This Facebook Group Is All About “Science Humor”, Here Are 50 Of Their Most Hilarious Posts (New Pics)
Remember how your high school science teacher would say that science can be fun? That meant either lab work or a group assignment, which for many kids was just as far from the definition of fun as preparing for a science class test.
Fast forward to today, and things have changed. Many young adults appreciate the things they never did, find new hobbies and passions, develop a sense of nostalgia, and realize they were always a nerd to begin with…
So in order to show you exactly how nerdy we all are deep down, we present you the “Science Humor” Facebook group devoted to posting the best science-related laughs, cartoons, puns, jokes, japes, antics, and you name it!
With a whopping 1.2M members, the group is basically a powerhouse blending education, knowledge and internet comedy. Below we wrapped up some of the funniest and most recent posts from the page to treat your inner nerd, so scroll down!
After you’re done, be sure to check out our previous feature with more jokes from Science Humor right here.
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You may wonder why some people find science jokes and memes funny while others couldn’t care less about them. Well, it all comes down to a broader question of why and how people find particular things funny. Previously, Bored Panda spoke with a British neuroscientist and Wellcome Trust Senior Fellow at University College London, Sophie Scott. Scott has been investigating the cognitive neuroscience of voices, speech and laughter, particularly speech perception, speech production, vocal emotions, and human communication. So she shed light on this amusing topic!
Turns out, the first requirement for something to be received as funny is that people need to understand that joke, pun, saying, or meme. But how do we do that? Well, Scott argues that it comes down to the intended meaning that makes a particular thing funny.
“One simple thing about not getting a joke is not realizing that it's a joke at all, assuming that someone is being serious and saying something stupid,” the professor explained.
Moreover, it’s not as easy as it looks. Hence, so many badly received jokes that land the joker eyerolls, or cringe at most. “It often has to do with as much the person telling the joke or where the joke is coming from, as the content of a joke,” Scott explained, adding that in order for the joke to be received as such, the audience needs to be aware of the fact that it is a joke.
Do you remember downloading a large file and hitting 99%? The relief when it reached 100% was palpable.
Or your sister picked up the extension phone in the kitchen and started dialing her best friend's number. That frustration was palpable too.
Load More Replies...Yeah, why is it I can now download a game/video/file/whatever in 10 minutes that would have taken me days (weeks?!) 25 years ago, but websites still take the same amount of time to load?!
I remember deciding to upgrade to Windows 95 even though I loved 3.1 a year later than my friends and got a major upgrade first. Crowd of us stood round, popped in the disc then went to get a cup of tea. Came back in - sad to see nothing happening. Took ages to realise it had finished.
Load More Replies...Somewhat unrelated BUT does anybody else relate to patiently waiting for a website to load, finally rage quitting it, and then seeing the website FINALLY load just as you hit the "quit" button? PAIN, my friend. PAIN.
Yes. I was in 1st grade and I wasn't feeling. My teacher sent me to the administration office so I could call my mom. The lady at the desk put her rotary phone in my reach and I just stared at it. Finally asked her how to use it. She showed me, and when my mom got to the school to pick me up, I asked her why we didn't have a cool "spinny" phone.
Load More Replies...When I was a kid and we got our first home dial-up connection, I would take a book with me into the study so I could read while I waited for each page to load. I got through half my Terry Pratchett collection that way.
Yeah but, do you have a computer so slow that it takes up to 30 SECONDS between right clicking on a desktop icon and the drop down menu to open APPEARING! I kid you not.
This is because now... It's their fault, not you and your dial up.
I did quit my last cell phone company because they said they may throttle data after 40gb, at 39.99 it dropped to 120kbs... Sure it's twice as fast as dial up. BUT FU*************K IS THAT SLOW.!!
Load More Replies...Downloading porn via dial-up is the reason I can now sustain an erection for over 5hrs ;)
What makes things funny shouldn’t be rocket science but there are multiple complex theories about it. One of them is “the idea that sometimes you laugh because it makes you feel better about yourself, you feel superior to tell the joke.”
Another theory argues that “you laugh because there’s some sort of complexity set up and then it’s resolved and that’s part of getting the joke.”
Scott also argues that the reason we laugh often has to do with “some kind of taboo” which is perceived as acceptable when mentioned in the joke context. On other occasions, “we laugh because laughter is a behavior associated in humans and other mammals with play,” Scott explained.
At the same time, the most important role for saying (writing) and receiving jokes is a pretty straightforward one–“just to be playful and you’re kind of acknowledging that and what has been done for you in the name of the play.”
It’s important to note that according to Scott, jokes have less to do with our absolute personalities (so don’t jump to conclusions about a person if they find or don’t find your joke funny!) and more with who we are and our life experiences. Scott argues that the things we find funny may also be directly influenced by the relationship with the person who’s telling the joke.
How she still got a hand? Mine would have fallen off about halfway through!
12? Half the time my 4-5 person teams for group projects in school can't all do what they're supposed to on time.
If you make your point with an axe, it's hard to question your views
Note: this post originally had 127 images. It’s been shortened to the top 50 images based on user votes.
I'll be sending my opticians bill straight to Bored Panda for the very bad screen shot and pastes on this thread ... ouch
I'd love to know why the tracks of a sliding shower door ONLY catch your little toe. Mine is a wonderful shade of black and blue. Again. And that whole thing is getting torn out today and replaced with a shower curtain today
Most I have ever laughed out loud scrolling through Panda posts! I don't care if they're repeats when they're funny and smart.
This is by far the funniest selection I have ever read on BP. Thank you!
I'll be sending my opticians bill straight to Bored Panda for the very bad screen shot and pastes on this thread ... ouch
I'd love to know why the tracks of a sliding shower door ONLY catch your little toe. Mine is a wonderful shade of black and blue. Again. And that whole thing is getting torn out today and replaced with a shower curtain today
Most I have ever laughed out loud scrolling through Panda posts! I don't care if they're repeats when they're funny and smart.
This is by far the funniest selection I have ever read on BP. Thank you!