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If we can help make someone—even a single person—laugh and brighten up their day, we consider that a total win. Laughter brings about a ton of benefits. It helps reduce stress, strengthens our immune systems, and provides us a physical and emotional release. Moreover, it helps distract us from unpleasant things (hello, inflation), gives us a more lighthearted perspective during hard times, and even helps us connect with others. Luckily, there’s plenty of laughter to be found online. And one popular Instagram account is a goldmine of hilarity.

‘The Funny Introvert’ boasts 2.7 million followers and brings brilliant bits of comedy to people’s feeds around the globe. And though some of the jokes, memes, and social media posts might be partly related to introversion, there’s no real unifying theme: the Instagram page collects awesome jokes on a wide variety of topics. The name of the account refers more to the founder of the awesome project than the content itself.

We’ve collected their best posts to share with you, so go on, Pandas, scroll down and have yourself a good giggle. Upvote the pics that made you laugh the most. And if you enjoyed the gags, send them to your pals to brighten up their day. Oh, and if you’re in need of a second pick-me-up, you’ll find Bored Panda’s earlier article about the humorous ‘The Funny Introvert’ project right here.

Bored Panda was curious about the shortening lifespan of online trends, why certain things become part of internet culture and others don't, and how mass access to the net has changed our lives, so we reached out to pop culture and entertainment expert Mike Sington, from LA. Read on to see what he told us.

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"Internet and social media trends are much more short-lived today then they were a decade ago because the sheer volume of them has increased so tremendously," pop culture expert Mike agreed with Bored Panda that trends don't last as long as they used to in the past.

"Our attention is being bombarded by internet trends constantly now from multiple platforms. As humans we have a finite ability to focus, which limits how much time a trend will last," he said.

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

Followed by 'oh, i've got so much time to get ready', but still end up in a mad panic and turn up late

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We were interested to get Mike's opinion on why certain things end up being integral and long-lasting parts of internet culture while others are forgotten as quickly as they are posted.

Here's what he had to say: "For something to become part of internet culture, it has to resonate with us almost immediately. Something humorous or inspiring will most often do it today because people are craving moments of happiness and inspiration."

Meanwhile, anything less lighthearted can end up being ignored. "Serious content is more likely to be filed to the back of our brain, with 'an I’ll get to that later' attitude."

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

Omg why is this so true? I hate watching movies so much I'd rather read the summary off the Wikipedia, but I'll happily watch a 22-episode long season nonstop.

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In Mike's opinion, mass access to the internet has "tremendously" changed our lives for the better. "Think about it, no matter where you are, you can find out just about anything. To have that ability is almost magical." And yet, with great power...

"But it also comes with responsibility. It’s up to you to be selective in what you’re taking in on the internet, and even when to shut it off."

Ronald Rrusti, the person behind ‘The Funny Introvert’ social media project, shares on his website that he is a writer, meme enthusiast, and entrepreneur.

He’s very true to the name of his Instagram account. Earlier, he told Bored Panda that he prefers not to be in the spotlight, as he’s an introvert and everything. Instead, he prefers to give credit to others. Specifically, the people whose posts he features on his account.

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

Ha! I always want to shake people with such idiotic ideas. As a teacher, I've worked way more at home than when giving physical classes.

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Most of the jokes shared by ‘The Funny Introvert’ are pretty clear. However, not everyone gets every single joke. Some quips go flying way above our heads. And even though we laugh along with everyone else, inside our heads, we’re trying to do some serious humor calculations.

Comedy writer and stand-up comedy expert Ariane Sherine, from the UK, tackled the topic of not getting jokes in a previous interview with Bored Panda.

"Depending on the situation, it either means you’re not privy to knowledge you need to understand the joke, or it just means your brain doesn’t work in the way it needs to in order to understand that particular type of humor," she explained to us why we might sometimes not get the joke.

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

40. Then you start looking around and everyone is younger than you

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Reviewer UK01
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You become astounded to learn that the people you assumed were teenagers are in fact 25 year old adults

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

My father was 97 in an old peoples' home complaining that every one else there was old...

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James G. Currie
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

State of mind...all a state of mind. Dad doesn't think he's old, so to him, he's not! :) Hope I have that mentality at that age!

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

For me it was quite early - I was maybe 32 and the attending doctor in the ER was obviously younger than me. Not a student, a goddamn fully-grown doctor!

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

When doctors, dentists and policemen all look waaaaaaay to young to be on the job

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

For me it was when I realized anybody born after Y2K is old enough to drink now.

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Bgray450
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What's even better is when you go to school reunions and think "OMG these old farts look ANCIENT! Glad I don't look like that!" Uh, yeah you do.

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

As a friend once said, you know you're getting old when all the pro athletes are younger than you. Now I say you know you're old when all the team owners are younger than you.

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

My boss is not only younger than me, she's younger than my favourite pair of shoes (in my defence, they are a classic Ravel 80s stiletto, that I can't actually walk in any more without a fortnight of practice)

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

When you go out on a bar and you're really happy when the owner tells you the bar closes at 11, and you can go home. I run home like I never run before.

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

I'm 35 later this year, I was 25 when I got "sir"ed the first time by an 18ish year old cashier and I felt old... then having your 17 year younger cousin asking you what a beeper and payphone is will crush your soul

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

When I was 50 and had to stay at hospital for a few days. Every Doctor looked like Doogie Howser to me.

