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The Fear Of Submerged Man-Made Objects: 93 New Pics That Might Make You Want To Stay On The Shore
August 2, 2023
Submechanophobia is the fear of man-made objects submerged partially or fully underwater.
For those with the condition, snorkeling expeditions and trips to the local pool can become dreadful even after noticing as little as a ball beneath the surface.
And while this example can sound a little silly to the rest of us, let’s check out a few from the subreddit ‘Submechanophobia’ that are much more, let’s say, reasonable.
This place is full of sunken ships, flooded mine shafts, and other spooky things that give you the creeps or at the very least look like they have an interesting story behind them.
#1 A Ladder In A Flooded Quarry
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#2 I Thought This Belonged Here. The First Ever Underwater Photo, Taken In 1899 By Louis Boutan:
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#3 Submerged Park Bench
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#4 Museum Of Underwater Art In Australia
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#5 Shipwreck In Australia
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#6 Jet Star Roller Coaster Once Sat On Casino Pier In Seaside Hights, Nj. Until It Was Swept Out Into The Atlantic In 2012 By Hurricane Sandy
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#7 Here Lies Submerged A Whole Village. Visible Remains Only The Tower’s Roof Of The Submerged Church
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#8 Remnants Of A Mine That Shut Down 136 Years Ago. Silver Islet, Ontario
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#9 Set The Anchor
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#10 A Chucky Doll, Discovered At The Bottom Of A Lake By A Police Diving Team
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#11 A Cabin On Board The Aachen, A 19th-Century Steamship Hit By A Torpedo In July 1915. Now Located At The Bottom Of The Baltic Sea
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#12 Titanic. So Scary And Beautiful At The Same Time
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#13 Naval Mines Are Terrifying
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#14 Old Submerged Small Town In Brazil
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#15 Staircase In Hell
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#16 Submerged Dock
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#17 Bregenz Festival, Held Annually. Their ‘Floating Stages’ Always Give Me The Creeps
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#18 Abandoned Mine Shaft
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#19 Out Of The Blue, The Ghost Appears
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#20 A Human Compared To A Ship Propeller
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#21 Wreck At 80-100m
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#22 Sunken Ww2 Bomber
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#23 Plane Crashed Into The Beach (Pilot And Passenger Survived)
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#24 Fluch Des Pharao – Water Ride In Germany
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#25 Us Air Force Ship Big Dawg Sunk Off The Coast Of Florida In 2021 As Artificial Reef
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#26 A Fishing Net Spread Across The Waters
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#27 Found A Sunken Ship On Google Maps While Exploring The North Sentinel Island, Home To A Tribe Who Hasn’t Had Contact With Modern Civilisation
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#28 Britannic. Titanic’s Sister. My Breathing Stops And My Throat Dries, I Have A Headache When I See This Photo
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#29 A Photo With An Aerial View Of An Old School House Foundation Visible On The Bottom Of Dale Hollow Lake.. It Shows The Only Remaining Remnant Of The Town Of Willow Grove, Known As The “Town That Drowned,” Which Can Be Seen Through The Pristine Water When The Lake Elevation Is Low
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#30 Researchers Recently Discovered The Wreck Of A Medieval Ship At A Depth Of About 1,350 Feet (411 Meters), Spotting It With Sonar Imagery, In Norway’s Deepest Lake. The Team Aims To Return In 2023 With A Remotely Operated Vehicle To Capture Site Footage
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#31 Abandoned Mineshaft
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#32 Bell Rock Lighthouse
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#33 A Typhoon Class Submarine Passing Close By A Beach In Russia
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#34 The Ms Estonia’s Front Door Being Lifted Out Of The Baltic Sea
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#35 Swimming Next To A Submarine
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#36 Sail Of K-278, A Soviet Nuclear Submarine Sunken In 1989 And Still Radioactive Today
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#37 A Pump Drain In A Local Park Just Off The Shoreline
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#38 Remnants Of Ww2
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#39 Saddam Hussein’s Yacht
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#40 An Old Prop-Plane
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#41 Inside An Abandoned Power Plant I Photographed Last Year
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#42 Found This In My Local Country Park…
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#43 Panzer Submerged In Meuse River, 1940, From “Panzer Of The Lake” Meme
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#44 Divers Pose Outside The Aquarius Reef Base, An Underwater Training Center Run By Nasa Off The Coast Of Florida
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#45 Typhoon-Class Submarine With Russians For Scale
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#46 Today At Work I Learned About An Aircraft Carrier Which The Us Intentionally Sank Off The Florida Coast In 2006, To Create An Artificial Reef. The Reef Project Was Quite Successful! But God, The Photos Make Me Quiver
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#47 B17 Bomber 72m Underwater
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#48 16 Stories Beneath Manhattan, NYC
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#49 Troll-A, Over 1500 Feet Tall, Being Taken Out To Sea Before It’s Legs Are Sunk Down To The Ocean Floor
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#50 Equine Hydrotherapy. Good For Horsies, Bad For My Nerves
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#51 Titanic Stern. Looks Terrifying Especially Considering Its Size
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#52 Floating Bridge Anchor Cables!
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#53 Only Seen At Low Tide
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#54 A Yacht With Its Undersea Light Activated
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#55 The Wreck Of The Schooner Blue Dolphin Lurks Just Below The Surface Of The Detroit River
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#56 Divers Approaching Uss North Carolina (Ssn-777)
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#57 This Dock At Night
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#58 Masts Of The Ss Richard Montgomery
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#59 Nasa’s Aquarius Research Station In Florida (Currently Active), Where Astronauts Train For The Physical And Psychological Extremes Of Space
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#60 The Wreck Of The Ss Edmund Fitzgerald, Which Sunk In Lake Superior On November 10th, 1975. The Cold Water Preserves The Bodies Of The Fallen Crew Members
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#61 Scary Bucket
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#62 A Fish Observatory In Guam. There Are Stairs Inside That Descend Into The Second Part Of The Structure Underwater
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#63 Train Left In Flooded Mine
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#64 Offshore Natural Gas Platform
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#65 Submerged Pickup Truck
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#66 This Is A More Updated Photo Of The Ozarka Splash At Six Flags New Orleans
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#67 Old Naval Base In Philadelphia Has An Abandoned Warehouse With A Flooded Basement Filled With Goldfish
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#68 Brickley, Made Completely Out Of Legos, At Disney Springs
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#69 Bellagio Hotel Fountain Maintenance, Las Vegas
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#70 Took Some Photos At A Marina That I Thought U Guys Would Like
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#71 Container Ship Anil That Capsized Today In Asaluyeh Port, Iran
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#72 Penstock Intake Chamber At Hydroelectric Station
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#73 A Collection Of Sunken Planes
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#74 Machinery Found Deep Inside A Flooded Mine In Germany
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#75 Reading Project Hail Mary By Andy Weir At The Moment And It Mentions Nasa’s Neutral Buoyancy Lab. Take A Look
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#76 Two Crocodile Heads At Six Flags Over Texas
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#77 The Record Of The Deepest Shipwreck Ever Found Belongs To The U.s.s Samuel B. Roberts. Found 22,621 Ft Deep In The Western Pacific Ocean
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#78 A Lake In El Paso, Texas
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#79 Legoland Billund’s ‘Pirate Boats’ Ride
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#80 Research Reactor At The University Of Missouri. The Glow Is Caused By Cherenkov Radiation
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#81 Gorillaz Set Bts
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#82 Pools Like These Scare The Sh** Out Of Me
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#83 Inside An Old Boat House
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#84 Wave Pool Pressure Chamber
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#85 Partially Submerged Boat Trapped In The Ice, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
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#86 One Of My Neighbours Sold Their Boat House And Figured They’d Move Their Boat Somewhere Else. Technically, That’s What They Did, But They Didn’t Get Very Far
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#87 Towed This Out Of A Marsh
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#88 The Twisted Skeleton Of An Offshore Warehouse Rots In The Hudson River Next To Manhattan’s Former 60th Street Railyard. (Photo By Michael Minn, 2008)
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#89 Sunken Sailboat
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#90 Ship Wreck From 1900s
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#91 Bow Of The Uss Johnston, Sank While Fighting The Japanese Navy In 1944
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#92 Half Filled Pool… That Exposed Slope Is Distressing
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#93 Hitting Rock Bottom In Edenton, Nc
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50 Reasons Why Not Wearing A Helmet Is The Dumbest Thing You Can Do (New Pics)
August 7, 2022
When David Hollister introduced a seat belt bill in Michigan in the early 1980s that imposed a fine for not buckling up, the state representative received hate mail comparing him to Hitler. At the time, only 14 percent of Americans regularly wore seat belts, even though the federal government required lap and shoulder belts in all new cars starting in 1968.
Drivers and passengers were arguing that seat belts were uncomfortable and restrictive, but the uproar was mostly ideological.
