Category: Funny
40 Times People Experienced Pareidolia And Captured It For Everyone To See (New Pics)
March 7, 2020
We see faces and familiar shapes everywhere we look. In clouds. In the bark of trees (or Ents as they prefer to be called). In the brick wall in the office kitchen. And just glancing at a car, we can tell that some of them are happy (or less than enthusiastic) to see us.
If you tend to see faces, animals, and other things in everyday objects, too, then you’ve encountered the wonderfully weird phenomenon known as pareidolia! It’s an experience a lot of human beings share because we’re wired to look for familiar patterns in random streams of information.
Scroll down for the full interview. Bored Panda has collected some of the most interesting and pareidolia-inducing pics, so scroll down, upvote your faves, and let us know which ones you liked the most and why. Oh, and let us know if you can’t spot anything familiar in any of the photos! We spoke with professor Kang Lee from the University of Toronto about pareidolia in detail, so be sure to read on for the full insightful interview.
And when you’re done with this list, have a look through our earlier posts about pareidolia right here and here. And let’s not forget about this one right here!
#1 This Is Why Literal Fairy Tales Exist
#2 What The Hell Is So Funny Steve?
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#3 I Want To Believe
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“Pareidolia illustrates the interaction between the visual cortex and the frontal cortex of the human brain. It suggests that our brain is highly sensitive and expecting to encounter and process some special classes of objects in our environment because they are biological and socially important to our adaptions to the environment,” professor Lee explained to us.
“For example, when you are walking in a dark street in the evening, your brain is on high alert to detect whether any threat will jump out any moment. In this case, you are more likely to have face or human pareidolia because it is important for you to err on the side of caution if you mistake a tree as a human being.”
The professor pointed out that this is the reason why pareidolia often occurs in ambiguous situations. “However, for some people, their frontal cortex’s expectation for certain objects (e.g., faces) become so high that they see faces in many situations where no faces exist.”
“Even in this kind of situation, it is normal. There is nothing wrong with these individuals,” he stressed. “Pareidolia is different from paranoia or delusion or abnormal vision of individuals with psychosis. In fact, a recent study shows that those people with pareidolia tend to be more creative. Also, people who are religious may be able to see religious icons in non face objects as well.”
#4 These Two Rocks Look Like A Mother Breastfeeding Her New Born Child
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#5 I Thought That Lady Was A Muppet
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#6 Let Us Out
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Professor Lee highlighted that pareidolia as a phenomenon shows how powerfully our imaginations (which comes from our frontal cortex) can affect our perception (which takes place first in the visual cortex which is located in the occipital lobe in the back of our head).
He added that pareidolia also tells us that “what we see are not things over there in the world but actually the co-creation of what is out there physically and what is in our mind mentally through our expectations and imaginations.”
“Pareidolia is a broader phenomenon as it extends to touch and sound and other sensory channels. For example, you sometimes sense your phone vibrating when it is not, it is a tactile form of pareidolia. When you hear voices in a noisy environment, it is an auditory form of pareidolia.”
#7 Pigeon Poops Portrait Of Itself On A Leaf
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#8 Pulled The Door Handle Off And He Was As Shocked As I Was
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#9 I Found A Piece Of Driftwood That Looks Like A Dragon’s Head
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“If someone reports seeing Jesus in a piece of toast, you’d think they must be nuts,” professor Lee previously told BBC Future. “But it’s very pervasive. We are primed to see faces in every corner of the visual world.” According to him, our imaginations exert a very powerful influence over our perceptions.
(On a semi-related note, no wonder we keep bumping into things—we’re too busy imagining what it’d be like to fly on the back of a fire-breathing dragon.)
#10 There Is A Lion Wearing Sunglasses On The Belly Of This Grasshopper
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#11 The Snow On Top Of This Mountain That Looks Like A Lizard
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#12 This Boiled Egg Exploded While Cooking And Looks Like A Snail
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According to Live Science, people who are religious or have very strong beliefs about the supernatural see faces in objects and landscapes more often. Cosmologist Carl Sagan thought that pareidolia is a survival mechanism that helps us recognize faces from a distance and determine whether we’re being approached by an ally or an enemy.
Meanwhile, legendary artist and inventor Leonardo da Vinci saw pareidolia as an artistic device: “If you look at any walls spotted with various stains or with a mixture of different kinds of stones, if you are about to invent some scene you will be able to see in it a resemblance to various different landscapes adorned with mountains, rivers, rocks, trees, plains, wide valleys, and various groups of hills.”
There’s also something called the electronic voice phenomenon, aka auditory pareidolia, where people hear hidden messages that were supposedly placed there on purpose by songwriters. And that… that’s given rise to plenty of conspiracy theories, like the one that began circulating in 1966 that musician Paul McCartney had supposedly died and been replaced by a lookalike. Conspiracy theorists looked for clues in The Beatles songs and album covers.
