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Deep down, many people feel like they could actually make it as a comedian. While this is a widely misguided concept for the majority of the population, a simple scroll through the comments section on a random post will show that there is a lot of untapped talent out there. 

The “Murdered By Words” Instagram page gathers the hilarious and sometimes savage comments people have left under other people’s posts. So get comfortable as you read through, upvote your favorites and maybe try your own hand in the comments section below. 

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While we do think of comment sections as an innovation of the Internet age, in one form or another, they have existed since at least the 1500s. In what now we would call Germany, it was common practice (at least among the literate) to “post” one’s ideas in public places, often to literal posts.

The most famous example of this is probably Martin Luther's Ninety-five Theses, nailed to the door of the All Saints' Church in Wittenberg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany in 1517. Of course, this would only be the practice of people who could read and write and had the time and resources to buy parchment and ink. The internet is ultimately the tool that brought mass commenting to the majority of the population.

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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Good thing he has a bottle of water sitting right there on the table, he'll need it for that burn

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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Gah! This one annoys me sooo much. The purpose of masks is not to protect the wearer, but the people around the wearer. I suppose that explains why selfish people mostly don't wear them...

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While internet forums are generally older, the first “comments section,” as we might call it these days was created in 1998, for the digital edition of The Rocky Mountain News. This publication was a real trailblazer, as it also featured one of the first “advice” columns, where readers could ask questions. 

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This, perhaps, is what inspired them to open up the publication to reader comments, as a means of creating engagement and loyalty. This practice would soon become the norm, as newspapers, magazines, fan pages, and the first attempts at social media all began allowing people to share their thoughts on a post, article, or page.

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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's not the first time something like that happened, and often the victim thinks the undamaged bible is proof of god.

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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

She might wanna jump in the ocean to get some water on that burn (sorry I promise I'll stop now)

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Now, comment sections are so common that there are entire genres of content based on asking for interactions. From posts that are just questions, to people “selecting” things from “what house you prefer” to favorite brunch items, people do love to share their two cents. This has spawned an entire cottage industry, like the list here, of finding and sharing the best comments.

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Bear Hall
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Sad, very sad when a culture, a whole nation just disappears, dissolves, and all is left a sappy story with a grain of truth in the middle. And the genes of the people unrecognizable for the eye.

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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Knew it had to happen eventually. Gun control? No f*****g way! More taxes? Hell yeah!

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Indeed, if something has the option to add comments explicitly turned off, most people immediately wonder what exactly happened here. From trolling, and cyberbullying to intensely heated discussions, the anonymity of the internet often doesn’t exactly make for the most civil posts on controversial topics. 

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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It would be illegal to serve either of these to prisoners. The Geneva convention prohibits the weaponization of food against prisoners. MommaSaid looks like she's from the US and the 8th Amendment of our constitution prohibits cruel and unusual punishment.

Bear Hall
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Come on, people, be humane. Prisoners suffer enough without eating c**p.

Tabitha
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11 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not mac and cheese at all. The one on the left looks like badly made or several weeks old green bean casserole, and the one on the right looks like the same green bean casserole, only someone tried to hide the abomination by putting slices of artificial cheese product on top—-cheese that’s so not cheese it doesn’t even melt in a hot oven.

wendy schutze
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Has the one on the Right got those squares of cheese on top? Nooooooo. I do not know what is happening to the one on the Left, just that it looks traumatised. There is no winner here, that poor, poor macaroni, to go out like that. 🫣

Ryan
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How to get out of cooking a dish, I guess. Families hate this one trick!

Garritt VS
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Never have I ever seen two batches of mac & cheese I want to eat LESS than those two.

Id row
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That has to be satire. No one would eat that globulated mess on either side, right?

Nitka Tsar
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It says a lot, when that American cheese stuff looks better than the alternative

Rizzo
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How bad can one be at cooking? I think I couldn't repeat the result even if I tried very hard.

Huddo's sister
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Is the pasta green? Or is that just how it looks next to the bright yellow 'cheese'?

bakedpotato
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Jeez, they both look like vomit! I'll not be coming over for dinner, rhanks anyway.

Pamela Christie
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh, come on! Prisoners already have it rough! Show a little mercy!

Everest Hernandez He/She/They
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I hate cheese, but honestly, I can make a better Mac&Cheese than that without ever even trying

Dana Trahan
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Until I zoomed in I also thought they were both green bean casserole

Cee
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is like the food equivalent to Sophie’s choice

Christopher Bowers
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Those are actual mac n cheese? Not vomit casserole on the left and vomit casserole on the right w/ american sliced cheese from the individual sliced cheese package?

