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[–]Yeckarb 57 points58 points ago

Subtlety. I like.

[–]Icemasta 28 points29 points ago

This is an interesting math problem to be sure, let's go over the basics:

The light is being refracted at an angle of 40 to 42 degrees from your anti-solar point http://www.photocentric.net/rainbow_angles.htm .

What is shown in the picture is if you're looking for the center of the rainbow, but here's we're looking at the end, so it's actually completely horizontal instead of vertical. This incidentally means that the sun must be near dawn or dusk to display these properties!

Now, I suck at drawing so I'll try to explain it so it makes senses. First of all, the light coming from the sun must come at an angle that is nearly 0, meaning the light must be parallel to you, meaning any building/mountain to your left would block this effect.

Secondly, you must be looking a ahead, where the angle between the objection you're looking at (rainbow/rain) is at a 40-42 degrees angle from the light coming from the sun, a very hard to get angle in the first place.

I made a shitty drawing http://i.imgur.com/ukLtc.png , but I assume this is the conditions you'd need to have to see a rainbow in front of you, I dunno if you'd be able to cross it though, at a certain point it would probably vanish before you reach it.

[–]JesterAzazel 26 points27 points ago

I've seen this happen. It's crazy because you never reach the rainbow, it just keeps moving away as you drive.

[–]Goose420 33 points34 points ago

well hey if you reached it, you would just crash into the pot of gold

[–]JesterAzazel 30 points31 points ago

But there will be enough gold to cover the damage.

[–]Blah58 4 points5 points ago

1 in 300,000 ?

[–]stickykeysmcgee 2 points3 points ago

Aint google image search useful?

[–]njoshi318 355 points356 points ago

I hope you have rainbow collision insurance for your car.

[–]NecroGod 361 points362 points ago

Taste the airbag!

[–]hpclone25 16 points17 points ago

Best commercial ever, hands down.

[–]XeonProductions 31 points32 points ago

that was uhhh... interesting.... yeah.

[–]drawingdead0 5 points6 points ago

The fact that the director's name is Cousins sent my mind to a dark, dark place

[–]maxcaliburx 21 points22 points ago

where is the pot of gold?

[–]Pyro123087 20 points21 points ago

its on the other side

[–]whoosy 23 points24 points ago

[–]kimpler 11 points12 points ago

There was two pot one at each end but times are tough now a days

[–]NothingsShocking 4 points5 points ago

it's actually a california lotto scratcher called pot o gold. he won one free TICKET.

[–]codesign 65 points66 points ago

Actually if you drive directly into it, you can drive right onto the rainbow. Rainbows generate their own gravitational force, and because of the way the spectrum bends you can only see their true contents while inside of that gravitational field. This is why so many people do not know that there are all kinds of things within a rainbow such as gravitational acceleration fields, bananas and turtle shells. At any given time you can find high-stakes illegal street races occurring on a rainbow, so you may wish to drive aggressively if ever given the opportunity. They also have a psychedelic effect so your fellow motorists may start to look strange like turtles, ghosts, or mushrooms, this is a normal occurrence and should not be of alarm.

[–]stealthpenguin23 3 points4 points ago

source?

[–]Doesnt_Suck 12 points13 points ago

I am a driver in said illegal street races and can confirm that this man speaks the truth.

                                            -Mario

[–]EstebanL 8 points9 points ago

See the airbag.

[–]Possibly_bad_grammar 4 points5 points ago

Taste the airbag.

[–]TheTician 134 points135 points ago

I had a similar experience...I didn't find gold (though I didn't look in that guys car), however, I did get laid 30 minutes later. I have spent every rainy day trying to get back to the end of the rainbow... The other end of the rainbow

[–]Minus90Hz 91 points92 points ago

Wait a minute, that's a double rainbow!

[–]ColinD1 59 points60 points ago

WHAT DOES IT MEAN??

[–]shadow111 27 points28 points ago

yeaaaah, it's so intense!

[–]Satans_pro_tips 10 points11 points ago

It means there's two of them.

[–]Evolved_Fetus 19 points20 points ago

Did it happen to go all the way across the sky?

[–]TheTician 23 points24 points ago

It did! I had the chance a moment later to catch the other side... Maybe the gold was over here...

[–]cmndrkeen 1 point2 points ago

Just more proof that austin is better than the rest of the world.

[–]OruTaki 8 points9 points ago

Indeed! If you want to learn more check out this awesome sixy symbols video!

[–]lustagar 4 points5 points ago

all the way across the sky?

[–]Thaver 3 points4 points ago

I think its turning into a tripple rainbow!