#13 Whatever This Chair Is Going Through I Can Relate
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#14 Dragon Tree
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#15 This Ashy Potato That Looks About Done With Life
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#16 This Overflowing Cupcake Ended Up Looking Like An Elephant
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#17 A Cute Dog But Actually Just Rust
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#18 Scared Switches
#19 My Drink Looks Like A Crocodile Is Looking At Me
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#20 I See Sid
#21 I’m Flying
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#22 “Yer A Hazard, Harry”
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#23 Chomp
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#24 The Dog’s Ear Is Another Dog
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#25 Looks Like There’s A Goddess In This Orange
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#26 This Shadow Looks Exactly Like A Man’s Head. Lone Peak, Big Sky, Montana
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#27 Bubbles That Form A Little Cat Shape
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#28 My Car Seems Pretty Happy About The Snowstorm
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#29 This T. Rex Shaped Cactus
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#30 I Wonder Which Song Was On
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#31 What Did He See
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#32 Stupid Sexy Flanders
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#33 She’s Having Twins
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#34 This Orchid Really Looks Like An Eagle
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#35 Alien Pickle
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#36 The Ice In My Glass Sort Of Looks Like A Face
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#37 The Pattern On My Dog’s Chest Looks Like A Cat Mid Sneeze
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#38 Dog Stick I Found
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#39 This Pure-Bread My Friend Got At A Restaurant
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#40 Found A Rock That Looks Like A Shark
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Instead Of Taking Their Unappreciative Kids Out, This Family Took Their Modem On A Day Trip To The Seaside
January 16, 2020
Parenting is difficult in the 21st century. With easy access to technology, it’s harder and harder to keep your kids away from screens and get them to be active outside and with their family members. However, there is always a solution!
Like when your kids refuse to go on a fun family trip, you get rid of their internet connection by taking your modem on the trip instead. That’s exactly what Australian parents Cassie Langan and her husband did. Not only that, they took a whole bunch of photos of the modem having the time of its life. The story was so awesome, it went viral.
Bored Panda reached out to Cassie in order to hear more about her story, how her kids reacted, and what the internet’s response was like. Cassie was happy to talk to us. Scroll down for the full interview.
While we’re on the topic of tech, after you’re done with this post, why don’t you check out our in-depth article about a mom who forbids her kids from using phone and TV screens and the positive effects this has.
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Two Aussie parents took their modem on a trip to the beach when two of their three kids refused to spend some quality family time together
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According to Cassie, her husband works as a truck driver. That means that he’s on the road all week and only comes back home to his family on the weekends. Meanwhile, Cassie said that her “daughter works weekends and I work in retail, so I often work weekends too.”
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“It’s not often that we are all home at the same time,” she noted. “So Chris and I thought we’d take the kids on a day trip to Warrnambool to go to the model train show that was on there, as hubby and the boys love trains.”
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However, things did not go as planned: “Our 17-year-old daughter refused to go and our 10-year-old son had a tantrum listing all the reasons why it was unfair that we were making him go.”
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Cassie continued: “Our 13-year-old son was the only one who reluctantly agreed to go. In the end, we said to the kids that if they weren’t going to go, we’d take the modem instead and they said ok.”
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When they all got back home from their trip, something magical had happened. “When we got home, our 17-year-old was so bored she actually cleaned her room and spent time with her younger brother.”
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“When I showed my 10-year-old the photos, he said that ‘it’s not fair, we hate him and love the modem more,’ and stormed off to his room,” Cassie told us about her children’s reactions to what happened.
“The reason I made the post public is that there is so much on social media at the moment about politics, bushfires, drought, and people having a hard time in general that I thought if my post brightened one person’s day, it would be worth it,” she said. And we’ve got to say, it’s working. It certainly brightened up our day.
“I am absolutely blown away by how many times it has been shared and the number of people who it made a difference to their day. As for my kids, after the post went viral…. they finally see the funny side.”
The story took the internet by storm
This Instagram Account Collects Funny And Strange Things Spotted On Public Transport (40 Pics)
November 7, 2019
This page is the best-kept secret of the entire ‘Humans of’ series. Heck, maybe of the entire internet. Humans of Trolleybuses (Humans of Trūlai) offers a glimpse into the funny side of Lithuanian public transport, and it’s really colorful, too. Extravagant clothing, questionable luggage, they feature it all.
The creator of the page, Rokas Stasevičius, said he started it after one memorable encounter. Rokas was taking a trolleybus when one of the passengers, a drunk, was smoking inside of it, singing chanson songs and, after being kicked out of the vehicle, waved Rokas goodbye with a smile on his face. This pretty much sums up what content to expect from Humans of Trolleybuses.
More info: Instagram | Facebook
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“Time spent with cats is never wasted.”
