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Some days, you can’t help but believe in the idea that irony is a living, breathing, cosmic force with a very unusual sense of humor and a personal interest in your life. And if you’re one of the rare people who don’t believe in things like irony or fate, don’t worry, we’re pretty sure that they believe in you.
Bored Panda’s collected some of the finest, most iconic (some might even go as far as to say ‘epic’) ironic moments in the recent history of the internet. So get ready to have a good chuckle as you scroll down. Drop us a comment somewhere below explaining which moments you thought were particularly ironic. And remember to upvote your favorite pics, as well as share the post with your amigos who might be in need of some cheering up. Scroll down for Bored Panda’s informative interview with Albert Katz, Professor Emeritus from Western University, who went into detail about irony, its types, uses, as well as how we process it.
Also be sure to look through Bored Panda’s previous post about the most ironic moments ever, as well as our list of the most ironic things that ever happened.
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#1
Kids, This Is What We Call Irony
Mary Senn 6 years ago
listen to the democrats. Pelosi encouraged antifa. waters told dems to confront the right. Are you under a rock? Adam Schiff lies and admits it. Good grief.
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Christina Ciccarelli 6 years ago
I love how you people always think it is ok to insult half the population. Gods forbid if we do that to you, rioting in the streets and our stuff destroyed. I can't even put anything conservative on MY vehicles because someone would trash them. The last rally in Minnesota is case in point, people beaten and robbed for their political beliefs. But we are the stupid ones.. yeah
Donny Cromwell 6 years ago
Trump does nothing, but making up names to call people. The hate he gets is the hate he throws out getting thrown back at him and the people who give a s**t about the little people, the handicapped, the victims, the parents and their children who need someone to stand up to his hate! Remember that time he made that messed up hand gesture making fun of that guy with cerebral palsy? Yeah! Classy! Makes me sick!
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Martata 6 years ago
Trump supporters calm down, the man had his own "Roast of Donald Trump" thing going on, so keep calm and carry on.
Fuzztone 6 years ago
No, Trump supporters please don't calm down. Get so agitated, stressed and angry that you jump off a tall building
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Caryn Zent 6 years ago
Can there be ANY list in here that doesn't have something political in it?
Full Name 6 years ago
Nah. Trump Derangement Syndrome is rampant here. It gets clicks, so why not?
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Jacob Clegane 6 years ago
I see the fat liberals working dead end jobs are out in force. Never mind that Trump is all about the individual freedom and opposition to political correctness.
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#2
Amazing Irony
kurisutofu 6 years ago
And one "good" thing is that if they don't accept her sexuality, she can fake pretend it's their fault for sending her to an all girl school. That would make them feel guilty and she can have a laugh.
Brooke 6 years ago
I don't agree with parents ever rejecting their children regardless of the circumstances, but what your suggesting -even if it's just a joke- sick :/ to get joy from deceiving someone into feeling bad. Two wrongs don't make a right.
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#3
Uhmm...
Uwe Theiss 6 years ago
Including Trump and his family. May someone should tell him.
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Larkin Banks 6 years ago
The author, Inga Korolkovaite, is an America-hating socialist from Lithuania whose family was involved with the Communist regime when it was a Soviet Republic. So she is totally groomed to be little Tyrant Bully, and is triggered by concepts like liberty, capitalism, free markets, Judeo-Christian philosophy, and any other conservative principles.
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Jo Choto 6 years ago
So the white people show up, take everything from the Native peoples, shove them into reservations, occupy their land and make them second-class citizens, and THEN question their immigration status. Too much irony at once.
Kim Bush 6 years ago
Second class? Visit a reservation. You'll see that they are worse than the "slums" in some of the big cities. But they don't gang together and take up arms against each other. They have too much pride and respect in themselves and in their lineage to behave in such a way.
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Id row 6 years ago
It's depressing that this is very unsurprising. I honestly don't know how this country even functions with the level of stupidity contained in it.
Full Name 6 years ago (edited)
"It doesn't work that way"? You are literally saying it is okay for you to be racist, in a post about how racist other people are (and you weren't singling out individuals, you were using the whole group). You have fun blaming other people for your problems instead of working on yourself. Man, in an article about irony....
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There were a couple of moments with unexpectedly delicious ironic twists that stuck in our heads. The first one was how an empty Nigerian apartment was discovered to hold 43 million dollars (shame on us thinking that every single one of those spam emails from supposed princes was from scammers!). While the second one was how publications like Cosmopolitan can support radically different points of view in different articles.
Bored Panda interviewed Albert Katz, Professor Emeritus of Cognitive, Developmental, and Brain Sciences from Western University’s Department of Psychology. The professor went into detail about the topic of irony.
“In my studies I have found that university-level students have a pretty clear notion of sarcasm, but are actually quite vague about irony,” the professor said. According to him, there are several types of irony, such as the irony of fate in literature. An example of that would be Oedipus unknowingly killing his father and marrying mother.
#4
Dogs Are Not Allowed On Beach Due To Possibility That They Might Make A Mess
Foxxy 6 years ago
I would rather the dogs than the ferals who left all that s**t lying everywhere.
Chris Jones 6 years ago
Also, it's still people at fault if they don't pick up the dog mess. Dogs aren't the problem.
Kathleen Barlow 6 years ago
I once witnessed a woman allow her toddler to take a huge dump on the beach (near the waterline and in front of everyone) and then just cover it with sand. There was a cafe with toilets less than 10 metres away. No, I didn't say anything (and neither did anyone else) because she looked like a bulldog chewing a wasp.
