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Scrolling every day online can sometimes feel all the same, or, dare I say, even boring. With algorithms automatically delivering personalized content, it becomes even more difficult to branch out beyond our interests and discover something new and unexpected.

However, today we have something just for those who want to change up their daily browsing. Subreddit Hol’Up is full of surprising twists and turns that might leave you saying, “Wait a minute!” As an extra treat, the posts they share are sprinkled with dark humor, which folks online just can’t get enough of. Scroll down to find them, and don’t forget to upvote the ones that caught you off guard the most!

While you’re at it, make sure to check out a conversation with Tania Luna, a psychology researcher and co-author of Surprise: Embrace the Unpredictable and Engineer the Unexpected, who kindly agreed to answer a few questions about unexpectedness.

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4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I found a whole list of these courtroom conversations on Pinterest, definitely worth reading

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    To learn more about the importance of unexpectedness and surprise in our lives, Bored Panda reached out to a psychology researcher, educator, and co-author of Surprise: Embrace the Unpredictable and Engineer the Unexpected, Tania Luna. 

    In the book, Luna, together with Dr. LeeAnn Renninger, shines a light on the most intriguing emotion that we humans feel and shows us how surprise can turn daily life into an adventure.

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    Lotekguy
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    4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Praise the Lord for granting you the bounty of the gullible! Yeah and verily, those are the ones who deserve to be fooled. Again.

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    Luna tells us that, despite common belief, surprise (our reaction to something unexpected) isn’t a single emotion but a series of responses that are called the surprise sequence. 

    Interestingly, the first thing our body does when reacting to an unexpected event is freeze for about 1/25 of a second. This probably happened quite a lot while you were scrolling through this list, only that you might haven’t noticed.

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    Lost Penny
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    4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As good an explanation as any. In fact, quite a few things would make sense.

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    Then Luna says, “Our brains rapidly analyze the situation to understand what’s happening.” After we grasped what was going on, she explained that “we adjust our perspective to make sense of the surprise.”

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    4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It takes guys longer to verbalize such things. Give it another year.

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    Lastly, we get the urge to share what we went through. “We relieve the cognitive burden created by the experience by passing on our story of the surprise to others. Throughout this experience, our emotions intensify. We like to say that “surprise makes us -er” (happier, sadder, angrier, funnier, etc.),” Luna explains.

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    As the authors mention in the book, “We feel most comfortable when things are certain, but we feel most alive when they’re not. Even though most of us try hard to feel prepared and in control, surprise is at the heart of our most joyful and meaningful memories.”

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    Additional benefits of inviting surprises into our lives include elevating the mood, boosting creativity, enhancing learning, deepening relationships, increasing our resilience, slowing our perception of time, and making life more memorable. 

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    To embrace unexpectedness in our lives (besides visiting the Hol’Up subreddit), Luna suggests against searching for big, elaborate experiences or adventures but instead finding small, frequent surprises, which provide more fulfillment.

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    Ayo What’s This Person Planning

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    4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My boyfriend has me as "S" in his phone, because it makes my name come up first from all contacts starting with S (according to him) :')

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    “Turn left where you’d usually turn right, sit in a different spot at breakfast, and shower in the afternoon. Spend more time in nature, look at people more fully, and say, “I don’t know, I wonder” often.” Accept an invitation, help someone who asks for it, and let your inner voice guide you to something spontaneous.”

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    Mohsie Supposie
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    4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Also the man in the closet was naked so you could dress him up any way you want!

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    Additionally, she recommends seeking novelty, like visiting a new neighborhood, reading a new genre, or signing up for a random class. “Leave someone a small gift, compliment a coworker, and take your dog on an unexpected walk. Be unprepared: don’t check the weather forecast, don’t Google images of a place before you go there, and ask ChatGPT to assign you mini missions for the day.”

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    Rinso The Red
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    4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Had the opposite in college. Showed up sober to a history class. Professor stops me after class "What wrong, you feeling alright today? You barely participated in class." squints at me "Are you SOBER!?!"

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    For those who are really set on inviting more unexpectedness into their lives, Luna suggests giving themselves a surprise streak challenge. “Surprise yourself or someone else at least once per week!”