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For the most part, Humans of Trolleybuses relies on its community. “At the height of the page’s popularity, it was receiving about 15-20 submissions per day,” Rokas told Bored Panda. “To decide if a particular picture is worth a post, I’m trying to figure out whether it would enrich social media or trash it. At first, I consider the originality of the photo/video. It can’t be a repost or something lame in general as the idea behind the project is to create unique, independent content that isn’t toadying to anything or anyone.”
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“Ideally, the photo/video makes up for about half of the entire gag. The other half is the caption, so, the more interesting and abstract the image or recording is, the more freedom there is to create a captivating caption.”
“The best captions usually come spontaneously, during the first viewing of the submitted material,” Rokas added. “If you’re overthinking it, it might end up too complex, forced, and only you and a couple more people can understand it. I don’t have one rule on how to craft the perfect caption, I just try to feel it out, make it something that compliments the picture/video without overpowering it.”
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Remember stuart little? this is him now. feel old yet?
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Today is also a tougher period for Humans of Trolleybuses. Rokas attributes the lower number of submissions and posts to the transition the page is making from Facebook to Instagram. “I believe that it’s only a matter of time before the project becomes what it recently was.”
He thinks that many people are drawn to Humans of Trolleybuses probably because they relate to the trolleybuses themselves. “It doesn’t matter how uncomfortable or slow they are. People sympathize with them and people need quality content which can also be funny.”
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When the other girl wears the same dress on prom as you
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When she used to call me on my cellphone
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Not sure how to feel on this one
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Meanwhile in Klaipėda
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#19
>you’re not hungry
>this baba asks you if you’re hungry
>what do you do?
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#20
Dobby is no longer a free elf, he has a master
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#21
If it’s stupid but it works, it ain’t stupid
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#24
Wonder woman – Vengeance of Trolleybuses
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#29
How do you see yourself in 20 years?
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#32
Summertime sadness begins
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#33
“Shine bright like a trolleybus”
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#35
Relax fm
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When you are straight af
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50 Times When Students Realized They Have Absolutely Awesome Teachers (New Pics)
October 7, 2019
Teachers don’t have to be stuffy, boring, and angry — they can be the most awesome and hilarious authority figures in your life. Those people are educators who go above and beyond the call of duty, using humor and shock to help their students learn about life.
Bored Panda collected the most exquisite examples of teachers doing funny things, so you can enjoy yourself while waiting for the weekend to start. It’s lists like these that really make you appreciate school more and not groan when thinking of an approaching Monday. Scroll down, upvote your favorite pictures, and leave a comment somewhere below about the funniest teacher stories that you know. And be sure to share this post with your family, friends, and fave teachers.
We know you can’t get enough of hilarious educators, so when you’re done scrolling through this list, check out our previous posts about the most awesome teachers ever, funny teachers who know how to deal with students, as well as the epic times that teachers trolled their students.
#1 This Is How History Professor Teaches About The First Man In Space
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#2 My High School Art Teacher’s Amazing Van Gogh Costume
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#3 A Little Wisdom From My Physics Professor
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Humor is a wonderful learning tool and helps us retain information much better. That’s because humor activates the dopamine reward system in our brains, stimulates our long-term memory, as well as our goal-oriented motivation.
Or, to put it succinctly, we remember that which makes us laugh. It’s a fact that has been known throughout history. And it’s one of the main reasons why people living throughout history have suggested that jokes (especially naughty ones) help us remember things quicker and better. The next time you need to memorize something, try associating it with something funny and shocking.
#4 Our Professor Wears His Hat And Cape Every Time He Conducts An Experiment
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#5 Today Was “Meme Day” At My Old High School For Homecoming Week. I Appreciate This Science Teacher Even More Now
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#6 My School Just Got A Ton Of New iMacs. This Is What They Did With The Boxes
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Sarah Henderson explains on Edutopia that humor helps unite separate individuals into a cohesive, supportive community. That’s very important in the classroom (not to mention outside the classroom as well).
#7 “My Face Physically Hurts From Smiling So Much Today, I Love Teaching You Guys” – My Professor, Who’s Such A Good Soul
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#8 Genius Teacher
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#9 Sitting In My Immunology Class When
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However, not all forms of humor are equal in the classroom: the humor that educators use has to be related to the topic for us to retain the information for longer. But cruel or forced humor, as well as sarcasm, doesn’t always have the same positive benefits that genuine laughter does.
