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We at Bored Panda love corny dad jokes as much as absurd stock photos, so we were thrilled when we discovered an online community that puts the two together.
It's called r/YouDontSurf and the subreddit has 378k members. They're constantly adding funny subtitles to pictures they find on websites like Shutterstock or 123RF, and the combinations they create are so bad, they're actually kinda good.
From a guy sitting in front of a river, watching a live stream, to parents who can't stand their annoying kids, continue scrolling and check out some of this subreddit's most popular posts.
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Copy That
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Hans Hans Community Member Follow
This should become a movie.
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The Perfect Date
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Balázs Verő Balázs Verő Community Member Follow
The most confusing thing is that with DD/MM/YYYY and MM/DD/YYYY someone from a different area will never be sure about a date when 1<=DD<=12. The order of unit size is the logical approach, everything else is religion or some overly exaggarated patriotism. (Disclaimer: I'm hungarian and we use YYYY/MM/DD and I'm a software engineer and handling date-time formats is and was always a pain in the neck)
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Stock photographers specialize not just in imagery, but in sentiment prediction: they anticipate people's needs. One of these photographers is Heather Barnes. She bought her first DSLR in 2014 and immediately started shooting flowers and portraits. "When I moved to Austin, and didn't know anyone, I took an online food photography course and started photographing everything I was baking," she told Bored Panda. "I fell in love with it and while I was building my website I used Unsplash to see how my portfolio would appear on a future website that I would create. I ended up leaving them up on Unsplash, and it's created a lot of opportunities for my photography business."
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Boomers
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Kitti B. Kitti B. Community Member Follow
Oh, perfect! :D
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What A Bastard
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beastmachine. beastmachine. Community Member Follow
Nice
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Barnes explained that stock images are generic photos created without a specific idea in mind that anyone can license for creative use. "They are typically shot to appeal to many different people, with the intention of being able to use them on many platforms. When I photograph stock images, I think, 'What type of article could these be licensed for and what can I avoid that could restrict its use?'" ADVERTIsem*nT
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Natural Causes
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Leave her alone, her logic is 100% accurate
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Uh Oh
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Serial pacifist Serial pacifist Community Member Follow
Ok, I was yoking too.
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Fired
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Tiny Dynamine Tiny Dynamine Community Member Follow
Haha, fair enough!
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But as you can see from our list, stock images can climb to impressive heights of silliness if you take them at face value. "I think there are a lot of photographers uploading as many photos as possible to see what sticks," Heather Barnes, who also showcases her work on Instagram, added. "It doesn't cost anything to upload more, and who knows what will go viral these days. While everyone is trying to stand out on social media, a weird, scroll-stopping image isn't abad thing. I say, bring on the absurd!"
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Fish Market
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Kate Kate Community Member Follow
Ooooof! That hits hard! 😢
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Honesty Is The Best Policy
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WilvanderHeijden WilvanderHeijden Community Member
In the Netherlands: You're hired, we like people who don't beat around the bush and aren't afraid to speak their mind.
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Live Stream
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It seems like the guy is already dead on the inside
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And she definitely has a point. Take Shutterstock for example. It launched in 2003 and has grown steadily since then, bolstered by the explosion of web publishing. On the Internet, there is always text in need of decoration. The site offers a library of over 300 million images, with 200,000 more added every day. As its own kind of inside-out media organization, Shutterstock has developed a market-prediction strategy but it does that without any dirty algorithms. Instead, according to Scott Braut, the company's former VP of content, it provides its contributors with tools like keyword trends and popular searches so they "can find out what people are looking for and when."
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This Is Golden
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beastmachine. beastmachine. Community Member Follow
Yes Karen, I can vouch for that
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#12
Menu
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Beast Beast Community Member Follow
the other ladies face lol
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Grammar Lesson
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Serial pacifist Serial pacifist Community Member Follow
You want me to sub for you at Yale?!
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And?
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Yugan Talovich Yugan Talovich Community Member Follow
Brilliant!
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One thing that unites stock images, saidJason Winter, a Virginia-based teacher, web designer, andpart-time Shutterstocker, is the "unique perspective" presented in the composition of the photos. Winter explained that when shooting a stock photo, you want to think not just about capturing an image, but also about creating a product that will visually pop, particularly against the white backdrop of a website. ADVERTIsem*nT By "twisting a photo just a bit and making it appear three-dimensional," for example, ensuring that your shot contains a well-defined foreground and background, you can create an image that will embody a stock photo's other-worldly appeal.
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Hearing Problems
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Cip IESAN Cip IESAN Community Member Follow
Bart Symptom...
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Half Baked
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Serial pacifist Serial pacifist Community Member Follow
Cash? No, I am more of an Elvis fan.
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Literally Cancer
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Dr, that diagnosis sounds fishy. Are you Pisces?
