Most things are a lot more enjoyable when you understand their context. A meme from The Mandalorian featuring Grogu (or Baby Yoda) will be a lot funnier if you’ve actually seen the show, and reading a reference to song lyrics online will make much more sense if you know the song. (Do you believe in life after love?)
However, a lack of context makes some rare and beautiful images even more special. Below, you’ll find some of our favorite pics from the Nah.Context Instagram account, which shares hilarious and cursed photos without any explanation. So enjoy scrolling through these - sometimes weird pics that make as much sense to us as they will to you, and be sure to upvote the images that speak to you!
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Looks like the tyre tracks were edited out in photoshop (their blurred beginnings are still visible though)
Load More Replies..."Ok Marty, lets get back in the DeLorean... why are you always on that damn hoverboard?"
someone drove into the parking lot, fell asleep in a snowfall, and walked into the building backwards
You're missing one important thing there buddy... where is the car?
Load More Replies...Photoshopped. You can see repeated patterns from using the Cloning Tool to hide the tire tracks.
The flying car has finally arrived. In this case it has left the building.
The chicken is the only one looking straight ahead. Good soldier!
The other soldiers are distracted by the sight of dinner.
Load More Replies...This chicken is clever. She took the place of the soldier so now it's soldier soup for dinner.
If you’ve been a panda scrolling through this site for a while, you’re likely familiar with the concept of cursed, no context images. And one thing about this genre of photos on the internet is that there is endless content to be found. So if you’re a connoisseur of bizarre, silly and eyebrow-raising photos, we’ve got the perfect list for you.
The Nah.Context Instagram account describes itself simply, noting that it shares “inexplicable content.” Yet, clearly, that’s enough. Because the page has amassed an impressive 23k followers since its creation in June 2020. This account is a perfect place to allow photos to speak for themselves, and it has shared over 420 photos that do just that.
The kid is like, "Dad, why are we watching a cow?"
This reminds me of the time that I landed in Singapore. The city was so clean that it looked like it was made of LEGO.
Excuse me, ma'am, I just wanted to let you know that you've forgotten to roll your bins out to the curb and tomorrow is collection day.
You never know what you’re going to find when you follow an account like Nah.Context (or scroll through a list like this), but the content is guaranteed to be entertaining. There are plenty of cursed image and no context pic trends that have circulated around the internet, and recently, one subgenre of this that’s gained immense popularity is the "no context screenshot" from a film or TV show.
Shephali Bhatt wrote a piece for Mint diving into the world of no context screenshots where she explained that hundreds of dedicated no context accounts have popped up on social media over the past couple of years. “Most ‘no context’ accounts are made by fans of globally popular shows past and present, with the express intent of finding and engaging with other fans of the show in order to relish the good parts and keep them alive in everyone’s memory,” Bhatt writes.
An impressive rendering of the hand structure, skin and nails. He may just have missed his calling...
Basically what we do in Germany - bringing back empty bottles and cans gives you back a deposit you made on the purchase
This would be a good way to reduce waste (I think some countries have moved to returnable cans)
We have a bottle depots here in Canada for all our pop and alcohol containers. They sort them and count them and we get the deposit back that we paid on them when we bought them. It's a great way to reduce waste. You'll even see people going through ditches collecting bottles and cans that people have thrown from their vehicles.
Load More Replies...How much do you get per can? In the USA, the states that do return deposits are only 5 cents per can. You need 20 cans to get a dollar out of that machine
In Sweden it would be 10 beer/soda cans for 1 dollar or 5 plastic soda bottles for 1 dollar. We used to have these really thick plastic bottles that gave 2 dollars for 5 thick plastic bottles, but I think they stopped making those. I really don't drink soda alot, so it could have changed.
Load More Replies...True irony is having a coke machine reject your dollar bill for it being rolled up too many times.
“Dad, that tree wouldn’t fit in our yard. It’s not going in our yard Russ, it’s going in our living room”
Load More Replies...These no context screenshots often go viral on social media simply because fans love reliving a moment, or because they can perfectly be turned into memes that are relevant to real world scenarios. One example of this was when the creator of No Context Succession on X posted a screenshot of the character Tom saying, “What a weird family,” as a reaction to Oprah’s interview with Meghan Markle and Prince Harry in March of 2022.