#10 There Is A Student In Class Who Likes To Draw A Cat Of The Day. One Day That Student Wasn’t In Class So The Teacher Drew One Instead
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#11 My Professor’s Door (Once You See It…)
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#12 Students Were Asking This Professor If His Shirt Is Missing The 2nd Part
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#13 On A Door In The Health Sciences Building At School
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#14 Our Teacher Told Us To Get In Groups And Practice Theses Shakespearean Insults, I Love English A Lot More
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#15 My Teacher Raises A Picture Of His Own Face To Make Sure No Student Is Lost During The Fire Drill
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#16 My Professor Doesn’t Believe In Laser Pointers So He Uses A Fishing Pole With A Foam Finger Attached And I Can’t Contain Myself During A Lecture
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#17 After Not Taking Attendance All Quarter, My Teacher Assistant Was Out Of Town On Exam Day. This Was The Last Question
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#18 All Set For My Meeting With The Student That Missed More Than 30 Classes This Semester And Emailed Me To Set Up An Appointment To Talk About His Grade
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#19 A Series Of Unfortunate Events
“Professor Hendel, I am writing this email very embarrassingly. As I began writing my paper, I wrote out the template. Unfortunately, I could not remember your last name, so I filled it with something completely unprofessional. It was my intention to change the name before submission, but it completely slipped my mind. I attempted to resubmit the assignment but was unable to. I am so very sorry for the lack of respect that was used and again I apologize for this mistake. I hope that this does not reflect what you think of me and that the next assignment I can address by the correct name. Thank you again and I am so sorry. Thank you, Zoey”
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#20 Spotted In The Window Of A Biology Professor Office At A Community College
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#21 My Professor Asked Me To Bring My 7-Week-Old Kitten To The Class. He Learned A Lot About Poetry
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#22 My Professor Gets The Internet
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#23 The Coolest Math Teacher In Town
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#24 So My Drivers’ Ed Teacher Only Has 3 Fingers On His Left Hand And Took Advantage Of It When He Went To A Museum
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#25 My Biology Professor Was Wearing An Awesome Tie Yesterday
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#26 My Teacher Hand Draws/Writes Memes And Jokes Every Day
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#27 My Math Teacher’s Board Today
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#28 My Professor Exploding A Hydrogen Balloon Looks Like Defense Against The Dark Arts
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#29 Frustrated With The Same Old Questions, My Professor Ripped Off His Shirt In The Middle Of Lecture
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#30 This High School History Teacher Has Been Drawing Picture Of The Day For His Students The Past Five Years
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#31 This College Professor Has Been Dressing Up As Papa Smurf For Halloween For Five Years
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#32 I See Your Teacher’s Yearbook Photo, And I Raise You This. 2 Years In A Row
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#33 My Teacher Said If The Class Could Get An 80% Test Average On Our First Exam He Would Dress Up As Batman For A Day. A Pic From The Day We Got Our Test Results Back
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#34 My Professor Gave Me A Present Today
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#35 My History Teacher’s Presidential PEZ Collection
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#36 My Professor Brought In A 10 Mb Hard Disk From The 1960’s
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#37 My Teacher Nailed His Student’s Phone To The Wall For Using It In Class 20 Years Ago. It’s Still There Til This Day
..or he just probably bought an old phone and nailed to scare students.
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#38 Newton’s Third Law Of Motion: As Demonstrated By My Professor, A Skateboard, And A Fire Extinguisher
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#39 My Professor Lost His Pointer. He’s Been Using This For The Past Couple Classes
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#40 A Theorem And A Proof
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#41 College Professor Advice
#42 My Professor Wore This Today With No Explanation
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#43 One Of My Old Teachers Does Different Costumes For Her Yearbook Photo Every Year
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#44 My Physics Teacher Made A Flow Chart Of Where He Is At
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#45 Professor’s Dog
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#46 A Group Of Co-Workers Messed With A Teacher Who Was Very Picky About His Chair By “Borrowing” It Every Weekend And Taking It To All Sorts Of Crazy Places And Taking Pictures
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#47 Professor Reads His Reviews During The Course
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#48 We Had A Test Today And My Teacher Couldn’t Make It So He Told The Sub To Put This On The Screen
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#49 My Professor Said He Spent Two Hours Trying To Match His Powerpoint With His Tie
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#50 My Teacher Put Up A Picture Of Himself On His Door So It Looks Like He’s In His Office
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Chicken Leg Socks Are A Thing And They Look Hilarious (19 Pics)
September 7, 2019
We’ve all heard the ‘why did the chicken cross the road’ jokes hundreds if not thousands of times. Well, now you can actually look like a chicken when you cross the street.
With Halloween fast approaching (it’s less than two months away!), people are already picking out the costumes they’re going to wear this year. Which is why TheFound created a pair of clucking impressive socks just for the occasion. It’s something for bird-lovers and fowl-admirers to wear at their upcoming Halloween galas.
More info: Amazon
Why did the chicken cross the road?
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To get these awesome chicken socks!
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While I personally have never wanted to dress and look like poultry (my favorite animals are wolves, eagles, sea otters, and dragons), I’m sure that there are plenty of people out there who think chickens are cool.
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Because we’re on the topic of chicks, here are some fun and unexpected facts about them! Do you know how many chickens live in the world? Take a guess. Yeah, well done, you were pretty close. The Smithsonian Magazine states that there are 25 billion chickens worldwide. That’s just around three chickens for each person alive today. Which, when I put it that way, doesn’t sound like a lot at all. I’d name my chickens Huey, Dewey and Louie, what about you?
