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Nothing quite lands like the perfect insult. Even better when you are not the one it's aimed at and can simply sit back, completely uninvolved, and watch the comment section descend into something that is frankly more entertaining than whatever the original post was trying to accomplish.

The internet has produced many things of questionable value. The comment section insult, at its absolute peak, is not one of them. It is an art form. It requires timing, vocabulary, and confidence that comes from knowing you have said something so good that the reply is never going to recover. Bored Panda has gathered the finest examples from across the comment sections of the internet, so settle in. You are safe. None of these are aimed at you.

#1

A screenshot showing Reddit comments funnier than the original post about addressing someone by their husband's rank.

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Vexed Panda
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1 week ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Military wives are insane sometimes. When i was in the Navy, I married a Marine. The Marine Corps wives club was wicked mad i wouldn't join. I told them I would if they could get my husband to join the Navy wives club. They got madder.

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    The art of the perfect insult has a longer and more distinguished history than the comment section might suggest. Shakespeare was, by most accounts, one of the finest insulters in the English language. "Thou art a boil, a plague sore, an embossed carbuncle in my corrupted blood" is a line from King Lear that no Twitter reply has yet managed to surpass, though several have tried.

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    Winston Churchill's alleged response to being told he was drunk — "and you, madam, are ugly, but tomorrow I shall be sober" — remains one of the most quoted comebacks in political history. The impulse to say something devastatingly accurate about another person is not a product of the internet, but the internet gave it a much larger audience and a like button.

    #4

    An image from a comment section funnier than the post, showing a meerkat helping an electrician dad with tools.

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    Mike F
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    1 week ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But he gets into those hard to reach places.

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    #5

    Funny comment section screenshot: Two people discussing hating lazy people, with a witty retort. A funnier post.

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    Mike F
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    1 week ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Paige probably posted that while laying on the couch and munching her 2nd bag of chips.

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    #6

    A tweet and reply meme about homelessness and cellphone ownership, with a funny comment section.

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    Panda Monium
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    1 week ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Exactly! Homeless people can even have cars… That they actually sleep in.

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    A study published by Monk Prayogshala found that nearly 28% of surveyed individuals admitted to engaging in malicious online activity directed at strangers, and 12% admitted their comments were extreme enough to be removed by a moderator.

    Which means that at any given moment, roughly one in four people on the internet is either actively being unpleasant to a stranger or thinking about it. The comment sections in this collection are the other side of that statistic, the moments when the malicious impulse produced something so perfectly crafted that it transcended its own nastiness and became, against all odds, art.

    #8

    Peter Dinklage tweet about being featured in a calendar for the shortest month, with a funny comment section.

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    Rafael
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    1 week ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hey, February deserves all the star power it can get!

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    #9

    A tweet by adambarta and a funny reply from bridget.clinch, showing how a comment section can be funnier.

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    Trimshady
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    1 week ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wikipedia is often a source AI draws from, so...

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    Psychologist Sebastien Montel points to online disinhibition as the engine behind all of this. Behind a screen, people feel anonymous, removed from consequences, and freed from the immediate social feedback that normally regulates behaviour. You cannot see someone's face when your comment lands. You cannot hear their voice.

    The empathy mechanisms that govern face-to-face interaction simply do not fire in the same way, which makes it significantly easier to say something devastating and significantly harder to feel bad about it afterward. The screen is not just a barrier. It is a permission slip for those bold enough to comment.

    #10

    A comment section joke about a user's steak cooking skills. The comment asks if the steak was cooked under a heated argument.

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    Mike F
    Community Member
    1 week ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A bit of first aid and that could be walking again soon.

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    #11

    A tweet from dana bad about getting botox and a doctor's funny comment.

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    Chocolate llama
    Community Member
    1 week ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    imagine the surprised look on her face that now she could no longer make

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    #12

    A humorous screenshot from a comment section funnier than the post, featuring a joke about breathing and asthma.

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    Casual Crow
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    1 week ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you've read Dungeon Crawler Carl, he's worse at breathing than at using firearms 😭🤣

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    So which app is home to the worst trolls? The toxicity is not evenly distributed across platforms, according to research by SimpleTexting. They asked users to rate the toxicity of major social media apps on a scale of one to ten, and Twitter leads at 7.82. It tracks, given that it is where most cancellation campaigns, divisive memes, and genuinely unhinged public arguments begin their lives.

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    Reddit follows at 7.63, boosted significantly by the anonymity that the platform offers and the absence of meaningful consequences for bad behaviour. Facebook sits alongside Reddit, bolstered by years of misinformation and boomers who just love to have the final say. YouTube, remarkably, was rated lowest of the major platforms at 5.38.

