Things that are really weird when you think about them

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Someone said to me today that balloons are like a plastic bag of someone's breath...

I'd never thought of it like that before and to be honest it made me feel a bit nauseous!

Do you have anymore examples of things that are actually really fucking weird when you think about it?

Someone upthread said this "I often wonder if I've ever drunk the same water molecule twice*

The answer is yes. All the water on earth right now, is the water that has been here forever. So... recycled and reused, but there's no change, EVER.

How one hit to the head can completely change someone's personality and who they are.

Communal cutlery! I mean you're literally sharing dried on spit and gob detritus with the general public. I know it gets 'washed' but some establishments are obviously not that thorough as I've fairly often witnessed dried lumps of food still attached between fork prongs. Image what you would see if you magnified it!

Humans , how did the first two people work out that sex makes a baby ?

Smells are weird. Like, why does poo and fart smell universally bad? I know it's because of bacteria, but why does bacteria smell 'bad' and why does it smell bad to everyone? Why do our noses tell ourselves that bad smells are bad, like what is being triggered?

Bad

Dogs. How do massive hairy dogs and tiny short haired dogs recognise each other as the same species? They can be different sizes, colours, shapes, but they have some kind on innate dogginess.

Eggs.

Fox hunting. Not wanting to get political just baffles me how people can get pleasure from watching a living thing being ripped apart by dogs. Can't understand why public hangings and gladiator fights are now seen as barbaric but this is widely accepted as sport by many. Shrugs.

Humans , how did the first two people work out that sex makes a baby ?

I suppose it must be instinct, like the way animals know to have sex, even though they have no understanding of 'reproduction'. And then I guess people decided it felt nice

Actually, I read that humans and dolphins are the only animals who have sex for fun. Does it not feel nice for other animals then, even the males to ejaculate?

Hi maxi! My dad has vascular dementia so not as bad as some in his care home, but some of them do not know who they are or who their relatives are. They just exist.

Everyone says the same thing ' if they were beloved pets they would be put to sleep' but , because we are human, we can't do this and they are kept alive each day.
It's a controversial subject. I don't want to upset anyone on here , but would a lot of people want to live as they do if they knew how bad they were? Why do some people live with this disease when others , tragically, die so young? My dad isn't happy ( and very old) but his needs are met and he carries on.
Life is very unfair I think! ( I wouldn't want to live like it but it's all we know isn't it?)
Sorry to derail the thread a bit.

Internet is weird we are all here reading this but we can't see each other, the world is too all in our little houses eating watching tv yet the other half is sleeping ! Dreams wow mine are so real and vivid why ? Space time Etc omg I'm gonna be up all night thinking!! .

I know it's because of bacteria, but why does bacteria smell 'bad' and why does it smell bad to everyone?

I suspect all the people who found poo smell “nice” died as a result of eating it and only the “poo smells bad” folk survived.

butterfly that’s evolution isn’t it? There weren’t suddenly two people dumped on earth and told to see what they can slot together to make more people.

Elephants!

I know it gets 'washed' but some establishments are obviously not that thorough as I've fairly often witnessed dried lumps of food still attached between fork prongs. Image what you would see if you magnified it!

the dogs with the best sense of smell (the professionals!) can identify a smell even when something has been washed, so how clean is our life, really! OK, that's extreme (cause dogs are brilliant at this!) , but within our limitations...

Does it really matter?

Internet is weird we are all here reading this but we can't see each other

Yes and we all have our own lives going on behind it. Crazy!

The people who you pass driving in a car have a whole life you know nothing about, people they know, family, hardships, jobs etc...

Going to the hairdressers. I often think of it when I'm having mine done, we are primates who choose (often at great personal expense) to style our hair, it just seems bizarre when you think about it.

Snooker

And why is the poop hole so near the sex hole? It’s just ick.

Also, why can’t we regenerate body parts if they get chopped off like lizards and their tails? Such a crap design!

bessie the answer is almost certainly no. All water molecules have been on earth for millions of years but it’s highly unlikely you’ll drink the same one twice. Unless you’re adrift at sea and drinking your own urine or something.

Restaurants.

You go out, pay money to sit in a room with tons of strangers, eat food and leave!

Growing a baby! And thinking about the fact that I was in my Mum once.

Yes 80 very good point, and actually my own dad has asked us to do what we can to let him go before he doesn’t know who he is if it ever gets to that. I’m with him in that tbh. Not a nice subject but I think one we’ve maybe all thought over.

I always find it weird walking round a crowded place, say a London tube station, and all these people with their own lives are going to all these places, with purpose. They have been alive for years and had entire lives and will continue to have entire lives. Yet you only see them for a few seconds as you pass them.

Same driving along the motorway, everyone driving somewhere with a purpose, I often wonder where everyone is going.

Re orgasms, as well as pleasure, the female orgasm helps sperm get to the egg by waves of muscle contractions helping them along.

Barbiejelly I'm not sure on the anatomy of this, but socially, bad smells eg poo, rotting things with bacteria etc smell 'bad' and trigger disgust so we don't try to eat them/ stay away from touching them

I'd feel sorry for anyone who stumbled across this thread whilst stoned