Funny
ADVERTIsem*nT
As a millennial, I still remember calling my high school best friend and talking for hours until there was nothing in our lives the other didn't know about. But the world has changed a lot since then and so has our communication habits.
In 2018, there were 2.25 billion mobile phone messaging app users globally and this number is expected to grow to 3.5 billion by 2025. In many places, the phrase "Everyone's texting" is not even an exaggeration.
But reducing an interaction to just symbols can be tricky. When there's so little that holds a conversation together, things are bound to get (a little) chaotic. And the Instagram account 'Funny Texts' is a perfect example of that.
From contacting the wrong number to simple puns, continue scrolling to check out what it has to offer.
This post may include affiliate links.
#1
Final score:
366points
POST
Who Panda 420 Who Panda 420 Community Member Follow
I don't even care if this is a real or not it was funny as hell
Vote comment up
302points
Vote comment down
reply
View More Replies...
View more commentsArrow down menu
#2
Final score:
356points
POST
DUN DUN (she/her) DUN DUN (she/her) Community Member Follow
*British accent* Focking hell, mate! 🤣🤣
Vote comment up
106points
Vote comment down
reply
View More Replies...
View more commentsArrow down menu
WeChat is popular in China, Line is big in Japan, and WhatsApp... Well, it's WhatsApp. It has 2 million users. But in these apps, messages travel over the internet rather than over phone lines like SMS texts and, interestingly, the United States is one of the few big countries where SMS, the texting technology with origins in the 1980s, remains a standard way to chat. As Shira Ovide highlighted in The New York Times, America's SMS exceptionalism has its pros and cons. The biggest benefits of SMS are that it works on almost any phone, and people are not locked into one company's communications world. The drag, however, is that SMS has security flaws, and it lacks features of modern chat apps like notifications that your friend has read your message, or the ability to start a video call from a text.
#3
Final score:
355points
POST
James016 James016 Community Member Follow
It was a part well earned
Vote comment up
146points
Vote comment down
reply
View More Replies...
View more commentsArrow down menu
#4
Final score:
350points
POST
𝙸'𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚘𝚘𝚋!(new account) 𝙸'𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚘𝚘𝚋!(new account) Community Member Follow
Ayyo!!😂🙌
Vote comment up
101points
Vote comment down
reply
View More Replies...
View more commentsArrow down menu
#5
Final score:
340points
POST
ᴠᴀ̈ɪɴᴏ ᴠᴀ̈ɪɴᴏ Community Member
hahahahaha
Vote comment up
93points
Vote comment down
reply
View more commentsArrow down menu
ADVERTIsem*nT
Many people also think that texting is bad because it makes us lazy in the way we speak, but language guru David Crystal thinks that it's causing neither bad spelling nor moral decay. The UK's leading linguistic academic told The Guardian, "Almost every basic principle that people hold about texting turns out to be misconceived."
#6
Final score:
329points
POST
SCP 504 SCP 504 Community Member Follow
Owch
Vote comment up
95points
Vote comment down
reply
View More Replies...
View more commentsArrow down menu
#7
Final score:
321points
POST
adiiantryx adiiantryx Community Member Follow
exactly michael pizza deliverymen are the backbone of modern society. who doesn't love pizza
Vote comment up
132points
Vote comment down
reply
View More Replies...
View more commentsArrow down menu
#8
Final score:
304points
POST
DUN DUN (she/her) DUN DUN (she/her) Community Member Follow
*Ambulance sound* Here for the 4-degree burn emergency call
Vote comment up
134points
Vote comment down
reply
View More Replies...
View more commentsArrow down menu
ADVERTIsem*nT
#9
Final score:
291points
POST
ᴠᴀ̈ɪɴᴏ ᴠᴀ̈ɪɴᴏ Community Member
*fire engine sounds*
Vote comment up
110points
Vote comment down
reply
View More Replies...
View more commentsArrow down menu
"Misspelling isn't universal: analysis shows that only 10% of words used in texts are misspelled. Nor are most texts sent by kids: 80% are sent by businesses and adults," Crystal explained. "Likewise, there is no evidence that texting teaches people to spell badly: rather, research shows that those kids who text frequently are more likely to be the most literate and the best spellers, because you have to know how to manipulate language."
#10
Final score:
288points
POST
ᴠᴀ̈ɪɴᴏ ᴠᴀ̈ɪɴᴏ Community Member
oof
Vote comment up
85points
Vote comment down
reply
View more commentsArrow down menu
ADVERTIsem*nT
#11
Final score:
288points
POST
Ember Ember Community Member Follow
lol 😂
Vote comment up
85points
Vote comment down
reply
View More Replies...
