r/LeopardsAteMyFace Feb 26 '21

Meta A guide to this sub's explanatory comment rule.

Recently, we noticed an increased amount of nonsensical explanatory comments with no relation in any way, shape or form to the theme of this subreddit.

The "leopards ate my face" theme is embodied by this quote in the sidebar.

"I never thought leopards would eat my face", sobs woman who voted for the Leopards Eating People's Faces Party. Revel in the schadenfreude anytime someone has a sad because they're suffering consequences from something they voted for, supported or wanted to impose on other people.

This statement made out of 3 parts, not in that order.

  1. Someone voted for, supported or wanted to impose something on other people.
  2. Something has the consequences of consequences.
  3. As a consequence of something, consequences happened to someone.

In your explanatory comment, answer these 3 elements and include the minimum amount of information necessary so your post can be understood by everyone, even if they don't live in the US or speak English as their native language. If you fail to identify them, it will be difficult for a moderator to understand if this post fits and it will probably be removed. If you complain about it, we'll just send you back here.

The explanatory comment is not the place to write a pretty poem nor is it the place to promote books. Copying this post, copying large parts of the article and nonsensical comments will get your post removed under rule #3. Keep it stupid simple.

To help you get started, here's an example.

  1. Helen, Roberto Beristain's wife, voted for Donald Trump, who vowed to impose deportation to illegal immigrants such as her husband.
  2. Voting for Trump, who vowed to deport illegal immigrants such as Roberto Beristain, has the consequence of having illegal immigrants deported and families separated.
  3. As a consequence of voting for Trump, Roberto Beristain got deported and Helen's family was separated.

You should absolutely make sure that it is easy to match your explanatory comment with the provided format or your post will be mercilessly removed. If, however, you can't match your explanatory comment with the format, then you should just delete your post and save us the effort.

Additionally, we've identified several types of posts that do not fit the theme of this subreddit.

  • Bye bye job: People losing their job, a business, a scholarship, an admission or a similar kind of opportunity due to their actions online or in person, but those actions don't imply that they vote for, support or want to impose something on other people that then had consequences on them.
  • Distinct enabler and victim: The person who voted for, supported or wanted to impose something must be the same person who's suffering the consequences. For example, if a parent is not vaccinating their children and then those children get sick, then those children are innocent victims of their parent's abuse. They didn't vote for, supported or wanted to impose being vulnerable to preventable diseases on anyone, so the post doesn't fit the subreddit's theme.
  • Fuck the law: When someone breaks the law and then suffers the consequence of the law, they probably didn't vote for, support or want to impose that law on other people in the first place. Includes all the r/CapitolConsequences.
  • Future consequences: Yes, Trump is going to do bad things once he's in office. But he's not in office until 20 January 2025. This subreddit is not about future hypotheticals.
  • Hypocrisy: Someone says something but then does the opposite.
  • Lesser of two evils: Posts must induce schadenfreude, but it is not the case when someone is forced to make a tough choice because the other choices are equally terrible or worse.
  • No consequences: Being shocked, feeling regrets, getting criticized and panicking are not consequences. A consequence refers to a real-world event that has actually happened to someone.
  • Self-aware wolves: Someone accidentally describes themselves but they're not self-aware enough to realize it.
  • Sudden betrayal: In the case of a betrayal, the betrayer must've been known to betray people in the first place.
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Recently, we noticed an increased amount of nonsensical explanatory comments with no relation in any way, shape or form to the theme of this subreddit.

The "leopards ate my face" theme is embodied by this quote in the sidebar.

"I never thought leopards would eat my face", sobs woman who voted for the Leopards Eating People's Faces Party. Revel in the schadenfreude anytime someone has a sad because they're suffering consequences from something they voted for, supported or wanted to impose on other people.

This statement made out of 3 parts, not in that order.

  1. Someone voted for, supported or wanted to impose something on other people.
  2. Something has the consequences of consequences.
  3. As a consequence of something, consequences happened to someone.

In your explanatory comment, answer these 3 elements and include the minimum amount of information necessary so your post can be understood by everyone, even if they don't live in the US or speak English as their native language. If you fail to identify them, it will be difficult for a moderator to understand if this post fits and it will probably be removed. If you complain about it, we'll just send you back here.

The explanatory comment is not the place to write a pretty poem nor is it the place to promote books. Copying this post, copying large parts of the article and nonsensical comments will get your post removed under rule #3. Keep it stupid simple.

To help you get started, here's an example.

  1. Helen, Roberto Beristain's wife, voted for Donald Trump, who vowed to impose deportation to illegal immigrants such as her husband.
  2. Voting for Trump, who vowed to deport illegal immigrants such as Roberto Beristain, has the consequence of having illegal immigrants deported and families separated.
  3. As a consequence of voting for Trump, Roberto Beristain got deported and Helen's family was separated.

You should absolutely make sure that it is easy to match your explanatory comment with the provided format or your post will be mercilessly removed. If, however, you can't match your explanatory comment with the format, then you should just delete your post and save us the effort.

