funny comments

Social media users who are more active on platforms like Twitter, Instagram, and Reddit might forget that Tumblr is still active and brimming with content gold. We've got a bunch of snapshots of funny exchanges and amusing observations that illustrate why Tumblr is its own special little insular world.

A well-served dumb joke is a truly special thing. Some people have the gift and some don't. You have to have a certain level of confidence to deliver a joke so stupid that it makes people laugh against their will. There are so many examples of redditors angrily upvoting painfully bad joke comments that there's a whole subreddit dedicated to these interactions. We've collected some of our favorite reddit moments that made us laugh through gritted teeth.

TikTok from the outside appears to be a pretty insular online community with a chaotic method of delivering content that is daunting to inexperienced users. Because of this, many stay on the outside and make up their minds about the app, but we'd argue that these people might be missing out on one of the most interesting parts of TikTok—the comments. This shouldn't be a big surprise, since we all know you can always find gold in the YouTube comments, for example. The comments are also an interesting insight into what's going on in the minds of Gen Z—though all ages use the app, almost half of the users are under the age of 24. 

Since June, Twitter account @commentsooc has been doing a great job documenting some of the best of TikTok's comments. If you're interested in taking a look into this world but are too scared of the app, you've come the the right place.

We love to see ordinary people exploiting glitches in the system, flawed discount deals, lazy employers, and any big institution that profits from usually doing the exploiting. When you spend most of your life rising and grinding every damn day to pay the bills, even the smallest win can feel like striking gold, like figuring out how to secure a free weekly lunch for the next couple years. 

We've got a bunch of great examples of clever people taking advantage of loopholes thanks to a hot recent thread from r/AskReddit.

If you're a human, chances are you've had to interact with an entitled jerk at some point in your life—the sort of person who expects free goods and services for no reason, or someone who complains when a favor from a friend didn't meet their insane expectations. No Karen, I will not also cook and deliver the free Thanksgiving turkey I offered you. Jeez. 

r/ChoosingBeggars is brimming with examples of people who exposed their own ungratefulness and greed, and it's a great place to lurk if you're in the mood to get pissed off at total strangers. Here are twenty-seven eye-roll worthy examples of choosy beggars. 

r/madlads is a great document of the chaotic rebels of the world who have no regard for rules, regulations, and politeness. The sort of people who'd answer a Craigslist listing for a used washing machine just to do a free load of laundry and then ghost the seller. We've got a very entertaining collection of mad lads and pranksters who give absolutely zero f**ks. Be sure to check out r/madlads for even more great content.

Everyone's dreamt up the perfect clever comeback to someone who says something dumb and deserves to be owned, but we can't all be masters of wit all the time. We've collected a bunch of examples of times people served up some satisfying comebacks and retorts for the whole internet to see. We could probably learn a thing or two from these savages.

r/masterhacker is a treasure trove of cringey and hilarious examples of wannabe hackers trying their best to intimidate people online with empty threats, seeking advice that betrays their naivety, and straight up asking people for their IP addresses so they can hack them. We've got a bunch of amusing screenshots and memes about the sort of person who whispers 'I'm in' to themselves after using a Windows command prompt to identify an IP address. Be sure to check out r/masterhacker for more of this content.

We all get comfortable in relationships and say some cringe things in jest, but some people take it wayyy too far. A distraught woman asked Reddit if she was the asshole for leaving her husband in the grocery store after he quite literally acted like a toddler and demanded ice cream in a baby voice. OP u/smallslicedskin further explained that this wasn't an isolated incident. Apparently, her husband had been incessantly using meme-speak like 'doggo,' 'pupper,' 'chicky nuggies,' and 'birb' for months. The bizarre affectation that had been driving OP bonkers caused her to finally snap in the grocery store and subsequently turn to Reddit for help. Scroll down for her story and some of the best responses in the thread. 

Life isn't always fun and laughs. Sometimes it's pain, humiliation, and cringe. And if you're human, chances are you've posted some embarrassing cringe at some point in your life. We've got a wince-worthy batch of mortifying moments and posts that made us go 'yikes' for anyone who wants to feel better about that cringey thing you said several years ago. 

