With July coming to an end, it’s time to look back at the very best things that have happened this month. There ought to have been at least a couple of memorable summer days to look back on, maybe a good concert or two, and let’s not forget books, too! Maybe you’ve read a bestseller or something that can only be considered the best of the worst.
Be that as it may, today we’re not focusing on books, nor on concerts. We want to look back at the very best that X (formerly Twitter) had to offer, so today we’re shedding light on the best X posts of July. If you’re looking for some amusing or relatable content, you’re in the right place, so scroll down for the posts and enjoy.
On the list below you will also find Bored Panda’s interview with an expert in the theory and criticism of comedy, laughter, humor, and wit and Professor of Theatre Studies at the Dalhousie University, Dr. Jure Gantar, who was kind enough to answer a few of our questions on the links between humor and theater.
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My cat does the same, or starts sniffing/whisker-tickling you until you resume lol
My cat, who usually has a lovely temperament, takes a swipe with her claws if you stop too early.
Load More Replies...My oldest cat does this all the time. Like “b***h, did I say you could stop?”
Mine puts her head under my hand and 'nods' till I start patting again or puts her head under my arm and does the same...depends where my hands are when she declares 'more human'
Our dog manages to do this even when I'm already petting him. It's like "hey you've got two hands, why not use both?!"
I want to be a duck in my next live. When it's hot ouside, they just go to swim, and people bring them snacks.
When my mother in law stayed with us for two months whilst she was dying from cancer ,a pheasant would come every morning and tap on the patio door of the room she was in. The day after she died it stopped .The part I always thought amusing was that pheasant was her favourite meat
Do we have to have not had kids or can we become childless cat ladies once the kids have moved out?
For me you can be a childless cat lady anytime they're oput of your eyeline - it's the cat that's important - told to me by my cat lol
Load More Replies...To me, childless cat lady sounds more and more like a life goal. No responsibility for a nagging family but instead furry purry roommates.
Pay extra taxes, we ALREADY DO you friggen idiot. Look up Child Tax Credit, Earned Income Credit, Daycare Credit. This childless cat lady has paid more for kids than she would have if she actually HAD kids.
Preach on Cara Vinson! That’s absolute truth right there!
Load More Replies...I have kids (and nine cats) and get hella lot of things done. But, I admit, I'd get more done without the kids.
The ijit that made the "Childless Cat Lady" comment village called to say that they DON"T miss him and DON"T want him back.
It’s no secret that the internet is brimming with all sorts of humorous content. But it’s not only in the online world that people enjoy a good giggle; they tend to seek it in real life, too, by engaging in conversations with friends (some of whom might be known for their funny bone), frequenting comedy shows, or going to certain theater performances.
Discussing the latter, Professor of Theatre Studies at the Dalhousie University, an expert in the theory and criticism of comedy, Dr. Jure Gantar agreed that humor can be found in both the internet and theater, though the presentation is not always the same.
Oh it's cooler than that! It literally molded us. See, here's the thing. In general, you can have either a large brain or a large digestive system, not both. So for a while, hominid brain size was kept in check because we didn't know how to harness fire. But once we did, it was great - because cooking, aside from saving time (raw food takes ages to eat), freeing up calories, making food safer, and basically acting as a 'predigestive' system, letting energy flow to the brain and fueling an expansion in brain size. There are also theories that it's responsible for our inability to easily climb trees - hominid species used to live in nests, we think - making us nicer (as we grew more dependent on communal fires), removing the need for fur, et cetera. Darwin called it the greatest discovery in human history, save for language. But that doesn't really count as a discovery. (All information from Who Ate The First Oyster? by Cody Cassidy, paperback pages 13-24)
“In theater, humor often serves as a counterpoint to the dramatic; think of the English idiomatic expression ‘comic relief’. At the moment of great tension, humor can be used to deflate this tension temporarily and enable the audience to take a breath,” Prof. Gantar explained in a recent interview with Bored Panda.
