Redditors' favorite posts and comments of 2012

Earlier this month, Reddit installed a new feature that allowed users with Reddit gold—a suite of fancy tools and perks you can buy for $4—to save their favorite comments. Here are our favorites from the most-saved list, recently blogged by Reddit general manager Erik Martin. Go nuts.

Comments

• [r/AskReddit] Free to use, freeware or open-source applications that everyone should have installed

• [r/TalesFromTechSupport] A friendly bot named Lenny that will talk to telemarketers for as long as they stay on the line

• [r/IAMA] A private chef's basic spaghetti recipe

• [r/Columbus] Delivering the "scientific smackdown" to an ignorant and racist distortion of the truth

• [r/SocialSkills] A strategy to carry a conversation on almost any topic

• [r/JusticePorn] An amazing story of confronting a bully years later 

• [r/AskReddit] A secret that won't be revealed until 2060

• [r/NeedAdvice]"I feel like I've been punched in the face, but in a valuable way"

• [r/Cooking] The secret to good mac & cheese is in the roux

Posts

• [r/Funny] Over 700 gifs. Use them wisely

• [r/AskReddit] Real life cheat codes written by the reddit community

• [r/reddit.com] My favorite discoveries in 5 years of redditing 

• [r/reddit.com] Time to get classy...

• [r/AskReddit] Favorite free software and games?

• [r/AskReddit] Awesome, little known websites?

• [r/AskReddit] reddit, what's your favorite porn video?

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