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?

How the earth and plants/seeds/bugs etc are all just trapped underneath tarmac roads/pavements/driveways for miles and miles and miles

How so many things can look so similar but be so different eg gravy/chocolate/pop

Yes I’m weird

*poo not pop!!

My own children. I grew them in my body and then they came out and now I spend my life doing laundry and telling these small human beings who came from me, but are not me and have lives and friends of their own, to tidy their rooms.

Kangaroos

The moment you're born, you start dying.

Weird thought. Every single living thing is wandering about dying.

Like, of all the possible generations to be born into, they coincidentally were born into mine.

I feel truly, truly blessed to be alive at the same time as Tom Hardy. Genuinely blessed. I could have been two generations too early and lived a pointless, Tomless, existence.

I find the royal family fascinating. Like they are just a family. They don't rule like they used to and yet there are still around and 'important'.

Favourite thread ever!
Windows. Especially at Home, clear squares to see the outside world from our little boxes houses. So strange!

How come you never see baby pigeons?

Fun fair rides, like waltzers etc

Just a bunch of people strapped into a machine whizzing about for 2-3 minutes.

Do twins realise one of them was unplanned.

@Shitshitshitshit

"How humans have decided that we should all force ourselves to go to these things called jobs even though we don't want to, every day until we are (usually) too old to do it anymore, all for bits of paper that are apparently worth something.

Like obviously it's a lot more complex than that now but we did that to ourselves.

Like what if I want to just go build a hut in my local forest and live there instead?"

Took the words out of my mouth. The next revolution needs to be enough people realising this and saying 'nope' so that working for others in such a controlled and controlling way is a thing of the past. It's so utterly pointless so much of the time.

Where does space end? 🤯

I remember when they found Richard III in the carpark. I looked at the pictures of his skull and was fascinated that those teeth would have been seen by so many people over 500 years ago.

Colours.
Is my red... the same as DHs red... and the same as your red.
Blows my little mind.

Oh my @ChrisPrattsFace, that had never occurred to me 🤯

Words, who for example looked at an orange and decided 'this will now be called an orange' or looked at a dog and decided 'this creature will now be known as a dog'?

That we looked at an animal and decided we would change its purpose to suit our needs.
No more field for you Horse, carry me to my destination
Cow, come here so I can steal your milk
Dog, be my friend and live in my house
Pigeon, stop aimlessly flying round and race to this destination instead

Shitshitshit agree with you about houses.

Also, how can you own land anyway? You can't tangibly put it in your pocket. You just live on it for a bit. And the only time you see any value is when you leave it - death or otherwise. It's crackers!

Another weird one is pets. An animal brought into being to be a companion for you. And there are animals everywhere, but you've got one in your house that's apparently yours. Weird.

Just a bunch of people strapped into a machine whizzing about for 2-3 minutes

I just woke DH up laughing at this.

How come you never see baby pigeons?

Never occurred to me but so true

Games such as blind man's buff, and pin the tail. I mean, who thought of trying to do something like that while you can't see, and why would you pin a tail on a donkey?

I remember when I first played it as a child. I saw lots of other children go before me, and I thought it strange that when they were asked "can you see?", they all said no; also that they put their tails in the wrong place. I remember being sure that I would have no problem getting it exactly right: how wrong I was when my friend's mum blindfolded me, and I couldn't even see the pattern on the scarf!

Four and fourteen both have U’s but forty doesn’t

Great thread, totally agree with weedangerousspike re the prawn sandwich, I remember telling a friend to be sure to eat every one of those poor animals who died for her sarnie.
Mine is KFC, a restaurant selling one type of animal, isn't that weird? Why only the chickens? What other restaurant does this?

Nando.

Yes, why the chickens??!

We have four fingers and a thumb on our hands but five toes on our feet. Why does a big toe get to be a toe but a thumb not a finger?