We like to feel special; to see ourselves as individuals who stand out from the crowd. In a world where we are constantly comparing ourselves to others, having a sense of distinct personality and character provides self-assurance and confidence.
But if we try desperately to convince everyone that we are unique, more often than not we just embarrass ourselves. Whether we know it or not. And the subreddit 'I Am Very Random' has plenty of examples to prove it.
Dedicated to "people and humor trying too hard to act random or quirky," its 383K members have compiled quite a cringey catalog since the sub's inception in November 2015. Here are some of the best (or worst) entries.
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My Principal Hung This Up In School, And People Were Ironically Laughing At It
Yes, this is exactly how I see math problems to this day.
I Have Bean Watching Him Again
Rowan wasn't random. Every stage he planned and wrote. It's comedy gold because it's Rowan
We managed to get in touch with who seems to be the last active moderator of 'I Am Very Random' and as much as we enjoy the subreddit, they said that the community is slowly perishing into internet obscurity.
"If I was to be real, the sub is basically [already] dead," they told Bored Panda. "It gets 2 or 3 posts per day and about 80% of these don't fit the [rules] and are removed."
Goats Are Like Mushrooms
R/Memes Is A Gold Mine
Twitter Brand 'Personalities' Are The Worst Thing In The World
According to one comedian, a bunch of bananas should be called a fuckton.
Load More Replies...2 banana (I usually use Mississippi, but I suppose banana is ok too).
That's definitely sad news. Ranked by size, 'I Am Very Random' is among the top 1% of subreddits. However, the moderator said that this decline has been happening for some time now.
"I don't know how active [the community was in its prime] but much more so than it is now. There were only 2 mods, both of whom abandoned it and therefore it got spammed with posts that didn't fit and people gave up on it," they explained the origins of the demise.
Cheese The Environment
SRSLY. This one, I literally want to print out, frame, and hang on my wall XD
Load More Replies...This is a George Carlin bit from 50 years ago. Google him on youtube.
Caps Lock Broke
I hope he was singing “I Want It All” while eating the chicken strip.
Found On Ig
Weird tattoo but very clearly defined which is unexpected given the design,
this is what is known as "professionally weird" and it's irritating and hurts your self esteem
Sums Up This Community
I feel like I'm missing simmering with the whole potato thing now. Someone please explain?
I have a suspicion that it’s just the most “random and quirky” word cringy people could come up with? (I have this suspicion because when I was 13 I was the cringy people and my word was “cheese” 🤦♀️ like I would honestly be like “I am a cheese LOL I SO RANDOM” because that was the funniest thing I could think of - I would occasionally throw the word “pickle” in just to be extra unique. Ironically I actually had way more friends in my cringe teenage years than I’ve ever had again lol)
Load More Replies...it's ironic because i actually am, i feel SO cringey after reading this post :*-)
Load More Replies...one time i compared myself to "a potato that is internally mashed but with the skin still intact" idk if that's cringe but
However, even if 'I Am Very Random' fades away, people will still continue making these posts.
According to licensed professional counselor Shala Nicely, feeling seen by others is a basic human need. "Its basis is evolutionary: if your tribe didn't see you, there was a risk you'd be left behind when the nomadic life of early humans dictated they move, and being alone equated to death," Nicely wrote in Psychology Today. "If other tribes didn't see and respect you and your tribe, they were likely to invade your territory, take your resources, and leave you and your family to die."
Potato Yes
The way of the potato is not found in thinking. Just let go and let potato be potato.
Load More Replies...You don't want to plant your àss on the toilet and bloom?
Load More Replies..."If you sprinkle when you tinkle, please be neat and wipe the seat." Also seen in girls bathrooms.
Number Neighbors!
I hope my turtles don’t eat my eyes in the night. My cats and dog would probably join in. Potato.
(Insert Caption Here)
There's a national potato day? How come I was never informed of this?
Anyone see that commercial for cat litter where human-like cats are dancing? They should have just hired these cats and cut out the human middleman. It's for Arm & Hammer "slide" clumping cat litter, in case you have no idea what I'm talking about.
Yeah, that's a strange commercial. Not one potato in it.