Geri Stevens 6 years ago
Kathleen Barlow You and others who live in a passive aggressive cocoon are as much as a problem with human attitudes as the person like the bulldog human in your post who has zero respect for anyone or anything. I weigh less than 130lbs but wouldn't hesitate to confront someone bigger than me if they were broadcasting that degree of filth and disrespect. At the very least you should have taken pictures and a) showed them to beach security/life guards and b) posted them online. Shame on you and shame on her.
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Tasma Pittock 6 years ago
It’s not that dogs are messier, it’s that their owners dont pick up after them
Taryn Wallace 6 years ago
Unfortunately the same people who leave their trash there are the ones bringing their dogs on the beach and not cleaning up after them..... it's an unfortunate thing that responsible pet owners are largely overshadowed by the disgusting pigs like this and give us a bad name.
#5
The Irony Of These Days
Jennifer King 6 years ago
I'm actually OK with this - kids are wrangled but still get exercise, and dog is well contained where the little puppers won't get stepped on. It does look funny though :)
Margit King 6 years ago
My mom had to have me in a leash because i would dissapear all the time "im going on an adventure", this was perfectly normal i the 90's!
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Steven Cook 6 years ago
If you find it strange putting children on a leash, you have never been in a crowded public place with a 4 yo who can outrun you.
#6
Oh The Irony
Vicky Zar 6 years ago
I always liked that joke about the maxican looking woman in a shop on the phone speaking a different language and a guy telling her "we are in America and speak English. If you want to speak something else, go back to where you are from" and the woman answering "I was speaking Navacho. If you want to speak English, go back to England!".
Uwe Theiss 6 years ago
I love that story too! English is also only a foreign language to America.
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Vicky Zar 6 years ago
I never understood this attitude in the US. As if it is bad to speak several languages. Thats stupidity. As if US people would make the effort to learn a different language when they go abroad. (I know they aren't all like that, but there are enough who are this entitled). Every other country is proud if they can speak more than one language.
Blue Cicada 6 years ago
Thank, thank you, thank you!!! When I use my limited language skills, people often ask me where I learned my second or third language. When I say in American high school and college, I have a literally had people tell me "no! People don't learn a [second] language in the US!" Such is our reputation that folks outside the US think that we don't even offer the opportunity for languages in our school. But through the 90s, two years of a foreign language was acquired for a high school diploma, and four years of a foreign language was required for college applications!
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Toujin C'Thlu 6 years ago
How is that these people can expect others to speak English when they can barely spell it themselves?
Blue Cicada 6 years ago
I think I saw on Bored Panda that a Muslim woman wearing hijab was on a bus on the western coast of United Kingdom, speaking to her small son on her lap, not in English. An angry man confronted her, telling her that she was in the UK and she should speak English. Another writer spoke up and said "This is Wales, she's speaking Welsh!"
Florencia Renedo 6 years ago
If you are born in the USA, you can be as stupid as you want and aspire to become the president...
Berdarien Brown 6 years ago
This totally made me bust out. Haha thanks for that.
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Yes, the meanspiritedness is oozing out of that truck like a bad smell.
Load More Replies...Most of us instinctively understand when a situation is ironic. However, it’s far more difficult to explain what exactly irony is using words. Throughout history, there have been hundreds of suggestions on how best to define it. And some of us might even have our own private definitions of what irony is.
#7
Oh The Irony
Blue Cicada 6 years ago
Took me a minute. Just motorcycles. Then one got bumped and the rest fell just like, oh, I get it!
aurora50 6 years ago
...thanks for explaining it, my mind is too slow today!
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Keuthonymos 6 years ago
Someone doesn't know the meaning of irony judging from the title.... Serendipitous coincidence? Sure. Ironic? No.
#8
The Irony Present
Lisa Florina 6 years ago
I am not english .. but I never understood why they have so much trouble with your and you're... I mean it's so logical right? What am I missing ...
Vicky Zar 6 years ago
YES! Me too! Not a native english speaker, but never had any problems with this. Someone told me it's because of the different learning process involved. I'm from Germany and here are lots of people who are the same with some German words.
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MikeyG 6 years ago
Good grammar is the difference between knowing your s**t & knowing you're s**t
Cat person 5 years ago
Good grammar is the difference between "let's eat, grandma" and "let's eat grandma"
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Demonic Darkness 6 years ago (edited)
Seriously, all these people correcting and calling him an idiot should be featured in this irony post.
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Bob Beltcher 6 years ago (edited)
Thank you for making fun of everyone who is dyslexic. No worries. I still got my MBA and bet I make more than you ever will.
Rosie Hamilton 6 years ago
Pisses me off too - my husband is dyslexic and these things are not easy for him. He also has excellent qualifications and a very well paid job. Kudos Bob.
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Jan Gardner 3 years ago
I'm sure they would of done better if they had benefited from a good education.😉
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#9
Oh The Irony
Michał Jastrzębski 6 years ago
well, "danger, keep out" is a valid warning for australia - country that will try to kill you in any possible way, except volcanoes.
Paul Chang 6 years ago
No immigrants. Trump would love this. Maybe even get ideas for his wall.
The most basic definition of irony will include that it’s a contradiction between what’s expected and what actually happens in real life. When you put it like that, you come to realize that irony really is all about expectations being shattered in a humorous way.
Professor Katz said: “There are several components that usually go into irony, and turning irony into sarcasm. Basically, a central motif is the violation of an expectation. But the context in which that violation occurs may make it humorous or not, or sarcastic or not.”
#10
Walmart Employee
Eirik Johnsbråten 6 years ago
"Life is what happens to you when you're busy making other plans."
