r/Jokes Sep 13 '24

MODPOST Announcement: An Update to the Rules of /r/Jokes

199 Upvotes

Hey there, folks!

As many of you are aware (and have raised concerns about), there's lately been a worrying rise in the amount of spam, the number of bots, and the presence of low-quality content. This hasn't been limited to /r/Jokes, but since we're a text-based subreddit, it has been more evident here than elsewhere. We've also seen a lot more in the way of karma-farming, with most of that happening in comments.

You probably know how it goes: Someone posts a joke, and as it climbs toward the front page, a bunch of barely relevant garbage starts to appear in the thread. Half of the time, said garbage reads like something that ChatGPT would drool out after trying to gargle a sock full of magnets. The other half of the time, it's typo-ridden gibberish or low-effort clutter (like "this" or "lol") coming from accounts with dropshipping links in their profiles. Either way, it disrupts the conversation and makes the subreddit less enjoyable for real, earnest users.

In order to combat this, we've added a new rule:

Comments must be original and contributory.

We encourage you to read the rule in full, but put simply, comments offered in /r/Jokes must be written by the people submitting them, and they must be intended to entertain, inform, educate, inspire, or enquire.

Did a joke remind you of a story from your childhood? Share it with us! Has someone accidentally written "who's" when they meant "whose"? Provide them with a friendly lesson! Is an account trying to promote an "AI-enabled" or "NFT-based" "investment opportunity"? Downvote it to the darkest depths of Tartarus and report that filth!

Ahem.

You get the idea: The vast, vast majority of well-meaning users are unlikely to be affected by this, but we wanted to have some public-facing information available. Also, even though we'll be implementing some new systems behind the scenes, we'll still be relying on your reports... so if you see something that shouldn't be here, use that "report" button!

We'll leave you with this:

How many bots does it take to screw in a lightbulb?

None... but they can hallucinate how to screw it up.


r/Jokes 6h ago

What happens when you travel back in time and kill the man who invented pizza?

403 Upvotes

A chain of Dominoes is never started


r/Jokes 11h ago

A man who had too much to drink decides to walk home on New Year's Eve. A policeman stopped the man and asked where he was going. "I'm on my way to a lecture," the man replied. The cop scoffed, "Who gives lectures on New Year's Eve?" The man answered:

821 Upvotes

"My wife."


r/Jokes 19h ago

I'm not arachnophobic. Them spiders can marry each other all they want. I just don't think they should be allowed to do it in a Christian church

1.6k Upvotes

This was just dumb that I was chuckling to myself for coming up with it


r/Jokes 14h ago

Why does Dairy Queen have children?

412 Upvotes

Because Burger King forgot to put a wrapper on his Whopper.


r/Jokes 2h ago

Walks into a bar A weasel walks into a bar

48 Upvotes

The bartender says, "wow, I've never served a weasel before. What can I get you?"

"Pop!" goes the weasel.

Later on, a similar looking animal walks in. The bartender gasps. "I can't believe it! Another weasel! What can I get you?"

The creature sighs, then says, "I'll have a Guinness. And by the way, I'm not a weasel. I'm an Irish Stoat."


r/Jokes 4h ago

My butcher once made a bet with me that I couldn't jump over a bit of meat.

51 Upvotes

Had to turn him down, the steaks were too high.


r/Jokes 15h ago

If we remove all the margarine on Earth...

273 Upvotes

the world would be a butter place.


r/Jokes 17h ago

Walks into a bar A small man nervously walks into a biker bar.

323 Upvotes

“Excuse me, who owns the Doberman outside?” he asks.

A massive biker stands up and replies, “I do… WHY?”

“I’m afraid my dog has killed it!”

“What kind of dog do you have?” the biker asks, surprised.

“A four-month-old poodle.”

“How could my Doberman be killed by a poodle puppy?”

“It choked on it.”


r/Jokes 5h ago

Long My Granddad’s Favorite joke

33 Upvotes

Out in the eastern panhandle of Texas an oil rig has an out of control fire that could be seen from 100 miles away.

Red Adair sends their best, but they can’t get within a quarter mile of the fire because of the heat.

After a bit onlookers watch as over the hill, comes this little volunteer fire department truck from the town of Higgins, Texas

They watch in amazement as it pulls up next to the fire and begin putting water to the flames and eventually getting it under control, despite the heat being so high that it was literally melting the tires on the truck.