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    Passerby
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    4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ditch the girl and just date each other. That will show her!

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    The Kid In Green Is The Strongest By Far

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    Children Say And Do Weird Things

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    4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What happens on the weekends? How do you live through the weekends!?

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    4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm sorry, but this is just ridiculously hard to believe! Now, if she was a Border Collie...

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    4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So a comment made you change your appearance? Not what I would recommend.

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    David
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    4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    amusing joke but not accurate. I assume it is similar to how two white people can have a black child. Because sometimes the genes come from farther back. I forget if it was two generations (like grandparent) or three.

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    4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If it is a national competition, shouldnt all teams be from the same country?

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    Mika Parčić
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    4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And whats wrong with dying a virgin? I want to die a virgin because sex is fuckiиg gross

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    Verena
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    4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is an excellent test to filter those people who have comprehensive reading skills/look information up and those firing their opinion at others, skipping the brain.

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    Can Someone Explain? Like Bruh, What?

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    4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I mean, I can ruin this for you guys if you want... Each flight plan has a list of invisible sky waypoints that you have to initially plan to go to along the route. For spacing and traffic management, this may not be the most direct straight line route. You may also be asked not to get into certain airspace because they're busy with their own arrivals and departures and have a giant stack of holds. Once you're underway, you ask nicely if you can get a shortcut and they look at the actual situation right now and go sure, this runway isn't as busy as we thought, the wind is blowing the other way so you can cut across that approach, the space around SORPA or whatever isn't that busy, why don't you forget the next 3 waypoints and go direct to the top of the descent. You might then even get lucky enough to skip the hold. Presto, you made shortcuts.

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    4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My son said something like this when he was 4 and seeing a black person for the 1st time. The gentleman was supercool about it. I'll never forget him. Thank you, Mr. Supercool Man.

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    4 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We've all seen his dad enough to know that anyone he manages to shoot is most likely to be an innocent bystander. Or his own foot.

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    4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Or maybe it's to sleep without consciously keeping legs un your space

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    4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I thing the delete option would be in order for this guy. Just start over.

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    4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I mean you have to admire his chutzpah in naming it gay furry porn and not trying to hide it.

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    4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Grandma: "you are really doing good workout at 3 in the morning! "

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    4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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    4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Communism is a nice idea, but it doesn't work. Because people suck.

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    4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I haven't seen mine since 2021, unless you count the bit of ashes I've got in an urn on my desk XD

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    4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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    4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I dunno, the blue and black combo isn't really working for either of them.

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    4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The waitresses had agreed to split the amount if they ever hit the jackpot. However, Ms Dickerson decided not to split her prize money. The court found that there was no official contract and the Alabama Law says that contracts related to gambling, which is illegal are not enforceable. So, Ms Dickerson was allowed to keep the entire amount. Meanwhile, Mr Seward (the person who tipped the ticket to the waitress) was not only upset that Ms Dickerson did not share with her co-workers, but also that he didn't get the pick-up truck that he claimed was promised to him if any of the employees won the lottery. He also sued Ms Dickerson, however, his case was dismissed by the court. Ms Dickerson's legal woes didn't end here, she started an "S corporation" with her loved one to avoid paying income taxes. She was eventually looked at by an attorney with the IRS who slapped a bill in the amount of $771,570 for not paying federal tax.

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    4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Finally bored panda censored something right ,,I can't believe that someone would say "ankles""

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    4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Because streaming is only possible in Twitch & OnlyFans. There isn't a single site that allows streaming except for those two. Sigh.

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    4 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Now you owe the deceased's estate? Also nice faith you have there.. 🤔

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    4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Cooked being the imperative word. Was a terrible outbreak of mad cow disease in PNG in the early 80's and scientists really struggled to find the source as cow meat isn't prevalent, particularly within tribal cultures. It was spread through eating the uncooked brains of recently deceased tribe members.

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    4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think I read about this, and this was a mutual decision between the three of them, so *shrugs*

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    4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Okay, but can we talk about that amazing dice collection? And organized mesmerizingly.

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    4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wasn't this pretty clearly altered? The 17 is in a hugely different font. Google reverse image search led me to this [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/say-whatcha-want-about-onlyfans] which has her age at 22.

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