50 Hilarious Screenshots From Tumblr That Prove It’s One Of The Silliest Places On The Internet
InterviewTumblr hit its peak between the years 2013-2018, but its impact on the internet will stick around forever. The company prides itself on being a “mycelial network,” rather than a social media site, and a safe space for all, so there's no limit to what can be found there.
Below, you'll find screenshots of some of the silliest and most awkward interactions that have ever taken place on Tumblr, courtesy of the Antisocialduckling Instagram account, as well as an interview with the page's creators. From brilliant one liners to the pun-niest posts, we hope you enjoy the hilarious pics on this list, whether you've been an avid Tumblr user for a decade or you’ve never ventured onto the site. And be sure to upvote all of the ones that make you want to channel your 2014 Tumblr girl era!
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Tumblr was launched in 2007 and was an almost immediate success. By 2013, it was purchased for 1.1 billion dollars by Yahoo! Inc., and during 2014, the site hit over 200 million blogs. It was known for being a slightly subversive space where everyone was welcome, so it’s no surprise that the site attracted some of the funniest and silliest people on the internet as well. And that’s why Antisocialduckling on Instagram has unlimited content. This page, which has amassed an impressive 233k followers, has shared 7,500 wholesome and hilarious screenshots from Tumblr, featuring some of the most brilliant interactions the site has ever seen.
We got in touch with the page’s creators, Mash, Bram and Jake, via Instagram, and they were kind enough to have a chat with us about how Antisocialduckling was born. “We saw other pages with a similar style and decided to make this page to post what makes us laugh,” they told Bored Panda. “And hopefully that makes someone else laugh.”
There’s no question that Antisocialduckling has made hundreds of thousands of people laugh. But one thing you might find interesting is that the creators of the page actually never were avid Tumblr users. They can still appreciate how unique the site is though. “It’s special because it's nonsensical and chaotic, which I relate to strongly,” one of the creators shared.
And as far as how they decide what to share with their followers, there are not a lot of strict rules involved in the process. “If it makes me laugh, I post it,” one creator told Bored Panda. But they did note that all of the posts they share are screenshots they took themselves, and if there is someone who can be credited, they are sure to tag them.
We also asked the creators of Antisocialduckling if they had any particular posts they’ve ever shared that were their favorites. “The little gif where Timmy the Ostrich runs in circles,” they shared. “Guy is just a little bit lost.” And as far as what the future holds, the creators say that they don’t have any specific plans yet. “We will just keep posting and see what happens!” If you’d like to follow along with all of their chaotic and hilarious posts, be sure to visit Antisocialduckling on Instagram right here!
Hang on. Hang on!!!!! WHERES ZARA????!!!! Zara!!!! ZARA!!!!! Oh god, oh god oh god. Where's Zara? Is she that squid?
My class was given the assignment of 'write what you learned at out trip to the police station'. I wrote a short story about a burglary. This included all sorts of forensic details, canvasing neighbours, etc. My teacher didn't know what to do with this. She showed the story to my Mam, also a teacher at that school. My Mam shrugged her shoulders and said, "You got what you asked for. Perhaps be a bit more specific in what you actually want."
The attention to detail is impressive! Sounds like your Mam is a sensible woman. What grade did you get for it?
Load More Replies...Instant friends with whoever that is, that sounds awesome lmao
The American version of “Squid Games” somehow sounds more disturbing than the original.
We were once told in to write a story in english class regarding the theme "Fullmoon". Everybody else wrote some nice camping trip with friends, one wrote a cuddly romance scene and then, there was me. A wrote a raging story about a werewolf who ate his "friends" after finding out they were the ones that hurt her horribly some while before the story. My teacher still thought it was funny and only lectured me on the title "Bark at the moon" (I listened to the song and just took it as a title) and corrected it to "Howl at the moon". Got the equivalent of an A for it. Loved that teacher, I hope she is doing fine.
How in the world would someone’s mind go to anything other than werewolves??
Load More Replies...honestly sounds very interesting to read! i wonder how DESCRIPTIVE the drowning process had to he just to make two whole pages of it dying
why does this sound like something i would write, i once wrote a story about this ghost n this girl, it started off really wholesome and ended with the ghost betraying her and ruthlessly slaughtering her and eating her bloody flesh - this was in yr 1, my teacher marked it in front of me and i could see the horror on her face.
Read a book where someone travels via magic and ends up in a rain forest inhabited by tree octopus. One goes with her and magics a water cocoon for itself so it can leave the wet trees
In college, we had a tech-writing class. This one gal and I were on a similar wavelength and worked together on every assignment (they were all team/group projects). We always chose the most ‘out there’ topics we could and at the end of the semester the teacher told us they were planning on dropping off the class because everyone always chose the ‘safe’ topics but because of us they’d give it a little longer…sad to say they ended up dropping it a few years later. That was a fun class (for us, I mean)
and maybe the squid slowly dying was a metaphor for attending her class...