The president of the oil company was so impressed that he wrote a check for $500,000 for the volunteer fire department.

The Amarillo news stations were there and asked the chief of the volunteer fire department what in the world a little department was going to do with $500,000. The old chief thought for a moment and said… well I don’t know what we’re gonna do with all of it but the first thing we’re gonna do is fix the damn brakes on that truck!


r/Jokes 9h ago

I woke up, and noticed that all the fingers on my left hand had been replaced with toes.

58 Upvotes

When I went to the doctor about it, he took one look, and said, "hmm, something here is afoot."


r/Jokes 18h ago

When my mother dies I’ll scatter her ashes across the parking lot of the nearest Wall Mart

296 Upvotes

That way I can keep my promise to visit her grave every week


r/Jokes 13h ago

Three months ago i lent a blind friend 500 dollars...

116 Upvotes

I rang him today and he said he'd pay me back the next time he saw me.


r/Jokes 13h ago

Long A pilot joke

110 Upvotes

A C-130 is being escorted by two F-16s. Tired from following the slow-moving plane, one of the F-16 pilots tells his partner, "Hey watch what I can do." With that, he leaves the C-130's side and performs a series of barrel rolls.

"That's nothing" says the second F-16 pilot and he also leaves his spot and does even more spectacular tricks. The two F-16s continue showing off. When they finally fall back into place the C-130 pilot comes on the mike.

"I bet I can do something you can't" he says.

"Yeah, right, prove it" says one of the F-16 pilots.

"Watch this," says the C-130 pilot and continues flying in a straight line. After a few minutes, the F-16 pilot comes back on the mic and says

"We didn't see anything, you liar"

"You're the liar" the C-130 pilot says, "I went to the bathroom for a smoke break and a dump"


r/Jokes 1d ago

Long Three men sitting on a park bench

690 Upvotes

A Jew, an African American and a Racist.

The African American bends down to tie his shoe and notices a lamp under the bench.

He picks up the lamp, rubs it and out pops a genie. The genie says "l've been imprisoned for 2000 years, for my gratitude you each get a single wish".

The Jew says "I wish for my people to return to the promise land and live in the riches and harmony of the land like God intended" "poof" wish granted and he disappears.

The African Americans turn and he says "My people were taken from their homes and brought to this distant land, wish for all my African brothers and sisters to return to Africa and bask in the glory of our homeland, to live in love and peace for all eternity" "poof" wish granted and he also disappears.

The Racists turn, he looks at the genie and says "let me get this straight, all the Jews are in lsrael?" yes" the genie says "and all the blacks are all in Africa, you say?" "correct" states the genie... "GREAT, then I'll just have a diet coke".


r/Jokes 4h ago

I said to my friend ‘What’s another word for military attack?’

14 Upvotes

She replied ‘Offensive’

‘Oh sorry’ I said ‘Excuse me, could I please trouble you for another word for military attack?’


r/Jokes 4h ago

What happened to the guy the police tasered?

12 Upvotes

He was charged with battery.


r/Jokes 1d ago

My boss asked me: "Why are you always hiding in the office?" I replied:

2.8k Upvotes

"Because good employees are hard to find!"


r/Jokes 9h ago

I’m going to start a darts school with only the wrong end of a telescope

17 Upvotes

I think I can make anyone Luke Littler


r/Jokes 16h ago

Long When Beethoven passed away,

55 Upvotes

When Beethoven passed away, he was buried in a churchyard. A couple days later, the town drunk was walking through the cemetery and heard some strange noise coming from the area where Beethoven was buried. Terrified, the drunk ran and got the priest to come and listen to it. The priest bent close to the grave and heard some faint, unrecognizable music coming from the grave. Frightened, the priest ran and got the town magistrate.

When the magistrate arrived, he bent his ear to the grave, listened for a moment, and said, "Ah, yes, that's Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, being played backwards."

He listened a while longer, and said, "There's the Eighth Symphony, and it's backwards, too. Most puzzling." So the magistrate kept listening; "There's the Seventh... the Sixth... the Fifth..."

Suddenly the realization of what was happening dawned on the magistrate; he stood up and announced to the crowd that had gathered in the cemetery, "My fellow citizens, there's nothing to worry about. It's just Beethoven decomposing."


r/Jokes 1d ago

What do you call a prehistoric extinct animal that got their degree in women's health?

257 Upvotes

A dinocologist