/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!
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.
PLEASE tag NSFW content!
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!
- Love letters
- Poetry
- Doodles
- Scribbled notes
- Interesting to-do list
- Thoughts
- Impassioned graffiti written on paper
- Notes written in books
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
- Take a picture of it with your phone immediately
- Upload it to Imgur.com via your lovely mobile device
- Submit your link so we can see it!
WHEN SUBMITTING:
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.
If you find something in a mysterious foreign language, our friends at /r/translator can help! Comment !translate or !translator on a post, our subreddit bot /u/translator-BOT will automatically cross-post it to /r/translator, crediting the OP. Thank you to /u/kungming2 for writing this bot!
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/r/FoundPaper
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Found in Publix
18:44 UTC
Found this outside my post office
Found this by my post office's flag pole. Located in IL.
16:54 UTC
Pretty sick
I like the blood lol. It was slightly crumpled up near trash can in Bushwick, NY. I assume some kids mom made them throw it out but they liked it so much they only pretended to crumple it up and place it gently next to the trash can.
16:46 UTC
Informal UK police note maybe?
16:29 UTC
Found in hospital bin
15:24 UTC
Found on the sidewalk in Barcelona
06:30 UTC
Paper towel
03:38 UTC
Talk about inspiration.
First day back in the gym after 2 months. Found this note on the first machine I used.
03:18 UTC
Aliens?
Having a pint, I think they’re out to get me :/
01:33 UTC
found by my boyfriend at work
01:15 UTC
The Winning Ways of the Cat
Not exactly an inscription, but a note I found in a copy of A Man Called Ove. I love that she brought up the cat.
23:45 UTC
Found inside a secondhand copy of House of Leaves
21:44 UTC
Found inside a library book
18:51 UTC
Found in mostly unused '92 Flomo Co diary at my local thrift store
She can't spell yet, but she grasps the stark reality.
18:38 UTC
Found on a DC metro train
Copypasta
Auto translate from Lens:
They are in my country and they have stolen a lot of global weapon technology in the United States and are going to give it to China.
Please see my words. American spies, please contact the person in charge and quickly conduct that meat on them.
After the arrest, tell the CIA agent because the CIA Pentagon agents are all under their surveillance and. ・・brain
You should contact the CiA Pentagon/partial agent first. These dogs will find out and take the next step.
Please also be careful. They are now a group of mad dogs biting people. They are now a group of mad dogs biting people. The spies must work with the members of the team to
turn and kill, “and said that if you tell this to the CiA Pentagon agents, they said that when the agents know
this matter, they will kill them directly and cover it up as five internal vehicles. I hope you
hurry up and come to Stadium-Armory 12. Xiaofu and his friends are entering China. You
can’t control them. You can contact Yanji or other areas, but be careful, because they are looking after the little ones here. You
because they are all family members. Tell him
18:29 UTC
Boutique and Church
17:59 UTC
Hazards
15:03 UTC
Found in a book bought in an auction lot
02:44 UTC
Found on my train ride in DC
02:43 UTC
Note found in the ground in a Canadian Tire.
Good job Robin you did great
00:06 UTC
Schizophrenic, rambling conspiracy theory found in a car bought at auction
23:10 UTC