These socks make your legs look a chicken’s
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Boop!
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While we’re all used to thinking that chickens can’t fly, that’s not entirely true. They can fly high enough to get over a fence or to fly up a tree. Which is far more than I’ve achieved flapping my arms at the office just now.
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There are more times more chickens living on Earth than people
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Chickens are omnivores, just like people. Sure, they’ll eat seeds. But they’ll also eat insects, lizards, and rodents — in fact, its diet is very similar to the fearsome carnivorous ‘werewolf’ grasshopper mouse that howls at the moon and has a thirst for blood like a parched vampire.
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These socks are great for Halloween or Christmas parties
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Baby chickens are called chicks, while female chickens are known as pullets. When they’re old enough to lay eggs, we start calling them hens. Meanwhile, male chickens are known as roosters or cockerels.
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Also, did you know that female chicken biology is amazing? After hens become romantically involved with several roosters, they can choose which bird’s DNA they want to keep inside of them. This means they can always choose the strongest bird to father their fluffy offspring. What do you think of the chicken socks? Would you wear a pair yourself or gift them to a friend? What’s your favorite bird? Drop us a line down below.
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30 Times People Traveled To Japan And Realized They’re Too Tall For It
July 7, 2019
Perhaps it’s the geography of the country; the wide-open spaces of the Prarie, the vast cornfields in the midwest and the deserts of Nevada, Arizona, and Utah – Americans are comfortable with big. Big cars, big meals, big houses.
On the other side is Japan; 126 million people squeezed on to four main islands, with a total area 26 times smaller than the USA. The Japanese have learned to be economical with space – whether it be technology, houses or dioramas – which can be an issue when tall people visit the country. Heads are bumped on low doors, showers are too short, and train seats… well, it’s cozy put it that way.
This list, compiled by Bored Panda, shows the struggles of the lanky in this compact country, we’d recommend bringing a helmet if you’re over 6ft! Scroll down below to check out the list for yourself, and let us know what you think in the comments!
Another Problem With Being A Tall Man In Japan
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30 Times People Witnessed Something Interesting At The Beach And Just Had To Share It
June 7, 2019
If you’ve ever heard the phrase, “Life’s a beach,” you probably wondered what does it actually mean. A seagull swooping in and stealing your wallet? Or maybe that beached whales are some profound allegory for our society? Well, probably neither but it’s fun to entertain the possibilities.
We here at Bored Panda have compiled a series of the most unexpected things that took place at the seashore and it turns out, these pictures have the answers to the questions above. So if you thought that nothing ever really happens on a beach day, let us prove you wrong. It’s not just lazing around and baking in the sunshine. The same water you’re washing your troubles away can also spit out a giant squid right in your face. The sad part, though, is that it’s not all that exciting. Or romantic. There’s always a balding, middle-aged man to photobomb your best shots. But hey, at least you’ll never get bored with all these funny people around you.
Just bro things
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There! Instead Of A Stupid Castle!
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Good Ol’ Costco
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Spotted On South Beach…wtf
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I Guess Bringing A Folding Lawn Chair To The Beach Would Have Been Ridiculous
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I Feel Like I Just Missed A Miracle On The Beach…
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Miami Is A Mario Kart Track Now
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This Stack Of Pianos On A Beach At Low Tide
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Hurricane Irma Eroded Away The Dune This Pine Tree Was Growing On. Talbot Island State Park, Nassau Co., Florida.
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This Was Build On A Beach Near Island Beach State Park (Where Chris Christie Was Sunbathing)
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These Neighboring Homes Have Very Different Aesthetics
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Saw This Guy On The Beach. He Said His Grandkids Bought Him This Shirt
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Found This Rock Within A Rock On A Beach Walk
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Found This Rock Within A Rock On A Beach Walk
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Why My 14 Year Old Should Look Up From His Phone Sometimes
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My Mom Stumbled Into This Drug Dealer While In Jamaica.
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My Grandfather Dressed As A Nurse At The Beach. Wasn’t Even A Costume Party, He Just Thought It Would Be Funny. 1950’s
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This Piece Of A Whales Spinal Column That Washed Up On The Beach
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My Buddy Jokingly Decided To Get A Henna Tattoo Of A Mustache While At The Beach. The Foreign Worker Didn’t Understand What He Was Saying, So She Asked Him To Write Down What He Wanted. This Was The Result.
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On Vacation In California With My Best Friend And Took A Picture With Perfect Timing
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Good Friends
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We Live In The Future
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My Brother Found This Life-Bulb Washed Up On An Australian Beach. It Was All Alive And It Floated.
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Wrong Wayve
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Found This Gem In Venice Beach
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Just A Pic That My Friend Took Down At The Beach The Other Day…
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While Walking On The Beach In Hawaii My Wife And I Found This Glass Ball That Had Become The Home Of Small Marine Ecosystem.
