“Hol’up, Wait A Minute”: 50 Posts That Go From 0 To 100 Really Quick (New Pics)
Interview With ExpertScrolling 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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Smackdown In The Courtroom
I found a whole list of these courtroom conversations on Pinterest, definitely worth reading
there's one on rinkworks too. rinkworks.com/said/courtroom.shtml.
Load More Replies...Another good one I've read: "How many autopsies do you perform on corpses?" - "I perform every autopsy on a corpse"
As often as I've seen that, nobody has ever explained why the brain was already in a jar before the autopsy even started.
They could’ve taken it out before they started, to weigh it and forgotten to bring it back in for example.
Load More Replies..."The day" was in 1995 or 6 at the latest, because that's when I first remember seeing this
This is a classic - and I'm old enough to remember getting mimeographed copies of it!
Heartbreaking…
I saw this when Colm first posted it on twitter. I was a bit sad, but also imagined his granny grinning and winking at him from the other side. What a beautiful memory his granny wrapped around him.
I'm Stumped
My kid was born with a short right arm (no hand) and it's really not a problem at all. On the other hand, it can be a problem if you're born with it and lose it later in life. Either way, you can do the ***best*** Halloween costumes, lol
Load More Replies...Got it. Rocket Surgeon, you've left me no choice! Scientist Brain! 🧠
Load More Replies...Triple amputee here but I have both of my hands. I’m just missing fingers on one of them.., I know a number of amputees who are missing both of their hands and they have tried this cream as well and it was a failure. It’s quite disappointing because it makes promises that it does not. It is very sad that is such a lie. 😂
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.
Law And Order
It's always ducks on here. Duck dealers, duck buyers, people getting hooked on ducks it's a right mess 😂😂😂
Load More Replies...Think about it, though! None of these guys knew the other group were cops so... they were REALLY good at the undercover part!
0-100 Real Quick
And kids frequently come home alive from school in the US.
Load More Replies...I'm speaking for France but if you ask tap water you always get it for free. And if you want ice in it, you just have to ask.
One of the first phrases we learned in French class for our trip, "Un carafe d'eau s'il vous plait." The wait staff didn't need us to finish our clumsy French, but I think they thought it was both funny and nice we tried. I want to live in France after that trip!!
Load More Replies...Tap water is free in UK restaurants, sucks if you live in London where the water is gross, great in Harrogate where it's nice
Legal requirement in the UK for anywhere that servers alcohol. Also most places are nice enough to do this, for humans and dogs.
I don't know if happens with everyone else but when I ask for tap water at the Dutch restaurants I always get the same answer: we have spa or any ও water brand as an answer 🤔
They don't make money on tap water, but we have been provided it when we asked for it.
Load More Replies...Pro Gamer Move
Praise the Lord for granting you the bounty of the gullible! Yeah and verily, those are the ones who deserve to be fooled. Again.
And with that, you have figured out the very basis of religion. Congratulations. Now make it outrageous, and you can claim to be the spokesperson of god himself. They’ll believe you. For actual real.
I'm sure he'll have a dedicated Fraud and Con Department, ways to get 'donations' You'll be perfect to head that one
Load More Replies...Well just do one tiny thing to do what you promised and you're good. Kind of like the business lunch where the extent of business talk is "how's business? Sucks" and that's it.
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.
Why Batman Doesn't Get Dad Jokes
They did! Someone else has a separate post that shows how they went to ComicCon as Uncle Ben
Load More Replies...So there is a certain show (name withheld to avoid spoilers), where one of the season finale's one of the heroines loses an arm. I dressed up as the villain, and it just so happens that amazon sells manequin arms for about 7 bucks... I went all out, put it in the right 'outfit' and everything. You could always tell when someone noticed it, because they'd be like "Oh hey, check out the guy dressed as... OH MY GOD!"
Wholesome Holup
Another way to think about it: She wanted him to believe as long as the plants are alive, she'll always be with him. A wholesome thought.
I've never understood decorating a bathroom with pictures and things. I get a nice soap dispenser and towel rack/shels but never pics or flowers and stuff.
Y'all Are Mean
As good an explanation as any. In fact, quite a few things would make sense.
The richest people on the planet are preparing to leave. Meanwhile we sit here and argue who can be defined as black and what's allowed to be called "masculine" and "feminine". Eeeeverything is fine here.. worrying is for tin-foil people amirite :) just some stray adhd thoughts..
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.”
Had Me In The First Half
Most people don’t seem to be getting this joke… the “guy” is clearly a baby (or a cat!)
I would advise you to break up with him, but I get the hunch that you will not even want to listen to any advise.
I read it once, found the punchline - and had to read it again in a "mum" voice LOL
Dude's Got A Point
Gonna get downvoted by all the religious people but... Being a good person is the goal because heaven and hell are not real places.
