Everyone loves custom things. Whether it’s a mug with your name on it from the secret Santa at the office, or cheeky BFFs shirts you ordered with your bestie, or a custom birthday cake, the list is endless. After all, life is one big customized order you weren’t even there to order, so our fascination with things made and designed for us is understandable. Philosophy aside, any custom order is also a perfect storm for a mishap to happen.

There’s a whole corner of Reddit known by the clever title r/PeanutButterIsOneWord, which references a hilarious scene from the BoJack Horseman show. The subreddit is dedicated to sharing the funniest examples of ordering a custom label, giving the instructions, and expecting the best, “only to have the instructions printed on the thing you ordered.”

The description says: “How about an engraving saying ‘I want this left blank’ or ‘Hello, Mike! Underneath that, I miss you.’ This is the sub for that!” With 35.2k subscribers, the sub is somewhat of a yet-undiscovered terrain of pure entertainment mixed with shamelessly high levels of absurdity, and it’s a question of time when it will be the next big thing on Reddit.

#1 A Welsh Classic

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#2 While Not Exactly The Same As The Gag, This Reminded Me Of The Show!

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#3 Generic Tweet For After The Debate

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To find out what a design expert had to say about such hilarious mishaps, Bored Panda spoke with Laura Vanagaite, a Portugal-based graphic designer. Laura explained that such unfortunate printing situations that occur during the process always depend on both sides.

“When presenting the final file to the person in charge of a printing procedure, it is better to leave exact notes, as well as tell them the instructions face to face, if it’s possible. It will leave no doubts in case they have some and you can always ask how it will look in the end,” Laura said.

#4 Thanks To My Friends, Birthday Time!

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#5 Association’s Name

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#6 Probably

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Laura argues that such misunderstandings are the result of miscommunication. “Sometimes there can be confusion if the text is not clear enough or the description reveals too much information. For example, if a present is for a surprise birthday party, it is better to write everything in the notes, leave your contacts and tell them that if there is any doubt, they can call you,”

“So, it depends a lot on both sides and good communication is the key in this situation. Sometimes, if it is possible, ask if they can send the final image of the cake which contains text as decoration, just to check in case there are any mistakes left.”

Moreover, Laura suggests preparing some easily understandable files with clear notes to hand to the person in charge of the order, and everything should go smoothly.

#7 A Friend Of Mine Ordered A Picture Cake And Gave The Woman A Thumb Drive With The Picture She Wanted To Use

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#8 Surpriiiise!

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#9 Parents Didn’t Want Their Son’s Name Printed On His School Photo

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To find out more about this miscellaneous Reddit community called “Peanut Butter Is One Word,” we spoke with its moderator GrahamfieldShip who happily shared some insights. The mod explained that this quirky name of the subreddit originates from the TV show Bojack Horseman.

“On the show, a character called Mr. Peanutbutter frequently buys signs from a company, but they always put his instructions on the sign. The first use of this was in season 1, with ‘CONGRATS DIANE AND MR. PEANUT BUTTER. PEANUT BUTTER IS ONE WORD’.”

GrahamfieldShip added that “it became a running gag throughout the series and is the origin of our sub’s name.”

#10 Seeathy

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#11 My Mom’s Old iPad

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#12 He Did Get What He Wanted

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When asked why so many people find the mishaps so hilariously funny and somewhat cringefully relatable, the moderator said that it’s probably because it’s so unexpected. “If there’s a human reading the instructions, they should know what needs to be printed and what doesn’t. So it’s funny when they completely miss the mark,” they told us.

#13 From A Facebook Group My Wife Is In

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#14 Happy Birthday, Generic Men And Women

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#15 Not Sure If This Was Posted Before, But My First Thought When I Found This Reddit

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According to GrahamfieldShip, it’s also “worth mentioning the difference between peanutbutterisoneword and lipsum, as there’s a lot of confusion between the two!” The mod explained: “Lipsum is ‘dummy text used in laying out print, graphic or web designs’. For example, if you receive an email that says ‘good afternoon <first name>’, that would be lipsum.”

When asked about the mod’s favorite entries shared on the community, GrahamfieldShip said this one is one of their all-time favorites, “because I know if my iPad came back like that I would laugh every time I saw it.” The second favorite is this one, “because they didn’t even include the stars and sprinkles.”

#16 Sample Text

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#17 When A Man Wants To Order A Football Shirt With No Name On The Back

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#18 Came Across An Intentional One Today

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#19 Oops In Arabic

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#20 Just A Plane Cake

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#21 Op’s Girlfriend Got Them A Bojack Themed Birthday Cake

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#22 “The Same Text But In Arabic”

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#23 30 With Stars And Sprinkels Around It!

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#24 Op’s Company Now Has 900 Of These Pens

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#25 The Instructions On Bag Of Rice

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#26 Congratulations To Tucker I Guess?

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#27 ‘make Sure That You Label Them That They Contain Egg’

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#28 Netflix Originals Be Like

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#29 Mark With The Sea

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#30 If It’s Still Too Long Let Me Know

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#31 My Anniversary Present.

