Edit: in Belgium if it gives any clue

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[–] 142 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (13 children)

I really wish this comm took after Rule 2 of /r/whatisthisthing and disallowed joke comments. Not because "reeee no fun allowed" but because that's already present everywhere else, and it'd facilitate a lot more interesting, useful, unique discussion.

Without hyperbole, that one rule makes /r/whatisthisthing way better than most subreddits, because it doesn't let it just sink into the lowest common denominator like the rest of that shithole has.

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  • [–] 32 points 5 days ago*

    I personally don't mind them, yet.
    Posts around here don't get that many comments so it is not that hard to ignore them, in a place with as many people as reddit is an absolute necessity a rule like that but here I don't it is a problem, again, yet.
    Maybe in the future if it goes beyond an annoyance sometimes and becomes a problem.

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  • [–] 16 points 4 days ago (2 children)

    If it becomes a problem a compromise could be one automated post for joke comments to go under and all others are banned. You keep the funny, but its contained and easy to skip past.

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  • [+] -14 points 4 days ago (2 children)

    Ah yes, let’s pollute our nice comfy hangout spot into that racist shithole

    What could possibly go wrong? 🙄

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  • [+] -32 points 5 days ago (4 children)

    Bro wants to turn every com into one with 3 gazillion obscure rules.

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  • [–] 47 points 5 days ago* (2 children)

    > "Rule: actually try to answer people's questions in a community dedicated to asking questions"

    > "bro that's way too obscure for me"

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