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If you've ever been on parenting duty, you know that it's a rollercoaster in the truest sense. Little ones start to bawl, things break, and suddenly you're on the verge of a nervous breakdown. But then a dad joke comes along and you know that everything will be alright.

Fathers are wonderful creatures. Sure, they're sometimes charmingly lackadaisical. But they inspire entire TV shows and a whole different approach to parenthood for a reason. Moms don't get how they manage. Nobody does, except the wonderful weirdos that are the dads of our world. The 'Life of Dad' Instagram page has been on the mission to "celebrate the adventures of fatherhood" for a while now, and so Bored Panda handpicked the pinnacle of dad memes from the page for you to chuckle at.

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    Loverboy
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    All children deserve parents, not all parents deserve children. Be kind to everyone, you have no idea what they're going through and how much they need it.

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    Nicki
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    omg... This past Mother's Day my daughter (14) and her two friends wanted to make me cards. I was expecting the average teenager stuff, you know like HAPPY MOTHER'S day with a heart, but both her friends wrote out how much I have helped and listened to them when they were down. I broke down and started crying because my goal as a mom was to be the person I needed when I was a kid. That day, I realized that I have reached my goal 😌😌😌

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    KJ
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There is still hope for all the bits and pieces I have kept for years.

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    Loverboy
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My sister is like this. Generally kind but she hits like a f*****g truck

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    LadyKing
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nothing wrong with being an exotic dancer. I’d of owned that sh*t

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    Mingey
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's the dad lion..who cares if he gets sleep..he can look after the cubs when mum is hunting!!!

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    cerinamroth
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Aw, he/she has blind faith in the awesomeness of his/her sibling. That is cute. But maybe step in before they make the first flight attempt!

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    Lakota Wolf
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wish I could have done this for my dad :( He sustained a catastrophic brain injury when I was 18 and was bedridden/near-vegetative for 20+ years. He died in 2021. I was the only one in my family who stayed at his bedside the night he died, and I was able to hold his hand as he went. But I sure wish I could have at least poured a beer into his feeding tube!

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    kim horiguchi
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    forgot to say when you wake up from a four hour nap & your toddler is gone lol

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    Loverboy
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah... I'm starting to think it's the people that are the problem and not the marriage.

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    Nadine Debard
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Mine sleeps like this when we allow him in our bed AND FARTS. I mean chemichal weapon farts.

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    K W
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If I was playing with the older controllers maybe but the new ones have too many buttons. I was really looking forward to annihilating my kid in Super Smash Bros. I used to be darn near unbeatable but apparently I don't have the brain capacity to learn how the switch controllers work.

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    😂 I mean understandable. Subway is not exactly food, it’s more like having a mistake made in front of you.

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    Lakota Wolf
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Aw, but I LOVE socks. I have a drawer full of crazy socks. I'm 41, I figured it's finally my time to dress like I want to XD Socks should be a thing of joy for all!

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Bro did they just cover the original watermark and stick a boredPanda over it??

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    amatures, that pizza box could easily have been added to the stack.

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    Brocken Blue
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It’s all the couch’s fault in my house. And gravity is an accomplice. All family members are innocent bystanders in the whodunnit mystery of “where did the remote go?”

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    1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Very accurate. We found rituals and made them evolve through months (songs, or naming body parts, explaining each step...). Very useful. * Edit: typo

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    Clearly sunny
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As a mother of a 13 year old, no, no it doesn't get easier and they're less cute also.

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    1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No this is an excellent reason to leave dads alone with their kids.

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    Michelle Brandt
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Dump all the clean clothes on your bed and have them find all the socks while you fold/put away everything else.

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    Rizzo
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The map of the beaten track in my head is not easy to overwrite. Why don't they understand that?

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    xolitaire
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When putting on your work out clothes and shoes takes away all the strength you have

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, I didn’t realize I was in the 1% as we keep tissues we’ve taken from hotel rooms (they’re in bags not boxes) in the car at all times. I’m not sure if that makes me fancy or a thief…

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    VonBlade
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Unfortunately they bet on someone who, to be frank, would be turned into glue if they were a horse. But it's too late now.

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    Did I say that out loud?
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is me since the pandemic. I have to plan ahead if I think I'll need a pound coin for the shopping trolley.

