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Have you ever received a message so unhinged and insane that you just had to share it with the group chat? But sometimes that isn't enough, and it turns out it's better to share it with the whole world.

Sure, you might be causing the sender a lifetime of embarrassment, but hey, after seeing some truly crazy screenshots, dare we say they kind of deserve it. So we looked for more examples and found an Instagram account dedicated to sharing only truly unhinged screenshots, and these are some of the wildest ones we came across, so enjoy!

#1

Screenshot of a post on X about human data centers featuring one of the weirdest things people saw online.

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Elladine DesIsles
Community Member
10 hours ago

Finally, advice I can successfully implement!

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    #2

    A wholesome screenshot of a social media exchange about bakers making donuts late at night.

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    Jaya
    Community Member
    13 hours ago

    This is strangely comforting.

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    #3

    Screenshot of a text story about an identical twin prank, categorized under weirdest things people saw online.

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    Richard Graham
    Community Member
    3 hours ago

    This is funny!

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    To no one's surprise, many of these screenshots come from online dating apps. They're the bane of many people's existence, but also the starting point of many successful marriages.

    Still, it's hardly surprising that so many of these messages come from dating platforms. According to a study by the Pew Research Center, 60% of female dating app users reported that someone continued contacting them even after they had made it clear they weren't interested. Meanwhile, 57% said they had received unsolicited explicit images or messages.

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    #4

    A screenshot of goldfish lined up facing a camera inside a large fish tank.

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    Nizumi
    Community Member
    3 hours ago

    Seriously - check out what might be in their line of sight. I had a gold fish who would start "dancing" when I walked in the room - towards me, and then down to the corner where the fish food tin was, then back at me (to match wherever I was as I moved), then back to the fish food tin. I even moved the tin to the top of the tank and it still happened - dance to me, dance up to the tin. Little beast recognized the tin from underneath!

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    #5

    A funny post about a pediatrician visit featured in a compilation of weirdest online things.

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    NapQueen
    Community Member
    8 hours ago

    Sound advice it would have been though!!

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    #6

    Social media screenshot showing a weird post about a newspaper article on a rescued child.

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    NapQueen
    Community Member
    8 hours ago

    HAHAHA!!!

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    #7

    A funny text post included in weirdest things online about a rave playing Pink Panther dubstep.

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    Jaya
    Community Member
    13 hours ago

    That sounds like such fun! I love parties like that.

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    There's also a simple explanation for why these screenshots happen in the first place: the screens in front of us act as a protective barrier.

    Psychologist John Suler developed the concept of the "online disinhibition effect," which explains how factors like invisibility and anonymity can remove the social guardrails that usually keep us in check in everyday life. As a result, people become more likely to say unhinged things behind a screen that they would never dream of saying in person.

    #8

    Post screenshot about reading empty rooms, featuring weirdest things people saw online

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    Jessica Daus-Warner
    Community Member
    1 hour ago

    I love that!

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    #9

    Political campaign poster screenshot claiming 200,000 holes filled under Mayor Zohran Mamdani

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    Elladine DesIsles
    Community Member
    10 hours ago

    Could we, maybe, borrow him here in Toronto for just a bit? Now, I support our mayor, Olivia Chow, and I was extremely grateful and relieved that she won re-election last week. But also, some tips wouldn't hurt. I think she and Mamdani would get along famously.

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    #10

    Funny text post about life being overwhelming, shared as one of the weirdest things people saw online.

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    Abel
    Community Member
    6 hours ago

    What!? 😆

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    #11

    Screenshot of plants growing on train tracks, shared as one of the weirdest things people saw online.

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    Jessica Daus-Warner
    Community Member
    1 hour ago

    Plants, Trains, and Automobiles lol

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    Sharing screenshots, however, also has a psychological explanation: it comes down to venting and sharing emotions with others, especially friends.

