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You know when you have the perfect comeback, or a joke you know is just going to fire on all cylinders?

It’s pretty great, right?

What might be even better, though, is when you come up with a comeback to someone else’s great joke in the moment, like your brain is just working at top-notch capacity.

So please, enjoy these 15 jokes that backfired spectacularly. You know you want to!

1. Isn’t etymology fun?

I mean, I think it is.

ENGLISH 101
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2. Saying you’re leaving is not a flex.

Literally no one cares.

Reddit itself doing its part
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3. There’s nothing wrong with riding the bus.

But if you can’t take it, don’t dish it out.

Judgement backfires.
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4. We really only care if you buy it.

You don’t even have to read it.

5. Historians are ruthless, y’all.

This is well known in the academic community.

BURNNNNNNNNNNNN
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6. Well that escalated quickly.

He started it, she finished it.

Got sonned
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7. You might as well get used to it.

We’re all old now so.

Getting owned by their own kids
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8. That metaphor doesn’t really work.

Also that’s none of your business.

You’re not wrong…
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9. Stop the stereotyping, people.

Someone will always step up to prove you wrong.

High IQ destruction
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10. Maths are hard.

To be fair.

Simple math to hard
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11. Somebody failed their freshman English assignment.

They probably think the monster’s name is Frankenstein, too.

What’s Frankenstein about
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12. That didn’t really work out.

Nice try though, I guess.

She got played by her own words
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13. This is actually a two for one.

And each one is funnier than the last.

A great follow-up to a classic
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14. I think I agree with Jen here.

Criticizing someone’s romantic life really isn’t a flex.

I just want a hug
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15. I mean…you can’t really argue.

Just give him the finger like a true American.

Sometimes you can find some gold in YouTube comments.
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I can’t stop snickering, y’all. Ha!

Have you ever witnessed an epic backfiring like this? Tell us the story in the comments!