A Redditor posts a joke.

And within 2 minutes of submission he has 8 comments telling him, “that’s a repost and that same joke was submitted last month and got 3k upvotes. We only want original content here!” So he deletes it and moves on. Two months later he hears a new joke and posts it. Again within 2 minutes of submission he gets 8 comments telling him, “that’s a repost and that same joke was submitted 3 months ago and got 1k upvotes. We only want original content here!” So he deletes it and moves on. This time 3 months go by before he hears another and posts it. Same as before he gets comments telling him, “that’s a repost from 6 months ago that got 500 upvotes. We only want original content here!” So he deletes it and moves on feeling slightly defeated. It’s 6 months before he tries again. But unfortunately to the same results. The first commenter says, “That joke was posted 1 year ago to 100 upvotes. We only want original content here!” Very defeated now, he deletes it and swears he won’t try again. So a year goes by and he’s had a few drinks at the bar when he hears a man tell a joke. It’s the funniest thing he’s ever heard and the entire bar is in stitches. He can’t stop laughing but then he gets an odd feeling like he’s actually heard that one before. In his inebriated state it takes a moment to think about it, but then he remembers that was his original joke! He stumbles to the man who told it and says, “Hey pal, I posted that joke to Reddit 23 months ago, but it was a repost! It was actually posted a month before that! That’s not original!” The man gives him an odd look and says, “What the hell is Reddit? I stole that joke from a 9gag post I saw 3 years ago”