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#32 Poland Flag

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#33 Pizza Shop Asked Me” Who’s Name Do You Want The Order Under?” I Replied “ My Wife Michelle “ This Is How They Announced Her Name When She Picked Up The Food

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#34 Sent My Friend A Potato For His Birthday

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#35 Supreme Court Something Something

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#36 Oolong, But Not Toolong

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#37 3/5 Stars

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#38 Instructions For The Subtitler Showed Up On My Blu-Ray.

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#39 Noname

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#40 This Tiktok

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#41 Radio Station Informed Promo Company They Wanted Same Balloons With New Slogan

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#42 I Don’t Understand Why This Is So Hard

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#43 Goddamnit Bruce!

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#44 In Big Letters At The Top Write Closed

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#45 Forget To Type

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#46 Seen On Twitter

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#47 Image “As Requested” Seems To Fit Here

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#48 I Know You Charge By The Letter So Just Write Best Oscar Prediction Nothing Else

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#49 Hooray!

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#50 Redesigned Our Website Boss

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#51 Taika’s Instagram

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#52 The Word Tattoo In Comic Sans

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#53 “I Think His Name Is Naaem”

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#54 Title

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#55 My Friend’s Senior Jersey

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#56 An Old Post, But Classic

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#57 Some Casual Left Field Naming In Lidl

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#58 This Had A Team Of People Behind It

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#59 Sending The Money Now

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#60 Here’s A Good One From A Writer On Twitter

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#61 Happy Birthday To Dick.. Matt…

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#62 On The Left: Names Of Different Clinics In Finnish. On The Right: “The Same In Swedish” In Swedish

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#63 I Was Told This Belongs Here? Switch Controller Marketing Copy.

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#64 Jewel Cake Designer Took The Entire Photo And Put It On The Cake.

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#65 My Mom’s $1.20 Chinese Pillow Cover

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#66 I Asked My Brother What He Wanted On His Cookie Cake.

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#67 A Panel For Tourists In Hungary

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#68 Friend Was Instructed At Costco To Write That They Didn’t Want The Cake To Say “Way To Go”, They Wanted It To Say “Happy Birthday Hudson”

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#69 Just Going To Leave This Here

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#70 Russian Fsb Fabricated An Assassination Attempt And Signed One Of The Alleged Pieces Of Evidence With “Signature Unclear”

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#71 Cake.png

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#72 Close Enough

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#73 Check Cause Of Death

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#74 Well, At Least It Is Purple.

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#75 Yeah, That Seems Believable! (How I Met Your Mother S9e10)

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#76 Decorated The Cakes Boss

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#77 Congrats On Them

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#78 Aw, Darn Guys! It Was Supposed To Be Green!

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#79 I Think We Can All Guess What Happened Here.

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#80 Does This Count?

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#81 For The Potterheads – Found On Facebook

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#82 Removed The Fullstops, Boss

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#83 ‘Congrats! Underneath That, Write Tara And Dan!’

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#84 Someone Is Going To Get Fired Over This One

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#85 Asthma And Penicillin Allergy Messages

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#86 Spotted Today At Target

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#87 When The Bakery’s Computer Can’t Read Korean Characters

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#88 Option 4

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#89 Not The Cake She Tried To Order Over The Phone

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#90 Op Is Dating Mr. Peanutbutter

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#91 Sent From A Friend

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#92 Blank Birthday Cake

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#93 Just The Kellogg Logo

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#94 Happy Birthday, Sarah!

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#95 Happy Birthday On It Thank You

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#96 Little 9 On Top Will Never Forget This Birthday!

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#97 A+

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#98 Spanish Hand Wash Only

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#99 Note Yellow Not Yellow Yellow Again

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#100 When The Plans Call For A “Pedestrians Yield To Traffic” Sign

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#101 An Arrow Pointed To The Toilets

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#102 I Love The Smell Of Spanish Translation

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#103 Looks More Like A Practical Joke To Me

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#104 Maggie Is Gonna Get Fired

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#105 Sorry Albert, That’s Not What The Message Box Is For.

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#106 Pasted Straight Off The Work Email

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#107 Open Children’s Pool Floaty With Adobe

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#108 These Amuse Me More Than They Amuse My Sister

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#109 Bought My Friend Some Custom Lush Shower Gel

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#110 Spanish For Not Included

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#111 On The Amazon Listing For A Fitness Band.

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#112 What Name Would You Like On The Back?

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#113 See Po Notes

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#114 Come On You Bhoys In Green!

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#115 Why Is This So Hard

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#116 Was So Excited About My Girlfriend Landing A New Job, Guess I Forgot To Double Check.

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#117 Kids Love [sample_text] And [spray_effect]

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#118 Sportscaster Joe Buck Fumbles A Sponsored Tweet

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#119 Let’s Go!

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#120 When Marie Has Had Enough Of Your Bullshit

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#121 Bio For Wrestler On Wwe.com

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#122 I’m Glad They Fixed It

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#123 And Make The Democrats Pay For It!

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#124 Nice Intro

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#125 Sent From My iPhone

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#126 Think This Belongs Here. Found It In A Cafe.

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#127 In A Promotional Email

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#128 Hey Boss, Whaddaya Want Me To Post About The Event On Sunday?

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#129 At An Asian Buffet

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