I think in this case the goal was to make people laugh and get some likes (and in my agnostic case they succeeded). 😂
Load More Replies...You don’t get sent to hell by sinning. Just like you don’t get sent to heaven for not sinning.
If Christ died for our sins, dare we make his sacrifice meaningless by not committing them? 😉😛
No prob: Exodus 20:4. "You shall not make for yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below." I’ve been sinning since I was old enough to touch play-doh. :p And if my literal interpretation of that verse doesn’t cut it, I’m pretty sure I’ve used God’s name in vain enough times during my omg phase.
You only go for those sins if you don’t feel remorse/want to make up for them.
Same as the old saying 'May as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb'
This Is Truly, And Epic Gamer Moment
This is a very old statement that I am sure has been recycled now lots of times.
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.
......but Do You Agree With Him?
That is possibly a Coors light widemouth bottle shaped can and why she needs a cup too idk.
Load More Replies...Wait What
I was driving one night and a cat ran in front of the car. Unfortunately I couldn't avoid hitting it and the collision was fatal to the cat. It had a name tag on the collar with its address so I went to the house to explain. A little old lady opened the door and I tactfully explained what had happened, and finished by saying "I'm really sorry about the accident, can I possibly replace your cat?" "I don't know" said the old lady, "Are you any good at catching mice?" 😂😂😂
Don't mess around with the old dudes; they know how to stick it to you.
Wait A Minute...this Is Getting Too Relatable
where we come from, we say Damnit Jeff! (tumblr. this is from tumblr lol)
He was shaking it cause he wanted you to add to it. I’m going to make a sign that says “ GET A JOB” so I can show it to the homeless when they show me theirs.
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.”
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.
Laughing In The Grave
My fourth-year teacher told my mother I was "r******d" (her words not mine) because I never spoke in class. I was still learning the language after having moved from Brazil.
They have classes for English bottoms now? Wonder if an American who's terrible at accents can get in...
Holup A Minute Here
My GF fully admits she'll probably die petting something she shouldn't
Load More Replies...Back in the wild: Other cougars "Why didnt you maul him?" Cougar "Well I was just shocked I guess. He wasn't scared at all, and before I knew it He was petting my head, hugged me and put me in a bath that smelled like flowers at his home and gave me food." Other cougars "Wow, that's weird. Glad you escaped." Cougar: "Yeah, about that. Its getting late and I'm gonna head back now, you can keep the den, I won't need it anymore. Oh. And my name is Miss Snuggles now. Bye!"
This is Messi, a pet cougar owned by a couple in Russia! Messi was born in a zoo, so has been raised/been around humans his entire life. He has been trained and knows several commands! He is currently eight years old. He shares his home with a cheetah as well! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messi_(cougar) and https://www.youtube.com/@Iampuma
If I remember correctly he is also smaller than the average male cougar so he cannot be out in the wild either. But he is very well cared for and loved.
Load More Replies...This is a classic but always makes me smile. We cat lovers would adopt any big cat given the chance.
We'd all need much bigger beds and duvets but I would happily make that sacrifice.
Load More Replies...Ahh, this is Messi, the dwarf cougar that grew up in a petting zoo in Russia. Messi has a youtube, watch it.
So Wholesome
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.
Holup
Absolutely. Unfortunately you can't get rid of them by throwing them on the compost pile unless you stay there with them.
Load More Replies...Um, condoms can certainly be biodegradable. The original ones were, many centuries ago. They were made out of pig's intestines. Some wealthier people had condoms made out of lambskin.
Whats the difference between a truck full of babies and a truck full of bowling balls?
Idk I give up. Edited to say I see Nikole already gave me the answer.
Load More Replies...Wait Right There
Maybe if they all wore different style glasses frames we could tell them apart.
Ayo What’s This Person Planning
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) :')
There was no need to edit out the name of the OP here. As her name is Jennifer Wortman
I'm not sure why Jennifer Wortman's name has been obscured. There's a slight giveaway as to her identity in the tweet.
Just good advice in general - put "(ICE)", minus the quotes, before the name of your spouse/partner in your contacts. Serve two purposes; 1: they'll always be first in your phone, and 2: it lets emergency responders know who to contact in case you're unable to reply to questions. ICE = In Case of Emergency.
A family member was in jail for a little while, so I had them listed as 'Inmate'. Lord help me if they ever see my phone, but I keep it in my contacts anyway. (PS: Not a violent crime)
I think OP meant the twins are their children. "My twins" = "my children, who are twins".
Load More Replies...i have my boyfriend by his nickname, but added AAA so he always is first.
What about the other identical twin? I can’t imagine a sibling would give in and have the other as “main body”.
If I had a twin, I'd put them in my phone as Lakota #2 XD
Load More Replies...“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.”