“If there is one element that can make a performance funny, it’s any exposure of the limits of theatrical representation. A representation of death, for example, can be hilarious if the audience notices the actor is breathing even when the character is supposed to be dead.”
Al Bundy was fat and poor. Homer Simpson was considered "comically obese" and basically a loser. The guy that weights ~240 pounds, has house, two cars, (mostly) stay at home wife, goes to vacations and can spend money on beer with friends was considered a fat loser.
Never seen character who live in huge palace, have numerous cars, wear designer clothes and diamonds and claim they're poor? At least Al Bundy wasn't so obnoxious. And back then, everyone who wasn't seriously underweight was considered 'fat'.
This show was written by Harvard snobs who were making fun of the working class.
They were damned funny and hurt no one, other than prudes who deserve all the discomfort they feel so easily. If anything, they were making fun of the sanitized, idealized family sitcoms that filled prime time for preceding decades. Like Roseanne from a different angle.
Load More Replies...I obviously don't understand poor as I earn above the median wage I can only afford a small flat and can only dream of living in a house that size
In the 80's it was attainable but Al Bundy was told over the last 5 years his house doubled in value. So he won't sell for less and nobody will buy it for what he was told it's now worth.
Load More Replies...I'm 5'4" and I bet people on trains get mad when they realize my seat isn't empty
What is disturbing about that. We are not all alike, and some happen to be 6'5''.
“Humor is designed to make the spectators feel good about themselves,” the expert continued, “either because it makes them feel superior to the silly events on the stage or because it allows them to share their value system very publicly. This is one of the reasons why we occasionally laugh at jokes we didn’t understand; we want to belong to the majority who did get the punchline.”
Someone doesn't work in healthcare where we still use faxes and pagers every single day.
Medical life runs on faxes. Hard to hack, instant gratification without buffering
What kind of security do you have on your fax machine that prevents fraudsters from faxing fraudulent documents?
Load More Replies...Since when was faxing _not_ remote? Most modern printer/scanners are capable of faxing if connected to a phone line.
Grammar is important people! “Have you seen the dogs bowl?” 🎳 - “Have you seen the dog’s bowl?” 🥣 (/s)
Grammar is important, but punctuation is the issue in this case. If you're going to correct people for heaven's sake do it properly 😋
Load More Replies...I try to imagine getting on and off this thing half asleep in the middle of the night. Besides that, I want it :)
I try to imagine getting on and off this thing DRUNK AS HELL ! ! ! 🤣🤣🤣
Load More Replies...According to Prof. Gantar, the main difference between internet and theater humor is that in theater, the set-up is often not verbal but visual or even spatial. “For instance, a perpendicular wall on the stage that separates two sets of actors—but can be ignored by the audience—will act as a long-term set-up that doesn’t have to be re-established for every joke. Noises Off or The Play That Goes Wrong are two examples of plays that take advantage of the unique nature of theater as a multi-medium environment.”
And trying to explain that to people is always weird isn't it? At least it is for me!
Load More Replies...Sensory processing issues are a real trip. Now I know why I'm always accused of "shouting" when in a crowded area.
I ho really quiet and potentially cry or really angry. No in between
The weird roar in a auditorium before a show starts. Hundreds of people all talking at the same time. I'm sort of used to it but it caused a panic attack one time.
Hello darkness, my old friend, I've come to eat with you again. Because a cheese is softly creeping, Left its Brie while I was sleeping.
Swiss dreams are made of these, who am I to diss-a-brie? Sailed the world and the seven seas, everybody's looking for some cheese! (Not my original, I forget who said it first)
Load More Replies...Discussing the link between theater and humor—comedy, to be exact—The New York Times comedy critic and theater expert, Jason Zinoman pointed out that comedy “might be eating theater’s lunch”, and that one thing theater can do to ‘fight back’ is to produce more work that makes the audience giggle in their seats.
