When times are tough, laughter is what helps you keep it all together. When you’re feeling blue, you might head out to see a stand-up comedy show at your local theatre. You might turn on the TV and watch a re-run of a hilarious show that you’ve seen so many times that you already know all the quips by heart. Or you might go online and start reading internet comments.
They’re a fantastic source of some truly hilarious jokes and witty insights about the world. And we really can’t get enough of them. Whether it’s a comment underneath a serious news article or someone unleashing a torrent of giggles on social media, it’s all great stuff that helps keep our spirits up.
The best comments end up being featured on the ‘Comments’ Facebook page. And today we’re sharing some of their best finds with you, Pandas. Scroll on down for some awesome hilarity and remember to upvote your fave pics. Oh, and we wouldn’t mind at all if you wanted to share your own comedy skills in the comments of this list, dear Readers, so get your digital quills ready.
Bored Panda got in touch with comedy writer, author, and social media expert Ariane Sherine to get her take on internet commenting culture, the need to balance between uniqueness and weirdness, and how to win an argument on social media. You'll find our full interview with her below.
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Bored Panda was interested in getting Ariane's opinion on the secret to writing powerful and funny internet comments, as well as how to stand out from the crowd. In her mind, originality lies at the core of this.
"Surprising people with a comment they haven't heard before and won't have thought of is key. But don't be so leftfield that people don't get your humor, and are instead left scratching their heads!" she explained to us that comments have to strive to be unique while at the same time avoiding being too bizarre.
As for why people enjoy writing comments on the internet, it all comes down to the desire for attention and the need to be social.
"They get their writing seen by more people than would ever see it otherwise, and they get to be part of their favorite communities. I used to comment under a popular Twitter confessions account called @fesshole and my tweets did the numbers above and beyond my tweets on my own Twitter profile," Ariane shared with us.
Meanwhile, if you ever find yourself in an argument on social media (or wanting to get into one), there's one main thing to consider: get your facts straight and use them.
British comedy expert Ariane opened up to us that she has been in lots of arguments on Twitter in the past. "Increasingly few these days, as I don't have the time, but some very funny ones," she said.
"To win a Twitter argument, use hard facts, link to your sources, and end with a funny one-liner as a mic drop. Boom!"
Ι'm on my lunch break and I almost choked on my food 😂😂😂 totally worth it!
The ‘Comments’ Facebook page has over 37k followers and describes itself as featuring “the funniest comments YouTube has to offer.” However, YouTube comments are far from the only thing that fans of the page get to enjoy.
There’s a vast range of internet comments to choose from, including from your favorite social media platforms, websites, and subreddits. There’s a bit of everything for everyone, and it’s part of the reason why the page is as successful as it is.
The other part of the popularity equation is the fact that the content is downright hilarious. We’ve been snorting with laughter ever since we discovered the ‘Comments’ Facebook page.
Sifting for comedy gold in online comment sections isn’t for the faint of heart. With power comes great responsibility, but with online anonymity sometimes comes bile and vile thoughts. When someone knows that they’re unlikely to be punished for what they write, they might start spouting a lot of ideas that they wouldn’t normally voice in polite company.
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I wish I were Batman, then, I could be a rich unstable orphan in a bat costume, depressed in a Mansion, but with billions in the bank.
Meanwhile, some take it as an opportunity to troll others, baiting folks to reply, feeding off their anger and misery.
Aside from obvious trolls and toxic internet users, you then have your run-of-the-mill comments that simply express how the person feels about the topic. Some people—and this might shock some of you Pandas—even rush to comment after just glancing at the headline without reading the article. [Dramatic gasp!] Imagine that!
well i would probably give you a side eye if i saw you wear your wedding dress everyday
The rarest comments are those that make people laugh. Whether someone wrote a quick quip in a flash or spend half an hour crafting the perfect response, we’ll never know. But the end result is that they spread a bit of joy and made someone crack up on the other side of the globe. And that’s a type of superpower.
Whether or not you think someone is making a lot of sense in the comment section of whatever article you might be reading, just remember that you should be very careful trusting any piece of information that you find online. Relying on trusted sources and cross-checking suspicious-sounding facts are both keys to steering clear of misinformation.
Bored Panda previously spoke about media literacy with Lee McIntyre, a Research Fellow at the Center for Philosophy and History of Science at Boston University. He stressed that people are more likely to believe the information that gets repeated the most often.
