40 Texts That Totally Surprised People Who Read Them By Taking An Unexpected Turn, As Posted On This Online Group
Interview
At some points in life, you might think that nothing can surprise you. Everything’s rote. Boring. Even… meh. But that can end in a heartbeat when you accidentally come across a piece of text that starts out fine, but takes an unexpected watermelon, and makes you do a double-banana. Errr we mean ‘twist’ and ‘double-take.’
The ‘Unexpected Text’ subreddit, aka r/Unextexted (props for merging the two words), is a community that documents the very best examples of texts that end up meandering off somewhere you least expected. We thought it would make your day because they’re a lot of fun to read. Bored Panda also reached out to the moderators at r/Unextexted and spoke to the founder about the subreddit's history and its appeal. Check out our interview below.
We’ll be honest with you, some of these posts completely blindsided us and we’re glad we weren’t drinking anything while reading them. Otherwise, our screens would have been drenched. We can’t wait to find out which of these unexpected texts you liked the most, so give them a big ol’ upvote and let us know in the comments, dear Pandas! Now, let’s get into the fun stuff.
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They Arrested Your Dentist.....wait.. My What!
Skin Dog
Teach Me How To
One of the moderators at r/Unextexted, redditor Vxx, told Bored Panda all about the subreddit's roots. "Users posted the content to /r/Unexpected in the beginning, but it became kind of chaotic because of a few things (bandwidth inequality between videos and screenshots, user disagreement about screenshots, etc.), so we decided to not allow them anymore in /r/Unexpected. Since there were a lot of members that liked those posts (myself included), I decided to create /r/unextexted as a new home for Unexpected texts of all kinds," Vxx said.
Vxx said that because their subreddit is pretty small, they rarely make it to the front page of Reddit. In a way, that's a blessing because it lets them avoid a lot of the moderating problems that come with massive attention.
Strong Parenting
As for the appeal of r/Unextexted, founder Vxx had this to say: "You never know what to expect, and we all love to get surprised, don't we? A post might be funny, sad, or scrape at the limits of good taste, but it will take you by surprise," the said, adding that the posts work wonders if you don't realize what subreddit you're on.
With just 36k members, r/Unextexted is relatively small, compared to the bigwig behemoths that roam the vast plains of Reddit. However, the ‘Unexpected Text’ community is rock solid and their content is magnifique.
Created back in 2017, the subreddit celebrated its 3rd year of making our lives better just this week, on December 14. The community is open to everyone who’d like to share texts with unexpected twists (but it’s alright if you just lurk and absorb the awesomeness, too).
They Had Me In The First Not Gonna Lie
Don't Know If This Has Been Posted Or Not
In Our Lab...
According to the very friendly Reddit Welcomebot who sent Bored Panda a warm welcome message (I for one fully support our AI-powered robot overlords), you can submit screenshots from pretty much every medium that you want. From comics and books to social media and private messages. And everything in between! The sky’s the limit, as long as it involves text and something shockingly unexpected.
The ‘Unexpected Text’ community is quite rules-light (a rarity for Reddit). Their first rule is a variant of the Golden Rule—be nice to each other. Sounds simple enough. But their second rule… well, they got me good, let me tell ya.
“Second, it's important to keep in mind that in nineteen ninety eight the undertaker threw mankind off hеll in a cell, and plummeted sixteen feet through an announcer's table.” Well done, Welcomebot, well done.
I Was Told I Should Post This Here
Being Gay Isn’t A Choice
Unexpected
The Good Old Days
An Apple A Day It Is I Guess...
In Cinemas This December
Never Give Up!
Its not like we're in a great literary age. We live in an age where 50 Shades of Grey was on bestseller lists. Proof anyone can be a successful writer....even if you can't write.
Online Therapist
At first I was like "god what kind of ungrateful piece of s**t is this" then there was that last part and now.... im never watching spongebob the same again
Pray For Grandma
Wholesome Dude Helping Return A...
Oh Crap
Please Remember Punctuation
Star Crossed Lovers
How Nice Of Him
You Cannot "Own" Land
Unexpected
Unexpected
Does This Belong Here?
Poor Wife
Is There A Doctor Onboard???
Found On Facebook
"How Did You Find Your Meal?"
It reminds me of what John Lennon answered to a reporter who had asked him "How did you find America?": "Turn left at Greenland."
It’s Either You Him Or The Next Guy
Just Ask Her!
They Call Me Spider-Man
Free To A Good Home
Peach Cobbler
Makes Him Seem Cooler
Unexpected
Unexpected
Wow. Ok
I Accept My Gay Name
Belongs Here
Scared For 2015
This Rollercoaster
Nice Bush.
Succccc
I don't know about anyone else, but I really don't like it when people use emojis in the middle of the hekking sentence, especially gross ones like that. But crack will do that for ya lmao
Saw This On R/Dankmemes
Buying This Product Right Now!
Wait Till She Kicks Him
Golden
Lara Croft Cosplay
Best Diet
Neigh
How did you know he couldn't understand the language? how do you know he didn't sh@t on the floor bc of the bad joke?
He's Gone So Far
Good One
Exactly!
A Much Nicer Movie
Unexpected
A Truly Warming Message For The Students
Helpful, Wholesome Adv- Oh
From A Recent Ask Reddit Thread
What Do You Do With Your Rainy Day Money?
A Man Gave Each Of His 3 Girlfriends $5,000 As A Test
Why Do Millennials Hate The Rich?
Wait A Min
He Didn't
They have NAMES for your information. They actually have Japanese names and English names. Japanese names: Red = Chaser, Blue = Ambusher, Pink = Fickle, Orange = Stupid. English names: Red = Blinky, Blue = Inky, Pink = Pinky, Orange = Clyde. Thank you for reading my short essay on the names of the Pac Man ghosts.
Ok Then
Unexpected
:D I smell like I haven't showered in days, but it's good because it's been about a month.
No Not The Ussr! But Make More Shelves
Micheal Caine's Childhood
Weaponized Kites
Reminds me of a little animation I watched--there were these three girls who were trapped on an island, they found a magical lamp, the girl who accidentally got them trapped rubbed it and let all of the girls have one wish. First girl wished to go home, second girl wished to go home as a millionaire, and the third girl felt lonely on that island, so she wished for her friends to come back to the island to be with her. :>
Bruh Moment
Well, Fair Enough.
Perfect Fit
Yeet
I hate people destroying spiders just for not liking them - either, you can get yourself together and throw them out or so, or, in case you have a real arachnophobia, you might seek help to get rid of this ... it isn't fun to fear a milligrams-light animal physically unable to do you any harm (european spiders - the less dangerous they are, the more prevalent arachnophobia is...) anyway, is it?
That Took A Turn
This Really Be A Nobility Moment
Me And Jacub Have Something In Common
Inflation Truly Is Strange.
Broccoli Really Is That Good
We Salute Those Who Have Served...
Just A Bit Of Disc Golf With The Boys.
The Title Got Me
I always wanted to live my dream. So now I'm naked in public with my teeth falling out.
Haha I loved the spongebob one I’ll never look at that show the same way ever again
Knowing your comment has been commented but not being able to find it again so you can read it is very annoying... And finding out that people have multiple profiles to massively downvote comments for no reason is both frustrating and sad.
I always wanted to live my dream. So now I'm naked in public with my teeth falling out.
Haha I loved the spongebob one I’ll never look at that show the same way ever again
Knowing your comment has been commented but not being able to find it again so you can read it is very annoying... And finding out that people have multiple profiles to massively downvote comments for no reason is both frustrating and sad.
