We write jokes.
Somebody has to.
Three people, one website, and a combined zero Pulitzers. Welcome to JokeBites.
Est. when we got boredIt started as a group chat, honestly.
Nobody sat down one day and thought “I should build a humor website.” That’s not how this happened. Tyler, Hannah, and Brandon spent years firing jokes at each other in a group chat that nobody else could fully understand, and at some point Hannah said “we should put these somewhere.” Tyler agreed immediately. Brandon said “where?” and then also agreed.
That somewhere became JokeBites. A place for short jokes, dumb observations, and the occasional bit that’s funnier to us than it probably is to you. We’re fine with that.
We write about everyday stuff. The small annoyances. The things that happen at 2pm on a Tuesday that nobody writes jokes about but absolutely should. We publish when something’s actually funny, not on a schedule. A schedule would stress us out and you’d feel it in the writing.
No algorithm is feeding us trending topics. No brand is paying us to work their name into a punchline. It’s just jokes. Old-fashioned, written-by-humans jokes.
Three people who should probably have a backup plan.
They don’t, though.
Tyler Morgan
Deadpan SpecialistTyler delivers jokes the way a doctor delivers bad news. Calm. Measured. Making eye contact the entire time. His most common note in the group chat is “this is funnier if you say it with no emotion.” He’s right, unfortunately.
Hannah Lewis
Chaos CorrespondentHannah’s jokes start normal and end somewhere completely different. She’s the reason we have an editorial rule that says “read to the last word before publishing.” She also does most of the editing, which is either brave or self-destructive.
Brandon Cole
Head of OverthinkingBrandon approaches jokes the way an engineer approaches a bridge. He wants to know why it’s funny, whether it’ll hold weight, and if there’s a more structurally sound alternative. The process annoys Tyler and Hannah. The jokes come out better for it.
The three rules we actually stick to.
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If we have to explain it, we rewrite it.
A joke that needs a footnote is a broken joke. We either fix it or cut it. Mostly we cut it.
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No punching down, ever.
There’s enough material in ordinary life to keep us busy for decades. We don’t need to make anyone feel small to get a laugh.
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If at least two of us don’t laugh, it doesn’t go up.
Democracy. Brutal, merciless democracy. Tyler vetoes things a lot. Brandon keeps detailed records of each veto. Hannah ignores both of them when she’s really confident in a joke.
Go read some jokes, then.
You’ve already read this much about us. Might as well see if the actual content was worth it.
Read the Jokes