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When you tell a friend a joke and he repeats the same joke to your group of friends who all laugh at it (imgur.com)

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[–]KennyPowersCEO 70 points71 points ago

Not as bad as when a friend tells you a joke that you told them.

[–]Fr4t 44 points45 points ago

And then claims that it's his own because that jerk forgot about you telling him and then he makes out with your girlfriend three days before you wanted to go on a 2 week trip with her. Fuck you, Jake. FUCK YOU!

[–]issquashfluffy 26 points27 points ago

Yes, let the hate run through you.

[–]undeniablycool 4 points5 points ago

Is that you, Jake?

[–]dekonstruktr 11 points12 points ago

This Jake fellow sounds like a real dick

[–]HeroDiesFirst 4 points5 points ago

I know a guy named Jake, dude is a total prick.

[–]JamoJustReddit 1 point2 points ago

I also know a guy named jake. He's awesome. One of my best friends.

[–]Boss_since_1990 7 points8 points ago

Sorry

[–]TeamVlad 1 point2 points ago

Body parts were recovered along the river strait near the narrows. The body parts were believed to be in the water five to seven days and were identified by the medical examiner's office today. The body parts are believed to be those of Jacob, who went missing on October 19, 2012. The police have identified a male friend as a lead suspect.

[–]Fr4t 0 points1 point ago

Good thing you wrote this. I'll think of another plan where the cops don't catch me.

[–]abide1187 1 point2 points ago

Give in to your anger...

[–]Grappindemen 8 points9 points ago

But that is not as bad as when a redditor tells a joke that you told them.

[–]KennyPowersCEO 1 point2 points ago

Good call, these are both punishable by a kick to the nuts.

[–]m1a1tanksauce 4 points5 points ago

Or when a friend tells you a funny story and they forget you were there with them to witness it.

[–]ReddSam 0 points1 point ago

Define 'friend' for me.

[–]KennyPowersCEO 0 points1 point ago

Well in this case it means an unoriginal doucher that you know.

[–]bikkebakke 74 points75 points ago

Always when I do this (tell a joke that a friend told me) I usually say: As [insert friends name] told me -> joke

I hate people stealing jokes and shit :<

[–]endym1on 38 points39 points ago

My friend does it but he switches half of the words in the joke and nobody laughs. Also gives me credit...

[–]mr-peabody 10 points11 points ago

crickets

"...Yeah, well endym1on said it."

[–]Whoreadswhoreads 0 points1 point ago

I do the same with jokes from /r/jokes, but don't give credit to it, because I don't want to explain everyone what reddit is. I switch some words, sometimes the whole punchline, until only a trainwreck of the original joke remains.

Usually this is followed by my friends leting me know that I suck at telling jokes. Kind of like Karma kicking me in the balls for being unfunny.

[–]elementalizer 40 points41 points ago

http://i.imgur.com/5vW0G.jpg

[–]probably-maybe 3 points4 points ago

My husband is the little girl in that scenario. But there has never been a time where I don't follow up with "yeah, John just said that. It wasn't my joke."

In my defense, he's very soft-spoken so a lot of his jokes go unnoticed.

[–]afnj 16 points17 points ago

Damn that Miz!!!!

[–]APF429 9 points10 points ago

The dreaded Joke Poach...it's the worst.

[–]Sad_King_Billy 5 points6 points ago

Like when you post a gif that gets zero upvotes and then see the same gif reposted 100's of times over for multitudes of sweet link karma?

[–]NightMan7 7 points8 points ago

I have a friend who does this all the time and I always call him out for it. "Hahaha yeah it was funny when I said that". I end up looking like kind of a dick, but I have no regrets.

[–]rastapasta808 0 points1 point ago

Catch 22.

I run into the same problem.

[–]CODYsaurusREX 17 points18 points ago

http://i.imgur.com/68rzy.gif

[–]FreeBribes 6 points7 points ago

My first college roommate did that shit all the time... worse than standard jokes; he'd steal my mannerisms and witty comments. After 9 months of living with him, I realized he stole his whole personality from movies... he was an IRL actor.

[–]cz03se 10 points11 points ago

Those are creepy people. I have come across one or two in my time. I called him shapeshifter because he would also be drastically different depending on who he was hanging out with at the time

[–]rastapasta808 1 point2 points ago

I've lost friends due to actions like this. Can't stand it.

We are prototypes and theyre just production line phonies. Im finding it gets better as you get older and out of the school setting.

[–]vinegarstrokes420 5 points6 points ago

Always happens to me like 2 seconds after I tell a joke and only one person hears it. They then yell it and all laugh as I sit there waiting for them to acknowledge me as the source.