Similarly, growing up in Northern Europe in the 1990s, I constantly heard kids on my block say that only stupid dorks wore helmets when riding their bikes. “What, can’t you drive?”, they’d ask, preparing a heavy barrage of insults.
But just like seat belts, this gear is often the deciding factor that separates life and death. To remind you that putting on a helmet is the smartest thing you can do, we at Bored Panda compiled a list of scary accidents that could’ve been much worse if it wasn’t for them.
Continue scrolling to check out the pics, and if you need more proof, fire up our earlier publication on the topic here.
#1 The Soldier Receives His Mounted Helmet That Took A 7.62 Round At 20 Feet While Wearing It
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#8 Always Wear A Helmet
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#9 The Guy Wearing This Survived (Wear Your Helmet On Your Motorcycle, Kids)
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There are different helmets for different activities, and each type of helmet is designed to protect your head from the impact common to a particular activity or sport.
You should always wear a helmet that is appropriate for the activity you’re involved in because other types of helmets may not protect you equally well.
“Some helmets can be worn for multiple activities, but don’t assume,” Levy said. “Check the manufacturer’s instructions for guidelines before buying a helmet.”
#10 Kevlar Helmet Of An Orlando Police Officer Who Was Hit In Today’s Shooting
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#11 This Is Why You Should Wear Helmets. The Helmet Took The Hit And I Am Okay. Live To Ski Another Day
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#12 This Helmet Saved A 5-1/2 Year Old Involved In A Collision Saturday From A Significant Brain Injury Or Worse. Helmets Are Good
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#13 Can Anyone Tell Me Why Anything Other Than Full Face Helmets Are A Good Idea?
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To ensure optimal protection, your helmet should:
- Feel comfortable but snug;
- Sit evenly on your head (not be tilted back on the top of the head or pulled too low over your forehead);
- Not move in any direction, back to front or side to side;
- Have a secure buckle to keep it from moving or falling off on either a first or second impact. So if you are riding your bike and collide with something (first impact), the helmet will still be firmly in place if you then fall onto the pavement (second impact);
- Be easy to adjust and fit properly without a lot of adjustments. And once adjustments have been made, they should stay put.
#14 Motorcycle Helmet Post Crash
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#15 Guy Survives Round To The Head Thanks To A Kevlar Helmet
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#16 Two Years Ago Today, This Dot Certified Helmet Absorbed A 50mph Impact And Saved My Life
On this day two years ago, this DOT-certified helmet saved my life. It successfully absorbed the majority of a 50mph impact on pavement. There is an indent on the front left that would have surely been a fractured skull without it, and numerous scrapes around the top and chin that would have left me maimed if it did not stay on my head throughout the entirety of the crash. Fortunately, my mind and body are working properly today because of this life-saving equipment.
If you are a rider, I encourage you to own and wear one of these every time you ride. I recommend one with a face shield or guard. If you know someone who rides, please encourage them to wear one.
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#17 Cyclist Arrived In ED With This Helmet – Surprisingly Fine. Imagine His Skull Without A Helmet
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According to Levy, it can be especially challenging getting kids to always wear a helmet, so it’s up to parents to set hard and fast rules.
“Be consistent and firm,” she said. “Don’t negotiate. Don’t compromise. Don’t give them a choice: Either they wear the helmet or they don’t ride their bike, scooter, etc. That way, they know you take it seriously they make it a habit.”
Parents should also lead by example and always wear their helmets.
#18 Romain Grosjean Showed How His Helmet Turned Out After The Accident In Bahrain
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#19 Here Is The Helmet Of A Guy Who Went Head-First Into The Base Of A Lift Tower And Walked Away With A Minor Concussion. Wear A Helmet
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#20 Daily Reminder To Always Wear A Helmet
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When it comes to the helmets themselves, while it’s OK to purchase your child’s clothes in a size larger than he or she wears, the same is not true of helmets; helmets should fit perfectly when you purchase them.
Test your children’s sizing by having them try on a variety of helmets. When fastened and tightened, the helmet should not move from side to side or front to back, and your child’s forehead should be properly covered to keep it protected.
Helmets for children or toddlers should also have a buckle that holds firm in a crash but releases after five seconds of steady pull to avoid potential strangulation. A child’s helmet will usually fit for several years, and most models have removable fitting pads that can be replaced with thinner ones as the child’s head grows.
#21 Is Your Life Worth More Than $40?
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#22 Wear Your Helmet
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#23 Will Always Wear A Helmet From Now On
Was biking on the 4th of July and people were setting off fireworks. The next thing I know I hear a massive explosion in my ear and my head feels hot. Turns out a pretty big firework somehow went off right above my head. Had minor hearing loss for a day.
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#24 Always Wear Your Helmets Cheese Bags And Never Trust Ice Patches
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Those guidelines apply to children who are at least 1 year old. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, children under 1 year of age should not be on bicycles at all.
“It’s simply not safe to take a baby on a bicycle,” Levy highlighted. “Babies haven’t developed sufficient bone mass and muscle tone to enable them to sit unsupported with their backs straight. And, just as important, their necks aren’t strong enough to support the weight of even the lightest helmets. So even though baby-sized helmets are available, they are not advisable.”
#25 There Were A Few Bugs On My Ride Tonight
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#26 Broken Elbow, But Helmet Saved My Noggin! Grateful I Was Wearing One
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#27 Just A Friendly Reminder To Wear A Helmet. Better The Helmet Crack Open Than My Skull Is How I See It
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#28 This Helmet Was Shot By A Tear Gas Grenade During The Protest In Iraq
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But you also have to remember that helmets aren’t forever. Some are manufactured to withstand one impact, while others are made to withstand multiple impacts.
Bicycle helmets, for example, are designed to protect against a single severe impact, such as a fall onto the pavement. The foam material in the helmet will crush to absorb the impact energy during a fall and can’t protect you again from a subsequent impact. So even if there are no visible signs of damage, you must replace it.
Other helmets are often designed to protect against multiple moderate impacts, including football and hockey helmets. However, you may still have to replace these helmets after one severe impact, particularly if the helmet has visible signs of damage, such as a cracked shell or a permanent dent.
#29 A Helmet Will Save A Life Or A Face
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#30 This Is Why I Wear A Helmet
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#31 Flying Debris Broke My Visor
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#32 Wear Your Helmets. This One May Have Saved My Life
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#33 Here’s The Helmet That Saved My Life
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#34 Daily Reminder To Wear A Helmet
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#35 Reminder To Always Wear A Helmet
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#36 Wear A Helmet
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#37 Daily Reminder To Wear Your Gear, My Buddy’s Helmet After His Crash. No Head Injuries
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#38 Wear Your Helmet Kids
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#39 This Helmet Saved My Life On The Brooklyn Bridge When I Crashed Into Wandering Tourists On The Bike Lane
It’s a Giro Cormick MIPS. It did it’s job but I did pass out (docs thought no concussion). Is there an even safer helmet? I’m thinking maybe Giro Aether or Bell Z20 both MIPS. Thoughts?
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#40 Guy Fell 20m In Scotland A Few Weeks Ago. Helmet Saved His Life, Only Needed 4 Stitches In The Back Of His Head, Broken Ribs, Broken Vertebrae, Bruised Lungs, And Some Bumps. Wear A Helmet
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#41 My Friend Also Was Saved By His Helmet Recently
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#42 This Helmet Saved My Life This Weekend. I Only Bought And Started Using A Helmet Two Weeks Ago. Please Always Wear One
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#43 Friendly PSA To Wear Your Helmet Kids. Trees Are Hard. That Would’ve Been My Skull
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#44 Wear Your Helmets People
I was out riding on a road I have been on many times before. But last Thursday 5/16 I was hit by a pickup truck. I do not remember the accident but someone who witnessed it said I flew a ways and landed on my back and head. I spent a day in the hospital and now just a little banged up. I believe if it wasn’t for the helmet it would have been much worse.
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#45 My Mom Braked For 60 Foot And Then Had A Stroke. She Tumbled And Rolled 70 Feet After And Got Scratches, But That Could Have Been So Much Worse
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#46 This, Kids, Is Why We Wear Helmets. Stacked It At 43 Km/H, Helmet Took The Brunt
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#47 I’m Glad I Got A Full Face Helmet
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#48 Always Wear Your Helmets, I Don’t Want To Think About What Would Have Happened If I Wasn’t Wearing Mine. Stay Safe
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#49 My Helmet Just Saved My Life
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#50 So Uhhh Helmets Yeah?
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‘Aged Like Milk’: 35 Things That Aged So Badly, They Went Sour (New Posts)
March 7, 2022
People say that it’s easy to be right but even easier to be wrong. More often than not, people forget to be careful about what they say online. Quickly typing a few nonsense sentences and pressing “share” might seem like a great idea at the time, but the truth is, they might stay on the internet forever.