For the past several years, the media has dubbed Millennials the lazy, entitled, 'snowflake' generation who go around killing entire industries with their discriminating taste. Despite the fact that Millennials are now between the ages of 25 and 40, they still get blamed for things like Covid-19 super-spreader events on college campuses. With how generously the term gets used as a general pejorative, you'd think 'Millennial' could just mean 'youngish person who I don't like.' Well many are sick and tired of taking crap from out-of-touch people who seem to consider their own generation to be completely blameless. One redditor asked the internet to vent about the most annoying stereotypes about Millennials they've heard, and the replies are pretty spicy. If you're a disgruntled Millennial who's over all the slander, these top responses from the Reddit thread will probably resonate with you.

If the internet's good for anything, it's watching strangers get wrecked and roasted in public forums, tweets, and comments. You'll never catch us condoning cyberbullying—threatening people online is never cool and that's not what this is about. But sometimes you gotta appreciate the trolls who are dedicated to crafting the perfect harmless burn. Whether a good insult is dished out in the style of an epic rant or terse jibe, we love to see how creative those rude internet poets can get in the comments section. 

As millennials and zoomers abandon Facebook for younger and hipper apps such as Instagram and TikTok, the Zuckerberg site is quickly becoming a soapbox for baby boomers and the silent generation. They are out there sharing death announcements on gleeful, happy posts, or worse - posts that for some reason show off dirty nails or a picture of a well-manicured lawn. They are using the site's happy banner and avatar features to share bad news or frustration. And, as has pretty much always been the case, they are sharing many, many mysterious non sequiturs that they absolutely refuse to explain. 

While it may seem like we are cruelly mocking these well-meaning Facebook users, that could not be any farther from the truth. We actually find their eagerness to share their feelings with the world to be sweet and wholesome. We also find their dedication to staying current to be admirable. While it's generally more fun to spot a clueless boomer-post in the wild, there are some excellent internet destinations that take great care in collecting these amusing social media moments. 

The first of our favorite sources lives on Reddit, a place we have yet to see the elderly flexing their keyboard skills. The subreddit r/oldpeoplefacebook is exactly what it sounds like - an absolute mecca of disjointed posts from older folks who have yet to get the hang of the site. The community has been around since February 2013, and has amassed an impressive 1 million members in the eight years since its inception. This staggering membership really comes as no surprise - a lot of people have Facebook, and a lot of people know old people. While most of the submissions stay very true to the Facebook theme, there are a few amusing texts from elderly grandparents and nonsensical DMs thrown into the mix for good measure. 

The Facebook group "Please show to Jim ! ! HA ! ! HA ! !" is another wonderful place to take in the utter majesty of geriatrics on social media. While browsing the contributions of the group requires actually logging into the cursed site, we think it's well worth the sacrifice. This group is a little more varied in its offerings than r/oldpeoplefacebook. The group, which requires an invitation or a membership application, includes everything from amusing product reviews to actual letters (composed on a computer) and YouTube comments. While this group was created three years after their Reddit competitor, its members post a lot, which is convenient for very bored people who need to be on Facebook for work. We've put together some quality old-person-posts from both of the groups for your easy enjoyment, but we implore you to join and get in on the fun yourself. This kind of content doesn't last forever. Soon, the old people on the internet will have been using it for years. And things will probably be a lot less fun. 

Was there ever a time in your life when you realized you became the very thing you swore to destroy? Imagine someone spending most of their life despising all landlords until one day they come into a bit of cash and decide to invest in some property. Well the property tax is pretty steep, so they offset the financial burden by renting out the basement. Boom: they're now the thing they always hated. One may have strong views about things that feel pretty rigid, until that person's frame of reference changes slightly and their whole world view is turned upside down. One redditor asked people to recount times they become the thing they swore to destroy, and the answers are pretty entertaining. 

It's hard to define what exactly makes something cringe. It's really a vibe. It's the embarrassing images and comments people post on the internet without irony that inspire others to log off. It's something that makes you feel ashamed just for having witnessed its awkwardness. So why do we subject ourselves to this pain? Well, because it's funny. If you're in a masochistic mood, we've got a whole bunch of cringe content for you to wince through. To be fair, a few of these specimens from r/cringepics and r/cringetopia are cringe in a self-aware way, which is actually kinda based.