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This Man Is Taking A Picture Of His Vape At The Beach
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My Goddaughter’s First Beach Experience
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Enjoying A Day On The Beach
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Me_irl
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This Man At The Beach Has A Tiny Deck Chair To Rest His Head…
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ud83dudd25 Badass Osprey I Saw Today At The Beach Frying A Baby Shark For Dinner On A Power Line ud83dudd25
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Found An Almost Perfectly Spherical Rock At The Beach.
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A 40-Ton Barge Washed Up On Our Local Beach After Some Heavy Storms This Week
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A Reindeer Joined Us On The Beach Today Outside Harstad, Norway
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This Pebble I Found On The Beach Looks Like A Ghost
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So My Friend Found A Message In A Bottle While Fishing.
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Good Friends
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My Boyfriend Decided To Take My Dog To The Beach Today For Some u201cQualityu201d Time Together
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There’s A Penis Carved Into The Beach In Bing’s Background Image.
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The Opposite Of A Problem
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How Girls Take Pictures At The Beach
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Spotted Some True Love On The Beach Today
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Today I Fucked Up
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My Very White Friend Got Burnt After Our First Beach Day In Nantucket. Then Something Magical Happened.
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A Day At The Beach.
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There’s A Reason You Aren’t Allowed To Park On This Beach
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Atlantis Bahamas Sign.
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I Present My Ginger Girlfriend At The Beach.
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Taking Too Long To Take A Photo Of Her Food On The Beach
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So I Went To The Beach And Saw This…
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E Is For Existential Crisis
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I Photobombed A Girl On The Beach Taking Pictures, Told Them About It And Had Them Send It To Me.
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Don’t Mind Me, Just Walking My Bear.
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Reading On The Beach
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I Love Hiking To These Hard To Reach Places, The Ones Untouched By Humans
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Yep, Nailed It.
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Dodge Tried To Shoot A Commercial For A $60,000 Truck At My Local Beach
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Well Crafted Beach Photobomb
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Resting Beach Face
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Saw This On A Beach In Singapore
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Why You Shouldn’t Fall Asleep At The Beach
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Like A Boss
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Found This Woman On The Beach Yesterday. I Guess It’s Sea Star Mating Season.
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He Picks The Best Time And Place To Poop Sometimes
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Tried To Look Talented In The Background Of A Family Portrait. Failed.
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Yep, Nailed It.
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A Radical Concept.. Bali 2017
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Go Go Gadget
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I Found This Sign By A Hotel Outside On The Beach.
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A Romantic Horseback Ride On The Beach
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I Have Been Waiting For This Day All My Life.
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A While Back, We Tried To Take Family Photos At The Beach. The Results Were………..unexpected.
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Yesterday I Saw A Huge Wave Get In The Way Of Some Pregnancy Pictures, Also A Naked Guy.
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In Singapore And Found This Sign At The Beach
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We Drove Around Trying To Figure Out Why The Hell All The Liquor Stores Were Closed In Myrtle Beach At 7:30 When We Finally Found This Gem..
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My Wife Wanted A Picture Of Her On The Beach During Holiday, I Improvised A Little.
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Friend Decided To Pack A Truck Load Of Snow And Drive It Down To Long Beach With Beautiful Results
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Hanging Out At The Beach
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Oh, My
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I Shall Blend In To Hide From The Crab People
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I Shall Blend In To Hide From The Crab People
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It’s As If It Was Meant To Be
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Yes, Hi. Could I Reserve A Table For 1, By The Beach But Make Sure I Donu2019t Have A View? Perfect.
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Slow News Day
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First Time To The Ocean, And This Is What He Does.
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Spring Break Photobomb
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Sandcastle With Extremely Clean Lines.
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Let’s Drive On The Beach They Said…
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Geometric Sandcastle
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Saw This Inspirational Beach Message This Morning
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Where Lightning Struck Sand
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Just Throw A Towel Down To Save A Spot For Us
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P-38 Found On Welsh Beach
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Mexico’s Hardest-Working Ice Cream Guy
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Photobombed By A Dolphin
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A Photoshoot Of A Jetta Went Wrong Last Night
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That’s One Patient Dog.
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How To Use Sand To Freak People Out
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Sighted In Myrtle Beach Today. Time To Get Hammered.
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That One Time Batman Showed Up On My Mom’s Ride At White Sands
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This Perfect “Story In Three Panels” Of My Cousin.
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We Took My Cat To The Beach And There Happened To Be A Professional Dancer Having A Photo Shoot. Obviously This Happened Because Buns’ Day Wasn’t Confusing Enough.
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This Guys Grand Kids Bought Him This Shirt
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Going, Going, Gone. My Daughter And Me At The Beach.
