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This Online Group Is Dedicated To Posts That Escalated Quickly, Here Are 30 Of The Funniest
One moment a person is advising others to give themselves time off and ignore voicemail, the next he's saying they should burn their house down. Things can go from 0 to 100 in a heartbeat. And when they do, they end up on the subreddit r/ThatEscalatedQuickly.
Inspired by a classic meme, this online community might not be the biggest (it has 16K members) but 9 years after its creation, these folks are still active and constantly share new, surprising content. Below you will find some of their all-time most upvoted posts. Enjoy!
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#1
I'm Sorry, What?
Caffeinated Hedgehog 4 years ago
And then in another room, the TV kept changing channels for no reason at all
Rissie 4 years ago
That's cause he's delivering the remote. "NOW PUUUUSH".
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SPQRBob 4 years ago
From the day we arrive on the planet -- And blinking, step into the sun -- There's more to see than can ever be seen -- More to do than can ever be done --
Autumn 4 years ago
There's far too much to take in here. More to find than can ever be found. But the sun rolling high, through the sapphire sky, keeps great and small on the endless round!!
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Brandon Marlowe 4 years ago
My Mom deleted my World of Warcraft account and I had a complete meltdown. Give me a break.
According to the famous internet culture catalog Know Your Meme, the quote "That escalated quickly" was originally heard in a scene from the 2004 comedy film Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, in which the main character and his colleagues discuss their previous encounter of a violent midday brawl with the rival KQHS Channel 9 evening news team.
Along with many other memorable lines from the movie, Ron Burgundy's afterthought quickly spread to various comedy and movie forums, as well as comment sections under news articles and other places as a general notion that something has gone out of control quickly.
We reached out to the subreddit's moderators and one of them, u/zzcolby, was kind enough to have a friendly chat. They said that what makes a 'quick escalation' captivating are "mainly something wholesome or innocent becoming the complete opposite within a very short amount of time."
"Usually, said twist is morbid or sexual in nature," u/zzcolby told Bored Panda. "One example I remember is a post about bread hamsters that starts off focusing on how cute the designs are, before quickly devolving into graphic detail about eating them. Another popular post type are situations that start off completely normal, then instantly turn chaotic."
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#2
Top 5 In The World...
#3
This Sign
That_One_Harry_Potter_Nerd 4 years ago (edited)
I wonder what would happen if you actually brought in gold or goats as payment
#4
That Took A Turn... Masks Required
CharliAnn Olney 4 years ago
This "Killing Granma" nonsense has been going on for almost two years now. Is this what the rest of our lives looks like? China 2 America 0
Psychologist and relationship consultant James Creighton, Ph. D., agrees that people tend to blow things out of proportion, and said there is even a predictable pattern to this phenomenon in our interaction.
"Escalation is triggered when someone feels poked, threatened, or put down," Creighton wrote in Psychology Today, adding this may be something very small when you look back at it.
"Almost immediately people go to the first escalating behavior: blaming and accusing," he continued. "One thing that starts escalation is a lot of 'you messages' — 'you did this,' 'you did that.'"
Blaming and accusing usually don't solve the conflict but leads to the second stage of escalation, which is name-calling. "In addition to calling her lazy for leaving the cap off the toothpaste, Dennis may say that Theresa is irresponsible. Theresa may call Dennis a 'bastard,' a 'jerk,' and [so on.]"
#5
In 30 Days You Will Be Unrecognizable
River Webb 4 years ago
no sugar is a bit excessive, but everything else is manageable in my opinion
Paola Barbosa 4 years ago
I already knew I wouldn't be able to do this when I read " sleep 8+ hours" LOL
ElenaK 4 years ago (edited)
I do it all and it is not working. But I just realize that I skip number 7, so next time I will do it right!
Bisexual Tiger 4 years ago
Same, but I always skip #8 instead of 7. I’ll do better today!