When Life Imitates Art
As the old saying goes, the man who represents himself in court has an idiot for a client.
Load More Replies...It would seem that an individual's desire for knowledge and to excel is far more important than how one receives that knowledge.
Load More Replies...He switched to posing as a lawyer when people stopped falling for his Nigerian Prince routine.
On the job training should count. I wonder if he could freelance as a legal consultant? Kinda like ex burglars working in private security after jail?
Brian Mwenda - Arrested in Kenya - They took him before the judge - He had 26 case they couldn't budge - And now he's training for the bar
Dear John
Accomodation 100
Also the man in the closet was naked so you could dress him up any way you want!
Also, also: he is willing to make a baby with her, to help you start a family
Load More Replies...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.”
Who Even Carried It?
Clever...they put it in dollars so they'd be happy to steal from a Yank.
Load More Replies...This actually works. I changed a sign on an old BBQ once from “FREE” to “PLEASE DON’T STEAL THIS BBQ.” The first sign was on it a week with no action. The second sign was all that was left after an hour.
Reminds me of when nobody wanted the Simpsons' trampoline, so they chained it to a fence and Snake stole it
in my city the fire department would have removed the doors in a couple hours, maybe fined you as well
Kinda happened to me... dad died and we had to clear out the house. Bed and wardrobe on a local listing 'free if you come and pick it up'. No reactions, even after two months. Took the add down for two weeks, put it up again, for 200 euro's. Sold and picked up the next day...
Yup
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!?!"
as a teacher in high school told me "you are an execrable student but at least you do not make noise"
I had a professor who was always drunk in class. My class was at 10 AM. One of my best professors though
I took a class once, Advanced Algebra. The teacher came in, nice young woman, and proceeded to get drunk. She poured a glass of what looked like water(my bet is on gin) and started drinking it and I could see her visibly changing and getting drunk. I soo wish I had gone up there in front of the class and sniffed the glass then turn to the class and say "It's gin!"
Hey mha fans tell me does this remind you of a certain teacher in the show, the main teacher might I add
That's One Intelligent Baby
I think most of us have had that thought if we're honest with each other.
When I made the leap from agnosticism to atheism that thought made me cry. I’ve come to terms with it.
Load More Replies...I’ve had that fear for most of my life, and didn’t need acid to become aware of it.
It's a rare person that can truthfully say that nothing scares them.
Load More Replies...I’ve died 6 times.. my experiences say that’s incorrect. There’s not just ‘nothing’.
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!”
That's How Homies Meet
Because learning is good (the joke can still be funny) the actual word is metamour :)
more space in brain allocated to unnecessary information. Good bye mother's birth date, hello metamour, lol.
Load More Replies...If two wives are called sister wives, two boyfriends should be called brother boyfriends.
The Kid In Green Is The Strongest By Far
There better be a scooby somewhere. Otherwise imma be disappointed
Load More Replies...Last time I saw this image, the caption was that the little boy in green couldn't wear a costume for religious reasons, so the other kids dressed up that way so he could participate technically without breaking rules.
No that was the one where they dressed up as the president, and his secret service detail. (That's not some kind of political jab, that's literally the story, lol.)
Load More Replies...Halloween is seen as a pagen holiday so a lot of religious schools ban it because they don't want children glorifying the devil, as a Christian it's really annoying since it's just a day for cosplay and candy
Load More Replies...No but they were picked up by one in white with 'Free Candy' on the side
Load More Replies...Children Say And Do Weird Things
Of all the creepy things kids have said to me, the stand out one was a lad (around 14 years old) I didn't know very well, he wasn't one of my students but he did hang around with some of my more challenging students so he knows he could trust me. One day he came with an issue and I helped him. He smiled and said 'When I grow up and kill everyone, I will cry when I kill you '. Ahhhhhh! So glad not America and he couldn't get a gun - he was confused why I passed that on to the safe guarding team, he thought he was being nice.
@crunchewy mcsandybutt my thoughts exactly! Sounds almost like magical thinking
I’m Crying
I'm sorry, but this is just ridiculously hard to believe! Now, if she was a Border Collie...
Yeah, to think a german shepherd would say something AGAINST xenophobia, ridiculous!
Load More Replies...Lol, love it. Should save to post as comment for all those people who pretend their child is precocious
I'd Love Me Some Carrot
The funny thing is I didn't catch on to why they were using the carrot until I saw this comment. I thought, "I love carrots. I'd eat them in the shower and... oh..."
Load More Replies...That's just ridiculous. Everyone knows cucumbers are better shower fare.
Peckish: asparagus. Famished: Aubergine. Determined: pineapple.