In a speech given at Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, D.C., he pointed out that comedy and theater share quite a lot, which is why many people opt for the latter instead of the former.
“It is a live art form, and the same romantic defenses you often hear of theater, you can also hear from comics—the beauty of its ephemerality, the present-tense nature of the form in a time when everyone is on screens. People who once went into the theater are now going into comedy,” the American Theatre magazine cited the expert saying.
Southerner here, can confirm. Stuff like this happens all the time, especially in rural areas.
Load More Replies...Now that's resourceful! (Do you always keep a fishing pole in your vehicle??)
Yes... But think of all that sewage in the flood water...!!
Texas is locking up women for having abortions, and then cheerily allowing school shootings. No, wait, that's Republican [sic] states in general.
Had one of those recently. Certainly was an experience. Do not recommend.
Far less painful than dying of colon cancer. I've seen two friends go through that.
Load More Replies...I've had three, and am due for another. Guys, don't get weird about it, they knock you flat out for the procedure, and you don't feel violated afterward. The prep before, on the other hand... wooooof.
Mr Auntriarch spent the weekend before his wearing a kilt, for convenience and speed
Load More Replies...They're developing a blood test for colon cancer. Pretty soon, no more probing lol.
They have prescreening kits now, but I suspect those err on the side of positive and you need more testing
Load More Replies...I slept thru mine...luckily the billing process felt like what I missed
Zinoman suggested that some of comedy’s success is related to the ticket price (which is usually lower for comedy shows than it is for theater performances) and the size of the audience it can reach. “A comedy special on HBO reaches more people than any show at the Roundabout. But that’s no longer quite as true as it once was,” he pointed out in said speech.
“Taped theater is not the same as live theater, just as taped comedy is not the same as live comedy. In both cases something is lost, but that is different than saying everything is lost and nothing is gained. Theater, like comedy, can go digital without abandoning its soul.”
I tried to get my postman to put all the junk mail straight into my wheelie bin but he weren’t having none of it...
my cat loves that he gets boxes. he's currently snoozing on a huge box that he doesn't know contains his new poop palace.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/29/us/postal-worker-hides-mail-storage-unit-trnd/index.html
Be it the internet, theater, or comedy shows that make people laugh out loud the most, nowadays they have the chance to choose the medium that they favor the most. So do people on the other side of the barricades, who are eager to produce giggle-inducing content. And while some choose to act it out on stage—be it in a theater or your local stand up comedy venue—others, such as the heroes of today’s list, opt for using X (Twitter) instead.
"Wood, plastic, insulation, carbon monoxide, carpet... WAIT CARBON MONOXIDE-" - A dead person, probably
This happened to me when Seattle had a heat dome and my apt got up to 105° 🥵. It smelled like it was gonna spontaneously combust at any time
Load More Replies...I live in Florida, it’s so hot Tarzan couldn’t even stand it if he was stark a$$ nekid!!!
I had a T-shirt in High School that said: Frodo Lives". My English teacher was the only one that got it.
That's just bros giving each other some self confidence. With a song and dance routine. Ok... maybe a bit wierd.
Clearly, since they also agree that he's also "original" and "the only one"
Load More Replies...Wait... Gaston's song from Beauty and the Beast is basically the same thing
It was the 90s, the had to slip in sex references wherever they could get away with it
Uh, George Michael had a hit song in 1987 called "I Want Your Sex" and Salt-N-Pepa had a song in 1991 called "Let's Talk About Sex"
Load More Replies...I hate redesigning. It makes my safe foods feel sketchy, and now they’re not safe
They know that, that's why changes are supposed to be gradual, or a big NEW LOOK! Somewhere on the product.
Load More Replies...Those are clearly fake brands. Not buying them.. in fact not taking them even if they are for free.
