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Things that are actually pretty weird when you think about them?

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PutItInYourPocket · 28/10/2020 20:33

I've just been thinking about this as I've been lay in the bath.

I'm currently pregnant and baby goes mad when I'm in the bath and I was watching him kicking and squirming inside me and just thought... This is actually pretty odd when you think about it. I have a living thing that's moving around inside me!

A friend had to have a blood transfusion not so long ago and she can't think about that for long without feeling squeamish that someone else's blood was inside her!

What other things do you find strange when you really think about them?

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flissity · 28/10/2020 20:52

Beds. I understand why, but getting onto a rectangle box with a cover over you (this is obviously for warmth) and you put your special clothes (PJ’s) on to do this 😆

It’s like some weird ritual I’ve always thought.

ThunderSkies · 28/10/2020 20:52

(Disgusting comment warning)

It’s weird that we all swallow up to a litre (or something) of snot and saliva each day down the back of our nose/ throat, yet it you were to give me a small glass of my own saliva in a glass to drink, I’d probably throw up in disgust 🤢

TheFutureIs · 28/10/2020 20:52

Balloons, here have a rubber bag of my breath

whitewineandmagnums · 28/10/2020 20:52

Sleeping. It's funny when I think of all our neighbours in our close lying in their respective beds at the same time.

Chameleon72 · 28/10/2020 20:50

Honey, how the bees produce it, and we eat it. Yuk.

Echobelly · 28/10/2020 20:48

Religious identity. When our daughter was tiny, my husband looked at her and said 'She's a Jew. That's really weird.' Grin

IncorrigibleTitmouse · 28/10/2020 20:47

I remember feeling the same way as you when I was expecting DS, @PutItInYourPocket. I’d just be sitting still or doing something completely normal and think “I’m currently growing someone else’s knees, eyelids, fingers etc and I’m not actively doing anything about it. I’m just washing the dishes, watching tele, brushing my teeth.” It’s incredible.

tara738 · 28/10/2020 20:47

I always think it's weird, on the brain theme, that brains can control some things and not others. Like why can I move my arm when I want and not burn off all the calories from a croissant just by concentrating extra hard to burn them

FudgeBrownie2019 · 28/10/2020 20:47

Cats and dogs.

We keep them as pets, love them, treat them like heavenly beings, pet them, assign them voices, personalities and characteristics. Tiny little beings that control our lives. We don't keep beavers and rhinos in our homes - why cats and dogs?

IncorrigibleTitmouse · 28/10/2020 20:45

@MudSmudge I remember my tiny mind being well and truly blown in junior school when we learned about the water cycle. Something about all the water that exists is all that exists and it just goes around and around. Amazing!

Crystalknobs · 28/10/2020 20:44

We were talking about this today ! It’s nuts that a rubbery blob in your head (brain) can do all the things it can , I mean how ?

I also think the tongue is a weird thing to keep in your mouth .

TotheletterofthelawTHELETTER · 28/10/2020 20:42

Chewing

MudSmudge · 28/10/2020 20:40

Rain - that's fucking mental. Like, the idea that a liquid just turns into a gas for no visible reason and then turns back into a liquid for no visible reason. Mental - it's basically flying water and I think aliens would be baffled.

Chicchicchicchiclana · 28/10/2020 20:35

Donald Trump.

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