135 Dark Jokes That'll Make You Feel Guilty For Laughing

Let’s be honest: dark humor jokes are not for everyone. Not for every place, either. You have to be able to read the room almost perfectly to get the best reaction to these twisted jokes.

If you’re looking for something slightly lighter (but still edgy), you might want to check out our adult jokes or some long ones that take time to get to the punchline.

Don’t go around strangers cracking dark jokes. You never know the person's backstory or how they will react to your dark, no-limits humor.

But if you’re in a circle of close friends who you know are open to this kind of humor, crack away! And if you're short on time or height, our short people jokes might also make you laugh.

Dark humour can be good subversive fun, but there is more to it than meets the eye. Jokes serve a deeper psychological purpose.

In Jokes and Their Relation to the Unconscious, Sigmund Freud analysed jokes and humour from the perspective of the unconscious. Simply put, the unconscious is that unknown part of ourselves that contains desires, feelings, and thoughts that often oppose our conscious, seemingly rational selves. 

These ‘desires’ or ‘truths’ can be repressed and emerge in slips of the tongue, dreams, and jokes. Jokes often release something hidden, a truth that cannot be told in the cold light of day. Humour acts like a veil for us to disguise our true motivation.

Freud also said that neurotics tell the best jokes. That should give us pause for thought the next time we want to make a dark joke! - Dr. Sarah Meehan O’Callaghan

This type of humor can really make your stomach hurt. A dark joke can consist of many things, and you can flavor it to fit any occasion.

Some of them are straight-up offensive jokes, others can involve a gut-bending plot twist. For text-based humor, check out funny text jokes for adults, or add charm with flirt or Bible jokes if you're feeling brave.

And if you enjoy pushing the envelope a little further, our collection of dirty jokes is where crude meets clever, one-liners that earn the laugh through setup, not just shock.