    Studies in computer-mediated communication suggest that sharing screenshots can actually work as an emotional coping mechanism. When someone shares a particularly unhinged message and asks, "Am I crazy, or is this insane?" their group chat, or even the internet, can act as a much-needed sanity check.

    #12

    A screenshot showing a funny online comment exchange about flying fish.

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    Son of Philosoraptor
    Community Member
    3 hours ago

    Imagine the fish evolved more and you're chilling in your backyard and a flock of fish goes burbling by...

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    #13

    Screenshot of funny text messages showcasing weirdest things people saw online

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    Abel
    Community Member
    4 hours ago

    I need too. A lot of things. Give me!

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    #14

    Text messages showing an AI-style conversation shared online as a funny screenshot.

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    jenjen
    Community Member
    1 hour ago

    I did this when I got an unexpected text from a mortgage broker. I responded to each text from them as if I was an AI answering service. It took three DAYS of back and forth before this person realized what I was doing. It was worth it.

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    #15

    A funny tweet about social battery as one of the weirdest things people saw online.

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    Another Panda
    Community Member
    2 hours ago

    😅

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    #16

    Post showing a cute puppy image paired with a story about a coworker, among the weirdest things people saw online.

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    Sean
    Community Member
    20 minutes ago

    How could you leave her like that?

    #17

    Screenshot of a funny post about hearing the doorbell, shared as one of the weirdest things online.

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    liam newton-harding
    Community Member
    1 hour ago

    ‘The last man on Earth sat alone in a room…There was a knock at the door…’ - Fredric Brown.

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    #18

    Humorous post about awkward social interactions, shared as one of the weirdest things people saw online.

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    Paul C.
    Community Member
    5 hours ago

    Yeah, I've done that a few times. I should cut back on the controversial conversational zest!

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    #20

    A screenshot of a bizarre social media comment section discussion, captured as a weird thing seen online.

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    Jen Mart
    Community Member
    2 hours ago

    Hannie, are you perchance a dog?

    #21

    Colorful background image with a text post about family history shared online.

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    Lukas (he/him)
    Community Member
    8 hours ago

    Me, about my sixty-nine year old mom, who told me, her queer daughter (well, she thought I was her daughter) that her first crush was a girl, her first kiss was a girl, and that she still has a crush on one of her friends, but that was all normal, you just couldn't "act on it". Oh Mother, what would your life have been like if you knew you were bi...

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    #22

    Screenshot showing a funny Angry Birds meme and a mother's literal response, representing weirdest things online.

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    Jessica Daus-Warner
    Community Member
    1 hour ago

    My mom d**d right before the nokia bricks made it big. Had she survived, I know she would've had a charger that none of us would've been allowed to use.

    #23

    A screenshot of a funny post asking about high paying careers for sorting things by color, one of the weirdest things online.

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    Luke || Kira (he/she)
    Community Member
    5 hours ago

    Police or ICE

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    #24

    Screenshot of a social media thread about unhinged microwave habits, one of the weirdest things people saw online.

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    Jay Scales
    Community Member
    2 hours ago

    This only works if you're young enough to REMEMBER the microwave is on..... I would get distracted & only remember it when the house was on fire :(

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    #25

    Social media post asking about budget for one dollar, shared as one of the weirdest things people saw online.

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    NapQueen
    Community Member
    8 hours ago

    Spent £0.95 this morning on doughnuts at Saino's. No budget for anything else now!

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    #26

    A screenshot of a funny text message exchange with an electrician, showing one of the weirdest things online.

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    Jen Mart
    Community Member
    2 hours ago

    You're gonna need an adapter for that

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    #27

    Screenshot of funny text message exchange with a blue emoji face, listed as one of the weirdest things online.

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    Jen Mart
    Community Member
    2 hours ago

    the blue M and M appears to be upset.

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    #28

    Screenshot of a post about trying to Shazam a smell, representing one of the weirdest things online.

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    Barking Squirrel
    Community Member
    4 hours ago

    If only ...

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    #29

    A screenshot of a humorous post sharing an embarrassing public interaction.

