Somewhere in 2025 I noticed so many good threads being removed from Reddit that I started keeping track of them. Some of these were deleted by users, but most were removed by moderators, sometimes for obvious reasons and sometimes for no apparent reason at all. Sorted by category.
Illuminating
What's the most meaningful expression of love you've ever seen or experienced? (AskReddit 2025)
People who have a pet at home, at what point did you realize that the pet really, consciously, understood you? (AskReddit 2025)
What's the most positive trend you see in the young adults of today? (AskOldPeople 2025)
Can you you describe THAT thing? (Psychonaut 2024)
What is the purpose of life (short answers only)? (AskReddit 2025)
Politics / Collapse
As an older American, does it really matter who wins the election? (AskOldPeople 2024)
Is this what the 1960s felt like? (AskOldPeople 2025)
What's the most disgusting/shocking, you have read on the Epstein files? (AskReddit 2026)
Do you think the United States as we know it will survive? (AskOldPeople 2025)
What industry is struggling way more than people think? (AskReddit 2025)
What is an industry that is currently on fire (in a bad way) behind the scenes, but the general public hasn't noticed yet? (AskReddit 2026)
What's a recession indicator that you've noticed lately in your everyday life? (AskReddit 2026)
What statistic makes you think society is quietly breaking? (AskReddit 2026)
What popular career is actually not worth pursuing anymore? (AskReddit 2026)
Healthcare workers of Reddit: What is a silent health crisis that is actively exploding right now, but the general public is completely ignoring? (AskReddit 2026)
Hypothetical question. If society began collapsing tomorrow morning then what are you doing? (AskReddit 2026)
You can hoard a footlocker's worth of something for trading after the impending apocalypse. What is it? (AskOldPeople 2025)
Aging / Death
Who here has caught a glance in the mirror? (AskOldPeople 2025)
Anyone else looking forward to death? (AskOldPeople 2025)
Can't wait to die (Psychonaut 2020)
Besides in their sleep... (AskOldPeople 2025)
Does anyone else feel like f-it, I'm going to quit going to the doctor? (AskOldPeople 2025)
How many older people have decided to just stay away from Doctors? (AskOldPeople 2025)
Do you care anymore? (AskOldPeople 2025)
Depression
What's a sign that someone has quietly given up - but no one around them seems to notice? (AskReddit 2025)
What's something that seems normal, but is actually a sign your life is falling apart? (AskReddit 2026)
What's the first sign you normally notice when your mental health starts declining? (AskReddit 2026)
Paranormal
What's the single most mysterious thing that has ever happened to you that you still can't explain? (AskReddit 2024)
Weird events take place when you are tripping, right? (Psychonaut 2024)
What are the craziest signs you've ever gotten from God/universe? (Spirituality 2024)
I Tested Every Manifestation Method - Here's What Actually Works! (Spirituality 2025)
Miscellaneous
What's one thing you've never told anyone - but will tell us? (AskReddit 2025)
People who grew up rich but turned out poor what is your story? (AskReddit 2020)
Who is someone everyone branded as crazy who turned out to be right? (AskReddit 2025)
Teachers who had a student they genuinely couldn't tell if the kid was a genius or completely detached from reality, what made you finally figure it out? (AskReddit 2026)
What's the one random genetic trait you lucked out on? (AskReddit 2025)
At what age did you realise that you're alive? This may sound like an odd question, but what age did you like suddenly gain consciousness and realise that "wait a minute, I'm a human"? (AskReddit 2021)
Professionals who enter people's homes (plumber, electricians, cleaners): what is something the condition of a house tells you about the owner that they don't realize they are revealing? (AskReddit 2026)
Not Removed
Throwaway time! What's your secret that could literally ruin your life if it came out? (AskReddit 2012)