Load More Replies...I once sold a single carrot to two girls when I worked in a supermarket. I must have looked at it quizzically, as one chimed "it's not for THAT!". LOL
I like to go into supermarkets and buy a big cucumber and a can of squirty cream. 😜
Load More Replies...I'm so stupid. I was reading through the comments because i didn't get it 🤦🏼♀️
Hey, I did too. I don't equate with a carrot what I do with a cucumber 😁
Load More Replies...My dad was in advertising in the sixties and knew a colleague in I believe Cleveland who carried carrots around in his jacket and every now and then would take it out, take a big bite, and stuck it back in his pocket. Carrot eaters are WIERD.
Huh
Do you REALLY think he wouldn't have thought about that at some point while biking 6 hours? It is illegal to be homeless a lot of places, even more places his tent would be disassembled or stolen because it's not on his property or because someone is a jerk. I think it's safe to assume that he's as close to the college as he feels safe being.
Load More Replies...He biked 6 hours TO the college campus and THEN slept in a tent after he enrolled.
Because racist pigs would violent assault him, arrest him, and destroy his possessions, if they didn't murder him in his sleep. He's sleeping where that won't happen.
Without knowing more about this, we can't say. But in 6 hours in an urban setting you can easily bike 60 miles. It's hard to believe he can't find a more suitable camping spot within 60 miles. (Or maybe it's 3 hours each way, so it's 30 miles, but same point).
Load More Replies...If he was going to school in San Francisco he'd come back to no tent thanks to Mayor London Breed.
Just Glad He's Ok
me me me me me me meeeeeee ! i love to be this personn :D
Load More Replies...Remember the prison guard that raped a woman in 2019? The prick got life in prison. [ https://mynbc15.com/news/local/former-georgia-detention-officer-arrested-on-rape-charges-covered-in-scratches-in-mugshot ]
I’m an idiot and a virgin ( I think this has something to do with cheating) what does this mean.
To scratch the guy like that he must have had his shirt off. Scratchy also was positioned directly behind/on him or directly in front of/under him, reaching around. He apparently didn't move away, or the scratchmarks would be fewer and more random - so an attack is unlikely. In short: The scenario implies cheating (him on top of her) and fingernails that should fall unter law on arms - and that séx with his ex is as good as his new girlfriend is dim, else he would have stopped before his back looked like the crazy cat lady's sofa.
Load More Replies...The Pilot On The Flight Today
If it was in Braille, he wouldn't be carrying it with one hand.
Load More Replies...That's exactly the kind of thing pilots do. I knew one who used to sit in a passenger seat, suddenly stand up and shout "dammit I'm not waiting any longer, I'm going to fly this thing myself!".
Load More Replies...I asked my husband's pilot uncle how does the plane stay up in the air because I actually have no idea and still, at almost 40, have never been on a flight. He shrugged his shoulders and said, "I have no idea. Pilots love that kind of humor.
How pilots mess around with passengers. I'm sure they laughed so hard on cockpit
Hm
I've known a few people whom I'm convinced lived to 90+ purely out of spite.
The most evil of my relatives was in fact the one who lived the longest. Probably because he sold his soul to the Devil.
My grandmother lived just two months shy of 96. One of her grandmothers got past the century mark.
Oh Happy Birthday
Funny plot twist would be if the kids she's babysitting are her younger siblings and her parents said the car was a reward for a job well done
I don't think "baby" is the most relevant noun, or that "sit" is the pertinent verb here.
Sit could very well be the pertinent verb depending on locatiin
Load More Replies...Those Men Were Awf- Wait What?
It's OK, I think I missed the joke too? I thought she was being facetious, but judging by the comments, perhaps my brain is braining this incorrectly.
Load More Replies...A former co-worker of mine owns a Nissan Leaf. He admitted that he once took it in for an emissions test. Fortunately the emissions man was understanding, and said it wasn't the first time that had happened.
Thats nothing...when I see a Tesla owner driving down the road, I roll down my window and tell them I have a 75% off coupon for a new exhaust system for their car.....if looks could kill.
Im Scared To Know
Last time I went for an eye exam, the doc asked me "How much screen time a day?" And I said "Uh, a lot." "How much do you mean by a lot?" "Um, pretty much the entire time I'm awake?" She laughed and told me not to worry, everyone else was the same it's just that I'm honest about it.
Pah, that's nothing; I've spent 90 minutes online just in the last hour
Wait What
You have your Father's eyes...He'd like them back, you monster.
Load More Replies...🤣 People actually do this. When I was training as an EMT, they would get on the loudspeaker and tell them "we have your license plate number - MOVE!
One time I pulled over for a fire engine. Right behind it was a pickup. I hope that jerk got a Blue Light Special.
Load More Replies..."Stop tailgating me! And those silly flashing lights on your roof look horrible!"
Love It
So a comment made you change your appearance? Not what I would recommend.
I feel there was a lot more than just one comment...
Load More Replies...When you make your decisions based on what others think, you will never win.