The online community called Aged Like Milk is here to remind you of that. As the moderators write in their description, it’s “a subreddit dedicated to all those things in media and elsewhere that didn’t stand the test of time, at all.” More than 795k members are on a mission to find and document ridiculous posts that quickly turned sour.
Take a look at some of the worst takes Bored Panda has collected from this group and upvote your favorite ones. Also, if you’re hungry for more examples of how people’s opinions came back to bite them, be sure to check out Part 1 of this post right here.
#1 Warned A Person Considering Traveling To Chernobyl To Check Travel Advisories Got Called A Troll
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#2 This Did Not Age American At All
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#3 Battleship, Fun For The Whole Family…
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According to Know Your Meme, “aged like milk” is a catchphrase that mainly describes social media posts that have grown increasingly troublesome since their inception. When people throw their opinions left and right, some of them are bound to be wrong. Well, they might look fine at the time, but time truly shows which beliefs aged poorly by completely breaking modern social norms.
While the origin of the phrase is unknown, the earliest usage comes from a 2006 comedy special Jeff Dunham: Arguing with Myself. A puppet called Walter said “She’s aging like milk!” in one part of the dialog. Since then, the clip received more than 4.2M views on YouTube and quickly spread to other platforms, forums, and threads.
#4 Aged Like Eggnog
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#5 I’ve Never Met A Single Adult Without One
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#6 Sk8 Or Die
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#7 A Daily Mail Article From December, 2000 (Reupload)
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If you ever felt slightly embarrassed about something you shared online, don’t worry. After all, social media is the place for us to vent about politics, culture, sports, our personal lives, and more, so you’re definitely not the only person to ever have a bad take. In fact, more than half of Americans (57 percent) say they have social media regrets. One in six routinely rue their decision to post at least once a week, with Millennials being the most regular offenders.
#8 Lady Gaga Had A Hater Group
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#9 He Regretted It
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#10 The Snow Scene In The Wizard Of Oz (1939) Used 100% Pure Asbestos Fibers For The Snow
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#11 Anyone Remember These Ads?
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These numbers come from YouGov Omnibus’ survey where they asked U.S. citizens about posting or texting something they regret. Many people admitted they were less anxious about sounding silly compared to a few years back. However, they are more worried about damaging their reputation at work — 22 percent said they are concerned that a questionable post might affect their career.
Results also showed that 14 percent of participants feared they may hurt relationships with family members or partners by sharing misguided images or messages. Plus, women were slightly more likely to feel troubled about social media blunders damaging their close relationships than men.
#12 Remember Y2k?
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#13 Good Boy! Wait, Wha??!
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#14 Only Took One Mooch For This To Turn
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If you’re wondering how to make sure your social media posts won’t come back to bite you, always think twice before sharing something online. Ask yourself if there’s anything in this particular post or comment that could potentially hurt you in the future. Think about whether it might defame a specific view or lifestyle. Also, determine whether your words will actually contribute to the conversation or whether they will only create more noise.
#15 This Is Hung Up In My School
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#16 If Only That Was Still The Case
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#17 Texas Would Never
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Also, it’s always good to self-reflect and review your older media posts. It’s recommended to delete inactive accounts, provocative or controversial topics and discussions, and anything that might make you look overly cynical or mean. You have a larger audience than you think, so it’s quite easy to overshare and sacrifice your privacy. And just remember, if you ever end up posting something extremely cringe-worthy, there’s a big chance the members of the Aged Like Milk group will pick it up and will make sure to share it with the whole community.
#18 I Remember Winning Vietnam As Well
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#19 This Guy Deleted His Account To Dodge His Bet
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#20 I Was So Young, So Naive In 2010.
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#21 Texas Winters, You Can Never Predict Them
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#22 Tucker Carlson: “Putin Just Wants To Keep His Western Border Secure”
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#23 They Were Warned
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#24 Rip The Nintendo Switch
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#25 In An Article On How To Befriend People At Work…
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#26 Definitely Going To Jail
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#27 Pray For Afganistan
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#28 This 1939 Poster About How The Next European War Will Start In Ukraine
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#29 An Old Memory Of Mine… Don’t Ask Me For Any Future Advice..
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#30 Not Only Has The Globe Not Cooled, The 7 Years Since This Was Published Have Been The Hottest On Record
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#31 Youtube’s Finally Done It
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#32 ? R/Teenagers In A Nutshell.
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#33 Well, It’s Pst September
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#34 Too Soon?
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#35 Plaque Outside Blizzard Office Has Aged Like Milk, Again
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50 Times People Absolutely Won The Food Lottery (New Pics)
September 7, 2021
Nature, Lady Luck, and Karma have a way of rewarding us with fun surprises when we least expect them. We believe that looking at photos of food is a great way to pass the time, especially as an appetizer before your next hearty meal. That’s why our gastronomic geniuses here at Bored Panda have cooked up this fun list of people winning the food lottery.
From gigantic lettuces the size of a teen and massive lemons bigger than cans of soft drinks to packs containing two ice-cream cones instead of one, we’ve got the luckiest winners who played the Food Wheel of Fortune without even realizing it. Remember to upvote your fave photos as you continue scrolling.
What’s your biggest food lottery win, dear Pandas? Let us know in the comments. Hungry for more food surprises? Be sure to check out Bored Panda’s earlier two articles about them right here and here.
We can’t expect to constantly win the food lottery or any lottery in life for that matter. British environmental psychologist and well-being consultant Lee Chambers walked Bored Panda through various strategies on how to deal with uncertainty in life, talked about why it’s problematic to believe we always have good or bad luck, and gave some spot-on advice about why we should opt for a healthier diet and try to avoid fast food. You’ll find our full in-depth interview with him below, Pandas.
#1 This Big Lettuce
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Psychologist Lee noted that we have to learn to embrace the fact that uncertainty is a part of life. There’s no running away from it. Compassion, acceptance, mindfulness, reflection, and healthy routines help us deal with uncertainty better. “When we are looking to become more tolerant of uncertainty in life, the first step we need to take is to accept that uncertainty is part of human life. As a species, we love control and predictable patterns, and have a strong response to uncertainty as a potential threat, as this is what has kept us alive as we’ve evolved,” he told Bored Panda in an interview via email.
“When it comes to becoming more cultured in dealing with uncertainty, there are a number of things we can practice. The first one is to become compassionate with yourself and express your emotions healthily. Whether we write them down, speak about them or soothe ourselves, expressing our feelings and being kind to ourselves helps to dampen the impact of uncertainty, while suppressing our emotions and feelings, or fighting against them, can make uncertainty feel more intense,” Lee explained that we have to learn to be compassionate to ourselves and to express what we feel in a healthy, mature way.
#2 A Miracle Has Occurred
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#3 Found A Perfect Salt Crystal In My Sea Salt Packet
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“We can practice acceptance that there are things we can’t control while looking to take ownership of the things we can. This makes us feel more empowered, and not waste energy trying to control things that are outside of our ability to do so, and also helps us to stop ruminating on past challenges and future worries. We can also practice being mindful in the moment, as we can always control more variables right now.”
Reflecting on past experiences can also help us learn what our triggers are. It can also help us understand how we handle uncertainty and what personal strengths and skills we used to get through it. As Lee put it, we’re far tougher than we believe. “We are often more resilient than we think we are, and we can learn a lot from how we navigated difficult times and situations when we look back with a desire to learn and grow,” he said.
Meanwhile, healthy habits also provide us with a solid foundation to tackle the uncertainty that life will throw at us. “We should also look to our routines, things that relax us and things we enjoy. We should make an effort to eat well, sleep optimally, and move our bodies, as they all help us with our emotional balance, optimism, and cognitive ability to navigate uncertainty, giving us the clarity, elevated mood, and energy to get through and be less affected,” the psychologist told Bored Panda.
#4 Giant Lemon Off Our Tree
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#5 This Butternut Squash Was Almost All Squash
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#6 This Banana Is The Size Of My Entire Forearm
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“One other thing to consider is planning for a dynamic world that is ever-changing. You can create your own method for handling uncertain situations by using many of the skills above, understanding the habits and routines that keep you grounded, and knowing who can support you if you are struggling. By finding strategies that work for you and practicing acceptance and mindfulness, we can start building our toolkit for when the going gets tough and you are unsure what’s coming next.”
Bored Panda was interested to learn whether it’s problematic for someone to have a mindset that they ‘always’ have good or bad luck in their lives. According to psychologist Lee, having a fixed mindset like that can present a whole range of challenges. “
“As human beings, we have an evolved ability to focus on decisions we have made, including those about ourselves. If we believe we always have good luck, we can start to only focus on the times when things go our way. This can cause us to take unnecessary risks and make poor decisions because we feel we will be lucky while ignoring our mistakes and not being able to learn from them.”