Ana Vaz 6 years ago
In Spanish, we have a saying that says something that could translate to "if you spit up it falls on your forehead"
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80 Van 6 years ago
I like to think that there’s a three-year backstory in which she started interacting with a grumpy old greeter at Walmart (played by Ed Asner) who slowly shared his life story with her, and toward the end, she started seeing the error of her ways. He was then diagnosed with a terminal disease, and his dying wish was that she take his mantle as the hardest-working greeter Walmart has ever seen. “Save Friendships, Live Better” coming to the Hallmark Channel this fall.
Sly Cooper 6 years ago
Same profile pic for 3 years? I'm not convinced that's true... funny? yes :)
Just Tina 6 years ago
Apparently it was a fake page. Like who keeps the same profile picture for 3 years?
ツ_Itz_Your_Girl_ツ 5 years ago
I don't even keep the same one for 3 days XD
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Ramūnas Vanagas 6 years ago
don't spit into the well, one day you may have to drink from it. -Lithuanian proverb
#11
Stop Texting While Driving
Stimpy 6 years ago
All three cars constantly remain at same relative positions. I think they are simply standing at a traffic light. That would make this post fake and unfair...
Jon S. 6 years ago
You're still 'driving' if you are stationary in traffic. Unless you are in a safe parking spot with the hand break (or equivalent) engaged, and in some jurisdictions with the engine off, you are considered to be in control of the vehicle and in a situation where your attention may be required.
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#12
This Sign In My Kid’s Elementary School Fills Me With Nihilistic Joy
debrina blackmoon 6 years ago (edited)
no, there shouldn't! why??? unless it's a "Walken comma", but you wouldn't think of that, right, or even know what that is?
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Tammy Ralph 6 years ago
Whoever was colouring it in gave up colouring it in.
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Elaine Dodge 3 years ago
Not giving up, making creative choices to make a point - 'This is what happens when you give up.'
A thing that a lot of us mix up is verbal irony and sarcasm. Though they’re usually used interchangeably, they’re not the same.
One way to remember the difference is this: sarcasm is primarily used to insult someone or cause them harm. If it hurts your feelings, it’s most likely sarcasm, not irony. Now that’s a piece of trivia that you can really wow your friends with.
Katz agreed with the idea that sarcasm has “a negative usage” when compared to “verbal irony, such as how we use it in everyday speech.”
“One can think of irony used sarcastically (e.g. when saying something framed positively, but intending a negative insulting meaning: when one says “you’re my best friend” just after said friend did something mean). But one can also get irony used in the opposite way, such as saying something that on the surface sounds nasty, but is meant positively (e.g. “You're sooo bad”).”
#13
Oh The Irony
Chris Foster 6 years ago
We have a street in London, Ontario called Hope St. it is also a dead end...
Neurotic_Octopus 6 years ago
This is in my neighborhood! The next street over in New Love, also a dead end.
#14
Nigerian Princes Were Real All This Time
Demonic Cow 6 years ago (edited)
It’s okay, my uncle’s a Nigerian prince. Just mail me 200 dollars to pay for an overseas call to him and I’ll give you a million dollars from his bank account. Mail the money to Fakecountry, Scammyville on 123 Hoax street.
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Olivia Masterson 6 years ago
Part of that came from my neighbor, who thinks she has a hot military man who is a peace keeper.
Crybabyartist 5 years ago
in fact, each one of those bills came from some poor old person he defrauded.
#15
Quite Ironic Really
BusLady 6 years ago
And why is there a blue vehicle driving/ parked in the bike lane further down the street?
“The question of how easy it is to understand or get the point of irony, or sarcasm, is a difficult one," the professor noted. "People differ both in the habitual usage of irony or sarcasm and when dealing with a person who often uses sarcasm, for instance, people sometimes erroneously interpret an ambiguous comment not intended ironically as being ironic, or sarcastic.”
“Also there is research that indicates individual differences in using and understanding irony in general,” Katz explained. “Some people are very literal thinkers and miss the irony presented. Some of my own work indicates that the processing of irony occurs almost immediately during comprehension. One doesn't think about it and at some later point think, oh, was he being ironic when he said X.”
“One thing I do believe is that the processing of irony, or sarcasm, is not based on any one factor, such as a failed expectation, but on a set of computations going on simultaneously,” the professor added.
#16
Oh The Irony
#17
Wasps Made A Nest On My Wasp Spray Bottle
Silverfish_13 6 years ago
They're establishing dominance. I for one support our future leaders
kurisutofu 6 years ago
The wasps are smart, they made sure you can't use the spray. That was the only place that it could work.
#18
Not Too Good At Her Job
Beeps 6 years ago
Rookie mistake - if I worked as a psychic, I’d always answer the door with the words: “Ah, Ive been expecting you.”
Claire Murray 4 years ago
Are you guys UFO chasers? No, nothing as silly as that. We're psychic detectives.
GenXandEarnedItAll 5 years ago
Love that face! That's like the universal hand turned to the side above the steering wheel, "What the...?"
#19
My Mom Is Cleaning Out The Library At The Preschool Where She Works And Sent Me This
Analyn Lahr 6 years ago
Is it just me or does his picture look sinister? Oh, how the mighty have fallen.
#20
Effing Horrible
chi-wei shen 6 years ago
Cosmopolitan is an expert in double standards since many years.
Load More Replies... Fruzsina Märcz 6 years ago
My favourites are the cover titles next to each other: "Accept your body: you are perfect!" and "New summer diets: 4 ways to loose weight easily!"
CbusResident 6 years ago
Women's bodies being on display? Shame! Men's bodies on display? That's sexy and women enjoying it is just female empowerment! The women's bodies on display are all super-fit? That's sexism and lack of fat acceptance! The men's bodies on display are all super-fit? That's sexy!
Irina Deneva-Slav 6 years ago
The world would be a much happier place if we could do that, yep. But then what would utterly bored people get offended about?