Not_Today_Batman
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Idk, I'd eat it. Might taste good even though it doesn't look appealing.

Heidi Noll
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I disagree. Some people in prison are innocent. They don't deserve those abominations.

Valek Fermiga
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They're Mac and cheese....?? They both look like The Grinch has done a giant s**t in a silver container.....

J22 Nol213
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I nominate both of these women for worst cooks in America … where is Ann Burrell?

Rocky Horror Panda
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The green beans aspect throws me for a loop each time I see this post.

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Julie S
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Is Mac and cheese a thanksgiving staple? Genuine question.

TheBlueBitterfly
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm beginning to think it is, in some parts? I've seen it mentioned/pictured a lot lately around Thanksgiving.

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Idiocy Incarnate (she/her)
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Who cooks Mac and cheese in that? It looks like the put it in the oven do people actually do that?

nbfresh
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

yes, people bake mac and cheese. i've never seen it look like either of those up there though!

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Pink Aesthetic
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Mac n cheese is so gross, i cant understand how people like it. even the thought of it makes me want to puke

Realistic Optimist
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think both are cold and the one on the left looks green-ish due to lighting. They probably don't look that bad warmed up. If they are both warm and somehow the cheese is solid, I have questions.

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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Memo to US restaurants: Apologies for not being clearer when I said you need to “fücking communicate”. If you’re not willing to say what that commenter said, at least say “in the USA we pay our servers $2.something per hour and the tip is to cover the rest of their pay.” If tourists call you barbaric for that, remember that locals also call you barbaric for it. :)

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A number of media outlets have actually closed down their comment sections over the last few years for these reasons. Vice Media closed theirs in 2016, as did NPR. IMDB closed their discussion boards (but not user reviews) a year later. In all of these cases, difficulty with moderation was the number one issue. 

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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Plan A is to save the bees. However, Plan A isn't going very well. Plan B (or Bee) is what you come up with as a crappy alternative in case the main one completely fails. Someone has to make the survival nutrition bars in case a hurricane shows up before a hurricane shows up. Someone needs to figure out a work around in case all the bees die before all the bees die.

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Moderation is a tricky subject because the entire point of a comments section is to share a diverse set of opinions. After all, if literally everyone believed the same thing, there would be no need for anything but the initial post. However, as it so often happens, a small group of people can ruin things for the rest of us. 

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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

9th century Saxons have pathetic heat endurance skills compared to 7th century Bedouins

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Research suggests that people who feel that their opinion is already widely supported tend to stay silent and often don’t even look at comments. This is perhaps why comment sections on any debatable topic can look so extreme, it’s only the folks with marginal views that take the time to write out what they think. 

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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If I would have to wear such a thing I would stop posting selfies where it is visible.

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As is quite easy to imagine, once you get a forum full of folks with the most extreme opinions, conflict is almost inevitable without strict moderation. Since that requires hiring dedicated staff and developing a constantly evolving policy around what is and isn’t allowed, it’s not surprising that so many pages have slowly decided to forgo comments entirely. 

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Google has been working on AI tools to help moderate, as it would appear there is a (sadly) growing market. However, a more human-centric approach has existed for a while, that is, the user-flagged comment option that you can even find here. In other words, comments that break the rules are simply reported and/or downvoted by other readers. 

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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I thought sunglasses were part of the uniform? Did I get my information wrong?

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11 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This coming from the same morons who tried to cut my farms’ electric predator fence and set my livestock free into the middle of the damn desert in July.

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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Having a robust public transit system so I don't need to drive everywhere?

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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

to be honest, he is right, the kind of look parents give when they talk about their perfect child

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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The fact that he will type "boomer" in its entirety and refer to the other word as the "n-word" speaks volumes about which is worse. They're not comparable in any way, shape, or form.

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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As someone who hates dodgeball because I broke my glasses once and thus always got picked last in high school gym class: I agree! Cancel dodgeball! Inhumane! Torture!

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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Definitely not true, if this was the case then he wouldn’t have a beard either

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LauraDragonWench
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well, at least you already have something cooling for that burn, even if it's not the right size. 😄

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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

He's not wrong tho. And with the way cost-of-living expenses go, that's actually some smart personal economizing.

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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well, when I fall in the shower I try to grab anything and everything.

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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

not to sound like a loser, but a gender studies course can be taken by anyone for a humanities credit, they don't have to be majoring in it. that said, i took one and it was actually a very informative class! it wasn't what i expected

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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm sorry, but Chick-fil-A renounced any right to be funny by being run by pieces of s**t

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