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    #15

    A funny comment section dialogue on Tumblr where someone asks how to become a jellyfish. The comment section is funnier.

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    AtMostAFabulist
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    1 week ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Let me upvote this one!! I laughed so loud I scared my cats.

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    Those stats make the insults in this collection a strange kind of miracle. They emerged from the most disinhibited, consequence-free, anonymity-enabled corners of the internet and somehow gave us something worth reading twice.

    The platform enabled the worst of human behaviour and accidentally, occasionally, facilitated some of its wittiest. The comment section giveth and the comment section taketh away, and sometimes what it giveth is genuinely, spectacularly funny.

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    #16

    A young boy in a suit looks disgruntled, next to a girl, depicting a funny comment section moment.

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    David Paterson
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    1 week ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Definitely going to have a major hangover tomorrow.

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    #17

    A screenshot of a Reddit post showing a designer with a comment that was funnier than the actual post.

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    Apatheist
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    1 week ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She's more than angry...incandescent perhaps...

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    #19

    A comment section with a witty reply that a pub is older than a country, highlighting funny comment sections.

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    Daisydaisy
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    1 week ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    First Nations people in Australia 65,000 years - the world's oldest continuous civilisation. A rich culture of art, songs, stories, science, medicine, community and agriculture in spite of what the white supremacists try to tell you

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    #20

    A collage of four Volkswagen Beetle cars in different colors, showing the comment section being funnier.

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    Reemerger
    Community Member
    1 week ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Victim: Aaaaaaaaaaaah! Driver: Oopsie! Victim, looks up: Aaaaaaaw...

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    #21

    A screenshot showing comments funnier than the actual post, discussing a CEO exposed for an affair at a Coldplay concert.

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    General Anaesthesia
    Community Member
    1 week ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Proof positive that HR is not there for you, it's in bed with management.

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    #22

    A tweet about holding up a grocery line with an Apple Watch, featuring a funny comment from an elderly man.

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    DrBronxx
    Community Member
    1 week ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Then tell me, future boy, who's President of the United States in 1985?"

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    #23

    Funny comment section image featuring a man with a distinct nose, sparking a humorous comment about it.

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    Reemerger
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    1 week ago

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    #26

    A tweet from Andrew Tate about women, with a funny comment section reply by Mike Majlak.

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    Mike F
    Community Member
    1 week ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But he IS wanted for råpe in a couple of countries.

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    #29

    A physics textbook problem about being kidnapped by political-science majors, with funny comments from users below.

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    No one
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    1 week ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not hidden. It's just dark, as a matter of fact

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    #30

    A series of comments debating a radical insurance idea, showcasing funny comment sections.

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    The_Nicest_Misanthrope
    Community Member
    1 week ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've seen plenty of articles here where insurance has absolutely ignored doctor recommendations, so.....

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    #31

    A comment section user stating that a man in the video looks like the human version of Mark Zuckerberg, highlighting funny comments.

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    Glix Drap
    Community Member
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    1 week ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why does he have tiny T-Rex hands? (This is not original - I copied this from someone else but thought it was funny).

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    #33

    Funny comment section image with a tweet about dressing formally, generating a humorous comment.

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    DrBronxx
    Community Member
    1 week ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    24/7? You'd like us to SLEEP wearing that s**t? What are we, Dracula-style vampires?

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    #35

    Mugshot of a person with unusual appearance and a funny comment section.

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    Leebo13
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    1 week ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Another possible inspiration for a certain Aerosmith song.............

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    #36

    A man holding a My Sister sign on a Kiss Cam, with comments funnier than the actual post below, discussing the awkward moment.

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    Roman Arendt
    Community Member
    1 week ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If this was a Wildcats game, it wouldn't be a problem. At all.

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    #37

    A YouTube video displaying a newspaper headline about Johnny Carson, with a funny comment section about Jay Leno's humor.

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    RoteWeil
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    1 week ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Jay Leno was funny back in 1975 but so was Gerald Ford.

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    #38

    A meme of a child next to a person in a poorly made Iron Man suit, with a funny comment section.

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    Ace
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    1 week ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I thought it was a Planet of the Apes costume.

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    #39

    A painting of a girl that failed to raise self-esteem, with a funny comment section about it.

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    Phantom Phoenix
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    1 week ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    🎼🎵You were 16 going on 70🎶 (apologies to The Sound of Music)

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    #40

    A funny comment section post by Wilts Specialist Ops describing a terrible driver caught after failing to stop for police.

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    Beak Hookage
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    1 week ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Reminds me of that other police post where it was a photo of someone's doormat that says "COME BACK WITH A WARRANT". The text on the post was "we did".

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    #42

    A screenshot of a news article about a wedding, with a comment that was funnier than the actual post.

