Reddit’s Funniest Right Now — Sep 17, 2026

The internet did its job again. Here’s the funniest, top-of-the-day stuff from across Reddit — programmer humor, shower thoughts, jokes, and the occasional “technically the truth.” Every entry links straight to the original thread, so go upvote the folks who earned it.

Today’s Top Laughs

1. developersWorstNightmare
r/ProgrammerHumor

2. A man and his wife lived in New York, and it was winter, so they wanted to take a vacation to Florida for some nice weather.
r/Jokes

One small hiccup though: they were unable to take the same plane. So they agreed that the husband would go to Florida first, and the wife would follow the next day. The man arrived in Florida safe and sound, and he used a hotel computer to email his wife letting her know he made…

3. The things that only happen in Australia
r/Unexpected

4. learningCycle
r/ProgrammerHumor

5. Oral sex
r/Jokes

An elderly couple have their annual physical. After the exam, the doctor tells them to get dressed and meet him in his office. Once in the office, the doctor asks them some routine questions which they answer easily. Then he asks “Do you have sex?” After some awkward silence the…

6. Welcome to the future of AI
r/Unexpected

7. softwareFactory
r/ProgrammerHumor

8. My wife is threatening to divorce me because I’m obsessed with Africa.
r/Jokes

Kenya believe it? I’d hate for her Togo and leave me… What am I Guinea do now? This is all so Sudan… And we have kids, this is Ghana be hard for them But you know what? She Congo to Hell.

9. Beautiful sunset
r/Unexpected

10. theProgrammingJourneyNobodyWarnedUsAbout
r/ProgrammerHumor

11. Scientists at NASA built a gun specifically to launch standard 4 pound dead chickens at the windshields of airliners, military jets and the space shuttle, all traveling at maximum velocity.
r/Jokes

The idea is to simulate the frequent incidents of collisions with airborne fowl to test the strength of the windshields. British engineers heard about the gun and were eager to test it on the windshields of their new high speed trains. Arrangements were made, and a gun was sent…

12. modernDevsVsModernDevOps
r/ProgrammerHumor

13. What did the astronomer say after 69ing his wife?
r/Jokes

“Excellent view of Uranus tonight”

14. theFirstRuleOfProgramming
r/ProgrammerHumor

15. Hairy Harry [OC] [Long]
r/Jokes

I was sitting at a bar with my two mates, Pete and Harry. We had a few beers in front of us and were having a perfectly pleasant evening. The conversation was relaxed, the beer was good, and for once none of us had anything particularly pressing to worry about. Pete was telling…

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