Load More Replies... Emmydearest 4 years ago
Yes yes but when do I have the time to do all that? And the money? I mean, I work 50 hours a week, I'm not a celebrity. I don't have an entire staff that attends to all my personal needs: a chef, a personal trainer, a make-up artist, a hair stylist, a beautician, an assassin trained in the skillful art of scalping, a complicit surgeon that can master the delicate surgical procedure of reattaching a new face, a stylist, a dietician... It's so easy to be healthy and beautiful when you're rich, isn't it?
#6
Give Yourself Permission
Allen Lavine 4 years ago
Of anyone is thinking about doing this please let me get all your ice cream first
Catlady6000 4 years ago
i have so often wanted to do this exact thing! I even have a detailed plan
#7
0-100 In Record Time
Nixxy 4 years ago
Slwo and steady wins the race, this just backs me up. Unless he was actually TRYING to kill them, in which case go as fast as possible
Samantha Lomb 4 years ago
This was pre anesthesia. You DID NOT want a surgeon taking his time
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Seanette Blaylock 4 years ago
According to his Wikipedia article, on another occasion, he amputated the patient's testicles along with his leg. EEEEK!!!
As I mentioned before, r/ThatEscalatedQuickly isn't the biggest of subreddits. However, its members revisit it regularly. "I think people like to come back because it's such a small community that's generally free of off-topic reposts," u/zzcolby explained. "The reason it's small is that it's very similar to much bigger subs like r/WhatCouldGoWrong. Strange considering the sub's name is directly taken from a famous Anchorman quote."
The moderator said that "due to it being such a small sub, the community is pretty serene and doesn't get into much in-fighting." So if that sounds like a fun setting to click around (honestly, why wouldn't it?), consider joining r/ThatEscalatedQuickly yourself!
#8
Son Is Taller Than Dad
Michelle M 4 years ago
Kinda looks like the dad. Same nose, hair, smile and squint. That doesn't prove paternity of course. I bet the 'geneticist' is a party pooper.
ElenaK 4 years ago
Also why can't the mother just be tall but she has to be a cheater?
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Seabeast 4 years ago
I had a coworker who was very tall and had giants and giantesses for siblings. One day I ran into her with her family and met her mother, who was about 5'-3". Couldn't believe she birthed such tall people.
Lee Kerr 3 years ago
I’m 4’10, my shortest child is my daughter at 5’8, my tallest my older son at 6’2. Their dad was 5’9
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Grace Note 4 years ago
Either his dad is Mickey Rooney or he could get work as a Mickey Rooney looky likey!
#9
Wait... No, That's Not What I Meant
Riley Quinn 4 years ago
Do whatever you want is the mantra of seniors. At this stage, I don't give a f^ck about anyone's opinions.
Zedrapazia 4 years ago
I was born in 2000 but grew up like someone from the 1990ties. I don't regret nothing
Samantha Lomb 4 years ago
The last execution by Guillotine occurred in 1977
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Finger
Janet C 4 years ago
Now he REALLY knows how a girl feels when she gets an unwanted compliment.
LittleMissLotus 4 years ago
I don't think the last bit is actually part of the tweet, the font is a little bigger and darker
Roxy Eastland 4 years ago
Now you know how girls feel when random men start complimenting them . . .
#11
End It
Anonymous 4 years ago
The United States huge military budget could probably get us one
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Callie Bowers 4 years ago
they should really re-vamp the series. I loved Invader Zim!
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Damn You Think She’d Know How By Now
Bobert Robertson 4 years ago
he was just going skirty skirty on the birdy birdy
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Philly Bob Squires 4 years ago
This would be me... Mr Can't Take A Hint. LOL Her: "Honey... I just shaved all of my lady bits... you know what that means??" Me: Yeah, the drain is clogged with hair!" And that's when the fight started...
Crep 105 3 years ago
Or maybe he knew exactly what she meant and responded with something that's implying she needs to slow down.
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Relationship Goals
Panda Mona 4 years ago
Plato's Symposium, the Speech of Aristophanes: In prehistoric times there were androgynous, i.e. bisexual beings. They were spherical in shape and had two heads and two necks, four arms and four legs, and two genitals. They were strong, confident beings. When they became too powerful for Zeus, he smashed the double beings in the middle. God Apollo healed the cuts by constricting their bellies, creating the navel. The new two-legged beings did nothing but look for another half, desperately cling to them. Their longing for the lost part was so great that they forgot to eat and died. Zeus took pity and had their private parts moved forward so that they could obtain sexual satisfaction ...