"Ah'm the roughest, toughest, rootin-tootinest, meanest, nastiest polecat there is down here at the Car Wash!"
"Day 23: I have lived with the icebergs, viewing their behaviours and I seem to have been accepted as one of their own"
"Welcome to Radio Shack, what can I find for you today". Yeah, I'll need 2 DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD size batteries.
In Europe it would be two AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA size batteries
Load More Replies...We're not idiots. We know what electric cars look like.
Load More Replies...The photos featured on Nah.Context have another component to them that not all no context pics have: the element of being cursed. Cursed images have also been occupying a lot of space on the internet in recent years, as many of us can’t help but be captivated by bizarre or unsettling photos of raw meat in ice cream cones and people drinking what appears to be hand sanitizer.
They design some crazy play spaces for kids. I like the old ones with the steel slides that just ended up in a mud puddle.
If you’re wondering what makes for the perfect cursed image that you’ll want to respond to with a “chef’s kiss,” Már Másson Maack at The Next Web has broken down some of the tried and true ways of nailing cursed image photography. First, he mentions the idea of defamiliarization, or presenting common things in an uncommon way. Putting food in the toilet or a dog in the driver’s seat of a car might be a couple of ways to hit this mark.
Swallows gathering before migrating south for the winter. Used to be a common thing, but, alas, fewer and fewer swallows show up every spring.
this is outside my aunts apartment, some old lady feeds them and now their feathers are all over, worse is... bird hate me and and they attack me when i go out
Just a tiny taste of whats outside my door... IMG_202312...ecaf08.jpg
That was my thought...well the sticker thing I did not know that was German camo
Load More Replies...Maybe a way to remember he is a human after he has to kill someone.
this is a sad commentary on our youth around the world, growing up too fast.
Damn! Beat my record by 12 days and 11 hours, 32 minutes and 6 seconds
damn how'd you get that fast?!?! it took me at least one year to solve one of those!
Load More Replies...Lighting is also a very powerful tool in photography, and flash photography in particular tends to be very unforgiving to subjects. A bright flash might cause the photo to have more of a “film” look, which can also give the illusion that the picture is from the past or capturing something that was supposed to be hidden in the dark. Play around with lighting to see how cursed you can make objects or subjects appear.
Think he will be back but VERY pissed off.
Load More Replies...It's like buzz light-year mixed with the trauma harness beings in fallout New Vegas Old world blues
This! Power armor. Or , just a sick, new kind of Protectron.
Load More Replies...Woody couldnt help thinking it was a mistake for Buzz to visit Racoon city
This one is an art installation (by Alex Chinneck in Margate, UK) that pops from time to time on various lists. The name of this piece is worthy of this list though : " From the Knees of my Nose to the Belly of my Toes"
just thought someone had forgotten the pins they should attach to the house in between the brick layers... 👍
Load More Replies...When you ask that guy to stop leaning against the wall and he says he can't because he is holding it up and you force him to move
"While performing your oil change, we noticed some issues..."
Load More Replies...The truly bizarre part is that there are no oil stains on the floor.
"Hello, Mr. Smith ? We had to order some parts for your car. It won't be ready for about four months."
Another idea Maack suggests for creating a cursed image is to recast food as a “reminder of mortality and lack of agency.” He explains that unappealing images of food can cause a visceral reaction if we’re disgusted, but they can also remind us that we need food to survive.
“Food crosses the boundaries of our bodies and we’re sickeningly dependent on it, reminding us we’re never fully in control of our surroundings or an independent force in this world,” Maack explains. “It also shines a light on how ashamed we are of our bodily functions (probably some Freudian [stuff]) as they poke a hole in the lie we constantly tell ourselves that we’re completely cerebral beings, above the filthiness surrounding the lives of animals.”
As if that would work properly! - He needs fins at the end of the shovel to stabilize it or it won't make it that far
We don't know where his target is. It might be a giant dragon just half a meter away.
Load More Replies...Had to look again after a Quick one... but he was not standing in his old men undies
Anyone think that guy’s untucked shirt was a diaper?
This is almost like how India assembled its first rocket, no money for trucks so they used cycles, bullock carts and walked with the parts in their hands
"What do you mean did you get the mistletoe...I though you said missile tow"
Yeah, except you can't use the dice, which sucks
Load More Replies..."Hey baby, how's about we get a drink." "Hmm... roll me a persuasion check."
