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[–]MrGiggleParty 637 points638 points ago

I list my girlfriend as her actual name in my phone... Is that weird?

[–]skeletalbones 289 points290 points ago

Right? I have my boyfriend under his first and last name, and he has me under my first. I'd be a bit weirded out if he named me "Honey <3"

[–]abbygirl 419 points420 points ago

I have my boyfriend listed as Batman but that was at his insistance

[–]BlinkOh 324 points325 points ago

It's not the name that your contact list wanted, but the name that it needed.

[–]fte 108 points109 points ago

A real man chooses his own name

[–]fractalife 107 points108 points ago

Hi, I'm Galactic President Superstar McAwesomeville.

[–]Chazzey_dude 59 points60 points ago

You can call me 'The Captain'.

[–]shuffma 58 points59 points ago

I have my Girlfriend listed as Hand...

[–]coke125 24 points25 points ago

You're not alone.... *sniffle

[–]shuffma 11 points12 points ago

C'mon man, you just interupted my alone time with.....my...girl...........*sniffle too

[–]igotanewwatch 10 points11 points ago

Most call me "The Truth"

[–]Annarr 41 points42 points ago

My son Spiderman turned out just fine.

[–]MrGiggleParty 9 points10 points ago

And what about your daughter, Garnacle?

[–]shinyocelot 7 points8 points ago

30 Rock

[–]obsessederpina 2 points3 points ago

And can only come up with fte.

[–]NotIWhoLive 3 points4 points ago

This comment made my day.

[–]uglydavie 5 points6 points ago

He's a keeper.

[–]saroj7878 2 points3 points ago

Because he....completes you.

[–]7zark77 34 points35 points ago

I can't handle having single names in my phone. Bugs me the fuck out. On a related point, I was sitting next to a Nigerian woman on the bus once, and she was scrolling through her address book, and every woman had the prefix Mamma.

[–]ForgettableUsername 38 points39 points ago

Mama Say, Mama Saw, Mama Kusa.

[–]banjocornbread 5 points6 points ago

AM I THE ONLY ONE AROUND HERE THAT GETS IT?!

[–]Badgermeister 6 points7 points ago

Were you in Nigeria, or did she just give off one of those Nigerian vibes?

[–]felleese 5 points6 points ago

She told me I had won £10'000, i just had to collect it from the Prince

[–]skeletalbones 0 points1 point ago

It drives me crazy when I only have single names. The only people who get to have them in my phone are my siblings and that's because they get exclamation points after their names, so it doesn't look as annoying.

[–]SmokinDynamite 28 points29 points ago

It would be better if it was ''honey <=3''

[–]laughs_at_your_fail 24 points25 points ago

stay classy reddit, stay classy.

[–]wompadan 5 points6 points ago

Works for honey == 2.

[–]eetsumkaus 2 points3 points ago

not for her I would imagine...

[–]goofymilk 13 points14 points ago

I think this only works for people that haven't made it to High School yet.

[–]Jaccington 7 points8 points ago

GREETINGS HONEY LESS THAN THREE. NOT EQUAL TO THREE. NOT MORE THEN THREE. LESS THAN THREE.

[–]iamdanhi 38 points39 points ago

I put everyone's contact in with their full name.

[–]headwrong 42 points43 points ago

Yep, even my parents.

I get anxious when I add someone and don't know their surname. It feels incomplete.

[–]CarolineTurpentine 3 points4 points ago

Mom is listed as Mama Dukes, Dad as Dear Old Dad, and Grandma as Grandma. Everyone else gets full names.

[–]Cinaed 37 points38 points ago

It's not weird. It means you aren't 10.

[–]measuredinyears 10 points11 points ago

Apparently you're not 14 or whatever age the person who posted that comment was.

[–]MrGiggleParty 9 points10 points ago

I'm 6. My girlfriend's name is Wonder Woman. I'm pretty mature for my age.

