Funny fortune cookies brighten us up after a nice meal. While theyâre mostly known for the end of a meal at a Chinese restaurant, you can now find them as little intellectual snippets online. Essentially, what we read on Pinterest and Instagram are often like fortune cookies in the form of posters, wallpapers, quotes, and other blurbs. They’re neo-fortune cookies.
Here are some examples of fortune cookies for the modern-day, which include wisdom, humor, and other bits that can inspire and motivate you to get through the week.
Fortunes for Motivation
Fortune cookies, while theyâre usually not literally fortunes or predictions, can make you feel good about yourself, your work, and your life. Here are some examples of fortune cookies that can amp up your happy feelings about your evenings at home.
âYour wisdom makes you superior to others.â
âNo snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.â
âCatch fire with enthusiasm. People will come for miles to watch you burn.â
âNever do anything halfway.â
âIf you donât fail sometimes, youâre not trying enough new things.â
âYou are amazing in many ways.â
âAccept your flaws â then, you can conquer them.â
âDonât be pushed by problems. Be led by dreams.â
âKnowledge is power, but enthusiasm pulls the switch.â
âThe beginning is always hardest. Thatâs why you should never give up.â
âShake the world today. It can take it.â
âYou canât control the wind, but you can adjust the sails.â
âThe early bird gets the worm but the second mouse gets the cheese.â
Funny Fortunes
Fortune cookies can also be hilarious. Here are a few funny fortunes you may be “fortunate” enough to reveal in your tasteless post-dinner cookie that you have no intention of ever eating.
âBlessed are the children, for they shall inherit the national debt.â
âYouâre about to become $9.95 poorer, assuming you had the buffet.â
âAs long as you donât do anything new, youâll be fine.â
âThereâs a new romance in your future. Remember to floss first.â
âI canât help you, for I am but a cookie.â
âSuccess comes before work … only in the dictionary.â
âSeek another cookie.â
âFinally! I was suffocating in there.â
âYou just ate cat.â
âError 404: Wisdom not found.â
âBreath mint next.â
âMarriage: annoying one special person for the rest of your life.â
âDisregard this cookie.â
âJoke’s on you. Cookies canât help you.â
âFoolish man listen to heart. Wise man listen to cookie.â
âCongratulations. Youâre not illiterate.â
Funny Fortune Cookies: The Takeaway
Funny fortune cookies may seem like an unimportant aspect of your meal at a Chinese restaurant. Many enjoy seeing the âfortunes,â which are more like snippets of wisdom than actual predictions. As a blog post though, you may be using the cookies we listed, collected, and even made up as your own Pinterest posts or silly tweets. Hopefully, you chuckled once or twice.
Whether you need motivation or a little laugh, these funny fortune cookies hopefully do the trick. Thatâs about all they can do after a delicious Chinese meal. On the internet, you get the wisdom without the plastic, thick vanilla crunchiness of the âcookiesâ that no one ever eats. Seriously, has anyone ever eaten those?