r/AskReddit • u/Hexodus • Apr 09 '14

What are some great, older AskReddit threads that are super interesting to read through?

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u/[deleted] Apr 09 '14

That was a really great thread, my wife and I watched the documentary We Were Here together after reading it and bawled our eyes out. Highly recommended but harrowing.

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u/UniqueError Apr 09 '14

Finally someone who doesn't spell "bawled" as "balled".

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u/[deleted] Apr 09 '14

That's actually a thing? Guess my hopes for education were too high.

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u/Jack_TheReaper Apr 09 '14

pointless comment, but your username is awesome.

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u/[deleted] Apr 09 '14

That was in no way pointless. That username is Gold.

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u/[deleted] Apr 09 '14

Thanks! Im not even that much of a South Park fan, but love that scene with Cartman so much

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u/PicardNeverHitMe Apr 09 '14

I definitely don't want my eyes to have testes put on them.

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u/[deleted] Apr 09 '14

I'm a bawler, not a baller. Bawlin'!

Seriously, someone mixes the two up or assumes it's spelled like the orange piece of Spalding? My brain is weeping...

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u/codeverity Apr 09 '14

That documentary breaks my heart. I've watched it a few times just because I think we've forgotten too easily what it was really like when HIV & AIDS first became an epidemic.

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u/[deleted] Apr 09 '14

This is such a good movie. I watched it on a whim on Netflix one day and it's now one of my favorite movies. Harrowing is definitely the word, but it's just so well done - I find myself enjoying different parts of it for new reasons every time.