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RaroaRaroa 6 years ago
This reminds me of an "hilarious" video on the Daily Mail of a woman chasing a man around trying to get his face to unlock his phone. Pushing, shoving, falling over etc. No way it would have been called "hilarious" if he had been doing it to her.
MikeyG 6 years ago
I notice it a lot in life in general nowadays. In my office it's typical for women to have calendars of topless firefighters and spend lunch breaks ogling at men, inappropriate comments about workmen that come into the office etc, I always end up wondering what their reaction would be if I was to objectify the opposite sex so much.
#21
You're Welcome
Tracy Wolfe 6 years ago
Ossifer...Bruh, this like huge White snake 🎶 just like came from no where...
#22
The Irony Was Strong With This One
Foxxy 6 years ago (edited)
I don't see how that can be very comfortable. I absolutely hate it when my pants fall down a smidgen let alone down near my ankles.
RaroaRaroa 6 years ago
Makes you wonder how they don't fall down all the time.
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Analyn Lahr 6 years ago
Why is he wearing a belt if he's not using it properly? Most of his a*s is hanging out. How can he walk? What if he has to run? Why is this tacky style still a thing?!
BusLady 6 years ago
Someday, they will see a photo of themselves dressed like this, and just cringe.
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If the older generation really want to get rid of this trend we must sacrifice. They'll stop real fast if we start wearing our pants this way.
Soupcat 6 years ago
The thing i never understood was its supposed to have originated from jail culture, who wants to mimic walking around with half their a*s sticking out for a bunch of other dudes to see? Also a good way to get shot now days trying to pull up those pants with trigger happy cops around.
debrina blackmoon 6 years ago (edited)
exactly what is cool or sexy about this? i heard it stared as an inmate thing for "availability" to stay "safe"
#23
How Did He Get Hired?
Wil Vanderheijden 6 years ago
Just one of these "advanced" drivers showing of their "advanced car handling skills". AKA jerks.
Ben Steinberg 6 years ago
Clearly, they were parked perfectly but someone snuck in and re-painted the lines...
James Kaighin 6 years ago
Well, when you are as important as this, you deserve and NEED two parking spaces
#24
Ironic That My Pup Chewed Up This Specific Cards Against Humanity Card
alwaysMispelled 6 years ago
In 7th grade my new puppy DID ACTUALLY chew up and eat my homework... I was so worried my teacher would think I was lying because it's so cliche, but he let me redo it and turn it in the next day! Whew!
DancingToMyself 6 years ago
That only shows that you are usually great student, which is really cool. Good reputation is always important. :)
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That's not a dog that is a very well placed fluffy stuffed animal....STOP GNAWING ON YOUR CAH CARDS!!!
juice 6 years ago
mine eats money. like, chews and swallows it. the only reason i know is from what i find in the yard...
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Marty Sunderland 6 years ago
Years ago, one of my second grade students brought me a zip lock bag full of what was left of the homework her puppy had chewed up. She recently graduated college. The student, not the puppy.
John Sampson 6 years ago
...........these specific cards..........' or this specific card.....
#25
The Silent And Powerful Mocking Of A Single Sign
#26
Well Now, That's Ironic
white widow 6 years ago
Nah, they just knew it was a double letter, it didn't matter which one...
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ZeitCycloneTangram 6 years ago
Who else feels the need to on a spiel about spell being spelled speel?
#27
My Computer Lab At My School Is Ironically Labeled
Incognito 6 years ago
once i was doing a technology project showcase. i was contestant number 404... EDIT: Just got the results back from the competition, I won it! Bwahaha the irony...
Analyn Lahr 6 years ago
Not a computer expert here so, I don't get it. What's ironic about it?
David Martinez 6 years ago
I wish it was a door that led to a brick wall that said “classroom not found.”
#28
Lady Posts On Facebook To Complain About Employees Not Helping Disabled Customer While Simultaneously Not Helping, Either
Jessica Craig 6 years ago
Sometimes people want to do s**t on their own. I was in a wheelchair for three months and on crutches for three months after. I disliked other's help because it made me feel less capable
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Chris Jones 6 years ago
How do we know they didn't say 'do you need help?' and were told 'no, I can manage'. Not everyone with crutches or disabilities wants people to leap up and do everything for them. Just offering a different point of view.
Toujin C'Thlu 6 years ago
For some people, getting 'likes' matters more than actually helping someone
Wil Vanderheijden 6 years ago
It's a new trend. Noticing that people are behaving like jerks and posting it on social media without actually calling them out on their behaviour on the spot.
María Hermida 6 years ago
Who are we to call anybody out on their behaviour? I try to help and be polite, but I can't obligue other people to behave correctly. Unless they are doing something illegal, or hurting somebody, or attacking me, I would never confront a stranger due to their behaviour. It's useless. Jerks are jerks, and you won't change that. You can behave like a decent human being but you can't obligue other people.
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SnapshotOfASoul 6 years ago
I'm invisibly disabled via chronic illness, autism, and more. In the disabled checkout lane I had to help a deaf and legless man in a wheelchair get his bags hooked onto the back of his chair because the cashier was too busy making fun of him. I reported her a*s and brought up that I was disabled too and she left it to me, who had extremely weak muscles and nerve problems, to do heavy lifting for a nice old man.
Tracy Wolfe 6 years ago
But she did help...idk but my guess she spent some of her data plan posting. Bless her.
Nadine Francis 6 years ago
I like the fat guy sitting on the couch with his hands folded over his big belly just nonchalantly watching!
Judy Crozier 6 years ago
funnily enough, it was the person with the phone/camera who actually noticed it happening...and apparently did nothing
#29
Live. Local. Late Braking
Reagan James 6 years ago
What does “late breaking” even mean? I’m not even sure if I want to know...
