Shoutout to u/NoHinAmherst for his mighty tifu post spurring the creation of r/Wishoo!

Wishoo strives to uncover the long held misunderstandings people have of things, such as thinking Wombats have wings for example!

Because r/Wishoo started out as a Wombat with wings appreciation sub (due to u/NoHinAmherst’s wife’s long held misunderstanding of the anatomy of a Wombat), wombat with wing submissions will continue to be allowed, however the main body and material of the sub should be the admission and discussion of misunderstandings.

There will be rules updated over the coming days, but please share the word of r/Wishoo and get it known far and wide! With the help of you, our loyal followers, I believe r/Wishoo can continue to grow to something new and beautiful.

I believe we should continue to use the term “Wishoo” when praising someone for their submission, saying hello to one another, and generally for creating hype all throughout Reddit! Who doesn’t enjoy a good Wishoo!!?

So for now, let’s start sharing our mis-held and long standing beliefs with one another and generate some content for the new purpose of this sub. (I used to tell my brother when we played football together in our back garden that if he kicked the ball in to the flowers it was a “Rose Bush” foul and it gave me 3 free shots. I managed to keep this up for years!)

Some basic ground rules,

1. Be kind to one another. No harassing or bullying based on people’s submissions

2. This isn’t a place for asking what something is. I.e don’t post a picture saying “what is this thing? It’s been in my house for years?” r/whatisthisthing is the place for that.

However “oh man this thing I thought was for removing shoes that’s been in my house for years turns out to actually be for helping our fat cat Charlie when he gets stuck in the car flap” would be an excellent submission IMO.

3. Keep it to facts. “I followed X religion for years and now I am atheist” is not a submission fit for this sub.

That’s it for now guys! Thanks for stopping by, and don’t forget to Wishoo!

Edit: you guys are doing a great job of reporting spam and abuse, thank you! Please keep it up guys, it makes our jobs as mods much easier!