[–]Dr_Derpenstein 23 points24 points ago

Yea Austin! That sign is only 5 minutes from my house, not that anyone cares...

[–]Retawekaj 25 points26 points ago

I'm coming over.

[–]ShitsAndGigglesSake 18 points19 points ago

I care.

[–]Theige 7 points8 points ago

I don't.

[–]bitcheslovedroids 2 points3 points ago

Are you a leprechaun?

[–]heyyourhairsonfire 2 points3 points ago

Came to say the same thing.

I care.

[–]mrferret 5 points6 points ago

Looks like you're gonna get laid in the middle of a 4 lane highway

[–]I3lindman 2 points3 points ago

Oh Mopac in the rain. Silly Austin drivers.

[–]theabevigoda 16 points17 points ago

I think I took a pic of the same thing - Mopac in Austin? Double rainbow + end of rainbow: https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc7/485676_10100633361909543_1110189693_n.jpg

[–]Guboj 33 points34 points ago

So, how did it felt to drive in the rainbow road IRL? I hope you knew how to use the shortcut...

[–]cleverseneca 8 points9 points ago

that's just the on ramp, who knows if he took the exit.

[–]van_Zeller 4 points5 points ago

There's a shortcut on the rainbow road???

[–]childishgambino 4 points5 points ago

Cut a hard left after the crest of the hill, press R and hang on.

[–]skratchattack 5 points6 points ago

This looks like Iceland

[–]Ampix0 19 points20 points ago

Im fairly sure that is impossible..

[–]MatthewWickerbasket 8 points9 points ago

SCREW YOU WE WANNA BELIEVE!

[–]jnorris1829 7 points8 points ago

I guess there's no gold at the end :(

[–]MotorboatingSofaB 20 points21 points ago

We must dig.

[–]ag0342 6 points7 points ago

its at the other end

[–]ColinD1 3 points4 points ago

An Escalade at the end of the rainbow? I knew those leprechauns were douches.

Right in the childhood

[–]olafthebent 7 points8 points ago

That car is full of leprechans

[–]Ometheus 13 points14 points ago

"A rainbow does not actually exist at a particular location in the sky. Its apparent position depends on the observer's location and the position of the Sun. All raindrops refract and reflect the sunlight in the same way, but only the light from some raindrops reaches the observer's eye. This light is what constitutes the rainbow for that observer. The bow is centred on the shadow of the observer's head, or more exactly at the antisolar point (which is below the horizon during the daytime), and forms a circle at an angle of 40–42° to the line between the observer's head and its shadow. As a result, if the Sun is higher than 42°, then the rainbow is below the horizon and usually cannot be seen as there are not usually sufficient raindrops between the horizon (that is: eye height) and the ground, to contribute. Exceptions occur when the observer is high above the ground, for example in an aeroplane (see above), on top of a mountain, or above a waterfall." - Wikipedia

TL;DR Fake.

[–]Crescelle 13 points14 points ago

I don't know I've been able to have this exact situation happen to me, then. It literally was like three feet away (but of course every time I stepped toward it, it moved away, because I had moved my focal point.) It was only once and I was 15, but it was one of the best memories I have. Being someone with chronic depression/anxiety, I actually experienced peace

[–]slash196 2 points3 points ago

It's not fake at all, this has happened to me a half-dozen times.

[–]YouJellyFish 1 point2 points ago

Elements of Harmony activate!

[–]shellbullet17 0 points1 point ago

Im more curious as to where the pot of gold is

[–]kanpuri 0 points1 point ago

awesome title dude

[–]smokebreak -1 points0 points ago

This is very disappointing.

[–]That1Time 0 points1 point ago

I feel so fulfilled right now, yet I want to look again.

[–]GoLightLady 0 points1 point ago

Oh shit! The f'n end of it! Hell yeah! Yes, I'll be joining you in the dying part now. I think my dream has been fulfilled.

[–]dannycb9 2 points3 points ago

The crazy thing is that someone got out of their car and took the gold MID-TRAFFIC.

[–]Rocket92 0 points1 point ago

So, the gold at the end of the rainbow was just karma? Cheap ass leprechauns, I have cats for that kind of shit.

[–]kevinsyel 0 points1 point ago

OP's name is highly relevant to finding the end of and actual rainbow!. they came, they saw, they conquered

[–]GhostAndGrace 0 points1 point ago

When you reach the end of the rainbow, then you have my permission to die.

[–]prog_BOT 0 points1 point ago

conversely I had my dreams crushed in high school when I saw a rainbow with no end (it wrapped around the sun in a perfect circle). I've never been the same since.

[–]Karp42 1 point2 points ago

That, my friends, is called a Nyan car.

