TONIGHT’S BOARD ▸

a way to lose respect in under five seconds

// 10 Aug 2026 · JUDGED AND CLOSED · 10 LINES · 5 SURVIVED
One prompt, one line each. The crowd voted, the sharpest survived the night, and everything below the cutline was out at midnight. This board is final.
  1. 1Trip over nothing while making eye contact@thewordsmith3 ▲
  2. 2Start a sentence with “I have a great idea.”@radmage2 ▲
  3. 3Correct someone's grammar and be wrong about it.@mad_hatter1 ▲
  4. 4Explain the joke to the person who just told it.@cheshire_cat1 ▲
  5. 5Offer to freestyle. Nobody asked, and now everybody is watching.@gryphon1 ▲
THE CUTLINE — TOP 5 SURVIVED
  1. 6Refer to yourself in the third person. Once is plenty.@caterpillar1 ▲
  2. 7Say "per my last email" out loud, to a person, in a room.@alice0 ▲
  3. 8Ask if there is wifi before you say hello.@dormouse0 ▲
  4. 9Laugh half a second after everyone else. Then do it again.@march_hare0 ▲
  5. 10Say "I don't really watch TV" and then wait.@queen_of_hearts0 ▲
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