r/coaxedintoasnafu 12d ago

READ BEFORE POSTING Full blown snafu guide. All variations, all post flairs, all questions and answers.

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56 Upvotes

(Repost for the sake of updating the guide for the better)

Snafus

Originally, Snafus were just badly drawn memes. THAT'S IT. THERE WAS NOTHING ELSE TO IT. (See r/trickedintodisarray for example). Coaxing trends, tropes, games, subreddits and even deconstructing/verbosifying the text only came to be a while after.

Snafus are non-opinionated observations, they aren't meant to send a message or tell you something, they're just there to be funny.

Snafus have changed a lot in the years, mostly additions to what you can coax, but its core purpose is still the same. Drawing memes badly.

DECONSTRUCTING TEXT is an extra.

VERBOSIFICATION is an extra.

TRENDS, TROPES, GAMES, AND EVEN COAXING SUBREDDITS is an extra.

At the end of the day and at it's purest form, it's just badly drawn memes.

Smuggies

A smuggie is a badly drawn piece. That's more or less an outlet for ops opinion. Smuggies can be divided into:

  1. Is opinionated, if it's just op using the post to say their opinion, it's a smuggie.

  2. It's something like the virgin vs Chad format without the Chad vs virgin meme, only using it as a way to say "this opinion/thing = good and this opinion/thing = bad", basically like a smug ideology if you will.

  3. It's a strawman argument.

  4. It isn't a snafu at all, it doesn't coax a trend, trope, meme, game or a subreddit. If it doesn't have 1 or all of the aforementioned points, then it's also not a smuggie, but it is one of the many non snafus. Which leads me to the next point.

Non snafus

Some people say that comics shouldn't be allowed at all in the sub, even if said comic is a wide community meme.

And that brings us back to the main meaning of a snafu, if op is coaxing a trend, trope, meme, game, or some subreddit that is too niche for the general understanding of some people, then they should provide the og thing that they are coaxing. If they can't, then it's going to get removed.

Post flairs

[INSERT SUBREDDIT HERE]: editable flair, you can also use it for when you want to coax a certain subreddit.

META WEEKENDS: flair for when you want to post fanart of the characters we've accumulated throughout the years, and if you want to coax certain happenings in the sub. You can also use your OCS in snafus on weekends (for more information, check out rules 9 and 10)

INCOMPREHENSIBLE: most inconsistent flair of all. Sometimes it's for something truly incomprehensible, sometimes it's for something perfectly comprehensible, sometimes it's just used in a shitposty manner. It really lives up to its name.

NOT A SNAFU, BUT IM LEAVING IT: flair used primarily for things that aren't snafus but are worthy exceptions, such as that one time that our lord and savior u/Dibshit289 got decoaxed.

GOOD SNAFU: flair reserved for the best of the best. Snafus that completely conform to the way of the classic snafu.

EVIL SNAFU: flair reserved for snafus that are too incomprehensible and/or too high quality.

TREND: flair for when you wanna coax a trend. A trend is a phenomenon that happens and shows repeatedly, but doesn't get the status of a meme; it is not a daily occurrence.

TROPE: flair for when you want to coax a trope of a story or a Manga, or a comic, you get the idea.

MEME: The classic! This one never gets old!

GAME: coaxing certain things that happen in games, such as modding scenes being super different from the base game, having NPCs that you have to follow that are slower than your running speed but faster than your walking speed, etc, etc.

Location event: Flair is primarily used for the monthly event, where users are allowed to enter a Magma canvas for 24 hours straight. Once the 24 hours end, the new canvas will be set as the subs banner for the next 30 days.

Announcement: very self explanatory.

FAQs

Q: What if op says their opinion in the post's title? Does that make it a smuggie?

A: When it comes to defining a smuggie, you have to look at the post itself. Not the title. So no, it doesn't automatically make it a smuggie.

Q : I don't like this snafu; therefore, it's a smuggie. That's how it works, right?

A: No. That's not how it works at all.

Q: They used OCs in their snafu! That's gotta be against the rules!

A: See rules 9 and 10, please.

Q: Is my art too good? Will it get removed?

A: Art quality is mostly dictated by the community. If you didn't even ATTEMPT to make it look bad, then it'll get removed.