WOW! In this day and age, a simple compliment is now viewed as invasive. So what is now accepted as a compliment in todays society? Don't answer that! Cause the rules will change by tomorrow.
And how do you know it was a compliment? She used the term "creep " I'm going with her description over your sadly misinformed views. I'm tired of customers and clients commenting on my appearance but male colleagues are praised for their knowledge. It's not just a simple compliment.
Load More Replies...Not So Incredible
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.
Hair color does not follow Mendelian inheritance rules. The older text books that says "2 blue eyed parents cannot have a brown eyed child" are also incorrect, those rules only work for traits that are determined by a single gene, whereas eye and hair colours are determined by multiple genes.
I had one blue eyed parent and one very dark brown (almost black/couldn't see the pupil). Four children, two of us have green eyes, one has amber eyes and one has hazel eyes.
Load More Replies...I'm a blonde and no one on either side of brunettes knows where it came from.
My neighbors years ago were both dark hair, dark eyes. Their son had white blonde hair and sky blue eyes. We all knew he was his father's son because his face looked exactly like his dad's (who self-described himself as looking like the bustard love child if Ozzy Osbourne and Meatloaf).
Load More Replies...I have a cousin who was born with bright red hair. No one on either side had red hait, going back alot of generations... Uncle thought Aunt cheated on him. Turns out both sides of the families had a recessive gene...
Nope, but shy Goth type girls know where to buy hair dye! That was my 1st impression.
Clearly the poster never actually saw the movie. Girl was emo AF in the first one. Far more likely she dyed her hair.
Metric System!
Well that could be either grams or centimetres thanks to BP's censoring!
Load More Replies...Umm no Americans don't use it to measure diameter of bullets, all rounds engineered by Americans are in calibers that's hundredths of an inch so a .50 caliber is half an inch. Non American ammunition developers use metric 9mm parabellum is German origin 7.62 X 39 is Russian etc. American had to concede with its modern military because we are a part of NATO and now the military uses metric because a) it makes more sense and b) it would p**s off all of the NATO members if they had to learn imperial measurements.
Why would you use 100th for an imperial measure? That’s almost metric! How about you count in 18th of an inch?
Load More Replies...To be fair we use it to measure the size of one very specific type of bottle of soda.
Americans can use both and know the rough conversion factors, and European snobs can't. We know that the 9 mm and the .357 magnum use the same bullet. And the 10 mm bullet is an American invention, I believe.
The 9mm is .355, slightly smaller than the .357. 10 mm is .40 caliber.
Load More Replies...Wrong. American engines are measured in cubic inches. 350, 323, 238, etc....
Load More Replies...If it fits in, I have to figure out all the dog/cat/etc medicine doses in mg/kg so that means I have to convert lbs to kg. Now if all the dogs weighted 44 lbs and the cats 22 lbs it would be SOOO much easier
American Math Team Has Finally Beaten The Chinese In A National Competition
If it is a national competition, shouldnt all teams be from the same country?
That flag was made in China, but my guess is those guys are 💯 American.
They live in America but are Asian, the stereotype is that Asians are good at math
Load More Replies...Wrong description. It's the International Chemistry Olympiad and the US didn't win against China. There are a lot of contestants who win Gold Medails. See 1. cen.acs.org/education/k-12-education/US-team-makes-history-IChO/95/web/2017/07 and 2. icho-official.org/results/results.php?id=49&year=2017
The posters in the background include the initials IChO = International Chemistry Olympiad. So not a national competition (and it would be VERY impressive if a math(s) team were to win it).
That’s What You Get For Inventing Calculus
And whats wrong with dying a virgin? I want to die a virgin because sex is fuckiиg gross
Nothing at all wrong with being a virgin, a "procreator only" type, or someone who has a great deal of sex. What's wrong is when consent is not total and/or when such behavior interferes with the rest of life in a negative way. So, in the end, why should anyone care about how anyone else goes about having intimate human relationships or deals with their sexuality as long as they harm no one else?
Load More Replies...he died a virgin bc he was gay and he would have been murdered so he was so bored bc he couldn't get laid so he invented calculus. (Fact.)
My First Roller Coaster Ride Since This Pandemic Started
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.
"There are two types of people in the world - those who can extrapolate from incomplete data"...
Load More Replies...Also it's kinda confusing when women call their female friends "girlfriends". I mean, if I would call my buddy my boyfriend, people would misunderstand.
I love the back and forth here. Just a roller coaster of emotions that had you re-reading it a couple of times just to make sure you're not going crazy.
I Love Cheating
Not if it is an elective. Besides most work after you are out of school is done in collaboration. People can be bad test takers and just fine everywhere else in their field. Tests aren't the be all end all of being able to determine competency.
