Good jokes tend to be short, a punchline doesn’t hit the same if you have to wade through an endless mire of text. This is perhaps why X (formerly Twitter) was such a hub of humor, memes and hilarious posts, since a limited character count is like a secret hack for humor.
We’ve gathered some of the funniest and most relatable posts by women on X (formerly Twitter) that might make you chuckle. So get comfortable as you scroll through, upvote your favorites and be sure to share your own thoughts, feelings and experiences in the comments section below.
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While women have been attempting to try their hands at comedy for as long as comedy has existed, unfortunately most ancient societies had a pretty dim view of female humor. The ancient Greeks, for all their literary and playwriting talent, would still use male actors for female roles.
Indeed, the common belief among ancient Greek men (which in some forms persists to this day) was that a woman’s sense of humor was based on her enjoyment of male jokes. However, they seemed to also be perfectly ok limiting a woman’s access to the stage to actually test this hypothesis, which might be pretty telling.
I applaud you! And you, and you! All of you people sitting indoors while it's raining, I applaud you!
Poison butt sword... why are these not the official words. Who wants to sign my petition to change stingers to poison butt sword?
Bumblebees are friends if you're gentle! They don't want to sting because it hurts them too. You can deffo pick them up and pet them, they are very fluffy and sweet. Go forth, pet a bumblebee, pick her up and put her on the most polleny flower you can find, make her day.
If I come across one that looks tired, I do just that. Makes me happy to see their little tongues come out once they sense the pillen and nectar.
Load More Replies...A lot of bees and wasps and hornets won't bother you unless you're too close to the nest, or you accidentally stepped on one. I heard somewhere that if you crush a bee or wasp, it can release pheromones that might make others more aggressive. I live in Japan, and we get giant Asian hornets sometimes where I work, but I find they're really docile if move slowly, stay calm, etc. They used to get in through the open window and then couldn't find their way back out, so I'd get them to crawl on something so I could help them to the window. Honestly, people are too big for them to worry about. Most are pretty good. Except yellowjackets. They're just mean and hostile!
Yellow Jackets! Few things are more eerie than realizing you are near a nest, and when they notice you looking at them, every one slowly rotates on the nest until they're all staring at YOU. Back away slowly. Ignore them and they'll ignore you.
Load More Replies...I think the cruellest trick nature plays on humankind is that dogs have shorter lives than us.
This one right here. Cats too. I've had one cat who made it to 20 years. Purely on ornriness. I know the spellings wrong but I'm being lazy
Load More Replies...I got stung by both a wasp and a bee, wasp stings are worse. They feel like burning gasoline and their stingers aren't left on you so they can sting you many more times, I got those 3 times. A bee, only once, and the stinger part was the part after the sting.
I like bumblebees because they are so cute and they won't hurt you unless you pinch or hurt them somehow.
most actual bumblebees are pretty chill, but carpenter bees (which look like bumblebees but not fuzzy) can and will sting you for trying to interact with them
I learned this the hard way at age three, when assuming bumble bees were as harmless as woolly caterpillars.
Try nicely petting their fuzzy softness when you see one eating from a flower if you're intimidated. Do not panic make loud sounds or sudden movements. It flies away don't give up be very gentle and try again. Then you can graduate to picking them up if you like. I don't know a single single person on this earth was ever ever been stung by one ever. I'm sure somebody exists, but they're very docile and just want to eat there, especially as the summer wind down to fall
Queens and workers can sting, but males, who are fewer, smaller and found near the end of the hive's development, can not. Unlike honeybees, a bumblebee does not die after stinging, and can sting more than once (similar to a wasp). The good thing is that bumblebees are generally pretty relaxed and peaceful. -https://www.biobees.co.nz/pages/safety-around-bees
Load More Replies...OK, I'm loving the whole "poison butt sword" 🤣... now the real question is: why arent we talking about carpenter bees (which bore into wood)? ... and look an aweful lot like bumble bees. One year - way back when and out sunning myself on a brand new wood deck - these damn bumble bees were everywhere... except, they weren't. After I googled the carpenters that I liked to call "Wood Bees", I discovered that only females have stingers. Buzzed (hehehe) on wine, I started asking the bees "wood you bee a male or a female... ah, you're male... well... you wood bee a problem, but you don't have a stinger" 🤣🤣🤣
However, it's only the Queen's and the workers that have stingers. Um, well who else is there?
