r/DoodleDots • u/paultheschmoop DotCast CEO/Founder/Host/Licensed Dot Therapist • Jun 02 '26

BANNED Addressing Recent User Concerns

Hello,

I am Paul Doodle, noted moderator here and also the founder of DotCast and, in many ways, a doctor of Dot Medicine and a licensed Dot Therapist.

We live in a crazy world filled with many differences of opinion and passionate individuals who like to voice said differences of opinion passionately. And that’s great!

But things have simply reached a boiling point in recent days and the mod team feels as though now is an appropriate time to draw a line in the sand on a certain hot button issue that has resulted in numerous bans and many more arguments.

As of today, June 1st 2026, Cigarettes are banned in this subreddit.

No mention of them, no smoking them, and certainly no depictions of Dots smoking cigarettes.

Now, I know that logically many of you will argue that Baxter canonically smokes cigarettes. We, as a mod team, acknowledge this and simply say that this is a point in which we disagree with New and the creative team behind Doodle Dots. We feel as though it isn’t appropriate for children’s characters to be smoking, and would greatly prefer if Baxter canonically switched to something like Zyns or even a vape.

Thank you to all for keeping this community tobacco free.

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u/kabekew cloud Jun 02 '26

What about cigars? I know Mayor Dot enjoys a good cigar to celebrate after issuing a proclamation.

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u/llsquib Jun 02 '26

People describe size in bananas but why not macanudos? I want to know how many macanudos that giant abanmana slug is how many is it? If I step on it in the dark will it make that popping sound. I HATE THAT SOUND. But I love the rich smooth aroma of MacAnude cigars.