[–]Ionlywanttoinsultyou 8 points9 points ago

What's weirder is the fact that this trick ONLY works on the iPhone. Those geniuses really have grips on the top of technology!

[–]Endyo 8 points9 points ago

You and every other normal male. My girlfriend is first and last name. The only people with incorrect names are those whom I don't actually know the correct name.

[–]schlazz 7 points8 points ago

Mine is under aardvark.

[–]Chazzey_dude 1 point2 points ago

I had mine as her first and last name. It seemed weird otherwise.

[–]sheerheartattack 3 points4 points ago

I list my mom as her actual name as well.

[–]porntipsgazzardo 0 points1 point ago

Is it weird that I list my mother by her actual name too?

[–]Bouncer_16 1 point2 points ago

That's normal lol

[–]minglepeter 0 points1 point ago

Nope my fiancé is first and last name still

[–]digmachine 0 points1 point ago

I was surprised to see my last name on my boyfriend's contact list. Seems so formal.

[–]MrGiggleParty 2 points3 points ago

Are you the only person he knows with your first name?

[–]danarchist 0 points1 point ago

strange, peculiar, mystifying. But not weird.

[–]UnKamenRider 1 point2 points ago

I have my fiance listed as his full name. We've been together for 6 years, as of Wednesday.

I think he either has my first name or my nickname, which is just my name without the first 2 letters. Of course, my name isn't very common (first or last), so I guess it's easy to find me.

[–]Fapulous_Apple 1 point2 points ago

Mine is Bitchtits McFuckface. No one will ever use this prank on me.

[–]penguinator22 168 points169 points ago

And then switch moms name to girlfriends name and watch his world crumble

[–]xJDRAGx 162 points163 points ago

Do you guys think this would work if it's not an iPhone?

[–]nemoomen 127 points128 points ago

What? No. No way.

[–]Exaskryz 3 points4 points ago

It really wouldn't on mine. If I lost any of my chat history (I can only keep up to 100 in my inbox, 30 in my outbox), I'd know something was up.

[–]proud_to_be_a_merkin 23 points24 points ago

I think Apple patented it.

[–]Zoids 4 points5 points ago

Yeah, this guy is gonna get so sued.

[–]synergy_ 45 points46 points ago

I don't think so.

Windows phone will start installing updates the second you try to change the girlfriend's name.

[–]yobobly 8 points9 points ago

Are you trying to say that some people don't have iPhones?

[–]Draggedaround 205 points206 points ago

This simply would not work on me. Because my phone has threads, so I could see the previous text.

And I don't have a girlfriend.

[–]Craysh 23 points24 points ago

Sure it would.

Individual texts can be deleted by holding your finger on those messages. Entire conversations can be deleted by holding your finger on the thread.

[–]mweep 23 points24 points ago

Then the lack of any previous context would be suspicious.

[–]sagivh 3 points4 points ago

windows phone?

[–]Draggedaround 11 points12 points ago

No Android. Don't pretty much all phones have threads now? You would see that you didn't send your mother a naughty text and know it was a ruse...

[–]joeldavis 14 points15 points ago

If only there were a way to delete text messages.

[–]VWSpeedRacer 6 points7 points ago

or just swap phone numbers of mom and girlfriend entries... threads are tied to contact, not phone number.

[–]CupofBallSoup 353 points354 points ago

This needs better instructions...I ended up fucking my mom.

[–]laughs_at_your_fail 117 points118 points ago

really? damn, i only got my dick stuck in a ceiling fan.

[–]tubadeedoo 21 points22 points ago

Worse than fan death.

[–]PancakeTune 5 points6 points ago

Unless you die from shock/bloodloss. Then it is the worst fan death.

[–]Scorpius289 1 point2 points ago

Who's laughing NOW, bitch?

see his username if you don't get it

[–]laughs_at_your_fail 5 points6 points ago

Doesn't matter, got fan.

