u/Friendly_Wind

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So Reddit lo na account create cheskuni almost 6 years aithundi.. but I was always that silent guy.

Just baita nunchi occhesama, chadivama, evado vesina rant ki manalo manam relate ayyama vellipoyama anthe. Okka comment ledu, okka participation ledu.

Andnenem ah classic bookish introvert ni kaadu. Kani over the years naaku theliyakundane naa chuttu nenu oka pedda shell build cheseskunna.. like baita vellinappudu, okaritho matladali ante asalu topics dorkavu. Ah conversation ni ela mundhuki thoyyalo, freely ela matladalo ardham kaaka I just started shutting down in many places. "Manakenduku le" ani silent ga kurchune vadni...

But somehow randomly eemadhya ee Reddit lo and konni Discord servers lo chinna ga na discourses and muchatlu start chesa. Started participating, replying, arguing, sharing my stuff.. and surprisingly idhi naa lopaliki okka positive ripple effect thekkosthundi. Ee parichayam leni online janalatho antha freely matladesariki, na mind lo kattukunna ah gatti shell melliga crack avthunna feeling.

It's actually translating a little bit into my general behavior. Ekkadina freely open up ayyi opinion cheppadam or topics teeyadam osthundi.. Idk if getting influenced by online interactions is a good thing or a bad thing..

Just ee realization osthe ekkadaina cheppali anipinchindi, and TJ is the best place to dump this haha 🤝.

Inthaki evarikaina ee same ripple effect aindaa eppudaina?

okay so i got curious one night - when am I actually on reddit? 3am? during lectures? all of the above?

built a small tool that pulls your entire reddit history and turns it into a dashboard. hourly activity chart, which subreddits eat your time, exact timestamps instead of "2 months ago", and it even digs up old comments from archives (up to 500 posts back).

it's basically a wrap for your reddit brain rot.

https://redditchitta.vercel.app/ ..... just type your username (or anyone's you want to stalk 🫣)..

curious what r/nitt's thinks about this.. and also what're our peak procrastination hours

Hello bondhas! Edho chinna side project chesa, thought I'd share it with you guys. I built an OSINT (Open Source Intelligence) tool specifically for Reddit.

Manalo chala mandiki oka doubt untundi - evadaina comment/post vesi delete cheseste ela chudali? Or that annoying hide all thing? etc., To solve that I built this "Reddit Karmala Chitta"

What it can do?

1. Finds Deleted Data
2. Hourly activity
3. Subs breakdown
4. Many more 🫣

I just hosted it on Vercel, so it's accesible for everyone to use!

Click here

LINK: https://redditchitta.vercel.app/

Just mee username type cheyandi, and see how your Reddit journey looks mapped out visually. Take it for a spin and lmk how your stats look! 😂

A while back, I was preparing for the ultimate marathon of exams (the big dream, the mother of all Indian exams). And our beloved relatives drop these gross, insensitive comments directly to my face:

• "Aa potugaadu em chesthunnadu... asalu laaga galavaa?"
• "Nee valla kaadu gaani, prasanthanga IT suskochu gaa. You are just wasting your potential here."
• "Nuvvu aa typical promising kid vi... but see what have you become."
• "Nen eppudo cheppina Delhi pampiyyandi, akkada coaching lo padi naligithee emanna output untadi ani."

And the absolute peak comedy:

• "Maa vaadi vallane kaale, inka veedi valla aithada?" (Mind you, "maa vaadu" was struggling to clear a bank exam for 5+ years, while I was just on my 1st or 2nd attempt of the toughest exam in the country!).

People always say "just ignore them," but when they constantly project this negativity right to your face, it messes with your head. It slowly starts feeling like a dark self-fulfilling prophecy.

I have made my peace and moved on, but their mouths won't remain shut. Going to the function now... enduku ochi prasanthanga catering food thinesi, blessing icchi, peddarikam maatal oka 4 matladi vellipoleru vellu? Ugh. 🫩

https://preview.redd.it/h2kbg8dl8t0h1.png?width=640&format=png&auto=webp&s=f1bd3432ab9fcc5b81e78a8d004a29f8047997d3

Day before yesterday I was traveling home. It was a very long journey and literally a roller coaster of emotions. Just wanted to share the pure chaos and human moments here.

#1 [ Surprise & Helplessness ]

Initially, I was the only one going. I had a lot of luggage and it was a 4 AM train, so I was actually a bit frightened and careful. Kani sudden ga, out of thin air, 3 of my friends (who I had asked earlier) said they'd come! We booked Tatkal, all 3 got confirmed in one bogey whilst mine was 4 bogeys away.

