A bone apple tea is the mistaken use of a real, dictionary-defined word or phrase by a human in place of another real, dictionary-defined word or phrase that sounds similar.
THIS MEANS:
Both words must be in the Merriam-Webster dictionary. Words strung together don't count.
No typos/autocorrect/speech-to-text
Mistaken word must sound similar to real word
Nothing from children, ESL speakers or memes
No BATs of names of people, places, media, or brands
No homonyms/homophone/homograph
Your title must exactly match the bone apple tea in the post - that's the mistake, not the intended word or phrase. The bot that helps us identify potential reposts can't read text in images, so it relies on post titles to decide whether to compare a post to past images.
The same post may only be posted once every 3 months if the original has less than 5000 upvotes, or 6 months for anything higher. The same bone apple tea may only be posted once a week. It is up to mod discretion if it will be allowed more than that. Complaining in mod mail will NOT get your post reinstated if it has been removed for Rule 3.
No political stuff at all, ever. Same with anything relating or referring to COVID, masking, or vaccines.
For a full list of banned phrases, please refer to the list on the sidebar below the rules.
The following must be ENTIRELY hidden or cropped out:
Pictures of faces or recognizable faces of any kind regardless of who they are.
Usernames of any kind in any format on any platform including celebrities and your own name.
Sub names, titles or group names from any social media platform.
No locations
Phone numbers/addresses of any kind (even scammers) will be removed; OP will be banned and reported to reddit admin. Including other info may result in bans of varying lengths.
Do not directly link to other subreddits, other websites, or other site albums, videos, or anything taking place outside r/BoneAppleTea. Your post must contain a properly anonymized image of someone using a bone apple tea. Text posts are no longer allowed and will be automatically filtered.
This includes, but is not limited to:
racist or other hateful behavior;
advertising or using Reddit to buy or sell goods;
vote manipulation;
witch hunting;
doxxing
We expect people to act in a civil manner. If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all.
DO NOT DM A MOD FOR ANY REASON. GO through modmail or you will be banned for 30 days
Mod abuse in comments or modmail will result in a permanent ban and mute
Rule lawyering in modmail will be replied to with a mute. Come back in 72 hours trying to argue and you will be banned and muted. If you want to change the rules, apply to be a mod.
No political posts or comments of any kind, at all, under any circumstances. Same with anything relating or referring to COVID, masking, or vaccines.
These phrases will not be approved under any circumstances.
Any variation of the following:
Sweaty (sweetie)
Any grammatical confusion (in/and/a - "now and days", of/have - "should have/should of", etc )
Join the BAT Discord chat to discuss with the community!
Visit our new sub for typos, r/BoneAppleTypo!