Sometimes, a picture pops up on your feed that just leaves you weirded out or confused. But then you read the caption, and suddenly everything makes sense. It’s all thanks to a little context .
And yeah, when it comes to the pictures on this list, a little context goes a long way. It’s all about that extra push to get that lightbulb going off in your head.
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“This cloud that looks like a plane. With an actual plane in the same view (bottom right of the light pole).”
You really have to look closely to see that airplane (like the actual one, not the cloud one). But that’s a pretty neat coincidence, that there’s a plane in the sky at the exact time a cloud that looks like a plane is also in the sky.
“Just proof of the first farmers in Europe: A neolithic stone tool with sickle sheen on the edge (from cutting stems of cereals).”
And here I was thinking it was just a strange rock. I mean, it is basically a strange rock, but it’s also a rock with a purpose! People used it at one point in time, after all.
“Picked up an FLIR camera to assess what my bees are doing over the winter without opening the hives. This is a photo I took in 45 degree temps this morning.”
“The bees generate enough ‘body’ heat to keep the hive at about 90 degrees F. This radiates through the hive wall to sufficiently ‘see’ them.”
Well, now we know what bees do in the colder months.
“A sign explaining what an NFT is that still doesn’t explain what an NFT is.”
You know, with all this talk about NFTs in recent months, you’d think someone somewhere would actually explain what they are. And yet, I feel like most of us still have no clue what an NFT is, and it’s probably going to stay like that.
“Well, that’s one way to fix a broken laptop hinge…”
So what I’m hearing is that those bolts aren’t some kind of sticker decoration on the outer face of the laptop. Someone actually screwed them in to keep the hinge in place. Well, to each their own, I guess…
“Enjoy this photo of my dog’s mind in the process of being blown at the sculpture park.”
You know, even though this deer statue is clearly pretty large, you don’t really get a sense of scale until you look at the dog. And honestly, as cute as that dog looks right now, its reaction to the giant deer statue is pretty relatable.
“I feel so honored to to have such a relic in this household.”
It feels like just yesterday that the internet was losing its collective mind over weird infomercial items like the Slap Chop. I didn’t even know they still existed. But now, this is really making me want one of my own…
“According to my three and a half year old daughter, this is a ‘pumpkin princess.'”
It’s amazing how one child’s perception can change something totally normal into something completely different. Like how this incredibly mundane Halloween decoration is now a Pumpkin Princess. I suddenly have a lot more of an appreciation for this display.
“In Singapore, there is a library that gives an unobstructed view of a large soccer field.”
No, this isn’t some swanky box in a soccer stadium. It’s a library, one that just so happens to back directly onto a soccer stadium. That must be really handy if you’re a book lover who also happens to be a soccer lover.
“The logos on the Pedro’s tire levers are embossed perfectly so that when they get dirty, they match the actual logo!”
I guess the company knew that people would be getting these tools dirty, and used that to their advantage. That makes the tire lever seem way cooler then it probably actually is. Even if it is incredibly dirty.
“Replacing the siding on our 1941-built house and found the original plumber’s sign with a 4 digit phone number.”
There are so many things you don’t want to see when ripping down siding from a house. This isn’t one of those things. In fact, it’s just a really cool sight. I wonder if that business still exists in some form.
“Left my jacket outside for a day. Found this little guy making a web on it.”
In the same way humans kind of just show up to an uninhabited place and make a home out of it, animals are always doing it. Especially bugs. Bugs love crawling into things we own and living there. I guess they don’t know we own them, though.
“A local brewery has a kitchen that looks like an RV food truck.”
This is, like, the best of both worlds. Because food always tastes better when it comes out of a truck. But waiting in line for a food truck isn’t always ideal (especially since winter continues to be a thing). So yeah, I’m all about this.
“I have the secrets of movie theatre popcorn. Making popcorn at home that tastes, looks, and smells just like from the theater at home feels like it should be against the law.”
Who would’ve thought that two containers of food stuffs could hold the secrets to one of the best snacks ever invented? I have to admit, this rocks!
“At the top of every hour, Rick Astley dances to Never Gonna Give You Up on my watch.”
This is definitely a great watch. It might get a little repetitive, watching the great Rick Astley dance to his most iconic hit every hour on the hour. But I still appreciate the fact that this watch exists.
“The upstairs window from the back of our house can be seen from a very busy intersection…”
This is super creepy… until you realize that this is someone’s ingenious Halloween decoration. Then it’s only slightly creepy. But in a fun way. Because the one thing Halloween is supposed to be is fun.
“My dog ate just the face off my kid’s favorite cat toy. She asked me to just sew the cat’s face hole shut, which would just be so creepy.”
“So, I’m sitting here while she’s gone doing a full on stuffy face transplant. Don’t have kids.”
Ah, the joys of being a parent. Admit it, you would’ve done the same thing if you were still a kid and this happened to your favorite toy.
“Our refrigerator is supposed to make sphere ice cubes, but instead makes Death Star ice cubes.”
I definitely didn’t know that spherical fridge ice cubes were a thing, but I do now! Though, this one isn’t quite the perfect sphere. It totally looks like a Death Star from Star Wars .
“Student: You made it hard so I’m gonna make it hard to check.”
I’ll never understand why some teachers made school so hard. So I really can’t be mad at the student who decided to answer these questions completely out of order like this. In fact, I can’t help but give them kudos.
“Army Man Buried in the Sidewalk.”
To be completely honest, we’ll probably never know why this little green army man is buried in the sidewalk. Maybe some kid gave it a proper soldier’s funeral. Or it just feel out of someone’s pocket while they were passing by a path that was about to be paved.
Or it’s a deleted scene from Toy Story . The possibilities are endless.
