r/holidaybullshit • u/SchubyDoo Moderator • Dec 27 '14
/r/holidaybullshit Puzzle has been solved!
It was a great run everyone. A write up should be up soon and we will update the Wiki as needed shortly.
Opening the Safe - Live
Card Distribution Thread
Original Safe Opener
Puzzle Write-Up
Gift from Mike/CAH
Community MVP Thread
Pictures of the trip!
A big thank you to everyone who participated! I hope to have more specific people called out when I have time.
Thank you /u/Pewwer42 and Yellow for coordinating the opening!
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u/whitebandit Dec 27 '14
Damn... This subreddit is Nuts... now.. if only ya'll can help solve the r/chiliadmystery ...
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u/The_hezy Dec 27 '14
Nice job guys. By the time I started receiving the shipments people were already knee deep in theories so I had absolutely no idea where to try and attack. Guess I was also expecting it would take about as long as last year's, too... Was fun to watch, at least. Jolly good show, chaps.
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u/Fellatio_delToro Dec 28 '14
Yeah, I haven't gotten any of them yet. Was gonna wait till January to contact CAH (as it says), so I was stuck checking my mail everyday and trying to help formulate my own crackpot theories from the pictures/ideas people posted on here. Either way, cool to see it all come together! The people in this subreddit are much, much smarter than I.
Cheers, everyone!
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u/deathrevived Dec 28 '14
Same. I wish I could have contributed this year, but I wasn't wiling to spoil what was coming in the mail. Damn Canada post...
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u/darkshaddow42 Dec 27 '14
Holy shit. Thought I would start helping once holiday craziness died down... well then.
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u/TheWolfKin Dec 27 '14
I didn't even get the chance to participate this year. Only one of my gifts arrived before I had to go home for Christmas, and having to spend lots of time with family prevented me from being able to get on here and gather up all the clues and try to work stuff out.
I mean, I didn't do much to help last year, but at least I suggested a possible thing to try. This year, I didn't even get to do that. -sigh-
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u/darkcranium Dec 28 '14
I think the lesson you can learn from this is that families are for losers. Harry Potter had no family and he won at life.
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u/DaveLambert Dec 27 '14 edited Dec 27 '14
Habari Gani (What's the News)? THE PUZZLE IS SOLVED! And on the 2nd day of Kwanzaa, out of 7 official days (12/26 to 1/1 every year). 2 months quicker than this subreddit solved last year's puzzle. And Jenn at CAH said we wouldn't solve it. Did she think we were full of sloth? Nope. But we are now!
Which leads me to sing:
♫ On the 2nd Day of Kwanzaa, subreddit gave to me...a sloth card from 2Hawaii. ♪
I've updated the header banner to reflect the fact that the puzzle is solved. If you can't see it, or can't see the entire thing because of monitor resolution, here it is.
Whelp...see you all again next year, I guess! In the meantime, we hope you all spend time with us at r/CardsAgainstHumanity for the year-round fun of a party game for horrible people. :)
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u/Crazafon Dec 27 '14
Wow this was done rather quickly! I avoided the subreddit for the most part, because I was convinced I still didn't have one of my gifts and didn't want it spoiled for me. Turns out I'm a dingus and had it all along, but got to at least watch everything unfold as the prize was found.
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Dec 27 '14
Dang that happened a lot faster than I thought it would. I only just got my last letter...
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u/smoketheevilpipe Dec 28 '14
At least you got all yours. I am still missing 7 of them
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u/BBQPhil Dec 28 '14
In my mind this is a tragedy. I understand that the postal service is slow this time of year, but I too feel like I barely scratched the surface and now it's all over. While I think LoneShark and CAH did an absolutely amazing job at the puzzles themselves, something isn't sitting right to me about this conclusion.
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u/ZombiiChris Dec 27 '14
Has the safe cracker scanned or posted any photos of the whole card - not just what it says?(specifically the bottom left corner)
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u/Onomatopoesis Dec 27 '14
Awesome!! Wow, I'm bummed I missed it but it's so exciting you guys got it open and stuff! Congratulations!!!
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u/jdllama Dec 28 '14
Oh shush, you had an amazing month this month, so you're just fine :D
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u/Onomatopoesis Dec 28 '14
Teeheehee. Hush, you!
Seriously though. It was very exciting to see all the posts!! And I'm glad it was us (if not me).
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u/BrodieQ Dec 27 '14
I just got day 3 today. I was resisting participating here until I got all of my packages. Cheers to you all! From everything I've read, you guys did an amazing job!
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u/chirigami Dec 27 '14
I just got my map today (still missing about 4 other days as it is) and thought I'd check to see what's going on. Whelp! Awesome to see it was solved - and from the looks, quickly too. Good job you guys! Seems like it was pretty fun, I hope to look through all the puzzle solving at some point and see how your minds all got this to work ~
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u/granite_grizz Dec 28 '14
Whelp, I was no help. Seriously, there are amazing people here and every time I had an idea, I'd search it and it would not only have been suggested, but confirmed false and dissected into tiny pieces to fuel further efforts that boggled my mind. Great job Warrior Ants.
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u/blindfaithx Dec 27 '14
Cheers you guys! What a crazy adventure and a edge of your seat ride this morning! starts drinking
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u/redneckrockuhtree Dec 27 '14
Oh, holy crap. Reading that and having tried to follow along (and help).....I feel like a complete idiot.
You guys are awesome, and I'm really impressed.
(Oh, and I think the safe full of sloth cards is freakin' hilarious!)
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u/Code_Zero Dec 27 '14
u/SchubyDoo, the 2 that went out to the Safe for the Broadcast deserve a thank you line bro.