Emotions are a complex thing. Anyone would say that sadness feels bad, and laughing feels good. But the human psyche is so much more complicated than that, and things are never just black and white.
So in order to see how that works in practice, we’re diving into a collection of posts that will simultaneously crack a smile, and leave you pretty sad. And thanks to the corner of Reddit “Funny And Sad,” which is home to 726k members, there’s a lot to choose from!
Get ready for a very nuanced experience of internet consumption where jokes meet tough reality, and where the reality is not always funny. After you’re done, be sure to check out part 1 of the post right here.
#1 Unfortunate Truth
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#2 Poor Mom
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#3 I Couldn’t Help But Laugh
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#4 Here We Go Again Another Top 1% Rich
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#5 The True Answer
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#6 Unfortunately It Gets Swept Under The Rug Because We Don’t Have Our S**t Together
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#7 Why On Earth !?
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#8 *cries In Millennial/Zoomer*
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#9 Good Old Cod Lobbies
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#10 I Have Stage 4 Cancer And Sent This Message To My Friend After Getting My Second Vaccine. This Was His Response
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#11 Not So Dystopian
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#12 Yes, That Is True Icebreaker
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#13 Sounds About Right
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#14 Don’t Get Vaccinated
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#15 Tweet: Raising The Hand
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#16 She Found The Root Of The Problem
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#17 The Most United States Thing To Say About The United States Ever
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#18 Where Are These Robots?
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#19 "One Of My"
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#20 So True
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#21 Rockets Go Vroom
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#22 It Is Really Funny And Sad
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#23 Too Soon?
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#24 John Boner, I Was Opposed To Recreational Marijuana Until I Started Making Millions Off Of It
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#25 Seen On My Walk To Work Yesterday
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#26 We Can't Do Anything Else But Laugh At This Point
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#27 Education Matters
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#28 This Is Damn True. It's You Turn Now
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#29 Seems To Make Sense
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#30 Nature Is Healing
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#31 Little By Little, You Have To Go To Europe To Work
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#32 I Guess The Hotline Technically Worked?
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#33 America's Healthcare
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#34 Jigsaws
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#35 Trump: Hi Beautiful Girls I Love All Of You
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#36 My Favorite Kind Of Sale
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#37 I Have This Really Funny Story To Tell You Guys. I Was
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#38 Here You Go, Boss
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#39 The War In Afghanistan Cost Americans 300 Million A Day For The Last 20 Years
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#40 Not To Mention Our Ears
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#41 If You’re Ever In A Fist Fight
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#42 Thanks For Recognizing Our Hard Work
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#43 Make A Wish
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#44 It Sucks To Be A Diabetic In The US
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#45 3 Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Open The Door
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#46 One Star Texas?
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#47 Education In 1950 vs. 2020
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#48 And The Pizza Parties!
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#49 Memes Are Necessary!
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#50 She Has No Brother
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#51 Omg Lol
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#52 Micro-Dosing Vacation
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#53 Millennials In Congress
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#54 Sick Tat!
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#55 I Want To Talk To The Manager
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#56 What A Bunch Of Sheep
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#57 Greener Grass
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#58 In A Word, Welcome To Misery Era
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#59 Yes, The System Is Corrupt
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#60 The Growing Inaccessibility Of Science
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#61 American Dream Move Out Of Country
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#62 You Mean Rich People, Companies And Government All Lie To Make Profit Off Of You?
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#63 July 1st
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#64 It's Quite Simple Really
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#65 Funny And Sad At He Same Time
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#66 When They Tell You To Work Hard To Be Rich
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#67 Three Paytriots Trying To Save America
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#68 Nice Going Sis
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#69 Imagine Replying "You Too" When A Waitress Says "Enjoy Your Meal"
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#70 Fun Comparison But Sad Truth
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#71 This Is How My Father Told Me My Great Uncle Passed Away
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#72 Having Both Is The Worst!
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#73 I'm Not A Player
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#74 You What?!
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#75 I'm Fed Up With This World
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#76 What Would You Do If You Were The One Playing With Your Son?
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#77 Fosho
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#78 Me
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#79 We Live To Serve
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#80 Aoc Says Tax The Rich
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#81 Tell People That It’s A Dewormer For Whales
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#82 Me On A Date
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#83 Job Interview
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#84 Tragic
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#85 August's Schedule
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#86 You Never Know When The Power Go Out
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#87 Work To Live, And Live To Work, Then What
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#88 America vs. South Korea Progress
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#89 So Am I
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#90 Especially If You Are Uninsured
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#91 This Word Is Meaningless For Employers
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#92 Extended Warranty
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#93 When Some Billionaires Don't Know How To Help
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#94 That Pain
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#95 Those Damn Millennials
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#96 Ha
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#97 Freedom To Die!
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#98 Happy Labor Day, Laborers
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#99 Vigilant Jeff Bezos The %1 Richest Man
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#100 Only In The UK
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#101 US Government Pretty Much Sum Up
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#102 I Was Able To Rent A Place To Starve By Having 3 Jobs
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#103 Howw
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#104 I Don't Like What You're Doing!
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#105 He Thought It Was Bad In 2019
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#106 Corporations Panic
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#107 A Bargain Indeed
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#108 Sigh
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#109 Daydreamin'
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#110 The Final Boss
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#111 '90s Man Goes To Funeral
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#112 Okay Then, I’ll Stop
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#113 A Pre-Pandemic Purchase That Now Taunts Me
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#114 I've Been Doing Some Investing And My Girlfriend Bought Me This Surprise Birthday Gift
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#115 This Spoke To Me More Than The Voices In My Head
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#116 We're Married, I Swear
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#117 Halloween, Such A Fun Time
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#118 Oddly Familiar
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#119 How Capitalism Cause Generational Gap
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#120 What Has Israel Done To Deserve All That Money? They Are A Well Developed Nuclear Power, They Don't Need Our Money That Can Be Used To Provide For Our Own Citizens
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