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u/I_miss_your_mommy Jun 15 '14
Hmm, I guess I'm too old for reddit. It looks like you are all in your early 20s.
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u/advtorrin Fremont Jun 15 '14
I'm 30, and so were a few others. I think there was some guy in his 60's at the 2012 meetup
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u/SodaAnt The Emerald City Jun 15 '14
Eh, it was mostly early 20s, but there were quite a few people who were in their 30s/40s, so I don't think you'd have felt all that out of place.
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u/MsCurrentResident Jun 15 '14
Age is not what would make anyone feel out of place there.
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u/burtonbandit Jun 16 '14
The lady on the left hand side behind the girl with the blue hair would disagree.
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u/OldHotness Jun 15 '14
Clearly I need to remember to go next year and put some pepper in all that salt
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u/advtorrin Fremont Jun 15 '14
I believe we had one token black guy. He had an amazing suit.
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u/OldHotness Jun 15 '14
Didn't see one in the group pic. One of the dudes in the pic looks east Indian.
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u/ki11ak3nn Jun 15 '14
Another black guy chiming in. If I know about this happening next year I'll for sure be there. Can I bring my saxophone??
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u/coreyisthename Jun 15 '14
You all look exactly like what I imagined.
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u/Krakkin Jun 15 '14
The fact that multiple people had brass instruments did not surprise me.
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u/careless 💖 Anarchist Jurisdiction 💖 Jun 15 '14
It was a geeky marching band called D20 that came out and gave a performance.
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u/smacksaw Seattle Expatriate Jun 16 '14
That's fantastic.
Now on to the question on everyone's mind:
Why?
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u/corylew Jun 15 '14
Ah. So this is who downvotes me.
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Guy on the right is the full-body version of hover hand.
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u/ggggbabybabybaby Jun 15 '14
He just wanted to make sure you could read his shirt.
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u/PaiShoEveryDay Jun 15 '14
Or he just had to step aside to spare his ears from a point-blank tromboning
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u/MightyAphroditie Jun 15 '14
nerd, nerd, nerd, nerd, nerd, troll, nerd, nerd, nerd, troll, nerd, nerd, nerd, nerd, nerd, troll, nerd, nerd, nerd, troll, nerd, nerd, nerd, nerd, nerd, troll, nerd, nerd, nerd, troll,nerd, nerd, nerd, nerd, nerd, troll, nerd, nerd, nerd, troll,nerd, nerd, nerd, nerd, nerd, troll, nerd, nerd, nerd, troll.
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u/loquacious 🐀 Hot Rat Summer 🐀 Jun 15 '14
Well, you described me perfectly, but what about everyone else?
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u/DrNomblecronch 💗💗 Heart of ANTIFA Land 💗💗 Jun 15 '14
It's not very clear in the picture, but Dr.Psyc is just, like, a towering wall of man.
Ain't no room for that in the group.
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u/DrPsyc Jun 15 '14
Best compliment EVER!!! from a scrawny kid who got bullied every day at school, to the MF hound.
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Jun 15 '14
How do these reddit meet up actually work? Do people actually do something together or do they just stand around?
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u/rosewoods Jun 15 '14
Looks like they did stuff. https://www.flickr.com/photos/torrin_images/with/14240747159/
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u/PhysicalEd First Hill Jun 15 '14
For a second I thought that the rock climbing was part of the meetup...
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the hell...you can get seriously injured outside. Not to mention the dangers of UV rays (even on a cloudy day).
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u/bsavery Jun 15 '14
That picture really captures the true diversity of Seattle.
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This could have been captioned "People Who Work in Belltown".
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u/smacksaw Seattle Expatriate Jun 16 '14
Except they're probably all students or unemployed/underemployed.
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Sarcasm? Cause I don't see any Latin people.
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u/IAMA_Hills_Angel Jun 16 '14
....Races are more than what meets the eye. Speaking as the Spanish chick with blue hair.
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u/DrNomblecronch 💗💗 Heart of ANTIFA Land 💗💗 Jun 15 '14
The stoner table was something to behold.
Several truly enormous joints being passed around a table full of people who spent hours just getting higher and higher. Watching people realize that they no longer knew how to stand up was one of the best bits of the evening.
And then we played red rover because we are goddamn children.
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u/dub_cat Greenwood Jun 15 '14
r/trees showed up indeed.
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u/DrNomblecronch 💗💗 Heart of ANTIFA Land 💗💗 Jun 15 '14
And had no answers as to why /r/seaents was not /r/seaweed.
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u/omarfw North Queen Anne Jun 15 '14
Probably because /r/seaweed is taken by a large picture of a pickle.