#7 My 5-Year-Old Found A Pack Of Fruit Roll-Ups With 2 Rolls In 1 Wrapper
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#8 My Friend’s Chicken Laid A Huge Egg With A Regular Size Egg Inside It
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#9 I Got A Bonus Roll
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However, believing that bad luck keeps following us around is also problematic and limiting. “On the other side, if we believe we always have bad luck, we can miss all the great things that are happening, worry about the future, and miss opportunities to grow and develop. We will also likely be cynical and negative about ourselves and feel hopeless because luck isn’t on our side.” What we need to do is embrace a balanced, growth mindset.
“Embracing a growth mindset around luck is great because we start to look at optimism as a skill we can build, we find a balance between when to take risks and when to be more conservative, and we get the benefits of learning from the past, being realistic about the future and taking ownership of the present.”
#10 This Kinder Egg Has Two Layers
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#11 Was Portioning Out Some Sour Patches When The Ultimate Sour Patch Boss Fell Out
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#12 Grapes My Dad Grows That Look Like Plums
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Lee revealed that food and our moods are far more closely linked than many of us realize. “Almost 90% of our serotonin, the feel-good hormone, is produced in our gut, and our gut feeling isn’t just a saying; it has a whole nervous system down there! A healthy diet gives us the energy and cognitive clarity to go out there and do our best, free from blood sugar spikes, bloating and the lethargy that comes from eating poorly. We also find it easier to move and sleep, which both have a significant impact on how we are feeling. Our food is fuel, and our brains use more of that energy than any other part of our body, so what we eat impacts how we feeling on a variety of levels,” he explained to Bored Panda.
#13 I Cracked An Egg Today And There Were Three Yolks Inside
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#14 Got The Rare Dark Chocolate With Granola Bar Flavor
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#15 Full Meal Kiwi
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The psychologist put it bluntly that we generally should avoid it. However, not all junk food is created equally. Some products are far worse than others. “I wouldn’t permit a safe level of junk food, but what I would say is that having it occasionally is not a bad thing. While I don’t think seeing it as a treat is positive, as using junk food in a rewarding way can be dangerous, finding a junk food type that we enjoy but don’t feel awful after eating is a good way to approach it,” psychologist Lee said. “With myself and my clients, I suggest that using an 80/20 healthy/favorites rule works really well as a balanced diet, and that finding the healthy food that energizes you can be an enjoyable game to undertake!”
#16 My Wife Hit The Animal Cracker Jackpot
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#17 My Ice Cream Was Completely Overfilled
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#18 This Mushroom I Found 5 Years Ago
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Meanwhile, my talented colleague Liucija previously spoke with the CEO and founder of Ugly Produce is Beautiful, Sarah Philips. They talked about the ugly produce movement and how it helps minimize food waste.
“Every year, some 2.9 trillion pounds of food never gets consumed and it’s enough to feed nearly 800 million people worldwide,” Sarah told Bored Panda.
#19 This Pizza With Way More Toppings Than Shown On The Box
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#20 This Baby Tangerine Was Hiding In A Bigger Tangerine
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#21 Found A Giant Blueberry In My Parfait
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Sarah from the Ugly Produce is Beautiful project suggested that we ask our local grocers to “bring in uglier produce to sell at a discount and support local farmers.” She noted that farmers don’t waste food and use as much of it as they possibly can.
“Farmers by nature aren’t wasters and they feed ugly produce to livestock, cook with it, and give it away, or sell it at farmers’ markets.”
#22 A Twin Banana
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#23 Found This Bunch Of Bananas In My Box Of Runts
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#24 My Corn Sprouted A Baby Corn Inside The Husk
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Luck is a very peculiar thing. Some folks seem to have it all, finding (literal or metaphorical) four-leaf clovers around every corner. Meanwhile, others seem to be bad luck ‘magnets.’ The odds of getting struck by lightning each year are roughly 1 in 1,222,000. However, these odds rise to 1 in 15,300 if you take into account the possibility of being struck over your entire life.
#25 Jackpot
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#26 I Just Found A Super Long Mini Marshmallow
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#27 Weirdest Blackberry I’ve Ever Seen. Crested Black Satin Thornless Blackberry
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Plane crashes are, of course, horrific accidents. However, someone who has a fear of flying might feel just a tad easier knowing that your odds of dying in such a crash are only 1 in 11 million. That’s roughly the chance of dying in a tornado, the odds of which stand at roughly 1 in 13 million. (Though the odds of the latter happening increase if you take risks near tornadoes, live close to the paths tornadoes tend to take, or if you live in a mobile home.)
#28 Behold, The King Of Cereal Flakes
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#29 I Found The Legendary Garlic Bulb
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#30 Giant Puffball Mushroom My Sister Found In The Woods
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Meanwhile, the odds of winning a (regular, non-food) lottery depend on which one you’re playing. For instance, winning a prize, any prize in the Powerball are 1 in 24.9. However, if you’re aiming specifically for the jackpot, the odds then become 1 in 292.2 million. These odds become even slimmer, 1 in 302.6 million, if your goal is to win the Mega Millions jackpot.
Oh, and in case you were wondering, the chances of you finding a four-leaf clover are actually pretty good: 1 in 10k. Pity they’re not an extra ice-cream cone, right? Though we’d probably suggest going for a healthier option!
#31 I Found A Whole Oreo On The Surface Of My Ice Cream
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#32 A Big Cheese Stick
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#33 Garlic-Ception
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#34 A Whole Potato In Curly Fry Form
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#35 The Flesh To Rind Ratio Of This Watermelon
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#36 I Got 14 In My Box Of A Dozen Doughnuts
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#37 This Is The Smallest Pit I’ve Ever Seen In An Avocado
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#38 This Comically Huge Strawberry That I Purchased From The Grocery Store Today
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#39 This Massive Fry
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#40 We Ordered A Pound Of Carrots. We Got A Pound Of Carrot
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#41 Got This Abnormally Thick Dorito In An Otherwise Normal Packet
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#42 I Found An Orange Without Pith In The Middle
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#43 I’ve Grown Onions, 600 Grams Each
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#44 This Obnoxiously Large Watermelon From My Grandpa’s Garden
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#45 My Fiancé Found A Massive Ball Of Doritos Seasoning In Her Chip Bag. Chip For Reference
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#46 I Hit The Jackpot Of Pringle Flavoring. The Whole Can Is Like This
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#47 My Giant Mini Penne
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#48 This Papaya That Ended Up Having One Seed Inside
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#49 Got An Extra Wiener In My Package
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#50 Breakfast Jackpot
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People Share What They Found Thrown Away And The Phrase ‘One Man’s Trash Is Another Man’s Treasure’ Has Never Been So Real (35 New Pics)
March 7, 2021
Argh, me hearties, there’s treasure to be found in the unlikeliest of places and it’s not just doubloons I’m talking about. You have to keep your one good pirate eye out and, before you know it, you’ll be bringing home useful, gorgeous, and exciting things that friendly strangers left lying for you on the sidewalk.
If you’re lucky enough to live in New York City or if you’ve ever visited the Big Apple as a tourist, then you probably know all about stooping—people leaving behind things they no longer need on the sidewalk in front of their homes for others to ‘adopt’ and enjoy. It’s a proud tradition that the ‘Stooping NYC’ Instagram account documents.
“Stooping is so popular in NYC because it really is an activity that’s built into the culture of being a New Yorker. Unlike other cities, New York is transient and that means that people are always moving. No one apartment is quite like another, and so this activity of putting items that no longer fit/serve a need is something that has long existed,” the couple told Bored Panda. Be sure to read on for our interview with the couple behind the wildly popular ‘Stooping NYC’ account. They told Bored Panda all about the ever-growing account, their passion project, and their wonderful community that they’re building each day.
After you’re done scrolling through this list and upvoting your fave photos, you can enjoy our previous post about the ‘Stooping NYC’ account right over here.
#1 And We’re Equal Parts Speechless And Jealous
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#2 Oh Wow!!! 193 Moffat St. Bk.
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#3 The Plant Mother Load
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The ‘Stooping NYC’ account is changing people’s attitudes towards giving new life to discarded furniture. The couple is getting rid of the stigma one great post at a time. “We’ve tried to ‘game-ify’ the activity, making it feel like a scavenger hunt. And I think because of this, we have seen it become popular and trendy with an entirely younger audience (75% of our followers are 18-35 years old),” they shared.
The founders have to deal with such a massive number of submissions, my jaw literally dropped when they mentioned it to me. “On a typical weekday, we get hundreds if not one thousand submissions. On the weekend (especially at the end of the month), we get thousands of DM submissions,” they revealed how much awesome content their fans send them every single day.