Randy Klefbeck 4 years ago
I know exactly where that photo was taken. Just above that guys part in his hair, is Half Dome in Yosemite valley, and they are a few feet from the Tioga Pass hwy in California.
#14
Sing Us A Song You're The Piano Man
River Webb 4 years ago
haha should try this on my crush, maybe they'll get enough brain damage and actually like me
El muerto 4 years ago
start small, with a recorder, and build up until the desire effect is achieved. going full piano could make you look desperate
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Bobert Robertson 4 years ago
Maybe this is why they call it a crush - because the piano would crush them
not your average weirdo 4 years ago
My crush has the same name as me so... Maybe I'll just yeet a piano
Tobias the Tiger 4 years ago
I actually tried reading it to the tune of "Piano Man". It kinda worked until that last bit.
#15
How Am I Driving?
#16
That Was A Steady Escalation If I’ve Ever Seen One
#17
Steal Of A Deal
Panda Mona 4 years ago
Girlfriend fell of cliff? Was she very next to you? Next enough to push ...
Parmeisan 4 years ago
I feel like she actually said no and he just didn't want to discuss it with every potential buyer, so... that would track.
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Jack Sparrow House
A B C 4 years ago (edited)
This one is friggin' hilarious, yet sadly, it's fake: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/jack-sparrow-house-quibi/
Erika 4 years ago
Too bad. I think this might be reality TV I would watch.
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chuck.dont.surf 4 years ago
Immediately googled this and was disappointed to find out it's not a thing
Marcellus II 4 years ago
If you have convictions for sexual crimes, especially against minors, you often in the US get a specified distance you must keep from places where kids gather --- schools, playgrounds, ... .
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Isn't This A Little Excessive For Losing A Pen?
Bisexual Tiger 4 years ago
1. Lose your charger… 50. Find it underneath your pillow during your last second
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Jing Yi Xu 4 years ago
I thought at the get skinny stage you become a supermodel and then you get money and then marry a billionaire...then I'll try to lose all the pens...
bee_ 4 years ago
Well. Skinny doesn't necessarily mean ugly and no lover or children doesn't necessarily mean you're alone and being alone doesn't necessarily mean you get depression.
Vicky Z 4 years ago
Also no pen doesn't necessarily mean no notes! You can use a pencil
Load More Replies... Peter Kelly 4 years ago
This person didn't lose their pen, they just wore it out in a matter of days...
#20
Comment On A Hamster Video
Bobert Robertson 4 years ago
Well that's not good. Hopefully they were joking, and hopefully someone cared enough to ask
#21
Oh No
#22
Grover Takes Food Very Seriously
helen anderson 4 years ago
Oh! The little blue man who when he met up with Grover in some situation Grover would make the man's life miserable! I totally forgot about him! Have not thought about him in years!!I love the little situations they had on Sesame Street.. one of the things they had that made me laugh alot ! I recall they had bunch of them in the 70s when I was little! They had a bunch of restaurant ones. Which the sill showed when my kids were little.The one where the man was at the park Grover would start bugging him about something. It had to do something about a sandwich I think.The elevator one where the man was trying to go up and Grover hopping all over talking up and down and the one with the in and out doors where Grover would always go though the wrong door and run into the poor man. If I was the little blue man and saw Grover anywhere near me I would the opposite direction!!! And run!! 🤭
Niall Mac Iomera 4 years ago
It's none. A beverage is something you drink. Broth is water flavoured with meat or veggies. A sauce is a thickened liquid used to enhance other foods. The milk is none of these.
#23
I Don't Think He Understood The Question
Luther von Wolfen 4 years ago
I want to meet her. We might not work as a couple, but I bet she'd be fun.
Katherine Boag 4 years ago
Yeah fr I'd be turned off, but deffo would be an interesting conversation
Load More Replies... Michelle M 4 years ago
My biggest fear was sitting on the toilet sit and a cobra attacking me from inside. That was when I was younger. Now I'm afraid of cockroaches.
