{"id":7411,"date":"2026-07-16T07:28:30","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T02:28:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=7411"},"modified":"2026-07-16T07:28:30","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T02:28:30","slug":"21-times-the-real-joke-was-found-in-the-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=7411","title":{"rendered":"21 Times The Real Joke Was Found In The Comments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"ql-align-justify\">It&#8217;s not just intelligence where the collective outperforms the individual. More often than not, the same is true for humor. After all, there&#8217;s a reason shows like <em>South Park<\/em> and <em>Saturday Night Live<\/em> rely on entire writers&#8217; teams instead of putting the pressure on a single comedian.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ql-align-justify\">To prove the point, we present the subreddit r\/TheRealJoke. It&#8217;s dedicated to finding comments that are funnier than the posts they&#8217;re responding to. Sometimes the punchline is just the setup for an even better one! Enjoy some of its best examples below.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/channel\/source\/Bored%20Panda\/sr-vid-txrs4te28kwcsdrc0dpxbbw8vxmd9pe0wskew5qma2etcx500wwa\">Click here<\/a><\/strong> &amp; follow us for more lists, facts, and stories.<\/p>\n<h1>#1 Nice Pun There<\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.boredpanda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/6a4f613489c8f_ovyokbbjfb251__700.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/TheRealJoke\/comments\/gumfm2\/nice_pun_there\/\">kvt_17<\/a><\/p>\n<h1>#2 Venn Diagram<\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.boredpanda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/6a4f617ca2421_aj2pwtnp9f451__700.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/TheRealJoke\/comments\/h7fdrh\/venn_diagram\/?ref=share&amp;ref_source=link\">theLekhapal<\/a><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s even a study that confirms many online commenters are more interested in brandishing their opinions in the comments section than in reading the articles themselves.<\/p>\n<p>More than half of the people who leave comments on news stories spend as much or more time on the comments as on the actual story, according to the paper from the Engaging News Project at the University of Texas at Austin.<\/p>\n<p>Almost 20% of people report spending more time on the comment section than on the story.<\/p>\n<h1>#3 Hehehe\u2026..woof Woof<\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.boredpanda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/6a4f4ae9b5c04_v6t88vwcykff1-jpeg__700.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/TheRealJoke\/comments\/1mbb5qb\/hehehewoof_woof\/\">Award-Honest<\/a><\/p>\n<h1>#4 Clever With A Perfect Delivery<\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.boredpanda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/6a4f5f7f3a919_u13pwme2dry61__700.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/TheRealJoke\/comments\/nb96kz\/clever_with_a_perfect_delivery\/\">[deleted]<\/a><\/p>\n<h1>#5 We\u2019re Gonna See This On A \u201cTop 10 Pranks Gone Too Far\u201d Video In 10 Years<\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.boredpanda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/6a4f61c0a23d1_mohff6tfm6851__700.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/TheRealJoke\/comments\/hj47a2\/were_gonna_see_this_on_a_top_10_pranks_gone_too\/\">aaka98<\/a><\/p>\n<p>At their best, comment sections are thriving examples of civil discourse. At their worst, they are troll-infested pits of cruelty, bigotry, and ignorance, where personal attacks and slurs count as dialogue.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps because of this tone, the aforementioned study found that most internet users avoid news site comments and neither read nor post on them. One in three (35%) will look at comments but never chime in. Just 14% of internet users who have ever commented anywhere&mdash;Facebook, a product review site, or otherwise&mdash;have done so on a news site.<\/p>\n<h1>#6 He\u2019s All Right<\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.boredpanda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/6a4f4bc77e702_uuk3at1ul48g1-jpeg__700.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/TheRealJoke\/comments\/1pqgiin\/hes_all_right\/\">Vicvince<\/a><\/p>\n<h1>#7 Ayo What\u2019s This Person Planning<\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.boredpanda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/6a4f602b45c39_2ajt9g3chq971__700.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/TheRealJoke\/comments\/ofj333\/ayo_whats_this_person_planning\/\">User<\/a><\/p>\n<h1>#8 The Real Dad Joke<\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.boredpanda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/6a4f4aee2ea25_clwex5diur8c1-png__700.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/TheRealJoke\/comments\/18rsny9\/the_real_dad_joke\/\">[deleted]<\/a><\/p>\n<h1>#9 Un Oeuf<\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.boredpanda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/6a4f4aca334a8_oj4jhpqnc4mc1-png__700.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/TheRealJoke\/comments\/1b5gvhq\/un_oeuf\/\">OliBoliz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Those of us who comment at least once a week are more likely to be men (64%) and to have a high school education or less (53%) than those who only allow themselves an occasional peek at the discussion.