2WheelTravlr 6 years ago
It means they cover stories that happen near the time the news is typically on - so, you'd see a story that happened at 9 pm on the 10 o'clock news. It used to be a big selling point back before digital and remote broadcasts were the norm.
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#30
In Court For Shoplifting
TheExtremeSmell 6 years ago
Or plans on returning it after the court appearance. Come on people!
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tuzdayschild 6 years ago (edited)
So people who steal clothes leave the tags on when wearing them? Is that a thing?
Marcellus the Third 6 years ago
Why, when facing the judge? The judge may have second thoughts AFTER letting her go tho...
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Laura Pantazis 5 years ago
There are still courthouses that let people bring in their phones?!
#31
My Car Displays A Long Distracting Message Reminding You To Not Participate In Distracted Driving–while Driving
Brandy Grote 6 years ago
Mine too. One when you turn the car one, and again when you put it in drive! Please don't distract me right when I'm shifting from reverse!
Marco Conti 6 years ago
I am trying to watch youtube while driving, and I have to take my eyes off the screen to push the damn OK button.
Tracy Wolfe 6 years ago
Yea, my 82 year old mother gets a message while driving regarding renewing her Bluetooth touch the screen answer the phone thing.
#32
Nothing Is Written In Stone
Hi! 6 years ago
I would buy the stone that says "nothing is written in stone" purley out of the irony
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SnapshotOfASoul 6 years ago
I painted a ladybug onto a rock as a kid and we finally found it again with a real ladybug on it last spring!
Anjali Cooper 3 years ago
Haha lol! Yes, inspirational stones are popular and actually really cute and affective.
#33
Didn't Have Time To Read It I Guess
Migue Avendaño 6 years ago
I was trying to read. After the crash I don't understand why they write these plates like that 😕😕😕
#34
The Epitome Of Irony
Ferro Ferrington 6 years ago (edited)
Maybe U can get redemption by posting this pic on the company review site, if they refuse to replace it
#35
Author Asks Why His Book Called 'No. More. Plastic' Was Wrapped In Plastic
Foxxy 6 years ago
I don't understand the need for the plastic wraps on books, just a waste in my opinion.
Wil Vanderheijden 6 years ago
It would be if it weren't for the "considerate" customers who handle books with dirty and greasy fingers flipping through the books.
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Anjali Cooper 3 years ago
It’s to keep it in (insert snooty old white guy voice here) “Mint Condition”.
Anjali Cooper 3 years ago
It’s to keep it in (Insert snooty old white hit here) “Mint condition”.
Reagan James 6 years ago
Man, people aren’t smart. If you want to not use plastic, don’t use it!
SnapshotOfASoul 6 years ago
I'm from Canada and have never ever once seen a book in plastic apart from Scholastic book fairs! Meanwhile books from America I got as gifts almost always had plastic wrap for no reason.
#36
The Irony Of The Bar At A Paypal Business Event
SnapshotOfASoul 6 years ago
I use PayPal quite a bit as I do video game modding. My local dollar store takes it for some odd reason but nowhere else in my city.
#37
I Found This Picture To Be Incredibly Ironic
juice 6 years ago
Dorothy Parker Gin is a type of alcohol. Shane's just trying to be funny, guys.
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Morgan Rathjen 5 years ago
this is media feminism. people are so caught up in feminism that some start to believe that women are better than men. the idea of feminism is equality.
Pam 6 years ago
So dumb. Holding the door open for me doesn't make me lass than and doesn't mean someone thinks I'm incapable.
Rosie Hamilton 6 years ago
Holding the door open for the person behind is just manners - doesn't matter which gender.
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The Irony Of This Snickers Bar
Baali Venomax 6 years ago
look behind it, I think they're all like that. Someone's idea of a joke at packing hehehe
Load More Replies... Jon S. 6 years ago
It isn't Poetic Irony, which people usually think of why they think of irony (that which would be fortuitous at any other time happening at the worst possible moment). But it is Cosmic Irony, those subtle hints that someone in charge of a greater plan is having a joke with you.
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#39
I Don't Think The Women's Department Gets The Irony
Catlady6000 6 years ago
Up voted you. Wanted to down vote because now I'm gonna hear that song all day. Thanks:/
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The Very Definition Of Irony
#41
Those Gears Won't Turn, Which I Guess Makes It A Fairly Apt Metaphor For School Districts And Education
Stimpy 6 years ago
Wow, if you think about it that way, this could actually be an intentional message by harassed teachers?
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Scott Aubin 6 years ago
No teachers do, who's says they always know whats best. As a good parent not all of them know what they are doing.
Russian Otaku 6 years ago
As s****y as parents can be low paid teachers who ran out of f***s or teachers that hate teacher but just want a stable job are also pretty s**t
#42
I'm A Public Defender. The ATM In Jail Always Strikes Me As A Little Ironic
Cindy Collins 6 years ago
Visitors gotta be able to put that money on their books! Or maybe to post bail to get them out of jail....
#43
I Mean Isn’t This Ironic?
#44
Great Advice
#45
Irony At It's Best
#46
Found This Little Piece Of Irony In The Local Paper
tuzdayschild 6 years ago
If the place you fail to appear is court, then yes.
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#47
How Ironic
Lukyan Terdal 6 years ago
coming up next: the "It chapter 2" screening delayed due to sewer clowns
Kathy Baylis 6 years ago (edited)
The sloths, snails, and turtles took too long getting on the boat.
#48
Oh The Irony
#49
Ironic Misprint On An Eye Doctor's Appointment Card
Uwe Theiss 6 years ago
After reading that sign, I think I need an appointment with my eye doctor.