Then came the cab anxiety. Initially, I thought of going at 12 AM and waiting 4hours. But we tried booking cabs. Guy 1 was out of town with no assurance. Guy 2 said "call at 2:30 AM", which felt too unreliable. Guy 3 asked for a higher amount but assured us he’d come. We woke up at 2 AM. As expected, Guy 1 didn't pick up. I called Guy 3, he was on a ride but said he'd reach by 3:40 AM. The train was at 4:40. He finally came at 4:00 AM! Ah gap lo the anxiety, searching for alternatives... pure panic. He put on Telugu FM, we reached exactly at 4:35 AM. He asked for extra money due to luggage overload, and at that high time, we had no option to bargain. We paid and left.

#2 [ Anger to Helping ]

Board ayyaka 3A upper berth. AC direct ga naa meeda osthundi and it’s freezing (since somebody just fought with the tech to increase the AC). And there is this uncle snoring like hell. The sound was so annoying, I couldn't sleep and started watching Netflix [ugh].

Around 8 AM, a friend woke me up to eat breakfast ordered on Zomato rail. It arrived at 10 AM, another friend joined us, and the 3 of us just talked so much. That snoring uncle saw our food, asked how to get it, and we actually helped him order for his group too!

Around 3 PM we order the lunch, the bogey which was somewhat empty got completely filled. No placen to sit and eat. So, when a guy went to the washroom, we occupied the lower berth, requested him to sit in ours while we ate, and he agreed (though the food wasn't enough for me lol).

https://reddit.com/link/1t7qelu/video/zj128wljd00h1/player

#3 [ Pure Bliss to Pain ]

Now comes the real fun and mazaaa. The 4 of us gathered at the door of the bogey. We were trolling, teasing, laughing, taking pictures, and doing competitive drinking (I downed a full half-litre cool drink even though I know it's bad 😂). Seeing the fields, mountains, and bridges pass by... it was perfect.

By evening, we were getting calls from home. The whole group talked toeveryone's families, making insinuating and complaining comments about each other. We completely left our laptop bags and luggage to the lurch (wtf why did we do that? idk). When my stop came, it felt so hard to leave that quality camaraderie. Said a hard goodbye and parted ways.

#4[ Exhaustion & confusion ]

Station nunchi bus stand ki auto ekka. Just as the auto was leaving, my friend came running at me! He needed offline money/ATM card. I gave him whatever cash I had and paid the auto anna via PhonePe (thank god he had it).

Bus stand ki vellaka full surprise. I traveled 4 months back, but now the buses weren't stationed where they were supposed to be! They moved to some open place. Without knowing, I opened AbhiBus and booked a 9:20 bus... only to realize I booked it for the NEXT day. Cancelled it immediately (50 rs bokka). Finally saw my bus just as the conductor was changing the route nameplate. With all my luggage and the rush, I knew I couldn't get a seat. Luggage rack lo petti, full tired ga nilabadi unna.

#5[ Surprise and sympathetic]

All of a sudden,okatanu cheyyi lepi, 'Bro ikkada kurcho raa naa pakkana' annadu. He had his bag in there as if holding it for someone. We didn't even know each other! Full surprise asalu. Kurchunnaka 'Bro naa stop occhinappudu lepu' ani padukunnadu. But he became unconscious due to severe fever. His phone rang 3-4 times, I picked it up. It was his dad. 'Ma abbai ni chuskunta undu babu vantlo baale' annaru. Valla stop oche lopu valla amma gaaru oka 5-7 times chesaaru... she was so, so frightened and panicking. Bro emo padukuni levatle. Stop ochaka lepina he couldn't stand. Valla relative okatanu osthe, iddaram ethukuni poi dimpaam. The ambulance was already ready. I felt very much for his mother man. 🥀

#6 [ Surprise ✨ ]

Then came my stop. I am fully tired, exhausted, and hungry. And my parents DON'T know I am coming home! Surprise surprise! I called my dad at 11 PM. First aayana full kangaru paddaru 'Ee time lo chesthunnadu enti' ani. Nenu 'Ikkada stop daggara unna, ochi pick chesko' anesariki... he took some time to realize the shock, and then happily came to pick me up.

The chat message I put on after the trip

What a 24 hours. Just wanted to dump this memory here!

I need to vent because today was an absolute nightmare... We went to a movie and our gang lo oka aashiq unnadu (a Telugu guy). He brought a Hindi girl along. The irony is, she was super reluctant to come because it’s a Telugu movie with no subtitles. And maaku asalu thelidu aame osthundi ani till we reached the

theater! Sarele ochindi ga anukunnam.

Cut chesthe, they sat exactly in the row just above ours. Inka akkada nunchi

modhalaindi asalu torture. He basically became a live audio dubbing track for

the entire movie! Vadu literally prathi dialogue ni entha loud ga possible aithe

antha loud ga translate chesthunnadu. Asalu peak comedy entante, vadu dialogues eh kadu... emotions kuda translate chesthunnadu! "See, that look means this", "He is crying because..." ani okate sodhi. Bhaiyya, vallu edusthunte evarikaina ardam avthundi, dhaniki nuvvu enduku ra commentary isthunnav?!

