You may know Gavin Thomas as the star of some of your favorite memes, but there's more to him than Vine, his fame in China, and his very expressive face. Thanks to this interview from Know Your Meme, we get to see how life is going for him at the old age of 10!
Some of us may not want to remember the dumb things we would do as children. Whether it was peeing into the vents of the family home (Sorry, mom) or harboring the thought that women don't poop, kids really are apt to doing (and thinking) the darndest things. The r/KidsAreFuckingStupid subreddit is full of these sorts of anecdotes, submitted by people who are marveling at their own childhood stupidity, frustrated and bemused parents, and people who may have seen a tweet they couldn't help but share. And we've got a bunch of the forum's best tidbits right here to share with you.
Little kids are pretty damn stupid. But to be fair, most of them have only been alive for a few years. As toddlers, we all said and did batshit ridiculous stuff that we'd never get away with now—like cutting up every extension cord in the house for absolutely no reason or burying your baby brother in a pile of flour. To be honest, we kind of envy some of these dumb kids. Wouldn't it be nice to fully indulge the sudden urge to throw a cup of soda across the room without having to worry about the consequences? Sigh. At least we can live vicariously through these laughable examples of kids being impressively stupid.
Aging sucks for a lot of reasons. Having to pay bills. Work 40 hours a week. Take care of a family. You get wrinkles, grey hair, and probably some annoying memory loss to boot. Names become harder to remember, memories begin to mix together. You know who doesn't have to worry about that? Kids. Kids have the most incredible memories, often at the disadvantage of their weary parents. Twitter user @toddedillard shared one such instance of obnoxiously vivid memory yesterday. It seems that two years ago he burned a single side of his daughter's quesadilla, and she refuses to let him live it down. The tweet inspired other parents to share their own struggles with their kids' impeccable recollection skills. While it must be frustrating to have your child constantly wielding "the receipts," these anecdotes are pretty damn entertaining.
Do you ever wish you could briefly see the world through your innocent child eyes again? How nice it would be to feel full of wonder, believing anything is possible. We can't give you the gift of childlike optimism, but we've got some warm and fuzzy vibes encapsulated in wholesome memes. If you've been feeling like a downer lately and want to pull yourself out of a pit of pessimism, maybe these feel-good memes can help you on your way.
No matter how many years you spend on it, the internet can be a pretty overwhelming place sometimes. Even with the advances it has made over the years, it's not hard to imagine how kids nowadays can have a hard time adjusting to its many rules and social codes.
Supposedly, today's under 13s are the true digital natives, accustomed to screens and a permanent wifi connection. However, it doesn't seem to stop them when it comes to posting cringe. r/YoungPeopleYoutube is full of examples of kids who aren't quite sure what they're doing on the world's biggest video platform. While their contributions might verge on the nonsensical, at least they add some entertainment value to ignoring the old adage of never reading the comments.
People should never underestimate the lengths someone will go to in order to get out of doing something. The effort may seem antithetical to laziness, but for responsibility-averse people, the result often remains satisfying. This advanced form of avoidance doesn't just bloom with adulthood. It's often a skill that is learned in childhood. And Twitter user @mfpiccolo recently gifted the internet with a thread that proves this scheming starts early. The story is about his niece, who like many other kids these days is attending class on Zoom. It shouldn't be surprising that the experience leaves something to be desired after enjoying ones education IRL. But while most kids have opted to slog through remote learning, this 8 year old decided to hatch a scheme that would leave her free from the oppressive bonds of online education. Her plan didn't just work - it stumped adults for weeks. The 17 tweet saga is so entertaining that Jimmy Kimmel had our little hero (and her mom) on his late night television show. But you don't have to take his (or our) word for it. The whole damn thing can be enjoyed below.
As we grow older we start to understand why parents occasionally lie to their kids; 1.) because it's funny as hell, and 2.) because sometimes you just don't have the patience to explain things to someone who will either not fully understand or throw a temper tantrum over it.
These poor Twitter users are describing the ridiculous lies their parents told them as kids!
We love little tidbits about family life because everyone's experiences are so different but also pretty relatable. We've got a bunch of fun tweets about the woes of parenting, weird texts from parents, and memes about silly dad quirks, like when they stand in the middle of the living room watching a movie and refuse to sit down because they haven't fully committed yet. What's up with that? If you enjoy these hilarious slices of family life, you should really check out @neatdad and @radmom on Instagram for more fam content.
Kids really say (and believe) the darndest things. As a gullible kid, a friend once told me that she and her father were addicted to shawarma. She said there was nicotine in the meat and that the two of them absolutely had to get their fix daily or they'd become cranky jerks. I believed this for at least a year until my own family took me for some tasty sandwiches.
While some AskReddit threads can featuredark and unsettling tales from peoples' pasts, this one has proved to be some seriously wholesome respite from our case of the Mondays. And is a pleasant reminder that nobody is alone in believing some seriously weird (or seriously funny) tidbits or ideas.
It can be challenging to get along with overbearing parents, especially when they're overbearing well into your adulthood. But on the bright side, at least they can certainly provide us with some serious entertainment! After you scroll down below, make sure you check out some hilarious parenting memes!
Back when some of us were little kids, it was pretty difficult to do too much damage while navigating the world wide web. These days with countless social networks and all the different gadgets connected to the internet, kids can literally just pick up a device and start dishing out hot takes online. Young people who use YouTube but can barely put sentences together often accidentally bless us with content gold—like kids policing YouTube channels for using cuss words. We've got a bunch of examples of hilarious and wholesome times kids decided to use YouTube.
It's normal to compare ourselves to others. Especially when it feels like half our lives are spent on social media. It always seems as though there's always someone who is more skinny, more well-travelled, or better at tweeting. The latter gets us on the regular. For some reason it is such a struggle to compose funny, astute, or zany tweets that compare to all the creative wordsmiths on the site. At some point, we learned to stop trying and just enjoy witty, short and sweet tidbits like these. It's more fun that way.
Adulthood can really suck, but at least we're good at repressing the urge to scream and cry whenever we don't get what we want. That's more than we can say for our younger, dumber selves. And if you're a parent, you get to bottle up your pain while tending to the irrational urges of a tiny version of you! For those of us who aren't blessed with little chaotic creatures of our own, we can always get vicarious amusement through parents who share their funny anecdotes online. We've gathered a bunch of entertaining tidbits that reminded us of how dumb we were when we were kids.
It takes a savvy comic mind to pack a quality joke into Twitter's 280 character limit. Not everyone's got the chops. Their one-liners fall flat. Their tweets smack of try-hard desperation. Not these tweetsmiths. These writers and shillers of amusing observations have managed to find that harmonious sweet spot of humor and brevity.