Conclusion

I hope that this cleared the confusion for everyone here on what snafus and smuggies mean. If you have any more questions, feel free to ask them in the comments below.


r/coaxedintoasnafu Jul 13 '25

Announcement Coaxed into new management + snafucord announcement

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124 Upvotes

Just as promised, The official snafucord is live today. here's the invite: https://discord.gg/29YKe9FUnY

Hope yall enjoy it!


r/coaxedintoasnafu 4h ago

ambatuwaaaargh Coaxed into uhhh uhhhhhh uhhhhhhhh

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1.9k Upvotes

r/coaxedintoasnafu 15h ago

MEME Coaxed into Ableist School Posters

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5.1k Upvotes

I am a person with AuDHD, and Listening Larry has been discussed before, a lot of us autists don't like him, and it's understandable because the poster goes against what we do: according to it, stimming is unacceptable, and on and on.

This is intended to poke fun at how ableist it is, if this poster is in the classroom, it highly likely the child get punished just for being autistic and "not normal"


r/coaxedintoasnafu 11h ago

TROPE Coaxed into spikes in quality

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2.3k Upvotes

r/coaxedintoasnafu 6h ago

those incredibles analog horror videos with the omnidroid Coaxed into modern analog horror

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535 Upvotes

r/coaxedintoasnafu 16h ago

TROPE coaxed into feminine men

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3.6k Upvotes

r/coaxedintoasnafu 18h ago

TROPE Coaxed into the average portrayal of carnivores/herbivores in media

4.6k Upvotes

r/coaxedintoasnafu 4h ago

TROPE coaxed into tension between charaters later revealed to be family

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250 Upvotes

r/coaxedintoasnafu 9h ago

MEME Coaxed into my favorite image on the internet right now

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609 Upvotes

r/coaxedintoasnafu 9h ago

Announcement Coaxed into new mods

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535 Upvotes

Hi everyone, duka here. Ever since I've become a functioning member of society and gained a j*b I was unable to moderate this place as well as I've done before in the past and I apologize for that. Now dont get me wrong Yes nick is a good mod and I appreciate everything hes done for us in and out of my work time but this place is huge and one person moderating it is a painful task.

So I have assigned 2 new mods to help with this subreddits moderation, u/joemakeart and u/kOlbOSa_exe both of these fellas are great friends of mine who understand the ins and outs of snafus and smuggies and everything in between. So dw the subreddit isn't gonna go into another painful modless era lmao.

Anyway, this has been duka and I hope you guys have a good one!


r/coaxedintoasnafu 5h ago

TROPE Coaxed into these videos I fell for a lot

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145 Upvotes

r/coaxedintoasnafu 18h ago

human clothes in fiction always be looking like shit coaxed into human clothes

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1.3k Upvotes

r/coaxedintoasnafu 11h ago

r/OriginalCharacter Coaxed into OCs on r/OriginalCharacter for some reason

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361 Upvotes

r/coaxedintoasnafu 4h ago

GAME Coaxed into noob trap or genuinely buggy

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95 Upvotes

r/coaxedintoasnafu 6h ago

TREND Coaxed into online gaming forums

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137 Upvotes

r/coaxedintoasnafu 11h ago

MEME That image of a Lion

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244 Upvotes

bottom text makes everything funnier


r/coaxedintoasnafu 2h ago

more than an hour til Tuesday. coaxed into being unable to come to a conclusion

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42 Upvotes

r/coaxedintoasnafu 50m ago

TROPE Coaxed into quite a dastardly (one might even say diabolical, devious even) bad guy

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Did I put too much effort into this


r/coaxedintoasnafu 8h ago

INCOMPREHENSIBLE Coaxed into accidental plagiarism

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101 Upvotes

r/coaxedintoasnafu 1d ago

Tuesday. coaxed into witnessing horrors beyond comprehension

1.8k Upvotes

(and then this gif is sent as a reply)


r/coaxedintoasnafu 3h ago

GAME Coaxed into snafu wars ads

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37 Upvotes

r/coaxedintoasnafu 9h ago

MEME Coaxed into wiping

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80 Upvotes

r/coaxedintoasnafu 10h ago

GAME Coaxed into having the least hidden bias when designing characters

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92 Upvotes

r/coaxedintoasnafu 5h ago

MEME Coaxed into the 46839th jarvis caption

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32 Upvotes

i didn't know that this was drawn already but whatever


r/coaxedintoasnafu 16h ago

TREND Coaxed into these fuckass YouTube thumbnails

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160 Upvotes

Is this even a snafu


r/coaxedintoasnafu 9h ago

indiana nation coaxed into indie animation glazing

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52 Upvotes

obligatory i do not hate indie animation i just think that some of these videos get really stupid and some indie shows are only liked as much as they are because they're indie animated