Belandriel 4 years ago
I don't know why, but I find your comment kind of cute... Totally ignoring the batshit crazy post xD
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Randy Klefbeck 4 years ago
That wouldn't be a turn off.......that would be dying of a full on heart attack out of sheer horrific terror.
#24
Some Heavy Metal Right There
Fred the rat king 4 years ago
W-W-what the f—k I fight over people being racist,sexist,homophobic but this is nuts
DrGirlfriend 4 years ago
I'm in a hospital waiting room laughing so hard at this s**t, I look like an a$$hole aahahaa
#25
I Too Enjoy Collapsing The Universe
Marcellus II 4 years ago
Since when it the universe infinite though? Unbounded, but not infinite.
Henry Cheves 4 years ago
We don't actually know! We can't see the entire universe, so any edge or infinity theories have no real evidence.
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Celtic Pirate Queen 4 years ago
I like the number of f*cks I have left to give. Much more my style.
Marnie 4 years ago
But adding zero to something equals the something. There is no change: 1 + 0 = 1. 2 + 0 =2, and so ong.
4 years ago
To the end like 5 becomes 50, 62 becomes 620, etc (so in math terms, multiplying by 10)
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This Amazon Review For Cookies And Cream Pocky
Marco Conti 4 years ago
How did 7 people find this helpful? Is this a common thing? Pockis and stalking?
#27
Just A Regular Day At The Saloon...
Hilary Mol 4 years ago
"What's new at your local saloon? You can now watch wildlife up close while you sip your Old-Timey Western Movie Whiskey and enjoy a haircut. We'll have more about that tonight at eleven."
s. vitkovitsky 4 years ago
"Salon," unless this is an Old West drinking bar with dancin' girls and gunslingers.
Michelle M 4 years ago (edited)
'I wanted a fur cut because it was date night with the wifey but they all ran from me. Now the wifey is saying that I no longer put any efforts in our relationship. Poor customer service. Will definitely not go there again. -0.3/10.'
#28
M8 Sold An Xbox
classbag 4 years ago
I think the person is probably joking based on so many people trying to use this tactic seriously.
Load More Replies... Just saying 4 years ago
Stop promising your kids things you have no control over obtaining, either because they are being offered for sale publicly and others may have got there first, or the other common theme in these type of threads, you don't actually have the cash that the seller wants.
Seanette Blaylock 4 years ago
Maybe don't tell the kid about the item until it is in your possession, Karen?
yelsnia_forever 4 years ago
This is FAKe look at the dates and time. It’s one of those fake text things too, I recognize it. Haha sucker but still kinda.funny
#29
Thought This Would Also Fit Here
#30
At Least Buy A Guy Dinner First
#31
Welp, That Happened
Ba Loeloe 4 years ago
Even if you don't know what Roblox exactly is, it's funny.
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#32
Damn White People And Their *Shuffles Deck* Ability To Walk In Rain
Susie Elle 4 years ago (edited)
Sorry for being born :( Also it rains like 80% of the time in the Netherlands so you learn to phasewalk between the drops.
Casey McAlister 4 years ago
Yeah, I remember I stopped being afraid of rain after I bathed in that big bloodshed in 1324. I was so young. so naive...
Anne 4 years ago
Most of us have been servants to the few rich (blood shed bathing ones this lady refers to and pissed on or vomited on etc so often, a little rain just feels like a free shower :)
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Donkey boi 4 years ago
I always say that on the west coast of Ireland we get rain 375 days a year! Got no choice BUT to walk in it!
Scott Moore 4 years ago
Sorry honey. Not made of s**t so I can walk in the rain without melting. You have an umbrella?
BlackPearltheSeaWing/NightWing 4 years ago
I literally just walked through the rain to get to my school, completely ignoring my poncho and umbrella.
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-your_demon_grunkle 4 years ago (edited)
11 words: Roses are red, cacti are prickly, holy shi that escalated quickly
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11 words: Roses are red, cacti are prickly, holy shi that escalated quickly
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