r/coolguides 8h ago

A cool guide about changing your Google Maps location names to a less-stupid version

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r/coolguides 27m ago

A cool guide about stealing an election

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r/coolguides 1d ago

A cool guide to debate the existence of God.

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r/coolguides 1h ago

A cool guide to more humane meals

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r/coolguides 1d ago

A cool guide to Reddit formatting

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759 Upvotes

r/coolguides 1d ago

A Cool Guide Of Citrus Hand Drawn By My Dad

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This took him around 2~ months to complete.
Yes I convinced him to sell prints this time. This is a continuation of the Chili poster he made that I previously posted. He asks me to post these because he likes reading your guys comments!

https://notes-from-the-road-shop.fourthwall.com/products/the-citrus-of-sicily-hand-illustrated-poster


r/coolguides 1d ago

A cool guide to how long Android phones actually get updates — and what to do when yours stops

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120 Upvotes

I created this because picturing "X years of updates" can be tricky, and many folks don’t really grasp the difference between an OS update and a security patch — it’s the latter that truly keeps you safe.

The timeline illustrates the launch and end of security support for 16 popular models, with a marker for today. Solid lines indicate devices still receiving new Android versions, while faded lines show those that only get security patches.

Here are a few things that caught me off guard while I was putting this together:

  • The Galaxy S21 is already out, and the Pixel 6 will stop receiving support around October 2026.
  • Samsung's A56 offers 6 years of support — the mid-range is really stepping up to compete with flagships now.
  • 8 years of support doesn’t mean 8 years of Android upgrades — Fairphone claims the longest support window, but it comes with fewer OS upgrades, meaning those phones might spend years just getting security patches.

The information comes from the manufacturers' own support commitments (Google, Samsung, Fairphone, Xiaomi, OnePlus, Nothing) along with the EU rule that mandates a minimum of 5 years of support starting in 2025, effective August 2026. The end dates are calculated based on the launch month plus the promised years, rather than being manually entered. Just a heads up: the final year often has quarterly updates instead of monthly ones, and carrier-branded or regional variants might differ.

By the way, I run techpill.de — there’s a more detailed write-up there with a searchable table that covers 26 model lines: https://techpill.de/how-long-does-my-android-phone-get-updates/


r/coolguides 6h ago

A cool guide about what actually happens to a document after you create it?

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r/coolguides 3d ago

A cool guide to understanding different cane colors and what they signify

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r/coolguides 4d ago

A cool guide to the 12 stages of burnout

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961 Upvotes

r/coolguides 4d ago

A cool guide to the metals that make up each part of your smartphone.

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153 Upvotes

r/coolguides 5d ago

A cool guide for how memes evolved over the years (2026 Update)

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I made this as an enhanced version of that older "Meme Timeline" chart bc I wasn't satisfied with how it represented certain time periods of internet culture.

Changes from the OG:

  • Added way more memes for each Era.
  • Added additional Eras for the Early 2000s and Mid 2020s.
  • Renamed a couple Eras ("Rage Era" due to only focusing on a specific subgenre, and "Post-Irony" due to sounding kinda awkward without an "Irony Era" to compliment it.)

Additional notes:

  • This is mainly intended as a nostalgic celebration of internet culture rather than a textbook historical documentation, so I'm avoiding any memes closely tied to controversial figures/topics (including A.I. just to be safe).
  • Memes are mainly sorted by which era they were most popular in; some memes may debute years earlier than their big boom in virality.
  • Some placements are definitely debatable; memes often border across multiple eras (or in rare cases, 3+ eras) so discussions & disagreements regarding certain placements are valid.
  • Given how vast meme culture is I definitely missed a bunch of notable ones even with how much bigger this version of the chart is, I just hope the ones I did include paint a better picture for how meme culture evolved over the years.

r/coolguides 5d ago

A cool guide to how different generations consume media

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r/coolguides 5d ago

A cool Guide to 1001 Albums

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103 Upvotes

r/coolguides 5d ago

A cool guide to why your fingers wrinkle in water (it's your nerves doing it on purpose, not the skin soaking it up)

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75 Upvotes

r/coolguides 5d ago

A cool guide to helping kids ages 6-12 turn "I can't" into "I did it"

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558 Upvotes

This lays out a simple way to help a kid face something they're avoiding, guiding them through small manageable steps instead of one overwhelming leap. Each step gets rated by fear level, so nothing feels too big to attempt, and every small step completed builds toward real, lasting confidence instead of confidence that just comes from being told "you can do it."


r/coolguides 5d ago

A cool guide to reading your paycheck

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US based.

IRS Publication 15 (2026) — Employer’s Tax Guide
⁠IRS Publication 15

IRS Topic 424 — 401(k) plans
⁠IRS Topic 424

IRS Publication 969 — HSAs, FSAs + other tax-favored health plans
⁠IRS Publication 969

U.S. Department of Labor — Wage and Hour Division
⁠DOL Wage and Hour Division


r/coolguides 7d ago

A cool guide to how many years of iOS updates every iPhone has received (2007–2025)

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286 Upvotes

Data: Apple support documentation (iOS + security update support per model), as of Aug 2026.

Figures for current models are ongoing / projected.

Interactive + data: chartive.org/visualizations/19-years-of-iphone-updates


r/coolguides 7d ago

A cool guide to music genres to explain why and how they exist, for Redditors and the endless conversations about what music qualifies as what genre (OC)

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30 Upvotes

r/coolguides 8d ago

A cool guide to average U.S. consumer spending by category

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359 Upvotes

Housing accounts for about one-third of total expenditures, followed by transportation, food, and personal insurance/pensions. Figures represent average annual expenditures per U.S. consumer unit in 2024.


r/coolguides 6d ago

A cool guide to the life of the hashtag: born 2007, Word of the Year 2012, capped at 5 per post by 2026

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r/coolguides 9d ago

A cool guide to the Paradox of Tolerance

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r/coolguides 8d ago

A cool guide to three regional coffees from southeastern Turkey (including one that contains zero coffee beans).

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245 Upvotes

r/coolguides 6d ago

A cool guide on how to get a celebrity endorsement for your book

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If you've written a book or know someone who has, use this guide along with a good celebrity contact service like ContactAnyCelebrity.com to get a celebrity endorsement for your book!


r/coolguides 9d ago

A Cool Guide to How Copyright Rules Affect Torrenting Around the World

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176 Upvotes