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In Defense of Dumb Tweets, Which Are Just Philosophy Without the Student Loans

Thunder Dungeon Staff Nov 14, 2026 01:00 PM EST

I keep a note on my phone of the dumbest things I’ve ever said out loud, and it’s longer than my grocery list. So I have nothing but respect for people who type their half-formed thoughts straight into the internet and hit post. Dumb tweets are what happens when the brain skips the editor and goes directly to the printing press. Some are nonsense, and some are nonsense that accidentally solves philosophy. Here’s a pile of both.

Facebook post comparing the poster to a hamburger that never got helped, a baffling self description — Hamburger Helper's darkest timeline.
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Facebook post calling the poster's pets fur babies and the poster their skin father — Technically accurate. Emotionally upsetting.
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Facebook post claiming rabies is made up to stop the poster from playing with raccoons — The raccoons started this rumor.
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Facebook post saying gaslighting fails because the poster already forgot what they said — Immune by forgetfulness.
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Tweet recalling that cousins at school seemed to know each other better than everyone else — Groundbreaking research from the third grade.
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Tweet about a girl who is still weird insisting she was so weird back then — Back then is a very flexible timeline.
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Tweet claiming adults must spend at least thirty five dollars every few days no matter what — The universe takes its cut.
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Tweet joking that when the poster says liquid assets they actually mean soup — Diversified portfolio: chicken noodle and minestrone.
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Tweet about any update emails paired with a worried man in a suit at an office computer — Per my last email, I have no idea.
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Tweet saying the poster's goal is to be more assertive if that's okay with everyone — Baby steps, with permission.
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Tweet thread about ordering twenty cheeseburgers at once and reheating them all week to dodge fees — Meal prep, but make it a dare.
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Tweet about a pug with four beds and allergy medicine just like his wolf ancestors — The wolves would be so proud.
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Tweet insisting the poster's brain isn't rotting, it's being saved for banana bread — Ripening, not rotting. Big difference.
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Tweet complaining that humans weren't meant to endure this much two factor authentication — Prove you're you. Again. And again.
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Tweet joking that she's a ten but it's short for tense — Shoulders permanently up by the ears.
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Tweet canceling plans because the poster's clothes look stupid on them — The outfit said stay home.
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Tweet declining plans because the poster is busy imagining things and worrying about them — Booked solid with hypotheticals.
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Tweet about sighing dramatically at a club until a dancer finally asks what's wrong — Therapy, with extra steps.
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Tweet comparing medication for hormones to supplementing a Diet Coke deficiency with Diet Coke — Prescription strength carbonation.
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Tweet sarcastically praising streaming services for raising prices and logging users out constantly — Paying more to watch less.
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Tweet saying the poster will be unstoppable once they figure out their whole deal — Any day now. Possibly Tuesday.
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Tweet saying they call it a restroom but the poster is publicly fighting for their life — Rest was not included.
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Tweet pitching investors on a TV pitch show for a way out besides through — No investors, just therapists.
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Tumblr post calling an argument fruitless, like there are no apples involved whatsoever — Not even a banana in sight.
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My favorite kind of dumb is the confident kind. Someone announces that rabies is a made-up disease designed to keep them away from raccoons, and you can tell they’ve thought about it harder than any doctor ever has. That’s the beauty of stupid tweets: the logic is airtight, it’s just built on a foundation of pudding. I once told a waiter I was allergic to cilantro because I didn’t like it, and I still feel like I won.

Then there are the ones that sound dumb for exactly one second before your brain catches up. Liquid assets meaning soup, a ten who is short for tense, a fruitless argument with no apples involved whatsoever. These funny tweets are wordplay wearing a clown nose, and I’ve read a few of them five times trying to figure out whether I’m the joke. Usually I am.

The rest are basically random thoughts about adult life, typed by people too tired to pretend otherwise. Two factor authentication was not in the brochure for being a grown-up, and neither was the mysterious thirty five dollars the universe demands every few days. I’ve personally spent that money on a lint roller and a bagel I didn’t want. Nobody warned me. Somebody should have tweeted.

There’s a public service hiding in all of this. These posts say the quiet part, then keep going until it’s loud. Everyone has the half-baked thought about restrooms or soup or being unstoppable once they finally figure out their whole deal. Most of us swallow it and move on. These people post it, and in doing so they let the rest of us off the hook for being just as weird inside our own heads.

That’s the warmth under the nonsense. When a stranger admits they can’t hang out because their clothes look stupid on them, a thousand people nod and feel a little less alone in front of their closets. The internet can be a mean place, but a well-timed dumb thought is a peace offering that says I’m a mess too, here’s proof, please laugh. I always do, and then I write my own and delete it.

The thought was dumb. The timing was perfect. The likes poured in.

If your brain needs more snacks like these, the site has a whole pantry. Our dumb funny tweets roundup is a reliable mood fixer, the awkward tweets collection will remind you of something you said in 2014, and the English language tweets pile will make every word look made up. Pour a drink, ideally not milk and soda, and keep going. Your phone battery can take it.

Cheeseburger reheating in a microwave from a viral thread of dumb tweets about ordering twenty burgers at once

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Posted by Thunder Dungeon Staff About the author

Thunder Dungeon Staff is the byline for galleries our team makes together, led by co-founders Roy R. and Phil M. We've been curating internet humor since 2012: finding the funniest memes, pictures and posts, crediting creators wherever we can, and adding our own take. Roy or Phil reviews every post before it goes live.