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Here Is My Favorite Photo From My Old College Cheer Squad… [x-Post From /R/Perfecttiming]
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I Couldn’t Think Of A Clever Title. Here’s My Friend Buried In The Sand The Second Before He Was Beaned In The Head With A Football.
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Fuck You Im A Sandcastle
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Why Go All The Way To Egypt?
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Mount Ruffmore
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Worst. Trap. Ever.
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Family Day At The Beach
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This Is A Turtle With A Knife Strapped To Its Shell, Secured With An Army-Cameo Bandana. I Bumped Into It On The Beach, 1/4 Mile From Where The Water Meets The Sea. Curious If It Was Someone’s Pet, I Traced Its Trail In The Sand, Which Lead Straight Into The Water. Retired Ninja Turtle?
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Mr. Crab’s First Dollar
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My Dog Was Totally Cool About Us Burying Him.
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Oh Hey… Sorry… Didn’t Realize You Were Taking A Picture
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Creative Sprite Ad, Creepy Chair Guy.
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Girlfriend Asked For A Romantic Horse Ride On The Beach And A Picture For Her Mom This Was The Result
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My So Came Across A Woman In A Full Mermaid Suit At The Beach. Also Could Be An Actual Mermaid.
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Saw This Awesome Toothless Kite On The Beach
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Every Beach Should Have One Of These…
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My Favorite Picture Of My Brother And His Wife While Teaching My Other Brother To Surf
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Photobumb Of 2014
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My Lady Friend Wanted A Piggy Back Picture On The Beach And A Random Biker Watching The Sunset Said He Wanted One Too
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Sweet Old Man At The Beach: “Would You Like Me To Take A Photo Of You Two Love Birds?” My Wife: “Yes Please!”. Nailed It
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How Girls Take Pictures At The Beach…
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I Found This At My Local Dog Beach Today
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naughty boy
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Finally An Answer To The Age Old Question “Do Raccoons On A Beach In Panama City, Fl Like Fritos?”
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Officially The Creepiest Sand Sculpture At Revere Beach This Weekend
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You Have To Stay 10′ Feet Away From The Wild Ponies On Assateague, Even If They Steal Your Spot
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Just A Dog Going For A Walk On The Beach…
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Pigs Love Going To The Beach
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Told My Dad To Grab The Sunscreen Before We Hit The Beach. Sit Down And He Hands Me This…
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First Time To The Ocean, And This Is What He Does
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pink Coffin float
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Hmmm
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Sunscreen genius
Visual Representation Of Why Women Live Longer Than Men
beach umbrella
This Lady Brought An Air Mattress To The Beach
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Dads are the worst
Dragged This Down To The Beach
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The NSFW Surfboard
seagull has no boundaries
The Day I Unconsciously Matched Clothes With The Beach
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New tinder pic
Car Filled With Pebbles And Sand
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innovative shower
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beach body
Lots Of Girls Taking Instagram Pics At The Beach Today…my Gf Is The One Snorkeling
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I Was Stood Taking A Photo Of My Girlfriend In The Sea, Then Realised So Was Every Other Instagram Boyfriend
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Saw These Stacked Stone Arches At The Beach This Morning
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Giant Squid Washed Up In Wellington New Zealand.
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Best Vacation Ever
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Brought My Puppy To The Beach. Took Him About 2 Minutes To Eat Enough Sand To Learn He Isn’t Supposed To Eat Sand.
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Atlas 5 Launch Today At Cape Canaveral Viewed From Playalinda Beach. Amazing To See Live In Person.
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“I Have Become A Beach Dogtowel”
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Not Something You Find On The Beach Everyday.
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I Didn’t Wear My Watch To The Beach And Got A Strip Of Sunburn.
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This Kilo My Mom Found Washed Up On A South Florida Beach This Morning.
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Piece Of Dried Seaweed With One End Stuck In Sand Drew Concentric Circles As It Was Rotated By The Wind.
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I Went To The Beach In La And The Magnetic Clasp Of My Bag Attracted Metal Fragments Out Of The Sand
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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!
50 Epic Fails By People Who Are Having A Worse Day Than You (New Pics)
January 7, 2019
Woke Up This Morning To 6 Cops, A Fire Truck, And An Ambulance At My Door Because A Passing Car Was Concerned About The One Halloween Decoration I Neglected To Take Down
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That Time I Modelled For A Clip Art Company At 16 And Ended Up On Dildo Batteries
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Accidentally Spilled Coffee Grounds On The Floor… And All Over My Child
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When You Want To Impress The Neighbors With Your Modern Solutions, But Then Become Known As The Guy Who Destroyed A Jeep At The Push Of A Button
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What Do You Do In This Situation
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Sometimes We Hold On Tight To The Wrong Things
Oops
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This Is A Nice Place To Take A Pic
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Been Going For 4 Hours And I Need To Present My Masters Thesis In 7 Minutes
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Got A 91 Audi Yesterday, Made It About 100 Miles Before It Decided To Blow Up
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20+ Of The Most Unexpected And Funny Things That Have Ever Happened In The Hospital
October 7, 2018
Saw This Next To The Weighting Scale At The Hospital
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Leech Jailbreak
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The Female Nurse Didn’t Think I Was Funny. The Male Doctor Couldn’t Stop Laughing
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Who’s Gonna Stop Me?