Load More Replies...A few kids in my class asked me if I knew a good way of cheating for their upcoming GCSE's. For months I had been offering lunch and after school help with no takers, but I offered a lunch time cheat class - quite a few turned up. I showed them how to reduce the key facts to a minimum. Took most lunch times for a week to get their 'cheat sheets' perfect. Then they asked how to sneak them in to exam. I said the next step was to memorise the notes, because I know how to cheat and I just cheated them in to revising.
Lol! Yep. Same here. Would sit in the uni cafeteria one day every 2 weeks for two hours to help prep for exams. No takers (and no one said they couldn't come and I clarified I would work with them at any time). Call it "cheating" tips and they show up. On an episode of Blossom, Joey kept trying to cheat by writing out the material on his arm. He couldn't get it small enough to fit so he kept practicing and practicing. After the exam, she asked how he did and he said he cheated by hiding it all up here and pointing at his head.
Load More Replies...I wish I could have taken various maths, chemistry and physics exams the way high school students sit them in The UK nowadays- with a sheet of formulae provided. I failed because I have a memory problem and couldn't recall the appropriate formulae to figure out the answers.
If I had cheated on tests, I probably would have done worse. Also, I always felt the stakes were so low that I didn't see the point
Cheating is just another form of problem solving. In real life it usually pays off faster than hard work.
Well, sometimes... That's the entire basis of game theory in animal behaviour: social animals have to take "calculated" risks because sometimes their fitness is improved by "cheating" (e.g., maybe taking more than your fair share of food?), and sometimes their fitness is improved by just following the group "rules" (e.g., you don't die because you didn't challenge a dominant male in a fight). And by "dominant male" I mean a mountain goat, not an incel (although they could easily be confused) 🤣
Load More Replies...Can Someone Explain? Like Bruh, What?
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.
It's the best of both worlds! We get to laugh at a funny joke, and then we get to learn something. :D Thanks!
Load More Replies...You get there early. There is no gate available since most are on a tight schedule so you spent the 50 minutes circling the airport until its your turn to land.
Southwest Pilot? They’re probably the ones carrying Flying for Dummies books
Wait...what?
Jalifornia Vibes
Okay, I get Jeorgia, Jexas, Jermont, and Joregon, but Jidaho? Jonnecticut? And don't get me started on Jissouri and Jisconsin! 😂
Why?! Why am I a grown a*s adult rolling on the floor at Jisconsin?! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Load More Replies...Everybody's on here making jokes about funny possibilities, and I appreciate you, but I don't think I'm the only non-American trying to figure out if there's an "obvious" correct answer or not (and googling it and going through the list feels like sooo much work). Anyone want to help out?
as an American, I'm kinda lost on what the joke is supposed to be honestly. The only thing I can think of is Jane maybe with Maine. Is she saying he's got a girl's name?
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Anon's Investment Pays Off
As law enforcement I have to tell you how illegal that is (I've never been more proud of you).
only if you can "kick their [low back part of the body]" or you're going to look stupid
Kid Says The Darndest Thing
Is the point that the girl was saying something wrong or that the father intervened in something that was harmless? I never know with you guys. Sometimes seemingly harmless stuff make you go loco and sometimes really bad stuff is acceptable.
My thought is that the father probably thought it was rude to call a black man chocolate. The father definitely overreacted, but my guess is his heart was in the right place.
Load More Replies...You got lucky. When I was 14, a little white boy asked if I had ever been a slave.
The Good ‘Ol Days
Such posts usually end in "It was the 1990s when the life was still good" or other nostalgia trip. This post subverts it by stating that it's never too late to have a good time.
Load More Replies...Exorcist Needed
*chuckles* I’m In Danger
Sneak 100
I believe that in that situation, you are legally required to.
Make A Wish
Elon, Besoff. They are not doing it for other than the bragging points?
Load More Replies...He tried, but Elon was off-planet when the interview was scheduled.
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Wait... What?
Buzzfeed Moment
the person who made the last comment would have had to breathe a big blow before writing, there is no mockery in this photo
@Mimi Mouse: Actually there is mockery. There are millions of men who travel by plane who are polite, and respectful of others...to lump all men into a group of doing something negative is ridiculous and sexist.
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What Did He Say!
No he doesn’t. Buses make seats specifically for disabled and pregnant people.
Load More Replies...A woman gets on a bus, sees no empty seats, so she says loudly, "You'd think there would be one gentleman who would give his seat to a tired pregnant woman." Guys all look around, finally one stands up. She says "thank you" and sits down. Something seems fishy to the guy. He says "It's none of my business, but how far along are you?" "About twenty minutes, that's why I'm so tired"
Not her fault the next generation of our species can take up so much room she can't drive.