We were so pissed off. Chevi daggara evado loud speaker pettinattu undi. Theater lo inni empty seats unna kuda kadalledu. We asked him literally 7-8 times, "Babu konchem volume thagginchu, or vere ekkadaina kurchondi" ani. Prathi sari "sorry sorry" antadu, malli next scene ki FM radio aipothadu. Ufff. So frustrating 🫩.

Inka interval daka thattukuni, we quietly migrated to the top rows. Hammayya,

inka peaceful ga second half enjoy cheyochu anukunnam. But devudu maaku inko pedda script raasi pettadu. Akkada okadu (a Tamil guy) unnadu. He is watching YouTube news... adhi kuda open volume and FULL brightness lo! Alsaa... we were so f**king angry! Oka pakkana dark theater, inko pakkana eedi phone screen Surya bhagavaanudi la flashbang koduthundi. Endukostharu ra asalu cinemalaki? 🫩

That was such a pathetic experience for us. But wait, the climax is even better.

Movie aipoyaka bayataki ochi memu vadni eskunte, this Telugu guy played the

ultimate reverse Uno card. Vadu maatho fight ki digadu! He actually said, "You

guys don't know how to include people from other cultures." Like, wtf?! Memu

just movie volume disturb avthundi ra ante, he’s projecting his insecurities and

saying we are angry just because she is not Telugu! Em brain ra needi?

Inka ah moodu utsaham antha f**k up aipoindi. We just wanted to catch a bus and go back. But ee Hindi-Telugu couple ki sudden ga ice cream tinali ani muchata

esindi. I was so mentally exhausted to even go anywhere, but he is from our gang

only kabatti we got dragged along. And the whole time, there was so much

attitude coming out from them...

And myaam... after all this, we finally got on the bus for the return journey.

Ah scorching heat lo ah buses ela untayo thelsu ga... fully packed like a

matchbox! Asalu freely breathable kuda kadu, literally suffocating 🫩🫩.

What a worst day in my life.. It won't get any worse than this. 💔

This is summer time and I have so many memories of summer... Since most of the times nenu hostel lone unta, summer is the only time I kinda enjoyyyy to the core. So ee specific incident mind loki osthundi..

I was around 12ish and my brothers and friends gang (mostly ah rojantha endalo cricket aade batch) used to go for cutting mangoes from trees (mamidikothaa). Evening ayyesariki vaallu oka daggara kurchoni vaalla maamidi thota adventures chepthunte I used to feel so left out. Naakemo baaga FOMO asalu...

I also wanted to go! Nenu intlo adigithe, my mom and dad gave me a strict NO. Vaalla logic entante, ah hot scorching summer lo mango orchard lo coolie pani chese antha physically capable kaadu nuvvu, and safety issues annaru. Paisal kosam aithe asalu vadiley, "Neeku ah mangoes kosthe entha osthundo cheppu, we'll give you 3X of that money" annaru. But I was like, naaku money kosam kadu or to show that I'm physically strong ani kadu, I just want to be the street-cred! But they declined...

Cut chesthe oka roju my brother is going and nenu gattiga pattubatta that I'll also come whatever happens ani. And right there, the ultimate betrayal happened 😭. My mom and my brother engineered a master sketch to stop me. Amma ochi casual ga "Sare.. elduvu le gani, akkada aannam late gaa tinataru ga, chicken eskoni annam tinu" andi. Nenemo ah chicken curry excitement lo TV chuskuntu full ga tinesa. I didn't even notice that my brother left! It was a literal trap. By the time I finished eating, vaadu jump. Antha pedda escape plan ni just oka plate chicken curry tho execute chesesaru. 😭😭

So my dumb brain decided, nenu vellakapothe asalu evaru vellakudadu. Aa mangoes teeskelle van maa inti mundu nunche vellali and exactly maa inti mundu oka speed breaker undi. So I went outside, took a few nails, and placed them upright in a small off ride space beside speed breaker. Avi padi pokunda undadaniki I made a slurry out of clay (banka matti) to hold them like a solid foundation 😂😂.

In my head, I was doing some Fast & Furious level sabotage. But reality entante... ah pedda heavy van ochindi... and the nails obviously couldn't even pierce a millimeter of that tyre! Because the vehicle was huge and nenu pettindemo chinna pilla "china meekulu".

The absolute peak of this tragedy? My mother was watching me build this entire villainous trap from the house... and she was laughing her lungs out the whole time. Ah incident aipoyaka also she laughed so hard for 1 week straight. She reminds me every summer... even 2 days back kuda call chesi naa flop revenge plan gurtuchesi mari navvindi 😂😂....

Definitely one of the core memories of summer. Everybody has that one childhood betrayal lol.