The Definition Of Nurse
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Woman Ends Up In Hospital After Mistaking Builders Expanding Foam For Hair Mousse
Photo Taken Outside Children’s Hospital In Los Angeles. Smart Kid
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He Takes It Rather Well…
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He Keeps Taking Them Down For Some Reason
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Girlfriend’s Eye Doctor Hit Her With A Good Ol’ Dad Joke
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Was At The VA Hospital Today When I Ran Into This Guy And His Shirt
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Had My Leg Amputated And My Brother Shows Up To The Hospital Dressed As A Pirate
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Three Broken Ribs Yet Grandma Still Knows How To Keep Her Spirits Up During Hard Times
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These Removed Fish Hooks At My Local ER
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An ER Nurse And Her Coworkers Decided Gummy Bears Needed To Be Renamed
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Friend Had An Allergic Reaction And Took A Hospital Selfie
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Had To Get My Blood Drawn Today. This Was On The Wall At The Lab
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I Work In An Operating Room And We Had A Face Painter Come Into Work. This Is What Patient See As They Are Coming Out Of Anesthesia
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Comforting To See In My Doctor’s Office
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I Work In A Hospital And Found This In One Of The “On Call” Rooms
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After Crushing And Fracturing His Finger, This Is How My Boyfriend Passed Time While Waiting In The ER
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This After Hours Clinic Has Got Jokes
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Made My Day… And Her’s
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Mom Visits Dad In The Hospital. Who Gets The Bed?
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This Pain Scale Found In My Doctor’s Office
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Had To Give My Phone To The Nurse When I Went Into Have My Finger Partially Amputated Woke Up To This Gem
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Yeah, No More WebMD Bullshit
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I Think I Have Found The Worst Game Ever
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Sitting In The Maternity Waiting Room At Christiana Hospital In Delaware. The Door Is A Little Late With It’s Advice
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So I Was On The Toilet At My Hospital (Children’s) And I Look Up To Find This On The Wall
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Girlfriend’s Mom Was Admitted To The Hospital Last Night. This Is The View From Her Room. Very Efficient
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I Took My Dad To Get A Colonoscopy And This In The Office Didn’t Ease His Nerves
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So This Is On The Ceiling Of My Gynecologist’s Office
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Someone Pissed Off The Receptionist At The Hospital
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Saw At Work Today… I Work At A Hospital
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Spotted In The Hospital. Interesting Medical Specialty
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Missed My Master’s Graduation Because Of Aerosinusitis And Rushed To Emergency Room. Here’s My Dad Handing Me My Insurance Papers Pretending To Graduate Me
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Friend Is Having A Baby Today
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This Building Is Like Someone Was Making It Up On The Fly
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The Nurse Brought Me A Cup Of Water After Getting My Blood Drawn. This Is Why I Have Trust Issues
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I Work In An Ent/Eye Clinic. One Of My Coworkers Had This At His Desk
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I’m An EMT. After A Very Wet, Very Messy Birth Call, I Went Home To Change Clothes. Came Back To This On My Locker
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Christmas Tree At My Fertility Clinic
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Patient: “How Long Is The Wait In Your ER?”, This RN Replied: Just Ask The Lady In The Corner
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My Brother Just Had A Tumor Removed From His Salivary Gland. This Is The First Picture I Get From My Dad
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My Friend, The Day She Was Born, Together With Her Nurse
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I Exploded A Spray Paint Can With An Ax As A Kid
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My Wife Just Sent Me This Picture From A Waiting Room
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My Gynecologist Has A Sense Of Humor
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Dr. Ake
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The Only Book In My Doctor’s Waiting Room. I Think I Chose Well
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Sign Taped To The Ceiling Of My OBGYN’s Exam Room. Amen
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When I Was 13 I Got The One Ring Stuck On My Finger And Had To Visit The ER On A School Night. The Doc Called Out “See Ya Later Mr. Frodo” As I Was Leaving
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I Didn’t Want To Go To The Hospital When I Had Life-Threatening Illness, Because My Elderly Pet Ducks Required Daily Medications At The Time. I’m The Only Person They’ll Allow. The Nurses Let My Husband Sneak Them In At Night
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My Wife Is Planning On Having A Natural Birth With No Meds. Here’s Our Pain Management Plan
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I’m Having My Hip Replaced Today. I Hope The Surgeon Has A Sense Of Humor
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Memo, Sent Out To The Midwives At The Hospital I Work At
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His Kidneys May Fail, His Heart May Take A Beating, But My Grandfathers Sense Of Humor Will Never Die
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