Load More Replies... Taryn Wallace 6 years ago
Are we sure this is a misprint and not an eye dr with an incredible sense of humor
John Montgomery 6 years ago
Indeed. Making people mistakenly think they need glasses.
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Brags About Standing For Anthem. Sits His Ass On Flag
Martata 6 years ago
I'm not saying he's right, he's not, it's disrespectful, but people treat flags better than they treat immigrants and animals, why not focus your energy on things that need more of your attention and care?
John Montgomery 6 years ago
Probably because it's easier to focus on the unimportant unfortunately. It allows them to feel patriotic without doing anything that actually helps. It's easier to hate one person and a sporting goods company than try to even listen to the concern the person is trying to bring awareness.
Load More Replies... Foxxy 6 years ago (edited)
Sorry for my ignorance but what is wrong with that? Is there a law that states you can't sit on a flag?
DemPugs 6 years ago
There's no laws against it, but you're supposed to treat the flag with respect, in fact, you're not even supposed to let it touch the ground.
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Luca Giordano 6 years ago
pride of ones country ... I just simply do not understand it. How can you be proud of something you had absolutely no hand in. It is pure chance that one is born in a certain country. Why would that make you proud. apart from the fact that borders were invented by men... and that most of them are not older than a few 100 years tops. Pride of a imaginary confinement of a plot of land that happens to be named a certain way for short period of time in history....
Mary Popps 6 years ago
You are all mad because of a piece of tissue. If only you would treat your neighbors better than your flag...
Luca Giordano 6 years ago
Nationalism and its symbols, together with religion... If we hadn't invented them or hung on to them, we would be a much happier planet now.
#51
And That’s How Capitalism Works
KiwiAppeal 6 years ago
The book is good and you can get the digital book for free on a Kindle or whatever
#52
Found A Travel Brochure From The World Trade Center While Cleaning Out My House
#53
“Straw Free” But Overloading On Plastic Cutlery
Gregory Hewitt 6 years ago
The cutlery could be compostable. I go to this restaurant in Toronto called, 'No Bull Burgers' and all of their post consumer waste, including their cutlery and straws, are all compostable, even their milkshake cups ! i think it's pretty cool. No-Bull-Bu...f15c34.jpg 
Gregory Hewitt 6 years ago
The cutlery could be compostable. I frequent this restaurant in Toronto called, 'No Bull Burgers' and all of their post consumer waste, including their cutlery and straws, are all compostable, even their milkshake cups ! i think it's pretty cool. https://www.facebook.com/NoBullBurgers No-Bull-Bu...76c13f.jpg 
Pretty Pangolin 6 years ago
Sincere question - are straws really that big of an issue? I would have guessed diapers or styrofoam. This seems like just a distraction and a chance to sell something (metal straws) and 'raise awareness'. I could be mistaken.
Dorothy Parker 6 years ago
Straws cause different issues than cutlery. They float and attract sea creatures who then consume them and die. Cutlery doesn't float.
Jon S. 6 years ago
Neither do the straws unless you flush them into a river
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Oh, The Irony
#55
Irony?
Soupcat 6 years ago
Its because when you deal in myths (churches) logical thinking can be the enemy.
Load More Replies... Lorraine R 6 years ago
Actually this is not ironic at all. If you limit your beliefs only to what your rational mind can understand, you are ignoring a huge part of human experience. Love, loyalty, compassion and courage are not rational - they can lead you to irrational behavior like standing up to a bully to help someone weaker, or risking your life to save a stranger's, or giving up a promising career to join the military, or even (gasp!) falling in love. The Nazis were being very rational when they decided to stop wasting resources on "unproductive" individuals like the disabled and the mentally ill, and euthanize them instead. It was perfectly rational, but it was also inhuman. The best of being truly human often has less to do with what we think, and more to do with what we feel is right.
Jassie Kaur 6 years ago
Plus: don't believe anything that you think you're told
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#56
Ohhh The Irony
Saulo Frota 6 years ago
Maybe the tree was dead and had to be cut. I try to imagine people wouldn't do stuff like this without a reason (even though they sometimes do)
#57
My Wife Mocking The "Slippery When Wet" Sign. I Think The Sign Won
Aaryn Keltie 6 years ago
I choked on my spit when I read "slippery when wet"...any other Starkid trash over here?
razan youssef 6 years ago
yeah it is. it's ironic that she slipped when she was pretending to slip
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The Irony
Chris Jones 6 years ago
Might have been the cyclist at fault though - we have no way of knowing from the limited information here.
kurisutofu 6 years ago
Being kind to cyclists does not mean you need to be kind to the bicycle :)
Em Wal 6 years ago
Someone just covered up the license plate in the photo
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I Guess I'll Be Drinking Some Irony This Morning
Wil Vanderheijden 6 years ago
The whole " This is not an option" thing is c**p. Whatever "this" is, it's always an option. Might not be the best of options, but it's an option.
tuzdayschild 6 years ago
Flapping my arms and taking off in flight "is not an option" because I am a people.
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TheExtremeSmell 6 years ago
It’s still succeeding in keeping your liquids in a cup. Handlers are for children. I want my coffee sippy cup. Vente
#60
Oh, The Irony
YoyoSthlm 6 years ago
The sign, in French, literally means The Little Death = what the French call an orgasm. Was that the unforeseen circumstance?
Radius Gogo 6 years ago
close enough... but it's "Le Petit Mort" wich just mean "the little dead"... The orgasm expression is "La Petite Mort". (yeah I know, the gender of the words in French sucks, but it literally changes the meaning)
Load More Replies... Analyn Lahr 6 years ago
Ouch. But seriously folks, psychics aren't gods. They're not omniscient. They get glimpses of different things randomly and they have specialties. And I don't think it's something than can be turned on or off.
