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Nobody is smart (or tall) enough to never have something go over their heads. Whether we’re talking about jokes, quips, or subtly sarcastic comments, we’ve all been in awkward situations where we don’t understand something that is obvious to nearly everyone else. And we’re talking about majorly obvious things. Things that make a giant Woooosh sound when they fly over our heads at Mach 3, several miles above sea level.

To show you that having jokes go over our heads is a universal thing, we’ve collected some of the funniest such examples from the aptly named Woooosh subreddit. Grab some popcorn and get ready to laugh and cringe, dear Pandas. Remember to upvote your fave pics and share the times that jokes went over your heads in the comments below. Oh, and check out part 1 about people who clearly missed the joke right here.

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It Took Him A Few Minutes Before He Understood

It Took Him A Few Minutes Before He Understood

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One study found that "morally virtuous people" have trouble getting some jokes and this might lead them to be less liked than individuals who have a good sense of humor. In other words, somebody who is overly pious and serious might be less liked in their workplace, for instance.

"Although highly moral people are often viewed positively are often viewed for displaying admirable traits, they may also be disliked to the extent to which they are viewed as sanctimonious, prudish or unrelatable," the researchers at the National University of Singapore Business School stated. "As noted in the opening quote by Mark Twain that there is no humor in heaven, people have long considered the idea that there is a tension between morality and humor."

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#5

I’m Disappointed With Myself

I’m Disappointed With Myself

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I Matched With This Girl On Tinder, And I Immediately Ruined It. I Literally Had To Have What She Said Explained To Me Afterwards

I Matched With This Girl On Tinder, And I Immediately Ruined It. I Literally Had To Have What She Said Explained To Me Afterwards

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The Woooosh subreddit with 4 o’s and 861k members shouldn’t be confused with the Woosh sub with 2 o’s and 187k followers. Both subreddits deal with jokes that go over people’s heads but the latter focuses on Reddit moments while the former sees the entire internet as its playground.

Plenty of jokes are like onions—they have layers. The more experience you have and the more context you know, the better equipped you are to get any joke that comes soaring your way.

#8

Pretty Sure It’s A Pringle’s Holder

Pretty Sure It’s A Pringle’s Holder

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So if you don’t have anything planned this week, how about rewatching some of your fave childhood cartoons with a fresh pair of eyes? Odds are, you’ll notice a lot of hilarious jokes that you didn’t understand when you were little.

Like what Tulio and Chel were doing on the ground in the temple in The Road to El Dorado. Or how the Puss in Boots was arrested with catnip in Shrek 2. The same movie also had the Wolf reading a naughty magazine called Pork Illustrated in it, too. Wow, now those are some really grown-up jokes. And they went over a lot of our heads without us even noticing that we didn’t get them.

#10

February 30/31.

February 30/31.

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Tomasz Jackowski
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And they're also so smug about it. "Knock knock, wake up, time to T H I N K". Big brain time.

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#12

This Is So Sad Guys

This Is So Sad Guys

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Charlotte A.
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Honestly I didn't really find this funny without the comment :p

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#13

I Should Walk A Mile In This Guy’s Shoes

I Should Walk A Mile In This Guy’s Shoes

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CatWoman312
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I rented a car in Canada last year (I’m American) basically to know how fast to go I just kept up with traffic. I was completely ignorant to kilo anything. Getting gas was also fun

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#14

I Threw That Before I Came In The Room!

I Threw That Before I Came In The Room!

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

Woooooosh - oh s**t, it's back! It's okay, just went over my head. Phew!

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#16

Thanks For The Heads Up

Thanks For The Heads Up

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

thanks captain obvious! man he's being so helpful today

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#17

Bactiera Dosent Have Eyes Tho??!

Bactiera Dosent Have Eyes Tho??!

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#19

It’s Clearly A Magic Eight Ball

It’s Clearly A Magic Eight Ball

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#22

Woooosh

Woooosh

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#23

He’d Get Fired You Idiots

He’d Get Fired You Idiots

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#27

Thank God I'm A Scorpion And Not An Asparagus

Thank God I'm A Scorpion And Not An Asparagus

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

I like how you can easily recognize stupid people by their punctuation. They use c**t, dumbass, stupid, b***h, snowflake, moron, (my favorite) r****d... as punctuation marks.

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#28

Paranoid Much?

Paranoid Much?

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chi-wei shen
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think if reddit existed 40 years ago my dad would have been sneaky enough to consider such a question in order to get a confession from me.

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#29

But Seriously Where Does The Water Come From?

But Seriously Where Does The Water Come From?

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#30

You Can't See Me

You Can't See Me

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

(for anyone else who's struggling: the picture is four things that are "invisible": camouflage, the checkerboard indicating a transparent background, John Cena, and a green screen. John Cena is "invisible" because one of his taunts is waving his hand in front of his face and saying "You can't see me". and the person saying the image is just a white screen is joking and saying they can't see any of the four things.)

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

haha the meme poster didnt get the joke! thats a new thing! ish...

Viv Hart
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ha Ha, I get it now, the white pic is because they're invisible - Whooooshhh!

Janine Hunt-Jackson
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I am ashamed to say I still don't get it. Unless the reference is to the wrestler..... I mean I get that each of these things indicates invisibility, AND work, but blank pic?! Maybe I'm as dumb as the first commentator.

Elaine Mattingly
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Do NOT go hunting. The trees are full of people with dangerous weapons.

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#32

Really? I Thought It Was A Dolphin

Really? I Thought It Was A Dolphin

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#34

Thats Not Him

Thats Not Him

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#35

Women Don’t Know The Pain

Women Don’t Know The Pain

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Daniel (ShadowDrakken)
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4 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

lol, nevermind the trolling, lets just think about this for a moment shall we.. if the human body "can only deal with up to 45del" wouldn't that mean that if labor is 58del it would always be lethal? XD

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#36

No It’s Caprisun!

No It’s Caprisun!

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#39

"Damn I Haven't Been Active In This Discord Since Last Year"

"Damn I Haven't Been Active In This Discord Since Last Year"

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#40

Hmm What A Coincidence

Hmm What A Coincidence

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