The internet, for better or worse, can be a great reminder that we often do have a lot in common with other humans, like it or not. One of the best ways to see that in action is humor, where shared experiences really do showcase how some things can feel universal.
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I'm 42 and have completely changed my life over the last 5 years. I've never been more comfortable in my own skin!
Social media platforms like Twitter (or X if you want to be annoying) are most often the cacophonous echo chambers of trolls, perpetual hot takes, and the occasional misinformation surge. And in all the noise, the same websites excel at one thing: making instant, shareable connections with bite-sized chunks of content.
A single tweet can both express exactly how you're feeling when your alarm clock isn't working, or capture the collective anxiety of Monday morning traffic. In that moment, you know you're not alone to feel the little absurdities of life.
Us folks With children do the same plus trying to bribe the mini persons to do them
Some of Twitter's wizardry lies in its immediacy. When a breaking news event occurs, the users do not wait for finished analysis, instead, they riff on the moment with broken-witted one-liners, memes, and fragmented humor. These bursts of quick response summarize complicated events in human scale.
My husband and I were having an argument and I got kind of loud and started to cry and my orange cat jumped up on me with her front paws on my chest and started licking my face. I stopped arguing long enough to say, "Look at her licking my face! She's trying to comfort me!" And, then the argument was over. You just can't argue when your cat does that.
Non you need a backpack or a suitcase for that, it won't fit in pockets.
Load More Replies...No silly that's where we carry our arsenal and our snacks.
Load More Replies...My 12yo daughter says boys/mens pants have deeper pockets so they can scratch their balls
I have to agree with Ahnjunwan - since when is sexism humorous?
I think a lot of self appointed "alpha males" carry a lot of ARROGANCE.
We need pockets because we don't carry purses to store all our junk.
If you are anything like my brother in law, he just asks my sister to carry his stuff.
Load More Replies...Whether it's a joke regarding a movie cliffhanger or an ironic remark on traffic detours, those immediate posts confirm our own feelings and ideas, making us feel connected to an international conversation. Twitter's limit on characters requires ingenuity. With a mere 280 characters to work with, users become professionals at cutting their comedy down to size and getting straight to the essence of what they must say.
That limitation causes tweets to become little brain teasers: how do you express frustration with an over-complex coffee machine or pandemic-driven Zoom faux pas in as few words as possible? The result is a stream of crisp, snappy commentary that adds up to a shared diary of modern life.
Relatability also emanates from the platform's depth of voices. You can scroll from the tech engineer's complaint about software updates to the parent's middle-of-the-night story of diaper blowouts, and nod in understanding at both. Experts and celebrities and activists and regular folks coexist in the same streams. Democratization occurs so anyone, anywhere, can strike upon the exact words or images that resonate through culture and background.
Memes and GIFs amplify that feeling of shared experience. The on-point response GIF, "this is fine" dog in a burning building or Kermit sipping tea, is able to capture an emotional tone where no paragraph ever could. Because these images move so easily from one person to another, they are community shorthand for all the ills of the office or relationship quirks. Finding the right GIF is like finding the friend who gets your joke without having to define it.
True, speed and brevity cost Twitter. Nuance is lost within character limits, and rash responses feed misunderstanding. But it's that very unpolished, unvarnished edge which makes the content so immediate and authentic. In an age of feed-curation, where every tweet is checked and double-checked before sending, the muddle typo, the off-kilter metaphor, or the late-night rant serves as an immediate reminder that there are real human beings behind every post.
Absolutely! You cannot break a pinky promise. BUT for it to be truly serious you have to hook pinkies kiss your thumb, they kiss theirs and kinda twist tips of kissed thumbs together as you release pinkies. Best I can explain it. Pinky swear sealed w a kiss I suppose. You're a giant pos if you go back on that kinda pinkie swear.
Flawed as it is, Twitter, and the social media universe at large, thrives on our shared humanity. It captures every little irritation, every burst of happiness, and every passing thought and makes it an opportunity to connect. And in the passing waves of recognition and LOLs showered in return, we find comfort, laughter, and the comforting sense that, however chaotic life gets, we're all having the same experience.
They aren’t always picking someone they like. That’s how.
This morning I had a bad and quite painful allergic/intolerance reaction to something that I ate. Shall I continue? 😉
Hey, I'm thrilled to find out someone remembers something personal about me! Makes me feel seen and valued
In which cases it's usually rather acidic and not terribly tasty. But often necessary if you want to eventually feel better.
Anyone else put a straw into the bucket of popcorn and then pour the "butter" down the straw to make sure there's grease all throughout the popcorn?
That'll be my mother, 45 minutes of woe, followed by "anyway it doesn't really matter and I don't want you to worry".
Maybe in that universe you got charged with a s s a u l t.
How is this creepy? You suddenly realise that the brat you always fought with, has just seemingly overnight blossomed into a swan from being an ugly duckling. I think you're reading all the wrong things into this statement Hugh and Julia.
Why is this a problem? It could have been a really long drive. If I pick my husband up from the airport I'd expect him to drive back unless the flight had been hard. If he picked me up, he would like me to drive for a while too.
I wouldn't say I'm gorgeous, but I do get unexplained bruises. My mum and sister are the same, just bruise easily, and often get distracted/have bad spatial awareness, hen forget it happening.
I do own a lot of pajama pants from when I was in high school, but they're in my "mending box". Which is basically where I put clothes that need mending and I pretend that I'm going to do that...some...day...
Blessed the internet with their humor? Not so much, a lot of men bad, the usual menthal health whining. Overall not very funny
Situation normal then? Panda comments as usual, well up to scratch.
Load More Replies...Hmm, what's with the notification thingy saying "Empty Empty World" until you've refreshed the page a half dozen times? 🤷🏻♀️
Now it's just not saying anything other than Empty Empty World, and even more amusingly tapping the little settings cogwheel shows no options whatsoever. 🤔 Need to give the admin some caffeine, I think...
Load More Replies...Blessed the internet with their humor? Not so much, a lot of men bad, the usual menthal health whining. Overall not very funny
Situation normal then? Panda comments as usual, well up to scratch.
Load More Replies...Hmm, what's with the notification thingy saying "Empty Empty World" until you've refreshed the page a half dozen times? 🤷🏻♀️
Now it's just not saying anything other than Empty Empty World, and even more amusingly tapping the little settings cogwheel shows no options whatsoever. 🤔 Need to give the admin some caffeine, I think...
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