"Repetition is important in making us believe things, whether they are true or not. There is a cognitive bias called the 'illusory truth effect' which is when we are repeatedly exposed to false information over and over and, over time, it begins to seem more plausible," Lee explained to us.
This is true. When I first read this, I was dumbfounded. But humans will be humans.
"Social psychologists have known since the 1960s that repetition works, for truth or falsity. In fact, this idea goes back to Plato who said that it didn't hurt to repeat a true thing. And of course, for falsehood, this was one of the main propaganda tactics in Nazi Germany, where Hitler's propaganda minister understood the 'repetition effect.'"
Even if someone is aware of how human psychology works doesn’t make them immune to mistakes. Lee from Boston University gave an example of how this works in daily life: "I understand cognitive bias, yet last election season I kept seeing signs for the same candidate running for local office around my town. I thought, 'Wow, I guess everyone is voting for her.' It turns out I was just walking my dog in the neighborhood where she lived, and her friends and neighbors had up lots of signs! So I fooled myself."
We might feel a desire to double-check every single fact to avoid falling prey to fake news or propaganda. However, doing this would be absolutely exhausting and nearly impossible to maintain if you have any serious responsibilities like work, school, taking care of your family, etc. And Lee agrees. You have to tackle the search for truth in a strategic way.
"It would be exhausting to fact check every single news item we hear. In fact, insisting on this degree of skepticism is something that demagogues use to get us to be cynical, because when we doubt that it is possible to know the truth—even when it is staring us in the face—we are riper to their manipulation. So I'd say the best thing with news is to do a little investigation into finding a reliable source," the expert said.
"Look for an organization that does investigative journalism (and doesn't just repeat information from other sources), double sources its quotations, discloses conflicts of interest, etc. Once we've found that we can relax a bit and trust the reporting behind the stories. Do we still need to be on guard? Yes. Even The New York Times can make mistakes. Or individual reporters can have biases. But that doesn't mean 'all sources are equal.'"
"Well this makes me mad. I'mma burn it. What? No I didn't read it. The title made me angry and I don't like context."
I hear you. It's like the people who protest movies like Life of Brian without even seeing it or knowing what it's really about. Or burning down a theater for showing Jesus Christ Superstar it makes me angry!
Load More Replies...If you got mad at the book cover enough to destroy the book without reading it then that book was not written for you. You are a strong self confident book burner.
Guys like girls that...burn books so they don't have to read.
Load More Replies...If your mad at the title and thought it was going to be bad, why not read the book? I love reading bad books. Sometimes is fun to get mad. But haha! You did judge a book by its cover.
I like how the person responding said the book was for self loathing teens after admitting they themselves read the book.
It's helpful to be able to talk about mental/emotional struggles we faced as teens, because lots of people can probably relate. I had terrible self-esteem as a tween/teen. It's good to be in my 30s and soo much more comfortable with myself! I care a whole lot less about what random people think about me.
Load More Replies...If I saw a book with a swastika on the cover, I wouldn't buy it and neither would most other people. It could contain the secrets of the universe and we'd miss out because of course we judge books by their cover. Everyone does. No one will pick up the swastika book and think, "Maybe I should read this, it might contain something amazing."
Not sure why people would downvote me? It's completely true. the title of the book has an ellipsis after it, which points to some guy. Is it the author? Does it matter? Why is there a dude on the cover after an ellipsis? Is the title saying that "guys like girls who…" are guys? And what is that random green swirly thing in the bottom corner? There's no reason for it to be there. As a graphic designer, this is just very poor design. Would I burn the book because of it? No. But would definitely recycle the damn thing.
Load More Replies...I could see it working. How many times does a girl (or a guy) Google "why doesn't he like me" or any variants of that.
Load More Replies...Why is no one talking about how the commenter told this person go stand in the corner??? Imao
Do.Not.Burn.Books! (Unless it's Hitler's Mein Kampf - that one you are allowed to burn)
Burning books is deeply, terribly wrong. Even the worst book can serve a purpose, if only as a list of things to avoid doing, or a cautionary tale. I despise the bible (and its clones,) but I wouldn't burn one. Anyone who thinks burning a book is acceptable needs to learn some f*****g 20C history.
