35 Hilarious Posts That Are Oddly Specific

These take the saying, “There is a grain of truth in every joke,” maybe too literally?

Sophia

Published in Funny
30 Jan 2022

35 Hilarious Posts That Are Oddly Specific

There is a popular belief in the old adage, “There is a grain of truth in every joke,” or “A joke is a truth wrapped in a smile.” Famed Austrian neurologist and founder of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud, suggested that jokes actually contain truths.

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According to Freud, these joke-truths serve one of two purposes: aggression (such as sarcasm) or exposing an unconscious desire (sexual jokes, which, of course, Freud found a connection between jokes and sex). But is there really any truth in every joke?

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It’s a debated question in the psychology world and in everyday life. People will point out the obvious: if someone is making a joke at your expense, they must have some preconceived thought or truth about you to inspire such a jab.

However, there are some really asinine, obtuse, or just outright bonkers jokes that could be difficult to link to any truth. For any sort of example, you can turn to the trusty internet and its users to deliver.

It's a well-accepted fact that the internet is rife with hilarious posts at our fingertips. Some are obviously just silliness, while others are really oddly specific. You know the ones—where, deep down, you’re kind of worried about the person who told it.

Those happen to be some of my favorite jokes. If jokes really do have some truth behind them, then these posts we’ve collected have a whole new dark side to them.

If you're curious about these hilarious yet oddly specific posts, keep scrolling to see for yourself.