r/CatastrophicFailure

Can you post your project here?

This subreddit focuses on catastrophic failures of machinery, structures, or devices. Posts should have neutral, descriptive titles and avoid jokes, memes, mundane failures, or compilations of multiple incidents. The focus should be on the object's failure, not on people.

Before you post: Self-promotion or posts about 'I built X' would likely be considered off-topic or fall under the 'no joke/meme/products that flopped' rule, and are not welcome here.

The rules, in their words

1. No joke/meme submissions: If your post is a joke or meme, it does not belong here. This includes posts about politicians, celebrities, movies or products that flopped, bad business/PR decisions, countries in turmoil, etc.
2. Titles must only be a neutral description and date: Titles must only be informative and descriptive (who, what, where, when, why) not editorialized ("I bet he lost his job!") - do not include personal opinions or other commentary in your titles. A good title reads like a newspaper headline, or Wikipedia article. If you don't know the specifics about the failure, then describe the events that take place in the video/image instead. If it is a cross-post you should post that as a comment and not part of the title
3. No Mundane Failures: Avoid posting mundane, everyday occurences like car crashes unless there is something spectacular about your submission. [Nearly 1.3 million people die in road crashes each year,](http://asirt.org/initiatives/informing-road-users/road-safety-facts/road-crash-statistics) and there are many other subreddits already dedicated to this topic such as r/dashcam, r/racecrashes, and /r/carcrash
4. Compilations are not allowed: Compilations and montages are not allowed on r/CatastrophicFailure. Any video that is a collection of clips from multiple incidents, including top 10 lists are considered compilations. If your submission contains footage of **one** incident but compiled from multiple sources or angles, those are fine to post.
5. Be respectful: Always be respectful in the comments section of a thread, especially if people were injured or killed.
6. Objects, not People: The focus of this subreddit is on machines, buildings, or objects breaking, not people breaking. If the only notable thing in your submission is injury/death, it probably would go better in another subreddit.