/r/madlads

141,544 nutjobs for 1 year!

Why 'ello there, lad. Fancy yourself a dare devil? a man of no self preservation or care? there is only one place for you then; the sub where the nuttiest the internet has to offer congregate.

/r/madlads is a friendly, relatively new community where lads and lassies banter their hearts out over a glass of soda and some M&Ms. A place to hang out with similar minded individuals; laughing at the mundane through the absurdity of the insane.

There's a certain sense of camaraderie in between the nutters that occupy the sub; something relatable with each and every post. I mean, are you trying to tell me you were never approached by an ISIS recruiter? They've got nothing on our kevlar vests.

If any of the above feels up your alley then hit up /r/madlads and maybe, just maybe in the intense adrenaline rush you'll be compelled to hit subscribe and enjoy the stream of content posted day in and day out. With some slick CSS work and a very helpful group of banterlords to keep the community in check and the ship sailing smoothly; it is definitely a community worth checking out.

Speaking of banterlords, the absolute nutters answered a bunch of questions!!!

1. You guys are answering questions for my feature! what drove you to such insane lengths?!

ANUS_CAPTAIN: So we told /r/SubredditOfTheDay to make us SRoTD... they actually did it the absolute madmen!

awkwardtheturtle: So I'm sitting there with my mates checking the modmail when I look up and see I've got an orangered, so I check it and see that SROTD has actually done it and gone and sent out a questionnaire! What legends. So I says to my mates, right then, let's get to it.

plowkiller: You know me, man. Always living life on the edge.

mar10wright: it's all just another step in our mental plan to take over reddit

2. Where did the idea for the sub originate from?

CannedWolfMeat: That's more of a question for Captain, but really it's because there was a "gap in the market", so to speak. It's hard to believe there wasn't already a sub for all these bonkers blokes.

ANUS_CAPTAIN: So those "haha look at me doing something "mental"" images were floating around for a while, especially the Dean image, but the image that made me create it was the never let me drink and have a broom image, which had a tumblr post with it that specifically called it out as a meme, so I had the idea, and only decided to actually make it when there was a demand for it, which happened in a comment section elsewhere.

mar10wright: There were some images going around of totally crazy lads overreacting to mundane situations and /u/ANUS_CAPTAIN managed to be at the right place at the right time to start the sub before anyone else.

3. There is something inherently hilarious about madlad humor that I can't put my finger on. What makes it so damn funny?

ANUS_CAPTAIN: The fact that everyone is in on the joke personally, the person in the picture/making the facebook post is fully aware how "not-really-mad-but-pretending" makes you feel as if you're in on the joke, which I love.

CannedTheWolf: For me it has to be the absurd off-the-wall over-reactions to something relatively tame. The bigger the reaction and the tamer the pic is, the better. I've seen pics of a hallway with a single paper cup in it captioned "WHAT A MENTAL NIGHT"

mar10wright: I think it's the lack of actual humor and the presence of lads completely losing it.

SmileyFace-__-: I think the over-reaction is the funny part. I don't think many people would really think going to bed at 10pm would be that mad...but when someone makes it out to be, it's hilarious.

reverend_green1: Don't put your finger on it, you'll squish it.

4. The sub has certainly grown quite a bit over the last few months. Has that had a major effect, in any way?

ANUS_CAPTAIN: Not really, most people who arrive know the type of humour in the sub. Aside from frequency in posts, there hasn't been too much change in the sub.

awkwardtheturtle: Not really, the lads who come into the sub are top notch. It's often said that growing in size can ruin a good small sub, but I'm happy to say that the spirit has stayed the same. The volume of posts has gone through the roof, but these are good lads.

ElQuackers: We're bigger than Jesus almost

5. What's the number 1 absolutely mental mad lad moment you've had in real life?

ElQuackers: I plugged my phone into a socket that said "for laptops only"

awkwardtheturtle: Without a doubt, mate, it's signing up to moderate /r/madlads.

ANUS_CAPTAIN: I once was on a school tour in the city centre, and we didn't know where to eat afterwards. I got some Burger King, but some friends were going to McDonalds. I had one of them go get me a Big Mac as well. I ate it in Burger King. My hands were shaking from the mentality the entire time.

reverend_green1: My boss thinks I'm working right now but actually I'm answering questions on reddit.

SmileyFace-__-: I recently learned to ride a bike with no hands. Thought i was hot shit for a couple of weeks not gonna lie...

CannedWolfMeat: I went to a festival last month and got pulled on stage to play Rock-Paper-Scissors against someone else for 45 minutes... over 6 plums! It was a proper mental night.

mar10wright: Right now I'm drinking coffee out of a tea glass, what's that do for ya?

plowkiller: One time in high school on April Fools my classmates put a fake snake on a teacher's chair before he came in but I noticed that it was out in the open. So what do I do? I go absolutely mental and push the chair under the desk!!! Our teacher went nuts!

6. Your favorite submission?

ANUS_CAPTAIN: Ruairí the Ruseman!

reverend_green1: This one*

SmileyFace-__-: I couldn't stop laughing at this one for some reason.

awkwardtheturtle: This kid is completely off the rails!!!

ElQuacker: The one of the 4 topless boys sharing a bottle of Bulmers

CannedWolfMeat: This one. Not because of the image itself but because we actually banned the person who posted it.

mar10wright: I'm not sure if this is my favorite but I feel like it's a perfect representation of what content we wasn't for the sub. It really has it all.

plowkiller: It's actually this recent one because it's almost unreadable and in fluent madlad

7. What's the best thing about your community?

ANUS_CAPTAIN: Minimal pricks. Out of the 115k+ subs, we've probably banned like 5 people, and very few comment removals. Hell, even our political posts are mostly civil.

reverend_green1: I would say that I think it's the jokes.

mar10wright: That it's a very lighthearted sub. No real deep content but no arguing or assholes either. Everyone just gets along, bonded over our collective love of these banterous lads.

plowkiller: Everyone plays along with the joke and they do it so well.

8. Any closing remarks or something you wish to say to people new to the sub?

CannedWolfMeat: Top Tip: Next time you go to KFC get a small fries, pour one of the sugar packets over them and try it. It might give you diabetes faster than any other food, but it's proper tasty. The story behind that recipe is also pretty mental.

SmileyFace-__-: Just wanna say thanks to /u/ANUS_CAPTAIN for bring me on to the mod team. I honestly didn't think it would get soo big in such a short amount of time..but im glad it did. Possibly the best, most chill community on Reddit and one of my most favorite subs to mod...mainly because nobody reports anything so my job is super easy :D

awkwardtheturtle: Film Idea. The year is 2055. The Conservatives have entered their 10th consecutive term. Banter has been outlawed and is punishable by death. Nandos all over the country have been shut down. Grandparents tell stories of ‘cheeky nandos’ to their grandchildren around the fire. The last Lad rebels’s supply of banter is running out, the archbishop of banterbury has been caught and executed by the government’s special forces group. Known as the 'talibanter’. The Lad’s last hope is to perform a dangerous ritual to bring back a creature of legend, the Bantersaurus Rex.

ANUS_CAPTAIN: Oi you bloody ledges... stay mental!

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*Editor's note: gotta love the classics.