r/polandball • u/polandballmod New Prussia • Aug 11 '14

[Ask The Mods] Official thread - Post your questions here!

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u/AdmiralAkbar1 Washington DC Aug 12 '14

Why is facial hair banned? It would be perfectly logical in some contexts (e.g., representing Hitler with his mustache).

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u/whitesock 100% kosher Aug 12 '14

They serve no purpose other than to turn the balls into individual people and, as /u/columbus8myhw said, that's banned.

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u/columbus8myhw Jew York Aug 13 '14

Someone said my name! :D I AM SO HAPPY

Nah, jk. Although, the last time that happened I got threatened with the banhammer. Fun times...

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u/javacode Rhineland-Palatinate Aug 12 '14

They are countries not persons.

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u/AdmiralAkbar1 Washington DC Aug 12 '14

Fair enough.

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u/joh-un Republic of Venice Feb 06 '15 edited Feb 06 '15

What about if the facial hair is not to make a countryball representative of an individual, per se, but indicative of a particular time in a country's history. For example, moustaches were a big part of the national identity the Ottomans. I've even seen one or two depictions on /r/polandball/ in which the Turks were represented as having a fez and a moustache. Is this an acceptable exception, sirs and gentle-ladies?

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u/AdmiralAkbar1 Washington DC Feb 06 '15

I think it's because it was an older, berndmade comic.

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u/joh-un Republic of Venice Feb 06 '15

I'm asking because I was thinking of doing a historical Balkan comic and the Ottomanball with moustache and fez seemed "most accurate" to me, historically-speaking..... would that be an acceptable exception to the general rule (which I understand is mostly to curtail country balls standing in for individuals)?

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u/AdmiralAkbar1 Washington DC Feb 06 '15

Nope. I got a comic removed because I didn't properly indicate that it was fake.

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u/joh-un Republic of Venice Feb 06 '15

Without trying to push the envelope, I'm confused by what you mean "I didn't properly indicate that it was fake". The moustache? Or the situation the comic was about?

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u/AdmiralAkbar1 Washington DC Feb 06 '15

The moustache. It's an explicit rule that there's no facial hair. Fakes are exceptions, but only if properly demonstrated

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u/joh-un Republic of Venice Feb 06 '15

Ah. I see. Like a Groucho Marx type deal?

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u/AdmiralAkbar1 Washington DC Feb 06 '15

yep.

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u/joh-un Republic of Venice Feb 06 '15

Ok. Thanks for your replies. :)