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“Rad Dad” Delivers Hilarious Posts And Memes, And Its 2M Followers Can’t Get Enough (New Pics)
Becoming a father doesn’t just change your life, it changes your whole personality.
Somewhere between raising kids and paying bills, you wake up with a passion for barbecue tongs, a wardrobe full of practical sneakers, and a lawn that absolutely must outshine the neighbor’s. You don’t remember signing up for it, but it seems to come with the role.
The Instagram account Rad Dad knows this better than anyone, collecting the internet’s funniest takes on the everyday reality of fatherhood. Scroll down for their best posts—and maybe give them the ultimate sign of approval: a classic dad thumbs up.
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Howl's sleeping castle 2 months ago (edited)
My husband is always the first one to raise questions, share links about why it's not allowed, and send memes when the MC tries to suggest something stupid. They hate him 😆
WindySwede 2 months ago
Came to think of this, not the same "HOA" but just remembered this movie. 8a1809830f...6b4d09.gif 
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Howl's sleeping castle 2 months ago
How many people have said this to a waitress? Last time it was the girlfriend
Geoffrey Scott 2 months ago
Waitress : "Soup or salad (quick midwestern dialect)?"..Danish exchange student: "I don't know, how big is it?"
Sturdy New Balances, roomy cargo shorts, and weekend barbecues. These might be stereotypes, but let’s be honest, they’re the ones we’ve all grown to love. And judging by the 2 million people following Rad Dad on Instagram, we’re not alone in finding these “dad classics” both funny and relatable.
The question is, though, how did these things become so tightly linked with fatherhood? Why do dads love them so much and why do we secretly love it when they do?
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Heffalump 2 months ago
That's wonderful. If OP's wife doesn't see that it's time to re-evaluate the marriage.
WindySwede 2 months ago
Now till it and plant flowers and berry bushes with flowers for insects 🙃
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SheamusFanFrom1987 2 months ago
I'm not much of a lawn guy but that is beautiful. I feel oddly calm looking at the tone contrast for some reason :-)
Nikki Sevven 1 month ago
Sorry, no love for someone who wastes half an acre on a useless, chemically-maintained crop.
April Pickett 2 months ago
I like it. The next time I mow the lawn, don't expect me to do that though.
Earonn - 2 months ago
No flowers, just a boring, uniform, wildlife-unfriendly water-grave. Sorry, not my thing.
Rinso The Red 2 months ago
As someone who is decidedly not "a lawn guy", I support you.
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Doug Moyer 2 months ago
Why would I want a wallet that someone else selected? I'll buy my own, thank you.
Janissary35680 2 months ago
Exactly. And I buy wallets to be functional and last. Mine is much more than a decade old.
Load More Replies... George Costanza 2 months ago
I received a nice expensive wallet as a wedding present 12 years ago. It's in a drawer still waiting for my current 20 year old wallet to wear out enough to make it worth switching...
Geoffrey Scott 2 months ago
Just before retirement, I shopped for a wallet. We used access badges to enter through outer doors at work. You have ANY idea how careful you have to be so you don't mistakenly buy a REALLY good RFID blocking wallet? Had a co-worker get one and he had to remove the card every time instead of just holding his wallet up to the sensor.
Lene 1 month ago
I'm a woman so I know this post is not aimed at me but I still would like to add: I am super picky with my wallet. It has to not be too big and it needs to have certain functions so it suits my needs the best (incl. Room for hairties and bandages. I have 3 daughters). My current wallet it probably the best I ever had. It's small, has room for all I need in it AND (this cannot be stressed enough) it is black and has a dragon's (or a dino's) eye on the front! It was also pretty cheap because it's a kids'wallet. Lol. But I love my wallet and it is perfect for me.
Tony Manuel 2 months ago
Wrong. I bought a wallet about a decade ago from a local business. It's leather with flowers embossed all over it. I love it and will have it until it's completely shredded.
Red Wyvern Emperor 1 month ago
Well... to be fair I did buy my wallet. Ever since then I am waiting for it to fall apart so I can start wearing the gifted one. Had it for nearly 10 years now.
Cpt. Christan "Panda Bombero" 1 month ago
I have actually bought my own wallets since the 90s. But that is because I needed specific types, for my credentials and shield.
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Geoffrey Scott 2 months ago
We moved from E Central Fla to Michigan. Found 3 dead palmetto bugs in the car. Guess they don't like temps in the teens.
There isn’t exactly a body of academic research on this (at least, not yet), but there are plenty of cultural clues that help explain it.
Let’s start with the famous New Balances, aka the dad shoe. According to Active Parenting, the brand began back in the early 1900s in Boston as an arch support company, which explains why comfort has always been at the core of its identity. By the 1960s, they had released the “Trackster,” the world’s first running shoe sold in multiple widths.
