Here Are 21 Dark Humor Tweets That Are So Twisted You'd Need to Be Messed Up to Truly Understand Them
"Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die."
Have you ever found yourself laughing uncontrollably despite knowing that the joke was offensive? That's the power of dark humor, a literary genre that critics have attributed to writers since the time of the Ancient Greeks!
Dark comedy seems designed to make you laugh in inappropriate situations. The idea is that, even though those around us might find it offensive, sometimes we need to laugh at the terrible things that life throws our way with a well-delivered dark joke.
Although the concept of "dark humor" is not new, André Breton, a French surrealist, was the first to coin the term in 1935. Dark humor jokes often contain a hint of irony and address subjects that are typically forbidden or difficult to discuss.
Not everyone will appreciate dark comedy tweets, and not everyone will understand them at first glance. To truly appreciate them, you have to be a little insane... or weird... or both...
That is merely a matter of taste; there is nothing wrong with it. Humor is inherently a bit twisted, but no one said you couldn't get a good laugh out of it.
"Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die," said Mel Brooks. So go ahead and enjoy these dark humor tweets that we've gathered for you below.
1. Dark humor goes over well with the ladies... or not
Twitter2. It's not the first time America did that
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4. Running in to find out what just happened
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5. LOL... you asked for it first
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6. Neglect is being defined in physical terms
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7. Now what is Satan supposed to do?
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8. Looks like Santa lost his temper again
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9. Do you want to see her puppy?
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10. When you're just feeding shelter cats to coyotes
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11. Whoa... this is a deep one
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12. Someone is going to get fired pretty soon
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13. Facepalming right now
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14. That is so not funny at all
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15. Whatever you do, call your parents
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16. Do cyclists still need to be more afraid of cars?
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17. Which one is it for you? For me, it comes when it comes
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18. Making sure your day can't get any worse than it started... really hilarious
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19. An infant's cracked soul is the equivalent of what he's holding. Do you agree?
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20. When do naps feel different for you? For this person, it's...
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21. Losing what little joy you still have left in your life
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Irony requires a lot of mental effort on our part because it demands twice as much processing power in our minds as regular language does. Therefore, having a sense of it essentially means that your brain is better at coming up with original solutions.
However, if you overdo it, people might mistake your grim sense of humor for sociopathic tendencies.
