When you come across something you’ve never seen before, it’s common to feel either wonder or confusion in response depending on the type of thing it is you’re seeing. Sometimes, you get the unique opportunity to feel both.
This list contains images that leave their viewers both intrigued and full of questions, like how could this happen, why is this your first time seeing this, and where do we go from here? I don’t really have the answers to those, I’m just here to trigger that emotional journey.
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“My Local Pizzeria has a list of addresses that they refuse service to and reasons why.”
The rest I get, but what’s wrong with ordering a “steak hogie” and a large pizza? Do they not have sandwiches there and this dude just came in demanding one one day like it was a Subway?
“Instructions on this packet of beef jerky, including ‘don’t eat in shower’.”
Obviously, this is because one drop of water will cause it to fully rehydrate until you have a cow in the shower with you, and unless you have some super bougie shower, there won’t be enough room for both of you!
“The person who lived in my apartment before me planted pineapples.”
Today I learned that pineapple plants can take up to three years to mature! Whoever lived here before you invested a lot of time in these plants only to not be able to see the literal fruits of their labor. When those pineapples come in, you better honor them.
“A house pseudoscorpion I met in my bathroom.”
That thing looks way too much like a tick or a bedbug for me to have been as calm as this person if I ever met one in my bathroom. Though, the uploader did say this about the situation, “I used to have a bit of an infestation of booklice in the bathroom and these are their natural predators so now I know who keeps their numbers in check.”
“These shoes found at a thrift store with controller shaped soles.”
This is cute, actually. I think more shoe companies should get silly with tread patterns. Imagine the fun footprints you could leave in the sand, in the snow, in blood as you walk away from the scene of the crime, the possibilities are endless!
“These seed pods that look like skulls.”
It looks like these were just knocked onto your floor, which, given the look of these, has to be some sort of omen, right? I wouldn’t stop to take a picture, I’d scoop ’em up and put them in the nicest of vases as an apology immediately.
“Woman running for Governor in California put ‘F all politicians’ as her candidate statement.”
Y’know what? I’d vote for her. I think this is a universally appreciated stance to have regardless of where you are on the political spectrum, and having someone in office who hates politicians would be funny at the very least.
“[My] office chair came with a real whole screwdriver for assembling.”
A pretty nice looking one too! Someone compared it to the feeling of getting a full-size chocolate bar on Halloween, which is an absolutely perfect descriptor for this discovery.
“Two cartons of cigarettes produced for scientific research.”
You mean they don’t just walk into a corner store and ask for 40 packs when they need to do research like this? Writing that out, this does make more sense, but it’s still the first I’ve ever heard of it.
“This abomination of a dandelion I found in my parent’s backyard.”
This is what’s known as fasciation, not to be confused with fascination, which is what this list is about. It’s a genetic mutation in plants that causes deformities like this, making for one beefy dandelion!
“This stone stack […].”
I always imagine people who are super into the art of stone stacking or balancing like this to live the most serene lives. How much patience must one have to pull something like this off?
“A single Vietnamese coin fell out of my box of Pho.”
And somewhere in Vietnam, where maybe this box was packaged, there’s a factory worker scratching his head because he swore he had some change in his pocket, but now he can’t find it anywhere!
“There’s this fully furnished bus stop just outside my town.”
Who says waiting for the bus shouldn’t provide a homey, comforting environment? All this place is missing is a stocked coffee machine and a mini-fridge full of refreshments.
“Manatee mailbox in Panama City Beach, Florida.”
Aw! How delightful. Every day would be a treat if you get to go pick up your mail from such a happy, friendly face. We should make more efforts to infuse our everyday routines with more cuteness.
“My very own NYC train car at 7 PM.”
This would almost freak me out. It feels like a ‘too good to be true’ moment. Is something wrong with this car? Were people evacuated because of a gas leak or something? What will be taken from me in exchange for a peaceful commute?
“This loading dock above street level.”
There’s something oddly cute about imagining a truck getting to take an elevator, but the cuteness is diminished when you realize how gigantic the rig used to pull this off. Now it’s a miracle of modern engineering.
“My fruit snack had this strange colorless cylindrical gummy.”
It looks like it has the same gummy consistency, but instead is shaped like an earplug. I wonder if fruit gummies would make for decent earplugs. They’re pretty dense, they’re somewhat malleable, there’s a business idea in here somewhere.
“A pair of pet Emus escaped in my old hometown in PA, USA.”
There are people out there with some pretty exotic pets, yes, but emus? Really? What is even the appeal of these things? Are they secretly extremely affectionate, or are their owners just into really big eggs?
“[My] cutlery has exactly 0-4 prongs from left to right.”
I’ve seen a three-pronged fork before and haven’t really questioned it, but what on earth is up with that knife in the center? Why does a knife need two separate prongs? What are you stabbing with that that couldn’t be accomplished by a fork or regular knife?
“My other half uses 96% snail secretion as part of her daily skincare routine.”
It’s weird, the thought of how this must feel makes my skin crawl, but I can also see why this might be good for the skin? I don’t know, I’m not a dermatologist, but there must be something to it if it’s being mass sold like this.
