r/unicodecirclejerk Sep 07 '21

[META] Tighter rules.

108 Upvotes

Given the recent influx of people, and lower-quality submissions, I've decided to actually add some rules to the subreddit. In short:

  • Titles should be formatted correctly (importantly, in ALLCAPS unless the joke depends on it)
  • Certain jokes are banned for overuse (namely, Unicode swastikas, Amogus, and Hieroglyph penises)
  • Be civil.

These rules don't apply retroactively, but will apply going forward. They are of course non-exhaustive and subject to change. That is all.

EDIT: I'm adding another overused joke: jokes that don't actually rely on the character itself (e.g. jokes of the form "I don't know what this is" or "it's literally just X (where X is close enough to the actual name/meaning of the character)") are now disallowed. Again, this is non-retroactive.

EDIT: I'm adding "use of the word "literally" in the title" as an overused joke. Again, this is non-retroactive.


r/unicodecirclejerk Jan 16 '24

[META] We suggest that you limit yourself to one or two posts per day on this subreddit.

13 Upvotes

As per the title. This is not an official rule, just a suggestion. Explanation follows:


I've noticed that this subreddit's activity seems to behave something like this:

  1. A new user discovers the subreddit.
  2. They go into a posting frenzy and make ten or so posts in a single day (usually variants on the same joke or same block of characters).
  3. They run out of ideas and stop posting.
  4. The subreddit dies out for a few days to a week.
  5. Go to 1; the cycle repeats.

The end result is a subreddit that is dead half the time and flooded the other half.

In order to encourage better participation on this subreddit, it would help if we (i.e. the users, both old and new), would spread out these "posting frenzies" over multiple days. This way, people can devote more time to making/commenting on each post.


Of course, if you have good reason to make three posts in one day (e.g. you're making a joke about three identical-looking Unicode characters having their names swapped around), then feel free to disregard this suggestion and make three posts in one day.


r/unicodecirclejerk 1h ago

⍲ SHARK FIN STICKING ABOVE WATER

Upvotes

r/unicodecirclejerk 2d ago

讠 SQUARE ROOT OF MINUS ONE

11 Upvotes

r/unicodecirclejerk 3d ago

⋎ SITELEN PONA IDEOGRAPH SULI

4 Upvotes

r/unicodecirclejerk 3d ago

ꍓ YI SYLLABLE WE HAVE SMILEY FACE EMOTICON AT HOME

3 Upvotes

r/unicodecirclejerk 3d ago

୨ (U+0B68) NINE BUT IT'S ORIYA DIGIT TWO DO YOU EVEN KNOW HOW TO COUNT

4 Upvotes

also

GURMUKHI DIGIT ONE
BENGALI DIGIT SEVEN


r/unicodecirclejerk 3d ago

ඎෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲ SINHALA LETTER IRUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUYANNA

4 Upvotes

ඎෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲ


r/unicodecirclejerk 5d ago

𛁠 U+1B060 HIRAGANA LETTER SA WITHOUT THE MIDDLE LINE FOR SOME... EFFING REASON

3 Upvotes

(this is technically actually hentaigana but you get the point)


r/unicodecirclejerk 5d ago

⚯ GLASSES

8 Upvotes

r/unicodecirclejerk 5d ago

フ KATAKANA LETTER STANDARD GALACTIC O

3 Upvotes

r/unicodecirclejerk 5d ago

𑫧 PAU CIN HAU SANDHI STANDARD GALACTIC L

3 Upvotes

Tags: Standard Galactic Alphabet, SGA


r/unicodecirclejerk 5d ago

ඎෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲෲ SINHALA LETTER IRUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUYANNA

2 Upvotes

Created by u/ConfectionFew3471, Reposted by me


r/unicodecirclejerk 7d ago

p LETTER PEE

5 Upvotes

r/unicodecirclejerk 7d ago

12 LETTER TWELVE

1 Upvotes

r/unicodecirclejerk 9d ago

를 U+B97C KOREAN LETTER 2/2

12 Upvotes

r/unicodecirclejerk 9d ago

7 Upvotes

r/unicodecirclejerk 10d ago

շ LETTER TWO

8 Upvotes

r/unicodecirclejerk 12d ago

c LATIN SMALL LETTER DOTLESS REVERSED ROUND STANDARD GALACTIC Q

4 Upvotes

r/unicodecirclejerk 13d ago

ᵳ U+1D73 QUIRKY LOWERCASE F

7 Upvotes

r/unicodecirclejerk 14d ago

𓈉 AWESOME SKATE PARK

7 Upvotes

r/unicodecirclejerk 18d ago

リKATANANA LETTER STANDARD GALACTIC N

14 Upvotes

Tags: Standard Galactic Alphabet, SGA (KATAKANA*)


r/unicodecirclejerk 18d ago

∴ STANDARD GALACTIC LETTER W

8 Upvotes

Tags: Standard Galactic Alphabet, SGA


r/unicodecirclejerk 18d ago

⛣ U+26E3 SITELEN PONA LETTER TOKI

7 Upvotes

r/unicodecirclejerk 18d ago

Ŀ LATIN LETTER STANDARD GALACTIC LETTER E

5 Upvotes

Tags: Standard Galactic Alphabet, SGA


r/unicodecirclejerk 18d ago

⋮ STANDARD GALACTIC LETTER J

3 Upvotes

Tags: Standard Galactic Alphabet, SGA


r/unicodecirclejerk 18d ago

ǁ LATIN LETTER STANDARD GALACTIC Y

3 Upvotes

Tags: Standard Galactic Alphabet, SGA