ADVERTISEMENT

If there’s one thing the digital age has taught us, it’s that nothing disappears from the internet. Everyone keeps receipts of past social media activity in some form, a few of which may bite back in the future. 

That’s where the Facepalm subreddit comes in. This online group collects screenshots of people’s posts worthy of the spotlight of shame, some from public figures. 8.3 million members keep the page alive with tweets and replies showing how questionably some people’s minds work. 

Go ahead and see for yourself. Here’s a compilation of the images that stood out to us. Some may shake your faith in humanity, so proceed with caution. 

How you’re perceived online carries the same weight as your reputation in real life. If anything, the former is a highly valuable currency in the current age of technology. 

According to the Pew Research Center, 91% of people tend to believe what they gather from search engine results. The Edelman Trust Barometer also found that 65% of people believe these results more than any other source.

#4

Tough Times Always Reveal The Crybabies

Tough Times Always Reveal The Crybabies

Emiliana_Serene Report

Add photo comments
POST
Julia Mckinney
Community Member
4 hours ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah, people would tell me they can't breathe with a mask on because "asthma". I'd then ask "so, where's your inhaler? I have asthma, I wear a mask and carry mine in my purse". I generally got a blank look or they'd walk off.

View More Replies...
View more commentsArrow down menu
ADVERTISEMENT

Enter online reputation management. As the name suggests, it’s the process of monitoring and influencing the narrative of how people see your brand. Your goal is to find the balance between positive and negative feedback. 

Online reputation management is necessary for companies as it can impact a person’s buying decisions. Recent surveys found that 60% of consumers would avoid purchasing from a brand that may appear “untrustworthy.”

ADVERTISEMENT
#9

Misdirected Anger

Misdirected Anger

robrousseau Report

Add photo comments
POST
G A
Community Member
5 hours ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"They sent me abroad to kill foreigners. I hate them all...." military mentality

View more commentsArrow down menu

Having a reputable image online isn’t only applicable to distinguished public figures. A random Twitter user lost her NASA internship after posting a profanity-laced tweet. 

According to the story posted by Norton’s Reputation Defender, the post got the attention of former NASA engineer Homer Hickam, who is also on the National Space Council. The person apologized, but it isn’t clear if NASA reinstated her internship.

ADVERTISEMENT
#10

Murica

Murica

Monsur_Ausuhnom Report

Add photo comments
POST
WindySwede
Community Member
4 hours ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The one thinking this are thinking it's your fault to get ill??

#11

Florida Needs Help, But Their Reps Said No To Fema Funding

Florida Needs Help, But Their Reps Said No To Fema Funding

Henry-Teachersss8819 Report

Proactive participation is one way to achieve a stellar online reputation. As digital marketing expert Tripp Donnelly wrote in an article for Forbes, lurking on social media platforms is no longer a smart move. 

“Participation means more than just having a profile,” Donnelly stated, adding that analyzing online interactions can also help understand the audience for more effective communication.

ADVERTISEMENT

Many make the mistake of prioritizing self-promotion whenever they are online. It makes them seem unnatural, which can turn off their audience. People gravitate toward a genuine human connection, and excessive self-glorification takes that away. 

As Donnelly notes, constant positive engagement leads to more meaningful relationships, albeit digital ones. It can also significantly improve one’s presence on social media and search engines.

#16

What Can I Say Just America

What Can I Say Just America

teshkerensaad Report

Add photo comments
POST
SCamp
Community Member
5 hours ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

People defend tipping because a) the workers don’t earn enough (businesses’ problem not customers’) and b) it would raise prices if they were paid more … and prices get raised anyway

View more commentsArrow down menu
#17

Go Ruin Your Own Counties

Go Ruin Your Own Counties

Mr__O__ Report

Add photo comments
POST
SCamp
Community Member
4 hours ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

On behalf of all thinking Australians, I apologise for Rupert Murdoch’s existence

View More Replies...
View more commentsArrow down menu

We’d like to hear your thoughts, dear readers. What do you attribute these head-scratching posts to? Are people just that misinformed? Let us know in the comment boxes below!

#20

On Double Standards

On Double Standards

TristanSnell Report

Add photo comments
POST
G A
Community Member
5 hours ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Best thing Clarence Thomas and his evil wife can do is have a piano fall on their heads, repeatedly....

