The jokes and questionable wisdom that could only come from a father are no longer limited to family functions and around friends you’re trying to impress. Now that parents have evolved to master the art of texting, those classic fatherly quips are just a quick message away.
Fathers have a special brand of humor that has warranted multiple screenshots from the kids who’ve received these text messages. Though their kids may have been the intended recipients, their messages have ended up garnering the attention of the Internet.
Here are 16 texts sent by the best fathers in the world.
1. There’s a long-established formula when it comes to the time-honored “dad joke,” but somehow most us continue to fall for the setup. This father managed to pull off a double punchline to his unsuspecting kid.
2. There are a lot of things we’ve grown to expect when it comes to responses from our fathers, but a straight answer is not one of them. If there’s ever a possible set-up for a bad joke, a dad will find it and execute it shamelessly.
3. Sometimes the segregated dad benches in shopping centers aren’t enough to placate the impatient dad. This father has found a new outlet to vent through and concluded with the all-too-rare disappointment selfie.
4. There seems to be a universal parental love for caps locks despite the lack of actual need for it. This kid just unknowingly unleashed perpetual screaming texts from here on out.
5. It’s probably for the best that parents tend to reach a mutual decision when it comes to naming the child or else there would probably be a spike in the number of people who end up legally changing their names.
6. There are some roles in the house that dads get naturally selected for and bug killer is often one of them. However, instead of preying on this innocent moth, this father decided to prey on his daughter’s fear.
7. This dad may not have figured out how to separate his words, but at least he’s only one step away from mastering the hashtag.
8. Some dads are so advanced that they manage to pull off a punchline without the requirement of a prompt. You can almost hear this dad giggling at his own joke and see the kid rolling their eyes in response.
9. The disappointment selfie returns! You have to admire the fact that the picture was sent a solid 43 minutes after the first message. Either this dad’s struggles were in figuring out how to send a picture or in perfecting a face of unrelenting discouragement.
10. If Google doesn’t need context for a random inquiry then why should a father’s child? This dad saved himself a click by getting a picture and fun fact delivered right to him.
11. One would imagine that if you were to receive a text from your dad asking you what your favorite candy was, that you would be the recipient of said candy. However, if this person never ends up getting watermelon sour patch straws then this is truly one mysterious father.
12. When you have a jester-like father, you really never know what you’re going to get when you send him a text. This kid happened to find himself in contact with a celebrity version of his father who at least understands the value of his fan base.
13. It’s almost like dads actually can’t respond to any sentence that begins with “I’m” without pulling this wildly overused retort.
14. It’s hard to pinpoint how dads find their signature taglines, but chances are, they will choose to stick to the one that causes the most annoyance and embarrassment to their offspring.
15. Fathers may be natural comics but their ability to remember a joke does not coincide with their ability to remember a date. At least texting has created an alternative information mining method.
16. You never know when you’re going to receive an unsolicited wildlife picture from dad, but these tend to hold a significant level of importance in fatherhood.
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