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.
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.
You go in the water and tell the shark to its face yourself.
Beside the point, I know but, how NEEDY is this photo? Get over yourself 'celeb' we're all worse off than you.
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.. 😳
One person is saying they can't find their phone while clearly texting the other person. The other thinks they have lost their phone and is encouraging them to find it.
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This could actually be me. I can respond to texts on my macbook without having my phone nearby...
You know what, this could be like my mom looking for the glasses on her head type situation. I mean... it *could*
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I really fucking hope.
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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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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?
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The “intelligence wars”? Hardly. It’s the “lightning speed pop culture wars”.
Lol
And the term "retard." That's not neccessary.
When someone doesn’t get a joke and ask, you are right they should not be insulted. But when someone just want to spread their ignorance than I have no problem calling them on it.
Still no need to be insulting. The classic "Whoosh" comment is enough.
I'm rather talking about the other side of the argument - about people, who sees post, don't get the joke and starting replying with "are you blind", "are you idiot" and other insults. But in general, everyone could be a little more polite to each other :)
@WilvanderHeijden I have encountered someone that didn't understand a whoosh comment that was made after they didn't understand a joke. The irony kept me tittering for weeks.
Whatever loser
Diablo Ramierez easy
Diablo Ramierez Good response!
It is possible that some replies are intentionally responding as if they don't get the joke, taking it a step further. Although feigning ignorance is an inside joke for one...it's still funny tho..
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.
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I hope nobody took me seriously. Lol
worse than not getting the joke is someone not getting a joke then making a joke on top of the original joke which is a less subtle and dumber. Ive heard this called "joking the joke" and it is a staple of dumbasses who think they are smart on Twitter
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Some were funny.
without speech intonation its hard to get the joke. some of these are pretty lame.
Stan Chung ?
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.
Hardly surprising that some many people are so dumb; Trump is In office! 🤦🏼♀️🥴😂
What is really scary is these people are allowed to reproduce!
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Most people shouldn’t be allowed to reproduce.
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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!
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Marci T haha
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😆, I don’t always get the jokes but when I do it cracks me up🤣
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A few of these might be from people with a more subtle sense of humor. Which kinda dampened my sense of superiority.
On tumblr someone once posted that 'I love you' in French is pronounced "permets-tu", which is a reference to the book Les Miserables by Victor Hugo. Some people responded saying that it was actually je t'aime, and insulting the op. It still cracks me up to this day.
Why did the comments on this have so much bad language and comments that had to be hidden? Far worse than any of the other threads.
You know how you can be somewhere sitting still or moving around and all of a sudden, out of the blue you feel a breeze pass over you? It's not Mother Nature... It's posts on the Internet going over your head. Examine your brain.
I missed a lot of them. I'm 70
I missed quite a few, I'm 62 so not far behind you! But some I thought about and I didn't want to know.
I know 30% of the world's population aren't the sharpest pencils in the box, but it just looks worse when you pile them all into the one schoolbag. lol
It's scary that these people actually exist!
so many people are either dumb or have zero sense of humor
I laughed so hard
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I hate how BoredPanda removes the titles from the posts after a while, it makes finding your comment even harder.
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this is the effects of the virus. dont blame them for being FKN STUPID!
People who are correcting the damn joke might be so proud of themselves thinking they were genius were in truth, the joke was on them.
Clearly, writer is a dumb. Because, most of the comments seemed to be sarcasms.
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Tien Good response!
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"Hahah, your stupid!!!" Ignorance and her cousin stupidity, coupled with some delusion , some evil and some self-hate, And we wonder how we get flatearthers, why people drink bleach and why the traitorous losers of a 150-year-old war still want to have a say. I'll say it again, people with mental issues need help, not a pamphlet for another indoctrination session. Build nuthouses, help the crazy, don't exploit them for money and votes. Shameful
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?
cute-cate-...c2e98f.jpg
cat-5f4305...49228e.jpg
The “intelligence wars”? Hardly. It’s the “lightning speed pop culture wars”.
Lol
And the term "retard." That's not neccessary.
When someone doesn’t get a joke and ask, you are right they should not be insulted. But when someone just want to spread their ignorance than I have no problem calling them on it.
Still no need to be insulting. The classic "Whoosh" comment is enough.
I'm rather talking about the other side of the argument - about people, who sees post, don't get the joke and starting replying with "are you blind", "are you idiot" and other insults. But in general, everyone could be a little more polite to each other :)
@WilvanderHeijden I have encountered someone that didn't understand a whoosh comment that was made after they didn't understand a joke. The irony kept me tittering for weeks.
Whatever loser
Diablo Ramierez easy
Diablo Ramierez Good response!
It is possible that some replies are intentionally responding as if they don't get the joke, taking it a step further. Although feigning ignorance is an inside joke for one...it's still funny tho..
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.
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I hope nobody took me seriously. Lol
worse than not getting the joke is someone not getting a joke then making a joke on top of the original joke which is a less subtle and dumber. Ive heard this called "joking the joke" and it is a staple of dumbasses who think they are smart on Twitter
r/woooosh
Some were funny.
without speech intonation its hard to get the joke. some of these are pretty lame.
Stan Chung ?
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.
Hardly surprising that some many people are so dumb; Trump is In office! 🤦🏼♀️🥴😂
What is really scary is these people are allowed to reproduce!
Gary Frewin easy
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Most people shouldn’t be allowed to reproduce.
Gary Frewin easy
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!
Marci T what
Marci T haha
Marci T ?
😆, I don’t always get the jokes but when I do it cracks me up🤣
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