[–]GoldenWaffles 0 points1 point ago

Where's the leprechaun and my pot of gold?!!!

[–]karmakats 1 point2 points ago

They're after me lucky charms

[–]ewwruby -1 points0 points ago

ER MER GERDDDDD

[–]joliette_le_paz 0 points1 point ago

How is this possible?

[–]jordyix 0 points1 point ago

Where is the pot of gold everyone talks about?

[–]yolonazi 0 points1 point ago

yes. I can die now. I had never seen the starting point of a rainbow.

[–]AV-17 0 points1 point ago

START DIGGING!!!

[–]lamanodidio 1 point2 points ago

WHERE IS THE FUCKIN GOLD!?!?!

[–]savageboredom 0 points1 point ago

It's the offramp to Asgard.

[–]Moldybooks 0 points1 point ago

The gold is always on the other side of the rainbow. Leprechauns are sneaky like that.

[–]OGrandeMusculo 1 point2 points ago

who took the pot of gold?!?!

[–]Jbozzarelli 0 points1 point ago

"Facepalm"-Lamar Burton

[–]SmackPatterson 0 points1 point ago

Moments later a group of leprechauns descended upon the car, tearing it apart in search of its precious cargo.

[–]krzx 1 point2 points ago

There is no bucket full of gold! My whole life has been a lie!

[–]TheUnbelievableMind 0 points1 point ago

So there's no Pot 'o Gold?

[–]methane_man16 0 points1 point ago

Where's the pot of gold?

[–]GutlessThrowaway 0 points1 point ago

i stood in the end of a rainbow once. it was not as exciting as i had anticipated

[–]sciencemax 1 point2 points ago

This is so old

[–]mojoe1000 0 points1 point ago

Man you got screwed. Where's the leprachan and pot of gold?

[–]dgb75 1 point2 points ago

Pot of gold my ass. The Irish truly are full of shit.

[–]mkoasis 0 points1 point ago

Not yet....

http://i.imgur.com/tm0xA.jpg

....Now you have my permission to die.

[–]The_Savage_Detective 0 points1 point ago

chase that fucking vehicle. he got da gold.

[–]Age222 0 points1 point ago

The pot of gold was spent to fill the gas tank of that SUV.

[–]Electric_Ilya 0 points1 point ago

My god man don't take pictures, this is rainbow road! The road that separates the strong from the weak, any second that guardrail will be replaced by certain death.

[–]zerobounds 0 points1 point ago

Lies. There cannot be a Ford at the end of the rainbow.

[–]Shaddo 0 points1 point ago

Clever leprechauns. They lure you to their pot of gold only for you to get hit by a car. Those assholes.

[–]LiquidSushi 0 points1 point ago

Was this picture taken in Sweden? I happened upon the end of a rainbow just yesterday in a similar place.

[–]Felixer86 0 points1 point ago

Not until I see the other end

[–]sonofslackerboy 0 points1 point ago

I always fall off the sides of Rainbow Road.

[–]halcyondaze66 0 points1 point ago

Pothole of gold.

[–]reckl3zz 0 points1 point ago

i've always wanted to know where rainbows ended. cool

[–]jorgecc_416 0 points1 point ago

The car must be full of gold

[–]msirelyt 1 point2 points ago

This is not the end of a rainbow. The reason is that rainbows are circles and circles don't end. You can see the rainbow continuing after it "hits" the road.

[–]MrBrutananadilewski 1 point2 points ago

[–]mcbrett5 0 points1 point ago

where the fuck are my lucky charms and skittles???

[–]ostawookiee 0 points1 point ago

I really expected someone to be dancing gangnam style in the beam.

[–]sirthomashenry 0 points1 point ago

This looks like the 73 passing Newport Beach, CA.

[–]TrollBaby4Lyfe 0 points1 point ago

leprechauns roll in SUVs.

[–]7oss 0 points1 point ago

A repost from 9gag, awesome. Just awesome.

link

[–]Kufcys 0 points1 point ago

It makes me happy that this song is finally relevant.

[–]zenaly 0 points1 point ago

get that car! he has the pot of gold!

[–]loconotion 0 points1 point ago

On the way to camping one year, my whole family passed right by the end of the rainbow. It actually landed on the grass meridian. We were all dumbfounded. We should start a club of everybody that has actually found the end of the rainbow, and monitor the eventual super powers we all receive.

[–]LeagueofEnts 1 point2 points ago

WATCH OUT THERES A POT OF GOLD IN THE ROAD

[–]someguy2974 0 points1 point ago

Bane: "When you reach the end of the rainbow, you have my permission to die"

[–]Shlief 0 points1 point ago

the water sprayed behind the car in front makes it look like a beam of colorful light cutting its way through the asphalt

[–]Clooz 0 points1 point ago

What are you waiting for, you fool? Start digging!