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    Stephanie A Mutti
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    1 week ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This poor guy. As a child he played such a bad character so well he ruined his career.

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    #43

    A screenshot from YouTube showing a funny comment about a movie playing on an airplane. The comment section is funnier.

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    Glix Drap
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    1 week ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm guessing this is Cats. It is on my bucket list to make sure I never see it.

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    #46

    A screenshot showing a funny comment about the English language and Alexander Hamilton. The comment section is funnier.

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    DrBronxx
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    1 week ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He never said that. Or wrote it. Or rapped it. So, that's one less thing to worry about.

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    #48

    A man with an exaggerated face filter in a video, captioned with a funny comment section observation.

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    Bewitched One
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    1 week ago

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    He looks like the colonel guy in the Small Soldiers movie. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0122718/

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    #59

    Funny comment section about someone offering their baby at a drive-thru.

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    Bonesko
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    1 week ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If I knew this I'd offer to babysit my nieces more often

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    #60

    A comment section user asking how a person can look like a 42-year-old man, a 15-year-old boy, and a 35-year-old woman all at the same time.

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    Mike F
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    1 week ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Some folks are just blessed.

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    #63

    A meme of Spiderman with a funny comment section about lifeguards, love, and being breathless.

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    UnclePanda
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    1 week ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "I hated to let them down."

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    #64

    A news article about conjoined twins who became teachers, with a witty comment below the post.

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    No Man
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    1 week ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I read somewhere that they paid for TWO educations but only get ONE salary...

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    #66

    A man with long arms and a humorous comment section asking if he plays darts by just putting them in, from a video.

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    les
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    1 week ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Grandma always told him he'd grow into her knitting

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    #67

    A meme featuring a Norwegian stave church and a funny comment section about nails for a post.

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    sdorph
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    1 week ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I expect Jesus wouldn't be a big fan of nails

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    #69

    A screenshot of a tweet showing an archer at a competition with a comment that was funnier than the actual post.

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    LakotaWolf (she/her)
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    1 week ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The joke is that the archer looks a bit like Eminem, apparently.

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    #72

    A funny comment on a tweet. A person wearing a safety vest gives a thumbs up. The comment section is funnier.

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    BeesEelsAndPups
    Community Member
    1 week ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It would be funny, but I don't believe in kicking people when they're already down

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    #73

    A funny comment section screenshot showing a side-by-side comparison of couples, with a humorous question below. Funnier post.

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    Woundwort42
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    1 week ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This one misses the setup. This couple went to gym together for 6 months

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    #74

    Funny comment section screenshot of a video, showing a witty observation about a man's appearance, funnier than the post.

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    LakotaWolf (she/her)
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    1 week ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, his online name IS "MoistCr1tikal", after all.

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    #75

    A screenshot of a PlayStation tweet asking about games for challenging times, featuring a funny comment section reply.

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    Kristiina Männiste
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    1 week ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Halo. When I had my mental breakdown and couldnt sleep, I watched Halo playtroughs to drown out the thoughts at the nights. My life felt like I was thrown into a warzone, so it soothed my nerves to see that the warzone at least had bad graphics.

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    #78

    A screenshot showing a hilarious comment section review of FIFA 21 Legacy Edition, rated a 2, calling it painful.

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    ABC NoThirteen FUCKCENSORISM!
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    1 week ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's EA, what else would one expect? They're one of the worst. My steam account is set up to ignore them as publisher, I can't be bothered with the cr​ap they shove on the market.

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    #81

    Kanye West in an interview with a funny comment section comparing listening to him to sorting by new on r/showerthoughts.

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    Mike F
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    1 week ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But (frightening thought here) reddit sometimes makes sense.

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    #82

    A funny comment about Bobby Lee looking like a grown-up baby. The comment section is funnier.

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    Shark queen 🦈🦈🦈
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    1 week ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He is baby that grew up all adults are babies that grew up I'm confused.

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    #84

    A split image of a woman before and before weight loss, with a funny comment section about the pictures.

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    David
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    1 week ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Guys, take a beat...she is being clever...the 150 lbs she "lost" is the boyfriend.

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    #85

    A funny comment on Twitter about a maximum age for Facebook users. The comment section is funnier.

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    DrBronxx
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    1 week ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sure thing, we’ll leave it to the young tide-pod-munching, choking-challenging, skull breaking geniuses, absolutely none of whom believe in flat earth or lizard people.

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    #87

    A humorous image of a car side mirror reflecting a cross, with a funny caption below. The comment section is funnier.

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    DrBronxx
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    1 week ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wait. I'm confused. Was Meatloaf wrong? Did he intentionally turn that expression around on its head? (I know this is beside the point of the picture, but basically my only exposure to this expression is in his song).

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