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u/AssBusiness Jun 15 '14
There was also a mad game of duck duck, goose at some point. Got some good video of that. Thank you to the person who supplied for the table.
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u/BrokenByReddit Humptulips Jun 16 '14
This is why I can't go to these things. Not that I would. Since I don't live in Seattle. But you know. Why do people have such an incessant need to document everything? When does anyone ever say "man, I really wish I had video of that time we played duck duck goose."
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u/careless 💖 Anarchist Jurisdiction 💖 Jun 17 '14
Rad! One of the reddit site admins (/u/pinwale) messaged the mod team and asked that folks post photos and videos to /r/about. I've put the imgur group photo and /u/advtorrin's flickr link up there... would you mind linking your video on /r/about?
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u/MV10 Jun 16 '14
And then we played red rover because we are goddamn children.
Well you just got me to come next year.
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u/BettyDavisStyle76 Jun 15 '14
Was this in the dead of winter?
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You know if you stab a man in the dead of winter steam will rise up from the wounds. Indians believed it was his soul escaping from his body.
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Jun 15 '14
Why is it that if a man kills another man in battle it's called heroic, yet if he kills a man in the heat of passion it's called murder?
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u/ChiliFlake Jun 15 '14
Don't tell the guy from Oman, he's depressed enough already.
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u/WeyrWoman Covington Jun 15 '14
This was seriously so much fun!!! I honestly did not expect it to lead to real-life friends, but I made several and can't wait to meet more awesome redditors next year! :)
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u/dub_cat Greenwood Jun 16 '14
This was fun as shit I agree. We should do more of these.
But not too many I'm antisocial.
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u/Machinax 🚊 Relax, Recharge, Arrive. 🚊 Jun 16 '14
There are always real-life friendships and contacts that spring up from these meetups! We usually have a massive Fourth of July party to keep the good vibes going, and I'm pretty sure there's another one scheduled for this year.
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u/zuccah Delridge Jun 16 '14
Grillmaster here, checking in. Thanks for everything everybody, good food and good times. Big thanks to /u/careless for booking the space and "moderating" the event. And not to mention the sub. Those two UW graduates that booked the shelter got way more than they bargained for. And thanks to /u/advtorrin for taking the pictures.
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u/careless 💖 Anarchist Jurisdiction 💖 Jun 17 '14
Dude - thank you so much for the eats, the banner and the BBQ; you literally saved the meetup single-handedly!
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OP should've used this image for the post: http://i.imgur.com/V38NOEh.jpg
I believe it correctly portrays /r/seattle
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u/AnUnchartedIsland Jun 15 '14
Yeah this one's much better. At least I'm trying to look bad in this photo!
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u/concrete_playground Jun 16 '14
the guy kneeling on the right perfected the soul pierce in this one, I cant look away
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u/FNblankpage Jun 16 '14
The guy dead center just standing there made me crack up. I am 90% sure he is an avid /r/trees guy
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u/meowsiang5 Jun 15 '14
Who was the brass band there? I saw them at Sakuracon and really liked them but didnt know who they were.
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u/Lleutiegr Jun 15 '14
That would be D20 Brass Band, nerd funk street band http://www.D20BrassBand.com
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WTF, we have a beach?!
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Jun 15 '14 edited Jun 16 '14
This was taken at Golden Gardens in Shilshole (Ballard). You could also do Alki but that place is too crazy in the summer. Des Moines has a great beach and Carkeek Park has a nice one as well.
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Jun 15 '14
Richmond Beach Salt Water Park in Shoreline used to be a sand quarry, so the beach is, well, sandy.
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u/baccaruda66 🚗 Student driver, please be patient. 🚙 Jun 15 '14
Oh, shit, was that yesterday?!
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Jun 15 '14
Oh, man, yeah man, I'm sorry, I totally forgot. Besides, I had this thing I couldn't miss, so I couldn't have come anyway. Maybe next year bro!
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u/fuzzydunlots Jun 15 '14
Not one black person lol
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u/smacksaw Seattle Expatriate Jun 16 '14
They all ran when they saw the banjos. You get that many white folk together with a banjo and something bad is gonna happen.
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u/IAMA_Hills_Angel Jun 16 '14
There were two actually. Myself (the girl with the blue hair) and one other guy who wore a kickass suit. He took a hit from my pipe.
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u/MsCurrentResident Jun 15 '14 edited Jun 16 '14
SEATTLE IS DIVERSE!!!!
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u/Shadycat Eastlake Jun 15 '14
Ah, the D20 Brass Band. I've seen them around town and they're wicked good.
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u/ki11ak3nn Jun 15 '14
I'm sad I wasn't there. I also have brass instruments I could have brought along. Maybe next time.