[–]CWSfan 19 points20 points ago

McFly!

[–]Lowbacca1977 11 points12 points ago

I had the same problem.

Your mom is nice though.

[–]lazyduke 4 points5 points ago

slow clap

[–]bmwparking 12 points13 points ago

So... Did you broke your arms prior to that?

[–]chalushian 3 points4 points ago

......how was?

[–]CupofBallSoup 8 points9 points ago

About what I thought...AWESOME!

[–]indyphil 49 points50 points ago

this wouldnt work with married couples.

"Thats weird, my mom just texted me to tell me she has a headache"

[–]t_s_subtle 92 points93 points ago

I did this to my friend. He looked very confused when he read it, and said, "my mom is ded."

THEN WHO WAS PHONE?

[–]eelassirak 36 points37 points ago

Who was phone, indeed.

[–]MyOpus 7 points8 points ago

I've got to know, don't keep us hangin!!!!

[–]BunsTown 5 points6 points ago

What do this means?

[–]joeldavis 1 point2 points ago

[–]overused-meme-alert 3 points4 points ago

WHO WAS PHONE

BWEEP bip bip BWEEP

.

[–]ZEFninja 22 points23 points ago

Or just change it to your own number and go to town.

[–]TheWhiteeKnight 4 points5 points ago

You'd wanna sext your friend in the first place? It's fake and all, but still..

[–]MedakaBox 31 points32 points ago

Can I have the android version for this?

[–]deja-vu-comment 431 points432 points ago

When did "iPhone" become a synonym for "phone"? Does this trick only work for people who have been brainwashed by Apple advertisements?

.

[–]noonly 28 points29 points ago

this bot is a goddamn karma-machine

[–]gcperez 50 points51 points ago

Stealthy bot is sneaky.

[–]Annoyed_ME 12 points13 points ago

At least it has the common decency to cite its sources.

[–]Mixed-Signals 5 points6 points ago

Whoa... how...? Wuhhhhh???

[–]Asifys 10 points11 points ago

[–]PlusOn3 169 points170 points ago

It's the same thing that happened to the term MP3 Player. Everyone just calls the iPods now. Unless you own a zune. Then it's called a zune.

[–]Schroedingers_Cat 84 points85 points ago

"Velcro", and "Frisbee" became generic, even though those words are trademarked brand names. I could even attribute the Russian "ксерокс" which is referred to any copy machine, but in reality it's just "Xerox" translated. And we have derivations, like "отксерить" which is a verb "to xerox".

[–]cacology 67 points68 points ago

and also kleenex.

[–]Mjolnirium 60 points61 points ago

As well as Jello

[–]eduardog3000 65 points66 points ago

Band-Aid.

[–]DashKT 61 points62 points ago

Q-tip!

[–]farceur318 97 points98 points ago

Fleshlight!

Um. I mean Scotch Tape!

[–]ThisNameIsTooLongToF 26 points27 points ago

Heroin.

[–]kardos 3 points4 points ago

[–]beeboo0 34 points35 points ago

Tupperware!

[–]myerscc 6 points7 points ago

Styrofoam.

But that's okay. I'd rather use "Styrofoam" then find out what people do to me when I start saying "expanded polystyrene foam."

[–]SilentLettersSuck 7 points8 points ago

Tagiderm

Accucheck

[–]bretticusmaximus 6 points7 points ago

Since you're in the medical field, just about every drug ever made.

[–]jashlee 3 points4 points ago

Someone is a nurse!

[–]noonly 21 points22 points ago

aspirin, yo-yo, zipper

[–]Schroedingers_Cat 30 points31 points ago

Ziploc, Breathalyzer, Thermos, Jacuzzi, and believe it or not, Dumpster

[–]Cormophyte 5 points6 points ago

Heh, that article perfectly illustrates the dangers of having your product name genericized. Several pictures labeled "dumpster", not a single clue whether or not any of them depict an actual Dumpster brand dumpster.