#61
My Mum Sent Me This Unintentionally Ironic Photo Of An Accident At Her Work The Other Day
Miklós Nagy 6 years ago
Yeah, once I gone to work only to find out, that my workplace had a fire accident the night before. Unfurtunately it was an other department so I still had to work that day. :/
#62
Irony
#63
The Irony Of This App's Name
#64
Irony
Roger Haywood 6 years ago (edited)
This does not count! This is from Viz magazine, a british comic that used zany and satirical humour. The cartoon equivalent of talking total bollocks. This is from the 'letterbocks' section. (Yes, its a deliberate mis-spelling).
#65
Local Drive-In Theatre Showing The Two Most Ironic Movies They Could Show This Week
ZeitCycloneTangram 6 years ago
Didn't see the full picture at first... That is indeed pretty ironic
#66
The Irony's Not Lost On Me
Biljana Malesevic 6 years ago
But look how proud he is, a little cutie! He does not need training.
#67
Irony
Rosie Hamilton 6 years ago
Anti-abortion sentiment of 'choose life' and yet coathangers have been used to perform back-street abortions for far too many years. It's dangerous and likely to result in loss of life for the woman. This is why making abortions illegal is a terrible thing to do - no-one would choose to take this risk if they weren't already desperate.
Load More Replies... karen snyder 6 years ago
Way to go Ohio! Made it so hard for a woman to terminate an unwanted pregnancy that you have warnings on coathangers. I wish pro-life people would get a life. or at least a clue.
Marcellus the Third 6 years ago
"Choose life" as in anti-abortion, as in make it illegal, as in regress to unsafe backstreet practices... coathangers... A very grim entry here.
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#68
Which Is The Greater Irony?
SirPatTheCat 6 years ago
The sign also says Cessna, does anyone know if the plane is actually a Cessna?
#69
Cut My Finger While Opening A Package Of Band Aids
Jeff Requier 6 years ago
The Aloe Vera plant has sharp spikes, if you prick your self you can just use the liquid in the plant to put on the cut
Rosie Hamilton 6 years ago
Surely they need an air ambulance to rush them to A&E?!!!
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How Ironic
#71
Oh, The Irony
Koalamonster 6 years ago
This is one of those "other people can't do this thing but I personally can because I'm not a bad person" thought lines. It's surprising how many people get pissed at others for doing something they themselves have done and/or are currently doing. They seem to figure that they're special and above rules, it's mind boggling.
Chicken Pox 6 years ago
Maybe she meant there are no people of color living there. Racist b***h!
Wil Vanderheijden 6 years ago
Her parents decided to give her an appropriate name, knowing what kind of person she would become.
Uwe Theiss 6 years ago
I think she just thinks only black people can be immigrants. That is a normal type of rascim I see a lot at european right wings idiots.
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ADHORTATOR 6 years ago
I live in eastern France with a lot of Germans living here...same problem
#72
How Ironic
Ellen 6 years ago
To read Braille, you have to touch it and the sign says please do not touch it
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Yes, Yes You Are
#74
My Dad Tried Filling Up The Pool Today
Demi Zwaan 6 years ago
I suspect there was just a flood and he decided to have fun?
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The Girl on Fire 6 years ago
I'm not 100% sure, but I'm pretty sure this is a mis-captioned photo from a flood/hurricane/storm.
#75
Wife Brought This Home Today And Was Excited To Hang It On The Wall. 10 Minutes Later My 1 And 3-Year-Old Took A Red Crayon To It While We Were Cooking Dinner. We Think It Is Perfectly Ironic
#76
Irony On The Bachelorette
Andrew Wildman 6 years ago
Upvote for the item, 5,000 upvotes for ABC actually putting this up 😂
#77
The Irony
Mark Smallman 6 years ago
If you "rent new" then doesn't that automatically become a "rent used" when it is returned?
#78
A Healthy Dose Of Irony
Wil Vanderheijden 6 years ago
Why blur the license plate. It's a company car. Worst case scenario the company finds out who the driver is and fires him.
Rosie Hamilton 6 years ago
Be rather a harsh punishment unless they constantly park like that.
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As We Speak, This Doctor Is Laughing At The Irony Of Where My Skin Infection Is On This Henna Tattoo
Vicky Zar 6 years ago
They told you thats henna? Yeah, no wonder you've got an infection. Those things are giving henna a bad name. Real henna is reddish-brown, not black. Its all naturall and will never give you an infection. Those black types are laden with I don't know what, which can even scar you for life.
Pretty Pangolin 6 years ago
Yes, I think black 'henna' is a petroleum product.
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Foxxy 6 years ago
I have a tattoo of fox that looks like it's taking a poop coz the placement is above a mole. I didn't even realise until my dad pointed it out. Damn you dad lol. I will eventually get it covered up.
Chris Jones 6 years ago
Get the mole removed? My sister bought this mole remover device and it works!
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Oh The Irony
#81
The Perfect Irony Doesn't Exist
Rosie Hamilton 6 years ago
Facebook is about the least private place you could post information about yourself.
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Anti-Plastic Book Wrapped In Said Plastic
tuzdayschild 6 years ago
I guarantee you the author had no part in that wrapping.
Load More Replies... RaroaRaroa 6 years ago
Is this common in some parts of the world? I don't think I've ever seen a plastic wrapped book.
Miklós Nagy 6 years ago
Not to be confused with another great book: F**K PLASTIC: a practical handbook for onaholes.
Lorraine R 6 years ago
One can always get an e-reader and avoid the whole paper/plastic problem.