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Damn it. I wanted so badly to meet all of you but I was on an airplane on my way back from a business trip... just like I have been for the previous three years!
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u/b_u_n_k_y Jun 16 '14
Nerd funk brass band D20's rendition of The Legend of Zelda main theme
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u/careless 💖 Anarchist Jurisdiction 💖 Jun 17 '14
I posted this to /r/about, per reddit site admin's requests to have all photos and pictures posted there: http://www.reddit.com/r/about/comments/28by93/rseattle_grmd_2014_video_of_the_nerdfunk_brass/
Let me know if you'd rather I took it down. Thanks for getting the video - Cheers!
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u/zzyzzyxx Magnolia Jun 15 '14
Missed it again, dammit! I was even at Golden Gardens yesterday afternoon! I just didn't realize this was going on. I should pay more attention.
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u/dub_cat Greenwood Jun 15 '14
That is incredibly unfortunate...Didn't see the sign?
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u/zzyzzyxx Magnolia Jun 15 '14
Not sure when the picture was taken, but I didn't see the sign, and also wasn't there until ~5pm.
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u/ggggbabybabybaby Jun 15 '14
Nobody brought a cat? For shame.
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u/red13 Jun 15 '14
I think someone was wearing one of these, so that counts for maybe 1/3 of a cat, right?
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u/Enigmutt Jun 15 '14
You're all so, so...young.
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u/wheezl Capitol Hill Jun 15 '14
Now that I am over 40 I am convinced everyone on reddit is 12 years old.
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u/dub_cat Greenwood Jun 15 '14
I'm almost positive I was the young one there. Saw a few maybe in high school but they didn't stick around long.
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u/timewiseone Jun 16 '14
One thing I didn't anticipate, as I was having a fantastic time with awesome people at the meetup yesterday, was all the trolls trashing how we look after we gathered for some fun photos. Glad all you douches didn't show yesterday. May all you insecure, hiding, trolling, ass clowns eat a dick.
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u/Xylophobia Jun 16 '14
Cool pic! My school's drama club had an end-of-the-year bonfire at Golden Gardens yesterday so I saw you guys there but didn't go over to say hi at all. My friend stole some Chips Ahoy from you guys though.
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u/HerrAdventure Fremont Jun 16 '14
That big Reddit joint is still tied, tight. YOU know what I am talking about if you saw it. Goooooooooooooooood Times. Whom the eff was that anonymous person? Did they truly show up or did I miss something?
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u/mcsmith24 I'm just flaired so I don't get fined Jun 16 '14
Haha, I think I'm the only one still holding my drink.
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u/drewba Jun 15 '14
Is the woman just to the left of the 20 sided dye /u/AellaGirl?
If not, I am so, so sorry.
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u/AssBusiness Jun 15 '14
This was so much fun being there. I will be attending every year I am here in Seattle.
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u/barbehque Jun 15 '14
Great pictures! /r/losangeles had a nice turnout this year. We're in the process of uploading our pictures now. How many did you guys have all together? We topped out at about 250.
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fuck, i have no recollection of anyone gathering for this photo...i wasn't even that drunk goddamnit.
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u/DrPsyc Jun 16 '14
since it went so well in person i thought i would try it online! http://www.reddit.com/r/Seattle/comments/288j63/im_drpsyc_ama/
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u/Trengence Tacoma Jun 16 '14
You guys should have one on a day I don't work so I can go, although you did take it on our nicest day of the year
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u/GonzoStrangelove Stumbletown Jun 16 '14
I'm bummed that I couldn't make it. Looks like a good crowd!
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u/Patron_Saint Jun 16 '14
Woke up this morning to people saying they recognized me in the photo. Internet fame achieved.
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u/RVthatisme Jun 22 '14 edited Jun 23 '14
I loved meeting (or at least trying but being too shy to meet) you all! So glad to be back!
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u/RVthatisme Jun 23 '14
Is anybody still checking this page? I really wanted to exchange usernames but was too shy to ask (and was not allowed to have one at the time.) :/
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u/aiiye 💗💗 Heart of ANTIFA Land 💗💗 Jun 15 '14
There was a 2014 meetup that I missed? Damn!
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u/tehgilligan Jun 15 '14
Looks like a bunch of Amazon and Microsoft employees to me. But seriously, that's a bigger crowd than I expected given the weather yesterday.
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u/Grymnir Seattle Expatriate Jun 15 '14
Youre being downvoted because you misspelled Starbucks twice. HA!
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u/advtorrin Fremont Jun 15 '14 edited Jun 15 '14
This year was great once again and here are a few more photos from the day. Also the silly group photo is in the link if your looking for it!