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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

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

1

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

12

09/Aug/23 r/WhitePeopleTwitter: "This scumbag gets four more years, and its over. Not only the USA, but the whole goddamn world." [+405]

0 Comments
2023/08/09
08:46 UTC

13

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]

0 Comments
2023/06/01
14:17 UTC

30

How has America Not Collapse Yet? this system is so fucking bad

3 Comments
2023/03/28
14:37 UTC

33

This sub is dead, isn't it?

well?

15 Comments
2023/03/24
20:13 UTC

0 Comments
2022/12/04
17:56 UTC

57

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

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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:

0 Comments
2021/12/04
17:56 UTC

25

"We essentially have one year to save democracy." /r/politics (who else?), +222

8 Comments
2021/11/18
01:28 UTC

35

9/12/2011 - /r/AskReddit - Redditors try to predict the world of 2021 [+6]

7 Comments
2021/09/12
13:12 UTC

36

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

57

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

47

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

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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

30

2/23/2021 r/Conservative: "We’re Losing Our Republic To Autocratic Tyranny" [+72]

20 Comments
2021/04/07
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

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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

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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 Comments
2020/12/04
17:00 UTC

64

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

35

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

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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

0

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

67

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

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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

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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

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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

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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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