#4 Therapy, But Make It Chic. 254 Gates Avenue
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#5 *Immediately Googles How To Decorate My House*
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#6 Check Out This Plant Angel Stooper! She Does This Every Week! 600 10th Ave In Hell’s Kitchen
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However, by now, the couple has developed an eye for the kind of stooping pictures and objects that they know their community will gush over: “Anything high value, super colorful, unique and weird. That means that we end up prioritizing everything from beautiful velvet couches, neon-colored swivel chairs, copper claw-foot tubs, beanie baby collections, a pastel pink SMEG fridge and… as of this week…a collection of ’90s erotica on VHS.”
‘Stooping NYC’ is much more than a passion project for the founders. It’s a way to let loose their creativity and even get closer as partners. “We both really love the creative outlet this gives us, as a couple we love the fact that we have this together (we end each day with a ‘stoop review’), and more than anything we love the community we have built. So we definitely feel an obligation to that community to keep up with everything coming in, knowing that we have the privilege of giving people so much joy through what we post,” they told Bored Panda.
Looking off into the future, the couple hopes to hire someone to help them deal with the vast flow of incoming submissions if they ever make any money from their mega-passion project.
#7 Guys. Good News And Bad News. Good News. This Is Amazing. Bad News. The Stoopers Told Us They Saw It Yesterday And Don’t Know If It’s Still There. Someone Has To Go Check! Jackson St. Between Cherry And Madison
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#8 What A Heavy Gem! 23rd Btwn Broadway And 6th
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#9 Your Parents Were Lying When They Said Nothing Good Happens After Dark. Stooping Success From Last Night!
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I was also curious to find out what the most interesting thing they’ve decided to ‘adopt’ was. “Early on, we found a beautiful antique typewriter on the stoop that we brought home for a friend. But aside from that, we really stick to the ‘Stoop Laws’ we have created: we never go get something before it’s been posted, we only post what’s already out on the stoop and we never hold items for specific stoopers.”
They continued: “On a daily basis though, there are items we post that we absolutely would love to be lucky enough to get (if we ever had a place large enough to fit it all).”
The couple feels “extremely lucky” and privileged to be able to reach so many people and give them the opportunity to introduce new pieces of furniture and objects into their lives. It’s a way to give folks the opportunity to build new memories around new-old items.
#10 Well Damn. Is It Weird I’m Half Expectating To Open This And Have It Be A Magical Portal? Corner Of 6th Ave And 12th St In Park Slope!
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#11 Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy. Lafayette In Between Marcus Garvey And Lewis
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#12 *Googles What Decor Items Go Best In An Oversized Bird Cage* North Henry And Richardson
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“One person’s trash is another person’s treasure!” the ‘Stooping NYC’ account declares. And however cliched it might sound, it’s really true. Somebody might not need that oversized plant taking up their entire living room, but others will go out of their way to give it a new forever home.
The same goes for vintage couches, beautiful SMEG fridges (oh how I wish I could have one of those…), and quirky furniture. I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t a tiny bit jealous. There are unique items getting stooped every single day that would look great in your apartment, right next to your coffee table.
Just because you’re tired of something and need to freshen up your home doesn’t mean that it won’t be welcomed by someone else. New Yorkers understand that perfectly. Hence, stooping.
#13 Long Time Stooper. First Time Success!
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#14 Jaw Drop. Classon Ave And Quincy Street
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#15 Sfarrellnyc Snagged An Absolute Beauty! Congrats On Your Stooping Success
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The way the ‘Stooping NYC’ account works is simple. Whenever somebody spots something stooped (or has something they plan on stooping), they send the couple running the account a photo and a location. People are also encouraged to brag about their jaw-dropping, envy-inducing finds under the #stoopingsuccess hashtag.
Within the last half-a-year alone, the ‘Stooping NYC’ account has grown from 80k+ followers to over 143k treasure hunters on Instagram. Half of the appeal is looking at the weird and beautiful things that others have found. Who doesn’t enjoy looking at pretty pics?
However, the other half is that ‘Stooping NYC’ an active community: you’re encouraged to participate, to go outside, hunt, photograph, smile, and share. And during the continuing Covid-19 pandemic, we all badly need something to keep us busy during our downtime.
#16 It’s Like If An Accordion Met A Keyboard
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#17 Hot Damn. Hustle!!! Meserole & Lorimer
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#18 Tell Me You’re A New Yorker, Without Telling Me You’re A New Yorker… Jcportuondo Knows How To Make The Mta Regal Af!
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“People are craving for things to do, and it’s become a social activity and community when socializing hasn’t really been a thing,” the couple, who prefer to remain anonymous, told Will Gleason from ‘Time Out.’
In a phone interview with Gleason, the couple told him that the number of submissions they’re getting has been rising as the pandemic continues. They can hardly keep up with the number of submissions they get each and every day.
#19 It Does Say Not Heavy… Armoire In Front Of 567 Bainbridge St. In Brooklyn! Cute Pup Not Included
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#20 NYC… You Never Cease To Amaze Us! 101st St Just Off Columbus
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#21 Drafting Table On Washington Ave Between Atlantic And Fulton
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One misconception that some of the community members have is that they believe there’s a vast team running the account. There isn’t. It’s just a loving couple working full-time jobs and taking care of their son. So some social media users are naturally disappointed that their stooping pics didn’t get featured without realizing that the founders are human beings with limited time and energy, just like them.
The couple started the project around a year and a half ago, in 2019. That’s right, just before the pandemic that changed everything! Back then, they focused on sharing their own finds on New York’s sidewalks. However, when the lockdowns hit full-force in 2020, they stopped posting because they were concerned about the health and safety protocols.
#22 Red Alert!!! This Is Outside Getting Snowed On. Go Get It! Gorgeous And Great Condition. Sterling Place And Flatbush Ave
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#23 Run To These!!! Clear Chairs! St Marks And 6th Ave Park Slope!
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#24 Now There’s No Excuse To Stop Those Piano Lessons! This Little Guy Will Fit Nicely In Your Studio! Baby Piano On 3rd And 72nd!
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In the summer of 2020, however, they started up posting again. Lots of New Yorkers were moving out of the city and giving away plenty of things they couldn’t take with them or didn’t want to. “We saw full apartments on the stoop in summer and fall, what was clearly people leaving the city. We had a lot of that and now that’s normalized a bit.”
“Now we’re kind of back to the gamification of it, and honestly it makes me feel even more responsible on weekends because I know there are people who think it’s a ‘stooping day.’ I think people are craving for things to do, and it’s become a social activity and community when socializing hasn’t really been a thing,” the couple told ‘Time Out.’
#25 These Two Beauties Are Officially Off The Market!
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#26 Just Plop On Down And Get To Work! Park Ave S And 31st
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#27 Start The Carrrrrrrrr!!! This Beauty Is On Warren St Between B’way And Church St!
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There’s an issue with stooping, though. As the account gets ever more popular, the chances that you can race to the curb and grab what you like keep decreasing: you’re competing against people with similar tastes who might be closer to the object of your desire.
The couple had some advice for those who keep striking out and arriving too late at what (they believe) should rightfully be theirs. “Knowing the garbage days in boroughs helps a lot. Sundays in Brooklyn are always amazing because Monday is a garbage day. The Upper West Side, Upper East Side, Soho, and Ridgewood are also good places to head outside of Brooklyn. So turn your alerts on to get away from the Instagram algorithm showing you a post too late, plan to go to the best areas and wait in those areas.”
#28 Listen, We Don’t Ask For Much… But We Have An Ask. Before Picking This Beautiful Piano Up, Can We Hear A Song Or Two? We’ll Play Them Here! Carlton Ave Between Myrtle And Willoughby!
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#29 Jaw Drop! Across From 389 Lincoln Pl In Prospect Heights!
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#30 Guys… Holy S**t! Fidi – Beaver And S. William!
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Which photos did you like the most? Were there any items that you’d love to have at home, dear Readers? If you live in NYC, do you partake in the ancient tradition of stooping? Did the SMEG fridge steal your heart just like it did mine? Let us know below—we can’t wait to hear what you have to tell us.
#31 Guys… Get Ready. Today Is Going To Be A Great Stooping Day! Here. We. Go. 2nd Between 57th And 58th
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#32 Now These Are Some Stoopers In The Wild
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#33 Make Looking At Yourself Fancy Af. In Front Of 234 Skillman Ave
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#34 Omg! Say What? Empire And Rogers!
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#35 Guys… We Have To Do A Caption Contest Here!!! Go! 20th And 6th In Chelsea
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30 ‘Nightmares’ And ‘Miracles’ Spotted During Structural Inspections (New Pics)
August 7, 2019
You might be unpleasantly surprised by what structural inspectors can find in buildings, even the ones that apparently look safe and sound. From faulty foundations and cracked floors to frankly dangerous attempts by home-owners to fix huge flaws, there are some buildings that are simply best to avoid.