View More Replies...
View more commentsArrow down menu
ADVERTISEMENT
#21

Fancy That

Fancy That

StrangeDig3811 Report

Add photo comments
POST
G A
Community Member
4 hours ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Manly Traitor Green with her man hands chief among them. Amazing she is anti trans when she seems to be transitioning

View More Replies...
View more commentsArrow down menu
#25

The Tampa Bay Area's Main Hospital And Only Trauma Center Is Built On An Island At Sea Level

The Tampa Bay Area's Main Hospital And Only Trauma Center Is Built On An Island At Sea Level

OGSyedIsEverywhere Report

Add photo comments
POST
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
Community Member
5 hours ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The whole state of Florida is barely above sea level for now. The highest point in the whole state is only 105 meters and it's so far inland it's almost in Alabama.

View more commentsArrow down menu
#27

Imagine Being This Dumb

Imagine Being This Dumb

uDoucheChill Report

Add photo comments
POST
G A
Community Member
5 hours ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Florida Woman replying to someone who chooses to call themselves a turd? Some low IQs on display....

View More Replies...
View more commentsArrow down menu
ADVERTISEMENT
#30

This Is Literally Unconstitutional…

This Is Literally Unconstitutional…

PopBase Report

Add photo comments
POST
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
Community Member
5 hours ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Establishment clause! "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof...". Thanks to these religious fanatics, we seem to have to relitigate this every year or so now.

View more commentsArrow down menu
#33

Any Bulls**t Lie Will Do In The Name Of Fascism

Any Bulls**t Lie Will Do In The Name Of Fascism

AntiFacistBossB***h Report

Add photo comments
POST
#34

Never. Murica

Never. Murica

Monsur_Ausuhnom Report

Add photo comments
POST
#35

Murica! Freedumb!

Murica! Freedumb!

AppealImpure2690 Report

Add photo comments
POST
G A
Community Member
4 hours ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I hope the "man" is jailed for a very, very long time. And raped daily with a rusty bed leg.

View More Replies...
View more commentsArrow down menu
#36

It Doesn’t Make Any Sense

It Doesn’t Make Any Sense

GlooomySundays Report

Add photo comments
POST
Hans Georg
Community Member
54 minutes ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Inhabitants of the USA seem to think that, what once worked, works everywhere. The misunderstanding here is, that Germany, before the Machtergreifung, already was a democracy. So the transition was easy.

View more commentsArrow down menu
ADVERTISEMENT
#38

Patton Oswalt On Point Here LOL, Elmo Is So Transparent!

Patton Oswalt On Point Here LOL, Elmo Is So Transparent!

no_longer_huhman Report

Add photo comments
POST
Ladedah
Community Member
5 hours ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

People have the freedom to speak; they do not in fact have the right to be heard. Blocking and muting doesn't stop speech; it stops the listening. So basically, he's giving people back their right to harass and bully people who've opted to avoid it. Great idea, moron. 🙄

View More Replies...
View more commentsArrow down menu
#43

I Think This Guy's Name Is The First Clue

I Think This Guy's Name Is The First Clue

victoria_fairyX Report

Add photo comments
POST
Heir of Durin
Community Member
4 hours ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What a time to be alive. When natural disasters are considered propaganda. What in the dang heck is this nonsense!?

View more commentsArrow down menu
ADVERTISEMENT
See Also on Bored Panda
#45

She’s Trans

She’s Trans

TRANSBIANGODDES Report

Add photo comments
POST
Owen
Community Member
4 hours ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have no issue with it at all. My niece is now my nephew. He's happy now, and that's all that matters. Just let people be what they want to be. If they're not acting in a way that hurts anyone, then... it's no problem?

View more commentsArrow down menu
#48

😭🤦

😭🤦

Nice_Substance9123 Report

Add photo comments
POST
Owen
Community Member
4 hours ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If the US government could manipulate the weather, they would use it in wars. Not on Disneyworld.

View more commentsArrow down menu
#51

I See So Many Political Stuff So Wanted To Add Some Chances

I See So Many Political Stuff So Wanted To Add Some Chances

Itoo00 Report

#52

This Isn’t 1800s, Right?

This Isn’t 1800s, Right?

depressedsinnerxiii Report

Add photo comments
POST
Owen
Community Member
4 hours ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

'I am so insecure, that if someone else looks at my wife I feel threatened.'

View more commentsArrow down menu
ADVERTISEMENT
See Also on Bored Panda
#54

Wow 🤦

Wow 🤦

Nice_Substance9123 Report

Add photo comments
POST
Cindy Brick
Community Member
5 hours ago

This comment is hidden. Click here to view.