If there's a way to get the dice out... I would 100% buy them
No matter what kind of cursed images you enjoy the most, or the least, there’s always going to be something that will grab your attention. Perhaps an image of a cat running through the night with seemingly glowing eyes will leave you lying awake tonight, or a photo of toes holding a soup spoon will make you less interested in your lunch tomorrow afternoon. But I’m sure you can find something on this list that you can’t look away from, whether you want to understand the photo or not.
I just was sent home early because of flooding so this hits fairly close to home
Actually the flooding was near the school not my house😂
Load More Replies...There’s actually more passengers, they just decided to sit on the floor
I'm trying to figure out what happened here. The fire doesn't seem to have spread from the desk. I over here all, 'HOW?'.
https://www.reddit.com/r/hardwaregore/s/C9LFlaTmGt This is where the original photo may have came from. Someone in the comments section thinks the damage was caused by a space heater. It was probably left on overnight while on full blast.
Load More Replies...Hasn't anyone seen those extreme bakers? They make realist scenes just using confectionery. This totally reminds me of those. An oreo crumble cake and frosting on the screen for dramatic effects.
And then insurance says they won't cover bullet damage because it's never happened before.
There's no way that bullet stopped in such a short distance without deforming
We hope you’re enjoying scrolling through these bizarre yet quite entertaining images, pandas. Whether you understand how any of them came about or not, as long as you’re able to enjoy them for the cursed artwork that they are, we’re happy. Keep upvoting the pics that you find particularly amusing or confusing, and then if you’re interested in checking out even more images without any context, we recommend this Bored Panda article next!
It was about that time them Duke boys found themselves in a whole heap of trouble.
Craning over a house, this is done when there is no other access vailable
Huh. my comment not showing up. lemme try this differently Flower_Pow...3b3929.jpg
Ieuw.. you don't know how many people has kissed that screen before....
all about how my car got flipped near upside down, and I'd like to take a minute just sit right there, I'll tell you how my rear axle was stuck up in the air.
Load More Replies...After picking this baby up at the auction, I'm not taking any chances.
Seen one of those IRL recently! Apparently it's a common-ish joke with truckers
Nowadays it's probably a joke to most, but this actually has history! Apparently, some people believe(d) it brings bad luck if you drive with an empty trailer, so they strapped something small like a toy car or truck onto it.
Load More Replies...That took some time to put together. I hope whoever Milo is they paid him well.
They ALL come down. Maybe not elegant and pretty sure it gonna hurt but he will come down...😅
Load More Replies...Good luck, men can't hit the target standing an inch from the urinal
*Squats and crimps one out* (10 minutes later) "Eeewww! Right down the back of my neck!"
The Russian soldiers did something like this in the houses they took over, in Vienna after the war, 1945. Ignorant of Western plumbing!!!
A side effect of fracking. Groundwater can become contaminated with natural gas and other petroleum byproducts and then this happens.
Load More Replies...I saw something years ago about this happening in the Dakotas from (franking?) Or drilling?
Yes it has/ is happening - you will not hear much about it - Big money is working hard to keep you ignorant on the subject - and it is from fracking.
Load More Replies...I assume reverse is broken and the driver is using that m**o's recoil instead. Screw whoever's in a 2-mile-radius...
Car doesn't have a reverse gear -- when you wanna back up, just put it in neutral and fire the gun.
I scrolled too far for my liking to find your comment. I'm feeling too old rn...
Load More Replies...The K-Pop effect. It happened in the USA during the late 90s/early 00s with the boy band style thing (all the guys had frosted tips)
Why focus on the guy when you can focus on the top left corner
They say it’s a slow slide into oblivion, this is the fast track
Load More Replies...Again, I see no issues here. In the olden days, when I was a kid, this was the normal, if not fancy, school playground. I don't want no GenZ folks complain about how hard *they* have it.
I had one like this. They've got pellets or something inside so it settles
Load More Replies...i think its a little too small- the meat i mean. edit: guys i didnt even know what i said until you said that 😭
"You had me at meat tornado." It killed a guy last year!
Load More Replies...The meat you can eat all you want to. It's the taco shell you have to avoid.