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Upstaged75 2 months ago
If you hear a lot of swearing it's likely I'm building flat-pack furniture. 😂
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Janissary35680 2 months ago (edited)
The more important ones were fired in a kiln to archive them. The Babylonians (and later the Assyrians and Hittites) must have had vast armies of scribes because hundreds of thousands of these tablets have been encountered all across Mesopotamia and Anatolia
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Eggwodd 2 months ago
Who did you give these to? I can just see the police/constable, etc. sitting in their office hut with hundreds of these stacked in a corner. "Hey Connie, bring me the copper file"...
Remi (He/Him) 2 months ago
This complaint was sent to directly to the seller Ea Nasir :)
Load More Replies... Lee Gilliland 2 months ago
And the one time I made it there the dratted thing was out being cleaned. I was sooo mad.
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Lee Gilliland 2 months ago
And if you don't let them have it, they'll built a miniature one in the basement.
Fast forward to the 1970s and ’90s, and jogging was having a huge moment. People wanted durable, comfortable sneakers, and New Balance built up a loyal following. Or, as Active Parenting put it, these were the “pre-dad days” when New Balance was laying the groundwork for its eventual destiny.
Because when those loyal runners from the ’90s and early 2000s became fathers, their sneakers came along for the ride. The shoes stuck, and with them, the stereotype of dads in New Balances was born.
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Cpt. Christan "Panda Bombero" 1 month ago
Three brands/types of shoes I will have never worn or wear; those above, Crocs, and Yeezy. One brand that I will never wear again; Doc Martens, after learning of the history of the founder and the foundation of the company.
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Janissary35680 2 months ago (edited)
And light the fires under the cauldrons of oil to get them boiling.
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Satya Bain 1 month ago
No dad around, nor husband. Just me and my 89 year old mother. I work from home and have a clear view of the driveway. When I hear someone pull in I simply stand up so I can be seen until they drive away.
Sam Trudeau 2 months ago
I once saw my dad's friend drive from our driveway onto the lawn as a turnaround lol
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SirWriteALot 1 month ago
My wife would say "We need to trim the branches" but we both know who will trim the branches.
Cargo shorts follow a similar story of practicality over fashion. Dads aren’t exactly keen on carrying bags, so naturally, pockets became their best friends. And cargo shorts have plenty of them. (As a woman, I can’t help but admit I’m a little jealous of all that storage space.)
First popularized in the 1980s for outdoorsmen and athletes, cargo shorts broke into mainstream fashion in the mid-to-late ’90s, and they’ve been glued to dads’ wardrobes ever since.
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Norah Reilly 2 months ago
Kudos on that excellent beginning to a life of promoting absurdist fun!
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Cpt. Christan "Panda Bombero" 1 month ago
I am so there for this! I will even help you move them!
And then there’s the barbecue. How did it become such a man thing when, historically, cooking was seen as women’s work? You can thank mid-20th century marketing for that.
Rebecca Jennings wrote a great piece for Vox digging into this. In it, she cites Meghan Casserly, who explained in a Forbes article that grilling as a masculine activity is actually a pretty recent American invention.
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WindySwede 2 months ago
He bought some corn to cool the balls when they are out of cream, to soon lady, no cream recipe for a moment thanks...
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Upstaged75 2 months ago
That's literally the ONLY reason there are peas in my freezer. I hate them!
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Sam Trudeau 2 months ago
My parents still call my brother by the name I said for him the day I was born. At least for the first decade of him. For reference, I was a toddler when he was born.
Upstaged75 2 months ago
You talked the day you were born? That's impressive! 🤣 (Yes I know you meant the day HE was born) My brother couldn't say my name when he was a toddler. So even my parents started calling me Sasa for a while until he learned.
Load More Replies... Doug Moyer 2 months ago (edited)
Told my wife that I want the (future) grandkids to call me Uncle Greg. Not sure she's gonna respect my wishes.
Linda Johnson 1 month ago
YEPPP!!! True story......in 1983 my parents took me and my first born, a daughter, and the 1st grandchild to Italy to see family. My daughter was just shy of 2 yrs old.....getting off the plane the Fli...no in those days the STEWARDESS said "Ciao, Boobby" my little one thought it was so funny...and Nonno (Grandpa in Italian) was forever Christened...POOPIE!!!.....and my mom, all us siblings and then all the grandchildren called him that.....we still do when we talk about him in memories.....
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WindySwede 2 months ago
What do you mean, african or european elk(*)? MontyPytho...titled.jpg 
Backyard barbecues became popular in the 1950s as suburban homes with lawns spread across the country. Parenting books at the time promoted the idea of “involved fathers,” while advertisers linked grilling to masculinity and even virility.