My dentist hums, a lot. He’ll be doing his thing going “hmmm HmmmMmm HHhMmm”
"That's the tune from the Toddler Shark." - Your dentist, probably
Load More Replies...My hand surgeon sings to his patients while he gives them cortisone injections. Says it takes your mind off your pain. It kinda works. He"s cool!
Dental assistant (some people shorthand/confuse anyone wearing scrubs as a nurse)
Load More Replies...this takes on a whole new meaning if you're an Australian cinephile...
Lakota is essentially my brain-AI's oldest "generated image" XD On a slightly more sobering note in that same vein, I had a friend who passed away from congenital issues in 2015, when she was 24. She was an artist and had created an entire species of dragons and the world they lived on, their culture, etc. I was sad when she died, but also sad that all of her characters and worlds went with her. I try to think of her characters often so they live on, in my mind at least :)
Load More Replies...So OI organic intelligence, but mine releases a lot of methane
Load More Replies...Because this kind of wine are the cheapest c**p where you most likely get a really BAD headache if you get drunk on it. However it is still valid to use for mixed drinks.
It's a post from the UK whose author clearly does not realise that, in fact you can get pretty decent wine for that price in Spain. Drinkable, certainly. Our 'normal' white is a quite decent chardonnay at around 9 eu for a 3 litre box, from Lidl France. UK taxes on wines have always been stupidly high.
But no chef worth the title would use inferior wine for cooking.
Load More Replies...Most of the boxed wines in Europe are the exact same as in the bottles -- if you take the time to look, just a different label. Def go for the box wine in the EU (I can't vouch for the Hawaiian Punch version tho....looks fresh from the bathtub).
Yeah, we call this one "anti-freeze". But bag-in-the-box wine is usually pretty decent.
I drink wine from boxes because I live alone and so don't want to open a bottle and have the hassle of saving the rest, and I have found that you can get really nice wine in boxes.
I did that on accident over the weekend. Scrubbed a scorched pan with baking soda and then again with vinegar. Don't know what I was thinking...but it was fun!
In HS I read "All Creatures Great & Small" and there was a part where they had to cleanse a horse's hoof (relieve the pus, which was causing pressure and pain). They scraped away as much as possible and then put a pinch of iodine crystals into the hole and added a few drops of turpentine, which caused a reaction that would force the iodine in to clear up the infection and made an impressive cloud of purple smoke. HUH. So, I thought I'd try it myself. I put about a cup of iodine crystals into a large beaker and added about a quart of turpentine. Oh, hell yeah! There was purple smoke all right! It was billowing out of the windows and the fire dept. was called. The whole chem lab was covered in an oily residue and I almost got expelled. One of the few times my Dad argued on my behalf. Now, if something doesn't go as planned in the family, "Dude, total purple smoke".
Is this person going to blow up their job's building or something.. can you make a bomb using these ingredients ??
Yes, put both into a sealed container and you will in fact make a pretty harmless bomb
Load More Replies...What is the hose for exactly, to clean the bowl when a bomb goes off or to hose down your butt when the bomb goes off?
I'm hearing Dueling Banjos. Yours requires a third toilet.
Load More Replies...The hose is used like a bidet, saves on toilet paper and is much healthier
Are those Islamic toilets? We have stalls for Muslim kids at our school that have that hose thingy.
Well that pinky is freakishly long; it does like a fork more than normal hands.
It's the angle. Your comment intrigued me, so I took a picture of my hand. Definitely the angle. Also I think I need to go to bed instead of taking pictures of my hand at 1:35 in the morning -_-
Load More Replies...this hand looks like it was crafted by someone who's seen a human but has not examined the minute details. "add fingers to the hands as well" "what are fingers?" "appendages that grow on the human hand. there are 5 of them with the fifth being considerably larger than the rest and is situated on the side, instead of on the stump. they are segmented into 3 parts, allowing them to curl and grasp objects, except the thumb which is segmented only into 2, and curls in the opposite direction to provide a grip." "okay, seems fairly easy enough"
Maybe it's the mattress that is different. I've got the same pillow as in my parents' guestroom. In the guestroom I can sleep on that pillow like ababy, whereas at home it is too big for my neck. Different mattresses.
velouté de rats aux champignons de Paris, envolée de rongeurs sauce Seine, charlotte aux moustaches roussies Notre Dame
I came home from my mum's this morning with three tomatoes. I'm nearly 70 dammit
Load More Replies..."then they put you with another family who are not going to let you quit school... Rinse, repeat..."