The company Alpha Structural, Inc. posts the most jaw-dropping photos from their inspections online. The pictures are often so shocking that it’s a wonder the buildings are still standing, and that nobody got hurt. The number of dangerous things the California-based company spots on a day-to-day basis is mind-boggling, so here are the very best examples.
Keep scrolling down, upvote what you think are the worst things seen on structural inspections, and share with your friends. And if you’re in the mood for some more architectural weirdness, here’s Bored Panda’s other list of horrible stuff spied during inspections by Alpha Structural, Inc.
More info: alphastructural.com | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter
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This is an old turntable used for cars back in the day. Some also may call this a Lazy Susan! It was used for cars back in the late 1800’s to early 1900’s for easy access and movement. Cars back had a bigger turning radius so they had the turntable to help out.
The build date and fabrication number was stamped into the center of the steel. You can see that the turntable was built on Dec 11th, 1917. This thing was discovered while doing an earthquake inspection for a large industrial building in DTLA.
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Image 1: This is a retaining wall failure that happened up the Hollywood Hills.
Image 2: As you can see, the soil began to give way under this driveway and retaining wall which caused quite the problem.
Image 3: It began to pull away from the rest of the concrete driveway and started to tilt towards the down slope of the hill. You can clearly see the separation take place with the cracking wall and concrete slab in this photo.
Image 4: This even effected the home itself, causing the now undermined foundation to settle and dip down on that side of the home.
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Image 1: This was a column on a soft-story retrofit project we have in Los Angeles. As you can see, the column has rusted to a point that it has become very brittle and weak. At the time this was discovered, emergency shoring was put into place for additional support.
That very same night, the Ridgecrest Earthquake happened. A 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck Ridgecrest, California, some 100 miles away from Los Angeles.
Image2: Once we came back to the property the very next day, we noticed the entire column had snapped in half due to the movement from the quake! If we hadn’t installed that additional shoring, the unit above may have met the ground…
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This was some pretty bad spall damage on an old 1900’s foundation we inspected. This section will probably have to be replaced.
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This is a few generations of post & piers. The one in the foreground is the oldest, to the right of that you have one built a little later on, and the other two are from the past few decades. A supporting family.
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This was a nasty brick foundation we inspected. Tons of wood rot accompanied the decaying brick and made for a foundation in need of drastic work.
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An older pier that wasn’t even in contact with the post above. This would normally cause some dipping in the floors over time.
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This is a post that had been spliced together with another random piece of wood. Why somebody would do this is beyond me.
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MDF, or Medium Density Fiber Board, is used in a lot of furniture and aesthetic pieces. This type of material should NOT be used for anything structural. A lot of the time it isn’t treated well for moisture or natural elements. This is what happens when it becomes exposed to water over a short period of time… it will begin to fray out and decay. It looks like mold, but it’s actually the wood fibers being pulled apart due to moisture. Don’t use MDF for your structural work!
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Right at the entry to this crawlspace was an exposed, broken sewage line. It was active and it was pooling up for quite some time. We skipped this crawl until it was fixed. (Insert barf emoji here)
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This is quite the shabby foundation. I’ve showed many like it but this one shows a bit more detail. You can clearly see the degradation of the concrete with the exposure of aggregate. There is also many signs of water intrusion, such as the white, chalky substance known as efflorescence (mineral deposits left behind after water intrusion). This foundation can’t even be properly retrofitted because the concrete isn’t capable of holding in the bolts.
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We found some vintage… booklets in the crawlspace of this home. No, we did not take them and sell them to collectors.
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This was an interesting boat-shaped home we inspected up in the Hollywood Hills. Unfortunately it was the only angle we got but it was still a very unique home that I wanted to share. If the floods come, they will be ready.
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This is a 3-story structure we inspected in LA. Tons of pressure was exerted downward onto these framing top plates and they began to absorb some of the pressure. This, over time, can cause some serious issues.
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This is a concrete foundation that had some pretty bad stress cracking on one side. Somebody had tried to epoxy inject the cracks, but the settlement caused them to simply reopen and expand even further down the wall.
The cracking continued for about 10 feet before stopping. There were also some signs of water intrusion.
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This was a foundation that had very bad spall damage. Spalling concrete occurs when water penetrates the concrete and causes the rebar to rust/oxidize. This will then cause it to expand and break the surrounding concrete.
That piece of concrete fell right off with not much effort at all. This exposed the rusted rebar underneath. The cause of this is usually due to poor waterproofing or an area of land being graded towards the structure’s foundation. With nowhere else for the water to go, it penetrates the porous concrete. This section will have to be replaced.
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There is a lot going on in this one. First off, the post and “pier” to the left is made up of damp wood and decaying bricks. Secondly, in the back you can see that there is some parts of the framing/cripple wall that aren’t connected. The foundation is brick and has settled drastically. The framing above that has been covered in concrete on the exterior, done as a sort of “sister foundation.” Lots of moisture was also discovered.
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A dead rat… nothing more.
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This was the skull of some very large animal we found under a crawlspace. It isn’t just a normal rat or opossum skull as it was the size of a basketball. My guess would be some sort of alien (such as E.T.) or a Silver Back Gorilla, but I’m not too sure.
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Rip whatever animal this was. I can’t tell what type of animal it was but it seemed like a nice guy/girl.
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This had to be the first image because it is by far my favorite this week. The absolute definition of a “DIY” project. This entire crawlspace was filled with tree branch posts, many of which were resting upon rocks and logs. I like to think it’s just a person’s bad hiding spot in a game of prop hunt. This one will fall some day. I will keep you posted.
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This was some very bad wood rot caused by years of leaking water and neglect. As you can see, the cantilevered area is starting to bow down due to the weight of the now very damaged and saturated framing. Tis but a minor leak.
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This was a deteriorating foundation that had some significant spall damage. You can see the old, now rusted rebar with chunks missing.
This can cause some pretty significant damage to the rest of the home, especially on a hillside property.
This may just seem like stucco cracks, but I assure you it’s a bid more serious than that.
This sort of thing can be spotted pretty early on if one takes the time to look.
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A displaced structural beam under a few dwelling units. This was an inspection for an earthquake retrofit.
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A brick pyramid made by the ancients to hold up this post.
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A surprisingly intact brick foundation. Not very common to see a masonry wall from the early 1900’s still standing with solid mortar. However, the cripple wall isn’t braced and should be upgraded.
Another part of this brick foundation. This portion was deteriorating but a decent amount of this foundation was still intact.
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This property had very bad drainage and began sinking on one side. At length, this brought the perimeter foundation and exterior concrete pathway to wedge together at the connection point. This caused the concrete pathway to crack and break apart and lift. Gnarly.
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And here we have the entrance to the next level of Super Mario Bros. It doesn’t actually go through the foundation wall, though by the looks of it, that wall could be easily broken apart. The whole foundation needs to be replaced. Very brittle.
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If you’re ever dealing with old concrete, one thing you can always look out for is exposed aggregate. Aggregate is any material (usually stone, chunks of old concrete, sand, gravel) that is used to mend the concrete and hold it together. If the aggregate is clearly visible and exposed on the exterior, that’s usually a sign that it’s in bad shape.
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Another very brittle foundation with no original retrofitting or anything.
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This is a very poorly done cripple wall with DIY shear walls. A cripple wall is simply a wall with “cripples” (or short studs) to help with lateral movement in seismic activity. They act as a cushion for when the house shakes. The shear wall is used to reinforce these cripple walls so they don’t just collapse to the side. They help resist lateral motions.
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A nice little girder with no bracing. It’s also just smashing down the existing “post” and pier.
You’ll see this sort of thing all over LA. Instead of putting in a proper post, people will install random pieces of wood under a girder to help support the home. The problem with this is that it’s almost never braced and the wood used is often untreated. They rot much faster than most pieces. I’ll also add that this doesn’t necessarily compromise the structure.
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This is a unreinforced brick foundation. If you’ve ever dealt with older foundations, especially ones made of river rock or brick, you’ll know that they can’t be properly retrofitted up to current code. Some contractor/homeowner decided to circumvent this by pulling out some bricks, putting in a patch of concrete and then putting in an anchor bolt. This is pretty funny and maddening at the same time.
This is the same brick foundation. This time we have the opening to another dimension to the right. This whole foundation needs to be replaced or sistered.
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This was a gnarly stilt home we inspected for seismic reinforcement. I’m not entirely sure what the outcome will be but it should be an awesome project!
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As I was thinking of what to say for this caption I forgot there was a plastic skeleton and giant skull to the left and felt any other comment besides mentioning those would be a disservice to you guys. But the post is a bit wonky too.
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This is another property with burrowed holes going under the concrete foundation. This time there were 8 of these… It’s like a maze down there.
