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65 People Who Tried Way Too Hard To Look Tough Online And Only Made It Awkward
Being liked is a desire many people have. Wouldn't you want others to think that you're smarter, tougher, and cooler than you really are? Isn't that what we do when we're in a new place, among people who don't know us — pretend that we're a better, cooler version of ourselves?
The key to being cool is not to overdo it, but for many people online, that's a foreign concept. Folks tend to brag, lie, and embarrass themselves in myriads of ways, all in an effort to seem more interesting than they are. For your next dose of cringe, Bored Panda has collected the funniest and most embarrassing instances of people online acting tough and failing miserably, so proceed with caution if you don't feel ready for copious amounts of second-hand embarrassment.
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#1
And M**dered By Words Of Another Vet
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The Sun
#3
Boomer Responds To Being Ok'ed By A Journalist He Yelled At About Climate Change
#4
Less Is More
#5
Someone I Knew From High School
#6
Fourteen Year Old Kid Cries After Getting Shot At, What A Wimp
#7
Female Police = Bad Police?
Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het 2 hours ago
Yay! Threats of physical violence really proves your point! Yay! Idiot.
#8
Some Kid Sent This As A Threat To Our School
#9
Most Bada*s Gamer Alive
Panda-sized Potato 3 hours ago
You can tell how serious they are by the lack of punctuations and capitalizations.
#10
Accidentally Added The Wrong Guy On Facebook. Guess I'm A Coward Now
#11
Hahahaha She Just Got Eaten By A Shark
#12
An Instagram Girl's Wet Dream
#13
Going To The Gym Makes You Invincible
#14
Greatest Warrior Of All Time Or Alcoholism Gone Wrong? You Decide!
#15
Packing Heat In A Goodwill
Panda-sized Potato 3 hours ago
He needed the compensation for the much smaller piece he has in his pants.
#16
Shooting A Target From A Mile Away? Light Work
#17
People Who Are Part Of The "Hustle Culture" Really Are Built Different
#18
It’s Hard Being So Strong
#19
A Challenge From A Badass
Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het 2 hours ago
So your masculinity is so fragile you have to physically beat up girls?
#20
I Am Very Bada*s And Scientifically Illiterate Too Weakling
Crystalwitch60 22 minutes ago
What colour flowers would he like on his grave ?? Cos he’s gonna be in one very soon if he’s anti vax !
#21
A Warm Welcome Back From My “Bada*s” Roommate
#22
Who Would Dare After That
nottheactualphoto 3 hours ago
Drywall. What a tough guy. Now punch through a wall made of inch-thick plaster.
#23
Sleep Well Dear Citizens
#24
I Don't Have To Do What You Tell Me
#25
He Had To Check Himself As A Deadly Weapon At Security
#26
How To Deal With Supernatural Serial K**lers
#27
Kiss My Girl. Go Home
#29
When You Are In An Aviation Unit And Post A Bada*s Pic To Your Ig, Your Unit Makes It A Poster And Hangs On The Wall
#30
First Day Of Concealed Carry Class
Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het 2 hours ago (edited)
Knee pads. Homeboy is used to spending time on his knees.
#31
Literally Shaking And Crying Rn
#32
Don't Talk To Me And My Son/Son/Daughter And Our Guns Ever Again
Elspeth 26 minutes ago
The US had another school shooting yesterday, in which three children and a teacher where k****d. The shooter was 16, and was also shot d**d. I'm not sure that's the sort of thing the Founding Fathers had in mind when they wrote the Constitution, but I'm not American so I don't know.
#33
Walmart Patriot
#35
World War I World War II And Great Depression Are Good. Internet Is Bad
DrBronxx 2 minutes ago
Dude asks himself the question and answers to make himself look tough. Thinks he's guaranteed to make it to his 80s if he were born at a time when life expectancy was 32. Thinks he wouldn't be a peasant in 49BCE. But there's one thing this mastermind pleb hasn't thought of - there's no Twitter, so HOW WILL ANYONE KNOW HOW TOUGH HE ISnt?!
#36
Not Cringe At All
Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het 2 hours ago
Ah yes, the edgy atheist, making the rest of us look so great.
#37
Trust, The Foundation Of A Healthy Relationship~
#38
From Civilian To Assassin
#39
Damn Buddy Save Some Second Amendment For The Rest Of Us
Schrödinger's Douchebag 3 hours ago
Gotta keep them trans out of the women's bathrooms somehow
#40
Sh**ting A Schools Computer Because Your Daughter Is Talking To Boys
#41
He Will Break Your Legs
Tobias Reaper 2 hours ago
watching a guy grope his girlfriend is way creepier than groping your girlfriend
#42
Xzibit Is Feeling Froggy Today
#43
You Know You’re A Bada$$ When You Sprinkle In Your Height
#44
The Devil Inside (?)
Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het 2 hours ago
The devil inside you? You are the bottom in a relationship with Satan?
#45
Other Men Who See Me Cower In Fear
#46
"Didn't Even Shed A Tear" Yeah Sure
hannahbahngswife 2 hours ago
What confuses me about Instagram is how the worse comments gets likes. How did 872 people like this?
#47
“Out Ran Four Police Departments In One Afternoon, It Was Actually Easy”
#50
Oh Man... Stay Away From This Guy!
#51
Dude On Video About Muay Thai
#52
I Love Giving Witty One Liners In All My Knife Fights
#56
He Said Later That He Only Fears God And His Name Is "The Almighty."
#58
Ex-Cop, Current Bada*s
OneWithRatsAndKefir 1 hour ago
The training that is supposed to teach you to identify a threat from a civilian before you throw a punch??
#59
You Never Know What Will Go Down At A Subway Sandwich Shop
#60
Facebook Chad In A 1v1 With God
DrBronxx 14 minutes ago
Ok, so the assumption is that God, the immortal omnipotent being who created the universe and everything in it, is real, and this guy thinks he could...take God in a fight? Sure, and if Superman were real, I'd flick him in the balls, stick his head in the toilet and f**k his wife.
#61
Alpha In The Room, Watch Out! Don’t Tell Him Alphas Don’t Exist, He Will Call You Beta And Punch You Because He Has Great Self Esteem
OneWithRatsAndKefir 1 hour ago
‘Alpha’ is less accurate for wolves (where the supposed ‘alphas’ are really just parents and often times older siblings), and a little more accurate for hens (pecking order and all).
#62
On A Golf Course 🙄
Bob Brooce 20 minutes ago
For some reason I suddenly wish I had an address and a bucket of golf balls.
#63
I’m Short And Bada*s But I’m Considered A Different Race
Richie Horsman 1 minute ago (edited)
Listen Frodo. The only person noticing your height is you.
#64
Boomers Are Such Warriors
Aroace tiger (she/they/he) 29 minutes ago
Tou realise how old millennials are, right? They're not teenagers. And even if they are, sorry you feel the need to be overly careful no matter where you are. That sounds exhausting
#65
Bad A*s Gamer Roaming The Streets
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