One Canadian ad, for instance, showed an older man cuddling a blonde while serving her a steak, making grilling look less like family cooking and more like a display of male pride.
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Pandemonium 2 months ago
That's the better option, speaking from experience. Still dealing with splinters 7 years later
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Not everyone bought the macho framing, though. In The Telegraph, writer Chris Moss offered a more tongue-in-cheek explanation: “The barbecue is a superb example of justified idling,” he wrote. “It involves lots of standing around and allows a male to appear busy while women, kids, and guests do everything else.”
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Spidercat 2 months ago
Yeah but are the Elves getting bigger? People need to know if this is true...
Lene 1 month ago
I think that the f just got printed as a question mark on the paper. I was confused about the state of censoring on bp as well so I zoomed in and it looks like question marks.
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Nikki Sevven 1 month ago
I miss cars being beautiful and s**y. I can't even tell them apart anymore. One crossover looks pretty much like another.
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Whatever the reason, dads took the role and ran with it. To this day, you’ll find them outside on Sundays, sneakers bright white, spatula in hand, making sure everyone gets their burgers and hot dogs. That’s just how it is, and we wouldn’t have it any other way.
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WindySwede 2 months ago
Is that an 0, o, or O? I or l, 1 or l (last one doesn't work here I see).
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Doug Moyer 2 months ago
I finally got my kids to stop buying things for me for Christmas. Don't waste your money. If I want something, I'll buy it.
Sly Schlang 1 month ago
You can always gift time. Going to favorite restaurant or cook favorite meal or any activity. Time together is the best thing ever. Doing repairs, whatever. Not if you hate the person, of course. Then it should be something ugly that their partner will love and put on Display.
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Phantom Phoenix 2 months ago
Are you sure you're a dad? Follow up definitive test question: Have you ever worn New Balance sneakers, cargo shorts, and a tee shirt? /s
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ThatAussieIdiot(He/Him/Aussie) 1 month ago
Your Grandpa is ...Bad To The Bone 😐🕶👌 😎 (DOW NO Now NoW nEW NAW)
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Caroline Overill 1 month ago
Women would need a more comfortable chair and an ice box with wine
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Angie May 2 months ago (edited)
Looking into a little I *think* it's an automated AI censoring error, which BP most definitely uses (just check out how many times people go "BP missed one!" when a swear word or something gets through). Apparently there's legislation going in (not sure which country, I would assume the US based off wording of the law) that is cracking down on displaying review stars because of all the negative fake reviews and the deluge of mass downvoting/bad reviews people use as protest against whatever.
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Upstaged75 2 months ago
My dad doesn't like those sentimental cards. He'd much rather have a fart joke. Mom too actually. 😂
Mónica Elisabeth Sacco 1 month ago
As mom myself, I HATE SENTIMENTAL CARDS WHATSOEVER. DON'T DO THIS TO ME!
April Pickett 2 months ago (edited)
That's just how it should be. We raised you without much input from your fathers, fed you, took care of you, and your activities, clothed you, set rules for you to follow, and loved you dearly.
Nota Robot 2 months ago
I'm sorry that you had to go through that. You deserve better.
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Tony Manuel 2 months ago
I'm short, 5'5". Once when I was on vacation with some friends in upstate New York we went to the beach. I had a full beard at the time. As I was coming out of the ocean a kid maybe 8 years old said very loudly "Look dad ,it's a tiny man!" I wanted to kick some sand in the kids face until I looked at his dad... He was not a tiny man.
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Upstaged75 2 months ago
Yup! Exactly. Or sometimes I just get OK. Also, I need to buy a new car as my old one got totaled. 5 minutes after I tell my dad about it I have 10 links to cars he thinks I should look at. And he sends me his availability for when he can go with me to see them. I'm 50 years old. I was planning to go do it by myself. 😂 But now I'm going to have to take him with me so I don't hurt his feelings!
Mónica Elisabeth Sacco 1 month ago
What about son /daughter answers to mom messages? "OK", "Yeah", thumbs up icon. And you've been worrying about them since dawn.
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SchadenFreudian Psychology 2 months ago
When our cousin was born, my brother said, “He’s about the same size as a small shot put.”
Sam Trudeau 2 months ago
Anything but the metric system. Also, maybe not the best group to post that on.
Mónica Elisabeth Sacco 1 month ago (edited)
What about metric measurement system? Just asking...
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Linda Johnson 1 month ago
"Got a long way to go and a SHORT time to get there......" hell....still have 5 whole minutes !!! NP!!
Shayne Randlett 2 months ago
That is not the Trans Am from the movie - it isn't even the right year. This bothers me way more than it should.