[–]RobbieGeneva 0 points1 point ago

Instantly become FABULOUS, darlings!

[–]QuasarsRcool 0 points1 point ago

It's cool that he saw the end, but you can never go "through" it. It's all based on your focal point of vision where you're at. Even if he did see the end this close, it would just keep moving away from him the same rate as he's moving toward it.

[–]another_old_fart 0 points1 point ago

Is that the Honoapiilani Hwy on Maui, looking towards Kahului?

[–]Katana622 0 points1 point ago

My dad seen this same thing like 10 years ago. He told me and I thought it was super amazingly awesome. I told my friends in my class and this girl said something like "YOU'RE A LIAR THAT ISN'T POSSIBLE" and for like the rest of our lives we hated each other. I couldn't really find proof that it WAS possible but I didn't think my dad would lie to me.

Posting this on her FB page.

[–]MTK67 0 points1 point ago

This is what happens when you kidnap a leprechaun.

[–]BremStar650 0 points1 point ago

Fake, wheres the pot of gold

[–]Bagelstein 0 points1 point ago

Next Right, Valhalla.

[–]littlecricket 1 point2 points ago

did you get all the skittles?

[–]akav0id 0 points1 point ago

Was this in the ghetto, because someone's nicked the pot o' gold

[–]thedearlydeparted 0 points1 point ago

you do realize it happened because that mini cooper to the left is so close by

[–]SlightlyPerfect 0 points1 point ago

Either the gold is at the other end, or we must dig.

[–]Miffed_Milkman 0 points1 point ago

The pot of gold!. Where is the Pot of Gold!

[–]CoolCat90 1 point2 points ago

Anybody that seen the leprechaun say YEAH!!

[–]alldaybuttchug 0 points1 point ago

Either this is some elaborate cosmic metaphor meant to express to OP that the TRUE treasure lies in the road you travel to find material wealth, or Darby O'Gill is full of shit.

[–]otabek1 0 points1 point ago

I seen same rainbow on my way to Vegas from LA. Wow I can't believe someone took a picture and save it. This was in August.

[–]blacklotus21 0 points1 point ago

Pot of gold!

[–]Wabbstarful 0 points1 point ago

WHERE'S MY POT OF GOLD YOU FUCKING RAINBOW???

[–]matt2242 0 points1 point ago

I saw one too last year on the way to snowboarding. Not the best picture but at least I took mine :D http://imgur.com/2G7zg

[–]CptCape 0 points1 point ago

Well, there may be no gold at the end of the rainbow, but there IS a car.

[–]CollapsingStar 0 points1 point ago

Quick! Check that car's trunk!

[–]kmcbride 0 points1 point ago

Gold!!

[–]JackFuckingBauerKTA 0 points1 point ago

Jimmy V?

[–]z3r0gk 0 points1 point ago

Naw... I'll take an Afterlife to go though.. what?.. no I don't want murdered with that afterlife... I just want a damn afterlife, fuck your specials!

[–]Molloy55 0 points1 point ago

I hope you played the lottery afterwards because lets face it..... seriously, what are the chances?

[–]Teemaur 0 points1 point ago

Where's the pot of gold?

[–]myapurple 0 points1 point ago

But, but... where's the gold?

[–]monkeystoot 0 points1 point ago

I don't know if many people have noticed this but the water spraying up from the car's tires could give the rainbow-like appearance and just be filling in the bottom of the sky rainbow. Very timely picture if that's the case.

[–]EVILEMU 0 points1 point ago

I've actually found the origin of a rainbow, once you get too close, you can't see it anymore :( it just becomes a smaller and smaller arch until you're right at the middle and can't tell.

[–]Iamsqueegee 0 points1 point ago

Goddammit! An SUV? It may as well have said "Drink your Ovaltine"!

[–]KU77777 0 points1 point ago

This came to mind for me.

"It's a television commercial. With this cartoon leprechaun, and all of these children are trying to chase him, "Hey, leprechaun, leprechaun man, we want to get your lucky charms." Oh! And there are these little tiny pieces of mashmallow just stuck right in the cereal. So when the kids eat them they think, "Oooh this is candy, I'm having fun!"

-Frau

[–]whoisgstu 0 points1 point ago

Oh my God was this in North Carolina. I swear I drove through that same rainbow when I was driving to Ashville!

[–]DollarBillBandit 0 points1 point ago

Quick someone grab a shovel

[–]tailboys1 0 points1 point ago

this is actually fake. there is absolutely no way to see the end of a rainbow, as described by this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7k85eD_tQZo im sorry. just letting the truth fly.

