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?

The point to this thread is it blows my mind that so many people naturally manage to finely balance their food intake and exercise level so they are not underweight or overweight. Nobody can logically do this, so it their bodies systems doing this. And that blows my mind. So how does your body know that now you are using a remote control for your TV you need to eat a tiny bit less every day, or move about a tiny bit more?

Talking about the colour issues, like another poster, I struggle with certain colours and recognising shades. I didn't realise it until recently where my mum has taken up a crafting interest that involved threads and beads. (I also realised it when listing some clothes on ebay this week) I struggle with navy and black mostly. Weirdly some silvers and golds too when the light isn't strong enough.

Procreation. This Tony sperm knows to fight to get into the egg and then all this amazing stuffing happens - chromosomes unravelling and replicating, cells splitting and all of that is identical but then it all starts to differentiate and legs are legs below bum not out of head. We don't have tails despite sharing 99% of our dna with chimps, or gills or wings. Like, wtf. It's so weird it usually works so well

Tony sperm :o

I haven't RTFT but most of these seem to be about how human behaviour is strange. Sorry if it's already been said but @nathanwpylestrangeplanet on Instagram depicts how strange human behaviour is it's one of my favourite accounts to follow. The pp saying about pets and alcohol made me think about it.

A lot of food things. Who discovered that flour plus eggs plus sugar and butter makes cake? And cooking, AFAIK no other animal cooks its food. How come we started?

And cooking, AFAIK no other animal cooks its food. How come we started?

No other adult can start a fire.

And cooking, AFAIK no other animal cooks its food. How come we started?

Don't they reckon that someone probably accidentally dropped a piece of meat on the fire and discovered that it tasted better and was easier to eat? Thats mad actually - then that info must have been passed around between groups, down through to the next people etc.

Animal, not adult - I need more coffee.

Yes regarding cooking, or that possibly ancient humans scavenged animals caught in fires caused by naturally occurring fire (forest fires, lighting etc) and realised it was loads better, then fed those fires to keep them going, then finally figured out how to make fire themselves.

The ability to make fire cropped up in a few species of ancient humans too, not just us.

On that train of thought, how strange it is that as recently as only a few thousand years ago there was more than one species of human, who were just as advanced and cultured and intelligent as us, and that at more than one point in history, humans of every flavour almost became extinct.

It's been a bit more than a few thousand but it is weird to think of us living amongst a different species of humans, possibly some interbreeding, these days. The social stigma of fancying the cute Neanderthal boy from next door...

Yes the different human species thing is really odd to think about! Were any of them as intelligent as us though? I thought the others were in between us and chimps?

Imagine if there were still a species like that around today, either still living wild or living alongside us in cities etc.. I wonder how we'd treat them (there could be a book/movie in that!)

Also, if "designer babies" became commonplace, would that split humans into two species again, with the designer people holding all the power, wealth etc?

For Godsake Tony, give the other sperm a chance mate 🤣🤣

sashh
Thank you for explaining the maths thing!

I find maths and the complexity of it amazing. I don't understand most of it, I'm in awe of people who do!

Why do we not mind the smell of our own farts/poo but find other people's repulsive?

That everyone on Earth, no matter how objectionable, was once a beatiful innocent baby, all tiny and squishy and wonderful.

That however powerful and important you are, you must "shut down" for a minimum amount of time each day, to enter a state of helpless unconsciousness, during which you are just as unaware and vulnerable as any other sleeping person. This is totally non-negotiable for your survival, cannot be cheated or rushed. You must lay still and surrender to it once every 24 hours or so.

Money. Or more specifically, banking- especially internet banking.
My boss gets 'paid' and she knows because the numbers on her banking app go up. Then she transfers my wages to me, and I know because the numbers on my banking app go up. Then I pay my bills using these numbers, and buy things usually without ever holding any actual money in my hands. 😳

I thought the others were in between us and chimps?
Kinda. Once chimps and humans were all say PrimateA1. Then some adapted this way and some adapted that way. They split into Primate B and Primate 2. Primate B kept evolving through Primate C and D etc until it ended up with Apes, Primate 2 kept evolving through Primate 3 and 4 etc until it ended up with Humans. Say Neanderthal was Primate 5. They are believed to have coexisted with humans. They were totally different to Apes or Primate D. They stood upright, they weren't totally covered in hair. Even Primate 4 was largely upright, walked on two feet, had a larger skull etc than apes and chimpanzees.

Imagine if there were still a species like that around today, either still living wild or living alongside us in cities etc.. I wonder how we'd treat them (there could be a book/movie in that!) I imagine much as White people historically used to treat non whites. Depending on who was more powerful etc one would be impressed untila revolution for equal rights. Just watch any show with an integrated alien race, there's always wars over superiority, who deserves what etc

@MammaSchwifty yes - and that we're all really just overgrown children. There are no truly wise, all-knowing grown ups. The older you get, the more you find out that everyone's winging it.

Apart from my dad ;)

That £20million diamonds don't actually have any value - they are literally just pieces of rock. As humans we have attributed value to them, but really... it's just a rock like any other.

Blows your mind if you think about it too long!!!

How I'm getting married next year and I won't have the name I've had since birth anymore!

(I want to take DHs name, it's nicer than mine ha).