<\/p>\n<p>For many of these enthusiastic commenters, the comment section may be the whole point of their visit.<\/p>\n<h1>#10 Mutant Ninja Tuetlw<\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.boredpanda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/6a4f5faaaec6b_hmwg3dzqpgv61__700.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/TheRealJoke\/comments\/mzemy6\/mutant_ninja_tuetlw\/\">[deleted]<\/a><\/p>\n<h1>#11 Rip Grandma<\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.boredpanda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/6a4f4af431e0b_vkymb7uonrmf1-jpeg__700.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/TheRealJoke\/comments\/1n6lwcr\/rip_grandma\/\">Teddy-24<\/a><\/p>\n<h1>#12 Pizza<\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.boredpanda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/6a4f4ac4e8570_2ytk4nkzyw5c1-jpeg__700.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/TheRealJoke\/comments\/18gtv85\/pizza\/\">jsg144<\/a><\/p>\n<h1>#13 Some Dude Said Why<\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.boredpanda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/6a4f4bdf101ca_mc4r1rb2t5jg1-jpeg__700.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/TheRealJoke\/comments\/1r3az4n\/some_dude_said_why\/\">User<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You would think people spend the lion&#8217;s share of their time on the article, and the comments are an afterthought,&#8221; said Talia Stroud, the study&#8217;s lead author and an associate professor of communications at Austin.<\/p>\n<p>But no. Commenters may in fact barely digest the facts of a story before jumping in with an opinion, Stroud added. Some may get no farther than the headline before opining, particularly on an organization&#8217;s Facebook page. For many commenters, the article is beside the point. For these users, a news site is just a &#8220;meeting point.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h1>#14 Professor Of Advanced Plot Twists<\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.boredpanda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/6a4f4bd927b20_0e83r5oeypah1-jpeg__700.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/TheRealJoke\/comments\/1ul4akb\/professor_of_advanced_plot_twists\/\">Anotner_Shrubbery<\/a><\/p>\n<h1>#15 Told It Better<\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.boredpanda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/6a4f4a887fb67_ee27uzt621kc1-png__700.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/TheRealJoke\/comments\/1awrqkq\/told_it_better\/\">algabanane<\/a><\/p>\n<h1>#16 Ea-Nassir Lives Forever!<\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.boredpanda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/6a4f4c0195994_x15f8b8f4t7g1-jpeg__700.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/TheRealJoke\/comments\/1pp3ytb\/eanassir_lives_forever\/\">User<\/a><\/p>\n<h1>#17 Stimulates<\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.boredpanda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/6a4f4be701e22_lxdzs0g8cmmg1-jpeg__700.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/TheRealJoke\/comments\/1riqjbp\/stimulates\/\">PhoenixfischTheFish<\/a><\/p>\n<h1>#18 No Gum Gum For Dumb Dumb<\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.boredpanda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/6a4f4bd4b1266_nkek5bqb6scg1-jpeg__700.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/TheRealJoke\/comments\/1qaa8t5\/no_gum_gum_for_dumb_dumb\/\">Nekrubbobby64<\/a><\/p>\n<h1>#19 My IKEA Coffee Table And I Feel Personally Attacked By This<\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.boredpanda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/6a4f4bf07b703_cxbx1ecev4ah1-jpeg__700.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/TheRealJoke\/comments\/1uig0w7\/my_ikea_coffee_table_and_i_feel_personally\/\">Anotner_Shrubbery<\/a><\/p>\n<h1>#20 Nope Gates<\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.boredpanda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/6a4f4bec45564_ce8ht9bnkdpg1-jpeg__700.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/TheRealJoke\/comments\/1rv4nyp\/nope_gates\/\">PhoenixfischTheFish<\/a><\/p>\n<h1>#21 Nuclear Rawfare<\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.boredpanda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/6a4f4bd073029_eakgh1jr1lzg1-jpeg__700.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/TheRealJoke\/comments\/1t5q180\/nuclear_rawfare\/\">MycoProTeam<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>You might also like:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/other\/43-absurdly-funny-memes-shared-online-that-make-little-sense\/ss-AA27kqYb?disableErrorRedirect=true&amp;infiniteContentCount=0\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">43 absurdly funny memes shared online that make little sense<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s not just intelligence where the collective outperforms the individual. More often than not, the same is true for humor. After all, there&#8217;s a reason shows like South Park and Saturday Night Live rely on entire writers&#8217; teams instead of putting the pressure on a single comedian. 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