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    VisuallyChallengedPew
    Community Member
    1 hour ago (edited)

    In college I lived in a highrise with a really slow elevator. My roommate and I took turns horrifying anyone who got on the elevator with us. *ding* person gets on the elevator. "So anyway, did you ever find out what was causing your an*l leakage?"

    #31

    Screenshot of an online poll asking Would you rather with funny comments.

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    Old Canadian Lady
    Community Member
    4 hours ago

    😂

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    #32

    Text screenshot about molting, counted among weirdest things people saw online

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    OktopuS
    Community Member
    3 hours ago

    Stealing this for the work team chat.

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    #33

    A screenshot of a funny tweet about ancient pottery as one of the weirdest things people saw online.

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    NapQueen
    Community Member
    8 hours ago

    She's not wrong.

    #34

    Meme from the weirdest things online showing relief at finding a trail sign after a scary hike.

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    Apatheist
    Community Member
    46 minutes ago

    Well well.

    #36

    A tiny white skirt next to a long folded medical paper, one of the weirdest things people saw online.

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    Old Canadian Lady
    Community Member
    4 hours ago (edited)

    Nothing makes me feel older than watching university students in tiny skirts and clutching my imaginary pearls in horror.

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    #38

    A screenshot of a confused Facebook status update over a dark sky background, shared as a weird online post.

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    Zatetic
    Community Member
    11 hours ago

    Yes

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    #39

    Screenshot of funny social media posts about celebrity unfollow updates.

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    Jen Mart
    Community Member
    2 hours ago

    Gurl, I don't understand the whole premise of this

    #40

    A screenshot of a TikTok comment asking to remake a video in pink, representing weirdest things people saw online.

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    NapQueen
    Community Member
    8 hours ago

    Seriously? We're at that stage in life now?

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    #44

    Funny text conversation about My Little Pony captured as weirdest things people saw online.

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    Jen Mart
    Community Member
    2 hours ago

    you asked a question and the person responded nicely IMHA why Brony him?

    #45

    Social media post discussing if Bikini Bottom is walkable, from weirdest things people saw online.

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    Ravenkbh
    Community Member
    51 minutes ago

    They have a bus system!

    #46

    A coffee drink overflowing with caramel syrup, one of the weirdest things people saw online.

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    Luke || Kira (he/she)
    Community Member
    5 hours ago

    hopital

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    #47

    A woman sitting outside journaling while text overlay talks about detachment, featured among weirdest things online.

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    Jen Mart
    Community Member
    2 hours ago

    so they didn't take your rings? I hope you are least journaling a composite sketch for the police

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    #48

    Man standing outdoors wearing a grey tight turtleneck with high shoulders and black jeans screenshot

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    Sarah Bailey
    Community Member
    43 minutes ago

    Are those shoulder pads?

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    #50

    Screenshot of a funny chat conversation responding to a story update, showing weirdest things people saw online.

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    Jen Mart
    Community Member
    2 hours ago

    you say, in sarcastic font, (which we need) wow, thank you for telling me because. I didn't know that . I'll be installing a back up "BEEP BEEP" warning

    #54

    Screenshot of a funny text message exchange about International Women's Day.

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    Furmidable (not Pawsome)
    Community Member
    7 hours ago

    That's uh-

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    #58

    Meme collage showing one of the weirdest things people saw online about hoarding save-for-later media.

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    Stardrop
    Community Member
    3 hours ago

    no way! i have the exact cozy corner coloring book pictured in the lower left image!

    #61

    A funny screenshot of a social media post about a mom talking to ChatGPT in a driverless car.

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    Balseraph
    Community Member
    10 hours ago

    Jesus F*****g Christ. People have GOT to learn how to be comfortable alone.

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    #63

    Text post on a purple background about going on Love Island, featured among weirdest things people saw online.

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    Jessica Daus-Warner
    Community Member
    1 hour ago

    just stick to the zipline