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.
Like typing to the wife while out... "having a great time... wish you were her..."
Load More Replies...I saw a meme about that too, saying "may he roast in p**s", I think I like that one better!
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.
It must've gotten really awkward if you decided to go to bed before the play was over.
It wasn’t so bad; every twenty minutes the actors stop and look at you and ask “Are you still watching?”
Load More Replies...Yes, and I believe the word we're all thinking about here is 'irony' , lol.
Load More Replies...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.
This was the way people who lived outside of the town limits where the water lines were got their water. They had to dig wells - holes in the ground that were dug down until you hit water. Then at the top they keep a bucket on a rope that could be let down into the "well" to draw up water. At the top of the well, there was a square frame built on the 4 sides of the well. At the top they would have a flat space so that when you drew the bucket full of water - you would pull it up by the rope that was attached and sit it on the flat space there. Then you could take it in the house to use. On wash days you filled up a "wash pot" - made out of black iron - and made a fire under it. It had 3 legs so that it sat up with enough space for the fire to burn under it. The dirtiest clothes were put in the "wash pot" with soap. By the way, we did not have soap/detergent like we do today. A lot of people made their own soap. I used to know how it was made. I do know it had some
That’s actually my dog Bonzo, I photoshopped him in with Some kangaroos saying it was a photo of a rare black kangaroo. I posted it on Facebook and it went viral.
I wanna know how many times they tapped on their screen before giving up.
who said that they had given up. might even still be going
Load More Replies...You go in the water and tell the shark to its face yourself.
Land sharks have toes , and this is a clearly a land shark. Get educated people
"Are u serious?" That's where he should have stopped and allowed the guy to answer and inform him. "No. I'm not serious. This is what's known as a "joke". You see, as everyone knows, sharks don't have toes! So it MUST be a joke. But I must admit, I AM a little surprised that you actually DO know that sharks don't have toes! Well done! Here, have a jelly bean."
Beside the point, I know but, how NEEDY is this photo? Get over yourself 'celeb' we're all worse off than you.
what I wouldn't give to be quarantined in a house like that....
Load More Replies..."Feel bad for me! I'm mean to people, I live in a huge house, and my wife is really hot!"
Never could understand this Ellen Show thing...People willingly set themselves up for humiliation,ridicule and downright sadistic «fun« at their expense while screaming hysterically with joy? and jumping up and down,all in the hope of winning something or other.Are Americans really that desperate?...the woman is vile....Oprah is kind.....Oh,and the photo,maybe she stepped on some Lego..
Yes, I'm the real Shady, the real Slim Shady.
Load More Replies...I've just had a realization! (I'm a bit slow) Lesbians seem to tend towards not making themselves attractive, sort of brown paper bag, boring neutrality, while gay men seem to go a**e over tit opposite and try to make themselves stunners! I now await the outrage at making that very generalised, possibly non politically correct, but nethertheless (generalized) factual observation for the sake of flapping my gums in the comments section.
I accidentally read the first one as ellen and I thought the point of the joke is that she turned into Eminem.
Goes to show how someone you thought was a decent person in this s****y world, turns out to fit right in.
This sort of thing actually made the news. There was this B&B in Michigan that had been flying the Norwegian flag, and they were getting all sorts of hate mail/email from people who mistook it for the Confederate flag and they had to take it down because they didn't want to deal with the ignorance. Apparently, there are a LOT of dumb cancel-culture people out there.
Load More Replies...Wait now I'm confused: is it because is the first part a joke, making the second person the idiot; did the first person actually think it was the confederate flag, making them the idiot; or is this actually very simple and I am not understanding it, making me the idiot?
To be fair in this topic sometimes it's hard to tell when people tell a joke and when are they serious.
This one doesn't work, the person who put the photo up looks like the obvious idiot. The use of the word "F*****g" denotes seriousness.
https://nypost.com/2020/07/29/norwegian-flag-removed-from-inn-after-its-mistaken-for-confederate-flag/
This one, I honestly don't know... All the ones above, one poster was very obviously missing the point. This time though... I can imagine the OP being the idiot in that exchange. There is nothing there to signal that the comment is intended to be taken other than literally, and there are plenty of people too dumb to read. Am I missing something?
