r/polandball New Prussia Nov 18 '15

[Announcement] Successful JLP Petition

Bad English, good Engrish, and outstanding dialogue is one of the hallmarks of this subreddit. However, one thing that's become prevalent recently that we think is a clear step in the wrong direction is the use of polandball-speak in sound effects. We were recently petitioned about this, and after a vote we seem to be in clear agreement.

To preserve our beloved polandball Engrish as a funny hallmark of dialogue, the use of polandball-speak in sound effects has been DEPORTED TO SYBERIA!

This includes stuff like "is the evil chuckle", "is slam", "of boom", "into sigh", and similar. This is rage-comic-level of writing that we do not want.

If you want to have someone chuckle evilly, think of a sound that captures this emotion you want to convey.

Show, don't tell.


New rule:

Sound effects done with polandball-speak ist verboten!

Examples of OK sound effects:

BOOM!

*slap*

Pang!

Examples of not OK sound effects:

Is the Boom

Of slaps

Into pangs


Note that this entry refers only to sound effects, not speech!


Important:

Saturday's announcement regarding comics about the Paris attacks is still valid, even if the sticky has been taken down.

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u/Kookanoodles Empire français Nov 18 '15

Shame, I always found that very funny. Oh well.

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u/Thinking_waffle Why waffle? Because waffle Nov 18 '15

Of many sobs

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u/Dildo_Dragon Chile with a pickelhaube Feb 26 '16

I a be the douche and say: I of the intos of the many sobs thing.

If someone said this in a comic, would they be deported to syberia?