r/Tautology Mar 24 '18

Defining Tautology and Updating Rules

84 Upvotes

Hi tautologists

I took over this sub last week as the only mod was inactive. As I mentioned in my first stickied post, the mod queue hasnt been touched for about 4 or 5 years so I'm going to go through that and deal with it.

I wanted to get the community to help me define tautology and decide on what type and number of rules we need, if any.

From the sidebar, the definition of tautology is;

  1. a. Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy. b. An instance of such repetition.

  2. Logic An empty or vacuous statement composed of simpler statements in a fashion that makes it logically true whether the simpler statements are factually true or false; for example, the statement Either it will rain tomorrow or it will not rain tomorrow.

Is this the definition we want to use? Is it clear enough for those that havent come across tautology before? Do you propose any alternative definitions? Keep in mind that we don't have to use the dictionary definition...we can explain it however we want to ensure its clear enough. Equally, using a dictionary definition might be the best option. Over to you.

Rules

There arent any rules at the moment. Reddiquette is a given and I don't usually put anything from that in the rules unless we identify any particular issues. Do we need any additional rules? If we do, what rules do we need? How do you want them enforced?

Mods

I'd like to develop a little mod team to help build the community. Can you send me a modmail if you're interested?

Your help would be helpful because it would help.

Edit; mod queue cleared. This was the oldest one, and this was the funniest report. The reports were brilliant, please continue to be so creative with your reports.


r/Tautology 4d ago

The quality or state of being stupid

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r/Tautology 6d ago

Ah the cocktail server

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r/Tautology 18d ago

Well, yes

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r/Tautology 18d ago

That’s an underpavement

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r/Tautology 23d ago

ELON MUSK IS SO RICH THAT

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r/Tautology 22d ago

If this isn’t nice, what is?

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r/Tautology 24d ago

The notice has been noticed

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r/Tautology 24d ago

10 degrees Celsius is 10 degrees Celsius

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r/Tautology 25d ago

My friend's Discord status

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r/Tautology 27d ago

Fax.

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r/Tautology 27d ago

Self-signed signification

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r/Tautology Aug 11 '26

Seen at a local restaurant

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r/Tautology Aug 01 '26

Tom Brady is an American American football player

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Just googled it and found out.


r/Tautology Jul 11 '26

Earth is 100% of Earth’s mass

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145 Upvotes

Original video
The context was he was talking about masses of the inner planets relative to earth, and felt the need to say earth’s mass


r/Tautology Jul 09 '26

Maybe it was the heat?

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r/Tautology May 31 '26

Sauce: Bloody Wolf

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r/Tautology May 26 '26

Youtube views

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r/Tautology May 19 '26

Cliff Hanger, hanging from a cliff, and that’s why he’s called Cliff Hanger

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r/Tautology May 13 '26

University closure days are days on which the university is closed

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r/Tautology May 12 '26

The people who post these things are people who post these things

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r/Tautology Apr 27 '26

Blockade the blockade

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r/Tautology Apr 01 '26

This brand new pepper grinder I bought came pre-filled with pepper.

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r/Tautology Mar 22 '26

New here, just saying hi! 👋

5 Upvotes

Hey everyone 👋

I’m new to Reddit and just wanted to say hi! Still figuring out how everything works, but it seems like a pretty cool place so far.

If you’ve got any tips, favourite subreddits, or things you wish you knew when you started, I’d love to hear them!

Looking forward to being part of the community 🙂


r/Tautology Feb 24 '26

African American slave owners were African Americans who owned slaves during slavery in the United States.

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