Back in the day, "boner" meant mistake. The Joker made a mistake and was humiliated to have it posted publicly in the newspaper (they didn't have the Internet back then).
this post was submitted on 09 Mar 2026
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Comic panels taken out of comics so we can make fun of them!! We love the golden age stuff!
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Comics must come from actual comic books. No AI or Photoshops.
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Single panels are preferred.
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Comics should be unintentionally funny. Spider-man cracking wise is not what this is about.
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Don't be a dick.
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I can't believe I've had to add this... NO RACISM.
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If you didn't want them to laugh, maybe you shouldn't have added that slide whistle sound effect.
Listen fella, you don't go around pointing out a man's disability like that.
Disability? Shit, that’s a perk!
Ah... the foundational reason for this very community.
Just a chortle?
To be fair a boner ought to be pretty funny for people to even chortle at a murderous sociopath's expense.
Back then you couldn't chortle at someone's boner safely over the internet.