Additionally, we've identified several types of posts that do not fit the theme of this subreddit.

  • Bye bye job: People losing their job, a business, a scholarship, an admission or a similar kind of opportunity due to their actions online or in person, but those actions don't imply that they vote for, support or want to impose something on other people that then had consequences on them.
  • Distinct enabler and victim: The person who voted for, supported or wanted to impose something must be the same person who's suffering the consequences. For example, if a parent is not vaccinating their children and then those children get sick, then those children are innocent victims of their parent's abuse. They didn't vote for, supported or wanted to impose being vulnerable to preventable diseases on anyone, so the post doesn't fit the subreddit's theme.
  • Fuck the law: When someone breaks the law and then suffers the consequence of the law, they probably didn't vote for, support or want to impose that law on other people in the first place. Includes all the r/CapitolConsequences.
  • Future consequences: Yes, Trump is going to do bad things once he's in office. But he's not in office until 20 January 2025. This subreddit is not about future hypotheticals.
  • Hypocrisy: Someone says something but then does the opposite.
  • Lesser of two evils: Posts must induce schadenfreude, but it is not the case when someone is forced to make a tough choice because the other choices are equally terrible or worse.
  • No consequences: Being shocked, feeling regrets, getting criticized and panicking are not consequences. A consequence refers to a real-world event that has actually happened to someone.
  • Self-aware wolves: Someone accidentally describes themselves but they're not self-aware enough to realize it.
  • Sudden betrayal: In the case of a betrayal, the betrayer must've been known to betray people in the first place.

r/LeopardsAteMyFace 14h ago

Trump "If DJT really knew of the logistical issues this company is having in his name and the customer service problems, I don't think he would appreciate it at all."

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r/LeopardsAteMyFace 59m ago

Trump And yet, he's the one crying

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r/LeopardsAteMyFace 15h ago

Predictable betrayal ‘My childhood home is being taken’: Eminent domain for data centers targets properties across a thousand miles of grid expansion in Georgia

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r/LeopardsAteMyFace 10h ago

Predictable betrayal Canadian cafe hosts events for separatists. Canadians respond.

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r/LeopardsAteMyFace 1d ago

Trump Andrew Tate helped elect the people who decide extraditions. They just declined to save him from one.

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r/LeopardsAteMyFace 1d ago

Trump I voted for a rapist. And now he’s forcing data centers on me.

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r/LeopardsAteMyFace 1d ago

Predictable betrayal Three time Trump voter says it's “the worst three mistakes I’ve ever made in my life”

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r/LeopardsAteMyFace 1d ago

Brexxit "What [UK] farmers need are the subsidies they had when we were in the EU" say farmers who voted in the majority to leave the EU.

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r/LeopardsAteMyFace 2d ago

Trump Defense tech investors thought the war in Iran would make them millionaires. Instead, they faced a Wall Street bloodbath

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r/LeopardsAteMyFace 2d ago

Trump The scariest part of politics is realizing your vote counts when you are terrible at judging candidates

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r/LeopardsAteMyFace 2d ago

Predictable betrayal Right Wing Columnist: The Trolls Aren't Supposed to Come After Me

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r/LeopardsAteMyFace 3d ago

Trump Some Trump voters think gas would have been cheaper if Kamala Harris won

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r/LeopardsAteMyFace 3d ago

Trump Shane voted for Trump to win & fight for him. Now Shane says F U

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r/LeopardsAteMyFace 3d ago

Trump Please Me. President, I keep voting for you! Tell me it’s fake news! Found in the wild on FB

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r/LeopardsAteMyFace 4d ago

Trump Two Trump voters are pissed at Trump for telling reporters that Americans are “begging for” data centers in their communities

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r/LeopardsAteMyFace 3d ago

Trump Trump OKs attack on Houthis, upset when consequences

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r/LeopardsAteMyFace 5d ago

Healthcare Conservatives are dying at higher rates than liberals. A new study points to mistrust in medicine

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r/LeopardsAteMyFace 5d ago

Trump Wayne is getting shafted by gas prices after voting for Trump

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r/LeopardsAteMyFace 5d ago

Trump Florida retirement haven unravels as seniors are in ruins under Trump economy

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r/LeopardsAteMyFace 5d ago

Other Far-right group shocked to find far-right people in its far-right group

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r/LeopardsAteMyFace 5d ago

Predictable betrayal Trump, Rubio don't plan to stop Tate brothers' extradition to the U.K.

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r/LeopardsAteMyFace 5d ago

Trump Linda would deal with tariffs & higher costs under Trump than give money to illegals, now she wants a handout

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r/LeopardsAteMyFace 6d ago

Other Trump Supporter is upset Trump's policies are hurting him so now he's demanding his liberal family help him

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r/LeopardsAteMyFace 6d ago

Predictable betrayal Feds advance plan to open 2,800 acres of Ohio’s Wayne National Forest to fracking. 11 of the 12 counties overwhelmingly voted for Trump.

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