[–]mick14731 2 points3 points ago

Roller blades

[–]herenseti 5 points6 points ago

in britain we call them copiers or photocopiers, although there are hundreds of similar ones like hoover or like you say, velcro.

Anyway i don't think ipods are a generic term for MP3 players, i just think they're so common that hardly anyone needs to use the phrase mp3 players

[–]Eluriel 3 points4 points ago

The xerox thing has actually become officially recognized afaik.

[–]Viper_H 34 points35 points ago

I know idiots who just call them "MP3s". They ask me what the best "MP3" to buy is, so I just tell them Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen.

[–]MyOpus 4 points5 points ago

How could you not?

[–]Asdayasman 3 points4 points ago

Pff, Animus Vox.

[–]brianblack2b 7 points8 points ago

But... you're adding 'i' to 'phone'... why not just say "Phone"? There's one less syllable. Damn kids these days don't even know how to be properly lazy with their talking...

[–]0takuSharkGuy 3 points4 points ago

I have a Zune. I just say music player

[–]sheerheartattack 3 points4 points ago

Well, first of all, it's not so much that people call all portable media players iPods so much as that...well, more or less all portable media players are iPods. That is hardly the case with iPhones and smartphones, let alone mobile phones in general.

Secondly, the term MP3 player is long obsolete, because hardly a portable media device is limited to MP3s anymore - which was true even for the first iPods.

[–]HandShoes 30 points31 points ago

I have noticed that this is a common occurrence lately. "Just pick up your iPhone and call (number) for..." It's one of those things that shouldn't bug me but really does.

[–]abc666 14 points15 points ago

If it bugs you then you are normal.

[–]random314 7 points8 points ago

Same reason why we "Google" and "Wiki" things.

[–]Exaskryz 6 points7 points ago

[–]scottykn0ws 2 points3 points ago

This also wouldn't work for people with an iPhone. They would immediately see the prior conversation with their s/o

[–]Adgum 2 points3 points ago

Because this 'prank' has already made it to front page using 'phone'.

[–]i_am_losing_my_mind 5 points6 points ago

Yes. Because anyone who owns an apple product has been brainwashed. Unlike the hivemind, of course. They suck Samsung, Microsoft, and Nokia's corporate cock out of their own free will.

Could you people be any more predictable and ridiculous? Jesus fuck...

[–]Kr0nos 5 points6 points ago

I went from not giving a shit about Apple to sort of hating Apple, because of how much of a stupid fucking social trend it has become to own their overpriced bullshit.

[–]MyOpus 4 points5 points ago

Did you just come from Trolling 101 class?

[–]nidal33 2 points3 points ago

you certainly have

[–]robi2000 2 points3 points ago

Anger leads to the dark side

[–]hardincl2 0 points1 point ago

It's not synonymous. This person's just 14 and a fucking idiot.

[–]rolandgilead 9 points10 points ago

I'm pretty sure whoever came up with this is under 15

[–]C4_pants 8 points9 points ago

Wouldn't it be easier to change your own name/number to "mom" and texting whatever you want back?

[–]PalermoJohn 16 points17 points ago

Do you think you could write better sexy texts than his girlfriend?

[–]TheWhiteeKnight 5 points6 points ago

If you can, he'll be deeply disturbed.

[–]C4_pants 4 points5 points ago

I'm just saying, there is always the chance of his girlfriend being deeply offended by the text and breaking up with him.

[–]LoopyLine 6 points7 points ago

Wow thanks 13 year old on Youtube and 13 year old on reddit

[–]pursenboots 3 points4 points ago

if you ever catch me naming someone 'honey <3,' you can literally shoot me in the face.

[–]Bouncer_16 0 points1 point ago

I want to see that video!!!

[–]SnatchBrosNY 2 points3 points ago

Except that the past texts will still be there

[–]vheissu417 0 points1 point ago

usually honey<3 or something like that.