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

When you refuse to open your mouth because the 12 year old who replaced your old dentist has no business approaching anyone's face with a drill.

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

It's never more depressing when you look around for an adult and then realize YOU are the adult.

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

The worst - at a high school reunion and wondering who the hell all these old people are...lol

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

If you're the oldest living person in the entire world, that means that every single person that was before you is dead. Safe to say, there's your answer lol

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

Wait a minute! That (fill in famous actor's name) is younger than me?

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

OR MORE MATURE? LOL I AM AND ALWAYS WILL BE A LITTLE KID AT HEART, MAKING FUN OUT OF STUPID THINGS AND BEING GROSS. LOL

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

I'm so like "Look at that old man!" and then after a pause, "Holy c**p, he's probably younger than me."

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

I feel this. I'm almost 28, but I was always the youngest in my class in school/college (birthday September 4th and I didn't wait an extra year to start), so it's weird how now there are coworkers that are younger than me.

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

With me it was 35. I was finally able to go to college and was horrified to find that one of my professors was three years younger than me!

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

OMG - this!! -and Rae’s comment below… middle age is like wtf the whole way around. Oy.

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

I am wondering about when I realize that sport is too childish for me. Still many main players are in my age but after 5 years, every stars will be younger than me.

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

When I was in my early 40's and went to my class reunion I was shocked at how old everyone looked. That's when I realized I'm getting old. I'm 56 and okay with my age but so many people are younger than me.

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

I'm 45 and still assume the adults around me are older. Aside from most in their 20s and they all look to be around 14 to me!

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

Probably the same age my mom was whenever she started referring to college students as "kids".

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

This! I still assume anyone with grey hair is older than me, and I know that's wrong. My hubs started greying at 30 and I'm now pushing 40

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

I'm 41 and not there yet...but I still have grandparents alive in their 90s. My parents recently went to a family reunion on my dad's side where my dad and his cousins were the oldest generation for the first time. When they got home, my dad relayed this to me with a look of shock on his face. He's 74 and I think it had just hit him!

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

Then at 55 you realize some of those old people are younger- they just have a shorter shelf life genetically

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

At 50, most adults seem to be kids if they don't have grey hair.

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

You won't see any "adults" - it'll be just you surrounded by a bunch of "kids."

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

My father was in his eighties and belonged to a men's singing group. He used to say 'We're going to sing for the old people.'

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

Never. I answer the door and my wife's says "Who was it?" and I say "Some old man or woman" and after she finds out who they were she tells me they are younger than me.

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

I just turned 30, and I have started to feel this a little. I like watching some streamers and was surprised when I learned that a lot of them are younger than me. I guess I shouldn't have been surprised as streamers are likely to be younger than older, but it still surprised me nevertheless.

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

Teach young adults as I do (I'm 30). You'll become aware of your own age waaaay too soon lol

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According to her, there’s really no reason to be worried if we miss some jokes. The humor expert highlighted the fact that not even comedy professionals ‘get’ every single quip. "Stuff goes over my head occasionally too and I’m a comedian!" she said.

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

And another five to complain and cry when you can’t figure it out but you are so close

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Our ability to get jokes is partly down to how we’re wired, and partly due to the type of humorous content we’re exposed to when growing up.

"Babies find a lot of things funny, so it’s partly innate. But for jokes like puns, you definitely need a firm grasp of language, and for political satire, you of course need an understanding of politics,” the comedy expert said.

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When it comes to actually telling a good joke, the responsibility doesn’t rest just on the comedian’s or the audience’s shoulders. It’s a shared experience.

"It really depends on the joke and how it’s told. People can’t be expected to get badly-told jokes where the setup or punchline is mangled, but if the joke’s told well, it’s not necessarily the comic’s fault if another person doesn’t get it," she said.

"Humor can be quite a niche and individual thing, but if a joke regularly falls flat most comics will drop it from their sets."

Comedy expert Ariane said that some people don’t get jokes because they’re not used to looking for humor in certain situations.

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

And the luck is allergic to detergent so you're not supposed to wash it apparently.

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

I hate having more than 5 tabs open in one window, and I hate bookmarking websites, so I just memorize the website name and hope I'll remember it. Oh, and I have a shitty memory.

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“Many people take life very seriously (like my mum, who can vaguely identify a joke but always laughs in the wrong place!). Alternatively, it could be the fault of the person telling the joke—the humor might be too subtle and not signposted enough,” she told Bored Panda earlier.

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

Once I was trying to get something out of my freezer and imagine a 5 pound frozen metal object falling on your big toe, worst pain I’ve ever felt and it hurt for weeks, it’s still sensitive after 8 months or so

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“There's no other way but to ask people what the joke is. Or you might want to keep it to yourself that you have an under-developed sense of humor,” she said that if you find yourself unable to ‘get’ the joke, there’s really nothing to do but to ask the comedian or someone else for an explanation.

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

don't forget about the mother bag. the big bag that you stuff the stuffed bags in

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

You know you're getting older when the grocery store caters to your taste in music.

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

Same thing but there was a scream before the disconnect - that's not friendship.

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

Now my age shows painfully: that's so you can have your laundry at a 'just right for ironing' degree of moisture.

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

I once dared to say “actually I couldn’t find x” and the cashier shot me a death glare

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

The only pyramid scheme I know is the top of the pyramid is my income and the bottom is my expenses.....

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

When you can't sleep and everything just starts replaying in your mind

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