LOL Noob
I Don't Wanna Know
Err... I can think of about six, three are pretty morbid. I doubt they are universal.
becuse we ladies know how to wash bloodstains out of our clothes properly. edit; ima just leave this up here and see how many downvotes it gets from pro-lifers and r@pe-culturists who hate the idea of a womans body beig anything other than a pleasure tool. yea this is me calling you out.this is me outing you motherf*ckers.
Nostalgic
I mean you have to admire his chutzpah in naming it gay furry porn and not trying to hide it.
Read This Twice Just To Understand Better
Same thing in my family happened with one of our common ancestors so we’re all a generation late
Grandad remarried, a younger woman, they had a son 19 years ago, who is OP's uncle
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Question for Apple Watch owners: Why would you want notifications when family and friends work out?
It's A Knife?
Idiots at an airport falsely accused me of having a knife in my carry on bag. It was a fountain pen, that's how ignorant they were.
One time I had my cuticle scissors confiscated. Cuticle scissors - with blades less than a half centimeter long.
Load More Replies...Prepare For Trouble And Make It Double
Never ever ever eeeeever EVERRRRRR search Pokémon with the safe search off
That should be an internet rule - number 34 maybe?
Load More Replies...That Hussy!
This is a game called "The Witcher 3" Yennefer is a love interest of Geralt(the guy in the bottom pic) Her room's key being a "common item" insinuates that Yennefer ....well, I think you got it from here.
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Communism fails because power corrupts. Families are communist. So are some small villages or communes. Coops are communist. But after a certain size, communism fails because it concentrates more and more power at the top. The people at the top seize power for their own ends - and presto, dictatorship. Every. Single. Time. (Paradoxically, this problem also affects capitalism. Look up "principal-agent problem.")
Load More Replies...Capitalism is good at achieving its goals but they're not the ones we want, Communism has goals we want but is really bad at achieving them. Or that's how I've always thought of it.
"Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's the other way around." - John Kenneth Galbraith
Load More Replies...It depends what you mean by communism. When I was growing up, there were people who claimed that racial integration, separation of church and state, and fluoridating the water were all communism.
Has it ever been tried, properly, not just the name and the bits some people choose
I don't see the joke. Lol. In my teens and early 20s I knew a lot of people who informed me this because they had themselves been in SHOCK to have been told that Communisn doesn't work. I suppose they tried to make me as shocked as they were + they wanted to seem like wise men when they then explained the reasons it doesn't work. Each and every time I just looked at them and said "yes, I know. I can read history books as well". 🤣
The idea that "communism doesn't work" simply is wrong. It does work and most countries with socialism had incredible increases in living standards. It just isn't able to compete in terms of economic growth with capitalist countries, which have a system which is designed to create economic growth and were economically stronger to begin with. This leads to countries with socialism to be poorer than some capitalist countries which leads to people being against their communist government and in favor of a system change. To preserve power this necessitates repression on the people.
You do know there is a difference between communism and socialism right?
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Is It The Matter? They Said
Yeah, it is.... feta is really crumbly and I don't think cubes well.
Load More Replies...Jimmy's is local in my area (Blatimore, MD), they were targeted by PETA and like to provoke them occasionally.
Let's be honest, who doesn't like messing around with PETA from time to time?
Load More Replies...Now the question if it's really Feta (protected name) or a cow milk copy
Fun Fact!
I haven't seen mine since 2021, unless you count the bit of ashes I've got in an urn on my desk XD
Yuan The Ladies Man
honestly i'm impressed the guy managed to date 17 people without any of them noticing the other 16
"There are 21.54 million stories in Beijing and this is one of them." And nine million bicycles.
Let’s Have Shrex
What about the computer that’s in the front. From what I can tell, there’s definitely something we’re missing behind that window
You Know If You Know!
I always wondered, besides English, which other languages have spelling bee competitions? I'm guessing very few; if any.
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How Did He Get It In The Basement?
how do you get a German tank into the basement: "Fenster auf, Panzer rein, Fenster wieder zu!" and how do you get a German battleship into the basement? "Fenster auf, Panzer raus, Kriegsschiff rein, Fenster wieder zu!"
Load More Replies...If memory serves, it was a replica vehicle he was building. When they found out, the vehicle was seized and destroyed. There was some kind of law where it happened (France) that forbids its ownership.
You Never Know
But .. does it work on women? Like things are basically the same kinda...
the title says to make sure they DON'T get boners, and the quote states he DID want to see her get a boner.
No, it says he wanted to see IF she got a boner, not that he wanted to see her get a boner.
Load More Replies...All right, climb off that high horse for a while and just laugh at the funny memes.
Load More Replies...Who Wore It Better?
I dunno, the blue and black combo isn't really working for either of them.
Hmm
My Child's Activity Book Is Pretty Cool... Holup One Second!
I, a middle aged man occasionally still types 80085 into calculators at work and leaves them. 8 year old me would be proud.
