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65 Cringy Internet Tough Guys Whose Online Posturing Backfired Spectacularly
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
Fourteen Year Old Kid Cries After Getting Shot At, What A Wimp
#4
Boomer Responds To Being Ok'ed By A Journalist He Yelled At About Climate Change
#5
Less Is More
#6
Someone I Knew From High School
#7
Greatest Warrior Of All Time Or Alcoholism Gone Wrong? You Decide!
#8
Shooting A Target From A Mile Away? Light Work
#9
Female Police = Bad Police?
Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het 6 hours ago
Yay! Threats of physical violence really proves your point! Yay! Idiot.
#10
An Instagram Girl's Wet Dream
#11
Some Kid Sent This As A Threat To Our School
#12
Accidentally Added The Wrong Guy On Facebook. Guess I'm A Coward Now
#13
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
#14
Hahahaha She Just Got Eaten By A Shark
#15
Going To The Gym Makes You Invincible
#16
Packing Heat In A Goodwill
Panda-sized Potato 7 hours ago
He needed the compensation for the much smaller piece he has in his pants.
#17
A Warm Welcome Back From My “Bada*s” Roommate
Cat Palmer 2 hours ago
What a lovely, kind response to an unhinged rant. Genuinely. That's a good person.
#18
I Don't Have To Do What You Tell Me
#19
Most Bada*s Gamer Alive
#20
He Had To Check Himself As A Deadly Weapon At Security
#21
Don't Talk To Me And My Son/Son/Daughter And Our Guns Ever Again
Elspeth 3 hours 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.
#22
Absolute Badass Nearing 39k Karma!
#23
Damn Buddy Save Some Second Amendment For The Rest Of Us
#24
Local Man Too Cool For Afterlife
Midoribird Aoi 1 hour ago
There is a family joke that my grandma is now running Hell and kicked the devil out. Lol. She was a loving woman. She just had an iron will and spine.
#25
A Challenge From A Badass
Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het 6 hours ago
So your masculinity is so fragile you have to physically beat up girls?
#26
Kiss My Girl. Go Home
#27
Let's Start A Riot (The Poster Was Fired)
#28
Not Cringe At All
Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het 6 hours ago
Ah yes, the edgy atheist, making the rest of us look so great.
#29
It’s Hard Being So Strong
#30
I Am Very Bada*s And Scientifically Illiterate Too Weakling
Crystalwitch60 3 hours ago
What colour flowers would he like on his grave ?? Cos he’s gonna be in one very soon if he’s anti vax !
#31
Who Would Dare After That
Bob Brooce 4 hours ago
Besides that hole being at the right height for somebody less than 3' tall, that hole might have been made by somebody's head, but I don't think a hole from a fist would look like that. And either way, the fact that there's no real breakage around the hole means the object definitely didn't punch *through* the wall.
#32
Doing The Exact Same Thing As The Person He Is Talking To
LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 hour ago
Ions certainly don't play games, because they've already lost an electron. (I know ions also could GAIN an electron, but adding that to the first sentence makes it less funny XD )
#33
Sleep Well Dear Citizens
#34
What To Wear To My Kids Middle School Concert?
#35
How To Deal With Supernatural Serial K**lers
#36
First Day Of Concealed Carry Class
Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het 6 hours ago (edited)
Knee pads. Homeboy is used to spending time on his knees.
#37
Literally Shaking And Crying Rn
#38
Walmart Patriot
#39
World War I World War II And Great Depression Are Good. Internet Is Bad
DrBronxx 3 hours 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?!
#40
People Who Are Part Of The "Hustle Culture" Really Are Built Different
Bob Brooce 4 hours ago
My short term memory isn't anything to brag about, but even if I took a break while making this list I'm pretty sure I'd find this one familiar.
#41
Trust, The Foundation Of A Healthy Relationship~
#42
From Civilian To Assassin
#43
Sh**ting A Schools Computer Because Your Daughter Is Talking To Boys
#44
He Will Break Your Legs
Tobias Reaper 5 hours ago
watching a guy grope his girlfriend is way creepier than groping your girlfriend
#45
Xzibit Is Feeling Froggy Today
#46
You Know You’re A Bada$$ When You Sprinkle In Your Height
#47
The Devil Inside (?)
Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het 6 hours ago
The devil inside you? You are the bottom in a relationship with Satan?
#48
Other Men Who See Me Cower In Fear
#49
"Didn't Even Shed A Tear" Yeah Sure
hannahbahngswife 5 hours ago
What confuses me about Instagram is how the worse comments gets likes. How did 872 people like this?
#50
“Out Ran Four Police Departments In One Afternoon, It Was Actually Easy”
#51
Who Wanna Square Up
LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 hour ago
So edgy and dangerous, which can be inferred from their lovely pastel mint green phone case XD
#52
Oh Man... Stay Away From This Guy!
#53
Dude On Video About Muay Thai
#54
I Love Giving Witty One Liners In All My Knife Fights
#55
Marine Btw
#56
Only True Bad Boys Eat Subway
#57
He Said Later That He Only Fears God And His Name Is "The Almighty."
#58
Ex-Cop, Current Bada*s
OneWithRatsAndKefir 4 hours 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 3 hours 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 4 hours 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 3 hours 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 3 hours ago (edited)
Listen Frodo. The only person noticing your height is you.
#64
Boomers Are Such Warriors
#65
Bad A*s Gamer Roaming The Streets
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