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r/facepalm

*A subreddit for you to share the stupidity of individuals online and IRL. Post screenshots from forums, social media sites, or just real life. --------------------------------------------------- ***PLEASE*** read all of the sidebar before posting, thanks! -------------------------------------------

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Post your political posts at: r/PoliticsFacepalm.

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Rules

Remove personal information

Please obscure PI: names, usernames, business names, and other identifying elements from posts.

No grammar/spelling errors

Grammar or spelling errors are not Facepalms.

No "likes"/"shares" posts

"This was shared x times", "This received x upvotes" are not Facepalms

No memes

Memes are not facepalms

No jokes or obvious satire

Jokes or satire are not facepalms

NO OVERT POLITICAL CONTENT*

See the definition below.

OVERT POLITICAL CONTENT INCLUDES:

a. Tweets, pictures, or videos of politicians being politicians.

b. Posts of any type regurgitating talking points of politicians.

c. Posts that specifically attack a political party

d. Political violence or the advocation of political violence.

e. Talk of overthrowing or subverting governments.

OVERT POLITICAL CONTENT DOES NOT INCLUDE:

a. Regular citizens being obviously stupid about politics or civics.

b. People wearing political clothing while being stupid.

c. People wearing obviously stupid political clothing.

d. People being stupid while protesting.

Bigotry is not tolerated, though facepalming at it is welcome. Do not ask for personal info, harass or stalk others, troll, or engage trolls. Do not engage in witch hunts.

Moderators have full discretion in making decisions they deem to be in the best interest of the subreddit.

We require users to participate in good faith and make constructive arguments. No trolling. No disingenious comments designed to make a healthy conversation impossible.

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Use the report button!

Moderators can quickly take care of trolls, and remove offending posts and comments. Sending us a modmail will get the offending content taken care of more quickly!

Text posts

Text posts (also known as self posts) are only for discussions about the subreddit itself.

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What to Black Out

If you missed the section on PI, follow these guidelines and your post should fit facepalm's rules.

Windows

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Android

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Plug-ins and Apps

Status Snapper

This chrome add on allows you to take snapshots of facebook statuses, anonymize them, and upload them to imgur.

Social Fixer

Social Fixer supports Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Opera. It has similar functions to Status Snapper, asides from the automatic snapshot/upload. Please note while using Social fixer, that if you use the pseudonames, your post will be removed.

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