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Our office manager was in Venice, Italy and saw this poor little wall in need of some help. I’m happy to announce we will be expanding to the EU!
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Here we have a classic garden wall with improper footings and tie-ins to the other wall. It could also be the result of a “surcharge.” A surcharge is the result of pressure being built up against a surface, usually caused by the settlement of nearby structures, such as a house. I put that in layman’s terms so don’t yell at me for not being technical.
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As you can see, the slab foundation has a decent sized crack running through it, causing sloping and other areas of the home to crack.
Here is another photo of the kitchen tile that has separated and cracked down the grout line. To the left of that gap is a large retaining wall on the front portion of the home. The hillside in the back was giving way and pulling the rest of the home with it. This then created a gap between the retaining wall and the rest of the structure. It was sloping about 8 inches down toward the back and creating many cracks along the way. You can see down into the crawlspace from this gap.
This is a shot from the exterior of the home. This isn’t your normal stucco crack, it’s a massive structural fracture caused by the severe settlement. These are the cracks you should be worried about.
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This was an old 1900’s apartment building that was being held up by some less then effective stud supports. You can see the newer members to the right and left of the original support. They had to trim down the newer ones to compensate for the sagging that was caused by the originals. Scary stuff.
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This is just a mess.
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This is what we call an undermined footing. It sits below the post & pier for deepened support but is exposed and could fail if the dirt was moved.
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Universal foundation plates bolted right next to each other. They did this because they were required to put a certain amount per code, but the concrete to the right couldn’t hold a bolt without crumbling. This whole foundation should have been replaced.
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I’ll let you guys tell me what’s going on with this one.
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We’ve seen a few dolls under homes before, but this one may take the cake on the creepiest one so far.
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A nasty, old brick foundation under an early 1900’s home. This house was resting right on top of these dusty and decaying bricks and had no other reinforcement. Scary.
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Yes, that is a stone acting as a concrete pier for the post. *Insert joke about the post being stoned here*
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Similar to a BLT sandwich, this is a concoction of random materials used to hold up a girder! Wonderful!
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ometimes you just have to let the photo speak for itself. This is one of those photos.
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A sign seen on one of our job-sites.
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Somebody has some serious Jenga skills!
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This girder was rotted to oblivion and had the actual texture of a sponge. Additionally, the old concrete foundation and other chunks of slab filled this crawlspace to the brim. Very hard to traverse.
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Imagine crawling under a home with a brick foundation. Okay good, now imagine those bricks could be pushed out easier than the first block in a Jenga game (that’s right… two Jenga jokes). Now these metal side anchors are specifically made to be bolted into concrete. Some other “foundation specialist” decided to retrofit this brick foundation and implement these metal plates. This was also passed by the city inspector and filed as a complete retrofit. If somebody ever tells you that they can retrofit your brick foundation, they are sorely misinformed or trying get a quick buck. This will do NOTHING to help secure your home and resist seismic activity.
I want to briefly explain this one. Again, these plates are for securing your home’s framing to the foundation. This helps stop the house from sliding off the foundation during an earthquake. This side anchor is bolted into the old mudsill and the masonry blocks above the brick foundation. Both materials that have been bolted into are old, decayed and would move with ease in a sizable quake. Another example of how not to retrofit a foundation.
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The illuminated aura around this post makes it seem like it has a quest for me.
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I want you guys to tell me how this being bolted makes no sense. There’s a few things here, so let me know what you think!
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This was an attempted sister wall of an existing brick foundation. As you can see, this must have been done by a professional. Here’s another part of the foundation, this time in the middle. This was not formed correctly, there’s rebar exposed and there’s no actual connection besides the concrete drying and solidifying onto the brick. Not good.
There were also these odd, makeshift concrete pillars to help support the perimeter framing. These were bolted down but don’t really hold much structural value if the brick gives way in an earthquake.
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If you’ve never seen wood rot before, here you go. This is usually caused by leaking pipes or water intrusion. Termites also got a hold of it and made it worse.
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Ladies and gentlemen, we got him.
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This is an older concrete foundation that is really beginning to deteriorate and crumble. It’s been seismically retrofitted but not up to code. Tons of moisture was down under the home as well, so most of the foundation was like this.
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This is a retaining wall that had a massive vertical crack going right down the middle of it. You can see the exposed rebar in the hole and quite a sizable gap.
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This was an 8′ tall brick foundation under an apartment building in Los Angeles. We usually recommend replacing old brick foundations, but this one actually seemed to be in decent shape. The interesting part is just how massive the wall is.
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Those nails are doing a great job holding nothing together.
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Two things here: The foundation itself is in rough shape and is badly deteriorated. Also, the anchor bolt you see to the right (used for seismic retrofits) was installed at an angle into brittle concrete. There is no point in having that bolt (which was installed in the past couple years) drilled into that bad of concrete. It does nothing.
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“Can you help me? I am missing my post!”
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This was a sizable crack in the concrete stem wall of an old foundation. In addition to the crack, the framing of the home isn’t even making contact with the concrete.
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Here is another shot, just so you get the actual size of the crack.
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This is what we call “spall damage.” This occurs when moisture gets into the concrete from either side and the rebar inside begins to rust. This particular property in K-Town had plenty of spall damage.
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This is how not to retrofit a property. These are UFPs (Universal Foundation Plates). They are used for connecting the framing of the home to the foundation. Like I mentioned in one of the other pictures, there’s no point in retrofitting this foundation with its current condition. The concrete is over 80 years old and very brittle. Additionally, the spalling would call for a replacement of that section, which would mean that the other so called “foundation specialist” that did this was aware of the condition of the concrete and did the retrofit anyways. Some contractors just don’t have the wherewithal to do real, honest work.
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This was a property in Pasadena that had tons of these 2x4s acting as posts, which were resting on bricks. Some of them weren’t even held up by bricks, just another piece of wood on the dirt!
Here is the back house to that same Pasadena property. This whole foundation needs to be replaced. The aggregate material (rock and sand) which concrete holds together, is chipping away with ease and no bolting or other seismic upgrades could be done without the concrete cracking in half.
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While doing this inspection there was a section of the foundation that was undermined by previous contractors. We ended up having to squirm our way under that stem-wall and come up on the other, much tighter section of the crawlspace. For those with claustrophobia, this would have been a nightmare.
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Sometimes the access points to these crawlspaces can be a bit rough…
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Here we have a shoddy concrete rubble retaining wall. There has since been a new masonry wall built above the old concrete rubble retaining wall. It was surprisingly sturdy.
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Do you see all that white, chalky stuff on the CMU foundation? That is called efflorescence. Efflorescence is caused by traces of mineral deposits and calcium build-up resulting from water intrusion. This wall was subterranean and had zero waterproofing done to the exterior. Also, free cotton candy all over!
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Here we have a concrete masonry foundation. Usually these are completely filled with steel reinforcement bar and concrete. This is almost always a part of city code, but this property had nothing. No concrete, no rebar… nothing. You can see the mudsill above, which is somewhat hanging over the hollow foundation.
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Image 1: There is very bad spall damage on many areas of this foundation. Spall damage is when water gets into the concrete and causes oxidation in the steel rebar. This causes the steel to expand and breaks the concrete around it.
Image 2: If you look close at the steel UFP (Universal Foundation Plate used for seismic retrofitting) you can see that there are bolts missing from the bottom. Which means that it isn’t bolted into the foundation and is useless.
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This is a bird-of-paradise plant. A very beautiful but destructive plant from South Africa. These plants, if next to a structure, can make its way under a property and lift the entire foundation. That was the case with this particular home. Nature 1, homeowner 0.
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A hillside deck with some inward leaning posts. I would not want to be that guy up top.
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This isn’t crazy or anything but we were interviewed by ABC 7 LA on seismic retrofitting of apartment buildings.
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This was a hillside deck that had rotted and been damaged by termites over many years. The result is a decayed, unstable and leaning deck that is ready to slip.
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Many people will call us out to check why their floors/home is leaning and sloping. It could be settlement or missing structural elements, but half the time it’s caused by rotting supports under the home. Things begin to decay due to water intrusion and termite damage, which results in some serious issues down the road.
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This is a landslide that occurred on a steep slope in Glendale, CA. As you may or may not know, it rained like crazy this past winter in Los Angeles. This caused many unstable hillsides to erode and mudslides were very prominent.
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This was a very old foundation we inspected in LA. Almost every post/stud down there would crumble with the slightest scrape from a knife.
This is the same property where a section of the concrete foundation was cracked in half and was displaced from the rest of the wall.
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Would you feel safe with framing like this holding up your home? Me neither.
This is pretty common in older homes around Los Angeles. Years of water damage and those pesky termites will eventual cause some pretty bad rotting and instability.
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Took me a while to realize what this was.