There's people here that still aren't getting the joke ....f**k me!!!!!
Truth, it was some Dane complaining about a driver in Aarhus... "Those pesky Norwegians...tell'em to go home! It's bad enough that the Swedes can just drive over the border...we need a wall to be built..."
I kind of can't blame them though, 2020 has produced wild enough s**t where one may believe that it's a huge spider for a moment just because hey, it's 2020. Don't forget.
Nah. I'm going with the giant spider theory. It couldn't be a normal spider close to the camera because it's in the sky and normal spiders can't fly. Only giant spiders can fly. The same as Gamera and the other giant monsters. Oh, one exception ... Godzilla can't fly. But he's a good swimmer.
Being a non-native speaker I swear I’ve ALWAYS had second thoughts about this expression, man. I’m relieved now😁
Load More Replies...Guilty. When we go on vacation, my husband drives the getaway car while I commit drive-by shootings. Take that, scenery!!!
Did you also frame and hang yourself?
Load More Replies...what you talking about? obviously the earth is a cube
Load More Replies...But but but - this is 2020. Could be a third half this year - nothing else is normal or following conventional rules of physics, common sense, or sanity.
Because a cursed year.
Load More Replies...That guy has clearly never had a long work week, 3rd half is pretty much it shouldn’t have lasTed this long but here we are.
We’re entering the 4th half already (August 2021)
Load More Replies...If you shoot the "green one" in the head, it'll go pfffftt *insert sounds of balloon deflating*
Load More Replies...If I'd been blue, I would have been compelled to play dumb and try to get green to explain it in ever more excruciating levels of detail.
exactly all these people think they are such geniuses
Load More Replies...IDK. I had a teacher who would threaten to drop a mountain on us if we didn't behave
I had a teacher that said she was going to bring a little man with a big hammer and he was going to smash our toes if we didn't sit down and behave. We brought her a GI Joe toy holding a gavel that was as big as he was (maybe 4-5 inches long) to put on her desk. This was in high school, she was a great teacher.
Load More Replies...Best one yet! Made me burst out a loud laugh! TY
Load More Replies...how could you educate yourself on this one? It might have gotten dropped before humans appeared...We'll have to ask the forest where the tree no one heard fell...
"Educate yourself" is commonly used by the dumbest people we know.
Oh my STARS I almost died laughing for real there. What kind of sick f**k just drops a mountain on someone. PRICELESS
right now, I can't help but imagine that dropping amountain (or asteroid, as the case would be,) on the white house would make pretty much every problem we currently have just... go away.
Load More Replies...This is like the new "I'll be busy washing my hair" retort 😆 I like it.
I’m not sure if that person is joking around, or actually a bit stupid.. 😳
friends and i trying to teach ourselves Spanish be like
Load More Replies...Wait isn’t Konnichiwa Korean? (I know it’s Japanese I’m trying to joke TT)
Japan, Italy, France, Brazil, Mexico probably, and Russia all mentioned in the same picture for one joke save Russia being in the comments rather than the post.
Konnichiwa (こんにちは) is a Japanese greeting, typically a mid-day to early evening greeting (10:00 AM to 5:59 PM). It is also used as an informal greeting, "hello". With kanji, Konnichiwa is written as 今日は. [omg I just had to do this!] lol
I got half way through removing my skin before reading your comment and finding out this is futile
Load More Replies...when ppl make a joke and other ppl think their smart so they come to ruin it
I am trying to remember the name of the donkey from Shrek. This is torture.
hm.... So what was the cat’s name again? 🐈 (pls don’t be like them and reply. THIS IS A JOKE)
Once I found myself wondering, what were the names of the main characters from When Harry Met Sally?..... (dammit)
there is NOT enough chlorine in the gene pool and our education system sux
I really like Joop. From hence forth all Jeeps will be referred to as Joops.
