Originally, people invented the internet so that government leaders all around the world could communicate with each other. But, today, we know what the internet is really for: the kind of weirdness you wouldn't see anywhere else.
We like to feel icky from time to time while scrolling through the endless volumes of cringe content online. One place that does pics that might make you feel uncomfortable really well is the "I Want To Leave" page on Instagram. Dogs with builder helmets and gators floating on mattresses – I don't know about you, but I wouldn't want to leave such a delightfully weird place.
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Right? I don't want AI to take my job and money and meke me homeless. It's supposed to do jobs people can not (or don't want) to do. Not jobs rich people do not want to pay us to do.
Same, art is a coping mechanism/way to relax for me and my adhd brain, I draw all the time I want to draw I want to struggle with my art because it helps me grow and keep my creativity
It's quite poetic: No parking, no hats---no sunglasses, no cats-- no burgers, no Blatz
"I Want To Leave" has delighted (or terrified?) its audience of 688k with weird, no-context pics since 2020. It's a nice representation of how the world was in shambles back then. The sad part is that most of us feel that the world hasn't gotten much better. So, the page still hits hard even now.
To offset the balance in the universe, there's also an "I Want To Stay" sister page, of course. Whereas "I Want To Leave" is about unexplainable weirdness, this one has more of a wholesome streak. It still retains the spirit of weirdness from its predecessor but it doesn't shy away from cuteness, with pics like chickens holding wings and a woman hiding a kitten inside her coat on the subway.
A lil baby with patterning like the one on the left chose me recently. There's definitely something about rats.
Greatest pets ever - just sent that image to my wife of 36 years who loves them as much as I do
The yare truly the sweetest little creatures! The onlyting bad is that they d on't live long enough. I had brothers, lasted about 4 years, one passed away from tumor, and his brother went about a month after that....
Load More Replies...I've heard they can be wonderful little pets if we can block out the nuisance ones. They are very smart. It's the tails that sort of turn me off.
I was scared of rats until a little girl in a pet shop - her parents owned it - insisted on bringing her two pet rats out to meet me. I was terrified but couldn't upset the little girl by letting her know. Anyway long story short, one one my shoulder gently nibbling my ear, another curled up in my arms and the fear had gone. Rats are a joy!
Cringe? Uncomfortable? How did this photo get listed under this category?
While "I Want To Leave" is certainly weird, there's no shortage of quirky weirdness on the internet. If you have some more time to waste, here are a few websites worth your procrastination. Let's kick things off with the Endless Horse – the perfect metaphor for doomscrolling.
The website starts off with various punctuation marks typed into the shape of a horse. But its legs go beyond the screen, and the further down you scroll, the longer they are. One might even say that they're endless? You're welcome to try scrolling for several minutes, as I wasn't able to do it for more than even a minute and prove that the legs do, indeed, end.
First we bow. Come now Harry, Dumbledore wouldn't want you to forget your manners. I SAID BOW!
I just knew he had a daughter somwhere. anywwre from 3 t6o 8 years of age
Like Jessica stated above, his daughter gave him her angel wings to help keep him safe while at work. It's a really sweet story.
Load More Replies...Cute but OSHA would have a field day with this. No hard hat, no safety gloves, safety harness doesn't seem to be attached to anything. Wouldn't be allowed to wear the adorable wings. Even with new construction lineman have to use their safety equipment and would have either climbed the pole or been up in the bucket of a truck not on a ladder. My ex worked at a power company for 42 years & he would spot more mistakes with this than I can.
Another similar useless website is Pointer Pointer. Wherever your pointer lands on the screen, you'll have a person in a picture pointing at it. The catalog of photographs of people pointing is quite impressive, although you might get the same picture if your cursor lands at the exact spot more than once. Good luck trying to land it in the same spot twice that's not at the center!
It is a bit like a sketch :) - "I've been expecting you Mr Bond" ... "What's with all the cats" ... "I've been expecting you a very long time Mr Bond"
Load More Replies...The only thing that is making me "uncomfortable" about this pic, as per the current (stupid) title, is that it's her with all the cats, not me.