Load More Replies...I’m shocked at how good those cats are at dancing! I know people who aren’t nearly as good as these cats. Maybe it’s because they don’t hafta put any thought into what they’re wearing, and so can concentrate on their moves?
This News Article
Someone tell me this is an Onion (or similar) article! (It is, isn’t it?) I hate thinking that a “legit” news organization finds this newsworthy.
Good job with the randomness here, everyone!!!! Chicken potato lollipops. 🎶rAnDomNeSs🎵
I'd be rather impressed if she randomly showed up to where I live with a duck. ...then I hope she wouldn't be surprised that I randomly killed it and plucked before her gaze so I could make some duck-fat poutine.
But while it's perfectly human to want to be noticed, taken seriously, and loved, there might be a problem when attention-seeking actions are motivated by a feeling of low self-esteem, jealousy, loneliness, or because of a psychiatric condition. In these instances, the behavior can come across as extreme or hysterical.
Obama
Oh dear God. When I was 4ish/5ish, we had a cherry tree and they were all sooooo good and I wanted to eat all the cherries but spitting out the pits was taking away too much time from eating cherries so I just swallowed them. I am proof that you won't die, but my underwear sure did a few hours later
A cherry pit or several actually need to be crushed to release the hydrogen cyanide. Swallowing them in whole isn't toxic
Load More Replies...This Whole Show
I am actually annoyed that this name seems a ripoff from the original Uncle Grandpa from Diesel Sweeties :-/ ____ Comic strip background: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diesel_Sweeties
One Reason Why I Hate Sorting By New
This reminds me of a joke my (very strange but sweet) coworker told me the other day, tell me if anyone gets it: a salesman is showing a guy a house and tells the guy “there’s a pink elephant in the basement but whatever you do, don’t touch it.” The guy says “ok” then goes down to the basement. He sees the pink elephant, touches it, and runs back upstairs. The salesman says “did you touch the pink elephant?” He says “no.” Suddenly the pink elephant runs up the stairs, touches the man and says “you’re it!” (That’s it, that’s the whole joke. When I asked her to explain punchline, she said “they were playing tag” 🤷♀️) am I missing something or is my coworker’s joke about as funny as this post? I did try to laugh but unfortunately my fake laugh sounds very obviously fake so I think I offended her 🙃
Not funny to me. Wouldn’t have understood it. I’m thinking we need to visualize the situation then maybe the situation could be a little bit funny because it’s absurd. Maybe your coworker is a very visual and a bit naive or innocent person in a sweet way. Humor can be such a personal thing. You should probably just have smiled😊 after getting it explained, maybe added “sorry, I guess I’m a bit slow😊”. We need a plan B for such a situation!
Load More Replies...Even if the cow did speak Spanish it wouldn't know what you're saying - your Spanish is pretty bad.
Haha He’s A Lemon
this is the kinda sh1t that makes me laugh on 3 hrs of sleep tho ngl
Moreover, attention-seeking behavior that happens frequently, is often manipulative and passive-aggressive, and can push people away, strain relationships, or ruin them altogether.
At times, severe attention-seeking behavior—especially when caused by a mental health issue or a personality disorder—can make it difficult for someone to stay employed or be a functioning member of society.
So Funny And Ramdom
be carrot in a field of potatoes💅🏻✨🌸🌠🥕🥔💖
Load More Replies...I love that the hackers filled the site with porn AGAIN 😂 hey Jim let's hack Isis again. Sure Steve but what should we do this time? What do you think about porn Jim? Ah trusty Porn; you got it Steve
The OG comment found in random facebook posts. This and that other comment about kangaroos invading norway or something..
I'm a tomato--hanging desperately from a vine and outstanding in my reddish hue, hatin' squirrels...
Took Me About 40 Seconds To Make
A 12yo is calling it enslaved comedy.....? Pls tell us
Load More Replies...Seriously, I thought this whole potato phase is just my son being silly... Now I'm wondering if it's everywhere!
This One Hurt
Me too. I was an unfunny 12 year old once too, but at least I didn't have the internet to record it all for posterity.