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Linda Johnson 1 month ago
NO KIDDING !!! We used to treat ourselves to a Prime Rib dinner special on Wed. nights at a local place in NC.....last week the bill was $76, with tax and tip it was $96 !!!!! ...no wine, no beverage .....but!! add $9.50 for a bowl of clam chowder" added in place of the "cup of clam chowder" that comes with the meal.....so....we decided that was no fun anymore....we'll just buy Filet Mignon at Sam's Club and stay home !!!
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Khavrinen 2 months ago
The most important part of the top step is the warning label that tells you "This Is Not A Step".
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April Pickett 2 months ago
Not really. This guy is unique in a way. He has what he wants, does what he wants, and enjoys himself. Not many want to live in a garage, etc. He's also not cohabitating, has no kids, and is extremely self-centered.
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Trophy Husband 1 month ago
Ah, I remember the days when I could drink that much... I don't miss them, but yeah not when you hit 40..
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Blackmoon The Dragon 2 months ago
Normally when a sports player does really well in a certain team (e.g., one of the best players the team has ever had), sometimes to honor the player after they leave they hang their jersey, or a replica of one with their number near the top of the stadium with the other players' jerseys to commemorate them :) this is kinda like that I'm guessing, like he's had a really good run at the company and they want to celebrate him after he retired or left
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Sam Trudeau 2 months ago
Meanwhile the reverse: imagining a baby sibling or cousin as an adult but photoshopping their baby head on
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Geoffrey Scott 2 months ago
And folks can get a free lunch on Saturdays. Just hit the sample booths.
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SchadenFreudian Psychology 2 months ago
Flying is so annoying, they should offer alcohol and gummies for free.
nicholas nolan 2 months ago
oooo! Like some Haribos or maybe Sour Patch Kids? Hell yeah!
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Janissary35680 2 months ago
"I don't know whether to believe my heart or the voices in my head."
Doug Moyer 2 months ago
Yeah, I know that's my generation, but my heart would never request yacht rock...
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Janissary35680 2 months ago
Who is the figure on the left? Is that supposed to be George Washington?
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April Pickett 2 months ago
Smug look, rooster in his arms, beer in his hand, sitting in his dual cab (?) truck, man that's a good life.
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Sheena Leversedge Wood 1 month ago
no. I didn't. yelling at people until they cry isn't a good teaching method.
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Geoffrey Scott 2 months ago
And why not?? That is a perfectly loving gift. Now 30 yards of it? Dude needs to chip in.
Nikki Sevven 1 month ago
I'd be overjoyed if someone bought gravel for my driveway. It's about 100 m long. Also, I'm not a dad, but a mom.
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SchadenFreudian Psychology 2 months ago
Probably the owners of these trucks never haul anything big, live in the suburbs, and never go anywhere except to their office jobs and the supermarket. These are “peer pressure” trucks.
Sheena Leversedge Wood 1 month ago
so inconsiderate. people with wheelchairs won't be able to get through.
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SchadenFreudian Psychology 2 months ago
If the boys wanna fight, you better let ‘em.
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Niels AirMax 2 months ago
What a great movie! I'm gonna order pizza and cut it with scissors! 😇
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JohnA 2 months ago
It's because they are too vain to wear their reading glasses. Speaking from experience..
Max Fox 2 months ago
Yep. I have discovered, though, that using the camera app on the phone in Night Mode is better than using a flashlight.
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Caroline Overill 1 month ago
By that point your short term memory’s on the verge of being non existent and you leave the bathroom light on
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Norm Gilmore 2 months ago (edited)
Nope. 7 hours of cussing or paying an expert to do it in an hour. I've been in the workforce long enough, I'm paying...
Sam Trudeau 2 months ago
Or with Fallout 3 on PC: "I'll buy the new version of the game" vs "*watches 5 minute YouTube video, downloads a dozen mods of Nexus, has to dig through files and extract every single one, gets game loading*"
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Gingersnap In Iowa 2 months ago
This looks just like the basement of the church I attended growing up.
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OWL ON A MISSION 2 months ago
Yes and please put out a sign telling me what you are building, this is a need to know scenario.
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SchadenFreudian Psychology 2 months ago
Hey, if it keeps him occupied and out of other peoples’ business….🤷🏻♀️
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Sam Trudeau 2 months ago
There's one I saw of Netflix telling someone "You might like Friends" (as in, the TV series) and the person interpreting it... differently.
Adam Zad 2 months ago
I named myself "with Benefits" on Facebook. That way, when people accept my friend request, it says "You are now friends with benefits."
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highwaycrossingfrog 2 months ago
This is incomprehensible to anyone non-American (I'm assuming America because where else?)
SchadenFreudian Psychology 2 months ago
I’m American and I don’t get it either.
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Right? Now i want to mow my lawn and have a beer 🍻
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