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not married, but been with my boyfriend for 22 years. He falls asleep before me - every night - and I hear him snoring. I have a lot of problems sleeping and hearing someone snore blissfully is somewhat maddening XD I'm not mad at him though, but sometimes it's like "OMG YES YOU CAN FALL ASLEEP EASILY I GET IT STOP MAKING IT SO OBVIOUS!"

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was at the shops last Christmas and they were selling "Elf on the shelf surveillance cameras". I actually bought one to put over my front door in the hopes of fooling would-be burglars.

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    K W
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My 9 year old is not even allowed to eat in the car and somehow I still find crumbs under his booster seat.

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    censorshipsucks
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm kinder. I split it 8/8 and eat one. Then when they come to get theirs I yell "dad tax" and eat two each.

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Aye but have you smelled yours? Don't act like you're clean mf

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I do this, most of the time I'm too tired to remember where I left my phone and then cuss up a storm because I didn't charge it during the night

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah no. They probably wake up at the same time but COMPLAIN about being tired.

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Holy c**p it took me like 30 minutes to understand what was going on

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My dad never did anything "soft". Instead, he taught me how to fix things around the house, how to use a grill, stuff like that

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    Stardust she/her
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In my house that voice gave the subtle message of “if you don’t obey me then I’ll beat you and force you to do so”

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    kaycee14
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wait until baby starts walking! I never knew "toddler" meant Olympic sprinter.

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    Insono
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Or our cat who thought it'd be funny to suddenly start dying... On Saturday... At 1 minute past midnight... So that's emergency vet costs + weekend fee + after hours fee and then a 3 day stay + meds ☠️☠️💸💸💸

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    1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Okay, but XD This is gonna be kind of grody but, my dad had a catastrophic brain injury when I was 18 and we decided to take care of him at home. He was pretty badly brain-damaged and had to wear diapers and was bedridden. I SWEAR he sometimes would look at me like this when I went to change his diaper and I'd be like "DAD NO PLZ" and the next thing I know... yep, pooping during a diaper change XD I don't have kids, but taking care of my dad for 21 years gave me a bit of a preview XD

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is the type of lame joke told in some kind of 1950s “mens’ club.”

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    1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Bro I’m under 30 and **I** can barely understand modern slang.

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My daughter has two of these that I still use today, she's 16. Instead of saying "It's sunny today" or "the sun is really bright" she would say "It's shiny today" or "the sun is really shiny" The other was just a number. "Daddy school is going to be 800,000 hours long today." So whenever she asks me "How much longer is this on?" or "When are we leaving" my initial response is always "800,000 hours " She stays ALWAYS rolls her eyes. I love it!!!😁🥰😂

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As a kid, I thought hot dog buns were "fancy" and we only got them on our hot dogs when we were out someplace special (like a baseball game or a family member's BBQ party). At home, it was ALWAYS regular bread slices used as hot dog and hamburger "buns"... XD

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    1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Friend of mine did this in line at Hollywood Video one time. The people in front of us legit started gagging. We're still giving him s**t about it to this day.

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When I see a little kid standing their screaming their head off in the middle of the supermarket part of me is going "ugh" and the other part is going "I wish I was still allowed to do that without someone calling the police".

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Could it be because she can't even go to pee without 2 children, a dog and 3 cats accompanying her?

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    don't do it. Tell them you are heading to the car. Anything that is forgotten or left behind is gone for the day. Tough. Let the teachers s**t on the kids. Do this 1-2x and they get the message and are ready in time.

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    With my boyfriend its the opposite... i have that 10-year old sense of humour and he just rolls his eyes like a grumpy grandma when i show him something funny... 🙄

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Except when you are black, then you can just go to buy milk quickly and Bob's your uncle. New single life unlocked. Guys, it is a joke that I see many times on here, down downvote me all the way to Satan's cellar.

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So what? What's the problem? We're not allowed to look relaxed and not-primped-to-the-nines? We're not allowed to NOT spend hours on our appearances because we're in our own HOMES and can finally lower the facades we show in public? Ugh I know this meme is supposed to be "funny" but this concept infuriates me. If I want to wear my pajama pants all day, and not even put on a bra because I'm in my own house, I'm sure as Shinola GOING to.

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