#83
Stopped At An Intersection, Saw This. The Irony
M O'Connell 6 years ago
Step-vans haven't changed much. Also, the painter's house is always shabby, the electrician's house has broken lights. The last thing you really want to do after a long day hard at work, is do more of the same except this time for no money.
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I Bought Socks Off Amazon Last Week. They Started Using Holiday Themed Boxes With Funny Quotes On The Sides. I Was Impressed By The Irony
#85
Oh The Irony
Rosie Hamilton 6 years ago
They might be disabled though - just because they are driving a van for Fitness World doesn't mean they can't be. Fit disabled people exist - paralympians for example.
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Rosie Hamilton 6 years ago
No. Disabled people can drive, go to gyms, work for Fitness World, eat McDonalds.
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Just Happened In My Neighboring Town. Truly Iconic
Pretty Pangolin 6 years ago
Oh, I see it! (the head is facing toward the truck, with one ear showing, and the feet are to the right).
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Hipster Irony (Hint: Read Forearm Tattoo)
Edyta Z 6 years ago
Meh. Plant based hotdogs are super common, yet it still amazes me that every time I see this picture people are acting like vegan fast foods = something totally unreal and they've never ever heard of it xD
Aisling Badsha 6 years ago
I'm not vegan but have a lot of food intolerances which for the most part I ignore but my partner will often buy me vegan food if we are getting snacks so he doesn't have to listen to me complain about my stomach. Got me a vegan sausage roll last week, was surprised at just how good it was, anyone looking at me eating it would have assumed it was meat.
Load More Replies... Pretty Pangolin 6 years ago
A corn dog is a hot dog that's dipped in cornbread batter and then fried
#88
This Ironic Drink Machine Doesn't Give Many Choices
John Montgomery 6 years ago
Makes me think of an email I got at work. They were putting in vending that has healthy choices. The guy got pissy because people were requesting other stuff. Is it really a choice if all there is is healthy?
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chi-wei shen 6 years ago (edited)
I miss the unpaid internship offered by Fight Against Slavery. Slavery-5d...c2b332.png 
Flower Crown Faun 6 years ago
Apparently Bored Panda can't tell the difference between irony & coincidence!
Imajin_A_Shön 6 years ago
I think it's clear that the definition of irony needs to be changed to reflect what almost everyone perceives it to be.
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Marisa Caputo 6 years ago
I love Bored Panda. This is the first time I've seen caustic political comments. That c**p is everywhere. Let's keep Bored Panda out of the battle.
YoyoSthlm 6 years ago
Why did you take away like a hundred posts?? Yes people are complaining but come on, stop scrolling after 50 then!! Why destroy it for everyone else that thought #90 was funny? Seriously. Idiots.
Pretty Pangolin 6 years ago
The extra items are still accessible by clicking the link at the bottom of the shorter article.
Load More Replies... Hi! 6 years ago
Okay, why do we need over 100 posts (maybe this is just me) but I get to about maybe 50 and then skip down to the comments session. Like @Carol Emory said some just get week aswell.
SirPatTheCat 6 years ago
Well usually they cut it down after a couple of hours to the top 30-50 pictures because of what you’re talking about, but many people (including myself) actually like reading the whole thing (judging by amount we complained before they added the button to see the whole post after they cut it down).
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Celine Marcotte 6 years ago
Found that in my parent's souvenir. Sadly ironic :( 734348_101...09834e.jpg 
Full Name 6 years ago
Holy s**t. I'm amazed that's not a viral photo. Wow.
Load More Replies... Christina Ciccarelli 6 years ago
This was on the whole, one of the most hateful things ever posted on Bored Panda, as a conservative, I deal with a lot of sporadic insult on this page because of liberal bias, but honestly people should be ashamed of themselves. Free speech is out the window in this country because people like you think it's ok to ostracize, harass and even brutalize people for their opinions. Disgusting.
chi-wei shen 6 years ago (edited)
I miss the unpaid internship offered by Fight Against Slavery. Slavery-5d...c2b332.png
Flower Crown Faun 6 years ago
Apparently Bored Panda can't tell the difference between irony & coincidence!
Imajin_A_Shön 6 years ago
I think it's clear that the definition of irony needs to be changed to reflect what almost everyone perceives it to be.
Load More Replies... Marisa Caputo 6 years ago
I love Bored Panda. This is the first time I've seen caustic political comments. That c**p is everywhere. Let's keep Bored Panda out of the battle.
YoyoSthlm 6 years ago
Why did you take away like a hundred posts?? Yes people are complaining but come on, stop scrolling after 50 then!! Why destroy it for everyone else that thought #90 was funny? Seriously. Idiots.
Pretty Pangolin 6 years ago
The extra items are still accessible by clicking the link at the bottom of the shorter article.
Load More Replies... Hi! 6 years ago
Okay, why do we need over 100 posts (maybe this is just me) but I get to about maybe 50 and then skip down to the comments session. Like @Carol Emory said some just get week aswell.
SirPatTheCat 6 years ago
Well usually they cut it down after a couple of hours to the top 30-50 pictures because of what you’re talking about, but many people (including myself) actually like reading the whole thing (judging by amount we complained before they added the button to see the whole post after they cut it down).
Load More Replies... Celine Marcotte 6 years ago
Found that in my parent's souvenir. Sadly ironic :( 734348_101...09834e.jpg
Full Name 6 years ago
Holy s**t. I'm amazed that's not a viral photo. Wow.
Load More Replies... Christina Ciccarelli 6 years ago
This was on the whole, one of the most hateful things ever posted on Bored Panda, as a conservative, I deal with a lot of sporadic insult on this page because of liberal bias, but honestly people should be ashamed of themselves. Free speech is out the window in this country because people like you think it's ok to ostracize, harass and even brutalize people for their opinions. Disgusting.
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