TLDR: "Yo he just be vibin tho" or "he lookin kinda chill tho" memes are now banned.

As Rule one currently, and has always stated, memes that rely solely on a certain way of speaking (including "hood talk") will be removed as uncreative.

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okay, now onto the real post. I don't think it's going to be a long one, but there has been a lot of discussion between the mods on how this issue should be dealt with.

Okbuddyretard has always had a strong focus on certain ways of speaking. The sub was virtually founded on people acting/ speaking like children.

There has always been a lot of discussion between mods, as well as users in the discord or on /r/okmetaretard about feeling burnt out on this kind of humor; how we deal with it has always been a controversial topic.

As the rules currently are, rule one includes a section stating the following:

Do not rely on certain ways of speaking to be funny, for example, "hood talk," or lots of misspellings. These can make a funny joke funnier but they can also kill it.

We collectively believe it'd be wrong to outright ban a certain way of speaking, as the ban would be too broad and stifle creativity. Hood talk used to create a juxtaposition can, and often is very funny, and has been a cental focus of some of the best memes on this sub. On the other hand, simply taking a picture of a cat stuck in a box and writing "Yoooo he just be vibin tho" isn't funny, it isn't creative, and was pretty much a dead, cookie cutter meme from the first time someone copied it.

While, in principal, the current rule makes sense, it is pretty hard to moderate, and will always come down to an individual mod's opinion. This is why you may see posts that violate this rule on the front page suddenly disappear as one mod may have let them through, but another mod didn't.

Rule one has always been ambiguous. It's impossible to describe creativity, as that'd be contrary to the very definition of the word. It only gets harder to maintain as the sub grows.

We'll be interested to hear what you think below.

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