No you don't get it. She will never get up again. As soon as one cat leaves the lap, another one will occupy it. She is doomed.
Load More Replies..."Take the blue pill, and you wake at home with your dog. Take the red pill and see how far the kitty rabbit hole goes."
the way we tell if someone is evil is with cats, cats naturally gravitate to evil people and the more cats you have the more evil you are, this lady is obviously VERY evil
Love this guy so much. He always brightens my day.
Load More Replies...This Is Sand is like the equivalent of a virtual coloring book. If you're in need of some relaxing time, give it a go. You can create some colorful pictures or just destress for a few minutes. It's fairly simple: you just press and hold and the sand keeps pouring out of your cursor. It changes color after a few seconds, so you might even get creative and "paint" some stuff!
Lol My mother would make me change the channel every time it came on. So of course I did the dance and chant every time. Good thing I could outrun her. :D
Load More Replies...I hope I can remember this the next time my work (hospital) votes for our next t-shirt design. As a med-surg RN, I would totally wear this shirt to work... comical, yet relevant! Though - to be fair - it would also have to mention "constipation" to be a perfect fit... you'd be utterly surprised by how f*****g obsessed people are with their bowel movements.
These bands should get together and have a concert. With a band called Pepto Bismol to close the evening
A dirty mattress in a swamp... Yup, that's Florida.
Load More Replies...Gators like to be comfy too! At my parents' house there's a fox who likes to come up and sleep on their porch furniture. She figured out that cushions are better than the ground. :)
Do you love cats and like music? Then Procatinator might be just for you. It matches videos of cats with random songs. Very reminiscent of the old days of the internet, it might evoke nostalgia for '90s kids, or just be a delightfully weird way to procrastinate for anyone when you're supposed to be working.
Huskies are built for this. What gets me are people who have Huskies and other cold weather dogs in places like Arizona
Huskies and Malamutes would much rather be outside when it's cold with their thick double coats and inside when it's hot outside.
I had a couple of these years ago. They would come in to eat but preferred to be outside except in hot weather. When outside they had access to dog houses and a covered porch, but they chose to curl up in the snow. I came home from a meeting one evening when it was snowing and was greeted by two mounds of snow that stood up as I turned into the driveway.
"Father, I confess to killing a congressman yesterday." "My dear, I want to hear about your confession, not your community service."
Please consider the premium confessional package if you have extended needs…
At the last confession at 5:27: "Forgive me father, for I have sinned." "Okay, what are you confessing to today, and hurry it up." "Last Friday I killed 19 people with a sledge hammer. I feel really bad about that but the demons in my head are ... Ooops, times up. I guess I gotta go. I'll seek forgiveness next week when I'll have a lot more sins. Bye father." "Wait, wait, WHAT?!"
As there can never be enough cats on the internet, there's also Cat Bounce! This website is peak internet silliness, as it's literally just pics of cats falling down from the sky onto your desktop. While some are bouncier than others, they're all still equally entertaining. And, if you're feeling extra, you can make it rain so that a horde of cats come falling down your screen.
My little sister said that when asked go out with the garbage at age six, that and cleaning up her toys were her only chores back then.
Load More Replies...Another game-like weird website is Find the Invisible Cow. The site only gives you sound cues as to where on the screen "the cow" is, and you have to follow it and get points by how many times you find the "cow." Pointless? Maybe. But it's as equally engaging and rewarding when you eventually find it, only to hear it say "moo" in the most unenthusiastic way.
Well yeah, otherwise it's a harpoon shot with a long cue.
Load More Replies...I mean, it certainly is a quest and it's hung on the sides of the cat, so... literally a side quest I'd say.
Load More Replies...But you will visit eleven other houses before actually making it to the sale. More if the neighbors have been feeding him.
Perhaps the award for the most nonsensical internet thing would go to those who made a Conan sketch into a website. It's the famous gif of Oprah releasing bees into her audience, cleverly titled BeesBeesBeesBees. What's the point? Probably the same as the website of He-Man singing – you cannot understand the internet with reason.
My dog hates it on his head but will let me do it on his back some.