[–]Downvotes_Facebook 1 point2 points ago

Leave it on Facebook

[–]chaoticconvolution 2 points3 points ago

I would, but all my friends that have iphones went missing as soon as they upgraded to ios 6

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[–]takeme2funkytown -1 points0 points ago

ridiculously cruel

[–]TrevDoggeh 1 point2 points ago

Fuck this. If someone did this to me i wouldn't talk to them for weeks.

[–]muirbot -1 points0 points ago

Why wouldn't you know the name of your buddy's girlfriend?

[–]oisinmcdaid 0 points1 point ago

OR change his mom's name to his girlfriend's name

[–]burf 1 point2 points ago

If anyone actually does this: it's generally a poor idea to put contacts in your phone by their relation to you. If you have "Mom" "Grandma" etc. in there, someone who stole your phone could more readily defraud your family members or significant other, contacting them and pretending to be you. Not the biggest risk in the world, buta totally unnecessary one to take.

[–]pescador7 3 points4 points ago

yeah. I personally go beyond that and just write codenames for every contact. Like Bald eagle, red leader, Dumbledore, etc.

[–]forlaens -1 points0 points ago

So, noone is having fun?

[–]TigerWylde -1 points0 points ago

Want to have fun?

  • grab a screen shot of a chain letter on FB/YouTube/9gag

  • Post it on Reddit.

  • Repeat.

[–]Sir_Higgalot -1 points0 points ago

Why do they just ASSUME he has an iPhone? NOT EVERYBODY HAS IPHONES YOU KNOW!!!

[–]mediafeener -1 points0 points ago

Why does it have to be an iPhone?

[–]FairdayFaraday 0 points1 point ago

Or go with the easier way and change your own contact name.

[–]Giroux-TangClan 0 points1 point ago

My friend pulled this on another guy I know and I actually preferred his method. He changed his own contact to mom so he could send the text and react accordingly. It started with the victims "mom" commanding him to use protection when he "plowed" then telling said victim that his little sister had been knocked up. It didnt end until the kid left the room to call his mom.

[–]Maxfunky 0 points1 point ago

If you're really cruel you can do the reverse and go into the settings and find the "keyboard shortcuts" and add one for "mom" that auto-expands to "fuckmuffin". You won't get the instant reaction shot, but you get the satisfaction of knowing that his phone is now a ticking time bomb.

[–]Haleljacob 1 point2 points ago

I wouldn't do this cause I'm not a dick to my friends

[–]prophetjohn 1 point2 points ago

The problem being that there would still be able to see the texts he had sent and received earlier and know they weren't with his mom.

[–]Shadic52 1 point2 points ago

Im sorry but not every person has a iphone

[–]Sleep45 0 points1 point ago

I lost my smile at step 1 because I don't have friends.

[–]slimseany 1 point2 points ago

The sad thing is I'm fairly sure both my mother's and girlfriend's responses would be very similar...

[–]htr123 0 points1 point ago

I would so do this if I had a friend.

[–]Ilex63 0 points1 point ago

Am I the only one that thinks this is kind of the sort of thing we should have grown out of by the time we were allowed on the internet unsupervised?

[–]Rokman2012 0 points1 point ago

so.... no video's posted yet?

[–]WhackAttack 0 points1 point ago

I have never listed my girlfriend as anything aside from her name.. nor has any of my friends..

I'm assuming OP is a tween.

[–]Alexxandria 0 points1 point ago

Oh god. Someone please do this and post it!

[–]Ass_Kicka 0 points1 point ago

I do this but I change my name in their contacts to whatever "Mom" is. I then text them asking what's up. If they repsond that nothing is up I'll ask if they're doing [exactly what they are doing at the moment]. This can go on for a matter of days. Fuck this was supposed to be a good story but now it's not working out.

