“All I Remember Is Thinking: ‘Don’t Die Dressed As A Furry’”: People Are Sharing Their Trauma That Is Objectively Kinda Funny, And I’m Not Sure Whether To Laugh Or Cry

Posted on Nov 14, 2026 UTC

This post mentions bereavement, suicide, drugs, and physical abuse. 

OK, let’s be real: Trauma is obviously no laughing matter, but sometimes, with enough distance and hindsight, even the most difficult experiences can have an objectively funny side.

And this is exactly what X user @nermalicious2 tapped into when they asked: "Does anyone else have trauma that's objectively kind of funny?" earlier this month, with this prompt being seen more than 147 million times in the days since they posted it — garnering tens of thousands of responses.

Here are some of the most unexpected examples:

Tweets have been edited for clarity.

1. "When my dad died, I had to get his belongings. Apartment staff led us to his unit, and we spent the next 30 minutes digging through his stuff, sniffing his clothes, and crying on his bed. We got a knock on the door. It was the tenant of the unit. We were in a stranger’s unit." —ArtLaish

2. "After attempting, I was waiting for the ambulance and started sobbing because I had an Ed Sheeran song stuck in my head, and I was scared it was going to be the last song I ever thought of." —thornedpaleneck

3. "Finding out my therapist was using my sessions as material for their stand-up routine." —Siddh_nt

4. "When I was 11, my mom had a stroke, and while she was on the floor, paralyzed, as we were calling 911, she whispered: '...the chicken...' because she didn't want the chicken in the oven to burn. My mom and I quote this constantly." —smileysqueak

5. "I didn't have my glasses on when this guy broke into my house, and he was bald, so I thought he was my dad. So I asked him how his day was going when he opened the sliding glass door to enter my house." —cestordinaire

6. "Mom threatened to cut me off at 18, then died on my 18th birthday." —sveetrevnge

7. "My dad was super abusive, and when my mom finally decided it was too dangerous to keep me and my siblings around him, she called the cops on him. We grabbed the bare minimum and went to leave. He was lying on the ground for some reason, and little 7-year-old me decided that it was VERY important to bring the homemade black raspberry jam I made with me as we fled the house, and he said: ‘You’re taking the jam with you? :(’ and that was the last time I talked to him for many months. Later, when the cops searched the house, they found out that he had spent his time barricaded inside jarring new jam. 😭" —ProjectBadlands

8. "After my brother died, I'd sit outside my building to cry because I'm loud. I also happened to live a block from Broncos stadium. Once, a guy in a Bo Nix jersey passed and screamed: 'CHECK THE SCORE!' at me crying; when I did, the Broncos had beaten my brother's favorite team." —jewtinaxtreme

9. "Me causing my parents' divorce by asking for a hula hoop out of the attic, and it turns out my dad had a secret meth lab up there and was growing weed." —jimintano

10. "When I was 3 or 4, I got separated from my family at an amusement park, and a man found me and helped reunite me with them. However, he was an Elvis impersonator and did not break character the entire time, and I've been terrified of Elvis ever since." —cicadaroots

11. "Found out how my dad actually died because I was aggressively dancing to 'Potential Breakup Song' by Aly & AJ when I was 9, which knocked over my uncle's diploma that had the newspaper clipping of his murder tucked inside. I told Aly & AJ this 15 years later." —WifexOfxAgony

12. "When I was 6, I got my first rabbit, and a few days after I got him, he finally let me pick him up. I set him on bed with me while I played Cut the Rope on my iPad for at least an hour. I brought him to my parents room, saying how good he was being, my dad starts yelling. He was dead. BTW, I did a ton of reading and stuff; it wasn’t our fault. He just was sick when we got him :/ but then I got another rabbit who had a short life (3–4 years) but was my sweet girl that whole time, and I adored her." —underscorewentz

13. "Mom died on my birthday. A couple of years later, in the car with Dad, the radio says there was a new P!ATD album coming out on HIS birthday. He says: 'Worst thing to happen to anyone on their birthday,' and then immediately turns to me with the most horrified face, yelling: 'I'M SO SORRY!'" —miracide_

14. "A rooster pecked my eyeball as hard as he could because he was trying to hump my head, and I couldnt see for two days." —badrechicken

15. And finally: "My vision blacked out, and I had a panic attack while wearing a corporate mascot costume and doing a meet-and-greet with a bunch of little kids, and all I remember is thinking, 'Don’t die dressed as a furry. Don’t die dressed as a furry.'" —cvphead

Do you have any objectively funny trauma to share? Let us know in the comments below!

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