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40 Times People Missed The Joke So Bad, They Embarrassed Themselves On The Internet (New Pics)
There's a fine line between laughing at a joke and becoming the joke. And while most of us cross it at one point or another, these unfortunate folks did it on the Internet, and their fails have been immortalized on the subreddit r/woooosh.
If you aren't familiar with the place, all you need to know is that it's an archive of screenshots, showing someone misinterpreting a joke. And the more ignorant a post is, the better it does within the community. I'm talking about people so clueless, they really think a guy mistakes a plane for a bus. Or that another one believes that sharks have toes. Just continue scrolling and you'll see what I'm talking about. When you're done, check out our earlier posts on the topic here and here.
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The subreddit has grown a lot since its creation on November 1, 2016. Now, it has over 890,000 members and is steadily approaching the 1 million mark. Not to mention all the similar subreddits, like r/woosh.
True, the Internet is so full of lies and "fake news", sometimes it's hard to tell if what you are looking at is sincere or not. But often, it is pretty obvious that the person who posted something was making a joke and others didn't get it. Maybe it was a bad joke – but it is still a joke nonetheless, and it is our job, as smart people who use the Internet, to recognize it. Or accept our mistake and move on if we don't.
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Interestingly, humor is found in all cultures and at all ages, and in recent decades experimental psychology started viewing it as an essential, fundamental human behavior.
Historically, psychologists framed humor negatively, saying it demonstrated superiority, vulgarity, Freudian id conflict, or a defense mechanism to hide one’s true feelings.
But research on humor has evolved, viewing it as a character strength. Positive psychology, a field that is dedicated to what people do well, states that humor can be used to make others feel good, to gain intimacy, or to help buffer stress. Together with gratitude, hope, and spirituality, a sense of humor belongs to the set of strengths positive psychologists call transcendence; they help us connect to the world and provide meaning to life. Appreciation of humor correlates with other strengths, such as wisdom and love of learning.
So remember, it's perfectly normal if we don't get a joke or two. However, it's a whole other story if we don't find anything funny.
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Nagawa (Cofa) Kishiki 6 years ago
You go in the water and tell the shark to its face yourself.
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Elizabeth Molloy 6 years ago
Beside the point, I know but, how NEEDY is this photo? Get over yourself 'celeb' we're all worse off than you.
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WilvanderHeijden 6 years ago
You'd be surprised how many Trump voters have the mind of a 13 year old. Trump himself is 74 but the 7 is silent.
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Meyer Weinstock 6 years ago
A priest, a minister, and a rabbi walk into a bar..and the bartender says, "What is this? Some kind of lame joke?"
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A typical Bob fan 6 years ago
If I was 5’11 I’d be heartbroken (but I’m gay so why am I talking lmao)
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Dorothy Parker 6 years ago
For those of us who had no idea that wasn't her name, i.e. Pokima Ne, it wasn't any too clear.
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WilvanderHeijden 6 years ago
It's Trump logic in nature preservation. "You have one nature reserve, you build a highway straight through it, and now you have two. I just doubled the number of nature reserves so I deserve a statue on Mount Rushmore."
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WilvanderHeijden 6 years ago
How does the Italian army separate the boys from the men? With a crowbar.
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A typical Bob fan 6 years ago
It’s like burying a pitfall trap in Animal Crossing and then accidentally falling in it yourself.
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WilvanderHeijden 6 years ago
Apple will soon be making their own electric cars. They will cost about $5000. Downside is that engine ($130 000), steering wheel ($150 000) and brakes ( $200 000) aren't included. After 2 years, the software will be updated slowing your car down to max 15 Mph and you'll be lucky if the battery lasts more than 5 miles.
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chi-wei shen 6 years ago
They can name him Benadryl Cabbagepatch and everyone knows who he is without looking at the photo.
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LesbianLandscape 5 years ago
Fun fact the parents are in fact not cookiee they are dried up old sponges
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Ivo H 6 years ago
Everyone sometimes don't get a joke, it's no big deal. But what bothers me most is how eager are some people on the internet to start insulting others.
N G 6 years ago
What's rather depressing is not that people can't get a joke, it's that there are so many people who don't even realise it's a joke, that it's possible to make a funny comment that's not meant to be taken seriously. Its reached the point where satire/parody is being broadcast as news after only a few out of context shares. So the fact that it's a joke at all is lost. And insulting someone for either not getting the joke - or insulting someone by missing the point in the first place - is part of the "intelligence wars". It's all a bit distressing really. Who has some pictures of cute cats to make the world a better place?
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Ivo H 6 years ago
Everyone sometimes don't get a joke, it's no big deal. But what bothers me most is how eager are some people on the internet to start insulting others.
N G 6 years ago
What's rather depressing is not that people can't get a joke, it's that there are so many people who don't even realise it's a joke, that it's possible to make a funny comment that's not meant to be taken seriously. Its reached the point where satire/parody is being broadcast as news after only a few out of context shares. So the fact that it's a joke at all is lost. And insulting someone for either not getting the joke - or insulting someone by missing the point in the first place - is part of the "intelligence wars". It's all a bit distressing really. Who has some pictures of cute cats to make the world a better place?
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