View more commentsArrow down menu
#12
Final score:
275points
POST
Who Panda 420 Who Panda 420 Community Member Follow
Don't ask question you don't want to know the answer to
Vote comment up
116points
Vote comment down
reply
View More Replies...
View more commentsArrow down menu
#13
Final score:
274points
POST
Otter Otter Community Member Follow
So what happens when that kid kills a dragonfly?
Vote comment up
84points
Vote comment down
reply
View More Replies...
View more commentsArrow down menu
According to Crystal, if you can't spell a word, then you don't really know whether it's cool to misspell it in the first place. "Kids have a very precise idea of context - none of those I have spoken to would dream of using text abbreviations in their exams - they know they would be marked down for it." Of course, changing public opinion is hard work, but Crystal is hopeful he can convert the linguistic reactionaries.
#14
Final score:
273points
POST
troufaki13 troufaki13 Community Member Follow
Savage
Vote comment up
102points
Vote comment down
reply
View More Replies...
View more commentsArrow down menu
#15
Final score:
267points
POST
DUN DUN (she/her) DUN DUN (she/her) Community Member Follow
That "hehe" of satisfaction
Vote comment up
180points
Vote comment down
reply
View More Replies...
View more commentsArrow down menu
#16
Final score:
265points
POST
Angelar Angelar Community Member Follow
That was cool interaction, LOLOL
Vote comment up
78points
Vote comment down
reply
View more commentsArrow down menu
#17
Final score:
261points
POST
Who Panda 420 Who Panda 420 Community Member Follow
Walked right into that one
Vote comment up
107points
Vote comment down
reply
View More Replies...
View more commentsArrow down menu
ADVERTIsem*nT
"The reality is that people have always had a tremendous fear about the impact of new technology on language," Crystal said. "When the printing press was first invented, people thought it was an instrument of the devil that would spawn unauthorized versions of the Bible. The telephone created fears of a breakdown in family life, with people no longer speaking directly to one another. And radio and television raised concerns about brainwashing.
#18
Final score:
261points
POST
Jihana Jihana Community Member Follow
The sad thing is...she did it doubly wrong if she put in on her vagin* and not her vulva.
Vote comment up
153points
Vote comment down
reply
View More Replies...
View more commentsArrow down menu
#19
Final score:
257points
POST
ᴠᴀ̈ɪɴᴏ ᴠᴀ̈ɪɴᴏ Community Member
ripoff clichés
Vote comment up
53points
Vote comment down
reply
View more commentsArrow down menu
#20
Final score:
246points
POST
Nonexistant Shoelace (he/they) Nonexistant Shoelace (he/they) Community Member Follow
Once my dad farted so loud that he cleared the table behind him xD
Vote comment up
107points
Vote comment down
reply
View More Replies...
View more commentsArrow down menu
#21
Final score:
243points
POST
Mister3127 Mister3127 Community Member Follow
this seems so fun :D
Vote comment up
83points
Vote comment down
reply
View More Replies...
View more commentsArrow down menu
"Text messaging is just the most recent focus of people's anxiety; what people are really worried about is a new generation gaining control of what they see as their language." At its most basic, language is an expression of identity. How we speak is central to who we think we are and where we think we belong. So feel free, experiment, and send the funniest results of your 'studies' to 'Funny Texts!'
#22
Final score:
236points
POST
𝙸'𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚘𝚘𝚋!(new account) 𝙸'𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚘𝚘𝚋!(new account) Community Member Follow
*salutes*
Vote comment up
100points
Vote comment down
reply
View More Replies...
View more commentsArrow down menu
ADVERTIsem*nT
#23
Final score:
230points
POST
ᴠᴀ̈ɪɴᴏ ᴠᴀ̈ɪɴᴏ Community Member
bruh are there ppl who r really this dumb?
Vote comment up
116points
Vote comment down
reply
View More Replies...
View more commentsArrow down menu
#24
Final score:
223points
POST
SCP 504 SCP 504 Community Member Follow
How does that work?
Vote comment up
59points
Vote comment down
reply
View More Replies...
View more commentsArrow down menu
#25
Final score:
218points
POST
Anton Kider Anton Kider Community Member Follow
Censoring what we all know.
Vote comment up
90points
Vote comment down
reply
View More Replies...
View more commentsArrow down menu
#26
Final score:
216points
POST
Kanuli Kanuli Community Member Follow
I like this one. Sad but awesome
Vote comment up
139points
Vote comment down
reply
View More Replies...
