Gone are the days of "Yo mama" jokes... People are not only thinking outside the box when it comes to insults but they're burning the box altogether. Creativity, sass and sharp wit are the name of the game. Nowadays, the roast is served rare, and with some very specific, spicy ingredients.
Amateur comedians have been heating up the internet with their oddly on-point burns. Imagine "the child of Ellen DeGeneres and Elon Musk dressed like Johnny Cash," "the bartender from Shrek," or someone who looks like they're "cosplaying every single Scooby Doo character simultaneously."
Bored Panda has compiled a list of the most unique, hilarious and bizarrely accurate insults from around the internet. Many take personal attacks to a whole new level, and might even have yo mama in stitches.
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Musk Insults Are Always Funny
Insulting others has become one of society's new favorite sports. We laugh at ordinary people being put down, and pay good money to see celebrities being roasted. It's all in the name of fun. Or at least, it's supposed to be.
Jeff Ross is one of the world's top insult comedians, or roasters. “You really are the ugliest man in America," he once fired at hip-hop icon and reality star Flavor Flav. "I mean, how do you roast charcoal?”
“Man, you have really let yourself boldly go. If Scotty tried to beam you up now you’d break the f*n’ transporter,” he said to William Shatner.
According to Ross, who is known as the Roastmaster General, we only roast the ones we love...
Segregation-Themed Amusement Park
How Do You Misspell "A" Tho?
10/10 For The Burn
The comedian says he grew up in New Jersey and was "kind of a scrawny kid." Working in his father's catering hall kitchen taught him to literally dish it out and take it. Ross believes that everyone needs a thick skin in order to survive.
"Life is tough. I've been on my own, you know - my parents passed away when I was a teenager, so I had to learn different survival techniques, I think, in comedy," he told WYSO radio. "You know, using comedy as a pressure release, as a release valve in life really kept my sanity."
For Ross, roasting is never about hurting feelings, but rather, making people laugh. And wanting everyone to leave in a good mood.
Holding Up The Past
Poor Joe Rogan
Time For A Career Change
Izzy Kalman, a Certified School Psychologist and expert on how to deal with bullying agrees that roasting is not meant to do harm.
"Engaging in roasts, whether as insulter or target, is not evil or subversive. It is healthy and fun," he says. "The purpose is not to hurt people but to promote resilience and sense of humor."
Kalman believes that if we want kids to be resilient, we need to replace the standard anti-bullying teachings, and allow them to take a leaf out of the books of some our funniest comedians.
Karen Tries To Force Someone To Speak Engllish
A Rare Insult Underneath A Rare Insult
And they'll name a Navy battleship after you rather than an actual Navy hero too.
Zoinks
Other experts say that roasting or teasing in relationships can bring people closer together. When done right, and not in a mean-spirited way, it's a form of playfulness. And researchers say that in romantic relationships, playfulness doesn't just spark the occasional laugh. It can also create a sense of security, offer a way to communicate, and even help us resolve conflicts.
Everything Is Accurate Here LOL
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Why Does Bro Have A Shoe On His Head
"A playful remark or gesture can also loosen up a tense situation, reminding your significant other that despite whatever stresses you’re under, you’re still in a safe and loving relationship," explains Berkeley College's Greater Good magazine. "It takes a great deal of social intelligence to know when a gentle joke in the middle of a fight might make your partner crack a smile—but the research suggests that’s a skill well worth developing."
It adds that it should come as no surprise that playful couples are often happy couples.
LOL
Eerily Accurate
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Roasting your partner also helps teach boundaries. "Healthy roasting in a relationship doesn’t hurt feelings on purpose, it’s playful, not personal," notes The Good Men Project, echoing the sentiments of Jeff Ross and other experts.
When partners tease each other often, they naturally learn what topics are funny, which ones aren't, and when they've gone too far. "This kind of give-and-take is a silent way of learning boundaries, without needing big arguments about what’s okay and what’s not," adds the site.
Comcast Needs To Get It Together Tbh
Looks Like Some One Is Gonna Win A Tesla
Grandma I Trusted You
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They forgot to include that a wig is needed. Preferably a rainbow afro one to really sell the look.
I Could Find 50 Men More Handsome In A Pub In A Waterford Village. Did All The Handsome Men Renounce Their Citizenship To Act In America?
Oof
There Is A Very High Chance 2020 Justin Bieber Is One Of Roger's Many Personas
I Can See It
I Can’t Unsee This
Long Holster
LOL
Where Is The Lie
Or, as Stephen Colbert said of Adam Schiff.."looks like someone who hopes the LSD wears off before the kids get home".
LOL
Very curious as to whether this started out as a "You can't do what we do" or a "We don't do what they do" sort of criticism (Blue clearly assumes the latter, but without context it isn't certain). Both are equally ludicrous (I've known plenty of BIPOC femboys/twinks), but definitely different.
Content Baby
Jeff
I Can't Unseen This
When Genetics Forget To Cooperate
Throwback To The Best Insult I’ve Ever Seen
Sorry If It's Been Posted B4
I Wonder How Reputable This Quote Is
They Would Whistle
Like Morbius, I Can't Prove This Wrong
Blowing Air Out Of Your Nose Instead Of Laughing
Egg
Jjj About To Star In A Bad Movie With Good Music
"You Look Like You Snuck On Earth"
Let’s be honest: the guys who are homophobic and make comments like that are exactly the same men who treat women as prey. That’s what they’re afraid of, being treated in the same way as they treat women. Any man that lives a life where women are treated as valid humans and respected as such has no reason to feel this fear.
Stolen From R/Rareinsults U/Kajararay
Not So Textbook Insult
Moster House Scared Me When I Was Younger
An Uncommonly Specific Dig
The Meme Guy Got It Right
I don't know who or what show this is but it looks like it is Baby Shark levels of annoying.
LOL
Not So Rare Insult?
LOL Love Brittany Broski
Glup Shitto Resents That Remark
The Shade Of It All
Found On R/Rareinsults
Stumbled Upon This
Thanks Obama
Ted Williams, the Man with the Golden Voice. See my attached response for link to his story. EDITED for typos.
Found On R/Roastme
I'm In Awe Of This Insult
D J Khalid
Lmao
I mean, is that really an insult? He's got a loving parent, that's pretty cool.
Got This One From A Gus Johnson Video, LOL
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I Mean It’s Not Really An Insult But It’s Accurate
Truth Or Dare
Found This Myself
That's just nasty. It's not clever, just fat shaming which, to my knowledge, isn't a personality trait. Insults are meant to be a reaction to something done or said to you, not to simply ridicule someone to make OP feel better about themselves.
"You're so ugly that you walked into a haunted house empty handed and walked out with a job application." "You're so ugly that even Rick Astley considered giving you up." "You're so ugly that you made One Direction walk in the other direction."
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