15 Embarrassing Times People Missed The Joke

It is embarrassing to be in a group of people and be the only one to miss a joke amongst friends. It happens to everyone for various reasons. Maybe there was missing context and not getting the joke was inevitable, maybe the joke was just bad, or perhaps it was just a moment of obliviousness. Either way, it is an awful thing to happen to a person, especially when someone tries to explain that joke.

It happens online a lot, so much so that Reddit's /r/Woooosh is full of cringeworthy times people missed the joke. Some of these are really bad, and sometimes it's like the person is missing the joke on purpose, to prove something, which may honestly be worse than just genuinely not getting the joke. It's just a bad situation all around. Here are 15 times people online didn't get the joke that was right in front of them.