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The Most Pathetic Yet Hilarious Lunches Of All Time

We can't stop crying/laughing.

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Sad desk lunch doesn't even begin to cover it.

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When you watch a movie and get a little too into it, you'll something like this awkward bagged lunch put together by your best friend.

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"Packed our son's school lunch. We were out of juice boxes, so I improvised." It's only slightly inappropriate to use a flask. Just a little bit.

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"Drunk me made lunch last night. I like his style," one Reddit user wrote. And we can't argue with that.

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This is like the Island of Misfit Toys: Lunch Edition. We have a lot of questions and not many answers.

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Is this really a fail, though? Because waffles will always beat out bread.

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That totally relatable moment when you run out of lunch bags but your dad is a cop...

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Gotta have lots of snacks to sustain that 5-Hour Energy.

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"When you ask your husband to pack your lunch..." We're not totally into the sack lunch joke here, but we'd happily take the 20 bucks.

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This is an interesting choice but maybe we should call it the champagne of lunches?

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This molten ball of fire and starch is supposedly a baked potato. It's kind of terrifying but we also can't look away. Neither could the Reddit user who posted it, apparently: "All I wanted for lunch was a baked potato."

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"I was still a little drunk this morning when I packed my lunch." Honestly, we don't see much wrong with this picture. Other than they'll probably still be hungry in about 20 minutes.

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"Forgot to buy my son a lunch box for the first day of school. This should do," one redditor wrote. It's not ideal but it is pretty damn crafty.

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See anything out of the ordinary here? "I was running late for work today so my dad packed my lunch," Reddit user RayWonder posted. We really hope they didn't dip into that Fancy Feast for dessert...

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Mandy said her dad was drunk when he packed her lunch the night before. We guess he had his priorities in order, with "bring home spoon" written right on the bag—but, um, what exactly was the spoon for?

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"When you make a sandwich and there's only cheese cubes."

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When the fast food comes too fast.

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Gotta use the rest of the cold cuts before their expiration date.

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So crumbly. So sad.

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"Wife is out, packing my own lunch this week."

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It's a last resort-kinda thing. You know. You've been there.

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