[–]baltakatei 0 points1 point ago

If its a Samsung Galaxy S2, you can wipe their phone and SIM by dialing *#06#

Your friendship would probably be in serious jeopardy, afterwards, though.

[–]PandaCheeseCake 0 points1 point ago

I did something similar to a friend. Changed my number on his phone to Mum, and Mum to me. I then texted him saying he was in deep shit, and we would talk about it later. I saw the horror on his face when he saw the text and it was priceless... Kept it up for a few hours, until he called me to ask what he had done so wrong!

[–]tSnDjKniteX 0 points1 point ago

My GF's name is listed in hangul, no one can never find it.. but then again, it's literally her and my mom on my phone saved.. shits.

[–]VTJP 0 points1 point ago

We did this but changed his moms number to my other friends number and texted him saying we found his porn stash and how disturbing it was.

[–]astonishing1 0 points1 point ago

This is so low and underhanded, I so totally respect this.

[–]ChickinSammich 0 points1 point ago

Wouldn't work on me; I don't text, so I have texting turned off and blocked so my phone cannot receive or send text messages because I was tired of paying 20 cents per message for people to send me texts after I've told them "I don't text".

[–]Brutalitarian 0 points1 point ago

Or the other way around. Have the mother's number say "girlfriend," so the friend tries sexting her and everything gets weird.

[–]__TheLastDodo__ 0 points1 point ago

Not everyone has a smartphone or a phone... This is a very middle class prank...

[–]mslade 0 points1 point ago

And that is the story of how I met your mother, brother-son.

[–]BostAnon 0 points1 point ago

this is why I lock my phone

[–]SnakeyesX 1 point2 points ago

You forgot the step of deleting the last message.

[–]generic1369 0 points1 point ago

quit talking about how you have whomever listed in your phone and somebody post the profit!

[–]solavislave -1 points0 points ago

Does it have to be an iPhone, or can it be any smartphone? Or were you only paid to mention the iPhone?

[–]jtcompound -1 points0 points ago

Not one of my friends have an iPhone. We all use Android

[–]ectod 0 points1 point ago

Good thing I don't have a girlfriend, my prankster friends would have gotten me.
Dodged a real bullet there.

[–]n-space 1 point2 points ago

Want to have fun? When your friend's not looking, take out your phone, and add a fucking screen lock to it.

[–]master_admin 0 points1 point ago

I always use first and last names for EVERYONE. No exception. Even if youre the love of my life and/or my mother.

[–]The_Alex_ 0 points1 point ago

AMA Request: A Victim of this prank

[–]swishd 0 points1 point ago

If you put your girlfriend as honey <3 or anything else like that... you're probably in highschool.

[–]Suppabooss 0 points1 point ago

When to the comments hoping for a video reaction.. guess not :/

[–]sox406 0 points1 point ago

My wife is listed as ahhh...(insert name here) so that she will be at the top. I don't know why, but we were at an [8] years ago before we were married and she put it in there and that's the way it stays.

[–]CthruBlunts 0 points1 point ago

so this doesn't work with normal phones? just iphones? that sucks

[–]sean646 0 points1 point ago

What if he sees the first message before replying...which any person would see when opening a text.

[–]xXCONXx 0 points1 point ago

Wouldn't you know your friends girlfriends name? I would also like to see these on video.

[–]jdroach 0 points1 point ago

Joke's on you, I don't have a girlfriend. Checkmate.

[–]WordSonSac 0 points1 point ago

No, don't ever do this to someone

[–]Shinpachi 0 points1 point ago

Or you could just stuff it down your pants and take a picture of your junk. Kids these days try too hard...

[–]SickAgent 0 points1 point ago

I got confused and raped my friend's mom

[–]HairlessSasquatch 0 points1 point ago

ITT: Lose friend, possibly, depending on size of friend, end up in hospital.

[–]FriedBrycee 0 points1 point ago

Plot twist: Friend has a passcode on their phone.