Load More Replies...The best way to discover these and similar weird sites is to use Pointless Sites. This project has a directory of various sites and can suck you into its rabbit hole for hours. From games like Connections to seeing how big space actually is in The Size of Space, Pointless Sites can offer you almost anything. There's also The Useless Web where you don't have to pick the website yourself: they just take you anywhere with a click of a huge red button.
Anyone else remember Clarks shoes with badger footprints and a compass in the heel?
I'm old enough to remember Clarks Magic Steps (with the golden key) from 1988.
Load More Replies...I used to have flip flops (Tongs) that had tiger paw prints on the bottom.
Based on the depth of these prints, this cat weighed close to two hundred pounds!
A Husky, with the face of a cat? Aren't Huskies big enough drama queens without adding catitude to the mix?
the cat-dog isn't too bad but the dog-cat is horrible. Take that as you will
aren't these both rooters since they both have a comb on top of their heads?
Load More Replies...Did the pics in this list make you cringe, Pandas? Which of the pics did you like the best? Let us know in the comments! And do you want some more nonsense from "I Want To Leave"? Well, you're in luck, because we have two more previous posts about the page, which you can find here and here.
Dog in white helmet "say Bob, why have you not followed the blueprints? "
"Let's walk through these blueprints to make sure we get this job done right."
Should it bother the dog in the yellow hat the first name is crossed our?
Well over 40 years ago, I had gone to a event sponsored by the local sca chapter that was a little different. And I was wearing basically a loun cloth and a fur bra that showed the bottom area of my breasts not the top. And I got stared at a lot. But I didn't care I was young.
IDK but he definitely took care to neatly arrange the packages. Who would have thought the Auther of death and destruction in middle earth would be so tidy? 😂
Load More Replies...When you have those odd moments when you KNOW that you know something, but just have to check to be sure.
Not going to shame them, a lot of people struggle with basic mathematics ❤️
if you can;t get that one without a calculator you have so failed the test,
What is it about birds, anyway? My parakeets used to stick their heads in my mouth when I yawned, too.
"To Know More, Keep Driving." Just dare to see what will happen next.
As I recall, Quixote rode an old horse, his kick-in-the-side, Sancho Panza, rode a donkey named Dapple. Hmm, looks like a three or four wheeler two vehicles up. That might be Quixote's trusty steed, Rocinante. Where's the nearest windmill- err, giant?
Load More Replies...We have a rabbit we refer to as the baked potato because he's a big floof who looks like a spud when he sits. His friend was called the bowling ball.
The concept vehicle for Catwoman....the Cat-mobil....or how about Purrcedes???
I did not love this guy. He ate an endangered ortolan ( a small songbird) just because one was offered to him.
Pretty sure a person is not pretentious when you can back it up. He went around eating food and he was a famous chef. Therefore, not pretentious.
Load More Replies...I accidentally sprayed bleach on a turquoise tee shirt of my husband’s. He loves it and made me create two more!
That just give me an idea. Have a plain shirt and put a dot to dot design on the back and have people take a marker and draw a line from one dot to another dot until all dots are connected.
I wonder what I should use it for, I don't get brain freezes...
Load More Replies...I still have this book, but it is in my native language, and it just occurred to me that I have no idea what it is called in English, to me it will always be 'Den sultne larve aldrig mæt '
It's called "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" in UK
Load More Replies...He's a publisher and had forgotten to check the test print before morning meeting.
Let there be no discrimination, love knows no bounds! Nothing to see here, just keep moving along.
Had a cockatiel that loved pasta. we had to clean his face before the pasta got hard and suffocated him. He also loved to sneak coffee out of your cup when you weren't looking
Designer chair for sale $3000. No low-ball offers. I know what I've got!
Are you thinking TruckNutz for Dolly's famous attributes?
Load More Replies...The only reason I would move to Tennessee. To have a Dolly license plate.