It's much easier and safer just to chuck them in the library's toilet!
Load More Replies...i want this because i want to see if it would work for guys too
“Where they burn books, they will also ultimately burn people.” So wrote Heinrich Heine, one of Germany’s greatest poets, who was of Jewish origin.
People burning their possessions for reasons like this are so thick. They already have your money, they don't care what you do with it.
Honestly, I say burn it. Teaching people that they only get to be loved when they love themselves does a huge disservice to those with mental illnesses and self esteem issues. People who don't love themselves deserve love just as much as anybody else. If you say "only people who love themselves will be able to be loved by someone else" you are also saying "if you don't love yourself, you aren't lovable" and that's a pile of crap.
it said guys like girls who : - did not say 'the only girls guys like are : '
Load More Replies...Most people today having that judging by the cover reaction without even looking at the cover.
It's all about intent. I argue that the meme photo is a new piece of 'art' that happens to express the same values that the book upholds. It's using the book as a found object. The contents of the book don't matter in that piece of art because you can't see them, and most people haven't read it, anyway. The creators of the book might even agree with the art, since their final summation of what guys like renders the cover obselete. They burn the cover in spirit.
Go slam your heads in a car door. Maybe it will wake up your brain.
Usually self help books title themselves according to what the target audience wants. That's like saying "so now I have to only want to work 4 hours a week?"
Load More Replies...According to Lee, media literacy is something that people should definitely pay more attention to. "There are various sources for media literacy that can help. They teach this to KIDS in Finland! It's easy to learn. Is the story copyrighted? Is it dated? Is there a byline? Are other stories by the author solid? Is it published in a source that has been reliable in the past? Does it seem plausible— if not then you can do some research," he shared some of the things that we should be asking ourselves.
"Will we get fooled sometimes in doing this? Yes. But we're going to get fooled sometimes anyway. It's analogous to how scientists form their beliefs. They are skeptics, but they also—at some point when the evidence is sufficient—give their assent. Scientists deal with warrant, not 'proof.' They are what philosophers call 'fallibilists.' You give your belief to things that are well-sourced with evidence, while always holding out the possibility that if further evidence comes to light that contradicts your belief, you should give it up because you might be wrong."
Would have been to add Scotland, Wales, Ireland and Northern Ireland aswell 😂 I live in England and genuinely found this funny
Gotta be a troll account. What old woman would make their Twitter handle "@Buckleddown"?
Someone saw this post and made a new account just for this purpose. THIS PERSON IS COOL.
People love to hate others for their hobbies. Give it a rest. Many full grown, job-having, home-owning, offspring-having, adults play computer games. It's worth more as an industry than the film industry. End the stupid stigma that we're all immature adolescents with limited intelligence. (Oh, and the small few who are abusive asshats need to stop their shenanigans too, you're ruining it for the rest of us)
I thought the body makes a screenshot when you sneeze and fart at the same time?
To be honest, BMWs are great cars for moms overall because they're large and you can fit many children and luggage inside. Or many dogs, if you prefer.
Legit had a loose connection in our tv growing up so we had to slap the tv
Create fake scenarios and cry over the banished prince dying in your arms.
There is something fundamentally wrong with people that select a certain section of society to hate and berate. There are lots of '-isms' out there, I am sure you know some or are even affected by some. I am sorry if you are. Why can't we all just quit with the sweeping generalisations? We are all in the $hit, it's just the depth of it that rises and falls. The only exception to this, is criminals, of course. Screw criminals.
This must have pre-dated voice-to-text technology. And also what Stephen Hawking used (I don't know if it had a name).
This happened to me as a kid. Sat at the front of a bus because I got such horrendous car sickness anywhere else. There were literally 8 other empty disabled seats. This old man came up to me and started screaming about me not being able to speak English (so racist too) and I had no right to sit there. Really scared me as a little kid, what a k**b
But, if we flip the earth over, won't we all fall towards the sun and get burnt. Nope, the giant turtle would catch everyone and put us on the right side.
My country has the giant death birds that disembowel you with one swipe, win wars, and can tank a hit from a car
Billie Eilish dresses like someone who wants you to pay attention to their music instead of sexualising them.
God, I've had such a good time with this post. Been a while, and has been a great upliftment to my spirit.
God, I've had such a good time with this post. Been a while, and has been a great upliftment to my spirit.