View more commentsArrow down menu
#27
Final score:
213points
POST
Spikey boi Spikey boi Community Member Follow
I don't blame him. Reese's are the best
Vote comment up
84points
Vote comment down
reply
View More Replies...
View more commentsArrow down menu
#28
Final score:
211points
POST
Wang Zhuang Wang Zhuang Community Member Follow
The Grammar Slammer strikes again!
Vote comment up
96points
Vote comment down
reply
View more commentsArrow down menu
#29
Final score:
209points
POST
ᴠᴀ̈ɪɴᴏ ᴠᴀ̈ɪɴᴏ Community Member
*goes and does this*
Vote comment up
89points
Vote comment down
reply
View More Replies...
View more commentsArrow down menu
#30
Final score:
203points
POST
adiiantryx adiiantryx Community Member Follow
and nobody got apple juice :(
Vote comment up
83points
Vote comment down
reply
View More Replies...
View more commentsArrow down menu
#31
Final score:
202points
POST
Buren Buren Community Member Follow
And... he is getting away
Vote comment up
68points
Vote comment down
reply
View more commentsArrow down menu
#32
Final score:
199points
POST
Joe Joe Community Member Follow
It SORT OF flew off??
Vote comment up
98points
Vote comment down
reply
View More Replies...
View more commentsArrow down menu
ADVERTIsem*nT
See Also on Bored Panda
Mom Demands Her Whole Family Be Upgraded To First Class, Forcing 13-Year-Old To Give Up His Seat, But Gets Deplaned Instead
6 Y.O. “Realizes Something Isn’t Adding Up” With Great-Grandparents Living Wealthy On Ordinary Jobs
#33
Final score:
193points
POST
adiiantryx adiiantryx Community Member Follow
ah the mysteries of the english language and social contexts
Vote comment up
90points
Vote comment down
reply
View More Replies...
View more commentsArrow down menu
#34
Final score:
184points
POST
Ryan Deschanel Ryan Deschanel Community Member
My brother is "50% of the family trust"
Vote comment up
69points
Vote comment down
reply
View More Replies...
View more commentsArrow down menu
#35
Final score:
179points
POST
River Webb River Webb Community Member Follow
looking at your exhibit of course
Vote comment up
93points
Vote comment down
reply
View More Replies...
View more commentsArrow down menu
#36
Final score:
173points
POST
River Webb River Webb Community Member Follow
"I guess your right, I did get it from you"
Vote comment up
104points
Vote comment down
reply
View More Replies...
View more commentsArrow down menu
#37
Final score:
168points
POST
Buren Buren Community Member Follow
Quick, recover and say okay, thank you
Vote comment up
93points
Vote comment down
reply
View More Replies...
View more commentsArrow down menu
#38
Final score:
168points
POST
redties_and_blackparades redties_and_blackparades Community Member Follow
*clapping*
Vote comment up
67points
Vote comment down
reply
View More Replies...
View more commentsArrow down menu
#39
Final score:
167points
POST
Who Panda 420 Who Panda 420 Community Member Follow
Better than being a dumbass
Vote comment up
109points
Vote comment down
reply
View More Replies...
View more commentsArrow down menu
#40
Final score:
163points
POST
Daniel Krasimirov Hadzhiev Imamov Daniel Krasimirov Hadzhiev Imamov Community Member Follow
Asian is my favourite language
Vote comment up
200points
Vote comment down
reply
View More Replies...
View more commentsArrow down menu
#41
Final score:
149points
POST
Groundcontroltomajortom Groundcontroltomajortom Community Member Follow
More like perv from school...
Vote comment up
99points
Vote comment down
reply
View More Replies...
View more commentsArrow down menu
#42
Final score:
142points
POST
René Studer René Studer Community Member Follow
Highly unlikely.
Vote comment up
64points
Vote comment down
reply
View More Replies...
View more commentsArrow down menu
See Also on Bored Panda
Parents Demand 18-Year-Old Son Start Acting Like An Adult, He Goes No-Contact And Offers To Sell Parents His Forgiveness 16 Years Later
Maine Coon Cats: Giant Kitties With The Softest Character
#43
Final score:
131points
POST
Buren Buren Community Member Follow
Grandma?? Oh no, grandma!
Vote comment up
64points
Vote comment down
reply
View more commentsArrow down menu
#44
Final score:
129points
POST
2x4b523p 2x4b523p Community Member Follow
I knew how to spell scissors but dude confused me so bad I had to look it up again.
Vote comment up
153points
Vote comment down
reply
View More Replies...
View more commentsArrow down menu
#45
Final score:
125points
POST
Loretta Loretta Community Member Follow
What a lovely healthy relationship. /s
Vote comment up
124points
Vote comment down
reply
View More Replies...