Load More Replies...the question of how robots wipe their bums has finally been answered
I don't see anything wrong with this picture. Just a guy in a blue suit holding a phone.
It's the futbol league for players with one leg shorter than the other.
"The match this afternoon could hardly have been called well-balanced."
Something similar happened in third grade once. The ball didn’t fall through the hoop and got stuck on the ledge thingy so some kids threw balls to knock it through the hoop. They succeeded in that but failed to notice the net was tied at the bottom
My highschools gym ceiling was really high and had crazy roof bracing. We had bets on how many different type of balls we could get stuck in the rafters during gym class. By the end of my senior year we had one basket ball and a hand full of tennis balls left They had to rent a scissor lift to get them all down. Dude that did it said it took him a full day and he laughed the whole time .
Why is there a picture of your mom on here?... ... sorry, I'll see myself out.
Remember those hoops with 4 different colored holes that you would throw kickballs into?
That's what I was thinking. He had to be shut in there quite a while to do that.
Load More Replies...the potted plant lol. dude be like this forest is nice but I need to spruce up my desk with a dang plant in captivity.
The Macintosh was my first computer. It had a game (NOT included) called "MacPlaymate." I don't want to elaborate but those who know would know.
you don't need to take it a face value, and be little bit more free.
Load More Replies...Reminds me of the guy who kept pushing wheel barrows full of sand across the border every day. And every day the customs guys searched the sand before they let him pass. Years later a retired customs guy ran into the wheel barrow man and asked him what he was smuggling all these years. He answered "wheel barrows." - But who would smuggle a Lada?
I would have learned a lot more in class had my instructor dressed like this.
dude im on break can i not go a day without seeing that damn pythagoren thereom 😭
What are they doing? I see they're trying to... suck the flame near their mouth?
Load More Replies...Especially if you go to sleep next to it, the probability increases with at least 80% !
Load More Replies...Client: "I want to die to plugging my life support in." Enjineer: "No problem."
It isn't stupid if it workz. But is it stupid if it is THAT dangerous? 😳
Not an Australian spider. I don't know what it is.
Load More Replies...Can you imagine the poor passport clerk dropping all the passports and trying to match them up and all of the spidermen refusing to reveal their identity
Upvote for the Peter Griffin reference...
Load More Replies...The changes to the CAF dress policy are really getting out of hand! 😆
Or to an amateur deepwater submarine designer.
Load More Replies...Pimp my Ride - subway edition. "I heard you liked subway, so I put a subway IN your subway"
Now that we've gone metric, no more "foot long" dogs - now we get meter-long dogs!
Maybe it's a US thing... because my first thought was "wait, what? Who doesn't!"
Load More Replies...Reminds me of a joke involving a man accidentally taking a whiz in a saxophone
A test pair...err single. Edit for single because pair would've got me roasted.
The Toilet Police want to make sure you wipe properly with your allocated daily ration of one sheet of toilet paper
It would have been perfect if it was red leather
Load More Replies...How it feels when u just got into the bed but realise you've left the TV remote on the other side 😭
It's very hard to tell but I do hope she's wearing something
It's a joke, Francis. Even if someone could physically modify that thing to allow the shell (it doesn't fit), the components of the Nerf gun aren't able to even shoot it. Plastic, weak springs, etc.
Load More Replies...The guy in the mafia told you to keep your mouth shut. But, no, you just had to talk.
This is in a rock climbing gym and it's a joke. I think it's awesome.
Not even this gun could carry enough bullets for the 80s Hollywood movies...😁
Load More Replies...Not exactly. The glass has tipped but the milk is yet to be spilled so it is either a whimper or a grizzle
Load More Replies...Sir, you put them in rice, not boil them like rice! Sir! SIR STOP!
when your rice gets wet, just put it in a bowl of phones and it will get dry over night
Seems some class for forces, idk all are wearing green and may be the weapon is part of the class
I dunno. His face doesn't seem too pleased about it either. A parent who spent a lot on the wedding wanted the picture
Load More Replies...Yes in indonesia we still have this in small villages. Not many though.
Load More Replies...I smoked for a long time. Quit with a vape that I also quit. Yeah. Disgusting
these are some of the most randomest things ive never thought id ever see. kudos.
these are some of the most randomest things ive never thought id ever see. kudos.