I was really upset that I didn't notice when my mileometer got to that number so I could take a photo
Load More Replies...Ha ;D this quote is so usefull: "It's an older code, sir, but it checks out"
Actually it's 58008 but you read it upside down
Load More Replies...OK, came across this just as my double Black Russian hit. Mind blown.
Literally while you were discussing (.)(.) ... FOXY is an half inch to the right of (.)(.)
She Just Can’t Catch A Break
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.
She then challenged the IRS and claimed that the transfer was not a gift, because she had an agreement with her family that if she wins the lottery, she would share it with them. She said that it was not a gift but a contract between family members. So her "woes" were not keeping her word, vague promises and trying to screw the IRS , if should would have kept her word , and paid her dues nothing would have happened
Load More Replies...POV: The movie "It Could Happen to You" ends waaaay darker than I thought. 😆
This Some Bull
The visit was a coverup to steal your tp because she had none left at her place?
Wait
Metric System
Anon's GF Cheated On Him With Him
Finally bored panda censored something right ,,I can't believe that someone would say "ankles""
schedule a date as your fake account, then show up to the date in person and break up with her bonus: invite her parents beforehand
Wait Holup
Because streaming is only possible in Twitch & OnlyFans. There isn't a single site that allows streaming except for those two. Sigh.
Twitch is one of the largest streaming platforms on earth. Even if someone doesn't stream on it, just being in the mainstream streaming space you'd be familiar with it.
Load More Replies...Yup, facebook or youtube streamer. Lots of crafters use that. Or maybe discord?
I Am Sorry What?
Now you owe the deceased's estate? Also nice faith you have there.. 🤔
Good News!
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.
so we need to send care packages to these tribal cultures with meat thermometers!
Load More Replies...Fact! Cannibalism is legal in most of the u.s., it's just sourcing what you're eating that's illegal.
While the likely reason it's not illegal is to prevent people from being imprisoned for survival cannibalism, it's still kind of a disturbing fact.
Load More Replies...Remember that it refers to meat, organs are a whole different thing.
Devoted Wife Continues To Care For Husband After Traumatic Brain Injury ... And So Does Her New Husband
I think I read about this, and this was a mutual decision between the three of them, so *shrugs*
We Want Justice
I can't figure out whether fat abomination was joking or not. I mean, if it were a kitchen island in the picture, the joke would be funny. But it's clearly a table 🤔
Holup, What?
Is she saying that she had never met the 'guy on tinder' before their wedding? How, What? And then it turns out to be her ex? What?
never heard of something a little anonymous called bisexuality ? joke aside, you're right, it is very poorly explained.
Load More Replies...The American Dream
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.
"Pecunia non olet", as the smart ancient Romans said, "Money doesn't stink!". I hope she has a partner who is OK with what she does.
The point being: She doesn't NEED a partner. Sometimes all we need is FWBs.
Load More Replies...You can't get STDs through the internet Mandy. You're making a lot of assumptions about her. Stop shaming people because you don't like the choices they've made in life. If she's fine with what she does, good for her.
Load More Replies...What do I think? Having read through the comments on this post I think a lot of BP readers are too literal-minded and fail to see jokes for what they are.
Lol definitely! But this was a pretty funny post with lots of decent jokes. My favourite in a while.
Load More Replies...I think all people are reflections on how they are treated by others. Being treated kindly makes one a nice person, being treated badly makes you someone who will treat people badly. Probably why misogynist is a word that is real and misandrist is a word no-one knows.
So english isn't my first language, but I'm pretty sure misogyny and misandry are both real words, and words that people know. I actually think both those words are thrown around casually in english conversations. As if all statements and behaviors can be so easily categorized and labeled. Just because this young woman has odd requirements for her affections, doesn't make her cruel or a misandrist. Just a bit foolish perhaps.
Load More Replies...The morons in the comments are funnier than the material. I hope they all use contraception, we do not need them breeding.
What do I think? Having read through the comments on this post I think a lot of BP readers are too literal-minded and fail to see jokes for what they are.
Lol definitely! But this was a pretty funny post with lots of decent jokes. My favourite in a while.
Load More Replies...I think all people are reflections on how they are treated by others. Being treated kindly makes one a nice person, being treated badly makes you someone who will treat people badly. Probably why misogynist is a word that is real and misandrist is a word no-one knows.
So english isn't my first language, but I'm pretty sure misogyny and misandry are both real words, and words that people know. I actually think both those words are thrown around casually in english conversations. As if all statements and behaviors can be so easily categorized and labeled. Just because this young woman has odd requirements for her affections, doesn't make her cruel or a misandrist. Just a bit foolish perhaps.
Load More Replies...The morons in the comments are funnier than the material. I hope they all use contraception, we do not need them breeding.
