Reddit spirals into hilarious confusion over Formula One racing post

“TIFU by asking Reddit which ethnic group to exterminate.”

On Saturday, the Formula 1 auto racing subreddit r/Formula1 received some unexpected viral attention when one Redditor’s poorly-worded post got wildly misinterpreted by the online community. 

“If you could eliminate a race within the year, which would it be, and why?” the doomed post reads.

“From my perspective, and it’s not going to be a popular one, but it would have to be Monaco,” OP continues. 

“As years have gone by, it’s become too much of a procession/parade than a race for me, not enough space or opportunities to overtake on the circuit, making it more of a team tactics battle rather than a race.” (!!!)

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The confusing and alarming post quickly gained traction on r/Formula1, eventually gaining enough momentum to land the top spot on r/all. 

The regretful OP followed up with a number of vital clarifying comments — mainly specifying that he wasn’t asking for his fellow Redditors to brainstorm a genocide — and made a few edits to his original post apologizing for the cross-site confusion. 

To top it all off, OP headed over to r/TIFU to detail the ins-and-outs of his glorious, viral fuck up. 

While OP did receive some unwanted attention for the poorly-worded question, they’re also walking away with some great karma, a whole lot of Reddit gold, and one hilarious story to tell — even if their inbox never recovers.

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