I know different cultures have different perspectives, but the general consensus seems to be preferring "People with Disabilities" over "Disabled People" for example. And words like Dummy, Stupid, Lame, Idiot, Retard, Gimp, F*g, Queer, Imbecile, Doofus, Dork, Dwarf+Febble=Dweeb, ALL started out as degrading, hurtful slurs used AGAINST people who were different through no fault of their own. "Special" was trying to improve the situation but has become insulting over time. "People with..." says "I'm a person who happens to have..., but I'm not defined by this. I'm human just like you."
I'll be singing that in my head for the rest of the day. And I hate that song 😂
Damn. Mr Holmes will be devastated that he can't go on his cruise.
Load More Replies...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.
He thinks it's a Chinese clock manufacturer so it's included in the trade war.
hey! if he did that, i might actually vote for him! but wait... i forgot, 13-year-olds cant vote
And you’re an ugly azzwipe with ZERO IQ - just like the people you voted for!!
I'm sure the ball pit has its share of urine and feces already.
Load More Replies...No, the sign is correct. My toddler shut down a ChuckECheese ball pit when she got stuck and peed her pants . Those things always smell like pee . I'm sure we weren't the first, at least we told somebody instead of just leaving
People like you are godsends.
Load More Replies...I mean the fact that the ball pit is in located i “rondal mcdondal’s secret play space” is sketchy enough to keep me away in the first place😂😂
"Good soldiers follow orders." There, I said it. I didn't see anyone else doing it.
“Secret play space.” “Rondal Mcdondal.” SOMETHING IS GOING ON HERE! 😱😱😱 (lol.)
I don't think I could take it, it took so long to make ir.
Load More Replies...What's a metaphor? Me: Cows to graze in! That's a meadow you fool! Me: Really? Well I'll be Damned!
Blind people can use mobiles. Siri can read out messages and reply without even touching g your phone
My siblings and I enjoy using speech to text like this: We'll say a phrase, see what the thing writes down, say THAT phrase, then keep going until we can't speak anymore since we're out of breath from laughing too much.
Load More Replies...Everything is special on their unique ways, whether you like it or not. ☺️
No the person who wrote the sign is weird... no different... no... SPECIAL yeah.
Makes me think of the Chick-Fil-A ad telling people that they'll get a chicken sandwich for FREE if they bring in coins to give them. SMH!
It is a legit campaign and you DO get a free sandwich. But why bother reading the actual ad to understand how it works? Just hate on it because your woke-masters said you should.
Load More Replies...No understanding of plural use of "s" vs possessive use of apostrophe "s" either.
Here is another one: if you add your age to the year when you were born, it gives you 2020. This happens only once every 200 years. Try it!
I was thinking exactly the same!! Even sounded like him in my mind as I read it!!
Load More Replies...You know you are old when you start forgetting how old you are. I celebrated my 66th only to be reminded by my daughter, with a derogatory laugh, "Mum, you're 65!"
I’ve had that problem but it’s usually lower, anywhere from a year to 20 years. That’s how long I’ve been lying, so you can imagine I’d have that number stuck in my head!
Load More Replies...I went to school with someone who married a girl with the same last name. They grew up on opposite sides of the country and did enough genealogy research to convince themselves that they weren't related for at least several generations back. They said it raised some eyebrows when they went in to get a marriage license.
Sad part is, I don't even know who's supposed to be joking in this one
My grandpa's parents both had the same last name, prior to their marriage. I used to joke that they were brother and sister. Our last name isn't popular in America but when my cousin went to our great-grandfather's home country, she said our last name was as common as Smith. So the joke.. some s**t can be true, Sherlock 😄
Bart-ktistal16 will feel sooooo dumb when he sees it is actually a brontosaurus in a tight sexy leopard catsuit
I appreciate a mind that would come up with something like this.
Load More Replies...I think it's the manta ray from the last picture. It looks different because somebody painted over the box.
Couples gifts are all trash. Every year for my parents' anniversary, I struggle buying something, because all I can find are mugs, photoframes, or tacky ornaments. I found something decent for their Silver anniversary a few years ago, but since then, I've just paid for their celebratory meals. No idea if I'll give them another gift for their 30th next year...
Load More Replies...who keeps homework in a folder when there's tons of free homework on the internets?