I wrote one in primary about a kid who goes into an abandoned house and finds the body of a homeless guy who had hanged himself in a closet. Until now it never occurred to me what the teacher must have thought!
Ask anyone who was addicted to Tumblr in 2014, and they’ll tell you the site changed the landscape of the internet. It was a pioneer, and nowadays, it’s easy to forget how much of a trendsetter Tumblr was. But lucky for us, Jess Joho at Mashable wrote a piece exploring this topic to ensure we all remember. The first way in which Joho says Tumblr changed the internet is how it provided a safe place for women, queer folks and “kinksters” to explore their sexuality. “The Tumblr dashboard was one of the only places to see sex viewed through a primarily female gaze, to see what women liked to look at and not just hardcore [content] filmed for male pleasure," says Rachelle Hampton, Tumblr scholar and co-host of the ICYMI podcast.
I'm choking on my laughter right now because my favorite coworker is Francois and we're in Texas, and it's actually hilarious watching his face when he's talking to someone and you know he's thinking "what the hell is going on in these Americans heads?!'
Tumblr was also a trendsetter in the way that it wove social justice discourse into internet youth culture. “Whether you know it or not, you likely learned words like ‘problematic’ thanks to Tumblr,” Joho explains. Popular blogs dissected issues like feminism and systemic racism in ways that were easy for youth to understand. “Tumblr changed online discourse forever by mainstreaming and distilling these complex socio-political theories into meme-able concepts accessible to young people who want to make the world a better place,” Joho continued.
I once thought I saw my coworker (who had a blonde bob hairstyle,) from across the store and shouted, "Hey, Sandy!" It was a lamp.
Unlike many other social media sites, where having anonymous profiles often harbors hate and inappropriate content, Joho says that being anonymous on Tumblr made the site a much more welcoming space. “Tumblr's anonymity gave its young users permission to build online identities without needing to offer up any of their IRL selves for the internet's ridicule,” she writes. “Unlike TikTok, Instagram, or Twitter, Tumblr was the one social networking platform where you could gain thousands of followers without ever revealing your face, name, age, gender, location, school, job, or any other personal details. That's probably a big reason why it was such a safe haven for the marginalized, too, as closeted queers found welcoming online homes that let them escape IRL homophobic households.”
Should've put a rowboat next to it while they were building it...What if they need the bathroom?
Tumblr also rejected the idea of monetizing social media or promoting influencers. “As a group of proto anti-capitalists before anti-capitalism was cool, the Tumblr community remains adamant about keeping monetization off the platform. That probably contributed to Tumblr's shorter lifespan, but it's a hill the platform's survivors are absolutely willing to die on,” Joho writes.
It's not a swallow that carries the coconuts, it's FLOATY COCONUTS CARRYING THEMSELVES!!! THIS SOLVES EVERYTHING!!!!
Tumblr was also the go-to place for many fandoms to thrive. “Fandom Tumblr liked to define itself, to a certain extent, in opposition to other Tumblr communities," Palmer Haasch, an Insider entertainment reporter, told Mashable. "There was a dichotomy that users kind of reinforced between the 'fandom' side of Tumblr and other, like, 'aesthetic' sides. But it was more so this dynamic where...fandom Tumblr was preemptively like 'even if you think we’re cringe, we don’t care and we’re gonna fan out harder."
Are these pics inspiring you to create a Tumblr account of your own? (Or revive yours from a decade ago?) We hope you’re loving this deep dive into the strangest parts of Tumblr. Keep upvoting the pics that you find particularly hilarious, and let us know in the comments below what your experiences with Tumblr have been like. Then, if you’re interested in checking out another Bored Panda article featuring screenshots from Tumblr that the world deserves to see, look no further than right here!
Better to risk looking ignorant in your search for knowledge than to not seek and remain ignorant.
Well...I was so confused about the placement of the cat until I realized, "oh, the other kind of balls."
People always say when they see pics of rare phenomena like this, 'oh, I would love to see something like this in real life.' We both know if you saw this in real life you'd be wrapping tin foil round your head and hiding in the closet, Tonya.
My friends and I did this too. Has to be a common thing for young people. We also posed like we were dead, usually draped awkwardly off of furniture.
I’m sorry potato but your brethren are no longer with us
My friends would describe me as smart, curious, and analytical.
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I love when people are surprised that tumblr still exists. Like pfft, you really thought it could die?
Tumblr cannot be killed. It's a pillar of the interwebs
Load More Replies...not me scrolling the list looking for anyone im friends with, and i found one! xD
I love when people are surprised that tumblr still exists. Like pfft, you really thought it could die?
Tumblr cannot be killed. It's a pillar of the interwebs
Load More Replies...not me scrolling the list looking for anyone im friends with, and i found one! xD