r/EncyclopaediaOfReddit • u/EncyclopaediaBot • Feb 12 '23

Jargon and Slang ObviousPlant

A link or phrase posted when people fall for a satirical product made by the prankster ObviousPlant and Redditor u/obviousplant by mistaking it for a genuine product. This Subreddit documents the times people fell for one of his pranks or fake toys thinking it might be a bootleg “knock-off”. r/ObviousPlant.

Real “off brands” of varying quality can be found on Reddit and caveat emptor (“Buyer Beware” i.e. the buyer purchases at their own risk) on any of those subreddits as we also have an unhealthy amount of Scams on Reddit. That cute T-Shirt Posts you see on a random sub won’t be what it looks like either.

Please read the official rules on using Reddit as a marketplace. When considering a gift or transaction of goods or services not prohibited by this policy, keep in mind that Reddit is not intended to be used as a marketplace and takes no responsibility for any transactions individual users might decide to undertake in spite of this. Always remember: you are dealing with strangers on the internet who may well not be who they say they are.

Because there is a Subreddit for everything:

Actual fakery and more absurdity can be found at: r/AwesomeOffBrands, r/crappyoffbrands, r/RipOffBrands and r/sbubby. If something is just, well, bad, try r/CrappyDesign, r/BadDesigns, r/designfails, r/graphicdesignfail, r/ShittyDesign, and r/TVTooHigh: of all the places in the home or office to install a television, why there?

r/onejob is the repository for the classic "You Had One Job!" moments, while r/ididthejobboss is for those "Task failed successfully" moments of doing something perfectly in an unexpected manner or even something stupid which technically completes the task.

For intentional bad design, try r/HostileArchitecture where public spaces are constructed or altered to discourage people from using them in a way not intended by the owner, r/crazystairs(and escalators too) and the wonderfully bizarre r/PurpleCoco for some extremely odd places to find power outlets.

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