I had a cat that would eat green olives. He's spit out the pimento and eat the damned olive. Not only that but we did a lot of our dinners in front of the TV, off of those trays. No cat. Big dinner at the dining room table... cat. Cat picked up on big table, big meal, big meal = olives. That a*****e would sit by your feet at the main table and meow for olives. Funny how they learn.
My cat is actually a dog trapped in a cats body. She will sit all Egyptian like in front of you and wait for you to be finished so she can lick the plate.
Spencer and I used to share limonata cheesecake ice-cream from the same bowl, at the same time.
It's fine if your cat accidentally licks up/gets into a bit of Ranch dressing, but don't leave any around where your cat can get into larger amounts of it. It usually contains garlic and onion powder and both are toxic to cats (and dogs).
I left a tuna salad sandwich unattended and came back to Fubar eating the bread. Totally ignored the fish. Cats are little weirdos.
New is relative really. Some jobs you feel like you're still new a year later. Others, you feel like you've been working there forever after two weeks.
Then you should have said "....my first day of the rest of my life."
I de prefer sex and druugs messy girl.. over a fuking child who cant eat normally without making a mess..
Yeah, tell us. We need to know where 9yo want to go on vacation. Perhaps OP needs to know as well for next time the family plans a vacation.
Load More Replies...1: Your own fault for not having ANY guest (and limited) profiles 2: Your own fault for not watching your kid.
don't know why you got a downvote so here is an upvote :)
Load More Replies...Nah me and partner text eachother silly things all the time. No presentation needed.
That's great. Enjoy your mortgage, I'll enjoy my most expensive outgoings being my Internet bill.
It's insinuating cheap plastic surgery from Turkey, hair transplants in this case.
Load More Replies...This actually makes sense, because if your electricity is out and you need to cook (and you have a smoker) then that's a good solution. Half my neighbors were smoking a brisket on the 2nd/3rd days of us not having power, the other half were grilling their freezer meat and seafood items.
"articulated cta bus" is the most fancy name for bendy buses I've ever seen
You shot my blood pressure through the roof just reminding me of that 😫
Load More Replies...of course i had to look at the one i'm reading BP on to see if it was glowing. it is. whew!
On my phone, there's this thing called an actual flashlight. I use that so I don't step on any dogs.
My neighbors show up once a month to their vacation home next door and leave on a million bright outside lights at night. I just use those to navigate in the dark.
Why not? Waffle House being open or closed is used as a way of evaluating the severity of a hurricane.
I can actually see my neighborhood on this map!!! The Whataburger at the top is the one we go to when we want a treat lol 😂
some notes you thought were very important 2 hours ago wadded up in the bottom
Load More Replies...Shorthand for "fixing to," which means "about to." African American Vernacular English or Black English.
Load More Replies...That's why I rarely post my own face on my IG. It's mostly my two dogs and my two cats and occasionally something I drew XD
Why does the file say "30 of the funniest..." when there are 70 of them?
Just so everyone knows its 4 am here and I have to wake up in two hours to go to work.....
Stopping reposting c**p from TWITTER And helping the horrible excuse for a human that is Elon musk
But if we are stealing from Twitter aren't we hurting them?
Load More Replies...Just so everyone knows its 4 am here and I have to wake up in two hours to go to work.....
Stopping reposting c**p from TWITTER And helping the horrible excuse for a human that is Elon musk
But if we are stealing from Twitter aren't we hurting them?
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