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This was a pretty old retaining wall that has just about seen its final days. It will have to be replaced for sure!
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I call this foundation the “Thanos Foundation” because it has turned into dust. I bet the builder thought this wouldn’t go through the gauntlet of nature’s weathering process, but it did. I hope you understand and enjoy my terrible Marvel references.
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No bolting/retrofitting will be possible due to the fact that it is made of brick. This whole foundation will need to be replaced.
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We inspected this house that had some pretty bad fire damage from a recent blaze. Much of the underside of the home was torched and needed to be completely replaced. There is some good news: termites are similar to humans in a sense that they don’t like burnt food. This was the underside of the deck with a charred platform to walk on. Watch your step, you might fall through!
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This is a 100-year-old foundation that is in need of a solid replacement. It has no retrofitting, plenty of water damage and earth-to-wood contact.
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These were some very old U.S.E.D. engraved blocks that we found during an inspection of a property in LA. It’s hard to even know what that department was back then because there is very little record of it online. If anybody has more data on that, I would love to hear it!
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Never plant oak trees next to your foundation… It will cause nothing but issues. They are a protected tree as well and it can take a whole lot of back and forth with the city to deal with them.
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Straight as a worm in water.
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This was an old light bulb found in the attic of an old 1910 home. Nothing structural but something cool nonetheless.
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This was a very old cabin-like property in Benedict Canyon. It’s practically going back in time. Over 100-years-old and has some pretty crazy things going on. Since the property was very old and somewhat neglected, the exterior was the first sign it was gonna be an interesting one.
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There had been some foundation work done within the last 10 years, but nothing crazy.
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There was definitely a lot of rotting wood throughout the crawlspace and sub-floor areas.
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There were more than a few missing post & piers down there and the concrete itself was pretty brittle and easy to break apart.
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There’s a lot going on in this particular photo. You can see that the end of the girder is being held up by a stack of masonry blocks, the concrete foundation seems to be fused with plywood sheathing and there’s a line of masonry blocks waiting for their turn to help out.
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Most of this concrete foundation was brittle and crumbling to bits. Tons of efflorescence was present and cracks were all over. Additionally, part of the foundation had a sister wall next to it. A sister wall is a brand new stem wall that is tied into the existing concrete foundation. This was recently done and the concrete itself was in good shape, but the way it was formed had to have been done by a true amateur. There were gaps, honeycombs and cracks all over the new wall. There’s no way this was done with a permit.
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This was a very large hillside deck that had some bad rotting on some of the supporting girders. The deck itself wasn’t in horrible shape, but termites were beginning to destroy most of the girder supports.
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This is a wall that we will be replacing later this year. There was a serious lack of supporting footings on this staircase and retaining wall. Rainstorms and soil erosion slowly made the topsoil very unstable and caused the retaining wall & stairs to crack and slip.
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The saturated hillside burst through his wall during a remodel and caused some serious damage.
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Possibly the best earthquake safety/prevention I’ve seen so far. Also looks like the middle bin is a spider and is telling secrets to the other bins in the corner.
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These are two elements of a home that should not be separated the way the are. Not only is it missing bolts, but it has a gap bigger than the Grand Canyon.
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Earthquake safe? I don’t think so.
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If you go around East Los Angeles, you’ll see this sort of crack in retaining walls on almost every single block. These homes in Silver Lake, East LA, Mount Washington, etc. are all on a moving land mass and when mixed with water and quakes, it makes for a good damage sandwich.
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A fake foundation made of plaster that could easily be punctured by an accidental kick.
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Obviously I didn’t take this photo, but this was a crack in Trona Rd near Ridgecrest, CA where the most recent 6.4 and 7.1 earthquakes occurred in Southern California. There was much more damage than just this crack in the road, but you can imagine if a home was sitting over this area… it would have a hard time staying in place.
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This was a pretty awesome rock and mortar retaining wall, but was unfortunately leaning pretty badly. It will have to be knocked down and redone.
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The concrete is in real bad shape and much of it needs to be replaced and then bolted.
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This is a home in the Hollywood Hills that’s sitting on piles. As you can see, the piles are disagreeing with each other and can’t come to an agreement on where to go. Also, notice the cracking above where the piles are. This is a significant structural issue and needs a repairing as soon as possible.
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“I have sloping floors.”
The girder was also cracked pretty badly on the other side.
This Cat Is Going Viral For Its Hilariously Dramatic Reactions
May 7, 2019
Meet Ah Fei, an adorably tubby tabby that has captured the internet’s hearts for his incredibly expressive and dramatic reactions. Rescued from the streets by his new owner, Ah Fei, which means ‘fat’ in Mandarin, is sweet, lazy and loves his food.
Laziness aside, Ah Fei is nevertheless very responsive to stimuli, with his feelings about the stick being waved in his face, or the food being taken away from him, clear for all to see. Ah Fei lives an enjoyable life in Jiangsu, China, where he and his owner Tang Chang hang out and play all kinds of games. Many of which do, however, seem designed to get the latest meme-worthy expression out of him though!
If we didn’t know better, we’d assume that the poor kitty was in a constant state of stress, terror and disappointment. It clearly doesn’t take much to get Ah Fei worked up. Get that disgusting feather away from me, vile human!
Whatever this dog is trying to do to that pig, Ah Fei is clearly unimpressed. Joy? Happiness? Frolicking with other animals? Gimme a break…
To be fair to Ah Fei, I’d be pretty pissed off too if this was happening to me at dinnertime. Just gimme the pork already!
People around the world have got the feels for this gloriously grumpy and dramatic cat, Ah Fei even has some fan art in his honor. And while he may seem a bit cantankerous at times, we are sure that he is perfectly content with his new life together with a loving owner and a comfy place to call home.
What do you think about Ah Fei? Hilariously cute and dramatic, or unnecessarily provoked for funny pictures? Let us know your thoughts in the comments!
This Fart Guide Is A Must Read For Every Couple That Sleeps In The Same Bed
September 7, 2018
During the first phase of most romantic relationships, we try to look as desirable as possible, even if that means ignoring some of our bodily urges. Like, letting out a fart, for example. Sooner or later, however, most couples realize that there’s no need to blow against the wind and deny their biology, sharing their first fart. Weng Chen, the artist behind The Adventures of Messy Cow, thinks it’s perfectly normal, too. To highlight this, she has created a humorous fart guide for everyone who is sharing a bed with their significant other, and it might be more useful than you’d think.
“I ate all kinds of food and often ran into this problem,” Chen told Bored Panda. “I was curious how other people handled the situation but it’s a hard topic to bring up in casual conversations. So I decided to make a comic about it and <…> was happily surprised by how many people were open to this discussion.”
“Some couples can fart comfortably in front of each other after a week, some won’t do that after 50 years,” she added. “I think you should care about how it affects your relationship because you don’t want to make your partner dislike you, and it’s important you keep liking each other in a long-term relationship. I recommend using my comics as a guide and test it step by step. If your partner showed disgust at some point, don’t proceed further down the list.”
Weng is Chinese, but she’s fluent in English and visual language, too. She started drawing manga at a very young age and has been creating comics on-and-off since. In late 2016, she started the Messy Cow series.
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This Restaurant Gives A Gift With Each Meal, And Nerds Love It
July 10, 2018
Back in 1970, a restaurant called ‘Traveler’ opened its doors, offering not only delicious meals but books that you can take home with you for free. Sounds unbelievable, right? Who on earth would give away stuff for free? Well, as it turns out, the creator of this lovely little restaurant was a huge book lover, and after his house got completely filled with books, he decided to give most of them to his restaurant’s customers.
In 1993, the owners of the restaurant changed, but they continued this beautiful tradition and even made it bigger. “We give away 1 to 2 thousand books a week. We have expanded it to three books per person. The books come from many sources. Library book sales are our best but our customers are a very big contributing factor, not a single day goes by that someone doesn’t bring us books. We have given away approximately 2.5 million books since we have been here.” The owner told Bored Panda.
Yes, you heard it right, over 2 million books, and they are not planning to stop! “We have a horse trailer that we pick up books with. Some weeks we can go to 4 different libraries to pick up books. There is about 9 thousand books on our shelves for them to choose from.”
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Back in 1970 a restaurant ‘Traveler’ has opened its doors, offering not only delicious meals but also free books that you can take home with you
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The founder, who’s a huge book lover, decided to give them to his restaurant’s costumers, since his house was completely filled up
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In 1993 the owners of this restaurant have changed but they continued this beautiful tradition, and even made it bigger
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“We give away 1 to 2 thousand books a week. We have expanded it to three books per person”
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“We have given away approximately 2.5 million books since we have been here”
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“There is about 9 thousand books on our shelves for them to choose from”
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Turns out, many people have already visited this lovely restaurant, and here’s what they had to say