Load More Replies...This page is at least as bad as an y random “user-submitted” Panda posts, and I’m leaving now before I sprain my brain from all the non sequiturs and nonsense. 😞
How much time and effort did it take for this person to change the font color for every word to respond to a fictional "mean" comment they made themselves?
I'm Disappointed In The Percentages
However, as psychotherapist Barton Goldsmith, Ph.D., said, attention-seeking behavior does not mean that someone is bad, broken, or evil; more often than not it means that there may be a little hole in their soul and they need to spend some time patching it.
Sia’s Spotify About Page Isn’t Doing Her Any Favors
Well its Sia.... I mean the woman hás amazing músic, but she's no stranger to controversy....
My mind runs too fast and this evoked so many images and notions that I'm gonna have to go have a nice long poop.
Didnt Even Spell Ukulele Right Smh
My brain tried to combine possum and potato and it came out as potassium, I am too tired to properly think
Load More Replies...Tell your uncle, Obama needs the doorbell to find calculus carrots catatonically cute
This Guys Is Probably Barely 13
their ghosts are evapoating and dispersing themselves among the atmosphere
Load More Replies...I have a neighbor that talks like this. We're supposed to keep an eye out if we see him wandering around the neighborhood.
Can I have the cure pls. But other than that it makes so much sense but why did he eat a talking doughnut.
I stopped reading when they said the sun was yellow. It's not, it's white!
Discord Is... Interesting
I’d be ok, but if it started singing “In the Navy” I would freak out.
Young man, you are not a potate But young man, you got bit by a plate So young man, your DMs can relate And it's TIME! FOR! CUPS! TO! SING!
Observing Potato
What is the deal with everything saying potato? This is all pretty stupid
The same people also complain that they're lonely and have no friends.
Load More Replies...Pizza
Some pizzerias by me make a loaded mashed potato pizza; crust, mashed potato, butter, cheese and scallions.
Load More Replies...God I Hate When That Happens
The P Word
Hi potato. Me iz hedgehog but no fear because hedgehogs, hopefully, doesn’t eat raw potatoes.
Hi hedgehog. Me iz Fox, but no fear because, hopefully, foxes don't eat hedgehogs. Especially alien ones
Load More Replies...Oh so am i but I'll try to reply with my other account named nethdapotato.and why am I still levitating.cows can fly.goat is a chicken covered in strawberry. Hedgehog alien is cool.sao is zara and headless cocaraoch. Ffxjsbf .bchmfjydvj
I’m Cringing Into A Black Hole
I can swallow 3 goldfish at once, but if I do more than 3 I start choking. Also for some reason petsmart banned me from all of their stores.
I like goldfish... they're delicious *feathered dinosaur noises*
I mean one can like goldfish and think they have the best boyfriend everrr... does that make one super random? Asking for a friend.
I love golf fish but I haven't had any in 3 months 5 days 21 hours and 2 minutes
Damn, They Got Marzia Too
That Chicken Kinda Thicc Tho
Not quite as interesting as the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow
Actually, the aerodynamics of a Bulbasaur would apply better here, as the bulb on the back of it would greatly compliment how much of a fool you are. In addition to this, and, if I do say so myself, your randomness in a vast majority of internet posts you create is still not helping you fill the empty void in what remains of your soul. And, on an unrelated note, did you ever happen to find your father? I mean, I knew the man personally and I can tell you with 100% certainty that his leaving was justified. Good day.
What The F**k (This Person Is A 16 Year Old)
Ahem. I am 36, thank you muchly. And I will be calling work later to specifically ask for a manager by name to tell her that I am in fecal labor.
Load More Replies...What If I Told You
I Was Looking Through All My Facebook Posts, And Found This From When I Was 11
Same. XD Social media didn't exist at all when I was 11. AOL was in its infancy.
Load More Replies...My son is almost 13, i don´t allow him to have FB, and also he actually doesn´t want to have FB!
ay stop giving all the 11 year olds a bad rep!... actually nvm 98% of us are a******s that dont give a f**k about others feelings and end up making hundreds of preteens comit self die each year lol
Potato Amirite Ahah
There are soooooo many potato in these posts and I dunno if it’s in the title but it’s nice :D
The potatoes got to our hedgehog alien, all is lost!