Nope. This is c**p. DeSantis said 1) he didn't know Harris had called, and 2) he was talking directly to Biden. Harris hadn't paid any attention to the past three years' hurricanes before this. Why was she so interested now? Politics.

View More Replies...
View more commentsArrow down menu
#58

The Percentage Is Probably Higher

The Percentage Is Probably Higher

Monsur_Ausuhnom Report

Add photo comments
POST
Multa Nocte
Community Member
4 hours ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"Teacher says, 'Every time a bell rings an angel gets its wings!'"

#59

Let’s See How This Plan Works Out

Let’s See How This Plan Works Out

Comet_With_One_T Report

Add photo comments
POST
Colleen Glim
Community Member
4 hours ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So that the general public have no clue when a dangerous storm is coming and life continues as normal until they die? Allow them to die and decrease the surplus population. It’s not real if nobody knows right?

View More Replies...
View more commentsArrow down menu
ADVERTISEMENT
See Also on Bored Panda
#61

I Just Died From Cringe

I Just Died From Cringe

butumm_ Report

Add photo comments
POST
Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het
Community Member
4 hours ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Elon's light of consciousness is that dim one flickering on and off in that ominous corridor people have to walk down in horror movies.

View more commentsArrow down menu
#64

Totally Normal Behavior For The Richest Man

Totally Normal Behavior For The Richest Man

EndInstructive3690 Report

#65

Man Smashes Signed Taylor Swift Guitar After Buying It For $4,000 At Auction

Man Smashes Signed Taylor Swift Guitar After Buying It For $4,000 At Auction

MoreMotivation Report

Add photo comments
POST
Bernd Herbert
Community Member
2 hours ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Hello World.! Look at me making an a*s out of myself! I showed her!!!

View more commentsArrow down menu
#66

Matt Gaetz Also Voted Against Fema Funding Right Before Hurricane Helene Struck

Matt Gaetz Also Voted Against Fema Funding Right Before Hurricane Helene Struck

Mr__O__ Report

Add photo comments
POST
G A
Community Member
4 hours ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Picture it bald, it looks like a punch drunk nightclub bouncer

View more commentsArrow down menu
#67

Why Do They Lie Like This?

Why Do They Lie Like This?

Sometypeofway18 Report

Add photo comments
POST
SCamp
Community Member
4 hours ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The most horrible thing here is I don’t think they’re ’wilfully lying’, they actually, stupidly, believe it

View More Replies...
View more commentsArrow down menu
ADVERTISEMENT
See Also on Bored Panda
#70

Jd Vance’s Solution To Curbing School Shootings: “We Have To Make The Doors Lock Better. We Have To Make The Doors Stronger, We’ve Got To Make The Windows Stronger.”

Jd Vance’s Solution To Curbing School Shootings: “We Have To Make The Doors Lock Better. We Have To Make The Doors Stronger, We’ve Got To Make The Windows Stronger.”

MoreMotivation Report

#71

More Than One Facepalm Here

More Than One Facepalm Here

Mr__O__ Report

Add photo comments
POST
Bernd Herbert
Community Member
2 hours ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The whole US election system is in dire need of an update. This is absolutely bonkers. The registering thing alone. When we haven an election here, I'll get mail from the government reminding me, telling me when and where to cast my vote. We don't have to register.

View more commentsArrow down menu
#72

This Finland Thing Brought All The Racists Out Of Hiding

This Finland Thing Brought All The Racists Out Of Hiding

Merchant_Alert Report

Add photo comments
POST
Jesse
Community Member
1 hour ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Homelessness, single-payer healthcare, untaxed billionaires. That is why Finland is so successful.

#74

I'm Tired Of Pretending That Hard Work Will Get Me Somewhere In Life

I'm Tired Of Pretending That Hard Work Will Get Me Somewhere In Life

banstovia Report

Add photo comments
POST
cugel.
Community Member
51 minutes ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have no idea what Kick is, but it's us who make these people "important"

View more commentsArrow down menu
#75

"Help Me Step-Government, A Hurricane Destroyed My State Again"

"Help Me Step-Government, A Hurricane Destroyed My State Again"

Serithraz Report

Add photo comments
POST
#76

The European Mind Cannot Comprehend A Company This Dedicated To Not Closing

The European Mind Cannot Comprehend A Company This Dedicated To Not Closing

WillowPillQueen Report

Add photo comments
POST
G A
Community Member
4 hours ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

No we let people go home to be with their families and protect their households, not their multimillionaire overlords

View more commentsArrow down menu
ADVERTISEMENT
See Also on Bored Panda