I don't understand why people have such massive homework folders either. I get saving a bit of homework in case the power goes out or the net is too slow, but you don't need to save the whole archive of your favourite homework.
Load More Replies...I didn't get it til I read the comments, and then I still had to think about it. I was too focused on the bolders
Load More Replies...neither di I. The comments do not help so does anyone actually get it?
Load More Replies...https://www.kinaxis.com/en/partners/bolders-consulting-group
Load More Replies...I see everyone is staying safely away from the comments on this one. Me too.
First time the comments section on a post is 100% non-offensive to anyone
Load More Replies...I read it as caterpillars. And thought they were dusting caterpillars off the furniture. I think I'm overtired... (and slightly obsessed with caterpillars).
"Zambia loves escalators, just don't be gay" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3SIdXPtB0M
Perhaps you are joking, but in case you are not … It shouldn’t hurt any gay - or any member under the rainbow parasol! - for more reasons than the obvious! What so many ignore, are ignorant about or just don’t know it that the word gay also means lightharted, carefree, cheerfull, merry, joyfull, mirthful, jolly, glad, happy, bright, in good and high spirits, jovial, elated, bubbly, exuberant, vivacious, perky, frolicsome. Everything most of us want to be connected with.
Load More Replies...this reminds me when an American conservative newspaper decided that the word 'Gay' was too friendly sounding and that they will only use the more clinical term 'Homosexual'. The next week they ran article in the sports section about how 'Tyson Homosexual wins 100m sprint in 9.9 seconds'
I'm gonna start ordering crunch water when I go to Sonic
Load More Replies...We used to recommend dehydrated water for backpackers. Saves a lot of space and weight....
This joke stopped being funny (in the US) after the 80's when micro-brews came out to rival the s****y national brands. There are many high-quality beers from different local regions -- but I guess that's not as funny...
Definitely not as funny. That's also why we don't make jokes about your health care.
Load More Replies...I mean... Technically not. Cauz technically most liquids can be frozen and made into ice. So technically you can have grape juice ice or lemon water ice, etc.
I don't think this poor guy understands the meaning of this subreddit.
Johannes Chrysostom Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. I'm saying this because f**k it.
I wanna take photos like that, also how’s he holding the sun, this is a master chameleon :0
Load More Replies...All jokes aside, if that's not a photoshopped picture, photographer is really lucky to catch this moment. That is one beutifull once in a lifetime picture.
Unfortunately? I'm not sure that a chameleon 10-20 times the size of the sun is a good thing...
Something, something... isn't the sun flat as well? Yadayadayada, something... something.
LMAO... don't be silly, only earth is flat. Sun is a big ball.
Load More Replies...A priest, a minister, and a rabbi walk into a bar..and the bartender says, "What is this? Some kind of lame joke?"
A priest, a minister and a rabbit walk into the blood bank. The rabbit says, 'I think I'm a Type O.'
Load More Replies...I'm not clear on how the person saying it's a cat thinks that's any different than the original post. ???
On a serious note, you'd need an oven that that achieve a temperature 20 times hotter than the sun's surface :O
Yeah, something similar to this, I drank 50 cartons of 2% milk to get 100% milk 😂
If I was 5’11 I’d be heartbroken (but I’m gay so why am I talking lmao)
The American spelling of the unit of measurement is meter.
Load More Replies...wow...dumb, aggressive AND no sense of humor...must be real fun at parties.
Little did he know that he was being the idiot all along... he even liked his own comment 😂
Watch people totally miss the joke.
Load More Replies...I can’t believe how stupid people can be….. but for some reason I can’t stop reading these 😆
Manta rays don't have that black rectangle on their face.. its clearly a Zebra !!!
Load More Replies...That's when someone starts taking money for things he used to do as hobby...
Load More Replies...Nah, quintuplet but one of them couldn't sing...
Load More Replies...Lord Aragorn, you are no loser! You are an excellent example of what a good man should be.
Load More Replies...For those of us who had no idea that wasn't her name, i.e. Pokima Ne, it wasn't any too clear.
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."