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Smart, Alec
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MikeyG MikeyG Community Member Follow
souper funny
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However, there's also the cultural sensibility of the stock photo. Life, as told through the stock image, is usually beautified and sanitized and occasionally dominated by camisole-clad ladies holding things. It is unapologetic because it knows that it has its own particular style. One that, meme-like, is incredibly easy to replicate.
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Any Doctor Here?
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Houssem Hammami Houssem Hammami Community Member Follow
I know another version of it: "is there any doctor here ?""yes I'm a doctor ,what's going on ?""A heart attack""I'm a doctor in philosophy""He is going to die""We are all going to die"missing 2 panels
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Lesson Learned
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malenchki malenchki Community Member
Her f*****g face
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Getting Back To Nature
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Serial pacifist Serial pacifist Community Member Follow
Such a sheep shot.
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Job Interview
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Zena Marsh Zena Marsh Community Member Follow
"Hi, name's Marty McFly...."
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In the early-to-mid 1900s, stock photography images were basically leftovers from commercial assignments, usually referred to as 'outtakes' or 'seconds.' Stockimagelibraries and agencies cataloged the images and sold them for purchase and republication in ads, books, annual reports, and the like. As time passed, however, customers realized they could save considerable time and money by usingstock imagesinstead of hiring a photographer for an assignment.
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Justice Served
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WilvanderHeijden WilvanderHeijden Community Member
"I almost became a cop too, officer." "What happened?" "My IQ was too high."
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Butthurt
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Expect a vowel movement within the hour…
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Dinner Date
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Hans 2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017
And so their prospective marriage was never achieved.
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Splitter
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Zena Marsh Zena Marsh Community Member Follow
He never axed you how you did it.
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As Shutterstocker Emily Goodwin said, now it's not necessarily the traditionally "pretty" stuff that sells well on the site. No, it's often the utilitarian content (images that capture the banalities and absurdities of everyday life) that proves to be popular. ADVERTIsem*nT
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Excellent Delivery
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Miłka Chromińska Miłka Chromińska Community Member
His expression males me think that it was him who prints out millions of spam letters every day, just so his enemy: Mark the mailman develops crippling back pain 😮
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Delivering The Baby
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Tiny Dynamine Tiny Dynamine Community Member Follow
Oh dear! I expected it to be about delivering him by post.
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Waiting For The Bus
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Tiny Dynamine Tiny Dynamine Community Member Follow
For any confused non-natives, aight isn't a word. It should be 'alright'.
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Devils Spawn
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beastmachine. beastmachine. Community Member Follow
The face!
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Independence Day
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Hans Hans Community Member Follow
Perfect.
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Reservations
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Serial pacifist Serial pacifist Community Member Follow
Yes, we are from America, and we still have reservations, although the Natives used to have much more land.
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#33
Science Is Just Theories
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BlackPearltheSeaWing/NightWing BlackPearltheSeaWing/NightWing Community Member Follow
Aww those poor kids
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Communication Breakdown
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MikeyG MikeyG Community Member Follow
Bet she hasn't heard that one before
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Don't Forget The Most Important Thing Before Taking A Dump
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Marlowe Fitzpatrik Marlowe Fitzpatrik Community Member Follow
"Not again!"
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Dogs
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F**k you, Jasmine :D
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Close One
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Zena Marsh Zena Marsh Community Member Follow
So true of some of today's society.
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Painful Conversations
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That is a hard pill to swallow.
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Oh No
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Zena Marsh Zena Marsh Community Member Follow
Ba a bit messy, otherwise.
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Laughter Orb
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Suckers!
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Miłka Chromińska Miłka Chromińska Community Member
I recommend this cheerful article full of feel good memes to everyone 😁, it cured my back pain - maybe ot can cure yours too 😅
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로희 로희 Community Member
My skin is also glowing now.
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Logic and Reason Logic and Reason Community Member
Wow, those were really stupid. More please.
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Axolotl King Axolotl King Community Member Follow
Since we're on the topic of dad jokes, I have to brag. The other day my dad texted me saying he was bored and the opportunity was just too good. "Hi Bored I'm (my name)"
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Carmen Sandiego Carmen Sandiego Community Member Follow
Brilliant.
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Miłka Chromińska Miłka Chromińska Community Member
I recommend this cheerful article full of feel good memes to everyone 😁, it cured my back pain - maybe ot can cure yours too 😅
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로희 로희 Community Member
My skin is also glowing now.
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Logic and Reason Logic and Reason Community Member
Wow, those were really stupid. More please.
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Axolotl King Axolotl King Community Member Follow
Since we're on the topic of dad jokes, I have to brag. The other day my dad texted me saying he was bored and the opportunity was just too good. "Hi Bored I'm (my name)"
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Brilliant.
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