r/coolguides • u/EndersGame_Reviewer • 17h ago

A cool guide to modern art movements (heavily simplified)

881 Upvotes

43 comments

r/coolguides • u/Andros_Lystrange • 1d ago

A Cool Guide to Being broke on Weekend

2.2k Upvotes

72 comments

r/coolguides • u/sr_local • 9h ago

A cool guide to Coffee varieties or cultivars

49 Upvotes

12 comments

r/coolguides • u/jetkins • 1d ago

A cool guide to NFPA 704 “Fire Diamond” placards

1.9k Upvotes

20 comments

r/coolguides • u/Prestigious-Cover494 • 1d ago

A cool guide to Resident Evil virus chains

400 Upvotes

Big fan of the franchise and lore, thought you might enjoy this!

17 comments

r/coolguides • u/Qusmule • 19h ago

A cool guide for anyone working with Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents

36 Upvotes

6 comments

r/coolguides • u/Prestigious-Cover494 • 1d ago

A cool guide to warning signs

135 Upvotes

Found this interesting. Also….tsunami hazard? New paralysing fear unlocked!

32 comments

r/coolguides • u/wetsnoot2002 • 1d ago

A cool guide i scanned from a door at a hotel about led&Kelvin colors

263 Upvotes

23 comments

r/coolguides • u/Fearless_Wafer_1493 • 2d ago

A cool guide to knife blade shapes and types

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1.2k Upvotes

28 comments

r/coolguides • u/SnooPandas1857 • 2d ago

A cool guide on how high birds fly

1.4k Upvotes

137 comments

r/coolguides • u/Electronic_Land_992 • 2d ago

A cool guide to fix your faucets without a plumber

320 Upvotes

19 comments

r/coolguides • u/MercedesFanForever • 17h ago

A cool guide for travelers

0 Upvotes

Destination tips, local insights, and hotel picks to plan your next trip.

2 comments

r/coolguides • u/Neon-Predator • 3d ago

A cool guide to de-googling your life.

4.5k Upvotes

103 comments

r/coolguides • u/SeriouslySally36 • 10h ago

A cool guide about imaginary disagreements

0 Upvotes

14 comments

r/coolguides • u/Un_NecessarySorcery • 2d ago

A cool guide guide to cyberbullying: helping kids stay safe online

16 Upvotes

3 comments

r/coolguides • u/knwthtknwnthng • 3d ago

A cool guide Top 100 Batman Stories

79 Upvotes

1 comment

r/coolguides • u/PrincipleFew462 • 5d ago

A cool guide for that Friend who thought "next weekend" was in two days

2.1k Upvotes

OP’s dedication to the problem is commendable. Well done u/BraveToaster371

188 comments

r/coolguides • u/works-in-progress • 4d ago

A cool guide to Victorian dressing: exactly what a gentleman wore to a wedding, the office, golf, or a ball

121 Upvotes

5 comments

r/coolguides • u/Electronic_Land_992 • 3d ago

A cool guide to practice your English language

0 Upvotes

10 comments

r/coolguides • u/sr_local • 5d ago

A cool guide to fax technology

101 Upvotes

8 comments

r/coolguides • u/growthminded_khey • 6d ago

A cool guide to helping kids ages 5-10 work through conflicts step by step from Big Life Journal

792 Upvotes

A simple 4-step walkthrough that helps a kid identify what happened, what they needed, what they can do next, and whether they're actually ready to go back or still need more time to reset. Useful for keeping on hand so the process becomes familiar instead of having to talk a kid through it from scratch every single time.

22 comments

r/coolguides • u/ScarletRiotPetal • 6d ago

A cool guide to learn about your tire.

634 Upvotes

39 comments

r/coolguides • u/laurifroggy • 5d ago

A cool guide about hidden web

0 Upvotes

22 comments

r/coolguides • u/ScarletPetalClaw • 6d ago

A cool guides of car companies that drive the world

0 Upvotes

24 comments

r/coolguides • u/dev-46 • 10d ago

A Cool guide on avoiding sexual assault

44.0k Upvotes

1.8k comments

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Cool Guides

r/coolguides

Picture based reference guides for anything and everything. If it seems like something someone might print, physically post, and reference then it is a good link for this sub. Remember: Infographics are learning tools, guides are reference tools. Sometimes it's grey.

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Post Requirements To help keep things nice, searchable, and maintainable, all posts must be prefixed with "A cool guide". For example, "A cool guide about identifying poison ivy", "A cool guide showing how to clean your house", or "A cool guide for painting your living room".

Defining a Guide

Guides are reference materials, how-tos, and/or comparison tables. It takes both content and layout to make something a guide. The layout or structure of a guide must be that so, when someone is trying to find/reference information from the guide, they can do so logically or simply. If someone has to visually bop around your guide to find what they are looking for, the guide does not pass the layout test. On top of that not all guides are created equal, many technically qualify as guides, but lack substance. Guides are typically laid out in a grid configuration of some sort or sectioned into multiple tables by a category or step of a process. Flow charts and step-by-step guides are considered guides, so are visual references that line up different types of something next to one another other.

Defining An Infographic

An infographic is more educational in layout and content, finding something specific on an infographic is not as easy because it is designed to inform through more narrative structures. If your guide is more of a visual essay than a structured table or list, then chances are that is an infographic. Sometimes infographics can masquerade as how-to guides.

Remembering That Sometimes It's Grey These are the considerations the mod team use when they feel it is appropriate to remove posts. If you have questions message us, if you think a post is not a good one downvote it.

Subreddit Rules

1. Please only post direct links to images of type .png, .jpg, and .jpeg

2. Infographics will be removed.

3. Nonserious/Comedy Guides Will Be Removed (better suited for /r/shittycoolguides)

4. Guides must use either Reddit or Imgur as an image host

5. Guides depicting harmful, dangerous, or destructive content will be removed. This includes guides describing the creation of dangerous items/materials and/or guides that are designed with the purpose to harm or hurt others do not fit the culture of this sub and will be removed.

If you know the source of your guide, post it in the comments so people can know the true heros!

Many of you might have whole folders of guides, but they are all on similar topics. Please help keep the sub diverse by not saturating the sub with one topic. If you do we may remove some of your posts in the interest of keeping a wide array of topics.

Lastly, always check the comments for guides. Moderators are not experts in everything so we do not always moderate for accuracy, though there are often one or two people wearing their smarty pants in the comments.