use live ammo" [+12.8k] "And to be arrested and held without trial" [+743]
8 Comments
2020/11/16
13:00 UTC
13:00 UTC
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11/12/20 r/Conservative: "Dems Plan To Move to Georgia, Register to Vote, Vote, Then Leave’" [+1102]
18 Comments
2020/11/13
22:52 UTC
22:52 UTC
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11/9/20 r/politics: "Trump is gonna start a war" [+130]
29 Comments
2020/11/12
17:06 UTC
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11/6/20 r/Trump: "If Biden wins we won't be Americans anymore ... we will belong to China" [+29]
11 Comments
2020/11/06
11:01 UTC
11:01 UTC
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10/12/20 r/conservative: "China had their 'cultural revolution' from 1966 to 1976. In the U.S., it has started now." [+79]
16 Comments
2020/10/13
03:26 UTC
03:26 UTC
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5/31/20 r/politics: "I hope everyone understands this is just a way of designating ANYONE the government does not like as antifa and have them charged with terrorism"
6 Comments
2020/10/12
15:34 UTC
15:34 UTC
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10/8/20 /r/politics: "It won't be a civil war. It's too unbalanced, too asymmetrical. It's gonna be a redneck, anti-urban IRA. Street violence, random shootings, lots of car and truck ramming attacks, and some bombings. Neo-confederate Ya'al-Qaeda is about to formally announce their presence"
17 Comments
2020/10/09
00:27 UTC
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