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Good comments on the internet are like excellent supporting actors. Sometimes they can make such a difference, they'll steal the show. You may have clicked on a YouTube video by theneedledrop, but you're giving a like to one of his subscribers joking about the guy's bald head.

So it comes as no surprise that there's an entire Instagram account dedicated to this art. Called Comment Awards, it shares the most creative and funniest observations people have made online. Continue scrolling to check out its top posts! And, of course, don't forget to comment on them.

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Yvonne Dauwalder Balsiger
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Also sweet that saving someone's life and therefore missing a job interview (which was probably hard to get in the first place because of his background) and have that called SKIPPING. Eff you very much, CBS

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When folks at FiveThirtyEight asked 8,500 internet commenters why do they do what they do, the answers, people gave a wide range of answers.

"Our respondents' reasons for commenting mirror the results of a recent survey of 600 news commenters by Talia Jomini Stroud and her colleagues at the University of Texas at Austin's Engaging News Project," Christie Aschwanden wrote in FiveThirtyEight. "In their survey, the top three reasons that people gave for commenting were 'to express an emotion or opinion,' 'to add information' or 'to correct inaccuracies or misinformation.'"

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Certain stories, however, generate a disproportionate number of comments, and after years of being on the receiving end of comments, Aschwanden has formed a theory: the subjects most likely to elicit impassioned responses are those that feel personal to the reader (a real-life experience with the subject has made them feel like an expert) and those that hit on identity in some way.

"[My insight is] based on something a newspaper reporter in Boulder told me many years ago," Aschwanden explained. "Back then, readers were still mailing letters to the editor, and they had a seemingly endless appetite to debate two things: who was at fault in conflicts between cars and bikes and whether dogs should be allowed to run unleashed on city trails."

To test this theory, Aschwanden asked the people who took the survey about the circumstances that made them most likely to comment.

"The answers lent at least some support to the bikes-and-dogs theory. But respondents’ reasons were more complex than my one, unified theory; commenters were also driven by a desire to provide their own information or to argue against an idea they disagreed with."

At the end of the day, commenters want the same thing as us publishers — to be heard. So if they have something to say, we're glad they can do so on our platform.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah - not a good time to unleash a fresh batch of "what the hell is that?" on the world

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Vicky Zar
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Hmmm... I wonder who will die first because of this. We or the poor creatures inside, who lived their lives peacefully and unbothered till now

BusLady
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Message from the 33 creatures: Please close it back up. We don't want your germs.

XSpooky_Mint
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah- We don't need 5 million year old little f*****s running around right now

BlackPearltheSeaWing/NightWing
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I couldn't watch that movie bc I knew it would scare me, so I read a plot summary. NO. NO THANK YOU.

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Ozymandias73
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Same when a group of archeologists found a sealed tomb last year (2021). I'm like LEAVE IT TF ALONE!!! BURY THAT S*** BACK UP!!

Mike Loux
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Do NOT drink the sarcophagus juice. Do NOT unseal the 33-creature-cave. Back the f**k away.

María Hermida
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh, don't worry about some little creatures in a god forsaken cave! There are million-year-old bacteria trapped in the Arctic and Antarctic permafrost. They are alive... and the permafrost is melting fast due to global warming.

mehoi
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They only found 33 because the others saw them coming...

Kyan Q
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Who has seen Devilman or Devilman Crybaby because one thing is for certain wondering in caves ain't good

Meami
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah - have COVID and Murder Hornets taught you nothing!!!!

Josh Coker
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

rolling dumpster fire part II ... and we thought c19 was bad!?

backatya
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

they might have new diseases or now that they are exposed to man they might die Leave well enough alone

Steph
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Fröken Smillas känsla för snö - Smilla's sense of Snow

Karis Ravenhill
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Plot for 'The Descent' is playing in the back of my mind and I'm ready to leg it out the door. so much NOPE.

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Caro Caro
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I've seen this one before and it made me smile again. Little English, Big heart!

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Publisher's AGM: "Now let's not forget everybody, those academic texts all need minuscule revisions before the start of the university year, so that we can brand them as a new edition. We don't want to loose out on any sales at $300 per copy to other students selling the copies the no longer use!"

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Caro Caro
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh WOW, the last response is just great. It's sweet to try and raise awareness but this might not be the way.

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J Garza
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And even without the fashion line worth $200 million, I'm sure Magic would rather have him as his son and not someone like the original poster.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Just keep it out of the Eyes and Ears and Mouth and Nose

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Applause to those gals, because I expect they had to put up with a lot. At least at first.

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Otter
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

... but your dad has a big extended family that's really adorable!

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Caro Caro
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

OUCH! Scotty is right, that bloody racket is not what we want when at the beach.

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Mazer
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Bullies never remember the s**t they put their victims through, asking them is giving them too much credit just to start with

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Lee Macro
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There was a follow-up comment to this along the lines of "Yo mama so ugly your dad had to go get another husband" or something like that. It was in a post on this website

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Foxxy (The Original)
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Sometimes I wondered if it was indeed improv and not scripted coz they did so well on the fly. Especially Ryan.

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Lord Mysticlaw
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My aunt caught covid from the pastor at a small church meeting. Less than two months later, she, her husband and her youngest daughter were dead. And people don't understand why I don't go anywhere.

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Wondering Alice
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Kid (about 14yr old) said to me after first lock down 'in the future, there will be no snow days, only work from home days'. I had a little cry

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J Garza
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

For a hungry kid all food is welcome. I was never aware we had "struggle" meals growing up. To me those were just normal foods. Still are actually.

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Caro Caro
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The orange moron always pops up in the threads about funny comebacks (never his) and stupidity (always his).

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Caro Caro
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

OMG how true. I'm really gob smacked and will be thinking about this today too!

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Mazer
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Exercising with a good friend just makes it go by that much easier.

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Lewis Fisher Wells
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

elon musk is an asshole at his wedding he literarily said "im the alpha in this relationship" he's a twat

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Luther von Wolfen
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I am so glad that I quit American pop culture when I was 16, in 1985. I don't know or care what any of this means.

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Luther von Wolfen
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I am 52yo. I have never sorted clothes in my life. I just shove 'em in the washer. It does not matter.

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Chucky Cheezburger
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3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They make guitar/bass, keyboards and drums as well. Got the whole band and cool transportation to boot.

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J Garza
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In Texas you don't say "women have the right to choose" you say "pro life" which means, "we are going to force you to have a child but we are not going to take care of it". Isn't that amazing?

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Cant really say thats funny. Usually adore Ryan, but be careful what you wish for, even jokingly. Ask all the parents with children that disappeared how fun it is.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And the sluttiest girls from high school are now the most devout evangelicals judging everyone's lives.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

No, no, NO! The perfect date is when Jason Momoa or Chris Hemsworth whisks you away from the gala with the stolen Declaration of Independence!

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How rude! Reminds me of the time some jerk took a picture of Robbie Williams out in public wearing a puffy down jacket and published it in a magazine with douchebag speculations about whether he was getting fat. Robbie responded by posting a photo he had just had taken of himself, shirtless with rippling muscles on display and two middle fingers raised.

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Luther von Wolfen
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Kansas. I drove across Kansas once. If I lived there, I would paint all my windows black and never stop drinking.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

15 years later when the house is worth $1.5 million: "Hey, we need to talk about that loan we gave you.... "

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The year is 1989, it's Sunday morning and you are sprawled on some cushions on the floor in front of the TV, watching cartoons, an open cereal pack next to you. Tonight, you will go to McD, get a Happy Meal with a Transformers toy and because tomorrow is no school, you get to pick a movie at Blockbuster. Life is perfect.

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