I don't think bumbles have stingers do they? They can bite tho.
Wasn't a bumblebee, just a normal one that got into my house this morning, but my cat actually ran and hid. 😊Guess she's met a bee before.
Spicy raisins are delicious, but you gotta be careful pouncing them.
Load More Replies...Not sure where you heard this, but they certainly do have stingers. They just rarely sting people.
Load More Replies...Part of the issue was that much of the paying power and thereby demand was skewed against female comedy. However, as women entered the workforce, they gained both the ability to “work” in comedy and to pay to consume it, like both arms of a set of bellows fanning a fire. By the 1920s, general demand for mass media, including comedy, finally gave some women the chance to shine.
However, let’s face it, it’s not like the media we consume is now a perfect and fair representation. In Hollywood, for example, there are roughly 2.24 male characters for every female character in all types of films, not just comedy. This same study also found that roughly only 30% of women's roles even involve speaking.
However, unlike the old, focus-group-worshiping executives deciding on who gets to star where, social media is a tad more democratic. Indeed, you don’t need to somehow try open mic after open mic, if you want a shot at comedy, you can simply make a post here and there and see what gains traction.
Books too. Sometimes I have finished it and then gone right back to chapter one so I don't have to leave. Come on Mr Rothfuss, I need to know what happens to Kvothe and Denna and how he meets Bast.
Answer the question, Dave! What did you do with the doggo! I wanted to meet him today!
This is perhaps why, as of 2023, online comedy is popular among female comedians, with 92% of them using Instagram and 89% using Twitter. The internet is full of comedy gold, so perhaps take note of the posters who tickle your fancy and give them a follow.
This! plus my sister always told me I'd be kicked out of a cult for being far too annoying. That ans that kidnappers would return me pretty quickly!
Well yeah, the intense music and life stories and stuff, honestly I can relate half the time.
Despite the clear and present evidence that women are, very regularly, funny, there still are sizable gender imbalances in comedy as well. UK comedy panel shows are, regularly, two thirds male, for example, limiting potential exposure for female comedians. The silver lining is that this is still a vast improvement from the 1980s, where women were just 3% of guests.
When the time comes the me that was cool with the plans is long gone. Day of you've reached hermit me that just wants to hibernate at home.
Similarly, in the US, most comedy club lineups will still be male-dominated. For example, in 2014, New York comedy club Carolines featured only 20% female performers. These numbers have improved since then, but 2014 was only a decade ago, women have been in the arts, one way or another, for centuries.
Often, the female comedians of the past, like the legendary Phyllis Diller, had to resort to self-deprecation to draw a laugh. She would mock her own physical appearance and, at times, call herself ugly. Self-deprecation isn’t anything new in comedy, but it’s telling that female comedians were forced into this mold until quite recently.
Just a little nap. A teensy weensy 25 hour nap that I can take and then resume yesterday.
Some have even gone as far as to argue that stand-up comedy is a male-dominated medium. Braggadocious stories, tales of exploits and aggressive language and punchlines all are still quite popular. Women are slowly changing this mode, but viewers still see the male elements of comedy as core components of it, not just things that have become normalized.
I'm not sure how many hearing "everything happens for a reason" moments I have left before someone is punched.
This is why, despite some recent issues, X remains a heaven for comedy, intentional or not. The character limits foster creativity, you can get immediate feedback and folks can riff on each other's work in the replies. Plus it never hurts to see someone express in words something you have always felt deep down.
I wonder what the younger generation of English speakers think a knocker up was!
Sounds like a philosophical question to start with, but I suppose one might answer it literally, as well... 🤔
A fruity AirTag, some spending money and a religious picture. Your mom is trying to keep you safe from different kinds of harm. Do you have a track record to warrant this?
Nope. Light blue eyes. I'm absolutely in love with Marc Harmon's eyes.
This suddenly makes me want to go to literally ANY occasion where you wear a "Hello, My Name Is..." badge, just to stick one of these right underneath it and enjoy the reactions
Taylor writes a lot of songs about breakup and relationships but how about we start writing songs that the single pringles can relate to
Right now I'm thinking, "it looks like it's going to rain outside. Smells like it too."
Right now I'm thinking, "it looks like it's going to rain outside. Smells like it too."