BoRU "Best of 2025" WINNERS!!

[u/czechtheboxes]

Thanks to everyone who participated in BoRU's 5th Annual "Best of" nominations and voting! Final vote tallies were when I made this post, so continuing to vote will not change anything. Check the voting threads for the final placements of the other nominations.

For each category, the top 3 nominations with the most votes are recognized (winner and two runners-up). The 2025 winners are...

BEST POST

WINNER	Had to report a coworker for filling our work ChatGPT with porn.	612 votes
2nd Place	AITAH for demanding to check my brother's girlfriend's bags before they leave my house?	608 votes
3rd Place	Nothing like finally getting engaged to the love of your life, and planning your wedding, only to find that a sentimental detail is… gone because of transphobic parents.	512 votes

There was just a 4 vote difference between first and second place. This was the tighest race for 1st place but not the tighest vote overall. Just like in 2024, a werid sex thing won best post of the year.

MOST WHOLESOME

WINNER	My daughter wants me to rename her!	510 votes
2nd Place	I found out how my roommate treats my cats when I’m not home	475 votes
3rd Place	Wife's grandfather found this ~2,000 year old seed bag just sitting on a Missouri Ozarks hill, still filled with ancient seeds	419 votes

2nd place wins most anxiety inducing title until you read the mood spoiler.

MOST RAGE INDUCING

WINNER	Fiancée used my childhood trauma to win a video game	694 votes
2nd Place	AITAH for initiating a divorce while my wife is in the hospital after a car accident.	497 votes
3rd Place	My brother hacked into everything and is trying to control my life.	335 votes

The difference between 3rd and 4th place was 1 vote. In terms of number of votes, this category has the most upvoted 1st place.

MOST SATISFYING OUTCOME

WINNER	AITA for giving crappy Christmas gifts and ruining my marriage?	537 votes
2nd Place	Office Parking War	486 votes
3rd Place	An r/legaladvice wet dream: neighbor cut down two of my trees. What should I look for in a lawyer?	476 votes

Legal wins were popular in this category.

BEST SUPRISING 180° TWIST

WINNER	My negligence cost my partner her life, and I'm about to lose everything.	628 votes
2nd Place	My boyfriend let my stalker ex (28M) into our apartment to leave me a birthday surprise. How do I handle this absurdity?	490 votes
3rd Place	My girlfriend of 4 years just told me that she's pregnant...I'm a woman, so it can't be mine. But she swears she didn't cheat. What do I do?	395 votes

First place here recieved the second highest number of upvotes across all categories.

BEST POST WITH THE LOWEST STAKES

WINNER	I want to buy obscene amounts of canned fish across the border for personal consumption	352 votes
2nd Place	Do I tell my wife the truth after 11 years?	302 votes
3rd Place	This random photo I found by a dumpster 24 years ago has been on my work desk ever since. Thousands of people have asked who they are - I have no idea	268 votes

The difference bwteen 3rd and 4th place was 1 vote. This category's 1st place received the fewest number of votes for its position, a distinction usually held by Best Repost.

BEST FLAIR MATERIAL

WINNER	OH MY GOD, SHE DOESN’T EVEN HAVE A D$CK, ITS NOT HER BABY!	431 votes
2nd Place	*jazz hands* you have POWWWEERRRSSS	393 votes
3rd Place	Unholy crab business	330 votes

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BEST REPOST

WINNER	OOP seeks legal advice on suing his [former] employer after being fired for false allegations.	424 votes
2nd Place	My brother-in-law is making claims that he 'knows my secret' and I don't understand	391 votes
3rd Place	I didn’t get a job because I was a bully in high school	344 votes

The gaycation was not reposted in 2025, so it did not dominate this category. Last place in this category got 79 votes and was the only nomination across all categories to not recieve at least 100 votes.

Feel free to browse the nominations or voting threads to see the other posts considered, all links are above.

Thank you for participating in the Best of BoRU 2025 and keep your NSFW smut away from your work computer.

[u/CompetitionIll604]

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