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Things that are really weird when you think about them

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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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CoolCarrie · 10/04/2019 20:36

War, wtf? who the hell thought that people killing each other on a huge scale was a good!
Organised religion

GarthFunkel · 10/04/2019 20:36

Horse riding.

Sports. Particularly football. Men (mostly) running around watched by millions, paid millions, as part of an industry employing millions of people from groundsmen to agents to physios - and it's completely pointless. It could be wiped out tomorrow and no one would die - it's just job creation.

FentonForChristsakeFenton · 10/04/2019 20:37

@breakfastatsquiffanys totally agree about tea but the weirdest bit about it is putting milk in it. Imagine pouring yourself a mug of boiling water and then putting a splash of milk in it. WTF!

blamethecat · 10/04/2019 20:38

Accents, how someone who lives 15 miles away can sound so different, let alone the other end of the country.
Pole volt, who decided to run with a stick and launch themselves over anoy pole ? And when does an athlete decide its the sport for them ?

Witchofzog · 10/04/2019 20:38

The internet. It's like the universe and just goes on forever.

Jinglejanglefish · 10/04/2019 20:38

Ok this is a real weird one that I realised today, but none of my DD's generation will have grandma's with the hair rollers 1940s hair style. When I was younger I felt like everyone's granny had that hairstyle.

blamethecat · 10/04/2019 20:39

FFS pole vault. Not volt Hmm

ohtheholidays · 10/04/2019 20:39

Bread,who the hell looked at the dull coloured grass looking stuff and thought I know I'll grind it down and mix it with some water and cook it and eat it.

How the the hell did that ever come around,I often think that of many things that we eat and drink.

It's all very weird!

StealthPolarBear · 10/04/2019 20:40

The big bang. That was the beginning of time so what was before. Well no time. But I can't get my head around it.
Sorry to be morbid but death. I cant imagine not having a 'me' and experiencing things.

Ceebs85 · 10/04/2019 20:40

Why we go mad for eating prawns, mussels, oysters etc but wouldn't eat spiders, earwigs, leeches (for example)

They're just insects of the sea!

Minai · 10/04/2019 20:41

Knitting. How the f did anyone work out that if you put wool around needles in a certain way it knits together?

crispysausagerolls · 10/04/2019 20:41

I find it very weird that on one side of the earth people created forks, knives and spoons to eat with, and on the other, chopsticks. And the chopsticks are used for a primarily rice based diet, which makes no sense to me.

RedForShort · 10/04/2019 20:41

Have to agree with the clapping. Is weird that banging our hands together shows appreciation or praise (and when done slower the opposite).

InsertFunnyUsername · 10/04/2019 20:44

The little voice in our head we read/think with.

Does it always have the same accent as the speaker, im wondering if there is a londoner walking round thinking in a welsh accent. Or if some men have very high pitched thinking voices hmmm.

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Shitshitshitshit · 10/04/2019 20:44

Yes I wonder about drinking water I may have drunk before and f it’s heem through anyone I know or have ever met

That would be so weird... Drinking water that's been through someone you know Shock

Whenever I see a programme talking about brains (or other bodily organs) I always think wow, I've got one of those in me right now, like I'm basically just a sack of organs sat on a sofa thinking about how weird it is.

Or another one I always think is how places you visit are always there after you've left (can't explain it very well) Like there's always someone's life just carrying on as normal right now in the place you went on holiday 5 years ago.

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LarryGreysonsDoor · 10/04/2019 20:44

I always wonder about furry four-legged domestic companions - how the hell did that come about?

Dogs were domesticated as working animals and bred to do certain jobs.

There is a theory that cats domesticated themselves. When humans started farming the amount of rats and mice who turned up to eat the crops increased and then the cats rocked up to eat the mice. The cats discovered that they could get some tasty treats and a space by the fire by looking cute and the rest is history.

Gertie75 · 10/04/2019 20:45

The colours thing fascinates me, dh is very colour blind and I can't understand how he can say something is ie green then sees the same colour again he thinks it's a different colour, why doesn't his brain remember even if it's wrong?

The thing I find weird is how many microscopic things live on us and in our immediate environment, thousands of bugs crawling around eating our skin flakes.

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Shitshitshitshit · 10/04/2019 20:45

They're just insects of the sea!

😂😂🤢

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Sunandseaside · 10/04/2019 20:47

Mirrors, driving around in a car, watching tv, fish tanks- fish in a tank, so weird!

Honeypickle · 10/04/2019 20:47

Glass. Isn’t it made from sand??

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Shitshitshitshit · 10/04/2019 20:47

The cats discovered that they could get some tasty treats and a space by the fire by looking cute and the rest is history

I always think this about my dog. Is it just some really clever evolutionary cuteness that they've developed over time because when he looks at me I can't help but give him treats/attention etc.. because oh my God THAT FACE.

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The80sweregreat · 10/04/2019 20:47

Shit, I get that about places. They are always just there where they were built! The humans have moved on. Someone else has stood in the spot I'm standing in hundred of times or centuries ago maybe.

UtterlyUnimaginativeUsername · 10/04/2019 20:47

Yes to kissing! But not just romantically. When my babies were born, all I wanted to do was cover them is kisses. Why? Why?! Where does that come from?
Probably because it has become socially unacceptable to lick your baby all over, which is what other species do to clean their newborns.

nonevernotever · 10/04/2019 20:48

Work swimming pools - it's basically colleague soup

pastaparadise · 10/04/2019 20:48

That when we close our eyes, they stay looking out in the same position as when we're awake, just with an incredibly thin eyelid covering them. A row of people in bed are all lying there staring out...

Where the nearest murderer is to.me and whether they were ever caught