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Things that are really weird when you think about them

945 replies

Shitshitshitshit · 10/04/2019 18:55

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?

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cantsleep1 · 10/04/2019 19:50

Ex bfs!!

Anyonebut · 10/04/2019 19:50

Pregnancy.

Feels very natural, but when you think about it it's quite freaky, growing a human being inside your body

Cherrio · 10/04/2019 19:52

Swimming.

A load of strangers practically naked just moving around a box of water. I love swimming and often have this thought!

BreakfastAtSquiffanys · 10/04/2019 19:52

Tea
Somebody thought ...I pick some leaves off that bush over there, dry them., chop them up then pour boiling water over them.
I've never thought of making a tasty out of grass clippings

And coffee.
Hey, see those pretty little red fruits?
Lets pick them, chuck away the mushy outside, let the stone in the middle dry out, burn it slightly, grind it up and pour hot water over it.
Oh and we can find some of those fruit that an animal has eaten and pooped out, so much the better!

How does anyone come up with that as an idea?

Squickety · 10/04/2019 19:53

Dancing. I always think if aliens landed and saw a roomful of people dancing they would be totally bemused at wtf we were doing

BruceAndNosh · 10/04/2019 19:54

Yes to sex... let's just put a bit of my body inside your body and jiggle it about a bit.
You wouldn't let your other half stick his big toe in your ear for kicks!

Serin · 10/04/2019 19:56

Following a football team.
Fine if you play for them or are supporting your child but grown adults standing there chanting every week?
I just dont get it.

ChrisPrattsFace · 10/04/2019 19:56

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

TroysMammy · 10/04/2019 19:57

I am also going to say dancing. It's not something I have ever done in a disco/party event.

Who decided to call a wooden thing that shuts off a gap in a wall but it can be opened to walk through a door?

youngestisapsycho · 10/04/2019 19:58

Television and radio..... just how?

donquixotedelamancha · 10/04/2019 19:59

Plants are mostly made of air.

Fat boy slim was in the Housemartins. I just can't connect Rockerfella Skank and Caravan of Love in my head.

ooItsAoBeautifulDayNow · 10/04/2019 19:59

@BloomsButtons

You've blown my mind, just googled and weasels are fucking tiny!!!

Ah shit I want one ten now.

Warpdrive · 10/04/2019 20:00

When people drink lots and lots of water to cleanse, but really they’re just totally overworking their kidneys because their kidneys filter everything that passes through them whether or not it’s Evian.

Heulog · 10/04/2019 20:01

Hot tubs/jacuzzi's... A bunch of friends/strangers all sitting semi naked enjoying a bath together.

dustarr73 · 10/04/2019 20:03

How we learned other languges.How did we do that.

How we can fly.Its just so weird.

ABC1234DEF · 10/04/2019 20:03

I often wonder if I've ever drunk the same water molecule twice

Chippychipsforme · 10/04/2019 20:04

Sleep is weird because in order to go to sleep you basically have to pretend to be asleep.

itsinchicago · 10/04/2019 20:05

Why someone decided one day that a whelk looked good to eat.

SnugglySnerd · 10/04/2019 20:06

Meringue. Who on earth looked at eggs and got the idea for meringue??

wonkylegs · 10/04/2019 20:06

Loads of different foods & drinks
Who the hell thought I'll mix up eggs, flour, sugar, bicarbonate and cook it?
Hmm I'll cook some hops in water and leave them for a bit to ferment and then drink them

Boysey45 · 10/04/2019 20:06

I was once at a party of teachers and one woman had 3 fingers sewn onto her inner forearm and they moved! She must have been waiting for a finger transplant or something. I never knew they did them 20 or so years ago. That was I think the strangest thing I've ever seen.

sackrifice · 10/04/2019 20:06

Men.

They are a fucking weird concept and obviously are result of a very dull committee meeting with far too many people in attendance.

thaegumathteth · 10/04/2019 20:07

Sleep is weird

Also cameras - more so video cameras - I have zero idea how they work even though I’ve read about it many times.

People who are colour blind and then get the ‘correcting’ glasses and they can name the colours they can now see - how?!?

Countries - literally just decided upon by someone ages ago and now everyone says they’re Scottish / Iranian / Mexican or whatever and will literally fight for their country.

SirGawain · 10/04/2019 20:07

Yes to sex... let's just put a bit of my body inside your body and jiggle it about a bit. You wouldn't let your other half stick his big toe in your ear for kicks!
I think that hormones have an important role in this oddity.

thaegumathteth · 10/04/2019 20:09