View more commentsArrow down menu
Note: this post originally had 112 images. It’s been shortened to the top 45 images based on user votes.
Anyone can write on Bored Panda. Start writing!
Follow Bored Panda on Google News!
Modal close
Add New Image
Modal close
Not your original work? Add source
Publish
Rokas Laurinavičius
Writer, BoredPanda staff
Read more »
Rokas is a writer at Bored Panda with a BA in Communication. After working for a sculptor, he fell in love with visual storytelling and enjoys covering everything from TV shows (any Sopranos fans out there?) to photography. Throughout his years in Bored Panda, over 300 million people have read the posts he's written, which is probably more than he could count to.
Read less »
Rokas Laurinavičius
Writer, BoredPanda staff
Read more »
Rokas is a writer at Bored Panda with a BA in Communication. After working for a sculptor, he fell in love with visual storytelling and enjoys covering everything from TV shows (any Sopranos fans out there?) to photography. Throughout his years in Bored Panda, over 300 million people have read the posts he's written, which is probably more than he could count to.
Read less »
Mindaugas Balčiauskas
Author, BoredPanda staff
Read more »
I'm a visual editor at Bored Panda. I kickstart my day with a mug of coffee bigger than my head, ready to tackle Photoshop. I navigate through the digital jungle with finesse, fueled by bamboo breaks and caffeine kicks. When the workday winds down, you might catch me devouring bamboo snacks while binging on the latest TV show, gaming or I could be out in nature, soaking up the tranquility and communing with my inner panda.
Read less »
Mindaugas Balčiauskas
Author, BoredPanda staff
Read more »
I'm a visual editor at Bored Panda. I kickstart my day with a mug of coffee bigger than my head, ready to tackle Photoshop. I navigate through the digital jungle with finesse, fueled by bamboo breaks and caffeine kicks. When the workday winds down, you might catch me devouring bamboo snacks while binging on the latest TV show, gaming or I could be out in nature, soaking up the tranquility and communing with my inner panda.
Read less »
Hey pandas, what do you think?
POST
Ryan Deschanel Ryan Deschanel Community Member
That was almost as fake as inspirational quotes.
Vote comment up
24points
Vote comment down
reply
Who Panda 420 Who Panda 420 Community Member Follow
Yup once again I got downvoted into infinity for pointing one out.
Vote comment up
8points
Vote comment down
reply
Load More Replies...
adiiantryx adiiantryx Community Member Follow
the fact that they have consistent spelling mistakes and the weird naming convention tells us one thing: it's fake, and that's quite annoying. also they're texting as if they're roleplaying the whole situation
Vote comment up
19points
Vote comment down
reply
D K D K Community Member Follow
The purest, non-fake one of these I’ve ever seen was about lightly fried fish fillets. Which is why it wasn’t featured on this list.
Vote comment up
11points
Vote comment down
reply
greenbean greenbean Community Member Follow
What was it about??? I need to know!! 🤣
Vote comment up
2points
Vote comment down
reply
Load More Replies...
Load More Comments
POST
Ryan Deschanel Ryan Deschanel Community Member
That was almost as fake as inspirational quotes.
Vote comment up
24points
Vote comment down
reply
Who Panda 420 Who Panda 420 Community Member Follow
Yup once again I got downvoted into infinity for pointing one out.
Vote comment up
8points
Vote comment down
reply
Load More Replies...
adiiantryx adiiantryx Community Member Follow
the fact that they have consistent spelling mistakes and the weird naming convention tells us one thing: it's fake, and that's quite annoying. also they're texting as if they're roleplaying the whole situation
Vote comment up
19points
Vote comment down
reply
D K D K Community Member Follow
The purest, non-fake one of these I’ve ever seen was about lightly fried fish fillets. Which is why it wasn’t featured on this list.
Vote comment up
11points
Vote comment down
reply
greenbean greenbean Community Member Follow
What was it about??? I need to know!! 🤣
Vote comment up
2points
Vote comment down
reply
Load More Replies...
Load More Comments
You May Like
Ilona Baliūnaitė
Eligijus Sinkunas
Akvile Petraityte 🇺🇦
Popular on Bored Panda
Popular on Bored Panda
Trending on Bored Panda
Newsletter
Stay Tuned to Your Favorite Categories
More categories Subscription arrow right
Thank you! You've successfully subscribed to newsletters!
By entering your email and clicking Subscribe, you're agreeing to let us send you customized marketing messages about us and our advertising partners. You are also agreeing to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.
Also on Bored Panda