I would prefer to see him like Han Solo. Han_Solo_T...b32ec8.jpg
Hopefully this gentleman is simply making a statement using the aluminum rear panels of the phones, and not the entire device. Recycling of rare-earth elements is vital to our future, as mining them is terribly harmful to miners and the environment.
me my mom and brothers are left handed. my dads right. i dont like mouses/mice, i like that pad thing on laptops that you touch and stuff yall know what im talking about?
You have much to experience my good friend.
Load More Replies...How does the Italian army separate the boys from the men? With a crowbar.
Give it a few years. They'll get here eventually.
Load More Replies...It’s like burying a pitfall trap in Animal Crossing and then accidentally falling in it yourself.
I’ve done it before in City Folk... but on purpose. I don’t like making my villagers angry or sad so I just bury one and fall into it myself sometimes. I haven’t done it yet in New Horizons though.
Load More Replies...It is a bugbear of mine in films: The villains being completely unable to shoot someone, even though it can be safe to presume that they are proficient in the usage of guns. I know why, the good guy needs to survive etc, but it does irk me.
"Only Imperial stormtroopers are so efficient."
Load More Replies...Teenager in the nineties? Heck, I didn't EXIST in the nineties, and I got this.
Load More Replies...Hit me baby one more time! (Because my Neuro diverse ass won’t let me sleep until that was finished)
The video game sonic the hedgehog. When he's killed gold rings fly out of him.
Load More Replies...Bet that person has a big homework folder with 1990s sources.
Load More Replies...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.
They can name him Benadryl Cabbagepatch and everyone knows who he is without looking at the photo.
One of my friends refers to him as Dom Benedictine and everyone knows who she means.
Load More Replies...I don’t get it with the wheel. Not to be one of those noobs but I just don’t get this joke
You know how B.C.E works, right? That post was meant to confuse people lol
Load More Replies...World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., d/b/a WWE, is an American integrated media and entertainment company that is primarily known for professional wrestling.
Load More Replies...Reminds me of the infamous "have you tried not being depressed" - except that ignorant people often say it seriously, not as a joke.
I'm not old enough yet. Around 50 is when I fight the final boss battle.
Fun fact the parents are in fact not cookiee they are dried up old sponges
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.
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?
Load More Replies...Re: #14, Is anyone else going to address the fact that the Christ the Redeemer statue is in Brazil, where they speak Portugese, not "Spanesh?" LOL!
without speech intonation its hard to get the joke. some of these are pretty lame.
People are so quick to jump on anyone's inaccuracies that they pay no mind to the fact it may have been intended as a joke. Everyone's just gotta be the first to comment when something isn't quite right "look at me, I'm so smart, I proved you wrong!" and in the end they look like the dumb one.
Curious how many of these instances of missing the joke are due to neuroatypical-ness. Maybe that's where a simple "woosh" would suffice, as Mnr vanderHeiden suggests.
Wow, that's kind of ableist, not gonna lie. Just because someone's not neurotypical doesn't mean they can't understand humour. And believe me, plenty of neurotypical people don't understand our jokes.
Load More Replies...A few of these might be from people with a more subtle sense of humor. Which kinda dampened my sense of superiority.
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.
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?
Load More Replies...Re: #14, Is anyone else going to address the fact that the Christ the Redeemer statue is in Brazil, where they speak Portugese, not "Spanesh?" LOL!
without speech intonation its hard to get the joke. some of these are pretty lame.
People are so quick to jump on anyone's inaccuracies that they pay no mind to the fact it may have been intended as a joke. Everyone's just gotta be the first to comment when something isn't quite right "look at me, I'm so smart, I proved you wrong!" and in the end they look like the dumb one.
Curious how many of these instances of missing the joke are due to neuroatypical-ness. Maybe that's where a simple "woosh" would suffice, as Mnr vanderHeiden suggests.
Wow, that's kind of ableist, not gonna lie. Just because someone's not neurotypical doesn't mean they can't understand humour. And believe me, plenty of neurotypical people don't understand our jokes.
Load More Replies...A few of these might be from people with a more subtle sense of humor. Which kinda dampened my sense of superiority.
