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There's something special about the fathers who go above and beyond to be the best dads they can be. We call them "rad dads." These special guys don't just take care of their kids, they go out of their way to make sure their children know they're loved and supported, whether it's taking the time to play with them, teach them new skills, or just be there to listen.

This insanely popular Instagram page which is known by exactly the same name “Rad Dad” is dedicated to celebrating the hilarious aspects of fatherhood, whether in the form of memes, jokes, one-liners and cringe posts.

The result is pure entertainment that celebrates and pokes fun at the stereotypical middle-class dads rocking their New Balances while mowing the lawn on a Saturday afternoon with a popped cold can of beer.

Psst! More rad dad jokes can be found in our previous features here and here.

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RagDollLali
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Don't forget jumping off progressively taller things and getting a little concussed!

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Katie Lutesinger
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I jumped off the cubbyhouse roof once to see if the parachute I had made by putting my arms through the handles of a plastic bag would work. (Outcome: It did not work).

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Steve Robert
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ah the good old days when we'd get together and play lawn darts

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Nadine Bamberger
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

One time a friend yeeted herself out of a swing in well, full swing and bit off part of her tongue (they sewed it back on) and half the kids watching puked because of the amount of blood pouring out of her mouth and we stood there in a blood and vomit lollapalooza, great times.

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Greta Kolding
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My cousin did this just by showing me her special frog jump. Then she suddenly stopped and ran to the kitchen where she started screamingand the blood sprayed all over the kitchen tiles. After things calmed down I remember her father - my uncle - saying "Is it just me, or does that kid have an incredibly long tongue?

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K W
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Half the boys from my class got arrested one time for stealing police car hood ornaments. One of the guys was dating the daughter of one of the police officers at the time. It was pretty hilarious. Don't think I've ever seen anythimg quite as stupid (though relatively harmless) since.

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michael scott
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Climbing Into a large truck tire and rolling down a steep hill into the Pacific Ocean

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Ray McArdle
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You played soccer till it was dark and your mom swooped in and dragged you home by your ears.

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Esme Love and Squalor
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Lol! Relate to this so much. I’m 43 and had a super fun/wild childhood/ always outside and getting into trouble (in mostly pg13 ways). Feel like my young nieces and nephews are so boring and sheltered.

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Snorkeldorf
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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Broke open an Etch a Sketch to see what was inside and how it worked. Fortunately, this took place outdoors. Lots of silvery powder. Pretty cool. Found out many years later the powder is non toxic. This was also fortunate.

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Esme Love and Squalor
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My friend and i going liquid mercury which was really cool- then the mom found out and called poison control lol!

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AuntNéNé
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Giving fake social security numbers on paperwork at 14 to get call center jobs, then blowing the paycheck on dinner at Ponderosa and Debs at the mall.

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Rachel Ainsworth
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Cuurent kids in 20 years time: remember that time when we died in a video game and then started playing again with our next life?

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Elisabeth Clark
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My dad grew up in the same building my aunt lives in now, we went back to visit and he showed me how as a kid he'd get onto the roof of the elevator with his buddies and spy and spook their neighbors. Eek

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I remember practicing archery with flaming arrows a friend and I concocted until his mom came home from work...that same friend and I also made a potato gun

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Megan Bebla
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We’re still socializing just in our own ways WE HAVE EVOLVED

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Robert McKenzie
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So the internet has inadvertently REDUCED juvenile crime? Not according to the stats.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

40yo F here. Me and my friends used to break into our neighborhood houses when no one was home of course. We did it just to prove ourselves that we could do it. It was fun to find ways to break into each house. I was very tiny and skinny so usually it was me squeezing in a gap or hole to enter. Once inside, we took something from the house as a trophy, usually snacks. I swear we were not criminals! Just loved climbing and adrenaline.

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JP Purves
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Cars don't have hood ornaments anymore, but I'm sure today's kids find time to do all the other things on the list.

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Trin DM
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Jumping in the above ground pool from the house or garage roofs

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Jo Chrisco
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Entering abandoned buildings, swimming in possibly polluted creeks, or sledding while sitting on the hood of an old vehicle which is tied to a trailer hitch (hold tight on those curves).

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Kristen Bagan
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Walking under the train bridge on the bridge beams while the train went overtop. Bridge was over a med sized creek

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BenMaharaj
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Beats being exposed to crazy nonsense ideologies, conspiracy theories, cyber bullies, sex way too early, online predators, and more things I’m probably too innocent to know about.

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Cara G
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Shoveling dead cats off the middle of the road, hiding on top of my parents' garage because my bedroom window opened out onto it, got a knife pulled on me one time, almost got kidnapped by two old pervy men who my friend Chris swore he knew and could give us a ride to school that one time Fitzgerald's van broke down when we were cutting Physics lab, that one time I dropped my cat Flipper off our second story balcony to test the theory that cats always land on their feet (they do, and I was 4 so don't come at me please, he was a good boy who slept on my pillow until his final day), or the good old days of goddddammmnneddd Slip and Slides. AKA 1990s parental torture devices. "Come on, kids! It's fun! You run, you slide, you hit the bump and take a dive!!" No. The only kids who did that were 50lb gymnasts. The rest of us ended up on the lawn, injured and crying.

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Riley Quinn
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If parents back in my youth ever really knew what we were up to while "playing outside", there would be no subsequent generations because we'd still be grounded.

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Kady LaHaie
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Don't forget blowing things up with m80s and tossing boxes of bullets in the fire

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Satan Laughs
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Let’s bring this one UP. I once poked a dead frog with a stick AND almost fell into the river bed. I also tore the cartilage in my left knee with a gnarley bike fall which causes great pain today.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You built the Car-Hell that we cannot leave this is your fault

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I love the idea someone just plans ahead like this to mess with a stranger. Now throw some meat in there so when they open it it stinks like crazy as well to add to the realism.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have grown to love the whistling rat (guinea pig) my daughter wanted then subsequently lost interest in and has now become my responsibility

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If it was a birthday party or something I might think it’s funny but I feel bad that it’s a wedding. They asked politely. I’d want to respect that. I’d make sure my kid played inside at 2, that’s about as noisy as we get. I like my neighbors, we take each other’s trash cans in so we’re like almost friends!!!

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh my gawd, I just did those motions and my brain actually thought I was sending these messages.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

LOL! Once on a cold November night, I was standing outside chatting with some clients. My boss thought putting on a coat would be unflattering, so he stood with us, clearly freezing in his dress suit. One of the clients (elderly straight dude who's been married for almost 50 years) says: "Oi, if you come out of the closet, I'll hug you to keep you warm!". Sorry, boss, but that was HILARIOUS!

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My husband kept doing this to me, and letting all the cold air in the shower. So I started sneaking quietly into the bathroom when he's showering, waiting until he's washing his face, then pressing my face and hands against the glass until he turns around and screams like a girl. In case you're interested, he doesn't bother me in the shower anymore.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Just wait until he learns about the “That’s what she said” joke.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My favorite one of these is when the car comes driving up. Like surprise: "It's actually not a car for you, this is my new boyfriend"

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A man is a man. If he says he'll fix something, he'll fix it. There's no need to remind him every six months.

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don’t know why this is but it’s so true. My husband is crazy tough. Had surgery and I’m begging him to sit and rest rather than pull weeds because he’ll end up tearing his stitches/staples. Can lift a dresser by himself because my weak self can’t manage half the weight. He’s crazy amazing strong and tough. But if his throat is scratchy…

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There's a much higher chance of being killed by the knife in his hands, especially if you're in the UK.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Bruh.... if i said I was bored I'd get told to go outside and do yard work or to get a new job

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