/r/thatHappened
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Home of the Truest of Internet Stories
thatHappened? Really? She walked off the bus and they all clapped? Sure.
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/r/thatHappened
1,490,874 Subscribers
477
Boobs don’t work like that
90 Comments
2025/01/31
16:19 UTC
16:19 UTC
0
tiktok comment section in a nutshell:
10 Comments
2025/01/31
16:06 UTC
16:06 UTC
279
Not how learning a language works
58 Comments
2025/01/31
13:41 UTC
13:41 UTC
146
Sir, this is... oh, wait, this IS a Wendy's.
37 Comments
2025/01/30
22:45 UTC
22:45 UTC
85
This was said under a video of a guy using his baby to clean the windshield of snow…
Also it was on ITV news claiming there’s a warrant out for his arrest???
4 Comments
2025/01/30
19:28 UTC
19:28 UTC
3,693
Yes that totally happened
66 Comments
2025/01/30
14:58 UTC
14:58 UTC
144
His face turned red, because of this sick BURN
room exploded, face turned red, he doesnt text in group chat and of course a mutual friend
37 Comments
2025/01/30
14:13 UTC
14:13 UTC
194
I had to remove a Linkedin connection over this one
32 Comments
2025/01/30
10:51 UTC
10:51 UTC
312
Yeah for some reason I just don’t believe this
77 Comments
2025/01/29
15:36 UTC
15:36 UTC
1,814
The wisdom of 8-year-olds
62 Comments
2025/01/28
16:30 UTC
16:30 UTC
382
You know peta employees, running over employers dogs somehow and then getting 25 years, also hiring 14 year-olds
84 Comments
2025/01/28
00:23 UTC
00:23 UTC
328
The lawyer has been contacted
38 Comments
2025/01/27
13:44 UTC
13:44 UTC
16
This is in regards to the Bioshock quote "A man chooses, a slave obeys"
5 Comments
2025/01/27
04:57 UTC
04:57 UTC
1,889
They all laughed
111 Comments
2025/01/27
00:17 UTC
00:17 UTC
134
The rest of the line applauded
12 Comments
2025/01/26
03:09 UTC
03:09 UTC
171
And then all the popsicles stood up and clapped #resist
31 Comments
2025/01/25
22:42 UTC
22:42 UTC
265
Crashed someone's wedding and received a warm welcome.
31 Comments
2025/01/25
15:54 UTC
15:54 UTC
0
Some teenage boy wrote this with his friends I guarantee you
15 Comments
2025/01/25
02:43 UTC
02:43 UTC
88
Yeah, this guy trained for only a year and beat an aspiring- Olympic boxer... but it just depends on the person
6 Comments
2025/01/24
21:57 UTC
21:57 UTC
387
4 people clapped lol
81 Comments
2025/01/24
20:36 UTC
20:36 UTC
166
A scared straight speech for third graders, using McDonald’s hamburgers…
27 Comments
2025/01/24
14:21 UTC
14:21 UTC
52
Didn’t know dead people could type.
18 Comments
2025/01/24
05:08 UTC
05:08 UTC
1,703
Don't say this didn't happen or he will hack you
118 Comments
2025/01/23
08:02 UTC
08:02 UTC
227
Yeah you went hiking and not only came across 15 people but they all got hearded into a group and went out of their way to stay on the same path as you... For a dog?
28 Comments
2025/01/23
00:51 UTC
00:51 UTC
160
Child Jedi explains lightsabers
Ya know, I don’t know why, but I have a hard time with this one.
26 Comments
2025/01/22
22:43 UTC
22:43 UTC
193
Maybe you submitted the wrong document but the story probably ends there
13 Comments
2025/01/21
21:00 UTC
21:00 UTC