Load More Replies...The Truth
potato is no longer a word y'all pray for my brain
Load More Replies...How Frickin Random
Quirky
God Damnit This Isn't Funny
Garfield Approved
You can always keep it in the shower caddy away from the stream of water though
Load More Replies...Omg Guys This Thing That Cant Taste Cant Taste
Who Finds These Funny?
Hunger Games Of The Rings
this is exactly what my brain sounds like past 12:30 pm tho
Load More Replies...The Entire Channel Belongs On This Sub
It's Always On Instagram
Why Does This Have So Many Likes
Spotted In The Wild
Thank you. People really shouldn't use others' genuine struggles as a joke.
Load More Replies...Sorry to ask but what is a misdread? I tried looking it up but the definition is along the lines of fearing evil but she said she is a misdread. The way she worded it confuses me a little although it’s probably me for reading it wrong. Is she afraid of evil? Does she think she’s evil? Is it something else entirely? Does anyone know what she’s trying to say?
Her name is pronounced like how a person putting on a bad impression of a cockney accent would say page. Follows no rules of English.
Meow
My grandparents always had a Siamese cat and they always named it Cher, regardless of sex. I can't tell you how many "Chers" they had over the years.
Load More Replies...as a person with adhd, let me be the first to say: shut the f**k up
I Honestly Thought It Was 26 Degrees
the "miles in a year" part made it unfunny. if it was " how many miles is (thing to do with length) it mkght have been better idk
There’s A Few Reasons
does anyone else notice that you can still see the name that got blacked out
Some Candy My Parents Bought
I mean, you can expect that from a packet of sweets called Randoms. (Potato)
My Math Teacher Thinks He’s Funny
Disgusting
Roses are red Violets are blue I hate my brother Because he took a s**t in my shoe.
ah its nice to meet a fellow daven't, my name is also not dave
Not Funny, Didn’t Laugh
A Review For Call Of Duty Black Ops 3
This annoys me, so many reviews like this on Xbox, like hundreds. I'm actually trying to find decent reviews before I spend £50+ on a game. (Potato)
Potato
Got Milk?
I'M IN HEALTH CLASS LEARNING ABOUT NUTRITION WHAT A COINCIDENCE
Load More Replies...i must be a literal chid because i laughed at this unironically
Some Edgy Randomness
that image did not need the context it's funny on its own
A "Friend" Shared This On Facebook
Better Close Those Tabs
Well now I need to answers to these questions (I do know what a pomegranate is, though)
Powdered milk is flammable, there is a comic online about what sharks would say, and horses have the ability to eat paninis.
Load More Replies...With enough effort and creativity I’m sure it is
Load More Replies...My Twitter Bio From When I Was 11 Still Haunts Me
I feel the same way if I re-read old diaries, notebooks, poems, or stories I wrote when I was 11. I think that's universal, cringing at stuff our 11-year-old selves wrote XD It's just the media it's written on that changes.
What's funny is Deadmau5 isn't even dubstep (although Raise Your Weapon was co-written by Skrillex), Deadmau5 is prog-house.
i used to obsess over skinny anime boys when i was nine 💀 im gay now... things change.
Yes It's Real
If you think about it, the only reason why we see green and brown is because that is the light the tree doesn't absorb so the light is reflected, however blue light is absorbed so most trees are blue....................................I can't believe i just backed him up.
Don't Even Try To Argue
M’kay
I had to share an office with a guy who talked like this expecting laughter. Eventually I used the sound of a tolling church bell and wind blowing tumbleweed in response. We no longer share an office.
Did He Really Have To Ping Everyone
I get why this is funny ... but as I keep reading these inane comments ... I'm losing my humor and optimism at the future ....
Sadly, This Was Posted By Someone I
“sadly, this was posted by someone i “ am i going crazy or does the title show up this way for anyone else?
I see it that way too. Makes me wonder if the people posting the cringe on r/iamveryrandom are also trying to be cringily rAnDoM too, but thinking they're being sneaky about it.
Load More Replies...it shows up like that for me to must be a typo lol or they are admitting that they posted it
The Kinda S**t You See Whenever You Open This Chat With A Couple Of My Friends
My Friend Posted This T H I N G
Trying to figure out which body part "Flesh potato" can refer to....
