I know there was some schism and moving of instances, but beyond that I can’t deduce what happened/is happening.

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    Semi-related question: What the fuck is 196? I’ve never understood what it was, just that it was a carry-over from Reddit. Me browsing it is like Homer Simpson reading a Far Side calendar: “I don’t get it. I don’t get it. I don’t get it. LOL…I don’t get it.”

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      Some guy made a subreddit called 195 (named after their dorm room number IIRC) where the only rule was that you had to post something before leaving. They later closed the subreddit because it had gotten too large to operate by one person. 196 was created by the community as a successor with the same one rule. Just post. Simple as.

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      For me, a place where people post dumb and entertaining memes. I guess the origin was “rule 196” which says that you have to post something before you leave or log off. But whatever, dumb meme, me press up button.

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      I think I’m Rainman, when the 200 toothpicks fell to the ground, Ray counted 196 instantly. There were four left in the box.

      The sub name is unrelated, but that’s how I think of it :)

      Time to go counting cards…

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        Well in Rain Man, he counted 246 toothpicks (“82, 82, 82.”) out of 250