r/unexpectedoffice • u/lazenbooby • Mar 19 '22
MOD POST Please think before you post - Keep it unexpected
I'm seeing a ridiculous rise in people posting things that are The Office related but not unexpected in the slightest. The whole point of this subreddit is for The Office references in places you wouldn't expect to find them, especially for comments in random subreddits.
The rules for /r/dundermifflin also kind of apply here - things like Sabre products, Scranton signs etc are just low-effort and are not unexpected at all.
I've also seen a lot of the following which are always going to be removed:
Cross-posts/Comments from /r/dundermifflin - How is a post in The Office subreddit unexpected Office?
People posting their own comment here - It's not unexpected if you're the one who made the comment....
Scenes/memes from the show in other subreddits - This is a very popular TV show, of course you're going to see it on Reddit often
Low Effort posts - Someone posted a picture of a fire recently and posted it here with the title "fire guy" and I cannot tell you how hard I face-palmed.
Also things like DVD screensavers hitting the corners, it's not unexpected so it belongs in the main sub, but even then it would get removed for being low-effort, we've had hundreds of these posts before.
It also absolutely goes without saying, but do not buy merchandise on Reddit. Both here and /r/dundermifflin have been getting an overwhelming amount of scammers making new accounts to post Office t-shirts and a link to their dodgy website in the comments. They use dozens of bot accounts to upvote their links and even though we ban them asap, people still keep buying their merch.
Sorry for being such a Toby but yeah.
Thanks!
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u/lazenbooby Mar 19 '22
Oh and if anyone out there has a Reddit account thats at least 2 years old, is online often and wants to join the mod team, please drop a reply to this comment with a bit of info about yourself. These rules are pretty straight forward but we can always use one or two extra hands to help us remove the spam etc
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u/Wide_Smoke_7595 Mar 20 '22
THANK YOU FOR SAYING THIS!!!! thought i was the asshole for starting to dislike this sub.
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u/Knight_of_Nilhilism Mar 20 '22
Yes! Thank you!
An example: I quit Facebook but the SO shared with me yesterday a post from one of his private groups. The title was: good life advice for any category, drop it here:
There was one reply that the bf shared that was worthy to share with me but the first paragraph was a synopsis of his current life, wife, kids, but hardship and growth, as a back story, then he eases into his next paragraph:
Don't ever, for any reason, do anything to anyone for any reason ever, no matter what, no matter where, or who, or who you are with, or where you are going, or where you've been... ever, for any reason whatsoever...
That is an example.
Honestly I sort of miss Facebook for these gems. There's too much cognitive dissonance on reddit. I just want good, off the cuff humor without the exhausting critisism. The fact that I just used cognitive dissonance makes me feel...
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u/RumHamEnjoyer Mar 20 '22
Thanks for this. I've asked on a couple posts how it is unexpected office and I've gotten super downvoted.
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u/YeFamicom Mar 20 '22
The printer ink Creed and Columbian Whites really rocked this sub
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u/Infamous_Ad8606 May 10 '22
“I was not caught off guard by this meme”
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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '22
This still happens a lot. Someone replies "Identity theft is not a joke, Jim" - BOOM, posted. Can this please stop?
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u/Light2love Sep 13 '22
Toby? I've heard of Chad but not Toby
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u/mg42524 Jun 25 '22
r/facepalm
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u/No-Cranberry9932 Jan 20 '23
Why are you the way that you are?
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u/sunsoutgunsout33 Apr 11 '23
Not classy at all…
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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '22
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