Load More Replies...Lol Whats Wrong With Me???
Omg Potatoes Are So Random!!
Infinity Randomness
So being random / unique is something to strive for ... so much so ... that random is not random at all if you try to make it so .... TAKE THAT POTATO!
A Pudding
What Does This Even Mean?
Haha Funny Fish
i cant stop laughing and im in the middle of class and all the kids in my grade are just staring at me right now opps
From My Experience Of Previously Being One Of The "Random Girls"
this was 11yo me but i wasnt trying to be quirky and different I THOUGHT THAT WAS WHAT WAS POPULAR HUMOR so i was trying to be funny + already thought that was funny. still cringe tho
Pepsi Or Toyota?
The Pinnacle Of Comedy
that was peak humor in my school during quarantine
Load More Replies...You’ll Never Be Dank Again
Garlic Bread
My Friend’s Terrible Instagram Bio
Haha Get It?
Found On One Of Emkay's Videos
Potato=random
Microwave
Haha What A Quirky™ Ad On Your Instagram Page
Tomato Sauce Lmao Hilarious
All I Wanted To Do Is Go To The Skate Park
Found This "Meme" On Ifunny And I Understand Why People Dislike It So Much Now
My Eighth Grade Yearbook Quote Makes Me Cringe Eighteen Years Later
I think all of us cringe (or will cringe in the future) at our eighth grade selves XD
What In God’s Name Is This
Ah Pdp Submissions
Thank You, Emil, Very Cool!
This Person Said Potato And Gets 91 Likes
Good Old
ohhh ,,, a banana for scale ... scale for humor ... nope, this still sucks.
“I’m mad me!” - the surest sign that you’re anything but. Nearly as bad as a woman I knew who gave herself a nickname. 🙄
When You Use A Dead Meme And Try To Be Random
The Legs
Why Isn’t Snapchat Dead
Saw This Shirt At My Local Thrift Store
Potato
Great Take On Jacksfilms's $10000 vs. $1 Dog Video
Hahah
unrelated and this is literally the worst place to post sum like this but BEFORE I FORGET some random kid just said " my name's batman" idk just want to share so i dont forget
Why
Velociraptor Throwing Bananas
Seems Like Google Forms Has Some Undiscovered Gems
Lol! Potatoes = Funny!!! I’m So Quirky XD
Orange Juice
The Council Will Decide
Sick!!!
Hahahaha Purple Xdddddd
This Hurts To Read
The Answer Is In Fact Not Ok
Sent To One Of The Discord Servers I'm In
So Random
If I did my math right based on what I learned from this thread, the answer is purple
*interesting Tittle*
Yeehaw
Who Is This Person Omg
I see someone downvoting James Charles, I upvote.
Load More Replies...So Funny
Ah Dankmemes Never Ceases To Amaze
Typically I hate censorship and make an effort with loopholes; I even edit my censored posts like using an accented letter so shït comes up when they censor it. We all are really fůcking annoyed with BP 's ridiculous censoring and overuse of censoring but this is where censorship should actually occur and they completely miss it. Good job guys, good job
I wasted too much time reading this stupid thread. Good thing I stopped halfway through it.
I hereby present the "potato paradox": people are collectively using the word "POTATO" to display their unique randomness, which has resulted in it being the opposite of unique or random.
A little bit overboard with the potatoes, honestly, and that's coming from someone who named themselves lil potato
This whole potato thing got really old after post #10. It's not cringey enough, just plain boring
There is a cabal of potatoes running the world and controlling our thoughts. Don't ask me how I know.
Load More Replies...I almost want to change my name to The Idaho something else.
I wasted too much time reading this stupid thread. Good thing I stopped halfway through it.
I hereby present the "potato paradox": people are collectively using the word "POTATO" to display their unique randomness, which has resulted in it being the opposite of unique or random.
A little bit overboard with the potatoes, honestly, and that's coming from someone who named themselves lil potato
This whole potato thing got really old after post #10. It's not cringey enough, just plain boring
There is a cabal of potatoes running the world and controlling our thoughts. Don't ask me how I know.
Load More Replies...I almost want to change my name to The Idaho something else.