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points ago

Or when you make an incredibly smart observation quietly to your friend and he shouts it for everyone to hear, then gets all the credit

[–]eeviltwin 5 points6 points ago

When you tell Reddit a joke and another Redditor repeats the same joke and steals upvotes from you

[–]Despotic 2 points3 points ago

I've got a friend whose entire personality revolves around stealing what other people say and making himself the main character in every story. I just allow it to happen because I'm sure he's aware of what he's doing and has to live with it.

[–]Apokalyps 6 points7 points ago

IRL reposts are fucked up.

[–]Randompaul 6 points7 points ago

Awwwwwweeeeesoommmmmeee!

[–]cole1114 6 points7 points ago

Don't downvote Randompaul. This gif is from when The Miz won the WWE championship from Randy Orton. His catchphrase is calling himself awesome in that fashion.

[–]Sariel007 3 points4 points ago

This was in a M* A* S* H* episode. Hawkeye tells BJ a joke that BJ doesn't laugh at but then BJ tells the rest of the camp (who all think it is hilarious) without giving Hawkeye credit.

[–]ibowls 10 points11 points ago

It also happens in real life all the time, you know?

[–]philonius 1 point2 points ago

Is THAT all you do? BIRD imitations?

[–]Sariel007 1 point2 points ago

I genuinely laughed. I could remember the set up but not the punchline, thanks for that.

[–]Asaroki 1 point2 points ago

It's even better when you tell it and no one laughs, only to hear it from someone else in the group you told and everyone thinks it's hilarious.

[–]Galveira 1 point2 points ago

Your friend is Reddit?

[–]NySillist 1 point2 points ago

This happens to me ;_;

[–]Hefeweize 1 point2 points ago

Is tat a boy or girl.. Either way we have a troublemaker

[–]rastapasta808 1 point2 points ago

I hate this more than anything...

I don't have a big ego so I don't need/like the attention or praise like some do. This happened to me so many times growing up but it definitely has stopped since I've become an adult.

I've lost a few friends over stuff like this because they would constantly mirror my personality or copy my mannerisms and jokes to the point where I can't show them anything new out of dread that they will copy, overuse, and ruin the enjoyment for me

[–]ImUsingDaForce 1 point2 points ago

Or when he does it 2 seconds after infront of you and you're like: "sure whatever.... NEMESIS! FOR LIFE!" on the inside..

[–]MIKH1 3 points4 points ago

Also MFW you repost a gif with the same title.

[–]blizzy461 0 points1 point ago

that's my karma, bitch.

[–]beershitz 0 points1 point ago

We call it "joke poaching"

[–]Im4g1n3 0 points1 point ago

That looks like the girl from Revolution.

[–]poop_dawg 0 points1 point ago

Holy crap that little girl looks just like me when I was little. Crankiness and all.

[–]NinaDog 0 points1 point ago

My boss does this. And she will repeat the joke to every person she can, and then act like she just thought of it. I fucking hate that.

[–]Sunspotsy 0 points1 point ago

Even worse when the friend didn't understand the joke in the first place.

[–]radical01 0 points1 point ago

That kid is metal as fuck!

[–]Sterculius 0 points1 point ago

Happens all the time at work. I don't tell jokes anymore unless the whole group can hear me.

[–]maurinn 0 points1 point ago

"I can feel your anger. It gives you focus."

[–]zants 0 points1 point ago

Middle/high school experience:

1) I tell joke at lunch. After an awkward pause, "that was fucking gay," "why do you sit with us?" etc.

2) Next day in class, person from table says joke, everyone loves it.

3) Occasionally after telling said joke, person turns around and stares at me with a smirk.

Repeat over several years. ._.

[–]ertdgaf 0 points1 point ago

An ex boyfriend of mine used to do this to me all the time. He would justify it by saying, (referring to the Lonely Island) "You're the Jorma and I'm the Andy; I'm just better at the delivery." So I can confirm, that's exactly MFW.

[–]zoltanps 0 points1 point ago

When you repost a repost of a repost that was reposted two weeks ago.

[–]AutisticTroll 0 points1 point ago

Scumbag Redditor: Makes a post complaining about people stealing his joke.

Repost.

[–]funkgross -1 points0 points ago

when you're 15 years old and on reddit

[–]Doddicus -5 points-4 points ago

I do this constantly and always give my friend a shit eating grin.

[–]Skvid 2 points3 points ago

You are a horrible person and should be ashamed of yourself.

[–]ReddSam 0 points1 point ago

Over in the naughty corner for you then, go on. Chop chop.

[–]Tlingit_Raven -3 points-2 points ago

WHY THE FUCK DO YOU CARE?