[–]amregor 0 points1 point ago

Thought I read somewhere on reddit that this was impossible

[–]ABentSp00n 0 points1 point ago

No, fuck you. I'm never dying.

[–]RudegarWithFunnyHat 0 points1 point ago

Hurry get the Crock of gold

[–]h20xyg3n 0 points1 point ago

Rainbows; relative to the persons angle viewing them, nice angle.

[–]inthefleshh 0 points1 point ago

I've wanted to see this my whole life

[–]keepitreal123 0 points1 point ago

Looks like the 241 in Orange County, ca

[–]yourmumsaucas 0 points1 point ago

There is no end of the rainbow! A rainbow is actually circular!

Source : http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/6264978/Circular-rainbow-seen-from-aircraft-window.html

[–]drewitt 0 points1 point ago

[–]Jdthree 0 points1 point ago

I can not die till I find the gold

[–]toscott_2000 0 points1 point ago

Screw dying, where is the GOLD!!!

[–]F5_supermonkey 0 points1 point ago

especially if you like taking snapshots out of your windshield while driving in the rain.

[–]officiallyjonah 0 points1 point ago

Despite the fact that it looks like a real rainbow, it is actually a mushi.

[–]thecarrotdude 0 points1 point ago

I thought that's not possible.

[–]Soukas 0 points1 point ago

Where the fuck is the pot of gold!!!

[–]franko0294 0 points1 point ago

An Escalade at the end of the rainbow... not the pot of gold you were hoping for!

[–]its_so_on 0 points1 point ago

you should probably photoshop out the rest of the rainbow (that extends down your windshield past the point of impact). then submit it with the title "I hope you have rainbow collision insurance for your car" or another title stolen from these comments. then reply here and i will resubmit it and reap your karma.

[–]S0nnen 1 point2 points ago

Well this is obviously the beginning of the rainbow. The pot of gold is at the other end.

[–]Herpmancer 0 points1 point ago

Get the shovels! We dig here!

[–]tickleberries 0 points1 point ago

When rainbows attack! News at 11:00.

[–]cantor_wont 0 points1 point ago

The secret to weatherproof tarmac is leprechaun bone.

[–]nemanja07 0 points1 point ago

noooooooooooooooooooooooooooo way

[–]DEV_S1NGH 0 points1 point ago

The pot of gold is in the car! O.O

[–]Chickenzrck 0 points1 point ago

I have seen it all now.

A black asian.

A scottish asian.

Where a rainbow begins.

A dog driving a car.

I can now die in peace.

[–]primer343 0 points1 point ago

[–]Hachya 0 points1 point ago

Bitch where's my pot of gold!

[–]doomshrooms 0 points1 point ago

drive up it to play rainbow road irl

[–]indridcold137 0 points1 point ago

Poor Leprechaun, caught in the wheelwell

[–]Santorum_Dirty_Dick 0 points1 point ago

I call fake rainbow! There's no pot of gold.

[–]wayshegoes25 0 points1 point ago

wheres my pot o gold?!

[–]somegosolen 0 points1 point ago

that's some photoshop bullshit bro

[–]brussels4breakfast 0 points1 point ago

Well now we know there's no pot of gold.

[–]livelifetolovelife 0 points1 point ago

Rainbow Road!

[–]Vthokie15 0 points1 point ago

I want da gold.

[–]karimpt 0 points1 point ago

Relevant: The Scientific Explanation of Rainbows Part1 Part2

read some more, and play with a Java app, that shows how light behaves in order to create rainbows:

http://www.phy.ntnu.edu.tw/ntnujava/index.php?topic=44

for the fun: the rainbow in water is not a reflection of the rainbow we see in sky

[–]1AshWilliams1 0 points1 point ago

Psh no pot of gold; that's just the beginning!

[–]RockChalkBasketball 0 points1 point ago

Where the FUCK is the gold?!?!

[–]nitramnaes 0 points1 point ago

Where my gold at fool!

[–]nklenchik 0 points1 point ago

Where's the pot o gold?

[–]mansourrr 0 points1 point ago

that fucked me up. what is life anymore?

[–]N_Who 0 points1 point ago

I saw the end of a rainbow on the walkway outside my front door once as a kid. I swear I did.

No one believes me. Not a single person.

[–]vanishingacts 0 points1 point ago

where's the gold?

[–]nerd42 1 point2 points ago

I drove through a rainbow once. Everything in the car turned orange, it was actually extremely awesome

[–]idrwierd 0 points1 point ago

was this in colorado by any chance?