Ice-cream, you scream, we all scream, it's f*****g embarrassing.. 🙃
Load More Replies...Everyone knows you're supposed to lick the glass for the one you want
This reminds me of the news story where the police found a cat marinating in a guys trunk. Almost the same setup but with a tuxie...you can't find the pictures anymore, but I remember it and it was insane...https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1302240/Cat-owner-arrested-marinating-pet-oil-peppers.html
It took me a shamefully long time to realise it wasn't just Welsh
Load More Replies...I read it in an Australian accent and envisaged a JCB looking for the Amber nectar
It’s probably not drunk. Could be a hot day and it’s hugging the can because it’s cool on the surface.
Load More Replies...I kinda think this poor squirrel might be not alive. If you notice the rock up against his back side, it looks as if it's holding him up in place. The longer I look, the more this looks like he was put into this position. I hope I'm wrong, though.
I'm fairly sure you're right, it appears to be taxidermied.
Load More Replies..."Ohio" is a slang term used to describe something or someone as weird, bad, cringe, or dumb
Load More Replies...Because telling kids not to do something always works so well. Much more effective if the uncool teachers start using the words in uncool ways.
Let me cook, let them cook, and let her cook are all ok
Load More Replies...I (42m) have fully embraced words like this. True, I have no idea what most of them mean, and almost certainly use them out of context, but dropping the odd skibidi into conversation shows I've got rizz. Gyatt.
Let the baddie sigma skibidi mewing gyatts cook, you ohio /j don’t kill me what did I type
If you have your horses boarded at home, a common sight if there is a fence problem. If you have a pony amongst your horses, it will make sure that there is a fence problem.
I have a gypsy cob... fences don't last long.
Load More Replies...Camus is one of the few philosophers whose work I felt I connected with. "The Stranger/Outsider" / "L'Étranger" really stuck with me.
I love this so much! My soul needs to believe some troll just saw that row of laptops, realized how similar they were to what she cooks with when she's camping and thought to herself "fück it, I'm bringing out the Weber".
Ok, boss, I'll have those dishes washed as soon as I finish this song!
Oh come on darlin', that's how they do it down south. Bless your heart.
Wow. Don't come to Somerset then... everyone is "Love" or "My lover" down here.
You've never seen the picture of the three women holding parts of a word in the wrong order then...
Load More Replies...So much urban infrastructure is anti-human, anti-pedestrian. Govts and corporations are obsessed with accommodating cars and making unhoused people as uncomfortable as possible
hostile architecture - there is a good Stuff You Should Know podcast about it
Load More Replies...I always knew there was something weird about Trump.
Load More Replies...Lighters with pokemon cards printed on them. I want them- especially charizard
Load More Replies...Even past people have websites, someone needs to collect money..
Load More Replies...What in the actual am I looking at!! Oh wait it's Sir Didymus from the bog of eternal stench!
OMG! Trump haven't even made it to the oval office and his supporter are already banging and procreating with animals without repercussion, thought they'd just stick to sheep....just enjoying the 4 year ride down the crapper
My question is why is it in French?
Load More Replies...For this one you need to see the whole series. It is on Instagram, click the iwanttoleaveok below the picture.
Thank you it makes more sense when you see the whole thing. The last picture is brilliant.
Load More Replies...This was a year long battle between the graffiti artist and city maintenance - you gotta see the whole thing. Hysterical!
Almost anyone can afford a house it just might be in Wyoming or some other s**t state.
Someone needs to go look up the words cringe and uncomfortable. Most of these were cute or funny.
It's a good thing the pics were cute because I was feeling very hard done by by the misleading title!
Load More Replies...Brave you.....I have to put away all.devices in case I get a bit too distracted and wind up in a hazed state calling people etc. 🤣
Load More Replies...Difficult to know how to vote on these. Initially I downvoted a lot of them because they WEREN'T "cringe or uncomfortable," but then I went back and upvoted some because I liked them. Needs a totally different title.
Someone needs to go look up the words cringe and uncomfortable. Most of these were cute or funny.
It's a good thing the pics were cute because I was feeling very hard done by by the misleading title!
Load More Replies...Brave you.....I have to put away all.devices in case I get a bit too distracted and wind up in a hazed state calling people etc. 🤣
Load More Replies...Difficult to know how to vote on these. Initially I downvoted a lot of them because they WEREN'T "cringe or uncomfortable," but then I went back and upvoted some because I liked them. Needs a totally different title.
