Every now and then, we all miss the meaning of a joke. It can be a particularly frustrating experience at times, since you might not understand why all your friends are laughing at something that doesn't seem to have a lot of meaning to it. But while this happens to the best of us, it also happens to some people who aren't so bright. The difference is that the jokes they saw weren't too difficult to figure out. In fact, some people don't seem to understand they are jokes at all.

People like this end up on the subreddit /r/woooosh, which is devoted to all the times someone missed something painfully obvious. Often, they're very adamant in their belief that the poster is spreading false information, since they can't seem to recognize obvious sarcasm. Here are some of our favorite awkward times when people couldn't comprehend a clear joke.