X (formerly Twitter) is a place where comedy geniuses reside. Unbothered by the 280-character limit, they turn simple life situations into short humorous masterpieces that many of us can easily relate to.
The “Really Dumb Tweets” Instagram account collects such gems and shares them with their 1.6 million followers daily. We’ve selected the best they have to offer as a little midweek pick-me-up for you, dear Pandas. All you have to do to embark on a sidesplitting journey is scroll down!
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In a previous interview with Bored Panda stand-up comedian Shaun Eli proposed two main reasons why there might be so much hilarious content on X.
The first one has to do with it being a very popular social media platform with a huge user base. Since there are around 429 million X users worldwide, it’s a great place for comedians or funny people in general to get noticed and shared more.
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Its simple nature might be another reason why it attracts humorous people. “It's easy enough to type your thoughts so anybody can find an audience for their content, pro comics, or anybody else,” said Eli.
Because the platform’s audience is so wide, it’s also easier for people to find an audience or the type of content they enjoy on X, no matter what they like.
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"If you want to be the guy who makes jokes and represents vegetarians, you can be active with those groups and influencers. If you want to do the same for the carnivore crowd, you can be active with those groups and influencers. Likewise, if you want to troll and heckle those groups, you can find them,” said stand-up comedian and author of You Can't Write City Hall, Jeremy Nunes, in a previous interview with us.
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In addition, the X algorithm learns what type of content the general user tends to interact with and feeds them more of it. This essentially eliminates the search needed to find posts that are enjoyable for people. “Instead of the old TV-watching experience of flipping channels to find what you want, Twitter knows what you want and gives it to you. It's like Twitter is the dad that really wants his kid to love him—he's giving that kid everything he could possibly want!" says Nunes.
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Eli says that the type of comedy that is shared on X isn’t significantly different from the one that is told on a stand-up stage. The main thing they have in common is putting the punchline of the joke (the big reveal that explains the whole point of a joke) at the end. Doing this is crucial in making people laugh, whether a person is typing an X post or standing in front of an audience.
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”Once people get the joke, you're finished, so any extraneous words after that just serve to interrupt. Almost every punchline can be reworded to make sure that it ends with an actual surprise,” he says. Knowing the basic structure of a joke can actually help people be funnier online or while writing posts on X. It’s usually comprised of a setup and punchline, the latter already explained by Eli.
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The former is essentially the topic that the joke is going to be all about. It can range from personal experiences like relationships, work, and traveling to politics and various world events. The important part is that the topic has to be introduced as a weird, absurd, or problematic thing. On top of that, the start of the joke shouldn’t be funny. It should be the original, truthful, or interesting segment where the person has some kind of opinion and attitude. For instance, “I went to the dentist last week. I usually hate it, but this time was different…”
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Having such knowledge can not only help on the stand-up stage but also entertain others online, as X works similarly to comedy, says Nunes. "Because of the character limit, you have to be quick and to the point, just like standup. It also works the same as when my son is explaining how he got into trouble. I have to say, "Ok, let's fast forward to the part where you got sent to the principal's office."
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