Hello Reddit!
We've been seeing a few non-sbeve posts in this community recently, so here's a short guide on what a sbeve is and how to find one.
Why sbeve?
Sbeve originated from the phrase "she believed" in which parentheses are placed like this: s(he) be(lie)ve(d). The intention of these parentheses or brackets is to create another phrase "he lied" (he) (lie) (d), however this leaves the letters s, b, e, v, and e unused. These remaining characters spell sbeve and are the inspiration for this sub.
What qualifies as a sbeve?
A sbeve is a sentence or phrase with highlighted characters which make a coherent sentence, and non-highlighted characters which create a nonsense word or phrase, e.g. sbeve.
This is a Sbeve, "sbren sbeve" ("he's ok because he lied"):
This is not a Sbeve:
This is also not a Sbeve, as there is no hidden message:
Please remember to report any posts you see on r/sbeve that break this subreddit's rules (these can be found in the sidebar).
You can ask questions in the replies to this post, or contact us via. modmail with any concern. Thanks for visiting r/sbeve!
For those who have a collection of pics of the 2nd type y'all can go to r/dontdeadopeninside
r/dontdeadopeninside is for signs that make no sense when read from left to right. That pic would be more at home on r/nosafetysmokingfirst which is for signs that make no sense when read top to bottom.
The second pic does make sense read both ways, though.
I love discovering new corners of reddit where there's 3 subs for funny sign
or in r/ADDNSCSFOID
pedantic: the 2nd pic actually wouldn't fit there since the words read the same both top-to-bottom and left-to-right, it's kind of cute in that regard
It's not so pedantic because that sub will instantly delete a post for now adhering to that structure.
Also why did reddit show me this 5month old post
If I’m correct, that image is actually where r/shadesbydesign got its name, and would belong there instead.
I... am Sbeve!
r/beatmywifetoit
Genuine question, since I think I may have misunderstood what a sbeve is. Do organised standards acrostics like this one count as sbeve?
https://www.reddit.com/r/sbeve/s/usb22BnAao
Because if that's the case, I have a whole literature for you guys.
Yeah, I'd say that acrostics count. It's preferred if they're used as part of some graphic design (e.g. and ad or book cover) rather than just a photo of a poetry book, but either way is technically within the rules.
Is is ok if i talk about slap battles cause u can turn in to sbeve in it
no
sbeve es el guante de slap battles mas molesto
Baby don't hurt me
its sbeve from slap battles
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