Missing the joke or not being part of a joke is always an embarrassing and awkward moment in life. It never feels good to miss out on something funny, but usually, it is a moment that passes quickly. Unless it happens online, of course. On the Internet things last forever which means everyone's awkward moments are eternalized. Missing the joke online is even more embarrassing than doing it on purpose especially when the jokes are this obvious.

It's unclear sometimes whether people are missing these jokes on purpose to seem smarter than everyone else or if it's genuine confusion. Either way, it's a cringeworthy moment no one enjoys seeing. Reddit's /r/woooosh, named after the hypothetical sound a joke flying over someone's head makes, is a subreddit made to share all of the worst moments of someone missing an obvious joke. Here are just 25 of them worthy of a facepalm.