r/FoundPaper • u/bassistciaran • Jul 08 '24

If you know who wrote it, it doesn't count.

447 Upvotes

Anyone who cares enough to read this, thank you for being here. This rule isn't all encompassing, but you should certainly think about it.

Over the last few months this sub has grown a lot and there has been a significant amount of posts that fall into the category of "something I / my parent / friend wrote a while ago, and I rediscovered." I dont like removing things, but its getting a little much.

Generally, I have never been against this kind of post, and up until recently they were infrequent. Over the last while I've notice a LOT more of these kinds of posts, so for the foreseeable future they will be removed. I feel bad removing them as many are heartfelt stories often about passed loved ones or some such, but they just arent really in the spirit of the sub. I mean, we could all just go up to our parents attic and pull out old school books and diaries and that'd be the whole sub.

Its really hard to make a concise, nuanced rule for this, it hasnt been policed for a long time as the posts were so infrequent, but recently theres been a shitload.

I will note that I've always went by rule of age and discovery. If you find something 30+ years old, thats interesting even if you know who wrote it, but it may still be removed.

42 comments

r/FoundPaper • u/Moonglight_Luna0 • 8h ago

Weird/Random Found on sidewalk while walking my dog

802 Upvotes

36 comments

r/FoundPaper • u/TristarL-1011 • 4h ago

Scan What type of postcard did Mom and Dad send there son? Swipe

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171 Upvotes

Dear Daniel, Hi from mom and dad. We are here in Florida having a great time. Saw many of these critters such as on the front of this card. I even felt one yesterday. His skin was like leather. Have gone on a boat ride and a swamp buggy tour. Love Mom and Dad.

27 comments

r/FoundPaper • u/UpOrDownItsUpToYou • 8h ago

Book Inscriptions Inside cover of a pre-owned book

131 Upvotes

19 comments

r/FoundPaper • u/sleepypichu_ • 6h ago

Weird/Random found clearing out my grandpas house

39 Upvotes

Sent by my Mom today after cleaning out my grandpas house

1 comment

r/FoundPaper • u/Fisherofcash • 3h ago

Love Notes Found in a tool chest in a rental house garage

13 Upvotes

3 comments

r/FoundPaper • u/sammybnz • 52m ago

Other Found this touching tribute on a walk

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• Upvotes

0 comments

r/FoundPaper • u/Main-Chard-2104 • 1d ago

Antique Vintage photo (1920s?) Found discarded from an unknown estate

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982 Upvotes

" 'Stardust' This is my first offense in [the?] movies the X Will show you where I am! "

53 comments

r/FoundPaper • u/honeybeesocks • 31m ago

Grocery Lists Shopping list on the fridge at an estate sale

• Upvotes

6 comments

r/FoundPaper • u/Thesavagepotato06 • 1h ago

Book Inscriptions bought a law book in my local oxfam and found a little message inside :)

• Upvotes

3 comments

r/FoundPaper • u/Dizzyluffy • 5h ago

Weird/Random Found in my attic while cleaning it out for electrical work.

12 Upvotes

A letter written in 1968 from someone named Ada to her parents. Found underneath some insulation in the attic of my late parents’ 125 year old home in Maine. (They moved in late 70’s) I don’t believe the person who wrote it is in my family so that makes it even more interesting to me personally.

0 comments

r/FoundPaper • u/Resident_Lettuce1620 • 4h ago

Other Found in a free book from a bookstore

11 Upvotes

Cropped off the top because I think it had the persons name

2 comments

r/FoundPaper • u/SplarkleVision • 1h ago

Love Notes Found in a book at my local little library

• Upvotes

It makes me so sad!

3 comments

r/FoundPaper • u/keeperofthe_peeps • 1h ago

Other found while running errands today

• Upvotes

0 comments

r/FoundPaper • u/tetraphorus • 23h ago

Love Notes paper airplane :)

179 Upvotes

8 comments

r/FoundPaper • u/RoughlyImaginative • 3h ago

Antique Found at an up cycling building supply store

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5 Upvotes

Found this in a cabinet drawer in construction junction. Really cool to see the history go with this. Sadly I didn’t pick the piece up but hopefully whoever does keeps it.

2 comments

r/FoundPaper • u/incorrigible_tabby • 4h ago

Weird/Random Found tucked inside of a copy of Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk

3 Upvotes

4 comments

r/FoundPaper • u/mouldygingercurlz • 22h ago

Weird/Random Found in a notebook at Goodwill

68 Upvotes

Seems like a list of important dates from their life? I love that “Virginity June 2001” is included

26 comments

r/FoundPaper • u/Otherwise_Energy5128 • 1d ago

Love Notes Hand – drawn, laminated; nothing on the back.

199 Upvotes

Found in the parking lot at work

4 comments

r/FoundPaper • u/EqualAd9946 • 23h ago

Weird/Random Found in the woods

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40 Upvotes

Thought it was sweet , no camp I could see

3 comments

r/FoundPaper • u/legoshi_haru • 1d ago

Art Never mind

126 Upvotes

Found inside the front cover of a sequin notebook at a garage sale

5 comments

r/FoundPaper • u/The_Emerald_Eye • 3h ago

Antique Can anybody read this (on glasses case)

1 Upvotes

Found at car boot sale

3 comments

r/FoundPaper • u/rithc137 • 22h ago

Weird/Random Yooo found walking my dog in my neighborhood ... can anyone decipher this??

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28 Upvotes

No clue .. I can read cursive just fine (I'm 43 ty) but no idea what this says.

9 comments

r/FoundPaper • u/iamtheBeano • 1d ago

Book Inscriptions Found in a used Tom Robbins book

33 Upvotes

2 comments

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Found Pieces of Paper

r/FoundPaper

Photographs of found pieces of paper with writing on them, photographs or discarded cutouts. Appreciate the forgotten artifacts of everyday life. Share any paper that you found (on the ground, stuck in some bushes or between cans of soup at the store for example) and you do not know who wrote it. Love letters, doodles, interesting to-do or grocery lists, notes from the past - share your discovery with us!

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Photographs of found pieces of paper with writing on them! Look for paper. Make every day a scavenger hunt.

"I like this sub. Like being an archeologist or anthropologist, studying the leftover and forgotten artifacts of everyday life." -/u/TheSnackist

Check out some friends of found paper!

/r/BookInscriptions - little notes from past readers
/r/FoundClothing - who just gets rid of one shoe?!
/r/GrandmasCookbook - old thyme recipes ^{^see} ^{^what} ^{^I} ^{^did} ^{^there?}

Notice the world around you. Pick up the paper you find on the ground. What is written on it might surprise you. Share it here.

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Some of the most incredible things live written on the torn scraps of paper that didn't make it into the trash. They can be love letters, thoughts, quotes or a pertinent to-do list. The only rule is that you found it somewhere (on the ground, a public table or between the cans of soup at the store, so long as it isn't publicly posted!) and you don't know who wrote it. Anonymous and out of the blue is great!

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Please upload original content. The intent of this subreddit is to give fodder to the imagination through the actual weirdness of finding cool paper scraps/writing on the ground.

STANDARD FOUNDPAPER-PAPER-FINDING PROCEDURE:

Remain calm and pick up paper
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No stock images please. Use Imgur! Please have high resolution pictures, especially if there is dense handwriting. If it's somewhat illegible, leave in the comments what you can't say in the title. Post either in the title or in the comments where you were when/the story of how you found it. Maybe transcribe it in the comments if it's illegible and you have the time to do so.

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